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0 The Llama's Curse. 8 W" HB waiter brought us our order and tht chaug out of Tom Mor tou' half overlgn. 1 pushed the tatter over toward him with my left and. lour chang. Tom." ald I. 'Yea, of court," aald Tom, who was lal.a.oluxl in in lIOrT HP " li-i,"H . .... . ...in,... in, lit put out hla hand as If to pick th moucy up, but cemed to remember Aomethlng, for he drew hla baud back auddculy. . Good heaven!" aald he. "nud 1 had forgotten that." 1I took out hla liaudkcrehlcr, wrap ped It around the forefinger of Ma right maud, and then,-with the forefinger so covered, gently aernped the money to rwail hliu, piece by piece, and earnestly looked at each coin. "Now. l.Hk here. Tom, saltl "(hi 11 a very pretty story that vti hue ,Wu tolling me. hut don't try and give !lt an air of reality by a performnuyii like thai." ' "You eau believe It or not. Just as you 'like." aald Tom, "but 1 tell you. Fred, ithat idee of money Is coming along ithla way some dny. I have seen It jtmoe, nd-l left It on the table. You Idou't catch me touching any ooln while II am eertaln that one I In rlreuhilioif. But let ine conclude what 1 was lelllug lyou." I "4nt 1 w 'be most peculiar 'place you could think or, and one, of W first duties waa to present onroelvw ;to tli Grand Mama. We had to gel ,palauquln, for It waa only meet that jKuroiwnna of our Importance sliouM Hfo lu atate, and It was while en route that we uddeuly came to the praying mllL This wa a aort of 'round about,' !whh huge wooden post a sticking out !at the side, which every Huddlilst pans dug waa supposed to take hold of. aud jluh the mill round at least otu f "What caused Phil to do what he did iien I don't know, but something seem ed to Impel him to get out of the palau quln, make a run over to 'the mill, catch hold of one of the wooden posts and commence to push It around at lt topmost pace. The s.pmre where the 'mill was erected waa pretty well tilled with jwople, aud wheu some of those iw What had been done they came rushing toward us, shouting ami gestic ulating, l'hll had undoubtedly m 'lulttetl a sacrilege, aud I was fearful for hla safety. These fanatical Mougo Sluus, once their religion W auf?ed In ny shape or form, would certainly have uo mercy upon the assailant. -ruil came hurriedly back t? me. Jumped Into the palampiln, aud order ed the bearers to get ou. Hut thy ;were struck dumb with tenor. The mob came for us, smashed lu the floor ef the piilanquln. dragged us out. nud for two minutes there waa the liveliest tight ou record going on. We got the ,worst of It, aud bruised, bleeding and Jusvnslble. were carted ofT to prison. "We were, taken before the Grand Llama, aud then and there he ordered ua to be sent across the Siberian from (tier with the utmost dispatch. '1 he ext dny we were hurried along under , I. ....... ....I kn t'KCOrl Ot BOIUiers, Hliu ll nna uu, long before we arrived at the frontier, (the towu of Mlnmatshln, which really Ja the Mongolian porilou of Klukla. We (were taken along to the yellow posts .which marked the actual frontier, uud there the soldiers of the Llama stopped. tVe were removed from the palaiiiiilu In w hich we had been carried, ami were commanded to sit down a few yard from the posts. Nol tweuty feet away were tlie black aud white posts of the Husslans, aud It was Indeed something to gladden our eyes to see the browu coot and the astrachon fei of the Hus lan Cossack who stood there on sen dry. - '- ) "Our guards spread themselves out, then there came forward a Huddlilst priest, who began to talk to us In a Jargon which, of course, we could not understand. He finished at length aud produced from his robe a wire ou which fwere threaded some hundreds of brass .cash,' which the Chinese always carry. He took two of the 'cash' off the wire and laid them In front of us ou thu!nu '"slant only. -In .that Instant the ground, "Then the priest began waving his anus about, and the Mongolians took wut their hand prayer mills aud begun, turning them for all they were worth. The voice of the priest then rose ou the air. He said three or four words am pat deliberately at each of the coins, jwhleh hud been put on the ground be fore us. "That was all. The priest departed, the soldier escorted us to the posts, the Russian sentry presented his rifle and .we presented our passports. ,t We pass ed over and breathed the compitru lively free air of Itussla. Our first duty when yre were In Kliiktu was to go straight to the governor und lay our complaint before him. He was agitated when he lieard of the ceremony ut the frontier, and told us that the Buddhist priest tad put Into circulation two coins (which had received the sun god's curse, and that these coins would circulate, throughout the world, harmless to everybody except the two they were destined for. The instant possession of either of these by the person cursed .would mean Immediate destruction. ' "Nor was tills all the coins might not come to us as brass 'cash,' tliey might come to us as a. kopeck piece, or as a rouble; as marks or pfennigs, as francs or centimes, as anything, wher ever we might be. We should never know when they were coming; we ahould take them In the ordinary way; we should handle them, but only for one moment; the next moment , we should be dead." m One day Tom sent for me, nnd It was to tell me Hint he was going to be mar ried. This struck me as something pe culiar, for I hod thought Tom Morton was one of the lust men likely to (all In love. The wedding duly came off, everybody was pleased, and Tom und Ids bride went away to the south of France. A few more weeks rolled by and Tom returned. There was to be a reception at their London house, nnd (the Invitation Which was sent tile wus tine which I could not well refuse. J In the evening I hud the opportunity of a chat with Tom. We had gone out on the balcony, which overlooked the garden, and there I purposely made reference to the superstition which he bad for the Llama's coin. -remaps," sum i, "now that you have gone unscathed all these years, you aro beginning to lose faith