falfiyention
If an the mountains in the world
were leveled, the average height of the
land would rise nearly 250 feet
Gold, steel, aluminum and lead, when
Immersed In tartaric acid, a new chem
ical discovered, become pliable and
ductile as putty. , . r, .
New York's board of health has taken
action toward the strict enforcement
of the law regarding the sale of pois
ons. There have been many cases of
suicide lately by carbolic acid poison
ing, and If this chemical were more
difficult to obtain It would doubtless
decrease the number of cases. . ,
l Near Ashcroft in British Columbia
are a number of small lakes, whose
shores and bottoms are covered with a-
crust containing borax and soda In
such quantities and proportions ' that
when cut out It serves as a washing
compound. The crust is cut Into
blocks and handled In the 'same man
ner aa Ice, and it Is estimated that one
of the lakes contains 20,000 tons of this
material.
t Fruit Is now being shipped from New
South Wales packed In the bark of the
tl tree and the outer bark of the mela
leuca Ieucadendron, which is shredded
Into a sort of coarse chaff. These
barks seems to have some peculiar
power of preserving oranges during
carriage. This may be owing to the
elasticity of the packing and the fact
that It permits of ventilation. Unless
the bark Is cut too fine there Is no
sweating possible. The bark costs only
$20 a ton.
The heirs of the late Anthony Pollok
of Washington have offered a prize of
100,000 francs ($20,000), to be awarded
during the exhibition in Paris next
year to the inventor of the best appar
atus for saving life in case of disaster
at sea. The prize is open to universal
competition. The award will be made
by a Jury sitting in Paris. It is pro
Tided that the entire prize may be
awarded to a single individual, or a
portion of it may be awarded to each
of several persons, as the jury may de
cide. Work of the Egyptian exploration
rand for the year has lam In the same
district as before, a short - distance
down the Nile from Dendereh. Alto
gether about 1,250 graves of prehis
toric age and about as many historic
graves mainly about the twelfth dy
nastywere opened and recorded. The
society has already received from the
Egyptian government the promise of
a permission to work at Abydos, one of
the most Important sites In Egypt.
Prof. Maspero will return to Egypt to
resume the direction of the depart
ment of antiquities. ,'-
On July 19 last the city of Rome un
dulated with the waves of an earth
quake for nearly half a minute.' The
famous monuments of antiquity scat
red In and about the city were strong
ly shaken, but fortunately no serious
damage was suffered by them. The
great columns in the Forum rocked
visibly, and a large stone crashed
down from the Colosseum. A strange
atmospheric effect, which has before
been observed during great earth
quakes, was very noticeable on this
occasion. People who rushed In alarm
from their houses were drenched with
a torrent of rain that poured from light
gray clouds which almost instantane
ously gathered in a perfectly clear sky
as soon as the earth began to quake. .
ORDER OF NEGRO NUNS.
Only Colored 8iaterhood in the United
States at New Orleans.
In the old French quarter of, New
Orleans, with lta narrow streets, lat
ticed windows and jealously guarded
courts, where the fig and orange tree
grow, is a square of rather miscellane
ous architecture. Its central building,
717 Orleans street, is several hundred
years old. It has a stately entrance,
with great pillars and old-fashioued,
ornately carved doors. It was once
the old Creole opera house and ball
room of the early days. Now It is the
home of the colored nuns. Yet the or
der Is not such a very modern one, af
ter all, for it was founded In New Or
leans over half a century ago. Its
members are now well-known figures
on the streets of the crescent city. The
special object of Its Institution was the
education and moral training of young
colored girls and the care of orphans
and aged Infirm people of the race.
' One of the most interesting parts of
the convent Is the orphan asylum,
where children ranging In age from the
wee tots just beginning to walk to girls
of 12 and 14 years are cared for. One
of the sisters in charge of the babies
was an ex-slave. She la a real "mam
my" still.
"But, reverend motner, yon seem to
have some white children here." said
the Northern visitor, commenting on
the fair white skin of some of the chil
dren. "Oh. no." said the nun, smiling a bit
wistfully at the ignorance of her vis
itor, "they all have colored blood In
their veins. Maybe they are only quad
roons, octoroons; some of them. Indeed,
have only one-tenth colored blood, but
that one-tenth black counts more than
the nine-tenths white, and makes them
belong forever to the colored people."
One is reminded of some of Cable's
Stories, the pathos and tragedy thereof.
In the orphan asylum 133 children
are sheltered who would otherwise be
thrown upon the State. These, as well
as the sixty poor old colored men and
women and many of the children in the
school, are dependent upon the sisters
for their daily bread. St. Louis Repub
lic ISLANDS WITHOUT OWNERS,
Good Opportunity for a Government
that Has Lighthouses to Spare.
Frederick A. Cook, writing of Antarc
tic exploration In the Ceutury, tells
of certain islands that might well be
fitted with lighthouses:
A series of low pyramidal masses ap
peared under the soutnern sky. It was
like a bank of blue fog fringed with
snowy bands. The wtioie length of our
seaboard formed an tll-detiaed, cloud
like aggregation resting on the black
water aud exteud.ng the entire leugth
from northeast to southwest.- As we
steamed on, the center groups became
more distinct, and the whole line rose
above the horizon, where we recog
nised It as the northern exposure of the
South Shetland Islands. During the
afternoon a gentle but piercing wind
came froin the land, briuging with it
a glassy air and an easy, silvery sea,
over which the new land stood out in
bold relief We could distinguish Liv
ingston Island over our port bow, and
northeastward.' melting into the blue
airy distance, were numerous similar
Islands. Over our starboard bow was
Smith Island, its base still under the
water alxty miles away.
