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He was reading the thirteenth chapter
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27th verse, he said distinctly: "And he
spake to his sons, saying: Saddle me
the ass. And they saddled him."
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MILLIONAIRES IN ALL LANDS.
Kvcry Nation lias Men Anions Its
Citizens with Immense Wealth
Geniiauy is not generally regarded as
a laud of rich men, and yet the goldeu
book should have a very large section,
devoted to Germany and Austria-Hungary.
It is true that most of the names
would have prince before them, but,
bein of royal blood, does uot alter the
fact of wealth. Without counting the
private properties of the sovereigns,
who ought not to be included, there are
a dozen or so Teutonic highuesses
whose wealth, not merely in lauds but
In money, is enormous. For instance,
that of the father of the present Prince
of Bulgaria was counted by many mil
liou.s .sterling. Many of the dethroned
monarchs again are very rich, for roi
en e.ii has ceased to be a synonym for
poyerty. .No one, of course, knows the
exact wealth of the Orleans family, but
it ,s very great, and even the Bourbons
are well off. lou Carlos, in spite of
the money he has spent on Spanish and
other adventures, is a millionaire.
The Russian empire would also make
a good show, for, although the great
landed proprietors have suffered of late
years, many of the merchants and
financiers have done exceedingly well.
If rumor is to be trusjed, some of the.
officials are also very rich. Fabulous
sums are attributed to one In particu
lar. The millionaires of Africa would,
we suppose, be confined to Kiuiberley
and the Baud, but possibly there are
some large fortunes iu Cairo among the
Levantine colony. Asia will probably
make a very respectable show iu the
golden book. It is true that in the
Turkish and Persian empires million
aires are never long lived, and this fact
tends to their nonexistence, but for all
that, some of the Smyrna Greeks and
Damascus Jews ought to be able to
gain admission. India, on the other
hand, if the native princes who do uot
IKissess sovereign rignts are counted,
as they must be, contains a great nutn-j
her of extremely rich men. Not onlyi
are there merchants iu the great cities
who are worth several millions in per
sonal property, but there are also four
or live great Zemludars who have in
comes which represent the interest on
two or three millions sterling. The re
action against thinking of India as a
place of wealth has in fact been carried'
too far, and we are apt to forget that
princely fortunes are still made and
kept there.
The truth about the Chinese fortunes
would be most curious if it could be dls
covered. Unfortunately, it is the laud
of the cryptomilliouaires, of the men,
who live in little low houses and hoard
gold ingots In the shape of Naples bis
ctiits. It is known, however, that the
Empress Dowager is among the richest
if not the richest, person alive; while
I.i Hung Chang, unless he has lately
been plundered, which is unlikely, must
aldb have vast wealth. Outside China
the Chinese are often very rich, and
dare to show their wealth. For exam
ple, It is always said, and so far as
known, with truth, that several of the
Chinese, merchants df Slngapor are men
of enormous riches. With the Ameri
can millionaire it is hardly necessary
to deal. What place Is not full of the
report of his dollars? It should, how
ever, be noted that, though one or two
of the American fortunes are beyond
the dreams of avarice, the number of
'warm men" is, In proportion to popu
lation, not so great as it is here. There
are, that is, not so many great, but far-
more small, millionaires in England.
The man who reaches $5,000,000 Is apt
either to lose it all again, or else to turn
it into $50,000,000 or $100,000,000.
Spanish South America is not, as a
rule, regarded as a place of rich men,
yet, as a matter of fact. Chili, Mexico.
Brazil and the Argentine Republic have
all within the last thirty years pro
duced fortunes on the great scale, and
not very long ago the greatest heiress
in the world was said to be the only
daughter of a South American mil
lionaire. London Chronicle.
An Even Exchange.
A good Irish story will bear consider
able retelling. Such, evidently, is the
view of Cornhill Magazine, from which
the following example is taken:
Chief Baron O'Grady was once trying
a case In an assize town where the
courthouse abutted on the green. A fall
was In progress, and just outside the
court a number of asses were tethered.