lu the potency of that prophecy?" "Well, to tell you the truth." said Tom, "I am getting a little shuky about It, and when one begins to reason, su perstition on any subject Is likely to cct knocked out. It has struck me that after all It may be but mere foolery.". We entered the room once more, but I was dying for a smoke, ami, making some excuse, 1 slipped away to the inoklug room. 1 had been sittiug there about the minute wheu Tom Mot'tott came lu. "What do you (hlukr be said. "My wife has iol this Mongolian story Into her head so much that die Is perfectly ridiculous. Kite lias bceu telling every body about It, and, of course, they am nil laughing, and the worst of It all la that she Is laughing with them at me. Hut conic, come, old fellow, 1 waul to show ymt sonurthlug." , , ; ' ;'i " 1 lose, threw my cigarette end away, and followed him. We went along the corridor to the drawing room, which was crowded, ami even mm w entered I lieard Mrs. Morlou'a voice. ,"1 really do believe It will bo such fun," she was saying, "Here comes Tom. ami now we will try. A ruin. If you please, from each of you. lt me see--how many are there here J (wen ty good! (lieu 1 want twenty-si, coins." ".Now, Tom," she said, ''take off jtiut wretched glove una le( us de'iuoiutVutu tout you can touch mouey with your unglovnt hand." Tom was pale, and 1 saw his brow shining wlili perspiration. lie mutter ed something, but. what It whs wax lost in the laughter und hunter which went around the room. With a ipiick, liu pnlslvtt movement, he drew oil his right glove, j; f V ; . . " . 1 "Well." he said, ami 1 saw hit lip wteuthe Into a hard, uumlrthful smile, "1 will take the colna Just to show you that 1 am not afraid." Then, one by ouc, bis wife counted out the coins Into lit baud. Tweuty were already there, wheu, tumble to ccutrol the Impulse which came over me, 1 started up, and cried; "Ir It, Tom. Why challenge such a thlug as tlmtr . He looked nt me, ami I saw how pale and how stern wns hla fac. He said nothing to me, but merely turned lo his wife with the whisper: "l!oou" "T Wctity-oue, twcuty-iwu.1 twenty three, twenty-four, twenty five, hveuiy six. twenly-seveu ' "Twenty seven," I cried, "what Is that, then are only twenty-six peopln here, there Is a mis " Hut I could get u further. . Tom hod atttggcred back, his body shrunken lu slv-.e. He fell to the door, A death-like alienee fell ever the attH'tiihhige. I 'strode "over io my friend's prostrate form. Tom was dead and cold, and In his riuht hand liter er twetity-seveu coins. I looked nt the lop one; li was a (iermtiu piece, value twenty marks. I look It to Hie light and gazed upon It. Across the prollle of Kmpernr William II. 1 saw a mark wlihh described a Hue m uu re, uud then 1 knew that Hie Llama's curse ut length had hud effect -l'euuy l'lctorul Magiulue. WHY CSAR CROSSED RUBICON A Mutenmn' OratorU-Hl uert An- rril by the I'ructliiil Hmult liny. A certain member of the House of Itepreseiitatlves was culled ou not loii( ug to deliver a few remarks to a gath ering of Monday school scholar, and he chose "lictermlnatlotk" ns the theme of his discourse.- Hanging along among those character! In history who have made themselves familiar by their cour age nud resolutlou, ho logically touch ed upon the career of Julius Caesar. "And lust," he said lu uu oratorical (light, Julius Caesar, tilled with the spirit that leads men on to glory nail to everlasting fame, looked toward the wonderful capital of hi country sitting ou her seven hills ami from her throne of beauty ruling the world. He felt the pulses of his future greiitm-ss throb bing In his coursing veins ami from his serried leglous' front, far to the north, he saw the pntb that stretched from the tent door of the plain comumuder of the Human soldiery to the goldcu steps of tliu Imperial structure that crowned the Cnpltollne hill. Then he gave the order to march aud the hosts' swept shouting forward until their course was slopped by the rolling floods of n mighty stream rushing reslstlessly to the sea. Here Caenar halted, but for glorious visions of more glorious Home tilled his ambitious being and Caesar crossed the Itllblcon. , Crossed the Itu bieoii," he repented to Intensify hla period, and tlieu asked with all (lie bar rator's favor; "Anil why did Caesar cross t lie Itublcou? I ask you, why did Caesar cross (he Hulilcon?" "1 know," piped up a small boy he Tore the speaker could get .to his next sentence. "He crossed It because he wanted to git on the other side," ami there spread over the Imy's face such an Innocent look of pleased triumph lu having helped the orator out that it was really heartless to reprove lilm. Hut It crippled the speech badly. Washing ton Star. VEGETABLE GEMS. Ha in boo ()u!a and Coconniit TfsrU Koiincl In th rbillpplnca. Among other queer things found In the rlilllpplnes are vegetable gems. There are not many of them, though. The bum boo Is empty normally. O'l might cut open a Jungle of the glanl grass and Uud unaltered hollowness. Hut once lu a million times or in or accident brings to light In the burn hoc stem a gem; nature has molded luto I lump a little of the flinty mater'.oi which makes the outer stem so hard. The nodule usually presents the fl peurance of flu opal, nnd aerenil speci mens are In the museums which lepro duce t lie characteristic lines of thai gem. These nodule are kno'vn hi labaceer. It Is Interesting to note thai the first chemical and ' niliieraloglcal examination of them was nimbi by tht .Limes Smlihson whose munificence es tablislied the first of the scientific bu reaus of the American government. In the condition In which the fruit Is known In the United Stales the uilllt In the cocoiinul Is considered lis onli eon tents; The reully 'ripe 'tint, however, "Is tilled wlili a white spongy mass, rich In the finest oil which the nut produces. This sponge Is exposod to J ho hot sun for two or three days In a wooden trough until .thoroughly pulped. The hist of theVll s then ' extracted ''.