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FABRICS' NAMES TRANSLATED. I NOTHING TO SPEAK OF. WAS l'MOl'S Fltll BOSTON'S WONDERFUL ROLL LIFT BRIDGE. MUM AemWamav.em'e MM WMMMUMkM MM MML MODEL STEP-DAUGHTER. 5 3 n u :is nil ncfirlui! oviT n' - with daw; the August ran was ji.ttlHne sweetness from Abigail clore-plDki nud aweot win Bf a i ha L'lrl Mil gnyly nt bei ; in.- eouee uuu 1101 ....... otnS nil lilt? lan'l, liuiiwi-u r..,l ,-IIIU 11.' HI IlOlII 1111' III'I'IS, lib bis black-rfbbonad etraw but in i... ...I uwln mtfC Old the farmer, with n ,. . uluiw , it TOO enjoy nnuMi uw I.. ll.fi'N.iig HI UUB ul" I . mncli. father!" cried Abigail. ' . . or., I I ne i1-1" - - a whether we all eriea or inugneu tencst. oh. father." she ndded, what cran.l thing It must be to ue uuie 10 . . . ate.- a u i t an nentilc s hearts nae luuu "Humphr wild Kllhu ray. "in my .. t oiov itt lmtnn nnrl lilt' WtlHll'U UBt'U iu mill look after their .. .. I. ......... I i.f ito Ill' rillllli llff the country giving lectures. 'Itut Miss Perceval has neither hus .... .kit. Inn . I , , 1 1 . . i- Iin-nil Alll. Tui inn i iiiMiii it, .'., r ii "4 ml I don't suppose she has any to look after." v "Miss Perceval 1 That's her name, If?" "Fitter, I wish you'd go to bear her!" rlfJ eager Abigail. "I'm sure shed i ..... In, ,,.1, tn,l ,irr fin, I Villi -lj-t I,,.!,, it Klin tiin't nrotlv vull I. ... ali.i lino ullllll tl ,,,iri,Djl I'll 0tl' CUl Pill. OIIO O U- 11 UU , .1 ,.,.-,, , face, nit!) bright, sparkling eyes like bird's! ' "I knew a woman once," slowly ut- . . , .- ,l...l... 1. ... .... 1.1..!.... I-' IV lay, W 1IO lUUh IU im-i i II 1 1 ti I In public, Nobody would hare thought It of her, either the quietest, shyest I tt U' thing in i lie worm, uui tuere is leeountlng for women. I never L I I . .... I,.,, ,1.1,1 .In, ,,..,,1., .... l':i I '1. I'll! 1 111 M'l'l nil. Ill, HI, ll oui - "Father, you'll go with me to-night, I J LI I 1 U . V I'l ,t I ,11'l.llH. 1 ' i , ,11' (lease me. I da so want you to hear rss i i i i-viii. juiin iraev ue s mi committee, you know be says they ,1,,, i i , in i uui in ii mi (in i rlaa I bad a talent like that!" "Tut, tut, my little girl!" said the taping saucer of blueberries. "I dou't lab it at all. What should I do If you rill n-i nil UH null i i mil lull Ill-Ill nil I. hi nil in. rii 'iiiiii- , i u i , lauwr, i iihii mri you some reasoned Abigail. "Every girl 1 I ,' I ill! - ,' Mill 1111 lur in 1 . .., . . ., - r n ,v i, v v nine ,t old uui Id for my siike, eh, puss?" Abigail i.i nulled, shot a roLMilsb lance nt blm from beneath the dark 1 a ! J ,,I lu-r ,viliriiu.-s nml ul.m.l. end. "All girls marry, father," she said. "Ymir Miss I'ercevul hasu't got mar- "Xo, father. She ran do better." "Don't you believe that, my girl," ir in1 ii nil i in1 i i i i ii in ni-irrv If yon can marry the person you love." "(letting sentimental?" Abigail ask ed, clapping her plump hands. "It ain't sentiment, child. It's com mon sense," sturdily maintained Wray. "Father," abruptly spoke Abigail, "I've often wondered why you did not Innrry again." "I!" Be looked up In amazement. "Because," added the girl, "mother Mver was much of a rompnnlon for fou. She was ahvnys sick and com plaining, and she didn't care for booka, H you did. and she fretted nt every lit tle thing, until I used to wonder nt your patience with her. Oh, you see, I noticed all these things, child though OU thought I was. And she told me Mca " She checked herself abruptly. Wray looked at her with grave surprise. "Told you what, Abigail 1" "I don't know whether I ought to re peat it, father," said Abigail, coming round to his side nnd resting her Clasped hands lightly on bis shoulder. "It was the day before she died; and he told me lots of things, besides, that I did not know. She said she nev er had any real right to your heart; Unit you never had eared for her, and that she didn't deserve that you should, md that there was another girl " "There, puss, there," said the farm er, with a strange quiver In his stern Valid. "Mother was flighty toward the at WVll