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POVERTY.
The people call him rich: his lands
Stretch very far and very wide; ,
They call him rich, yet there he stands
Ill-clad and bent and hollow-eyed.
The people call him rich; his gold
Is piled in many , a yellow heap,
But he is all alone and old.
And when he dies no one will weep.
They call him rich, but where he dwells
The floors are bare, the walls are
bleak;
s They call him rich; he buys and sells.
But no fond fingers stroke his cheek".
They call him rich; he does not know
The happiness of standing where
Sweet winds across the meadows blow
And toss the verdant billows there.
Harper's.
Only a Little Singer
O one knew where Dagley had
come from. He turned up one
day at the restaurant where I
always took lunch, and after standing
awkwardly at the door for a few min
utes advanced to the table where I
was seated.
He .began talking to me as though he
had known me for years, and although
he was making a merry little bluff of
, being entirely at his ease, embarrass
ment was written all over his good
natured rural countenance.
It was my vacation time, and as I
was a bit bored for amusement, I was
immediately interested in Dagley. I
- offered to show him the town, and, as
I expected, he Joyfully accepted.
I am sorry to say that Mr. Dagley
developed a decided taste for Investigating-dance
halls, beer gardens and
like places. But, most of all, he liked
to attend' all sorts of variety perform
ances. He seemed determined to find
something very, very bad.
I took him to a concert hall, and he
Bat quietly through the performance,
merely remarking that it was not half
bad. f I had expected that he would
find It very bad, indeed.
"Seems a pity, though, for all of
them nice boys and girls to be going
to the bad."
"What boys and girls?" I asked, in
astonishment
"Why, the ones as danced and
sung," he replied.
"But they 'are not bad!" I exclaimed.
"We-H I was always told they
wasj" was his calm reply. .
When Sunday came around I asked
him- If he did not want to Include a
visit to one of the fashionable churches
In his city experiences. The flowers
on the pulpit were always fine, and the
music would be worth hearing.
"No, I don't care for the music," and
there came into his face a look of hard
ness and bitterness.
. ."I used to go to church, but that
was before my little girl "
"Have you lost her?"
"Yes, lost her five years ago."
"My! Look at that woman!" he ex
claimed, as an elegantly attired lady
swept past and .entered the church.
"Never saw such fine fixings before."
She was a famous singer, the Idol of
the concert-going public, who, during
her short visits to her native city, gra
- ciousjy lent her sweet voiee to, the
church where she hadworshiped as a
child. When I told Dagley all this he
said, the bitterness coming back Into
his face:
"Oh! She Is one of them singing peo
ple. Is she?"
"Look here," said I. "You ought to
be set right in one thing, at least, and
. I believe that I'll tell you a little story
of an experience of my own."
"It was like this: One night I was
coming home rather late from the the
ater. -As I turned into my street my
attention was attracted to a young girl
who stood at the edge of the side
walk. She was crying bitterly. I was
about to pass, when she turned up and
looked Into my face. She was adorably
pretty, and I stopped In answer to
the mute appeal In her eyes. .
" 'You are in trouble?'
"'Oh, sir, she sobbed. I have no
place to stay to-night. I-I don't know
where to go.'
"Well, I took her to a lodging house
kept by an old lady who, I knew,
would care for the girl, and paid for
a room for her. She- did not seem
to be used to that sort of thing, and
I could not have done anything else,
she was so fair and innocent Thank
God, I found her that night
' "I promised to look in in the morn
ing and see what could be done for
her, but I hardly expected to see her
again.
"Well, the next morning I was met
by the old lady, who told me the girl's
story. She had run away from home
to go on the operatic stage. It was
the same old story of a few months'
; struggle and failure. Now her money
was all gone, and she had "been turned
out on the street on the night I found
ber. -
"The landlady was a motherly old
sonl and was quite touched by the
girl's story. We arranged that she
should stay with her 'for a few days,
and that I was to try to find some
employment for her."
"Where Is she now?" ' .
- " "Singing in that church there on the
corner. The girl really has a sweet,
sympathetic , voice, and the choir di
rector was delighted to secure her
services."
"Why didn't she go home?" .
"Her, father told her when she left
that he never wanted to-see her again."