-.by squeezing the soft spoili'e In the hands. Very rarely Mils careful bundling has developed the presence of small spheres which have much of the luster of the pearl. Klglit or ten of these cocoa nut j I"'lir,H' discovered in the I'hlllpplnes, 'we treasured In European museums, I They range from the size of a pin head to that of a very small pea.-Xow York Sun. What He Wa A fro Id Of. Ittulolpli Wliy did you Insist on her reluming your letters after the engage ment was broken? .' " ' 'Algernon I., was afraid she would charge me storage. Atlanta Journal, All of us "put ou" more or less. T GREAT DRIDOE OF STEEL, " Auollirr V tMructnra In VoiiiK-it , HiMiik it ii oil Vut-kt '. Hiroklyu budge o. U has now roach cd aucb a slime of It coustructlou as to uioiu. the dully tuieresi of all cltl xens of gteatcr New York whose b'il ness u tiuusacted ou Manhuiiau 1st uud uud whose hollies HI' lu Hi City of churches. iiio seeoiid ItrooLlvn hi'ldte will be l.iusi feel In length, or four and one half feet longer between -tliu lowen timu the present bridge, and will l tin lnrgesl lnn lure of the kind lu (he win l.l. In lMi", Him uliins were umdo and lu tin fall of the work begun with t e cilssoiis for the N York lower. Thes were, built tl h Hrooklvn sld and then tukeii lien OS the river and auchoied on the fount Hons, tilled ui with eonerele aud ou t hi lop 9f ibis work the granite piers wer built which support the lower, in oi of building thes granite supiHiris w a tUmcult one. (in lis luooklyn tin structure extends 1UM feet below I high wnler Hue Hud feet above I same line, aud as the great masse siouo were unloaded and made rea fr I'lio e In the structure nud as I ho sand of ion of the sum niassli building material wer piled up lu th towkh or til mw atiipos. great anchorag block, which contain about o.tsKi yards of uiitscury, inn uy observer of the work believed Hint the biidg would lie another simiu struc ture. : When the pier were finished Hi structural iel made Its apearanee, and till ha beeu used exclusively lu the construction of the great tower. Thl material; will gUe tue bridge a lighter ntnl more graceful nppetirnncu than the present bridge, although It w)ll be larger than bridge No, I lu many rptct, Th tower will each cu lulu about !t.tU"i pnmid of metal, and' from these monster untight. Wi feet high, the cable npportlng the bridge will Ie bung. 1 hesc cable will support only Hie inatu spun. Lk" feel above the water; Ihe approaches will lie tccl viaduct, extending on the New York side a far as .Norfolk street and on the Kruoklyu sld to llaveiucyer street, h ' ' ' The spans between the anchorage slid the main span will be cantilever. The structure will lie US feet wide uud will iiava four track for" trolley cars, two truck for elevated trains, two drive way, two promeuade aud two blcyc-J path. ' . j ' BIROS THAT DO NOT $INQ. ; They Kr HutaiinilMr the Maclclan of th Kthra pntiir, . (singing I applied to bird lu the same sctise that It I' to huiniiB belugs-lb utterance of musical note. Kvery per son make vocul sound of some kind, but uinuy persons never attempt to King. Ho It Is with bird. The eugle scream, the owl hoots, the wild gooao honk, the crow cgw. but noue fieie discordant sound can be called lnjp lug. . , ' ' Vvitb the poet, the singing of birds menus merry, llght heurted JuyoiisneSs, and most of us uropoctlc enough to view It In the same 'way. Bird slug most In the spring and the curly sum mer, those happiest season of the year, while employed lu nest liulidlng and lu retiring their young. Many of our most musical singers aro silent all the rest of the year; at least they utter only low chirping. It Is natural, therefore, that lovers of bird should regard their sing ing a purely an expression of Joy In the returning spring, aud lu their happy occupation. ' Outside of what are properly classed as song birds there are many sM'cles that never pretend to sing; lu fact, these far outnumber the musicians. They In clude the water bird of every kind; both swimmers and waders, all the birds of prey, eagles, hawks, owls and vultures; huh nil the gallinaceous tribes, compris ing pheasants, partridges, turkeys and cbUkcns, The gobble of Ihe. turkey cock, the delluut crow of Ihe "bob while,' tire none of them true singing; yet It Is quite prolmble that all of these sound are uttered with precisely simi lar motives to tliose that Inspire the sweet warbling of i Ihe song-sparrow, the clear whistle of the roblus or the thrilling miyilc of tho wood-thrush, Hut naturalist 'have set apart a very largo group as song birds, aud even among these there are many species that never sing at all. Birds are group ed according to their anatomical char acteristics, the structure of their bones, bills, feet aud, wing, Aud thus we have the songless song birds, looking at tho matter from the standpoint of the classifying uaturullst. Philadelphia Times. PREMATURE BURIAL SIGNAL Device to Prevent the Possibility of HeliiK Hurled Alive. . , The honor of being burled alive Is a cause of worrlment to many people long before death, and the stories fre quently seen lu the paper of cases of DKVICK TO INDICATE TDK AWAKSNINO. thl kind cause one to shudder aud wonder If It Is not possible to prevent this. This thought has, no doubt, led Walter J. McKnight ot Buffalo, N. Y to devise the electrically operated ap paratus bere Illustrated. There huve been times when -the doctors hnve pro nounced the person dead nnd life hns returned later, sometimes after the f&f W VaSl Imp s fctirla? had lakcfl place. This wbre Ihe utility of tlieappaiAjmi would prove Itself. at It form a menu uf direct cotuniuiiicstlon with the sinfuvu uf the fioMiid.iaud give a warning nignai the Instant a movement of tlie body occur, Which would Hilmlt of the cotnu Mug exhumed oftetillme befuiw th victim fairly realised Ihe horror of ih sltttu tlou. The mode of operation 1 simple; a pair of contact points being attached to the under side of tb eoilln lid, lu close proximity to the hands n ttd chest, so thin the slightest movement will lause'tl'ie points lo loin li nud cninpleln nit electric circuit in start A hu rIIK lug on the surface, Toe wire run through a tube 'lu passing from tit cir