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BANDON RECORDER, - .. ..Kijuii-ii uni .stimuli. The antiquity or n swindle rarely Interferes with Its success If It he Tlk. SI...I ..... ..... . oktllfully managed, olio one confidence same that ban recently been played the United Klin PA rritftfait trial tit In . dooming nn? part of a torn bill for the amount of money It represents. The wuue or n pnrt or n luii la very exartly determined br inrniiH of nn mmarnlns which measures tlm fragment of the .in Him nit) croatest nccurncy. This iiicclmnlain prorpiitH anybody from get - ting In return for part of a torn bill any more than It Is really worth. That fact Is not generally known, and It is tho Ignorance of the public In the matter that has lately made lioaalblo the hiiccchs of a well dressed swindler who baH been operating down town. He has with lilm parts of a $10 bill bearing tho bill number. He ex plains to waiters, barkeepers, cashiers and similar persons that ho Is too busy to go to the Hubtrcasury and redeem mo mil for which lie could secure tho full value. lie offers for that reason to dispose of the torn piece for a small s,um and lias succeeded In getting from ?5-a ?7 for fragments of a hill that could never bo redeemed for more than half those sums. The purcharcrs, of course, bad eonll dence In thyt-mrstuken theory that the run valiijrbf n bill would be paid at the treasury for any part nf It, bow ever Hiitall tlio fccotlou might be. Ily 'WnmrTi. tn dm in,., iu... .H-uiv nii'i'im ami selling them on such liberal tonus this form of swindling may bo made very profitable. -New York Hun. A .Stliirpiuu Ciillrt .tral. An eminent lawyer, one of the most eminent In the fulled Mates, was In the midst of an argument hi defense of the patent rights of his client to a newfangled collar button that was be ing unlawfully manufactured by the people on Hie other side of the case The distinguished ciinnn'l was dcscrlb lug the patent referred to and Its many advantages when Justice Shims Inter rupted h I in and In a most serious man nt-r observed : "1 should like to ask the learned conn sol If bis client manufactures a collar button that won't roll under (lie bed.1 Of course the court was shocked. Homo young people In the seats re served for spectators tittered, and the marshal, rapping on his desk with Ids gavel, rnaroil, "Silence In this hoiioru bio court!" The eminent counsel main tallied his gravity, although bis soul must have been deeply stirred, and had presence of mind enough to turn the Incident to bis own advaulage, saying with emphasis: "1 have the honor to Inform the court that the collar button manufactured by my client Is unique In that as well as In other respects, but my client would Hot be so selfish ns to patent so Impor tant a beaellt to mankind." Chicago It coord. Wri'nllr With 'I'll I n I'riiMi-m. Here Is a little genealogical problem which perhaps some of our iauiIcim can Post, saying- "I have, like the rest of human beings, two parents. They In turn had each two. Those four grand parents had each two, and so on. Now, If wo take on an average four genera tlons to a century X geuoratlous have passed away since the time of Wllllaui the Conqueror, and by the simple proo ess of multiplying two by Itself (linos I llud that at the date of the Nor man conquest I must have hud S.fNi,. o.U,fjS'J ancestors of that generation Hut this Is eight or nine times the to tal population of the globe at the pres ent day and must bo fully ISO or -111 times the total number of human hi lugs living In the eleventh century, so that there must be a fallacy In my cal culation somen hero Clin anybody loll nio," lie nsks, "what (lie fallacy Is?" Mniiii '.X'oralil In tiillui. The foto of i he moon Is ecli'luiilcd In the eighth month of the year, and this lasts six days Picscnts are then muds nn which the tlguio of the moon Is hi parent, and a largo pagoda I llluuiliiat ed. firecrackers and music uud fain Ily reunions prevail. A midnight bun ipiot on the last night tormiunles the fcuNt, and tliou the descent of the gist dess of the moon, which we call llie man In the uimiu. Is awaited. She Is supposed to visit tho earth at this time to grant the wishes of mortals. The moon wli'j the Chinese In (he patroness of poetry, ami autumn is the oo(' fa vorite season Leslie's Weekly. litoluil ( Viinili-riilli. An old rrlcml who keeps autographs us a fad IiiIihI out to toe rccvutly the evolution or tho name of Vauilcrliilt ns w have It at tho preacnl time The srlglnal was Van der Hilt. The old romti'odorc slgmsl It thus: "Vmii Iter hilt." Wllllnui II signed it "Van der hilt." leaving n distinct sosce between (I n" mill the tminll "il," s bla f thor did between the "u" und the capl Vtl "I." Most of tho iiresent goners lnu make ouo word of It. New York Cross ill iiii,,,tt. lllghi'o- Why. Suiiillbee. you are Jus' (lie nmu I want lo mh You hare known me now for the yesrs. Iiavou't you? rmialllxs-- Yes. Hlg'iee-- Well. I would like you to in cotniuodNle tne with the loan of til. Smiillhcc- Sorry. Hlghcc, hut I can't. HIkIm'o Can't! Why not! Sumllhco- lleoaiiM fve knowu you for live yours. - IVnoou's Weekly. Ill A ki 1, 1 1 Ion ItrulUnl, Illobbs-Whon tie was a Utile boy. he was always siugiug "I Waul to lie au Augcl." Blobba-And be died yoilllg, I sup pose. lllohbs-No; lut tie's bad Ida wbli cratltlcd. He's Itacklng Ibirusturuier'f Coloskul Aggregation of Intunwillousl Btara. i'hlladolphla Iterord. In the face of the clock of the parish church of Si Ms l ( hew, Itctbual llreeu London, are iwo sum 1 1 Imlos wliicli from the i;iv.