"Well, wasn't there anybody else she
could go to?"
"No. There was a young man she
seemed to think' a good deal of. but be
turned against her, too, when she left"
"I don't suppose she cares anything
for him now?"
"Yes, she does. There! She is com
ing now." .
Dagley glanced np at the girl; then
he turned very white, and uttered the
word "Jennie" Very softly.
With a glad cry the girl sprang for
ward. "Oh, John, oh, - John!" she
sobbed. "Do you want me again?"
"Didn't I "come after you?"
"And and, father?"
- "He's a-waltin' for you down at the
farm." Indianapolis Sun.
...THE...
8LE of P1HE8
American Uitlanders II
Who, Demand that
It Be Annexed to
Uncle Sam .....
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WHAT Is to be the final disposition of the Isles of Pines? According
to the decision of Secretary of War Root Cuba Is Its guardian, but
the islanders, especially the American residents, do not desire any
such arrangement and want annexation to the United States.
This Interesting situation Is the result of the recent Spanish-American '
war. At the end of the conflict Spain relinquished her ancient sovereignty
to the island, and the nations 'wondered as to its fate. Some said It would
come into the possession of the United States; others seemed to regard
it as geographically "a part of Cuba. .The island was omitted from the,
properly constituted boundaries of Cuba by the Piatt amendment which
was ratified by Cuba, and its disposition was left to future adjustment by
treaty between the United States and Cuba.
Leading statesmen in Cuba have all along taken the view that the de
facto government of the Isle of Pines Is only temporary, and that -until its
nationality Is determined it should pay taxes to Cuba, as a part of the
Province of Havana. The determination of Cuba to tax the Inhabitants
of the Isle of Pines brought the situation to a crisis. The 300 Americans
w&.o live on the island became defiant. They went to the alcalde, or mayor,
of the principal city, and said that they would use force if necessary to
prevent a tax levy by Cuba. They insisted that the country should belong
to the United States, and as soon as the American flag floated over them
they would pay their takes to Uncle Sam; but never to any one else. ,
In its independence from governmental control, the Isle of Pines has
been .simply true to its traditions For more than two centuries after Co
lumbus discovered It this piece of the world was the home of fleets of
pirates, who preyed on the commerce of the Atlantic as far north as the
Carolinas and to the southward a far as Rio Janeiro.-
The population of the Isle of Pines is distinct from that of Cuba, and Is
-a mixture of the native Indian, the invading Spaniard and the negro slave.'
Before the advent of the Spaniard the aborigines were divided Into two
classes, one owning the lands, and cultivating them by means of negro
slaves, and the other a shiftless, totally savage race, which subsisted on raw
fish and fruits, and. wandered, naked up and down the coasts.
The Isle of Pines is about the size of Rhode Island. . It has many
valuable woods and extensive quarries of marble.
Famous Marqaand Raft
. Thirty-eight thousand dollars was
the price paid for a Persian rug at the
auction sale in New York of the art
collections of the late Henry G. Mar
quand. The rug was woven in the
fifteenth century as a gift from the
Pasha of Persia to the Sultan of Tur
key, for the record held by Mr. Mar
quand showed that it had 'been found
among the effects of the Sultan Abdul
Aziz after his' death. - '
Aside from the marvelous color and
texture, which Is over five hundred
knots to the square inch, the feature
of the rug is that the Inscriptions
throughout its border, as well as
arabeseques In the medallions of the
design, are woven in silver thread.
It- is a companion piece for the
famous carpet owned by the Prince
Alexis Lobanop- Rostowsky, which
was shown In the Vienna Museum's
ADELIITA PATTI-NICOIJI-CEDERSTBOJf.
$ .' c.'v" As a Child Patti Prevented
POVERTY MADE -w"""
S Great Diva Stood on a
I H PR Q I N Ci I HaI1 Tab, nd sag
IlEtflY OlllVl Her Great Wealth and
ftrjHB promise of $5,000 per night has proven sufficient temptation to
cause Mme. Adellna Patti, Baroness of Cederstrom, to agree to leave
her home In Sweden and her castle of Cralg-y-nos in Wales, In the
near future and revisit this country, During the few months she will be in
America it is estimated that the great diva will increase a fortune already
amounting to several millions by at least half a million more.