cuit cbmer to Hie bell, and this mi n. low a circulation uf air aud also pro vide a means of communication with Ihe burled pel sou, , ; " ' , I'oMun In a Trwok I'arm,'' There arenver IKX) acres of I'blla delphla laud under cultivation south of rmler slreet. It) the district knowu a ihe Neck, nud there I tuny living In ticnnaniowii a mail who has amass ed a fjitune of Ji.VsysMi hi raising early vegetables In that locality. Hj wo sou are still engaged lit truck farm ing, althougli (hey have not the same chance a their father had. during Hie civil war. when spinach nld for M a barrel and onions broiubl aij a bar- rel, The father, with hi half million, ha rejuoved h.. liadnim country Tl lu opulence, Ho wa an fpu" and at thr'age of 21, having lsj,n bound u a vhWl be went with another mau tafwV a farm on shan't. , fiM'(, able to take 'arm' of his i a , nd auoce crowded bin effort, if In I. ' day the farmcTjoolrtrte- to market and sold It direct H tliiTttiiK suiuer without ihe aid tufjh eomiul lon merchant, , Tim wo, iheia war uo compctlilou from the Kouih In Hi matter of early vegetable. Th Ulmr of My could b had for fcl or H a week, but all thl I now changed, On Porter street between Tlilrtetnlli hd Sixl-ulL them s.y two large nubile school houses, ami (he boy who used to work on the farm now ,siteuil chmd. The farmers are c-ontequonily obliged to employ men and pay fhem f'J a week.-Philadelphia Itecord.' ih I'reNerved In e, 1 Slate Hsh and Oaiue 'iimuilloBer Jtduitou U ou of the oldest cowboy In lh Htale, He I an except louully eiiicrtnlulug talker and a mail who lu mist yen r has Is-eu cunldcrcd modest, truthful aud kind to those elly In duced to believe mlorlc conccruliig lh beast of the field aud the (Who of the ." ' ' ' ' ., ' Hue he has apparently changed, Thl morning he claim to have ceti i man who saw a tlsii frosen in the he lu the peri-chiiil gVacler ou the uor(i J of Long' Pek. ' . " . ' "The story Is a Iru one." ssld Mr. Juhnsou, "for Hi man who told II to me I a clenilst aud 'one of th most inomlneut men lu the coiintrv.V III discovery will Ik announced to the de partment at Washington ami a scien tific Investigation may follow. He tell' in the flh appears to be about elgh- , teen ftt lu length, a nearly one could estlmat ItHiklug through a field glass." "Hut there sre no freshwater 81101 uch proorilons," wa veine (j, Ttsn't a fresh-water Smi It salt water fish." ' "Hue how did It get there "i" "Knslly enough lo a !: n.n. kuil , flh ha lieeti frozen In the Ice ciicitf j there ever sluer the time of Hip i. hen all thl laud s Inuudated I siat 1 the reason the find I au linporiaut one. -Oetiver Time. ' 1 .' Hie rtlng la the Chicken liesine.' There I 'a story told of a slirewil Yankee who began lu business without any capital at all. .He borrowed abroody ben from e neighbor and a acitlug of egg from another. . , , ... Having set the ben he soon bad a fine brood of chicks, bat was now in a dilemma as to how he could pay back those eggs. ' ' lie llnaljy solved the dllllciilty vy keeping the hen until she had laid the required number of egg, when he re turned Isiih the heu aud the eggs, and guesMiMl he had a flue a tot of chick- t.s a anybody, Aud iM it a cheap, too. There, are men In western Ne braska who claim a good start from a borrowed cow, but the operation can hardly have been as smooth as tltls,- Kxchange, Oram Allen' He one of Justice. r, The Post of Philadelphia I responsi ble for the following atory of "(.rant Allen' Hetiso of Justice." lie had, It appears, written a paper upon Insect and bug ami sent It to his publisher. lu It he minutely described both the bud and good side of hi subjects, several days after be bad dispatched the manuscript he wrote to the pub lisher; "Iteiurn at once proofs of chap ter ou bugs. I. have found out that I have done ono of them an Injustice,- 1 dreamt alsttit him all ono night, after I mailed the matter to you, ami he looked at me witn reproucnrui eye ana Legislature, was widely. copied aud af ald I had made him out ww thnilTfJr.i. j-,,ulch aumseuient. According he wa. lu looklng up hi history from later source I hove-found out tjisi a- wa right." - 1, noatstoHun In fit n Two distinct euiosiUus lit Atncricau ablpbutldlng have been recently com-; Dieted In Ban Franciuco. Tney ale stern-wheel luunche -thaV whcn'Tdati ed, will draw but six Inches of water. They have met an icais bo rnr sucoess-, fully, and with their light, compact little engines, easily make seven knots an hour In a six-Inch water basin. Plioy aro to be used In tho Amoor Iver, Liberia, a shallow stream of local commercial Importance. - ' ' ' ',':'; Mortality Among Hospital Nurses. Mortality among hospital nurses is startling. It has been ascertained that a healthy girl of 17, devoting herself to hospital nursing, die on au nyerage twenty-one years sooner "thup if girl of the same ie moving among flie gen- nil population. A hospital burse at the age of 25 has the same expectation of life a a person at the age of 08 lo the ordinary community. Utah Has Much Asphalt. 1 Should iuo supply of usphult at Trini dad become exhausted, according to au xpert In the use of tbl material, a still el uter bed which underlies a vust area of ground near Fort Duebesuc, Utah, may be drawn upon. The ground la now part of an Indian reservation. A girl who take two hat 'bin's to fasten her hat on her hair, which then will not stay on, ought to be lost in ad miration of the bald-headed men. Nothing In the world looks easier or more prosperous than a uot her man' business. ' ' . The proprietor of a hotel resembles a multitude, being a boat In himself. MILLIONAIRES IN ALL" LANDS. Kverjr llo'llii Me A mime- lt UiliM with Immcatke Wath,,. Oeruiiiii; Is uut gcuerally regarded at a buitl of rich uieu, aud yet th gulden book should have a very larg sectjou deyoted to Uvrulauy and Austrla-lluu-gury.. It Is true that most of tbe uamei wouhl hav piiuc before theui, 'but, being of myul blood, doe not alter'the I act of wealth.. Without counting the private properties of the soverelgui who ought uot to be Included, there are u ikru or so