In a general way this coast line re
sembles parts of the Greenland land
scape. A flout the largest Islands there
are many small. Ice-free isles, or roc-as.
which are the resting-places of seals,
penguins, cormorants and gulls. On
tha lareer Islands, and especially on
Livinraton Island; there are high peaks
and rounded, dome-like bills, which are
tipped with snow, but their sides are
bare. The valleys are nuea wiin large
glaciers, which send tongues out .wra
the sea. We saw no glaciers, however,
which came out for any distance into
the water. The limit of the Ice was
generally at high-water mark, where it
wasted away In small fragments.
There was no snow on the coastal low
ioni hut there was also nothing to
indicate veeetation. From what we
later learned of the lands farther soutn.
It Is extremely possible that mosses
and lichens are here abundant, but
there Is no hope for grass or trees, "v
It Is very curious that this group of
islands, about one hundred In number,
with a thousand miles of accessible
coast-line and several good harbors.
vaa of Ice for much of the year, should
remain unclaimed by any government
and unsettled by human efforts. .
would be a humane mission If our gov
ernment would take possession of this
group of Islands and place there a
lighthouse, with a supply station for
the preservation of shipwrecked-sailors.
Vessels are lost in this vicinity
almost every year, and we do not know
hut that some Door seamen are now
stranded, on one of the many desolate
Islands, awaiting the relief which ner
er cornea.
- LAW AS INTERPRETED
Death caused by accident Is held. In
Slevin vs. Board of police pension fund
commissioner's (Cal.). 44 L. R. A. 114.
not to be a death from natural causes,
within the meaning of a statute pro
viding pensions for policemen who die
from natural causes.
The Issuance of preferred stock by a
building and loan association which is
based on principles of co-operation.
equality and mutuality is held, in Sum
rail vs. Columbia Finance and Tea
Company (Ky.) 44, L. R. A. 659, to be
void as against public policy. . :
An ordinance requiring a license' fee
to be paid' as a condition of buying
claims Is held, in Bltzer vs. Thompson
(Ky.), 44 L. B. A. 14L to be unconsti
tutional in case of a person who buys,
merely as an investment, a few claims
admitted to be just and due. but which
are not paid because of lack of funds.
City funds received on deposit by a
banker but deposited by him In other
banks, under an arrangement for shar
ing In the deposits, whereby be receives
the same Interest that he pays the city
and agrees that they shall be drawn
only to pay city orders, are held. In
Marquette vs. Wilkinson (Mich.) 43,
L. R. A. 840, to be held in trust for
the city aa against his assignee for
creditors.
On the abandonment of its trip foi
the - season ... by steamer starting
from Seattle to Dawson and reaching
Fort Yukon. , but unable to go on be
cause of the low stage of water in the
Yukon River, It is held, in Smith vs.
North American Transportation and
Tea Company (Wash.) 44, L. R. A. 557,
that It Is the carrier's duty to bring a
passenger back to Seattle without
charge, and not leave him through the
winter In the Alaskan climate, to await
the carrier's convenience for complet
ing the transportation during the fol
lowing summer.
A Child's Sleeping-Hours.
The baby should be taught to sleep at
regular hours. At first he will sleep
most of the time not occupied In feed
ing. . At the age of six the child should
sleep ten o: twelve hours at night and
two hours during the day. Between
these ages the amount of sleep should
gradually diminish. The method of
training babies to sleep Is simple: Be
sure that they are comfortable as to
externals, and are well, then leave
them alone In a properly guarded crib.
After several months' humoring it may
be dangerous to leave a child alone, as
the little tyrant may work himself into
such a rage as to have convulsions or to
do himself physical Injury, but the
young infant may be trusted to "cry it
out" In safety, and after the first dis
appointment Is over be will be bapplea
and more contented to take the : ups
and downs of life uncomplainingly."
Woman's Home Companion. ' -
The Minister's Mistafce. '
As a minister and a lawyer were rid
ing together, says the minister to the
lawyer:
"Sir, do you ever make mistakes In
pleading?' , -
"I do," says the lawyer.
"And what " do you . do with .mis
takes?" inquired the. minister. " ;
"Why, sir. If large ones, I - mend
them; if small ones, I let them go."
said the lawyer. "And pray, sir," con
tinued be, "do you ever make mistakes
in preaching?"
"Yes, sir, I have." . ,
"And what do you do with mis
takes?" said the lawyer.
"Why, sir, I dispose of them In the
same manner as you do. Not long
since." continued be. "as I was preach
ing, I meant to observe that the devil
was the father of liars, but made a
mistake and said the father of lawyers.
The mistake was so small that I let it
go."
Bombarding-an Observatory.
On July 19th last an eruption of
stones, ashes and steam occurred from
the great crater of Mount Etna, and
the astronomical observatory situated
near the base of the crowning code, of
the volcano had a remarkable escipe.
Stones were shot to a height of more
than a mile, and thirty holes were made
by these projectiles In the Iron dome
of the observatory, which covers a large
and valuable telescope. Fortunately the
Instrument was not touched. Fifty
holes in the ground near the observa
tory show bow close and fierce was the
strange bombardment. Where the fall
ing stones pierced the wooden floor
holes were burned.
Queer Breed of Foxes.