For over forty years Patti's marvelous voice has thrilled hundreds of
audiences and she has passed from one-triumph to another, adding, year
by year, to the fortune which she started to lay by in the earlier days
of her career. And what could be more striking than the contrast between
the picture of the Patti of to-day scoring a last triumphal tour at 60 and
the picture of the little girl who, at the age of 7 years, stood on a table In
a concert hall and sang trashy songs to a commonplace audience? Little
did the parents of the child Patti dream, when her first earnings in thlsway
actually saved the family from starvation, that the cultivation of her mar
velous voice would In after years be the means of earning vast fortunes.
And now, with all her sixty years upon her. It is said that the voice of the .
diva retains most, I nt all, of Its original melody, and even at this Jate
day has the power to earn about half a million dollars within the short
limits of a six months' engagement. . . . ' .
The contract under which Patti comes to this country is an Ironclad one.
She Is to sing at sixty concerts; is not to appear more, than ten times In any
one month. At the conclusion of each concert she Is to receive $5,000. She
is to get, in addition, 50 per cent of the bx office money in excess "of $7,500.
A conservative estimate places the average receipts at $10,000 a perform
ance; therefore, Patti's total Income for each concert will, in round numbers,
amount to about $6,200 and her grossreceipts for the entire tour will mount
np to, $375,000. , The balance of the bpx otSee receipts will reach another
$100,000, so that it is no exaggeration to place the earning capacity of Patti's
voice during her forthcoming tour at the half-million mark. During the
two hours of the performance the divine Adellna will be upon the stage
from a half to . three-quarters of an hour possibly an average of Jhirty
five minutes: This means that, all told, she will sing for Just thirty-five
hours, or at the rate of $10,000 an hour. v
Patti, the child of Italian parents, was born in Spain, In 1843. Her first
appearance before an English audience took place when she was 18 years
old, at the Italian Theater, in Covent Garden, In "La Sonnambula. For
twenty years she toured Europe and then. In 1881, came to 'America. For
three years she traveled from city to city. In a triumphal tour. During this
and subsequent tours Patti received $5,000 a night. A tour made to South
America In 1889 was conducted on the same basis, with the additional agree
ment to a share of the gross receipts when they amounted to over $10,000,
When the great Auc.torlum at C. cago Vvas formally opened in 1889 Patti
received $4,000 for singing "Home,"Sweet Home," .'
Patti married the Marquis de Cans. ; a French nobleman, , in 186S, but
the matrimonial venture was an unhappy one and divorce followed in a few
years. ' Her second husband was Signor Nlcolinl, the tenor. More recently
Patti married the Baron Cederstrom, a. member of the Swedish nobility,
several years her junior. The union Is said to be a happy ona. :
ISLE OF PINES FARMHOUSE
exhibition In 1889. The Rostowsky
rug was. supposed to he without a
paraj)el In the world, but this carpet,
the most highly valued among the tex
tile treasures of Mr. Marquand,. con
tains positive internal evidence that it
was made Upon the same looms and In
the same period, and doubtless for the
same purpose as that of Prince Loba
now, which also passed Into the pos
session of Its present owner directly
from the Seraglio in Constantinople.
So far as can be ascertained this car
pet is. the highest class oriental fabric
now in existence In this country.
What Bothers Him.
"Dls ole worl' Is bright enough,"
says Brother Dickey,, "ter blaze de
pathway ter denext; but de trouble is,
de next worl' is blazln' fer some er
us most oncomf ortable already!" At
lanta Constitution.
BARON CEDERSTROM.
