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t THE CONVERSION t I :: CP'tnn ami Teddy Luff, two .-...I luiuTiiiiMi. stoou, or rnt i- if those lull tur- r Ivw.l.-u buildings at the front r'Lni.l tow n of IIiiHtlinin; a building I, fur i he hanging f uets "d ,iu of other paraphernalia of the r ... ... .... ti...Ip "nut. The So. ".In Ill'JllM".. - jade, was h:iih'l up high nd dry 11 . . ... I..... ..I. Mini till llVIl tllOtl L (If llflllil.v IM-llll - - f ,m'r nii'KH l",r' vUx I'11"' wl"' tU turut-il Uowiiwnn'H. uow and k . rast a wistful ghmce at the craft r ... i ft ..t-nnrd A f. fblcD incy I""' - -1 11- 10 tl' P'm ,,,1're "UOlllll ,iuve ,J " . . .-1. . III.... i 0 iiuve llslicr who wcm BuuiiiK iu .srst as Hie nun wcm uoh, uui iu . .1.1.. I t'lni u-l slflltnnp . m- lilt' urn ui " "'i r1 f ' 1 : . ... t ti... ti J pmlOllllHaill lnurr Ul mc unu, ,i,ts Teddy I.uff phrased It. lying up lr rrpnl". ltu uu'n anew mm uc I dangerously near me otuu.ihij of lliiit fantastic country known Ifliriuin tremens, a. d The Sober it was now out or me wmer wiiu- furlicr master to sober off. jo lUtilln, the on plain of The i.obor le, waa not a iiinu to tie expostulated li! He was one of the domineering i ...... ... .. rt silen miner, wuicu was bcimoiii. tut'D mow HKR WHO WAS STATU." I!f A FIT fcl rery much more so when drunk. iriuri:il line of argument being f aor.n if a man with n handspike; refure Ills partners mid crew tried jru.J iIImmissIou with him, for in si- kton llieir part lay the chances of a lift' mid Intfiiiinit.v from bruises I liliick eyes. Kven between them- Billy ami Teddy did not dwell injli'Ugth conversationally uiion the m-oimngs of their muster and pnrt '. Each of the two men liked a drop SS himself, but uelther had the 'Mm to he the niniu sutiimrt of the 4a Industry, as whs Apparently the wild dipt. Joe Batilln. JliiMwo men stood there silently with r hands iliriist deep In their trous- Puckcts. pulling at their pipes, and f J teemed lo Hud dumb cousolatlou wli other's presence, ullhoUBh their ut at the iiiisailjifiieiiiev iin.,ii,,n 1 ilns found no ex uresslou lu words. ! puliey stood thus, there blew nlomr- Wall ft'olll London, who bi.L'iin to jktutni questions regarding uets and f!-i8 boats, and the hard life they f tupiiosed to lead, as is tlie custom i a l-uuiluu visitors to Hastings. The "answered him with respectful pa '" as had been their habit for PKulng over tlie same dull round. "To is little originality lu the ques of a London man. they oucolllltered n bit nt nnsir :1,at'r now aud then. . iio.r.. 'Itllllrll lliolleu 111 ll.n lll.l.,,. I 7- Ves, most of their cateh u-..n i-oudon. No. the vrowu to conceal them from the fish, f lo preserve them. Yes. coining in Pout uf the water a .......i I.;. . i,.... I'lpt to rot, uud uets were expeu- ! o, they weren't going out that Jn aecoimt of the skipper be I us 111; f-'r lite ivtt.ti, i.i. . . a. , .o, ins nun- y wasu t exactlv piiiw...i i... .i. L . f I'J l.JIT lllllll D led. Ve lm',1 n. ... .. .. . ti , -s u f 1 ucr 11; neu f'nfse Spells hef.ir.. Ion i,m .1 m win ncuiiniii;n "ed. although he seemed to be 8 hit worse ns time went on. lu chances -,..- 1,1. . 1... ,.. .us iruuoie J tar0' hill) Off son,,, ,1..,. ...,i.,. ';vept overboard in ti,e ,... leddy allowed 11 bate? to eoM.a 1.. 1.1. that Joe death by 3l Uf water jaitis hut fair play. nl,d by I t I'10U,IoIU'. fom extracting wi on. began to Impart some to - "u wuo Iisteucd attentively. i . nsiiermnu. the Loudon I ' b;,;vould put out to sea at TJ a;l for spread. The whole S'nllg to be f'Otl KUt It woultl ho. OMTinilit It Alt M,r VlSlilo. ... "illy replied that ns . ....,, ,llpy aw too nulrh of lh)? ' " f don't care much about the f mii' J w,,n,hl won't werve from ' I'a m , ' H.nj ,,li''K "fl-Ht; and ns ; t:,. Wb 8ive Ue, a wide , tifT.io'!.' be no danpr -st-! .r"1'1 ,1,e Londoner, "fori v iiii anchon-il nn.i n.o .iiii I "HI hp sotnethilllf mm n..i-..r I .!.,.! 1 . ., 1 ' "loiiMin.i : . I 1 1 nil.