Gllbertsvllle, Pa., can boast of either
the boldest liar in the country or a
breed of foxes hitherto unknown to nat
ural history. A hunt club started a fox
In that vicinity the other day and re
ported that after a chase of seven hours
the fox. being bard pressed, took refuge
In a tree, from which the hunters took
him alive.
World's Greatest Libraries.
The largest library In the world Is
that nf Paris. ' It contains UDward of
2,000.000 printed books and - 150,000
manuscripts. The Brush Museum con
tains about 1,500,000 volumes, and the
tmnorint T.ihrarv at St. Petersburg:
about the same number. These are the
largest libraries in the world.
We have known stepmothers who
were admired by stepchildren, bnt we
never knew a stepfather who was ad
mired by stepchildren.
Marriage often means dollars for a
woman and doughnuts for a man.
LIFE.SAVING HUMAN CHAIN.
Tare Tonus; Women Narrowly Escape
Death by Drowning;.
It takes a lot of pluck and a stood
amount of common , sense to rescue
three young, women from death by
drowning, but pluck and common sense
were not wanting during a recent acci
dent on Long Island. It was a matter
of seconds only, at least so far as Miss
Minnie Hlddink was concerned, and
the others were nearer death than they
are ever likely to be again and escape.
. Patchogue mill pond, one of the larg
est on Long Island, was crowded with
skaters. . They had been warded to
keep away from the east shore, where
ice cutters had been at work. Agnes
and Minnie Grundy and Minnie Hld
dink neglected the warning. So long
as they skated singly the ice was
strong enough to bear their weight, but
when tbey glided along three abreast
their arms interlocked, it gave way un
der them and they were plunged into
the water. -
' Will Still man realized, conditions. He
ordered the skaters to keep back, and
almost In the same breath called for
Volunteers to form a human life line.
Men and boys threw off their coats,
threw themselves flat on the ice and
'grasped each other's heels. Stillman
found he could not reach the young
women and the ice was sinking under
bis weight. He called "to George Ho
man, who is light and strong. The lat
ter pulled himself along the chain un
til he was at the end.- s
THOSE BEHIND WHERE
- - Agnes Grundy can swim, and fear
had not paralyzed her mind. She not
only kept afloat herself, but grasped
her sister's hair and kept her above the
water. She told Minnie Hlddink to
bold on to the ice.- But the wits had
been frightened out of Miss Hlddink.
She : was unconscious : before Homan
could reach her. . Twice she had gone
down. ' -
"Take out Minnie first" said Agnes
Grundy. "We are all right for a little
.time." :. ' . " ... '
: Homan grasped Miss Hiddlnk's dress
just as she was disappearing. - Stillman
called to Agnes Grundy to take hold
of Miss Hiddlnk's divss. -
"Haul away on the line," he shouted.
- Then those behind, where the ice was
strong, tugged with all their might
The human, chain started backward.
The strain on Homan was terrific, but
he never, let go, nor did anyone else. .
i When the Ice grew firmer - Agnes
Grundy held on to it still supporting
her sister, while the line was drawn
back with Miss Hlddink In Homan's
arms She was wrapped In blankets
brought from a near-by bouse, and then
the human line was pushed forward
again for Minnie Grundy and then for
Agnes. .-.
GRIZZLY BEARS RUN SWIFTLY.
Can Cover the Ground About as Fast
aa Any Other Animal.
"Some people think that a grizzly
can't run," said A. J. Daggs of Phoenix,
Ari. "I want to state right now that
while the' bear Is a clumsy beast' he
can cover .as much ground as the aver
age saddle horse, and a man ' should
be sure that be has a good mount be
fore be tries to get out of the way of
one which Is angry. My brother was
out In the mountains of the territory,
among the sheep ranches,' one day,
when he saw, about 250 yards ahead of
him, a big, awkward stiver tip. My"
brother had a rifle, but be was not cer
tain tbat he would kill the bear if he
shot and he did not know how a race
would turn out He was mounted on
one of the best horses in the country,
for a man needed one in those days.. He
knew that the bear would not fight un
less wounded or - cornered and he
thought he would like to see how he
would run against bis horse.
"He was pretty certain that the bear
would run from him If be could once
get bim started In the oposlte direction,
and so he he gave a regular cowboy
yelL The bear looked up and started
shuffling off toward - the mountain,
about a mile and a half away. My
brother spurred his horse and lit out
after the grizzly, at the same time keep
ing up the piercing Yeep-yeep' of the
cowboy. The bear soon got into the
running, and the way he got over that
ground was a caution. My brother
saw that the brute was getting away
from him and he urged his horse to the
uttermost but he did hot gain ten yards
in the whole mile and a half. That
bear lumbered along with leaps equal
to a gray hound and bis pursuer did not
have the chance to cut bim out from
bis retreat
"I went over the course the next day
to verify the story, for it sounded fishy
to me. I found that the bear had made
jumps from fifteen to twenty. feet in
length and that the ground bad been
cut up by his claws so that It looked as
If a harrow had been run over It 1
would advise no man to try a footrace
with a grizzly." Washington Post
MOTHER GOOSE H-R RHYMES.
Grave of the Author of Nursery Dit
ties Has Long Been Neglected.