1 .OUR j
1 Immigrant
CnHE remarkable prosperity
I which this country Is b
. blessed has the effect of brl
ing to our shores hordes of Iminigr;
in ever increasing numbers. Last V
the army of Immigrants numbel
over 648,000 an increase of 160
over the year before and the pred
year will probably see a onsidem
increase In the voluntary evils
yearly set out from the old world!
better their conditions In the new
The great port of entry for tli
thousands is New York, and here
Government assumes Jurisdiction o
the aliens as goon as their steal
has been passed at quarantine.
spectors-go aboard from the reve
cutters down the bay and obtain
manifests of a Heft passengers, wh
the steamship companies must sum'
These manifests must show:
name, age. sex,, whether married
single, calling "or occupation, whetl
able to read or write, nationality, 1
residence, seaport for landing In
United States, final destination in
United States, whether having a tic
through to such destination, . whet
the immigrant has. paid his own ri
sage, or "whether-It has been paid
RUSSIAN JEWS JUST
other persons, Or by any' corporation,
society or government, whether in pos
session of money, and If so whether
upward of $30, whether going to Join
a relative, and If so what relative and
his name and address, whether ever
before in the United States whether a
polygamlst, whether under contract,
expressed or Implied, to perform labor
in the United-States, the immigrant's
condition of health, and whether de
formed or crippled, and if so from
what cause. The census is a search
ing one and the questions must be all
answered. , -
' At Uli Island.
When the steamship reaches "her
pier the Inspectors discharge such lm
micrnnts as they may deem It neces
sary to examine usually not over 15
or 20, says a writer in the world's
Work. All the rest are transferred to
barges and taken to Ellis . Island.
There on the main floor of the big im
migration, building they are divided
into groups, according to the mani
fests, and " separated. Each Immi
grant is questioned to see if his an
swers tally with the manifests. If
they do not he is detained' for "spe?
cial inquiry" by boards of four lnspee
tors, who decide all questionable
cases. ' -
Only the Secretary of the Treasury
can overrule their decision. The Immi
grants are kept in a big detention
room until the railway agents take
them to Board trains to their final des
tination. ' One of those who recently came over
to become one of us was Florlo Vln
cenzo, who hailed from Palermo, Italy.
He was 14 years old and -traveled light.
When he opened his cheap paper va
lise it was apparently empty, save for
a pah of discredited and disreputable
old shoesT Florlo bowed, cap in hand,
and his white teeth flashed as he
suavely smiled; "I am a poor man,
nobleman, seeking my fortune,"
There was an odor that the old In
spector knew. . He picked np one of
the old shoes and extracted from It a
creased and crumpled hunk of Bologna
sausage. The other shoe was v stuffed
with a soft, sticky and aggressively
fragrant mass of Italian cheese. These
articles and a sum of Italian money
equivalent to about $1.80, and the
clothes he stood in, formed the basis
on which Florlo expected to rear his
fortune.
Another Immigrant, Pietro Vladllli,
was gray-haired, round shouldered and
weazened, He, too had come to make
bis fortune. His nppedlmented con?
Isted of a canvass valise, lined with
paper and containing two striped cot?
ton shirts, one neckerchief of yellow
pilk, a black hat, a waistcoat, two
hairs of hose, one pint of olive oil and
half a peck of hard bread biscuit
; At "the examination the immigrants
are asked to show their money, which,
after being counted and a record made
of It, Is restored to them. - In one re
cent year the French led all the others,
with an average of $39.37. The- He
brews stood at the foot of the list,
bringing an average of $8.58. After
the French came the Italians from
Northern Italy, with $23 53 per capita;
Bohemians and Moravians were next,
with $22.78; Scandinavians next, with
$18.16, and the Irish next with $17.10,
Next to the Hebrew the Italians from
Southern , Mly were lowest, with1 an
average of $8.67,
At the battery an employment bureau
is conducted for the benefit of the lmr
migrants by the German Society of
the City of New York, and the Irish
Immigrant Society, and here from
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-ARRIVED AT NEW YORK TO BEGIN LIFE ANEW.
sentlal was sure to be lacking from the
table. The New York Press tells how
the head of the house effected a cure.
One day the family were seated at
the table and the bell was rung as
usual. The maid hurried to the dining
room. .. , . ... ' ,
"Maria," said Mr. Jenkinson, "just
run and fetch the big, step-ladder down
from the attic and bring It here."
Maria, who had been disturbed at
her dinner, gave a grunt of dissatis
faction, but ran up the three flights of
stairs to fetch down the ladder. In
about five minutes she returned to the
room, panting with her exertion.
"Now," said Mr. Jenkinspn7 "put It
up at that end of the room and climb
to the top."
Maria did as she was told, although
she wondered what it all meant. When
she was at the top of the ladder, Mr.