-'"-cine i gtits, shaping ine l ' r... .' '" 0I,,, tunnel, and ilrn, , ,?f There will be over a ioJ on 'T 8h!p" ''"-' ll' e lr,i '" nl:1" " electric fleet I ortl, seeing." thVi"1"1.""8 ,u,s lurnl inforrv I'Wti "'r wpnt 1)18 wy n"'1 tiij ... , " u ai'Hlitatlng over what 'i::alr. ,,''ni- A la Teddy said 1. ' V Con I.I .... .. "I tilt H 0l'' n"ln "P H;a. ' "'l of fire, and him not ta ?r'n,n of l. I'M think he 1 -. wouldn't her v OF JOE RATTLIN. Yt, ,, adtnltte.i Hi ik. win.i ,. .1 .. " ... . ' ""I o (iiizzi,. " re .' , .i!' . '" "l"'ar-l." "led Teddy c IllV;!, "ni1 B'Ve ,J,m a 1 .i- We u It i . i ''".""''"'"'v-ay and come h If the tleefs uhla.e, as the strati,;. r -ui.1 It wid make Joe think jml, '""t day ,aj ,olm, alJ lk.J- 'iir off and n,t t.M.eh nun any more." It wortli tiyit,tfi" Bui ttiUy, -And "yl'ow. 1,1 like to see the fleet all lit UP. e can pretend to Joe that we no- ee nothing out of ordlnar1. and I think that will MaKuertheold mau." The two Ushers without more ado trudged off to On. J.h-'s cottage. The "kipper was feeling mighty bad and rusty, lie sat with his -end In his hands ni'd gave no greeting to his shipmates. I he prospect of getting him ailoat did not look any too cheerful, and perhaps they would have been uusiic essfnl h.i.l ..ui .r.i.apt. Kattlln told the men that they ought to be ashamed of themielveg coming after n sick man who ought to h alx'd. if he knew what was good for him. He wasn't in a lit state to go out In a boat. This aLotiee aroused ('apt. Joe Itattlln. He'd show hoi who was In a lit stale, he cried, so bundllni! his two partners out of th. house, and roaring de 'am-e to his wife, who tried to stop his exit, he followed them down lo the beach, ami In a short time The Sober Jade was afloat on the salt water again, heading out from Hast lugs. There was some shrewdness af ter nil In the captain's going to s.a; the doctor had forbidden him liquor! and now giving the wheel lo Teddy I.uff. the skipper set himself Industri ously at the consumption of what ruin there was aboard. No one dareu say a word to him, or expostulate. And thus the three IMiers sailed to the west as the sou went dowu on Sa'iirday after noon. There came up a wild thunderstorm which drove the capinlu below, for he had not his oINklus on, ami It also gave Hilly an opporlunl y of larg "y di luting the rum with water, which the captain was now too irunk to notice. Toddy liognn to fear that the old man would be too far gone to notice the fleet, even if It all blew up, but he drenching he got before getting under cover partly sobered him, and the dilu tion of his grog kept him from getting much more Intoxic.led. As 'V'-.noss came on The Sober Jade had "risen the fillet," as Teddy p t It. and getting under the lee of the Isle of Wight, Billy cast anchor and there th.'y lay. "I'm afraid." said Teddy, "that the old man won't come up on deck again of his own accord, and I don't fee how we cau persuade him lo come -.ip our- selves, ror we cant prctetul we "see anything." "Oh, thafr nil right," said Billy. "I've put the rum up for'ard and he hasu't much more to go ou, so we'll hear lit t ti sing out after - bit." At 0 o'clock the first of the ltlumln.it eil ships broke out In dazzling sp.eu dor, iiilte taking away the breath of the onlookers, and shortly after the whole Heel was one gigantic display r KUtterliiB slarllke beauty as If the coiistelhilloiis of the heavens had fall- ,lllJ lH'd themselves iuto fairy S,I'S' "My eye!" said Teddy, "I never saw anything like that la-fore." "Nor did I!" answered Billy. Both of the men were gazing with such admiration nt Mie scintillating fleet that they forget all about their n ebrlated captain, until he suddculy roared up nt them: "Here you, Teddy Luff; bring rue some more rum." "1 got something lietler to do," growled Teddy. "io aud get It your self: It's out for'ard." "If I have to come tip tliere." said the captain, "I'll throw you overboard. Billy (npstnn. bring nft the rum." "Captain Joe Itattllu," cried Billy. "you've had more than now. I've nut the rum your share forward, nd tliere the rum stays." With - resounding oath, the captalu nn.,, im nnd then stopped, stricken .lnmh hv the nmazlng sl'ht preal nut before Lis i-y.-s. He drew his band slowlv aero s his roretiean. "My Cod!" he cried, "Billy, w unt s that?" lVI,-if n-lint?" said Bill.V. ,nd ffer- .mIv notCiiL' a rote wiui ms - to . " .1 . . ... .r 1 , ; 1.. Teddv was bu ng -1 - llllliseir near ine ,,-, "What's that I sec In the oiling. ,ri,icn.,...lnJoe. "I.(-,k at It a stand ing out U-tween sc.i and sky. thousand ships afire:" Billy and Teddy l-'ked over direction nolntcd. Teddy shrug like a In .lie ged his shoulders and was siieut. "What Is it asked the e,vn. i...,....i o nut;-1!' a aiol tre- " -what's that I skb in' the orrtsof" tils crew nii i"'-- - , u,or of anxiety iu h s Mi.