A correspondent informs me that the
tomb of John Newbery, In Waltham
St Lawrence churchyard. Is likely to
suffer the fate that overtakes all such
monuments unless properly and regu
larly cared for. ,
I have not seen It since I visited the
quaint and quiet little village in the
summer of 1895, when I was collect
ing materials- for a life of "the phil
anthropic publisher of ' St Paul's
Churchyard." Immortalized by Gold
.smith In his "Vicar of Wakefield," by
iDr. Johnson In "The Idler," by Wash
ington Irving In "Bracebridge Hall"
and by many other writers who have
: recognized the Influence of the first
publisher who wrota edited, compiled
l
and published books for "all those lit
tle masters and misses- who are good
or who Intend to be good.",
We have traveled a long way since
Newbery ' and Goldsmith : co-operated
on that famous list of books of which
"Goody Two Shoes" and "Tommy
Trip" may be taken as the best exam
ples, but if it were only for the fact
that Newbery was the first to give the
"Rhymes and Jingles of Mother Goose"
to the world In collected form his mem
ory should ever be kept green by English-speaking
children wherever they
may be found.
Newbery" s original collection - of
Mother Goose melodies has, moreover,
an added interest, for there is every
reason to believe that Goldsmith had
a hand in the editing, annotating and
aranrglng of the first edition.
Neither In London, at the scene of
his labors, "over against the north door
of St Paul's cathedral," nor at the cor
ner of St Paul's churchyard, nor at
Canonbury bouse, Islington, where
he and Goldsmith lived and worked to
gether, nor at his birthplace, Waltham
St Lawrence, is there anything : of
prominence to keep his name in remem
brance. A claim to have been the originator
of the Mother Goose collection was
made about thirty years ago on behalf
of Mrs. Goose, or Vergoose, the mother-in-law
of Thomas Fleet a printer who
flourished In Boston. U. S. A during
the eighteenth century. The absurdity
of this contention was amply demon-
THE ICE WAS STRONG TUGGED
strated by W. H. Wbltmore, the pres
ent city registrar of Boston, In his pre
face to a facsimile of Newbery's edi
tion, which he published In 1892; but
ancient superstition and modern myths
alike die hard, and there are thousands
in America to-day who cling to the idea
that Mother Goose was an American
lady instead of a nom de plume bor
rowed by Newberry from Charles Per
raulf s "Contes de ma Mere l'Oye."
London Chronicle.' : .'
AFRICA IN THE NEXT CENTURY.
Dark Continent Is Undergoing a Won-
t 'v. derful Transformation. '..
- The twentieth century Africa prom
ises startling contrasts when compared
with the Africa of the nineteenth cen
tury. With an area four times as great
as that of the United States, a popula
tion of 150.000,000. a soil and climate
capable of Infinite variety of produc
tion, a rapidly expanding commerce,
and the greatest known supplies of
Ivory, gold and 'diamonds, its develop
ment tinder the modern methods which
are how being applied to It Is practical
ly assured. The borne of the oldest civ
ilization, it Is the last of the continents
to yield to the touch of the newest civ
ilization. But yesterday enveloped In
darkness of mystery without and Ignor
ance within. It Is to-day Illuminated by
the searchlight of modern methods
and as Its' Importance and attractions
are being recognized, with this recog
nition must come development - .
With 2,000,000 Europeans - scattered
over its vast area,' acquainting them
selves -with its natural conditions and
requirements, with the steamer, the
railroad, the telegraph and the tele
phone carrying light ; and ' knowledge
and civilization to its darkest corner,
Africa cannot long remain unknown or
unknowing. .
It was only after the explorers-Llv-Ingstone,
Speke, Stanley and others
had discovered, through persistent and
heroic efforts, that there existed vast
navigable water ways above the falls
near the mouths of the great streams
which flow from the Interior tbat Eu
ropean nations awoke to the physical
and commercial possibilities of Africa,
and then. Id a twinkling, the dark con
tinent was seized upon and divided up
and became, as by magic, a vast Euro
pean "hinterland.'' Between 1884 and
1898 an area two and a half times the
size of the United States, and contain
ing a population of 100,000,000, : was
parceled out by an agreement of the
European powers.' At present scarcely
a foot of African territory remains un
claimed. Forum.
. Cost of Living In Parts.
To- prove that We are economical
young women shall I tell you how much
we pay at the pension?" writes a girl
In the Ladies' Home Journal, who, with
a girl companion. Is traveling In France
and giving the benefit of her experience
to girls who may go to the Paris Expo
sition this year. "The tariff card, tacked
on the wall of my rose-twined Marie
Antoinette room, says the price Is nine
francs. Then how do I come to be pay
ing only seven? One learns over here
to marchander to baggie, to bargain.
If madame's prices read 'from" seven
francs,' and yon write to her asking If
she can let you have a room and at that
price, she will pobably reply that the
only rooms she has unrented cost ten
francs. But If you are wise enough to
ask her If she has a room for seven
francs the answer will be yes-' We
are, of course, beyond the pale of the
bathtub, electric lights and big tips; the
maid who cares for our room is satis
fied to receive a modest fee, and it is
with a thrill of delight that we pick up
our candlesticks and say 'good-night
just as they do In novels. We are com
fortable and happy on two dollars per
day. The fact that we are alone does
not bring us a moment's annoyance, nor
subject us to any unreasonable re
straints." Pickpocket Pigsrott's Ruse.
"Jack" Plggott the noted pick
pocket used to tell a funny story about
the difficulty he bad In picking the
pocket of a fashionably dressed woman
who was looking In at tha window of
Shreve's Jewelry store. It 'Illustrates
the hardships that the light-fingered
gentry are forced to endure in the pur
suit of their profession. .'