forget these things." "But, father, If It's Lucia Leeas I letrust It Is-and If you'd be any hap pier ma rri, d to her. I won't make ,ro-We," 'leaded Abigail. "I'll be the iti pdaughter In the world; I ouly want yon to lie happy, father." ""'II. It Isn't Lucln Lee," said Mr. "r;,y- laughing, "and If It was, why rou'd be crazy, child, to think of get Ung Be Into such a scrape at llfly odd fears old.' "But you're young-looking, father, "d handsome," urged Abigail. "Nonaeneel There, give me some Bore coffee. Those lnzy fellows In the ln "''' lot will he sure to dawdle the time until I get back to them. P - beu something more aliout this tturing old maid of yours," he added. "l ather, busb!" Abigail had gone back to her sent be kd the tray, where she faced the Wde, open door. She could see a figure Dg hesitatingly on the threshold; father was quite oblivious to Its prepuce. "It's Miss Perceval herself V cried Jumping up. "Please walk In. -sa IVreeval. I'm so glad to see you. ou don't know It, perhaps, but I was ): your listeners last tight, and I 'l't thluklng how proud I should lie j ever I hjid a chance to sp-nk to you! "or name Is Wray. and I am Abigail. rher. this is Miss Perceval:" Sr Wray. who had risen from bis at and now stood facing the unex Jected guest, bowed courteously. Few votaries of fashion could have dls jPafai more exquisite courtea and hospitality tbau this country lass, Ii the blue cambric frock with the slmpli wnite ruining at her ueek, as she wel coined the stranger. "Will you have some of our frest blueberries'" said Abigail, 'i picket them myself, while the dew was oi them. And the coffee Is quite hot!" Miss Perclvul was a tall, middle aged woman, with brown hnlr, sllghtl) threaded with sliver; bright, dark eyei and color that varied In her cheek, in she looked from Abigail to her father. "I I have lost my way," she hesitat ed. "I oughtn't to have attempted tc ramble about alone; but I used to know something nbout this part of the couu try, nnd " Once more her eyes fell benentb Elluu Wray's searching glance; sbi laughed uneasily. "So you are tho lecturing woman?" said he, quietly. "The 'lecturing old maid,' you called me, Kllhu," retorted Miss Perceval, re covering her composure with uiurvel ous qulckuess. "Have I grown so very old'" "Hut-Miss Perceval?" "That's my nom de publlque," said ahe. "One must shelter one's self be hind something. How do you suppose 'lluldnb Daggett would look on the bulletin boards? Can't a woman change her name except by matri mony?" "Father," cried Abigail, "are you ac quainted with Miss Perceval? Why didn't you tell me so before?" "Heenuse I didn't know It myself, child. How was I to know that Miss Perceval, the famous lecturer who makes people laugh or cry, according to her will, was little Soldah Daggett, who used to hunt hazelnuts with me nnd build suow forts beyond the school- bouse forty years ago?" "I feel exactly like a ghost come back to this earth," said Miss I'erceval, shiv ering. "Everything Is so changed, and yet the same. And I have dreamed so many, many times about returning to dear old MlllvlUe. And so Janet Is ,1 i thut Mat H DeefM to hop pcr 44li.i Know Only I ugiLh. Many of our fabrics and dies goods have French names and we use them without much Idea that they orlglually and any uu-aiilug. Ararat Is a material woven so that the cloth has the effect of U'lng Woven with small seeds on the thread. Harre refers to a fabric crossed by bars of a contrasting color. Itnyadere comes from the dancing girls of the Fast, whose garments are made of stuffs crossed from selvage to selvage with strips, and wheu worn with strljH's appatt to run around the body. Belft Ooniposisl of ynrn In which two colors ure mixed. Houcle A fabric having a marked ' curl or loop in the yam, which Is thrown to the surface. Uoucle la French for curl. BouretteThll puts a lump Instead I Of a curl on the surface. The word , Somea from Uiurer to stuff. Carreau The same as checks, car reaUX meaning squnres. J Cheue A printed effect. CrepOB A crepe or erlnkleil effect Damasse A tigureil