-iky vo, . Itum. I exi-ct." .. iou grimly. "I f nt,thlD' d ' Teddy r O erTn'm"'? Ttii' "txcc Mick wit. er aud blacker tky." orVVtk b,''"" ir:,,J H'em-um. ii. i . " " Ul,r"""- I'ovt you i see the Unlits'?" Tliere was tri.e t,f nmoll lesion In the tU,,,H.r.H !s two comrade "-.i...i ... .... 1 . "'r'r S.e to I lie "or- uor west, and again shook their heads, Billy U "k'1,U'" """'"ll"Vl1 'Then." ,Hld the captain deflantlT. ve got em! I've got Vui. Ik.vs. I've oeen often on the borders befoVe. but Uow I've 8, vm, sure." "Looks like It. skipper." said Ted.lv ympathctloally. "but don't get fright- "Ued.Joe; It'll I nil right If you swear mat is sent as should pay heed to." a warning you A warning:" cried dipt. Joe exult antly. -Why, rt . halvnrds: It's t-.e tlnest sight you ever suw. never dreamt of anything equal to It. Talk li 1 1 4 I. I iui- ueiiriums: xiy word. Il oeaveiuy. I thought a fellow sa w mini; iioasiiy wuen lie got Into llll tremens, but that Isn't Yon .1 I.I .i.i,.i. . . ' linns, more rum. v.hi i.i aud then you'd know what ei'ijovment Is. Take me for a ginlg i. If this don't beat all the niaele lantern shows I e-er see, und if a pint o' ruin will give a man a heavenly vision like this what wou't a quart do? Hv ginger boys. I'm going to double this row o' lights; where'd you say the rum wts? Well, here Ko,.g fur tae r,lt 0. tK, cask." Billy and Teddy looked at each other with dismay, "I reckon." said Teddy "we've tx-en hasty. This lesson's a fa.'ure." And Billy nodded his head solemnly several times without speak, ug. De troit Tree l'ress. Sinnlli-r and (Smaller. The smallest elephant Is one from Sumatra, w hich was recently exhibited In Berlin. Three vears old. it stands only ,'(il inches from the ground. It Is a little over one yard In length, and weighs MS pounds. The normal ele phant weighs nt (lie same age at least three tons. A pigmy race of camels exists In 1'ersla which are only 2." Inch es In height and weigh but W pounds, while an ordinary camel is larger than most horses. The smallest bird's egg Is that of the tiny Mexican humming bird, which Is scarcely larger than u pin's head. The smallest newspaper In the world Is published In Ciiailalajara. In Mexi co. The Kl TelegTafo, a weekly I llbll cation, is printed In eight columns, each 4'j Inches long ami lit, Inches wide, ou thick mntillla paper. Its staff Includes an editor and director, an ad ministrator, or business manager, a ro sensible man. or capitalist, aud n printer, and It Is Issued every Sunday. The smallest Trench conscript on record Is Louis Bernadat, of I.uret, lu the department of the Alitor, who wns only 2 feet 4 Inches In height. Kittle Bernadat came of age In 1S!,'I, nnd wns In that year summoned to drnw his conscription out of the urn. like his fel lows of the same age. When he ap peared to answer to his name. It was thought that some child had been told hM.kl'ng to answer ns a Joke, but on more closely It was seen that he was a dwarf with a slight moustache. A gendarme tiad to lift 1) i in on to the table to enable til I n to draw his cum ber. ..... I Don't Wear Hturcbeil Linen. Prof. Mux Buhner, who lectures on hygiene nt the Berlin 1'nlverslty, lias published a very Interesting nrtlcle oil the use of starched laundry lu siuunier. After extensive and careful Investiga tion he has come to the conclusion that starched linen forms n very strong ol- stin le to the discharge of heat, and this Influence Is-comes stronger In tlie same proportion ns tlie outside temperature rises. Tills seems to prove that the j starching of shirts Is a rather utireii- j stumble custom. Iu winter, wheu we j try hard lo retain our bodily heat, the protection given by starched linen Is very small, on account of the low teni- i pemture on the outside, nnd In sum mer, when we try ns hard to cool off as uiuch as possible, starched linen ener- ; getlcallr keeps tlie heat in. It Is true enough that with the rising tempera ture perspiration will dissolve the starch, but even then It Is very ills-ngri-ealilT felt. In Ibis condition it closes up tlie pores of the linen nnd renders dlllicult the entrance of dry nlr to the skin, and it Is Just the fresh and dry air that gives us coolness in sum- ! iner. Prof. Buhner closes his argument ; with the ndvlce to leave off the use of Marched linen entirely In summer, and, j If possible, also In winter, although he ' admits Hint custom aud fashion will 1 hardly allow starched linen to dlsup- 1 js-nr entirely. j Noosing a Sra-Lton. j A correspondent of Ham's Horn nar- j rales n pulling iiinicn ociwcco r.