It was a cold winter evening and the
lady on whose purse Plggott had de
signs stood looking at the holiday finery
so temptingly displayed.- Plggott said
that he tried all the arts known to his
craft, for the extraction of the wallet
but all In vain, until as a last resort he
fished a toothpick from his pocket and
reaching around tickled the lady's ear.
Instinctively she raised her hand to
brush away the Invading Insect or
whatever It might be, aud in so' doing
let go of her pocketbook that she was
carrying In the pocket of her coat It
was only for an Instant, but it was long
enough for the expert pickpocket to get
In his work, and when she put her hand
back her money was gone, and In the
crowd around her. she could not Iden
tify the pale-faced, fashionably dressed
young man at her side as the person
who had robbed ber. and if she had re
cused him there would have been no
proof against him, as the swag was at
once passed to a pal who stood ready to
receive it and run. .
Hark Twain on the Boar. ;
Mark Twain has met the Boer, and
this Is what be says of him: .
' "He Is deeply religious; profoundly
Ignorant; dull, obstinate, bigoted; un
cleanly in bis habits; hospitable, honest
In his dealings with the whites, a hard
master to his .black servant; , lazy, a
WITH ALL THEIR MIGHT.
good shot good horseman, addicted to
the chase; a lover of political Independ
ence; a good husband and father; not
fond of herding together in towns, but
liking the seclusion and remoteness and
solitude and empty vastness and silence
of the veldt; a man of mighty appetite,
and not delicate about what" he ap
peases It with; well satisfied with pork,
and Indian corn and biltong, requiring
only that the quantity shall not be
stinted; willing to ride a long journey
to take a band in a rude all-night dance
interspersed with vigorous feeding and
boisterous Jollity, but ready to ride
twice as far for a prayer meeting.
Pa as! n? of the Lily.
, Bermuda lilies are becoming scarce.
If means are not soon adopted on be
half of this branch of the lily" family
it will soon, like the buffalo, practically
disappear. Although a native of Japan,
the Easter lily is best known to Ameri
cans as being common in Bermuda. The
soli of the island is of peculiar composi
tion, coral dust being an important con
stituent It was at one time very rich,
but the production of the bulbs of the
Bermuda lily has exhausted it to a
great extent hence the danger that the
flower will disappear.,. But the exhaus
tion of the soil Is not the only thing
that threatens the lily. The flower it
self is suffering from exhaustion. Flori
culturists ha.ve not yet been able to hit
upon a name for the disease. The bulbs
are getting smaller year by year.,
'--' -Desperation. '
: "Judged your honor," said the - pris
oner, "before I enter my plea I'd like to
ask a few questions."
"You have the court's permission."
"If I go to trial, will 1 have to sit here
and listen while the lawyers ask hypo
thetical questions of the jurors 7"
"Certainly."
"And then bear air the handwriting
experts?"- ".'-'-.'
"Of course." '
: "And follow the reasoning of the
chemistry and Insanity experts?"
"Very probably.". . ..
"Well, judge, your honor, I'm ready to
enter my plea-"--
"What Is it?"
"Guilty." Washington Star. a.
No More Nitroglycerin Powder. '
The 'manufacture of nltro-glycerlri;
powder for the use of the army will be
abandoned and the army ordnance de
partment will adopt a pure soluble cot
ton powder, similar to that used by the
navy. The decision for this change Is
brought about by an accident which
recently occurred at Sandy Hook while
testing a 6-inch gun and while using
the smokeless powder- made for use in
8-Inch guns, but -with the grains cut In
half. - The charge, on this occasion,
gave a pressure of over 80.000 pounds,
which exceeded the pressure gauge of
the gun. Several parts of the breech
mechanism were Injured.
- African City Bnilt of Lead
There is a city in Africa where lead Is
used successfully for building pur
poses. Byra is the name of this rather
extensive town, which has over 300
buildings built of pure lead. Three very
fine public buildings; with beautiful or
namentations, have been constructed
from pure lead. Besides durability, the
cheapness of the mineral Is a great con
sideration. Thus the construction of
any of these very elaborate buildings
never exceeds the cost of $80,000. 3
Ireland's New Capital.
The Lord Mayor of Dublin, Daniel
Tallon. is a pleasant speaker both at a
banquet and on the rostrum. At Bos- ;
ton, where be was hospitably entertain
ed by Mayor Qulncy, some one asked:
"Dublin Is the metropolis as well as the
capital of old Erin V -
"It used to be, but at present New
York has that honor." Philadelphia
Post - . -
The luxuries enjoyed by the exclusive
don't taste as good to them as a story
"on" an exclusive person tastes to the
common people. -
Lots of men secretly envy the tramp's
don't-care disposition. - .-
HOUSE 15 CERTAINLY ORIGINAL
Btngrnlar Architecture of an Oklahoma
, Man's Dwelling.
Charles Babcpck. a Guthrie Alder
man, la building the most remarkable
house in Oklahoma. Babeock'a oonse
is three stories high- and as round as a
silver dollar Just from the mint. . The
upper stories are each smaller !n diam
eter than the one below. On top of the
third story Is a staff, crowned with a
glittering BalL The lower floor Is dk
Tided Into three rooms, each resembling
in shape a slice of pie. Along the wall
Al.D. barcock's bouse at ovthrtr.
of one room Is a narrow stairway tc
the second story.