As counsel was addressing the court
one of these began to bray.
Instantly the chief baron stopped the
speaker. "Wait a moment, Mr. Bushe,"
he said. "I can't hear two at once."
The court roared, and the advocate
grew red. But presently, when it came
to summing up, the judge was in full
swing when another ass struck In,
whether by the counsel's contrivance
or not, who shall say? Anyhow, up
jumped Mr. Bushe, with his hand to his
ear, and said:
"Would your lordship speak a little
louder? There's such an echo in the
court." "
Dropping a Letter.
An enterprising Sixth street restau
rant proprietor hung out a large black
board sign the other day, with the fol
lowing announcement: "You can't beat
our 15-cent dinners." This sign prov
ed to be a good drawing card until a
young man of humorous turn of mind
came along. The latter, seeing the
sign, stopped, and, after scrutinizing
it closely, smiled one of those smiles
which bode no one any good. He wait
ed until none of the employes were
watching, and taking out his handker
chief, he erased the letter "b" from the
word beat. The transformation was
complete, and it was not until a crowd
had collected that the proprietor of the
restaurant discovered why there was
a larger crowd outside than Inside.
Philadelphia Record.
To Open the Vatican Crypt.
The Congress for Christian archaeol
ogy, which recently held Its session at
Koine, lias petitioned tne i-ope to open
the crypts of tne Vatican to scientific
researches. They contain galleries and
a subterranean church, all containing
valuable treasures.
Over sixty "labor temples" or trades
union headquarters are now in course
of construction iu various cities and
towns in the United States and Can
ada. A man's experience in life often
t-auses him to wonder If a mirror
wasn't broken the dajf he wan born.
CHINESE BOY AT HOME,
Lon a Hours in School and Sparta of
the Vacation.
Among the representatives of the ce
lestial kingdom in this city are Lee
Way and his cousin, Ah Foon. They
are bright and intelligent, and are inter
esting characters. Of their earlier life
in China they give very lucid accounts
Lee Way has been In the United
States about twenty years, first locat
ing In New York City. In. his native
country he has a wife and son, and he
has made frequent visits to them since
he first came to America. Lee received
instruction in English before he crossed
the Pacific, and he also attended school
in New York. Both he aud his cousin
receive weekly instructions at the
hands of teachers of the Baptist Suu
day school, and Lee especially has be
come proficient in his use of the Eug-
ish language.
Ah Foon has been lu America only a
few years, and has resided in Ogdens
burg about a year. He is married, and
his wife was left behind in his native
land. Before coming to America Ah
Foon was in school until he was 13,
with English tutors, but his knowledge
of the language is meager. Until a few-
years ago there were no woman teach
ers in all China. Now there are many,
and students are received until past the
age of 35. There are many native
teachers, as well as the missionaries.
who come from foreign lands. The
scholars sit on high stools at desks
and study aloud. At 10 aud 12 years the
Chinese scholars can read and write
very well. Every lesson is learned by
rote. The teacher always retains pos
session of a punishing stick, and occa
sionally lazy or tardy scholars receive
a few sound raps with it.
The scholars are at school early in the
morning, and it is uot uncommon for
boys to study ten hours a day. That
would seem a long time for American
boys to devote to study in a single day,
but, acordlng to Ah Foon, the juvenile
Chinaman never grumbles at the long
hours, and lie and bis companions
climb upon their stools and sing out
their lessons all at the same time as
loudly as they can. Vacation is always
during the rice harvesting season. Then
the boys fly kites and enjoy many other
pastimes which are similar to those
seen In America, such as walking 011
stilts, playitig hide aud seek, blind
man's buff and leapfrog.
"We have great fun fighting beetles,
too." said Ah Foon. "In China there
are no bad boys like here. All boys are
respectful to all older than themselves.