-u- . lion and n farmer: Near Tillamook. Ore., nn old t.ermaii . farmer chanced to be driving along tlie ! i.nch. when his wntciirui gaxe was , rreeted bv the sight of a large s.-i lion some distance out on the sand, fast asleep. It was tlie work of a moment for Ja cob to make a lasso of a stout rope lie , had lu his wagon, fasten the end of It ; to the hind axle, and adjust the noose over the sea lion's head. Then Jac.lt Jumped lido wagon mm aiarini homeward with his prize. The sen lion did the same, and as his team wns the stronger of the two, Ja cob started seaward at a good pace, and only anved himself and his "outfit" oy sprlnslnjr MUh'kly to the ground, grasp ing his Jack knife nnd cutting the rope. Yours, .MI110 and Ours. A Western paper tells a story of a mixed brood of children which reveals the confusion liable to exist in certain families. A widower and a widow, each having children, married, and cblldrcu were subsequently liorn to them. The par ents agreed much better than the chll- .. . . J.. . ai..l ii lt rr ti tf droll did. one uny o.--."-". . past their place, heard a commotion within, ont of which rose the vulre of the wife, screaming to the husband: jim! Jim! Hurry oui in me juru. .... . ... . ... . I t.1...n .M llABl. Your children ami m. --j - ing the lives out or our cimurru. The hltfbt T Birds. TI,,. organ of sight is more highly de- ...loiied in birds man 111 suj u.nrr 1 ,1 .1. II, l lha kiHi. mal Nuturansia .i.-....- - 1 1 .... of such wonderful 'Twers of ,lght that It is able to see . ' oil-e when It l.l's-lf St such . height nli,,, . .... l.ll.la In lha. I In Hie lr " " uaked human eV LANGUAGE OF TRADE. Kspl.llr 11 cnmlna Ki-cnitn Xi-llti th Vorl l' I ommf rrlnl l int ii, Notwithstanding all the dltti.ulties forelKU.M-s litid 111 lliiisteiing the ;K.. lUh language, that tongue I liccomliig l lie handmaid of commerce the world over. Sir Michael Miilhall has shown that of nil the seven Kuropeati lan guages the Mngllsh alone has increased In use since tin. H-gliinlng of the ecu- tnry. Aud the figures tell a story not of nominal Increase, but of Jumping up io more than double, the percentage Is'lng from 12 to 27. Throe great conn tries within a single year have ordered the teaching of Kugllsh In the schools. This was the first thing 1.1 Hung Chang saw to wheu he returned from his trip around the world. Japan Is giving to the study of Kugllsh literature and lan guage more time than to her own tongue. I'linlileut Dial has coiiimIIc, the study of Kugllsh In all the s. hisits of Mexico. I'lie queer and sometimes awkward ! " r.iigiisn on nog i"i.v ari' me only blocks to the general acceptance or our tongue lu commercial dealings. Then, too, tliere Is no court of hist re sort to which differences of opinion on these disputed points can Ik- carried. Tills Is the kind of arbitration thai the world needs most, sny people whose trade brings them In contact with all nations. America's groat coinmerchil competitor, licrmauy. Is the most Mo tive lu efforts to displace Kugllsh by tlie Herman language, or by some new and universal tongue. Naturally tier many opposes the advent of such a court of arbitration as In promised by tradesmen, for that country reallx.-s It would Inevitably lead to the choice of Kugllsh i. ml drive out the mother tongue. - New York I'resH. Two MnrlUI V ,. Soon after the close of the Civil War Cnsslus M. Clay, T. C. Intrant, of the I'lilon Pnclllc Itallroad, Commodore Hoggs, Curlls i.ullil. the secretary of the Itusslan Minister, and two other gentlemen were guests at a little sup per at the l lftli Amine Motel, New ; York. The convernulon turned upon Tennyson's "Charge of the Light Brigade," which one of the guests de clared to be the most martial poem ever written. J "Bah!" exclaimed one of the com pany. Iinlf lu Jest. "The rhythm Is faulty, and some of the lines remind me of pumpkins rolling over a barn Moor. : For instance: I " 'Some one had blundered, i j Itode the six hundred.' " "I defy any one to name an American poem so Inspiriting." retorted the en i thuslastlc lover of the British poet. Mr. (iulld, who roKrts