One of Babcock's troubles is to get his
furniture to fit. If his beds and Utiles
and chairs and sofas were round be
could arrange matters with less diffi
culty. Somebody has remarked that a
stranger would walk himself to death
trying to get Into the house on a dark
night going continually 'in a circle, in
an attempt to find the door. ,
Babcock will complete his house by
building a circular ' porch around
it His home Is In West Guthrie and
commands a pretty view of the Cotton
wood Valley. Babcock drew his own
plans and Is proud of bis architectural
production. He said that he built the
house just to have one different fron?
any other. . . '.
Human Bo ly's Peculiar Odor.
: The fact that certain animals, and es
pecially the dog, will recognize the pro
pinquity of their masters or friends
although It may have been impossible
for them ..to have . seen them or heard
their voices has long since suggested to
physiologists and others the' idea that
every human being : has a distinctive
odor peculiar to himself, and which re
mains more or less constant. - Otherwise
honndV for instance, to take the trail
of as individual and follow It for miles
through .crowded thoroughfares, as
well as through open country, and un
erringly' pick out the individual from
among hundreds of other?
This idea has recently received a sig
nal verification, as we are told by Dr.
Bett in the Archiv der - Gesammten
Physiologic. : The doctor states that a
friend of his. with bandaged eyes and
every precaution against collusion, was
enabled by the sense of smell alone to
recognize persons with whom be was
acquainted, and to call their names the
moment that they came Into the room
and at the distance of several . paces.
The experiments were varied In a num
ber of ways, but with the unerring fac
ulty of the bloodhound this -nan detect
ed the Identity of every Individual pre
sented. . Other instances of a similar
keenness iare cited; by Dr. Bett Ac
cording to the man who gave :he exhi
bition, every family has a characteristic
odor common to all the members there
of, but the Intensity of which usually
varies sufficiently among the various
members to enable him to distinguish
each Individual Indian Lancet . ..
Children Not Given for piaythln a.
"Mothers must remember that their
babies are not given them for their own
pleasure or amusement nor-to display
as marvels to their friends,'' warns Bar
nettah Brown,- writing of "Mothers'
Mistakes and Fathers' Failures," in the
Ladies' Home Journal. "But mothers
must consider Jhat'from the first mo
ment of life the child is destined toward
growth, development, progression. ... A
dallying with this bit of wjsdom in the
beginning, makes " rare occasions Tor
much that is disagreeable later. And
let no mother make, the -error f "being
baffled by the cry of 'heredity.'- Much
of what is called heredity is really .imi
tation of what Is to be seen and felt In
the environment; and the most objec
tionable human heredity can be over
come. The inheritance of the divine
spark which Is ever ready to fly up
ward must be forgotjen." ;!
Where Tims Begins Its Flighty
"If one could have ruly rapid transit
and be able to pass along the meridian
of ISO degrees from the north pole to
the equator In a moment" writes John
Ritchie Jr., in the Ladies' Home Jou
naL "he would have a strange experi
ence If the time selected for the Jour
ney were a few moments : after .mid
night on the morning of Tuesday, Jan.
1, 1901, the -first day of thj twentieth
century. Near the pole It would be the
twentieth century. Tuesday morning;
at 60 degrees north latitude It would bti
Monday morning that waa beginning,
the last day of the nineteenth century,
for here It is that the western sweep
of the date-line Includes the Aleutian'
Islands In the American day. At 35
degrees north latitude It would Ds agaia
Tuesday in the new century." !
The Czar at Hi.nie.
" Alexander IIU the late Czar of Rus
sia, was said to be an autocrat even in
the bosom of his family. , Nicholas 1L,
however, Is the very reverse.- He re
gards his consort as a good comrade
and when In urgent cases ministers
seek an audience late In the evening
he is Invariably to be found In ber
company, chatting and laughing with
out restraint The Czar is generally oc
cupied at his desk, while the Czarina
busies herself with embroidery work.
Immediately a minister enters she rises
as If to retire, but more often than
otherwise the Czar informs her that
she is not one too many. , f
Valuable Pebbles.
Between the northern Doint of Lona
Island and Watch HilL off New York,
lies a row of little Islands, two of which,
Plum Island and Goose Island, possess
a peculiar form of mineral wealth. It
consists In heaps of -. richly-colored .
quartz pebbles, showing red, yellow,
purple and other hues, which are locally
called agates. Tbey are used In making
stained glass windows, and there is a
sufficient demand for thei- In New York
to keep the owners of one or two sloops
employed, In gathering them from the j
Kn aV n.m mhatA tha aravaa iWUlt In 11 0 II i
roll, and polish them, bringing out the
beauty of their colors. . . r ;
Russian Timber Raits.
The number of timber rafts on all
the rivers of European Russia is said to
be more than 80,000 yearly, with a total
of some 25,000,000 logs.
A man does not know what trouble
ia nntll ha nwns a hnnu anil trios tn
make a few dollars a year by renting tk. 1
OLIVER CROMWELL
Tha Parentase and Early Life of tha
Celebrated Englishman.
When Oliver Cromwell took bis seat
In the long Parliament he was 41 years
old. He had been boil i at Huntington
on April 25, 1599. and h f birth belonged
to the lesser gentry, or upper middle
class. The original name of the fam
ily had been Williams; it was of Welsh
origin. There were many Crom wells,
and Oliver was a common name among
them.' . One of the protector's nncies
bore the name, and remained a stanch
Loyalist throughout the civil war.
Oliver's own father, Robert, was a man
in very moderate circumstances, bis
estate in the town of Huntingdon
bringing an Income of some 300 a year.