They do not think it fun to hurt other
people's feelings. One thing I have
seen here Is a very old trick in China.
You see boys place a package on the
sidewalk, and when someone stoops to
pick it up it Is gone, for there is a string
tied to it. and a little boy at the other
end of the string." Ogdensburg Jour
nal. RECENT INVENTIONS.
By a new opera glass attachment the
focusing of the glass is made easier,
the spindle being rotated by a rack bar,
which is pivoted on the frame and has
a serrated knob projecting over the top.
to be reciprocated by the finger and
open or close the glass.
Buttons are easily cleaned without
removal from the garment by a new
machine, which has a slotted base, in
which a slide is arranged to open and
receive the button, with a brush sus
pended above the opening to be re
volved by a crank and scrub the button.
Liquids will not spill over in filling
bottles if an Improved funnel is used,
the tube being inserted In a rubber
stopper to fit tightly In the neck of the
bottle, with a small tube inside to ex
haust the air and an internal stopper
which cuts off the flow when the bottle
is full.
Housekeepers will appreciate a new
griddle-greasing device, which has a
hollow handle to contain the liquid,
with an opening leading into a flat
pocket at one end, the face of the pock
et having a felt pad to distribute the
grease and being covered by a metal
cap when not In use.
'A Frenchman has designed a neat
disinfecting device for purifying rooms,
comprising a cup to be suspended over
the top of a lamp chimney or gas jet,
In which the liquid Is placed for evap
oration, with a horizontal fan above
the cup to be revolved by the heated
air and spread the disinfectant.
An Iowa man has patented a storm
front for buggies, having a steel frame
extending upward at the rear of the
dashboard, provided with a spring con
trolled window, which can be raised
above the dasher, the remainder of the
frame being covered with a water
proof curtain extending to the buggy
top.
Shortened His Sentence.
A man charged with ' bigamy was
once brought before Judge Gary, of Illi
nois. The accused had lived two years
Wu. the second woman, and he con
cluded to plead, guilty on the under
standing with the State's' Attorney that
his sentence would divorce' him from
No. 2. When he stood before Judge
Gary the little man looked over his
desk and asked in a voice of kindness:
"You fully understand what the plea
of guilty means?".
"Yes, your honor."
"And do you understand If you so
plead It will be my duty to send you to
the penitentiary? Do you understand
that?"
"Yes, your honor. Anything to get
free."
Tne judge looked at the man for a
moment and then said in his inimitable
manner:
"I suppose there are some things be
side which prison would be a relief.
Any relative or friends of the defendant
In court?"
A woman in black stood up on a
bench, and said in a voice which sound
ed like a rip of cambr.c:
"I am his second wife, judge."
Judge Gary replied immediately, with
no change In his voice or face:
"Some things beside which prison
would be a relief. You ought to be will
ing to take three years."
The prisoner nooded an assent.
Judge Gary looked over at the woman
In black. He seemed to read her in a
second. He turned to the man who
had pleaded guilty and said:
"I will give you one year. You seem
to have Isod the other two before the
arrested you." Green Bag,
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sweet, creamy,
delicate and
crispy is a joy
to the most
fastidious.
Most anything seems to be good
enough reason foi bringing divorce pro
ceedings. A Washington woman has
sued lor fieedom on the ground that
her husband is not as strong politically
as he thought and said he was, and a
Leavenworth sister has just burst her
matrimonial bonds because her hus
band would not take her to church.
A prosperous writer in Germany of
today is very comfortable, indeed.
For "The Ancestors" Gustav Freytag
was paii 4!0,000 marks, wibch is
21,000. Sudermanu computes that
he has already drawn royalties to the
June of 15,000. Fritz Kenter made
100,000 out of literature, and Ebers'
novels circluate by the million and
carry a royalty of a mark a copy.