the conversation In his "Chat About Celebrities," suggest ed that there was Holmes' poems of : "Old Ironsides." ' "Do yon know the lines?" was ile um tided. I "Oh yes! I declaimed them more than thirty years ago at school." Well. I challenge you to recite '(Mil ,r;,'1Nl;l;'s1 aml,' ,,""'-' Tl'''l'rge " '" '1 i ny uio ver.uci or tne compniiy as to j which Is tlie most Inspiriting." j 1 ne nnrge v as rcciieu nisi, ami . It was done admirably. At its conclii I (Ion, after the applause had ceii:ied, ...r. ! (iulld began back lu "A Melri -ill Ks ! sny," In which the author re presented the 1 10c 111 with nn Introduction, and then followed it with the well known I verses, beginning: I "Ay tear her tattered ensign down!" I "By the time," he writes, "I was half through tlie II rat verse I saw the face of Commodore Hoggs light up nnd his eye Hush; 'Cash' Clay, too, was nil at tention. The poet's lines hud their ef fect. As the declaliner ended with " 'Nail to the mast her holy ling. Set every threadbare sail, And give her to the god of storms, The lightning aud the gale," Hie brave old commodore brought down his fist on the table, exclaiming. Thai's so, by Jupiter!' and Clay leaped to Ids feet, shouting, 'Hurrah for the Ainerl can lli:g!' " How They V re Married. Years ago tliere lived III a Massachn. I setts town a Justice of the pence known j ns "Square" Slmmomls, a man noted , for the shortness of his memory. He carried nlHiut with him n slip of paper on which was written the brief iiinr rlagc form which he used when called 11 L m n to unite a pair In the Isolds of 1 matrimony. 1 lu never trusted himself to Is-glu the ceremony without refer- ; ence to this dis-umeiit. One day, lit a county fair In n neigh boring town, he was approached by an elderly coiqile, who ox pressed their wish to lie married then ami tliere. After some conversation the "square" agreed to perform the ceremony on the spot; and Hie three, accompanied by a grow n up daughter of the man and a sister of Hie prospective bride, stepped Into a convenient horse shed. There the "sqiiaro" Is-gan a fruitless search for the lnisrtiint paper, grow ing more and more perturbed as each succeeding pocket played him false. At Inst he abandoned the search. "Are yon willing lo marry this wom an?" lie asked the man, who replied with a prompt "Yes." "And you want to iniirry him?" asked the Justice, turning to the bride. I do," said she, with promptness equal to the brldi gnsuu's. "Then," said the "square," in his most Impressive tone, "I hereby pronounce you married, according to the memo randum left nt home lu my other trous ers IMM-ket." llore ( rnsus. It Is estimated that Bussla leads as II other countries lu Its horse inhabit ants, the tiiimlH-r. Including those In Siberia, being put at 21.o7o, ssi. Tlie I'lilted States Is placed next, with 7,si,issi, though there may now be less Ix-cuuse of the decrense of car horses caused by the trolley. Iu Argentine there are 4,'sKi, ), In Austria ,'l..vsi., In Cerniuiiy 3.3.VMSSI. in I'rniice 2si,ii, In Kng land 2. 71 ,"', lu Canada 2,''.21.s si, lu Spatn iMn.(s') isnd 2.: ".' mulesi, In Italy 2.'s'i.MK). In Belgium .IM.issi, In Denmark .'U'l.issi, 0 Australia ftil.rmO. lu Holland I2.VSS1. In Portugal fcN.usj land 0i,issl unilem. There are also :tis,- i0 mules In K ranee, according to 1 equine statistics, ami there must Isj 1 more titan that nuinlier in the I uileil Statea, but the estimate of horse dovf not Includs them. MONGOLIAN ELECTORS. the C hl.-c- Vol In CntifumU Will lln nil ln.iortiirt t-'ncliir. The Isolated patter of one pair of t'hlncse baby feet In il noisome "China nllrv" a few years ago would have caused H Mutter. Aliiiotid eyes, olive Mil. Jaunty cap. rustling silken gar iiieni. snowy white llllle sIkhs, a braided "pL'tall" which os.lllaled like a ix'ii.l ul ii in. long linger nails -and i there was the llnle pagan who plo- ncered a long array of similarly attired other little pagans out from Chinese j hovels Into the sunshine and fearless i freedom In the open nlr. A nntlve born cltir.cn. the American eagle seem ed not a whit proud of him; a nntlve sou, California was rcadv lo repudiate him. Now the putter of one pair of fii't Is succeeded by the sound of legions. In Chinatown's dirty purlieus an Infan tile army has Imm-ii reared. Two years ago the school census lakers found I, ,'si Chinese children