Teutonic' highnesses whose wealth, not merely la laud but la money, I enormoii. , l'or lustum, thai uf ihe father of the present Piin'c of Bulgaria whs counted by many mil ium sterling.. Many of the Uuiliroued mouarch agaly are very rich, for rol cu exll ha ceased to be a syuouyiu for powrty; No one, of course, know the exact wealth or Ihe Orleuu family, but It very great, aud even Ihe Bourbon are well off. Hon Carlo, lu spit of the money he lias spent on Spanish aud other adventures, I a millionaire. ' The Ittisslun cmplru would also make a good show, for, although the great lauded proprietor have suffered of late yciir, utility of the uieniiuut and financier huve don exceedingly well. If rumor I lo be trusted, some uf the olttclal are also very rich. Fabulous sum ere attributed to one tn particu lar, , The millionaire of Africa would, we suppose, h coutltieil to Klmbriiey If.. ...I llitii'M Itfm fni7'Z I n Ca I ro a moii g t he Levii:liw colony, Asia wilt probably make a very icspetiable how ,lu Jh gold-i. hook. , It true that In the TiulUli and Persian empires uillllou- ire never loug lived, aud tht fact kul te IheU nonexistence, but for all that, sum of tho Wmyrua Greek and .I'aiiuiscus Jew ought to' be able to giu" admission, India, ou th other baud, If th native prince who do, uot posses sovereign lights are counted, n they must be, contain a great num ber of rxtremrly rich men. Not only are thvr uietvbant In the great title w ho are worth several .million lu per sonal property, but thcr era also four or live great Zemlmlors who have lu eoitiri which reprewmt the lnturt ou twour lhn million sterling. The re action nitalust thlnklug of India a a place of wealth has In tuet been carried too far, and w are apt to forget that primely fortune are (till mad and kept there. Th truth almtit tho Chine fortune would be most curious If It could be dis covered, t'lifortuiiatety, li Is the laud of Ihe cryptomllllonalri-s, of the men, w ho live lu little low bouse and hoard gold lugol In the shape of Naplea bis culls., lu Is known, however, that th Empress Dowager I among the richest, If not the richest, person alive; while U Hung Chang, unit he has lately bm plundered, which I uullkely. must also have vast wealth. Outside t.'hlua Ihe Chinese are often very rich, and dure.io show their wealth, l'or exam ple, It Is always said, aud so far as kuown, with truth, that several of the Chines merchant of Klugapor are im n of enormous rlche. With the Amerl cau mlllloitnlre. It I hardly necessary 10 drat, What place 1 not full of th report of his dollars? It should, how ever, be rioted that, though one or two of the American' fortune! are beyond he dreams ot avarice, the Dumber of "w arm men" t. tn proportion to (sipu--tttn,'ttten great at It I here, There that I' . not o mauy great, but far more sum!!, millionaire In Knglaud. l b U nti " ! o reaches f5,(liiO,(SlO Is apt liner tii It all again, or else to turn 11 Into ."', tl.lSSI or SHKMSHl.tsUtl, Hpiiiivli N'litli America Is not, as a rule, i. tn ltd a a place of rich men. y.t. a e niter of fact, Chill, Mexico, Bruxll aud Hi Argentine Uepublic hav all within the last thirty year pro duced fortunes on the great scale, and uot very long ago Ihe greatest heiress lu the world wa nld to be the only daughter of A Koutb Amerlcau millionaire.-London Chronicle. - An Uvea Kit-hang. A good Irish story will bear consider able retelllug. Knch. evidently, Is the view of Coi'iihllLMaasxIue, fsom which the following example I taken; Chief Bsrou O'llrady was uiiee trying a cus In au asslre towu where the courthouse abutted ou the green. A fair was In progress, ami just outside the court a numlier of ne were tethered. A counsel was addressing the court one of these began to bray, . 1 Instantly the chief baron oJpePthe speaker. "Walt a moment, Mr. Bushe," hesaM. "I cau't ear two at ome," The court roared, and the advocate grew red, But prescutly, when li came to uiumlug up, the Judge was lu full awing when another ass struck In, whether by the counsel's contrivance or uot, who shall say; Anyhow-, up Jumped Mr. Bushe, w ith his baud to his ear, and said: "Would yutir lordship speak a little louder.? There's such an echo lu the court." - 1 Hemarkable Law. Some of the early law of Nebraska were unusuul, If one may suppose the wording of them to huve beeu Inien tlonnl. One such law. enacted by the to its wording It licensed and regulated lie sale of twenty-five dollars, nud com .fitted nay unfortunate Justice to Jui us made him puy costs, If he rem nt.! Judgment lu carrying out the rutmli'etnents of the act. "For the violation' of the third section -ef-wie act to license and regulate the sale of malt, splrltous aud vinous llq uors, twenty-five dollars aud on proof of (he violation of said sectlou, or auy part thereof, tho Justice shall rendei Judgment for the whole amottut ,ol Cowls, and be commuted to the common Jnll untll the sum Is paid." Dropping a Iietler, - 'An enterprising Sixth street restau rant proprietor hung out a large black board slgu the other day, with the fol lowing announcement; "You can't beat our 15-cent dinners." This sign prov ed to be a good drawing card until a young man of humorous turu of 'mind cuibe along. The latter, seeing" the sign, stopped, and, after scrutinizing It closely, smiled one of those smiles which Iwde no one any good. Ho wult ed unrll none of the employes were watchliig, and taking out his handker chief, he erased the letter "b" from the word beat. The transformation was complete, and It wns not until a crowd had collected that the proprietor of the restaurant discovered why there was A lurger crowd outside than Inside. Philadelphia Record. ? Over sixty "labor temples" or trades union headquarters are now In'roiirsc of construction 1n. various cities and towns In the United State and Can- fldll. '"'',; "'' I 4-y ' A man's experience . In life ofieu cause ' him to " wonder If-1 a mirror wusn't broken the day be was born. , 5 ' . If you had to find five good friends, e be hanged, would you fvel easy CARD PLAYERS1 LUCK. INFLUENCED BY ALL SORTS OF j?' TRIVIAL