- Competent authorities assert that
S'outh America has greater undeveloped
resources than any' Other portion of the
world. Any crop grown elsewhere can
be duplicated there, and the country
abounds in coal, silver and gold, most
of which have been only slightly de
veloped. The pope has written a Latin hymn
in memory of all the nurtyrs who have
died in advancing the civilization of
the world.
Queen Wilhelmina of the Nether- j lesa than 2,000 boys who at one tune
lauds, is said to be expert in all the : most people would put under the cate
sports and pastimes that are popular in gory of "bad." Mr. Wendell has been
the country. i instrumental in placing all -the boys
DesDite the fact that he rules one of , with whom he corresponds on western
the smallest kingdoms, Don Carlos I.,
king of Portugal, has more titles than
any living sovereign.
Sir Donald Currie, head of the Castle
line of steamers, was discharged from
the service of the Cunard line in his
younger and humbler days because he
refused to work on Sunday.
Tsou-Hsi, the name of the Chinese
empress dowager, is not her real title.
Her true name has 14 syllables, and
when she signs it in lull on rare occa
sions it reads: "Tsou-Hsiu-Kiang-yi-Chon
-y u-Chuang-Cheng- Shon-Kung-Cb
ing-Hsien Chu'ng-Usi."
Deceit and falsehood, whatever con
veniences they roav for a time promise
or produce, are, in the sum of life, ob
stacles to happiness.
DYSPEPSIA
" For .fx year. 1 va a victim oi dya-
Sepala in its worst form. X could eat nothing
ut milk toast, and at limes my stomach would
not retain and digest even that. Last March I
began talcing CASCAKKTS and since then 1
have steadily improved, until I am as well as I
ever was in my life."
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Many imitation baking powders, made from alum, are upon the
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The use of alum baking powders is condemned by all phy
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diaries Major. New Bear Stories.
The latest work of the author of
"When Knighthood was in Flower"
has been secured by The Ladies' Home
Journal. As would be expected, it
has to do with adventure the experi
ences of some frontier children. There
is a child's romance woven into the
stories, and they will have a keen in
terest for boys as well as for their eld
ers. Under the heading of "Bine River
Bear Stories" Mr. Major's serial will
begin in the October Journal.
It is safe to say, from a wide ac
quaintance with ministers' wives, that
they are not sometimes, but always,
imposed upon; they are laid upon the
Piocrustean bed of "enght to be, "'and
anatomical considerations vanish before
the joy most people feel in the cheerfnl
task of stretching ont or lopping off
one or other of the privileges wbioh the
majority of tha other women in the
parish possess to an unlimited degree.
A Minister's Wife, in the September
Ladies' Home Journal.
Evert Jansen Wendell is a bine
blooded knickerbocker, a member of
one of the oldest New York families
and rich. He is known all over New
j York as the "best friend of bad boys."
i He carries on a correspondence with no
farms or in western villages.
The Japanese have a literature ex
tending over 12 centuries Until 40
years ago no English person had read a
page of a Japanese book. The first
written book that has come down to us
is the Kojiki or "Records of Ancient
Matters," which was completed A. D.
12. It contains the earlr traditions of
the Japanese race, beginning with
myths, which form the basis of the
Shinto religion and acquiring more and
more of a historical character as it pro
ceeds nntil it comes to a close is A. D.
638.
Activities of a presidential campaign
explain the comparative neglect of the
sea serpent this summer, but a San
Francisco romantist does his best to
make amends by describing how a
vhale nearly upset a steamer. That
the whale should be roaming around in
a small bay and that amarine "artist",
should present the sole proof add to the
beauty of Hie fiction.
Front the great shipyards at Stettin,
which have already sent forth the
Deutscbland and the Kaiser Wilhelm
der Grosse, is soon to come another le
viathan of the sea which, it is affirmed,
will make an hourly speed of 24 knots.
It may yet come about that a person
who has a week and some cash to spare
for an ocean voyage may cross and re
cross the Atlantic in seven days.