-iin-Mt do nut hpm ii largc euoiigh to admit even a tluy luni Y t these apertures liae beeu i Imwit b sp.irrow. as nesting plaiss ami lb. birds can la- froiiuouily ms-ii Dying tu and from III. i -nmige uIhmIo Tin-i. i' vrutloiu of i -i-.ii iuii h tin itnf u . j. in to have aft,, I (In- nine l.ttpiii.' curacjr of the iloik Polly Larkir ' ai i nf I o o 'd o o o o a o o o o o s e a a o a ' 1 I was mono of our big grocery stores isutlon lictweon tlie elorK ami a custom- ! , r- '"''i'' '"" "f tomatoes !" "'her things, but ickod to msj ' amen- i-.-ioim it wus sen-. i nir I h Kim scrutlnlcd It eloolv am I then wild very decidedly, "I don't want n "Win-"" nuLi.il il,,.,.l,.rL- In iu Inn- 1 fish,,,,,,,!. "What Is the matter with if."' "The brand Issllllleioiif," wild the, itistnmer. "I don't wnnt any toinatis.'s bearing a Han 1'ranclsco lals'l. Theru are tint iiiany factories run by China men in this city, and one of the worst features of those factories to mo Is the act that most of the employes In these dirty factories me white women and girls, some of the hitter Is-lng niero children. It I. galling to me to thiul Hint they have to be under thone filthy Mongolians, who order them aroiim and are almost Insulting to many of them. They have not n hit of respec for u hlto girls mill women who mo tin fortunate enough to bo compi-lted to accept work at their hands. I assure you I think it Is deplorable and sad enough that such things are known to oxisl, I'roiii themouiout I learned that such factories wore running hi this city I iiuiile up my mind that canned toma torn bearing a San l-'ninol-eo label should never conic Info my homo, and I wish every lady in this city could look upon lllu Ihosamo light. To sali'fy myself that such a stale of uMidrs did really exist, I vliKoil some of the factories run I y these Chlmimeii. I was not a welcome visitor, for the ('hlucc pro prietors and their foreman looked at nn In anything hut a friendly light when I entered the place rocking with tlx funics of ovor-ilpo and decaying Ionia loos mingling with the foul air and tin heavy odor of cooking fruit. Then woicwhltcgir! lo the loll of you, white gills lo the right of you, and in fact w hile girls oil around you, all working as busy us lives under the watchful ga.e of their almond-eyoil employers and their I rusty assistants, t-siino w ere pool lug the sleiuniug louiatoos, others wore (nulling them, while at another tabh the sealing ol liundioils ot cans was going on. The lulH'llug was mostly done li.y women and girl, while men ntfoniltsl to Hie packing. "I asked one young girl If she liked Hie wiiil,. 'The work Is all tight,' she leplled, 'but I dosplo lo work for Chi million. I eiieii every ulglit lor awiiiie, hill thole was no help for It, and I llnally inado up my iiihid In make (hi Im. of It, for when adversity meets us wo ciiiiuof always Ih choo-ors uf tin way wo will bring lite noci's.siiry bread mill butter lulu file liolle In food a lot of 1 it'll 11 1 1 olilldreli wbo-e appetites for Miiiiotliing fo cat seem neer to Is1 NitiHllcil. I wasall light until I slopped on a spool that lolled with mo, Injuring my hip and spine. Finally I was com- pelleil lii give up my position in tin stole that I had held for seoial years past Im-chim- I eoiild no longer stand Is-hind llie eiilllllel', mill I found it no ea mutter to find something ol-o to do. It was HoImiii's choice, so hero I am, lining the lsst I can In my iiiImtii- bio surroundings, keeping npiiit from the 'hi 1. 1 ile,' for I can call the majority nothing else. They seem to think II Is nil light, mid laugh and Joke with the Colesiliils or anylsidy else who Is In tin uiisiil. 