of school age. There ate not less than 2.i"i nilllve sons and daughters lu San rranclsco's Chinatown In whose eln Chinese blood flows, and who are lawful heirs of American citizenship, a small army of Mongols Is inarching leisurely along the dusty highway of time toward the ballot box. This phase of the Chinese question does not appear lo have Is'cn fully comprehended. Bui not later than the year l!Co. nt I he present birth rate In Chinatown, mid supposing storage conditions regarding mortality lo ob tain. It Is as clear us anything enn be that something like 2..sni Chinese chll- . dreii w ill I Milted to the ballot of San Traill Isco alone. Sacramento. Mo. kton. Los Angeles, San Jose, nnd, In fact, nearly all communities In Call- fortila have also (heir unlive horn Moil- 1 gollan babies who are on their way to . litl.ctishlp. i Not I,., than -l.issl native liorn Chi nese voters will be lu the Held of poll- 1 tics In lir.ii In California- enough with an alliance with some large miiIciiI : party ami with a nulled front, to curry ' a Stale election; enough to settle the I'lesldenllal election If California ! should be the pivotal Slate, conceding that the strength of parties should be somewhat nearly divided. Surely the st ideuts of pollllcnl his- : lory must see something curious In this not very remote contingency. Less I than one quarter of one century tuny j see dragon Hags flying from the roofs ! of Chinese Josh houses, from the tops ! of buildings In which fan tan games! abide, and from scores of buildings i reeking with tilth and "smelling to' heaven." In celebration of the elec tion of a candidate of the Chinese for (ioveruor or even for President of the I'lilted States of America, or Con gressman, or mayor, or supervisor. There may even come n time when Isinllres will burn In Chinatown nnd Chinese gongs nnd other alleged musi cal Instruments i, Hounded to catch the Mongolian vole, and wagons carry up and down the steep slopes advice to Chinese-Americans lo vole for Ah Jow or Tom Lee for sherllT or iiuivor. or 1 ho,,, er eqnully lu,H.rl.int h-i. t lilnese. It Is well known, ,nvn atrong family nttnchinents. The head j f risinll.v directs nil others, who obey him Implicitly, ruqueslloning obedl eine gives the Ideal conditions requir ed for bench 11 of a xilltlcnl boss. Another queer feature engrafted Hhmi the American political system In San I'riinclsco will Is- tlie Intlu -e of aged Chinese who hnve no Vote themselves, but who will have power to Insure how numbers of voles will be cast. The Chinese patriarchs, with goat like beards, will be the "Isisses" of tho most approved sort. This is certain enough. -San Priinclsco Call. Learned, tin I Koi-eiilrlo, Professor Lincoln, of Brown I'lilvor slfy, whose death occurred 11 few years ago, used to tell amusing anecdotes of Neaiuler, the great professor and his torian of the Christian Church of the Berlin liilverslty, under whom ho studied for some time. Neaiuler was nccitstomed when lec turing to stand behind 11 curious, high desk, with an open framework, and witli holesand pegs for letting it up and down. Ills costume was 11 very long coat, coining down to the tops of his great Jack-hoots, and with a collar which reached almost as high as his head as he bent over his desk, mid with I arms extended forward, twirhsl In his I lingers a quill pen. If this quill drop j pod, there was 11 hliilus in the lecture j 11 11 tl'. home one would pick It up and ' plai e It ill his hands, and then the won I derful How of learned discourse would proceed. It Is said Hint when Nennder went to j Berlin he happened, In going from his 1 home to tlie university for the first I time, to be with a friend who, for the sake of some errand, took a most clr 1 cilltous route; Nennder pursued this roundabout course for years, and only by accident discovered Hint there wns a shorter way. On one occasion, being Jostled on a crowded sidewalk, in order to pass by the crowd, he stepped off Into the gut terwlth one foot, keeping the other foot on the curbstone. When Hie crowd wns passed, he contlniii-d absent-mindedly to walk on In this curious fashion, and when he reached home he com plained of being fatigued from the disordered condition of Die streets. An acquaintance, who hud followed hi 111, was able to explain his fatigue. I' urn P001I In Krani-e, Anytmdy who doubts tho genuineness