Jenkinson quietly observed:
"Maria, you have now got a better
view than we have; just look around
and , tell us if you can see any salt on
he table. My wife and I could not
find it."
OBSTACLE TO THE BURGLARS.
Flat Hcpses a Humanizing Element
in Domestic Life,
Sociologists who study criminal life
In large cities say that an electric
light Is as good as a policemen, the
presumption being that crime is a
creature of darkness. The flat build
ing Is now coming in for some study
on the same lines. Certain kinds of
crime, at least, are almost impossible
in the modern skyscraplpg apartment
building. "Porch climbing" Is almost
a lost art, and ordinary cases of
house breaking are rarely reported
from these socialistic domiciles. Men
who follow the profession of burglary
find many discouragements In plying
their calling In a modern "Sat build
ing. Surreptitious" entry Is practically
BOARDING TRAIN FOR THE WEST.
Imposslbte. ";entlehiari .rgiKt
who enter In the broad light of day
must pass the Scrutiny of the attend
ant at the door and the1 elevator boy,
and the tenure of these functionaries
in their jobs depends partly on their
ability to keep undesirable characters
out of the building, says a correspond
ent of the Pittsburg Dispatch. Then
there is the fixed rule that packages
cannot be delivered or taken out of
the front door. This makes it awk
ward for the burglar to leave with his
plunder,, necessitating as It does em
barrassing explanations and delays, in
leaving the premises. A police cap
tain said that most of the thefts com
mitted in apartment houses are to be
traced to servants and that these were
few in number. Family rows in apart
ment houses, be also says, are rarer
than in separate dwellings. .Flat
dwellers seem to fall in with the un
written laws of neighbors' rights more
quickly than those who live in indi
vidual family houses Quarrels are
heard more easily through walls than
across lots Hence, against their wills
sometimes, wives and uusbands keep
their tongues between their teeth, and
during this enforced period of self-restraint
recover their tempers. " As a
civilizing and refining agent the flat
no doubt does many other things
which will suggest themselves to
dwellers therein. The observations
are given forth because this phase, of
modern city life shows Itself more
prominently in New York than else
where. She Had Her Wish. ,
. A little girl who had noticed on vari
ous houses about the city the cards
by which the board of health announces
the presence of contagious disease,
asked her mother what they meant.
Her mother explained, and the child
said, regretfully, "-We never have any
thing like that on our house:"
"You would "not want it, would you?"
said the mother.
"Yes, I would!" replied the little glrL
decidedly. ,
Some weeks afterward the little girl
was taken sick with chicken-pox, but
was not confined to her bed. On Sun
day morning the mother noticed that
people passing on their way to church
turned to gaze at the house and always
went away laughing. Her curiosity was
aroused, and she wentto the front par
lor to Investigate. In each of the front
windows was a large placard made,
evidently, by the little daughter from
the side of 8 pasteboard box. On the
cards she had printed:
I HAVE GOT
CHICKEN-POX
BAD.
Where Miscegenation Is Prohibited.
A marriage between whites and per
sons of negro descent are prohibited
and punishable in Alabama, Arizona,
Arkansas, California, Colorado, Dela
ware, District of Columbia, piorlda,
Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky,
Maryland, Nebraska, Nevada, North
Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah,
Virginia hd West Virginia. Marriages
between whites and Indians ae void
in Arizona, Nevada, North Carolina,
Oregon and South Carolina. Marriages
between whites and Chinese are VQl4
in Arizona, California, Nevada, Orer
gon and. Utah.
What a surprising number f trager
dies happen in the bible in which the
principal was not a "society leader!".
There Is nothing In a name unless It
Is well advertised.
mmvfsntiort
A late British investigation has
shown that 13 per cent of manganese
makes iron practically non-magnetic.
Alloys more magnetic than commer
cial iron may be produced with nickel,
silicon and aluminum.
A recent series of experiments made
in Germany on the vibrations set up in
gun barrels bythe effects of firing, in
dicates another allowance that the ex
pert marksman should make for the
individual peculiarities of his rifle. The
shock of firing sets the particles of the
gun barrel oscillating in elliptic curves.
producing deflections of the barrel. The
periods of vibration in different barrels
vary between between one twenty
fifth and one fivebundredth of a sec
ond, and the experiments indicate
that a small-bore gun is to be .pre
ferred to one of large caliber because
the bullet can leave its muzzle before
the deflection of the barrel has be
come considerable.