1 1 is n w ful to me, and there an others iu the factory whoarojiisf as sensitive ami feel Just as keenly the degradation. That Is what tho feeling iu i ioi i it t to with sensitive, refilled pis pie, who, from force of circumstances over which they have no control, find thoiiiM-lveu working for Chinamen. I hate (lie ery thought of It, and au other soiimiii will mil find mo In a den like this.' Others felt like this young lady and blushed at being mvii winking iu the chis'lloni factories, but the inn Jorlty thought It was all light ashing a they got their inonoy Satunlay night I'hey did not euro who they worked for If the wage woto inild when duo. If you have got any tomato from a country factory you may send them up, otherwise Iohvc (hat putt of the order untitled," said (lie customer, as lie loft the store. HHaklng of the girls who work In cHiinorii reminds me of two girls who have always llvtsl Iu the coiiii.it up to within n few mouths ago. Tiring ol country life they, with (heir father's M'ruilwtloii, came to the uoly, bustling city to oe If they could not lllld Milne thtiitf to do. Tho fruit seooii wiujut Utfliiuhig and they Isith found work In u cannery, one laMIng the onn- and the other nx'llng tho fruit. They wore tiotig, hculthy girls und they earned mmi live to i dollars apiece per wtvk. I'hey lived frugally, did their own- wtwhliiKimd iiMiiiugat night, and man anvil to lay aside nearly all of their wugi., and what do you think they did with their money at the cloo of the mhiii'' I am siuv you would uiwer gtieaa, su I will dUcloso their ms'IoI, which they promUcd ihenisolvw to keep fiilllifully, but utterly fulled to ewrry out tin ir e,sH Intentions, for they iHiiitlihsl the fact to a few oIium'ii friends ami like the down of the thistle It WKSMUltcred hilheraiul hither. All of their summer saving went Into a diamond ring oiucthlng they had isiveleil sliiiv ehlldliissl. They are nut altogether sHtUlUsI wllb their Iwrgntn, for the gi'ins are not as large as they thought (hey would ls, and they lack tin- hwU-rstid sjwrkle they had dntiuiod rf slivpliig and waking and have falKsl lu daule their friends w Ith their e.etssl- j lug Krctil brilliauoy. They li,,c lit Ibeir foiidmwi lor (he gems and do un( eoit tin diauii'iid iitvklttcc (hey hudi dreamed 01 working a lifetime for They liml to drc) shabbily In order to get the rings, and thev rtulUe now thut diamond and shubby, though nciit, attlru do not go well together. One of their fond relatives In comment lug on the purchase- said: ''They are 1 dear, food Lrlrli. ntid wouldn't do liny- ,h,tK WTtmf( fnr ,lt. wri,i; but they for all that, , , , , f . silMiliig, Th,v I)JJV m( wll(,M ,t t ihh )lltl) u:()rk T(.y ,mt know (lmv ()) M,rk. ,, mtt.r ,0w disagree- abli; the task, but you couldn't get them to, rend a Issikor attend a lecture. They think It It not only too dry, but entirely too hard work." When you were a woe lad or lassie did yon over wish on the chicken-Nine that to your childish eyes made one of the principal dishes on the talile, a favorite that was made all the more welcome U-cailieof that wish-liolio that would fall to some lucky meinl;r at the table and who would never solve the mystery when the wIsIi-Ihhiu was broken aslo whether It came trueor not? 1'olly could almost wager If she was In the habit of dolugthiHcthliigs, that she knows one ttih on a chicken's wish Isiue that came true. An attorney at Halloas swallowed a wish-bone the other day and liked to have strangled to death. It is wife to say that ho wished real hard and earnestly for the removal of the chlcken-lsine, which wax finally accomplished. BRIEF REVIEW. Iiejuties ol Malheur Cave. Harney county, Or., contains a most remarkable cave, fifty live miles, a little south of east from Hum, Is Mal heur cave. Its peculiar form, as perfect as if laid mil by an engineer and chis eled through the rock by u sculptor, makes it tho womler of all who is- It. In visiting till oave one conn's to Its mouth right out on the "desert." One might pa within a few yards of it and not eo II. filtering a dark, ugly hole and walking down a gradual Incline for forty or fifty foot, one loaches a level Hour of rock, smooth as glass. Itaislng the torch, a cavern aliout sixty feet iu width, with walls coming to an inch overhead, alsuit twenty feet at the highest point, Is soon. This cavern can bo followed for llhO yatils without a curve or turn. The llisir continues smooth iiinl the perfectly formed wall retain the same dimension. Only ut one point Is there a small pile of shat tered rock fallen from the roof. At the end ot theltooj vards Is a clear lake of waler. Here a small rowlsmt is found miehoieil, ami taking passage on till, one may continue tho journey In the same direction into the interior. Tho wafer is shallow at llrst until It In comes practically Immeasurable the en tire width of the oave. And the water is rs, in-,,, itH.i' l,n mil lltec I.- itlii(.