fabric showing a ! contrast in luster between the ground ' work and the tlgure. We have the same Idea carried out In dnmask linen. Drap d'Ete An nll-wool fabric with a twilled face and broadcloth back. woven as a twill and finished as a broadcloth, with the gloss showing ou the back of the fabric. Drap de Paris A twilled armure. In the weaving the seed like effects are given a twill effect, as In n serge. B tarn Ine Openwork effect. Frlse A fabric In which the pile stands up from the surface In uncut loois. Frlsor Is to curl, or, as we say, to friz. Qlorla Is a silk and wool material. Jacquard A weave called after Its Inventor, ln Which every wnrp thread can be made to move Independently of any other, Intricate llgures being thirs produced. All such complex figured : fabrics are classed under the broad I name of Jacqunrds. Matelasse A fabric whose face Is broken Into rectnngulnr figures nnd ! puffed up so as to resemble quilting. Matelasse may best be translated us tufted. Melange (literally, mixed) A fabric produced from yam that has been either printed ln the 4vool or dyed of , different colors nud mixed together be- I fore being spun. Saiin Berber A aa tin-faced wool fab rlc with a wool back. The effect Is one of finish, rather than of 4veave. Satin Soell A satin faced armure fabric woven with n ribbed effect. Sicilian A plain-weave fabric com posed of a cotton warp and mohair till ing, with the filling thrends less twist ed and broader on the surface than In regular niohnlr. Twill A railed cord running In a IhvgonaJ direction In the fabric from left to right. Any fabric with this weave tuny lie called a twill. The num ber of twills to the Inch In cashmere and other standard fabrics Is often u-e l to Indicate their quality. Vlgoreux An effect produced by printing the ynrn of which the fabric Is composed and using It without uuy regard to order or design. .) In-line A wool material used In 1ml tat Ion of sable fur. It has ou the face long hairs that give It a 2p like ap pearance, and may lie produced In sev eral ways, but all give the same dis tinguishing feature a "camcl's-halr" fabric Philadelphia Ledger. I II. UE TUB nEST STKl'-DAUOIITEn IN THE WOUI.l). dead, aud this tall girl leaning on your shoulder Is her daughter! Hut you are not changed, Ellbu; at least, not out wa rdly." "I am changed In nothing, Huldah," said be. "Nor have 1 ever changed In any respect." "Not when you married Janet? Oh, Kllhu, It was then that I felt forced to plunge Into some all-absorbing occupa tion, to keep myself from heart-break. 1 never should have had n career If It hod not been for that." "Janet told me you had confided to her flint you were cngnged to a rich banker In New York." "It was not true!" exclaimed Miss Perceval. "She told me that you were In love with her; that you were heart ily sick of your old bargain with me. And I wrote you a last appeal, which you never noticed by word or line an appeal that I sent you by Jauet. After that what could I think?" Abigail had flown upstairs, nnd now returned With a tliue-yellowed note In her hand. "Father, I believe I enn explain this," said she. "Poor mother yielded to temp tation and kept back the letter. Here It Is. I found It between the leaves of one of her books, and, until now, I never understood what It meant. I See It all, father! Miss Perceval! Father! Father Remember what I said ten minutes ago. Dear Miss Perceval, he Is so good, so true, nnd I'm ready to make such a model stepdaughter!" And then she ran out of the room to rescue her pet terrier from the fangs of the butcher's big dog, coming down the road, and when she returned Miss Perceval sat smiling In the deep window-sent, a daisy In her baud, a blush on her cheek. "Would you really like a stepmother, child?" said she. "I would like father to be happy!" eagerly answered Abigail. "Then," sold Miss Perceval, "I sup pose you must have your way!" And the world at large wondered nt this brilliant lecturer marrying n quiet country farmer, and secluding ln-rself in the wilderness. But the world at large did not know