THINGS. ... . . Kvrr 'On Who "HII U a Poh.r (laaae Ha' HI J'I eaperstllloa Ko.i1 1-l.jr that la' II. laUatll liol Approach Uauibllner, i f ,'. . t Card player arc a uiost supersti tious iit," aid a business iuau who A ill occasionally "stt" lu ' little game wheu the limit I to Id liking eua me coinpBy'tt exceptionable quality. : N'i here wa a new one em lue th other uight," h continued, "for uu of the lueu wbeu w were laklug seal Khlfted hi position because be wauled to play wlili the gialu of. lh , table. Thai l, he wanted the card to come lo him with the grain of the round table, and not croiswsy. This was a new uud, lis I a Id, hut ft recalled the fact that all of them have a weakness. For Instance, where I the card player who will play eard while soin outsider ha a foot ou ihe rung of hi chair) Then there Is the other fellow who will get up aud walk arouud his' chair to change hi luck, aud the other who Hill never Hud a chip If he I winning. Why, 1 saw a man the other uight who refused a chip or two to a neighbor lu the game, but b went down In hla frous- .er, polled a roll, handed hi friend au X, and told him lo buy few from tn banker. . ..' . ' , "l'oker, loo. hss given ibe country some of the rlcbcii of slaug. Take the. word WuiT.' aud where cau you Had a bettet' word! It I completely accepted now by the beat of writer" everywhere, lu thl coniitry and Knglaud, too. " 'Htudiug pat' wa used lit a court room a shore tint ago. Home lawyer wa awked by lb Judge what he In tended to do .after a certain declsiou had leeu rendered on n mollou.' He said he gueswd be would 'atand pal.' II wasn't strange that the Judge com pihei)del the aliiiNllon, aid without a word went ou after Ihe ether lawyer said Hint his opponent would do well lo draw rants, s standing pat had no terror for him.' More than that; every reference Whs thoroughly limlersbsMf by every lawyer within the railing. It waa Just at ibis time ihni the Judge added to the coufuslou by ordering ou of the tin II I (Tn to turn on the sjcaut, a hi feet were cold." For the liHteui -f Ihe Uninitiated It I worth saying ihnt Hi cfdil feet refer lo a habit of kiuid small irnmblers who play for the Money that I In It. saying as an excuse, 'My feet are cold,' and getting out of the game wheu they are ahead. "That reminds me, that women, a well a men are natural gambler, and In conaeipieuce there have lieeu many friendships of long standing among women rulued forever by progressive euchre. Wtiy, 1 have played In games where the cheating of some of the wo men wa palpable to a man who I accustomed to card playing a the nose on your face. . But I said uo thing, a the woman would have been mad and denied everything and placed me lu Ihe hole. Ixiok at Ihe prise they play fur now. " " : ' " ' "There the head prlae for nierf and women, and the booby or conoltlon prise for men. Then there are second and third prlxea, aud th prixe for mak ing the greatest puuiber of poluls. nnd the prlxe for the least number, and a prlxo for the greatest number of mis takes, end th Ixirtl know how many other. It Is A regular gambling game, but those who Indulge-In that kind of sport will Jump 4in a man who plays a little quiet game of oker at home. "Nor Is the gambling spirit obliter ated from the progressive social gumes entirely, for there was a game I heard of where the head prlxe wa made up of Ave M gold uleccs all tied up with blue ribbon, and yoil bet the men In that game were working hard for tho head -prise, for soma of them wauled that twenty live with a want that must be filled,, I expect some of them cheat ed, but a a lady, who waa guest at the home of the bosh, got alt the nfoh, and the hostess did the pouching of the tickets, there was a faint susjile. Ion that a few "extra bole got Into the young lady' card by mltnk-on pun poe. ,But,'ef course,-, 1 Atm'i make a charge like that; I'm only thlnklug." Chicago Inter Ocean. , . SMOKERS' CANCER FALLACIES. General Oram'. )lnrs Paid lu lie . . '.j .Nol .llu lo Tobacco. , , Notwithstanding all the good argu ments that have Iveon. offered against Ibe evil of excessive smoking It cau. hardly be claimed that the hublt Is en tlndy rceimuslble for the production of cancer of the Hps, mouth or throat. Since the. Illness 0f tjeneral iirant It has 1H'U the popular Relief that the dreaded disease from which , he, suf fered was caused by hi overindulg ence In tobacco. ,1 The facts, however", do not by any menus confirm the theory. It was well settled In General Gi-nnt'8 case that to bacco In Itself was not the Initiative cause of his throat trouble, but merely Induced a subsequent aggravation of symptoms by the extla lrrlltlou of the smoke passing over tlie ulivudy dis eased surface. '....-. It I quite true (hat cancer of .the Hp Is very common among pipe smokers, but the real factor of harm is not the tobacco or any special poison it may contain, but the .persistent; localised irritation of the pipe stem. .Clay pipe, alaive all others, are particularly harmful- as they are most easily heated, have n rough surface for the. lip,. are mostly used by persistent smokers, and are usually held stationary on ope side of the mouth, nil of which tend to fo calize and Intensify the Irritation which det ermines the uiallgnaiit growth,- The first Indication of the dlseuse Is a warty patch on the Hp at the usiml polut of coutnet with the pipe stein. W'hen dis covered erirly It Is perfectly amenable lo surgical treatment, the percentage of cures being larger' than that of any other form of cancer.' New York Her ald. -. : ': -' - - :- IMPERIOUSrJUDQE7S BLUNDER. IttkUta ou Hweatiiitf tn Two Prisoner u Jurora, A, judge at the little town of Wuid klrch made a fuiiuy mlsUiky ieceutly and the Iniitlcut resulted in his retire-, mcnt. The Judge Is a strict, busiuess llke man. who will stand ho nonsense from anybody, and one morulug he came to court some ten minute before Ids lime. Hutciing the room lu which the lay assessors or Jurymeu usually await the judge, he cniue-npou one of the Individuals lu the room nud told him to take the oath. - !' "But 1 should like, first of all, to say, that I" began Hie man. , "First of all, you will please be si lent, sir, and. then you will take the oath. Do you understand V, . si The Judge' tones Were, Impressive, his inleu severe, and the Individual ad dressed, seeing that there was nothing for It, resigned himself to the Inevita ble uud took tlie oath. '.",,"';.