-'l t. distinguishable. One will walk Into It wlthoil' seeing it, and the 1010111- ro lled the I s-i I of the cave at a great depth, tho smallest object lying on the Isittoin looking as natural a If close at liaiiil. The water never 1 l-i- or falls, or cliaugi's its character always thesame tomporatuie ami elear as crystal. It has the temperature of artesian water. t a illstalico of MM yards on the lake the cud of the cave is reached, and the wall at the cud conies down like the arched wall ami is lost In tho depths of the water. Hero the walor mviii to bo at its greatest depth. There are many (booties alsiut tho lake, but after all II proves to lu one of the natural wonders of this great country that now await the exploration of science. Tho .Malheur river iics In the mountains alsive and Hows along at tho end of the cave. The cave Is lit HI yard long SlH) yard of dry Isittnui and :iN)yatd of water. Growing In Kjiuji. fifty .veal's hence Kauas and the tatiM planting trees to-dav w ill ls stt- plyllig California mid tho coast States w 1th tlmls'r. One need not Is' particu larly gifted with fon-lght to predict such au event. It I an Indisputable and lamentable fact thai at the pncnt rate of forest denudation oil the I'aclllc isnist it will lsbut a short I lino U'fiiro ill tho tlmls'r on that section of the const I gone. The (iovorntiiont will iiiille when It Is too late the guilt loss till ili-Hilllug of our forest inctius, Kansas ha foruusl an organisation for tho pie-ei vatlon of the tm which other SbitosTwould do well to Join. Swla Ulc-S-lvliit Invention. A Swim genius ha Invented 11 pith clonk weighing alsuit one pound which will hold up a fully siilpiHsl oidor iimii the surface of the water. Sue- ewsful experiment wore made recently on the Uike of Zurich. Tho clonk I provided with watcrpnsif pocketh, iu which food and think may ls carried, as well as blue lights, in case thai the wearer Is shlpwiivkctl lu the night. MulUirry lives grow everywhere, ami hence China's givnt piisluot of silk Silk factorh are oonitod lu s-venil of the large eltio. In IM'S Shanghai had 8IUM mittoii spindle, and several isit- ton mills have uvoutly Uvii stnrtisl. The average sickness of human life Is ton days In the year, or twoyonr mil of the life of an ordinary man. II t itsllinattsl that only one couple in II.Au) live to celubnite their diamond wedding. There tiro !M,(iO dllli'ient kind htittorllies. of There are Ttks distinct pvie of i-os known. There ure only llflji-Ut'liliiisM news pnH - rs In t'hlmt. AN INSPIRATION. It Sliotird llir IlaahCnl Vonlh Map. VT Wnr to I'on the (Juration. "It's a go." announced the young nian with beaming face, "and the hap py day has been sot!" "So yon got your courage up to the Isiltit at last?" said the friend who understood tho situation. "Yes. Say, It Isn't hard wheu you got started. Hut It Is n wonder I didn't got norvous prostration bofore I innde tho plunge! I was six months trying to get courage enough to ask the all Important question. Hut every time that I opened my mouth to speak I simply broke out Into a cold sweat and couldn't say a word for the life of mo. I would have retrmtcd a dozen times bag and baggage If I could have done so gracefully. Not that I didn't want the girl, but simply for the rea son that I despaired of ever being able to ask her to be mine. The girl acted, too, as If she had a right to hear some thing to the point. Hut I could only sit there like n chuckle headed Idiot and abuse the weather. I would have boon right there lu the same horrible situation if something hadn't happen ed to bin' It the Ice. "One lilglit'hist week we were sitting sldo by side 011 n sofa and during one of those blissful moment when notli llu.' was b-'lug said I chanced to notice tlio girl's eyes Intrntly tlxTd upon a motto that hung 011 the wall opposite and wldeh remf 'Love One Another.' I'll In hanged If I over saw that motto before, but It gave me an Inspiration, and I leaned over and murmured. 'Shall wo?' and she murmured, 'I don't mind,' and It was all over hut the shouting!" Detroit free Press. ONE ON HIS FATHER, Smart Viilllli la Cnuiclit, Then Vic timless I'nrotil, The IL'-year-old sou of a Van Hurcti stteet fond parent tecently became the proud possessor of some guinea pig. A day or two lifter the hiime were safely corralled In a cage ho wont about bragging of his now acquisition among his playmates. Now, It seems these youngsters knew of a "sell" lu which guinea pig play a prominent part. They stinted to "hook" the youngster and caught him fast and hard. Ho felt so bad about it that lie still tod lu turn to "sell" some oneeNe. Ills father was the victim. "lild you know, papa, that If you hold 11 guinea pig by the tall Its eyes will drop out?" Ills father hiuglieil outright. "Why. who In wonder told you such htulf. Louis';" "The boy all say that." answered Louis, sillier as a Judge, "and It's so. yes, sir." "oh. nonsense." said his lather, still laughing. "Well, yuu go to the cage and hold one up and you'll kiv." .Iilt tu humor the boy the father went out. In a moment he came baok looking well, looking Just like a man thai' boon l iiilly Mild. "The Utile rtiseal got that time," lie lopllcil to a friend. "Hut I don't see tho point," said tho r, 11 .). "Iiou't