how happy she was. New York Ledger. A Thrilling KnU-rtalnment. Perhaps the most thrilling entertain ment ou record was one witnessed In the Romagna, which was as unexpect ed as It wus unauthorized. It was the Inst day of the carnival, and the thea ter of Formllpopoll was packed with a crowd of spectntora awaiting the rlsu of tho curtain. After a long delay the curtain went up, only to disclose n stage occupied by 11)0 brigands facing the audience with pointed revolvers. The lender of the strange cast, II l'as satore, one of the most ruthless rob- i bers of any age, bowed profoundly to I the horror-stricken audience and ex plained that the theater was surround ed by bis men, that the first man who attempted to escaio would lie shot, nnd that he and his merry men would pro reed to collect any money nud valua bles they hnd with them. The brigand ami his men then de scended from the stage and strlped the audience of their possessions to the value of si"" "" lie then thanked them nil In n graceful speech and left the theater. It Is comforting to know that be nnd 100 of his brigands were captured shortly after, and thnt they paid n heavy penally for their even lug's entertainment. Insect's Dyes fur I-n. One of the Inter marvels of little things Is the taking of pictures through the lens of an Insect's eye. From n dragon fly's head we could obtain Ooo perfect lenses, so minute that a million of them would not cover a square Inch, nnd yet each be capable of yielding n recognizable pbotogruph. In Iturmesn Hi-hools. In Burmese schools making the ladl shout Is the approved method of ele mentary Instruction. The Burmese cd ucntlonlsts argue that Bo long as a loy Is shouting his mind Is occupied. When be Is silent he Is certain to be scheming mlachlef. Therefore the best shouteri are the best pupils. Straw H r , - - , In Japan most of the horses are shod with straw. Even the clumsiest of cart horses wear strnw shoes, which. In their cases, are tied round the ankle with straw roie, and are made of the ordinary rice straw, braided so as to form a sole for the foot nlsnit half an Inch thick. These soles cost nbout one cent a pair. Eating thirty quail In thirty dayi can't be much of a feat; many a man has eaten beefsteak every day for fifty daye. If a girl la really fond of music, ber own piano playlujj will uouax her aick. Perjrrsi. fobwlgger-llow waa It that dog of yours wouldn't do any of his tricks to day? Ilrown- I guess It was Int-nuse I wa ibowttg him to a man who wanted to buy n dog.-IInrlem Life. Jnst Held flanda. "Ilnve you given Mr. Stalelgbt any encouragemeutV" asked the Impatient mother. "No, mamma." replied the confident daughter; "so far I haven't found It necessary." Hadn't a Dollar. Senator elect Porter J. McCumlier struck Dakota In 1KU without a dollar to his name, but chock full of law and determination. A "uMler 44 ho C'ouU Not Pee ht a Battle 44 a Very Knotting, To have I n a brave participator In deeds of daring, without lu-lnc eon sclous that there was aBytblu partic ularly worth noting In the fact. Is not the usual attitude of heroes, however unsiest ami ieli i (lacing. A correspond ent of Lealie'a Weekly, however, dis covered such a one In the person of a Hough Hlder in the hospital at Camp Walworth. The corresKiidciit was told that the man's experience had been most thrilling, and went to blm eager lo hear his xtory. The following dia logue ensued: "Won't you tell me some of root ex periences down In Cuba?" I asked. He thought a while, then said he iidn't recall anything in particular. "Didn't you lie sixty hours on the ring line?" "Qneea l did," looking bard at the carpet; "but l dotTVtuow as I could lay much about It." "Didn't yon hale to see the men ill.-?" lie thought agnln for a moment. 