of an article of food that he has pur chased from a Parisian tradesman j may take It to Hie municipal laboratory j for malysls. It will cost It I id nothing to have It uinilj.ed, nnd the fact deter- mined w hether It Is llliudillterated or adulterated, and, if tlie hitter, the law ! deals with the offender without further ! net Ion on the part of the purchaser. The ! shopkeeper Is liable to lie heavily lined, j imprisoned, deprived of the few civil , rights he Is siipMsi d to he otherwise entitled to, and has to display conspicu ously lu his shop window or on his door for 1 year large placard bearing tht words "Couvlcted of adulteration," Hani, to ll llrvn. A New I-oudoti (Conu.) man of an In genious turn of mind, who had a water I meter lu his house, tinkered Its Interior arrangements so that rt ran backward, and at the end or six months the dial Indicated that instead of hi owing the city for w ater, they owed blm I.M, aud he says that they brought him a chicif (or tun amount. THE GARROTE. f'fsrrlptlnn of the Xlarhins Which K i.lnl U..'( I. San Sebastian.-Michel Anglollu, or Colli, who shot mid killed Cauovas Del Castillo, the prime minister of Spain. nt the baths of Santa Agiieda, on Sunday, Aug. N, was executed, ac cording to the sen teiice of tlie court martial Inqststsl upon him, af'er his trial, which sen tence was contl mcd by the supreme council of war re cently. Anglollo heard calmlv the news he was to he 'tiled, but he Tin: tiAiitioTk ,ipH'iired to tie siir prls.sl nt and bitterly eomplalin-d of the frequent visits of the priests, de claring they would obtain nothing from him. lie declliiisl to enter the chacl, saying he was comfortable eiiougii lu his cell. An executioner from Bourges per formed tlie g limiting. Just p.ior to which a priest exhorted the anarchist to riqicnt .to which Anglollo resimmb'd: "Since you cannot get me out of pris on, leave ine In pence. 1 myself will settle with Cod." The gnrrote, on which Colli died. Is named after Its Inventor, a Spanish Ironworker, who witnessed a bungling 4 iff! sf7?4v i-xei 1 , t'S THK VOHTUKSS OK Mfi.TrjrV OVK.Kf 'TlNtl BAIlCELONA, Whets many AiiarcliUls It s. tsssn rtretiiiH. riivntly. execution of a relative oil the gallows, which wns the method employed In Spain iqi to alsiut thirty years ago for carrying out tlie sentence of death. Carrote wondered Hint more ex peditious and, therefore, merciful method had not Im-cII discovered. He little thought then that he would he the one to furnish his country with a substitute for the gallows, but the thought haunti-d hint so long that hi nt length found It assuming ordered form In Ids mind, nnd In time the mn dermis death dealing machine that has Immortalized 111 111 In his country came to be a fact. The two iMdtits of excellence claimed for the garrote are these: That It can Im made with reasonable care to kill Instantly ami Hint It ilo-ds not one drop of IiIimmI. Puree that Is measured by horse power Is the agency It employs nnd lis aim Is the breaking of the vic tim's iiis-k. I he unfortunate Is first made to alt In a chair directly under two heavy Iron bars, one of which Is adjusted on the back of Ids neck and the other vulgarly known ns the cnrbatln, or necktle-iinder his chin. Then the ex ecutioner grasps the handle, gives n vigorous twist and death Is Instiincous. The entire machine Is made of Iron and ordinarily weighs several hundred IMiittids. They nre ordinarily of very rough construction, thus adding to the horrifying Impression which the cir cumstances cnmus'ti-d with them can not but leave In the mind of any ob server. Persons who hare witnessed Hll sorts of capital punishment are unanimous In the opinion that garrotlng la the most revolting nnd appalling of all. It Is not always as expeditious ns lu In ventor made It possible to lie. A vicious executioner can prolong It prac tically at will, and herein Is the sys tem's great drawback as It la now constituted. Cases are cllal.le In which the process wns prolonged twenty, thirty minutes, even three quarters of an hour. The executioner merely gave I wist enough to Hie handle, or lever, to choke his victim. Then he turned It back and twisted again, this time a, little more than nt first, and so on ml til, his spite having la-en satlsMcd or his Instructions pcrhnps obeyed, he gave one final turn and ended the tor tured life. Such was the