you?" "No." "Well, guinea pig have no tall." Topeka Capital. Tilt Mnulc I.Hiilorn. How many of us while using iiuiglc lanterns have wondered how they were first made? Indeed they are of very respectable antiquity. As early as the seventeenth century a Jesuit named Kucliei nstriioled one. It was a very crude affair, and as ho was not unwilling to oM'llo tho four of the poi-suus uho u ltnoso,l his exhibition lie ealleil it a "magic" lantern, and so It ha always Issui called. There are loasons to beliee Hint the lantern was lu use ecn earlier than the seventeenth century and that the 111) sli-riolis llgure which the old as tiolngers produced lu the stiiuke of their mystic tires were produced In the same way as Klrehor produced Ills, the smoke hiding the lantern. II T0I1I tlir Triltli, A cotiulryinitu on a lslt to (!lagow, while walking along Argyle street rending the signboard and tho tickets lu the shop windows, said to bis com patilnn "Hon can a' thau ham shop bo the best and cheapest? Lcr) yln o' them says that, and the same wT the clothes shops tae. They are Jlst a hit o' lociirs." They continued along the street un til, coming opposite a plumber's shop with a big bill lu the window witll the words "Cast Iron Sinks" printed lu largo letter on it. lie exclaimed. "Well, .look, bore's Jin that tolls the truth at ony rule. Hut any dauged tool kens that cast Iron wad sink." Ilt-r Cliiilci-. Utice upon a time a Young I'erson, by Dint of frugality, had accumulated a Wad. and. the 'iinn of Millinery ( cnlngs Inning co.-e. It was now Hp to her. '.'Shall I." she mused lu no small anx iety, "make tu Wad look like SO .cents, or shall I trim my own hat and thus make myself look like So cents?" As the Shrewd Homier will doubtless liuxe conjectured, the l'ihtit of the matter a Hint Hie Young l'erou pur cluisisl a Lovely Imported Creation, costing S.'si Detroit Journal. oil,) Inir ihhi. Stern father Now. now. luy tsiy. Ounrrollni; sguiu ami for n miserable little hHlfiM'itny? One of the Hoys Well, you Mild, fn thor, the less wo utmnvled about the lettor! London Tit-Hits X si-i-l ItiMprson. "What a b.ai, (Iful soluine uf Kutei son's 'liMty' you lime. Mls Madge.' "Ye. Isn't li lovely? It's a eiindy Isjx." ludlaiinisiiu Journal. IK I'lia t'tlW, "llugglex. I am korry to hear you were buruttf out tb other day. Did yuu lone all your household goods?" "Yes. but we don't feel so awfully liad oer it. Lumpkin. We expected to have to wuvv uext wtvk wtivwav." - Tlie "cnh" I the most ettliitnon elr culatlnx eolu of x'hlun. It Is n oopis'r and xluc pietv atmut the slie of (he Anierlcau ouirter of a dollar, with a square hob- m the center for. oouxeu lc nee lu tr ugiu- niauy of theiu to Kcther SHORT NEWS STORIES. irtlrir' Striniu Hlistit Arm Wliert lip r;m Ilia Inspiration Uurrn xtiiritlierlm's i'elmram. Major Hughes' admiration for the once miglny Joint L. Sullivan Is m well known In 'porting circles, says the f'hikiilelphla Call, that It no longer ex cites curiosity or comment. The mujor does not regard the present day cham pion as being In Hjo same class as the fitico groat lighter, ami his contempt sometimes leads htm astray. He and Jeffries recently met In the same city, ninl of course the conversation drifted around to the prize ring and the pu gilists. "Why." exclaimed the major, "you fellows wore not In It with Sullivan. You should have seen hhu In his pi Inn- He liml the toughest arm that I ever saw. The muscle" were like Iron, and It was Impossible to Indent the flesh." "Why. Sullivan In his palmiest days never had an arm such as mine," re plied Ihe champion. "Why. that's ridiculous," retorted the major. "Well, feel this arm then," and Jef fries held out his left. The major felt the arm and found It as hard ns steel. Thou he thumped on r v v v si, p , lia ' 1 mK MAJOK FELT TIIK AIISI AND tOUXD IT IIAI'.D A3 STKKU It, hut with no bolter result. He might as well have struck a brick wall for all the Impression that he made. Ile tried hard ami long. Then turning to the champion he said: "Well. I neicr exiiecleil to see all arm like that. 1 must admit that you liaie Sullivan heat a block, and I take off my hat to Villi. The crowd laughed, and the major felt uncomfortable. "Well. It's on you. major," said one nf Ihe snorts. "You were feeling Jef ties' game arm. It's done up In a plaster of pari cast. XVIn-ri- Mr liul Ills liiailrnlli)ii. Hvory visitor to Washington fall in luxe with the National library, the splendid structure which faces the fulled Stnlos eapltol. says a Wash ington correspondent of the Chicago Tlincs lleinlil Not long ago the otll clal at'chllec! ot the freneli goxern nielli was hero, and ho proceeded to go Inlo inpiuies over the llluary "It Is the most lu.'lgllltlccllt building or It son iu tho world." he bald, 'and I must see the great inn li who designed 11." So ho hunted up Paul I'elx lund est. artistic