- The next man was told by'the priest of Theseus to take the book aud aweur. TTlshtny to ft tn a word More It wm loo lute, the distressed cltlren said; "You must not ask mo to swear, Judge, because' 1 ' am convinced that " ' 1 '-' ( ' ' "Ah, 1 see," replied hla honor, taunt ingly, perauadvd that be wa dealing with an atheist lo disguise. "Well. I'll teach you, sir, to throw doubt ou (he sncllty of the path. Here, take thl book, Now, repeat the word at once, or else t" : i ,,? .': ;.' , 'Aud, the ceremony ever, the Judge oiieued the door and sunt the men lulu, court, saying that he would follow (hem shortly. '" ' ' ' ' ' At that Inoment a policeman entered the apartment, and finding do one there but the Judge, exclaimed: "Why, great. Imsveut! two of the prisoner have ewapedl" . ., . . " , , A search was made, but to no 'pur pose. While Ihe Jtitlge wa conferring with eoniiM'l as to Ihe proper course te take, one of the nieu Just aworu eu leied aud said: 1 "Your honor, I am perhaps the per son thcy'are aearehlng for," 1 ' , !'No, sir. you are not. You are a lay" assessor nnd we Are seeking for the prisoners." '"' ! ' ' "1 am one of the prlsouer, jour honor," t. t,M ... . "You? Bui-hut did you not lake the oath to try the case faliiyf . "I did, sir, but (hut wa because you forced me to dtr It, aud wouhl not let me explain, ; Tbe other ma 1 a pris oner, loo," ,'';':, f i The Judge wa peeciilcs at first, then, he obtained, promise from the counsel that the ihstter would lie hush ed np. Hut' ft leaketl out, a all aucb imoy Incident do, nd his honor re tired Into private Ufe.r-Losdon Newa, , tekvention Ht'tanlst and entomologist know that a dead swamp, or dead tree, stand ing bear living tree I a source ef peril to tUew, by furnishing a refuge ami breedlug-place for Umber-bums aud other injurious iusecls. Trees, a well. a uieu, neeu nygieuic surrouuuings. . In Mexico aud ouc Boutbweateru (Hate the dreaded tarantula ha a re leiiUe em iny In the form of a large wasp, called th "tarantula hawk." Kwooplug dowu upon the hnge aplder, the wasp paralyse him with a lugle puncture froui It sling, and tbeu desgs If helplce victim off to be buried, aud te serve as food fof a pew genera tlou of wasp. , The wap will evqii opeu the trap-door of a tarantula' nest and eiay Its enemy lu his den ' ' ' Two writers lu the NatlonaT fleo gtftphlc Magaxlue, Messr. Oarrett aud Lei berg, offer evidence that there I progressive drying of lliecllniaie ou th I'Hcllle coast. At uo very remote period some of (bo arid plains of eastern Ore gon were evidently covered with for-f: csts or trees resembling existing spe cies "bearer 'the coast. Sir. (Jarreit thinks that with the clearing away of the pres ent forests the end of the redwood as a source of lumber will be at band, be cause existing conditions do' not favor Ifs growth. . ' yt . - j The Loudon Optician reproduces the siews of Dr. Kotx, a Itussiau physician, on fatigue of the eye. Whether muscu lar or retinal, fatigue of the eye, says nr. ivotx. may be approximately inea- !j,rotpctlon 'which Is to-lie afforded to uied by the number of eyelid move- other property by the use of the'fund. incut, or luvuluntary blink lu a sped- j m .u blson. Topekaand Santa tied period. By this system, more than ye Uailroad Company vs. Clark (Kan.l. three moveiuents per minute Indicate a '47 n , 77,. to beinvnlld for nncon thoroughly unsuiiabte Illumination. ; Ktiintional discrimination and denial ot The experimental results obtalued by mis son.ewnat crime memoa are given as; vBQtueiiKi.i. o.o uiovemeuis per 1 (,0) .mI1J f0 maintain Its lines in a mu mlnute; gas. '2.H; sunllghf.2.a; electric j n,t,Ilnly' ,s UeU: In ' Michigan, Tele light. 1.8. ... v ' J )ll0ne company' vs. St. Joseph (Mich.), In Franc,. M on. Lelwyer, trying to. 47L.lt. A.87. to tie subject to alienation solve the problem of how to make pho- to another company without consent togwtpba'peruiaueut nud free from all of the city, by , virtue of the general pro change, has resorted to the; plan of visions of the statute authorizing cor 'fliing'! them tn a furnace upon eham-' poratlons to alienate their property. In elctf stone.' Jle'tluds that the best sione a note to this case the authorities re fer the purpose Is the basalt found In spcctlng tjie transfer of -privileges to prlsmsln ihe extlm-t volcanic district' use streets foe such purposes are col of central Fraiiee. . This rock, which Is, wied. aud most of them hold that such xtreuicly bard ami liue-gi;iiwd, re- celVe the enamel without crack. The legislative sanction. . ; photographh.' 'tHuTi deposited, on the I . : ' ' ' ' : " ' enameled surface, and aHcr tbe photo- The Moat Valuable National Sceytre. glupb has, lieen made It I flrwl until I Hsll& possesseathe ujost valuable the Image become unalterably Incor- national scepter lu, the world. ' .It Is imrated lu the enamel. . " ; three tevt In length,. Is made, of-solU! .'.'.i... o,.,;.,i ;,..' Bold, aud ornamented .with .208 dla- tvl mr its lira 11 ii sisj--l iiiic trs 1 111 liologlcal Society of America Prof. I C. Huasell called atteutiou to tbe receut discovery that many of ', the swamps and lake lu the soul hern peninsula of MU'hlguu are rich lu calcareous marl, suitable for making Portland cement. Although partly composed of shells) the Mlchlgau marl Is principally a cheml' cal precipitate Which' Is still being formed. The precise method of Its Tor Uintlon Is .dot yet understood.. Tbe sup ply -is practically Inexhaustible.. Large cement woi-Ks nave .iateiy- own con rtrueted, '.other, are In contemplation. and"' Prof.-.IHissell says that Michigan ,can easily take a leading place In that Industry.