Oliver's mother, Elizabeth Steward of
Ely, seems to have been of much
stronger character than bis : father.
The Stewards, like the Crom wells,
were "new people," both families, like
so many others of the day, owing their
rise to. the spoliation .of the monaster
ies.. Oliver's father was a brewer, and
his success In the management of the
brewery was mainly, due to.OllTer's
mother..;No other member of Oliver's
family neither bis wife nor bis father
Influenced him as did ' his mother.
She was devoted . to him, and he. In
turn, loved her tenderly and respected
her deeply.' Be followed her advice
when young; he established her in the
royal palaceof Whitehall when be came
to greatness, and when she died he
burled ber in Westminster abbey.
; As a boy be received his education
at Huntingdon, but when 17 years old
was sent to Cambridge university. " A
strong, hearty young fellow, fond of
horseplay and rough pranks as Indeed
he. showed himself to be evenwbed
the weight of the. whole kingdom res
ed on bis shoulders be nevertheless
seems to have been a fair student !ay
ing the foundation for that knowledge
of Greek literature and the Latin lan
guage, and that fondness for books,
which afterward struck the represen
tatives of the foreign powers at Lou
don. In 1617- his father died, and be
left Cambridge. When 21 years old he
was married. In London, to Elizabeth
Bourchler who was one year older
than he was, the daughter of a rich
London furrier. She was a woman of
gentle and amiable character, ' and,
though she does not appear , to have
influenced. Cromwell's public career to
any perceptible extent he always re
garded-her with -fond affection, and
was .always faithful to her. From
"Oliver Cromwell," by Theodore Roose
velt, lu Scrlbner's. -
SENERAL LAWTON'S EARLY LIFE
Incidents in the Career of the Dead
Soldier in Indiana.
The Northern Indiana friends of the
late -General Henry W. Lawton are re
calling Interesting Incidents of his early
life In this region where his early man
hood was spent The sword which the
Indiana admirers of General Lawtoa
were raising a purse to procure for
him on his return from the Philippines
would have been the second of which
he was the recipient bad he lived.: In
1864 after he had made a name for
himself, while at Fort Wayne, he was
presented with a handsome sword.
General Lawton got h!s first Instruc
tion hi military tactics In a Fort Wayne
marching ' club known', as the .Wlde
Awakes. There were rival clubs In the
town and that to which Lawton be
longed held - Its -meetings, in the old
Firemen's hall, corner . of Court and
Berry streets, Fort Wayne, and many
of the volunteer firemen of the town
were members. -After
the close of the civil war ahd
while he was living at Fort Way pe
Lawton met Miss Emily Sturgls- Laur
ton proposed ; and ; was rejected. ' 'A.i
the time be was studying law. He at
unce abandoned the profession and ap-
pl'.ed for a commission In. the regular
r.rmy. He was offered a second lieu
tenancy, and Inasmuch as his career
in the rebellion was a brilliant one his
acquaintances thought he would reject
the place, but he accepted it and left
Fort Wayne to win additional fame.
General Lawton's father, George W.,
traveled all through Northern Indiana
building grist mills, so necessary In the
early days to the pioneer settlers. He
was seldom at home, and the dead gen-eral-spent
a great deal of bis time with
his uncle, Daniel, In the southern part
of Allen County. When he attended
the Fort Wayne college, a Methodist
Institution long since gone out of ex
istence, he occupied a modest room In'
the western part of the city. He was
at his uncle's when Lincoln's first call
for volunteers was received and hast
ened to Fort Wayne to enlist Chicago
Chronicle. .
I Talents of "The Waltz Kin."
.-Music was not the only talent of
Johann Strauss, the composer. He was
a draughtsman of marked though un
developed power, aud -was especially
successful as a caricaturist This little
isirte-genlus he valued highly as an aid
to his musical composition... He was al
ways handsomely attired, slippers or
8moking-jacket being unknown In his
wardrobe, and at bis composing-desk I
in the morning he waa as faultlessly
dressed as in the evening at the opera
or hi the ball-room. After dinner be'
smoked, played billiards with Intimate
friends, and seemingly enjoyed ' win
ning at French caranibole as thorough
ly as be did his greatest artistic tri
umphs. One of his friends who fuit
privileged to joke with him once said,
"Johann, you can play the piano and
the violin fairly well, but you excel at '
billiards and cards." It not" seldom
happened, however, that In the midst
of a game he would absent-mindedly
scribble the beginning of an opera upon
the cards, thus spoiling tha name, but
contributing to' the amusement of hla
comrades. Woman's . Home Compan- '
ion.
When a man has a son he thinks la
bright he forgets that other men are
ever busy,'
STATUE OF CBOMWlI.t.
Teacher Johnny, you may define tha
first person. Johnny Adam. Brooklyn
ijixe.
A definition: He What Is a flirtation?
She Attention without Intention. Chl-
caeo iew.
"Dead men tell no tales." "They
don't have to; they leave widows who
can do the talking." Town Topics.
; "Anyhow," said a schoolboy of In
dianapolis the other day. "the way tbey
keep cbangin' things nowadays I know
more about jogaffy than the Jogaffy It-
"What Is the sensation of going up In
a balloon?" asked the reporter. "Pre
cisely the opposite to tbat of coming
down In one," replied the professor. Im
pressively. Papa I think nineteen Is altogether
too early for a girl to marry. Don't you?