I 'mil I'el., whose genius Hashed foi ill lu the drawings for the tlnest iiutlillng on the American conti nent. After paying many enthusiastic compliments to Mr. I'll, the fretich man as,cd: "Of course yon nere educated abroad?" "No I was born In (ieriuaiiy," re piled Pel, "but I initio here a a boy and stiid'ed In thi country." "Then you inixel much In Hurupo oiory Near a few months perhaps'" "No I bao mil been back to Hil rope since I ciime over many years ago" "Where, then." asked the astonished strangei. "did you get your Inspiration for this gteal eioalloti?" "I absorbed It out of my paw.) like the boar." was the reply (uri.n Xlitrulit-rllii'a 'lYIt-uriiiti, The signature. "Margherlla. povotti donna" (poor woman of tlio telegram sent liy (.Micoii .Margherlla lo Cardinal Prison, archbishop of Naples, at t lie time of her husband s death Is now tinned to have beeu due to a lulsilll- ilei'slauiliiig In the llrst days of her great grief the queen mother insisted on answering personally all Hie telo giain sent to her, although this was afterward luiposllile. a they were so uiuiieron A It I a rule not to send royal autograph telegrams lo the oll'co they wore at llrst copied by a secretary or dictated by him to a clerk That to the cardinal was dictated, and the ooictary. touched to the heart by the royal widow's word, exclaimed aftor the signature "Margherlla" "Hor wo man." which the clerk uiccliaulcally tisik dowti. not iiiitlcli; the change of olce. and so It went lo the telegraph otllee The secretary. eellii. the ills culon and cnniuiutlou which Ihe word aroused, at tlrsl did not confess the mistake.- Pull Mall (iaxotte No CliHrsr fur tlio lllaoulla. An mousing Incident occurred to Princes Victoria of Wale during her recent tllt to the CuiuhcrlNud lakes, says the Dundee Journal The prince and puny, who bad boon cycling, rode up to a station In order to out rain for another mrl of the district They wore tired and duty and lu waul of some re freshuiout There was no time to leave the station, and a messenger was soul to a neighboring hotel and roluriiisl with a waiter, w ho took an order for some lemonade ami biscuit "What sort of people arc ihoy?" lu quired the landlady when Hkcd a to the charge. "Oh. ordinary people," replied the waiter, lu bliful IgoorNUve. "Ah. pulr things, just charge them for Ihe '.cinotLlile and never udnd the biscuits," said the proprietress. It cttuie a a surprise lo tiei hi I or on to lts.ni that she bail Iwu eutertaln'mi royalty anaware. In the manufacture or n pocket knife In fninee workmen are employed for the handle hp,) blade, l.s for n utile tnlfe. ! for clor ami H for rai.in "There's no time like the hvoiu " aal the young colic so ouui as It tun ed oi er to bl "uncle" he wat"h In grandfather bad given Ului lsi blrh day -Syracuse lloruld. The I longs I cai-ilry which isnist lutes ttio Isk1 giuml of Hi,- guxe-iie geuerjl nd a W4 r iistsj as far tsick as 1771. DON'T SPRIiMT IN PARIS. From the account of his adventures lu Paris given by a young American artist lately returned after a visit to the exposition It Is dangerous to run Id the streets of the f rench capital. "1 often ruu to catch a car here," fays the now enlightened young man. "and I tried It over there with a tram. It was Just outside the Kcole Mill talre. The tram was. not far, and I totild easily have c.-.ught It, hut 1 hadn't gone many yards when a big soldier with a sword and a gun Jumped nut and called 'Halte!' I am not big nnd I had no gun. so I halted. The big soldier then made me a speech la freneli. though I told him 1 was lu a Miiri Ho seemed to be looking over my hind, which I thought at the time was done fot effect, to make me feel my insignificance. I kept on saying Dill, oul!" like n scared guinea pig o ,hn. i ,.o d with hlru. but he kept up Iii oration, looking over my head all the while, until the tmni was gone. When the tram tin ned tho comer, 1 got mad and said. 'Oh. you go to Halifax!' And then the brass buttoned Idiot drop pod Ids arm and let me pass. Afterword, when I told X. about It. he said the soldier thought I und come from as!ihiatlug the shah of Persia or the president. X- -ay the soldiers ami gendarmes In Pari! al way think that when they see any one running In the street. Nobody over runs to catch a tram In Purls They only run wheu they have assas .mined somebody. The soldier was not looking oer my head merely for ofToet Ile was looking to see If the gendarmes were coming after me, and n nn i I told him lo go lo had nothing lodo with hi lolling me pa He let ine pass as soon as lie llioitglil enough tunc had olnpsid lo allow any getidurine who might he In inr.till of me m home in sight. The Purls gendarmes are made up more for looks than prliil!ng. I guess X. knows all about it lie has lived a long time lu Pari." lt Olll XltlSHIMT. How to abate the smoke uuNance Is n problem