'Why, i felt like it was a lamentable kind o' business 'twnsn't nice to nee -tint there w n'n't nothln' to do. Do you think there was anything to do?" He looked up anxiously. "Did Jon feel afraid?" "Dunno as I did. alebbe I did, though, aoiue." "How nlsmt Hamilton Fish? How lid you fix'l when you saw him go Jov II "Dunno as I felt much; guess he's the Jlie that felt. Ye see, get! In' shot's llko bushlu' a log off a wood pile it Jest Irops. There ain't much to say." "Wasn't the battle ecitlngV" "Nuw, not specially; not what I'd call xcltlu'." How nbout Capronf "Nothln' to tell about him, neither; tame caae as Fish's. It kinder made u feel mean, o' course, but there ain't ao use fussln'. Say. mebbe I could get Up some stories for ye ef I studied 'em )ut, but I ain't got none now ou tap." lie was sorroy to disappoint me, but I told him not to worry. After nil, he may be right. Perhaps battles are slow nfTulrs. REMARKABLE AND MONUMEN TAL SWINDLING SCHEME. Mistakes of the past should be made over Into guldeboards of the future. the Principal tiu How tie Parsed Krconla that Drerlvrd limlnrin Lawyers atalleted MHUaaatresj ami Coot Uaela -" the - inn ofttMOrOOA Oue of the most remarkable laud case lu the history of the country uud poealbll Of the world was that of James Rearta, who laid claim lo r.'.ooo.ooo ncrea of laud In Arizona and New Met ICO under what Is called the "1'eraltn grant" ami who recently cotvfeaoed him self n fraud and Ids title a myth. It cost the United States $'J.mi.IMMI to de feat Item Is and secure his Imprison ment lu a New Mexican penitentiary for tWO years. In the meantime the Influential frlenda of Bearta bad spent 1700,000 In bis bebilf, and honestly lu elated that his claim was Just. The Feral ta land claim story reads like a romance. It was founded solely on the mythical lineage of a Mexican lrl whom Rearla married. In a word, be forgrd so skillfully that this wo man from Mexican mountains was her self Convinced that she was nil heiress - she believed the story be told her. She swore that she was the grand daughter of Baron Miguel Partita da la Cordova, of Spain, who went to Mexico in 1730 aa n crown commla- sloner, and lu recognition of his sop I vices King Philip V. In 17-12 gave him the grant of this great tract of 12,000, MRS WILLIAM C. WHITNEY. For 4t in. Year Mir Wua of Ko- clety'a lltiiiilsniiirit t.eadera. Mrs. William ('. Whitney, who died recently, at the Whitney country home on Ixug Island, was one of three hand some daughters of 1 r. William May, of Baltimore, ami was long a social lead er. Aa a girl Bdlth May visited tier many with her father and there met ('apt. Itnudolph, a dashing officer of the Kngllsb army. Randolph was married, but fell In love with the beau tlful American and went to Ktiglaml for a dlvoren, Be got It. Long before this Dr. May had taken his daughters buck to Baltimore, as he did not ap provu of the Bngllah offlcefl atten tlons. ('apt. Itnudolph came to this country bitty, when lie was free to marry, and Dr. May gave his content The marriage took place, ('apt. Ran- ''o's um wis. MltS. WILLIAM C. WIIITNKT. dolph was stationed ln Canada am' there the family lived until his death Then the widow returned to New Yolk HOI meant were modest, but she win popular In society. Mrs. Whitney remained a widow fot some yearn after the death of her first bUtbead, (In Sept. i.1l, 1800, she wan married to William (!. Whitney lu St. Savior's Church at Bar Harbor, in tin presence of n few friends. Mr. Whit tle)' hud been a widower then for font years. Ills first wife and the so,- I Mrs. Whitney had been friends fot some years and the families were fre quently together. Mrs. Whitney win related to many families well know n It New York society, ns, for example, flu Klines. Wlnthrope nnd Oelrlcbaee, Mis. Whitney met In 1808 with theae Cldent which resulted lu her death. lc Teh. HI slot w as riding t ie of tin hunts at Aiken. S. C. While she wai riding under a bridge her head struck a timber. She had frequently ridden under the same bridge without acol dent Hut It happened on this day that she wus riding a hunter much larger than the horse sin- habitually rode. She was knocked off the horse tnd ever after that time was practic ally a helpless Invalid She was TO nOVtd to New York us SOO0 as her condition made It possible, Later she wbb removed in ber butband'l yacht to Itar Harbor, and finally was taken to Westbury. I.. I. Mrs, Whitney had ill wnys Pttn fond of raring, and a spe cial track w as laid out for her nt West bury so situated that she could wutct the coutests on It from a window; of hoi room. Mrs. Whitney hnd two Htugh ters by her Srtt buaband and they sur vlve. 1 lie Mexican War. The whole niimls-r of men lu the war with Mexico was lul.'na, Including regulars and volunteer Tho war iasted aliout two years. Rome pretty lively fights were made, notably Beetra da la Pal ma, Boast vism and the assaults of i h.