Mamma Well, yes; but 1 remember
the time when 1 dldu't and I remember
the time when you didn't"
A mean man has sent through a post
office, presided over by a Voman. a
postal card on which was written:
"Dear Sam Here, are the details of
that scandal." The rest was in Greek.
Judge Have you anything to say be
fore the court passes sentence? Pris
onerWell, all I've got to say Is, 1 hope
you'll consider the extreme youth of
my lawyer, and let me off easy. Tit-
Bits.
"Well. Drake. I suppose you are sav
Ing up to buy your wife a Christmas
present?" "Saving up? I guess not It
takes all I can spare to give her to save
Up to buy me something." Philadel
phia Bulletin. ;
Artist My next picture at the Acad
emy will be entitled "Driven to Drink"
His friend Ah. some powerful portray
al of baffled passion. I suppose? Artist
Oh, no; It's a cab approaching a water
trough. Tit-Bits.
; He knew better: Sunday school teach
erAlways tell the truth, my boy.
You're too young to tell lies. New
scholar Who? .. Me? Not much! I've
told 'em till I was so sore 1 couldn't sit
flown. Town Topics. 1 "
i "Did they give you a tip?' asked a
restaurant proprietor of a new waiter
who bad just served his' first custom-
era. "Yes, sorr.: was the reply; "they
told me I had betther go carry a hod."
Portland Oregon Ian.
Miles Where is your friend Jaggs
now? Giles He's gone to the spirit
land. Miles Indeed! It's strange I
never beard of his demise. Giles Ob,
he Isn't dead. He's visiting relatives in
Kentucky. Chicago News. :
"Where's your bottle of cough medi
cine, Joslah?" "What do you want with
It?" "Well, you won't take It and. as it
cost sixty-five cents. It sha'n't be
wasted; I'm going to polish the piano
H.t.t. i. rti, ! nnAAH
' In the Philippines: Mrs. Agulnaldo
Emilio, dear. Mr. Agulnaldo fes. love,
what Is it? Mrs. Agulnaldo Can't yon
f.Va 114-flA SAAotfTA Tt7aetitnytin with vrkrl
and let bim see you move the capital
to-day? Baltimore American.
"No. I don't think she will ever mar
ry. You see. she Insists upon testing
the affection of every one who proposes.
. . . . . ..
to . ner, ana tne test is too severe. -"What
Is .It?" "She asks him to teach
her mother to ride the bicycle." ;
"The evidence." said the Judge.
nltii a that nrt Vi miff a fitnno at this -
man." ?Sure." replied Mrs. O'Hooll-J
han. "an the looks av the man shows ;
more than thot yer honor. It shows
thot Ol hit him." Chicago News.'
Giles Statistics show that fewer
men fill drunkards' graves than In for
mer years. Miles What's the cause
world growing better? Giles No; I
guess cremation has something to do
with It New York Evening World.
"This," the bold young man whisper
ed, touching ber blushing cheek. "Is the
pink of perfection.". "And this," his
fair cousin retorted, bringing ber hand
against his cheek with a ringing slap.
?is the sounding brassr'--Chlcago Trib
une. : Ethel (rummaging In grandma's
Untweri lll. giauuiun, nua a vul iuu.
key this Isl GraudmaYes, my dear;
tbat was your grandfather's latchkey.
"And you keep It In memory of old .
days?" "No my dear; old nights." Tlt
Blts. ' ' . .
Lady of the house Go on away from
here. We have no old clothes, no cold
victuals, no HoDeless Harry I -
didn't want nothln' to eat nor wear. 1
tint ao, HaI tn If vnn hflii a old auto
mobile to give away. Indianapolis
JournaL
Visitor What was the matter with
the man they just Drougnt in uoctor
Stuck his bead through a pane of glass.
Visitor How did he look. Doctor His
face, wore an Injured expression. Bal
timore Newa.
The Irishman was painting his barn.
and be was hurrying bis work with all
bis strength and speed. "What are you
In such a hurry for. Murphy?" asked a
spectator. "Sure. I want to get through
before me paint runs out was the re
ply. Dtica Observer.
Little Mike (who- has struck a hard
spot In his reading) Feyther. pbowot la
an autopsy?. McLubberly (promtly)
An autopsy. Is ut? Sure, tho't pbwin
a dead man requlsts dbe docthors to
cut him up, so thot be can folnd out
phwot la dhe matther wld bim. Bazar. '
'Why did you leave your last place?"
asked Mrs. WHIougbby of the would-be
cook. "1. boven't left me lasht place,'
replied the applicant "1 boven't bad
any lasht place to leave. I've been
worrkln' for meself for six months, an'
I can recommind meself to yea very
holghly." Harper's Bazar.
Parental Diplomacy.
"But what are your objections to the
young man?" asked the mother.
"None," answered the other half of
the management of the young woman.
"Then why did you refuse his request
for Ethel's hand?" .
"Only for the dear child's good. If he
have any spirit at ah he will go ahead
and marry her anyhow, and If he
doesn't she Is well rid of him." Indian
apolis Press.
Spanish Ho t Charitable.
The Spanish are among the most
charitable people on earth. Without a
poor tax, Spanish communities of 50,
000 self -supporters feed a pauper popu
lation of 5,000 or more.
French Millinery,
A Paris Journal says that Americans
buy $7,000,000 worth of millinery in
France annually, England following
with $4,000,000, while Germany is sat
isfied with $600,000 worth.
Every man feels that he has a kick
coming because he Is not rich, and la
ready at a moment's notice to Jump
lump
rich man. -