which ha been before the public for centuries i'iissler'9 Maga .Ine, In an article on the subject, says Hint while substantial progress has been made the exploits of etaiiks and half Informed people haw- (ended to retard a per feel solution of Ihe ques lion William II Itryaii who writes the article, gives Ids Ideas for a ru tlimal solution or the problem Ito guiding the antiquity id llie question, lie says: "The emission of smoke, of ten densely ulnck. has accomp illicit the ue uf soft or bituminous coal from the earliest times. It wai from the first acknowledged to he a public tiulanct' and has long been the object of repressive legislation. Its harmful effect on M'gelutlou was noted cen turies ago. ami II was believed eien to be poisonous to the human system. To Mich piopoi'iloii liml till nuisance glow ii In the reign of King L'dward I Hull the people ol London petitioned thin ihe iie of 'sen' coal be prohibited. A law lo this ellot-l was accoidlngly enacted, with Hie extreme penalty of death Such a meastite was. however, too radical, and II became necessary lo inodlfy the law, but the agitation of the sullied tins continued to this day " "Crnlriih" hs mi lltirtn ClueL, The freneli. If we may beiee the flgiiru. me in tlio way to solve Hie question ol early rising our f.ngllsh methods me empirical and uuiellnhlo The professional nwakeiiei who makes a precarious living in districts ubeto the early wuker sleeps nan himself he overcome by slumber, and even the policeman who In Hie small hours may lie soon pulling Hie string which cum muiilcaio with (ho baker's too may have moie piossing business to call him away The fionelimiitt ha re iminhoioil tit) i Ihe central telephone ollloe l iiwak- all night. So ho give notice of the hour at which lie wishes to be awakened and is rung up accord Ingly To this end one must have the telephone in one's bedroom And it must require sonic practice to sleep well with the potential ring at one's car 1. on. Inn chronicle HhhIIIIciiiIiiii. r I'mich llrpnllea, A candidate tor Hie freneli chamber of deputies must bo '."i years of age and an elector ami iniisi have complet ed hi lerins of compulsory service or otherwise fulfilled Hie requirements of the military law There l.s no prop crty quiihticntlun of any kind. Hence the (HMiresi oltlroii who call find a sulllelcnt iiiiiiiUt of electors ready to vo'" for hi in encounter uo monetary stumbling block on the road In the Palais IIoiiiIhiu The result I that tunny men isism.smiI of no financial re source pi, -soul themselves as c.lltdl dates. Had a certain number of gen tlenien who succeed In attaining the jHisliion of deputy, with Its emolument of '.'." francs n day. draw a larger lu come a pailiaiiioutary representative than they would easily- oarti In other rapacities l.onilou Daily Mall r'lrat lo snlntr Ihr Ih liniim. "The tlrsi foreign vessel." niys te Pulludelpl. ,i Itisstrd "lo salute the uew I tilled stnios lsinlosiilp Alahami which Is lying ol iiiicbur otr Cramps shipyard, wa the Spanish sieauislil Irurak Hat. which arrived here from Hllbuo. Siu. looiled niib Iron ore It was plettsaui lo s. aftor the recent war with Spalll Die vessel din her nil ors to l bo big .MiiIsi ma n she kiss,hI ou uer way io con kicIiuioihI wharf The warship did uoi roiuru the salute, of course, Ncoordlug io iue rule In in, tn nous uaiie not lo dip colors in merchant tess(u. as too much iim.. WOUld lH tHkeU Ull IU lllis.irv-ln,. H... praeth-e Hut ihe Incident was pin b-s t i vine or importance In the lib torj t( ihe uew warship. " lis IiIuniiIIo lulrllrt-l. She What are von tlihain.. ni.... " S HWUI, Hurry? He Nothing. She-Aren't you afraid of overtaxing our brain. d.Mr?Detrolt Pr.-o prs IV mau who talk do uios' urium, h. Igblln nualttte.." rvuiarked I ucle Rnh ......dii. , - . . . . ' UIISMJ KXH UllgUIV Rlllg IHIgS - At aula Couslltiitlou. It l said t'.itfi mate the South Auiei van te-i w i .i.taiu 1 fe maoy Jars :thi iue paii-t vt hunger FACTS IN A FEW LINES. A dealer In artificial limbs estlr te that 300,000 EnjlUhmen have lost uuf or both legs. Id Mexico schoolteachers usually have a cigar lu their mouth. Eveu criminal before the bar nre allowed to smoke. Common laborers In Spain gel froiu an to lu cents per day lu the larget towns ami from '-'0 to UO cents lu Hit rural districts. An Egyptian contemporary says: "Out whole Mnud Is uow girdled with golf courses. All the world Is no longer n Mage, but a golf links." The ltrltNh museum authors' cata Ingue I uow completed after 'JO year labor und has cost $200,000. It con sist of -loi) volumes and "0 supple, nieuts. Tho eruption of Vesuvius Is gradual y Increasing lu Intensity, and the au t'horltles are taking tho usual prccait Hons to prevent Imprudent tourist from approaching too near the crater An Australian volunteer Is cnrrylng n bullet lu his brain, Imbedded too deeply to allow