-piilti-iM-c and other mtworka of the Mexican capital. Yet the casualties were comparatively tri fling. Killed in battle, I,0a9; died of wounds, M'1-; total. l.o.'i7. Lea by I boot I0O than tie- I'ederal loss at tliu battle of Chlcka manga. Unas irked Uraeetk Eight of tin- twenty-foe Governors of Indiana who have died lie. lu im marked grnves. nnd yet In their time they were the innrki-U Ulen of the hour. Artificial 1, null.. Artificial legs and arms were In use In Kgypt as early as II. C. 700. They were made by the priests, who were tht physicians of that early time. ' acres, which to day lies lu Arlr.omt and New- Mexico and contains some flourishing towns uud Is worth $100,- 000,000, Suit was formally entered In the United States Court of Claims. Km Inent counsel offered their services to BotVla on a contingent fee. The gov ernment sent searchers fo Spain Crocker, Mnckuy, Huntington, all lent Iteavis money to fight what they re garded as a Just claim. Coiiklliig, Cock in n nnd Ingertoll agreed to serve ns counsel. I-M Stokes let the man and his wife run up n 110,000 board bill at thi' Hoffman House. Confiding tner liuints ndded clothes, horses nnd car rlnges, jewels. StrangoHt of nil, there arose all over the country 160 other liuluiuuts, all Peraltas aud all ib scendanfs of the original baron. Yet the baron's descendants were only the creatures of iteavis' brain. It was after the civil war that Iteavis conceived his conspiracy. He was 35 years old. He bad forged a little a pass In the army, n title deed to some land, a note nml hadn't been found nut. So when n Dr. (ieorge M. Willing told him of a great tract of laud In Arl- MM and New Mexico to which he bore a clouded title he decided to look Into It. Dr. Willing had claimed the title, and at his death bis wife wanted to look It up. She asked Iteavis, who hnd been dabbling In real estate In St. Loult, lo take charge of It. Hut It was worthless, iteavis then made up his mind to find someone else to whom Un title could be ascribed, lie found her In nn unknown Mexican girl. No one knew the history of her birth, l-'rom n baby she had Indian children for play mates. A ranchero's family raised her tnd sold her into bondage. Iteavis took this beautiful child to Sun Kranclseo, and John Y. Mackny was so Impressed with his story thnt he allowed him f.MMi a mouth with which to go to Spain to prosecute Ids search for evidence. So Iteavis went, posing as a newspaper correspondent, eilger to write BGCOUnta of Spanish Cu riosities, so dear to the American hi pie, then friendly to Spain. Iteavis found that the Partita family was ex tinct junt the thing to further bin schemes! In a curio shop Iteavis got a valuable link lu the chain of evidence- two old Ivory miniatures of a husband tind wife. Ills practiced eye told blm that they bad been painted 111 the eigh teenth century. They were Just what he needed, "On these as a foundation," says this strange man, "I built Hie mythical structure which all but stood against the efforts of the government ami the vast expenditures of money to tear It down!" Bat via came back umi married the beautiful Mexican and told her that the miniatures were those of her greut grtndtnother. Then pushing aside all tin- forgeries prepared to bin-k up the Willing claim, Iteuvls stal led In anew. ,Ie traced the lineage of the i'erultas. He found It to be an old family. Tho mime meant n "high pour," from the Spanish "pern," pear, nud "alta," high. The family beet me a titled one when a dukedom was conferred upon Bn rhpie