The friends of Andreewill never give
op hope. A dispatch from Stockholm
tells of a letter, signed by Andree,
found in the Arctic by an American.
It has now been over two years since
Andree Failed away for the North pole
in his balloon, and it is foolishness to
expect that he is alive.
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The Mount Vernon (111.) saloon
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valid, have lost their case before the
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Judge Pierce sustained the validity of
the ordinance, holding the submission
of the question was not a delegation of
authority by the city council.
Mothers will liiTd Mrs. Winslow's Sooth
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Managers of the various railroads
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A Senseless Lot.
Four Americans were discussing the
absurdities of the French coinage sys
tem in the compartment of a railway
carriage in France not long-ago. "It's
fnnny, the way these Fienchmen have
fixed things up," said one of the party.
"Now, take the franc, for exapmle.
They made it worth between 18 and 19
cents, when they might just as easily
have made it worth an even 20 cents
and saved a lot of trouble. I never
saw anything so unpractical in my
life." "Yes," remarked another, "bnt
the English are just as bad. There
they went and made a pound worth
$4.84, instead of putting it up to an
even five dollars. It seems as though
these foreigners haven't any real sense,
anyhow."
A Keail Sense of Smell.
Tommy had formed the habit of go
ing to Miss Whaatcake's house several
times a day, and, strangely enough,
most of these visits occurred just at
meal times. One morning he arrived
before Miss Wheatcake's breakfast was
served. He feared that he was too late
for the meal, but, being too polite to
inquire, merely looked about with anx
ious stealth for some signs of prepara
tion. Miss Wheatcake saw his pertur
bation, but said nothing to relieve it.
Presently Tommy remarked: "Ain't
it fnnny, Miss Wheatcake, I'm awfully
hungry?" Miss Wheatcake made no
comment and he wiggled about uneasi
ly in his chair for a few moments, then
with a timidly ingratiating look he
said: "Seems to me I smell eggs boil
ing. Do I?"
Don't Want Pure Water.
Speaking of the health of the British
army in South Africa, the London
Lancet says that "one of the greatest
difficulties which confront the meoical
officers is to induce them to drink
water which has been rendered as pure
as possible by boiling or filtering. Af
ter a long march the average soldier
will run any risk to obtain a draught
of water, however bad."
Not all the heroism in this world is
seen on the battlefield and on the
stage. At a big fire in Chicago, at
which the father and his five children
were penned up like rats in a trap to
die, the members of engine company
No. 3, seeing that there was no time to
wait for a hook and ladder truck,
formed a ladder of their bodies, by
standiing one npon the shoulders of
another, and so on up to 85 feet, and
all of the stricken people were
down to safety.
Russia's New Calendar.
It is said that Russia is about to adopt a
new calendar. Each year contains 13
months of twenty-eight days each. The
main feature is its apparent stability, and
in this it resembles the sovereign remedy,
Hostetter's Stomach Hitlers. Try it for
dyspepsia, constipation, nervousness or
insomnia. Be sure you get tiie genuine.
China Knows How to Preserve Grape..
Millions have been spent in civilized
countries in futile efforts to preserve
grapes. The Chinese have known the
secret for many centuries and millions
more have been virinly used in the
effort to drag fiom them the recipe.
Everybody Says So.
When eveybody who has taken Cascareti
Candy Cathartic say they are the best laxative
lu the world, why not try them? All druggists,
10c, :25c, 5UC.
Cooking utensils made of aluminum
instead of tin are coming into use in
the French army.
The Merit
of a Medicine
Is determined by the test, Does it cure?
We know Hood's Sarsaparilla doet cure.
People who take it for any disease caused
i by bad blood or a low state of the system
say it cures. It is the great pure ul"a
maker, stomach tonic and nerve strength,
ener. It cures dyspepsia, nervousness,
debility, that tired feeling, and all blood
diseases. Get only Hood's, because
Hood's Sarsaparilla
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