of extraction, and In declares Hint but for tho knowledge of the fact he never felt better In Ids life In England during the past few years, It I claimed, 140,:i2O form la borers have been displaced hy ma chlnery, while the making of the lot tor. It' I asserted, required only the labor of 4.IKKI men for one year. Korsehdorf near Heidelberg, bus a lively '.ll-yeiir-old blacksmith and chtirehw union who recently climbed to the top of the church steeple and tied a now rope to the bell after the youngei men In tho village hud refused to risk themselves. Comfort powders nre beautiful little stanzas or torses of courage und good cheer, written on small papers and roll ed up like powdered medicines. One Is to In unrolled, read and enjoyed each morning. Each one Is a mystery until Its turn come. And the surprise I a part of the pleasure. The Hambleiloti cricket legend which make England's national gann take li rise In the little Surrey vd Inge scarcely mure than 100 years ago ha long since been exploded. Tin game was played by the tlklngs and i certainly Identical uho with the "clttl bull" of the fourteenth century. Sw ItT.oi land litis not until uow been noted as a center for steel production though her engineers have long held 'i high po o'l in the mechanical world Itcccntly. howeter, a company has been ful tiled to work tho great deposit lu the Hcrtioso Oheilaud, whore there me many million tons of ore available u t ci aging ."st per cent of Iron. About ull that a Chinese gelitletnau wauls tu practice the profession ot medicine I to declare himself n doclot and go to work curing or killing people. its tl jsc iiuiy be, nt the rate of als it '.' cent per visit. If a patient persist lu dying In spite of the drugs and lu caillntiiilis presented by his Celestial physician, it Is uo fault of the doctor. South Carolina negroes have started a now Industry hy the liaml picking ot phosphate lock. During the summet they anchor boats on the C'oosttw rlv ec. which Ik from 17 to 'J." feet deep, liml dive for Hie fertilizing rock, some times bringing up a fragment weighing Km) pound The phosphate from th river bid Is the most valuable known People lu Honolulu indulge III a hev erage known ns "swipe." It Is the mi live beer of Hawaii and Is a dangerous concoction The principal articles used In II manufacture ate sugar, coin, pineapple root and Chinese ginger bran. Irlh potatoes and sliced plueap pie It Is fermented after Nlandltig four or five days, and then It Is ready for use. lteds are comparatively scarce In l!uhi, and many well tu do houses are still unprovided with thorn Pea ants sleep on the top of their oven, middle class people and servants toll themselves up lu sheepskins uud lay down Hear stoves, soldiers rest Upon wooden cols without bedding, and II I only within the Inst few years that students iu school have been allowed bed Itorlm last year for the llrst lime registered over I.(Kki.(hkI strangers who had visited the city lonnu. which funnel ly bud uo .e visitors than Her tin. counted only a few over ."imi.imni lu I will and was surpassed by Munich with CiiO.ihm). Dresden had over half u million visitors, Hamburg. Lelpsk : in I Zurich each about -PHMNmi ami Suit t en it. Itasel and Dnsseldorf each uie,i quarter of a milllou Passengers on far western railroads are being iidvbod to carry gnu with llieni and not to slumber al night There is no lolling when a lone "holder up" may begin operations In a sleeping car If nno good, wide awake nan wiili bis wits, accoiiqmnicil by a llrst class sl.x shooter, about hlin should us M'li hluiM lf. Hie highwayman wuiild hot be apt to leave Hie train unless he Weill feel llrsi on a frelcher What might have proted a tery , ri mis accident ou the (iraiul Itaphis and Indiana railroad was ateried by the smallest Incident during .1 lecout heavy Monti at llig Itapld. Mich A freight car wa blown from the side track upon the iiialu Hue, but while it wa being pushed forward by ibo wind Ihe switch light was also turned so that the rtsl light was visible. The operator discolored It just at ihe proper mo tiient Devotees of golf are found of refer ring to It as -tho ancient ami royal gamu." It u probably more royal and certainly more ancleui than inosl of them hate any Idea of. At all event a pictured iiihlot was recently unearth ed nt CurcliemlMi, the old capital of th Hlttites. whereon are depleted men uud women engaged In a pastime which. If not esactly golf as plated at res.ru, u anything extraordinarily like It Tr li. one can hear hotter with the mouth open t u, Uut. a fact which may be terlfled by stopplug the oars while pacing tilroU8U a rullwiJ. tu)Ut., ttli, ',f !; """""t and huttlug on.-' mouth. Ihe mcri.. lu the volume of found the mouth U open imut be MH-rlenlbapprjciatHi. Do. tor -I, afraKj 6ur h , ,, doesn t get enough ercle. Mrs De Style-Well, he'll be esercl )