fjtrrillo several hundred years ago. The last one was Huron Miguel. Now- for a mythical hero, the grand father of the .Mexican girl! This was easy. Betvis selected another extinct Spanish family named Hllvu. married It by forged an hi veil lo the last of the genuine Peraltat, who In reality had never married, and the mythical siivn Peraltt was born to the genuine Baron ktlgnei Peraltt da la Cordova, who terror bad a son. "I made the recorda show." says Retvia, "that tin- second Huron had to sbaudoti Hotiora. Mexico, la-enus of the Preset Invasion, nnd set out for Spain, the home of bis ancestor, lu lHoH, by way of IO Angele nud San Kranels-o. In I -'-': be had married- I doctored the word ell right- and to him a daughter hnd la-en born who married Don Jose lUuiou Carmen Masol y Castillo, Kept This bridge will Is- the largest of lis kind ill the world, ln the picture the three eetliiim of the draw lire shown lifted to admit the nai:e of veait-l. These draws Weigh 8,100,000 pounds. Electricity will he the power used. 'Jo. ls.V(. With bis .laughter and her husband he set out for Spain." It was perfectly planned. The rec ords told enough of the story to give It foundation. He was too wise to tell too much, as It might have bOM more easily disproved. ITimmIh overlook the family at a crossing of the Santa Anna Itiver, near San Bernardino, Cul. where twins were Imrn to (he young mother, n Isiy and n girl. Mother and boy died, aud were burled there lu one cotlln. 1 In- father proceeded, taklnw- the girl with him. This was the mythical lineage Iteavis built for bis tieuutlful bridt, She was to be the girl who survived. And It hud a wonderful verisimilitude to Un truth. There had been the iloods. there bud been the Spanish nobleman with his family, then- had been twins, Imrn. there hud been the deaths, and the father had gone on with his little girl. A settler had told Iteavis a (rue tale of years gone by. It was easy to convince the settler that they were the Peraltas, which they were not. There were the church records, too. Mexican acrlbee did the work for blm. Iteavis did the ageing of the records. It was easy to slip them between Un original archives from which they could not be distinguished. It was easy to change endenl church records. The Spanish archives Isire out every thing that Iteavis claimed. Ills wife now took the title of Harmless of Ari zona, and called the tract "l.a llaronla de Arlsonla." Certified copies came over from Spain, true transcriptions of the archives. Hut the archives were forgeries. "They were literally glued together with age," wrote the searcher, lu their simple Castlllan way. So they were. Iteavis had glued them months before. So (he case was dock eted ou the calendar of Hie l ulled States Court of Claims, and Hie learn ed Judges took up consideration of what came to be known ns the "great Peraltt claim." And only a bit of chance brought the whole cunningly devised structure to HAS A PRIVATE BALL PAITK. otto Bell "Kan" Baa a Revel way of Kattrtaltlat t-'rirmi. Julius Plclschtminn, of Cincinnati, New York, Kurope nud several other places, has clinched his claim of being the greatest base bull "fan" In the world by maintaining a team am! park of Ills own, lu which games are played for the amusement of himself and friends. Mr. l-'lclsi-limann has a gn at racing stable, crack yachts nud OthO! means of enjoyment, but It Is In till ham-hall outfit hat he takes the most pleasure and pride. Mr. Pltltchmtnn owu a mm met home 111 the Citsklll Mountains, UMI (rutin's Corners, nud It Is there he hai made hi private base ball park. Till ground had to be virtually cut out of tht side of the mountain. People nc ipuilnted with the topography of tin district dou't need to be told that tin finding of n level spot large enough fot a bull pun. Is a rather s-rious under taking In the Catsklll couu try. Mr. Iteiachmtnn looked aloiut. and finally found a four acre tract that did not have more thnu a dozen bills nud val leys ou It, and purchased It. Many thousands of dullurs were spent In lev eling this ground