execution of Maloju In Maiiianzas, Cuba, In lHhfl. JAP COUNT DEAD. Former Minister of Hla Country to tha L'nllril a Intra. Count M 11 11I ml t hu Mutsu, former Japanese minister to the I'lilted Slates, Is dead. The couut was one of tho foremost statesmen of modern Japan. He leaves behind III ri much political nnd historical literature, of which he was the author, and which will Is- of Inestimable value to the future Jap anese historian. Mutsu was In the forefront of the constitutional move ment and he and the Marquis Ito were the leaders In molding the empire Into Its present Brtn and modern form. Ills servlcea were of lucalctilabb) good dur ing the late Chinese wur. At tha end of that conflict he was a member of the jieace convention that frauiccl the treaty which left Japau with many great political and commercial 4au- Jri f ' tv rot .it ul stit. tnges that It did not formerly possess. Karly In life Mutsu did mm h traveling, lie spent a year In (ieruniny during the franco Prussian war. After the full of the Shogunnlte regime Mutsu lost uiitch of hu honors and estate, and In lsvl came lo America ami Kuropo to study educational methods, lie was cspis lally fond of America and did much to Introduce American methods In the government and c.liieatlonal sys tems of Japan. In lws he was ap pointed minister to the I'lilted Stall a, and was very popular during his stay In the capital, which he was forced to have Issmise of 111 health. Ills son was recently rivalled to Japnn and left his position as secretary of legation to attend tisin the count. Count Mutsu was M years old. MEASURES WIND PRESSURE. IW. Kraacls K. Mohrr Who Is Con durting Inlrrratliiii I ipfrlxents. Professor Frauds 11. Nlpher, of the chair of phjsles lu the Washington 1'nlverslty at St. Louis. Is busy with aeries of experiments by which h hopes to determine wind pressure and to establish a means of measuring the force of the wind at a high velocity. Silent I tic men have so far Is-cn unable to discover an accurate method of de termining the force of high winds. Tlis professor has enlisted the Interest of the Illinois Central railroad In his ex periments, and that company has placed at his dlsosal a train wth a fust engine, a special car for eiierl meats, and a section of lis tracks at Ceiitralla. The apparatus used by the professor and his assistants Is a some what ciiinpllcatcd one. It consists of a pnwsure lioard, two steel disks and a vane lllt.-il upon a freight car. These are supplemented with a smhhI record er, and wilh this machinery Professor Nlpher can gauge the velocity and the pressure In pounds of the wind cur rent created by a train which rushes past tlio experiment car, which stands still. Professor Nlpher, who la con- r-Horksson kiprer. ducting the experiments, Is one of tha foremost physicists lu this country. Por many years he has Is-en head pro fessor of physics lu the Washington In stitution, aud Is tho local authority on subjects falling within the rang of his specialty. JOHN M'CULLAQH. Recantly p pointed Chief of tha Naw York Polka Forra. John McCullagh, New York's new chief of Mice, Is a solid cltlxen of com- lortahle fortune, who ha been upon joiis: M'rt't.LAoii. the forct since lN7u. In lhu he wa promoted roundsman, na was ad vanced to sergeant lu 187(1 and to cap tain In 1KI. McCullagh became a con splctious meiiiiM-r of the department a captalu of the Sixth Precinct, where be fougut the evils of Lmnatown and the remnants of tlie uotorloua Wbyo gang. Hegave the coup de grace to that noted band of law-bri akers. He routed opium dens ami fan tan games, ,- -id often dis guised himself as a tramp and associa ted with the tlercest of the criminal ele ments to further his work. When the refonu board came Into power McCul lagh was brought to headquarters, and In 1H!),1 he wai made. Inspector. Since then he has doue Inspector's work on captain's pay. He was favored by Theodore ltoosevelt for promotion, but Chief Conllu would nut recommend hi in. Commissioner Parker opposed him, aud It has taken two yeara to break the deadlock. Fortunes In Lai-ea. Large sums of money are represented by One old laces. It Is said that the Astors own lace worth f3,UiX.l,IXlO, and that the Vanderbllt value their at ILUiKMXK). The pope Is content with only $7.V(iO represented In lace, and the Princess of Wale boast a collet tloa worth $2oU,000. 18 MM' i