- : ' , ' PailerewiikVaHand Kxervine, ,,. Mlow-any great" pianoforte player keeps, hi hands supple has often been i,titli, fAi n-nni1,,r 1,n Pa,i.la.vui. I I the king of pianists, hns revealed -the' 'whole secret. n'he night before I piuy I turn my hands over to my valet. ri ho rub inv flueera-tinlll h ' -tin. git,'1 declares Paderewsk!. ;. "Then he takes one finger after the other nud turns and twists It lu the palm of his haud, always turning tlie one way. That makes the lingers supple nnd keeps the knuckles Hi good working order. Last he rubs the palm of each hand very hard as hard as I can stand It. Jiist before I go on the pint form to piny I have a basin of hot wuter brought to my dresslug room. In this I Immerse my bauds. Hot! I should sny so; Just about as hot as It Is pos sible for a man to stand It." So this Is the way It Is done. v. ' ' Japanese ISllk. -Japan Is becoming a formidable com petitor of the Crefeld silk mauufac lurers, and Is preparing to meet Ger man aud French "manufacturers not only In foreign, but lu their own home murkets, No'sleaa tbnn 4,000 power aud 50,001) baud looms-are-turning . out silk In Japan, so jcheaplylas t to "give their rivals good cause for'uueaslucss.-";' 1 , , . U' '''' i j ' -! '' I To Open the Vatican ..Crypt; ?. The Cbngress for Christian archaeol ogy, which recently held Its session at Home, boa petitioned 'the Pope to open the crypts of the Vatican to scientific researches. They contain galleries aud a subterranean church, all containing valuable treasures. A Gigantio Flower. A flve-petaled flower, nearly a yard Id diameter, Is found In the Philippine Islands, .The buds at a distance -look like gigantic cabbage beads., Ar Single flower baa been known to weigh more" than twenty-two pounds.; V ; i ' .- ' - s ' 5 value; ur ,r intrriwurinv. CxpJcrni Which feAttrelea Mew tire May Re Otarted. ' Tbe great desirability of a thoroughly Bra-proofed wood ha been demonstrat ed lo recent year lu warfare and In the peaceful pursuits of man. and A recent r xperlihenf ws 1 made In Chicago which demonstrates th value qf thl process In staying Ihe prog res ef th flame. Two frame building were built; Identical Jn every respect, except ft:Apv-Ten T.tiHa - 1 Arrtn rtn ' MiHiirtt ButrHM Amn ' 3xTfH WHUTC BwnHrm that one- wa of ordinary wood, while tlie other wa of wood w hich had been treated chemically to render., It fire proof. These bulldiug were fired at theB me moment, and .the picture clearly show the progress of the lire at different atagee. ' . " j ;The mot hod of treatment followed renslsts of subjecting the' lumber to great pressure while submerged In A secret chemical solution.. After that It Is kihi.ilt-fml an,! la H.n' peflilv for nsa. . " ' " ,,',- ' ' ' t ; LAW AS" INTERPRETED. ! flight t of a telcphoue company t$ place Its line In streets under statutory authority Is held In 'Michigan Tele phone Company "vs. Benton' Harbor (Mich.), 17 U It. A. 104. to be not sub ject to the consent of the mtinWfpallty. Contributory negllgence'of tbe owner of property -destroyed by lire commu nlcated by a locoutotlve engine I held. In Boston-Excelsior Company vs. Ban gor and A. Kh II road Company (Me.), 47 L. It. A. K2, to be uo dt feuse.to the rail road company uuder a statute Imposing in alwolute llablliiy on the corporation " for damage. caused by tire thus com- MtinUu t.ul .... v. . ,': General deposit by so administrator of money of the estate In a bank owned by him Is held. In Slmte ,vs. Hlnmaa (Ore.), 7 L. IL. A. SOo. to destroy , Ha Identity, If any portion of the money I aftern ard che-t ked out, so that the fund eaunot be" traced Into, the' hands of bank's assignee In case of Insolvency, although inore than the amount of th deposit remains In the bank.' - A statute which 'excludes 'the prop erty of railroad companies oh which a fire tax Is levied from- the benefit and the equal protection of the. laws ' rermss)on grauted to, a telephott. privilege cannot be ailcuated without. - nionds, 3iW rubies, and fiftuf n emeralds. llie scepter, widen' forms part of the regnlla. Is handed to' the Cxar on his eorountiou the emblem of sovereign- .'' -A ,t.1' f"''"1"" present Cxar, which took place In Moscow Ca thedral, In May. HXi, the Metropolitan, of the Russian Church handed the scep ter to the Czar with these words; ''God crow tied Czar, and Grand Duke Mi chael Feodorovlch, Autocrat of All the Husshis, receive the scepter that th Lord gives you to govern the great do- ',,lou? c 'J. tor It Is. thy strength and thy power." - How He Married Them. A newly -appointed Justice of the peace In a Western town was greatly embarrassed ' the first time he wa called upon to marry a couple. He made hiiny halts ami mistakes be ore the proceeding was oyer; .but at ,e c '"f1 ,M h "f I1" a"d 4'llvv bU ' nal 8en,enc m um iwii-essve iet, "And now," he said, "by virtu of the . authority of the State of Michigan, In me vested, I hereby pronounce you uian. and woman!" Jane Hutliug's l'Jyelhls. . . A story Is circulated about the way In which Jane Hutting's eyelids were treated when she Was a child, which has given her those long, peculiarly shaped eyes, usually seen onlv in Turk- luh wnmtfn. liar fnlllal' luri-lno Ui.aHi .,...v... . Ug ,nc. some time in Turkey, had noticed how the eyelids of young children were slit: a little, which gave tlie eye of a growui person the almond shape so much ad mired. - i-"--' - : 1 , ..d . , Pretty Sweet. Frank It. Stockton, the story-wrller, was otrce drinking fea with a young lady, w ho said" to hlui; "It seems In consistent. Mr, Stockrou. for us to Dttt sugar In our tea to make It sweet, and then to put lp lemon to make It sour. "Ah. well." renlled the author of "Tha Lady or the Tiger?" '.'but yon know we , like to have both women and men In society.1' Ladles' Home Journal. We Produce the Most Honey. The United States produces . more honey than any other nation. As long as thirty years ago the product waa 15,000,000 pound's annually. Twenty years ago it had risen to 25,O0O,O0 pounds and ten yeous ago It was 05, 000,000 pounds. ' They are getting rubber tires on ev erything. We wonder If they will ever put rubber tires ou a baby' cream. , "' AU some women get out of thelg cburch work, la to be "talked about," ,