nud blasting tht bowlders, so that In the summer of 1SD5 (he team had a real ball ground to play UMb. Further Improvements have been made, and now the dirt dia mond Is as smooth us a billiard table, and the rest of the field Is covered with a lawn level nud perfect for the game. This ground Is Inclosed by u high wire fence, with thousands of loopholes for the village youth to peep through, and the grand stand, with comfortable seats, accommodates 500 persons. And when a game Is ou this grand stand Is crowed with men and smiling summer girls all In the gayest of summer gowns. Players who come lo try their skill against the Mountain Athletic Huso ball Club, as lielschiuann's team Ii known, find luxury awaiting them un der the grand stand, for Mr. lielsch l'LKISCIIMAN'H PltlVATK BAHKBALL PA UK. the ground. A United Stales official was searching lu Madrid ou nil entire ly different mutter. By chance tie came across one of the documents the original deed lo Don Miguel. It was n forgery. Oilier discoveries bearing on the bogus claim came fast and In a twinkling all was changed. The em inent counsel withdrew. The Califor nia millionaires abandoned Iteavis and he was arrested. The government sH-nf . i """ more to convict blm of misdemeanor, lie was sentenced to two years In the prison of New Mex ico, and has Just DttO released. And now he has made n full confession of the attempted fraud. Conversing- at Imiih Itanftfl. An Inipilry mnde some time ago as to the greatest dlstanee at which a man's voice could Is- heard, leaving. of course, the telephone out of consid eration, brought out some rather curi ous facts. It was ascertained, for In tance, Hint eighteen miles Is the long est distance on record at which a man's voice has boon heard. This occurred In tin- Grand Canon of tiiu Colorado, where one man shouting tin- name "Hob" at one end, his voice was plain ly heard nt the other end, which Is eighteen miles away. Lieutenant Fos ter, on Parry's mini Arc-tie eipodltion, found that he could converse with a man across the barbof of Port How-en, a distance of 8,006 feet, or nlsmt a mile and a quarter; and Sir John franklin said that he conversed with ease at a dlstanee of ten rtJltB, yub k liiotoiiraplijr. A Pberidtn (Mow) photographer says he lias discovered a ptrtOttM by means of Which a proof of a photograph may he taken within a few moments after the sitting. What has beOOUM of the old fashion ed woman who laid aside the cakes nud fruit she received at a party to take home fo her children? The hss a man knows alsuifoptlons on w heat or stocks the greuler are his chain es of getting on the right side. Farmers work ouly during the sum mer season, towu people worry all the year 'round. nUU has fitted the three dressing rooms wilh plunge nnd shower baths, and n man lu attendance looks after the comfort of the men. Do not doubt that the members of the Mountain Athletic Base ball Club get plenty ot enjoyment out of their season's work, lu addition to the salaries they draw and the comfortable living Mr. Ftelach ma nu purchases for them at a summer hotel. STRETCHING A PIANIST'S HAND. Itovlce that Wldena the Fpun of tha Mualclun'a Klnaer. The achievements of the pluuo stu dent are often limited by the site ot the bund, nnd oue with n small span Is severely eiieuiiils-red. A music teacher recognizing that this short coming was present lu ninny persons, hits Undertaken a scheme for stretch lug the hand Just ns one would stretch a glove, lie Is Frederic L. Crane of ii4Mi arniT mi nuririi. MaldeO, Mas., and he has recently pat ented the device by which he menus to do this. This device consist of a long rod threaded for It entire length. At one end Is u block, firmly fastened with a "finger rest" mndo uf braid or some similar material fastened to It An othet block, similarly provided. Is mov able along the threaded rod. and after the finger have been Inserted In the rest they may tie drawn apart aud held lu this position auy length of time by the sepuratlou of the block, which Is accomplished by turning a handle mounted uu tbs rod.