Among the many Interesting discov
eries yot Dr. Sven Hedin in Central
Asia is a singular oscillation In the
position of the lake of Kara-koshun,
or Lop-noh This lake seems as rest
less as some rivers that change their
beds, but the cause of its movements
is a secular change in the level of the
desert. In the midst of whlqb it lies,
bordered by vegetation. At present
the lake Is retreating northward from
the place where Prjevalsky found it,
and creeping . toward Its ancient bed,
where It Is known to have lalnin the
third century of the Christian era; and
as It slowly moves, the vegetation, the
animals and the fishermen with their
reed huts follow Its shores northward.
Dr. Hedin believes- that after reaching
the northern part of the deBert the
lake returns southward, the period of
oscillation being 1,000 years or more.
The precious pearl is produced, at
least in many cases, by the presence
of a minute parasite in the shell-secreting
mantle of the pearl-oyster and
other mollusks from which pearls are
obtained. A spherical sac forms
around the. parasite, which becomes a
nucleus about which the substance of
the gem is gradually built up in con
centric layers. Sometimes the para
site remains at the center of the pearl,
and sometimes it migrates from the
sac before It has become hopelessly
imprisoned. Reasoning upon ' these .
facts. Dr. H. Lyster Jameson, to
whose efforts the discovery of some of -them
is due, suggests, the possibility
of the artificial production of market
able pearls by infecting beds of pearl
oysters, with the particular species of
parasites that are known to attack
such mollusks with the effects above
described. ' ;
1 the body changes that take place
as we grow old, Metchnikoff and other
physiologists suppose that an impor
tant part is taken by the phagocytes,
or devouring cells. Some years ago
it was made to appear that some of
these cells are color eaters, and that
they whiten the hair by ' seizing the
pigment grains and conveying them
Into the skin or out of the organism.
On further study the theory has been
evolved that old age itself Is due to
phagocytes that destroy the nerve
cells. -The nerve-eating cells have
been found in the brains of many old
people and old mammals, as well as in
persons suffering from nervous dis
ease, but In no, case have they been
known to reach such development or
to have so nearly taken the place of
the nerve cells as in the brain of a
parroquet that died at the groat age
of eighty-one, after some years of fee
bleness and senility."
' A Narrow Escape. .
An amusing wedding incident oc
curred recently In a country village.
The bride, evidently anxious at the
near approach of the ceremony hour,
sent the bridesmaids (one of ""whom
was the young man's sister) on tq
await her at the church. This action
nearly-lost her her husband. When
the bridesmaids reached the church
they observed the punctual brides
groom patiently waiting at the chanr
eel steps. The lonely misery of his
position touched their hearts, and in?
stead of waiting In the porch for the
heroine of the day, they good-natured?
iy walked down the aisle and stood,
beside him in silent sympathy- Where?
upon the organist openetj the proceed?
Ings, the clergyman, began the ser?
lylce, and the bridegroom was nearly
united in matrimony to ni own sisiep
before any one had the presence of
mind to utter a word of warning. The
momentous question, "WJH thou have
this woman?" had been reached, when
the bride opportunely appeared, and,
after explanations and apologies, the
ceremony was begun again.
Where He Fell Down,
"Tell me what people read and I will
tell you what they are," said the self
confessed philosopher.
"Well, there's my wife," rejoined the
dyspeptic party. "She s forever read
ing cook books. Now, what Is she?"
"Why, a cook of course," replied the
philosophy dispenser.
"That's where the spokes rattle In
your wheels," said the other. "She only
thinks she Is."
One on the Custom Oflicer.
The great actress had just returned
from abroad.
'!Miss," said the custom officer, stern
ly, f'you must tell me what are lu those
franks."
f'Oh, nonsense!" replied, the great ac
ress. carelessly. , .
But I Insist"
"Well. . I told you nonsense. They
are filled wUh love letters."
professional Jealousy, -J
stand at the Tiead of my bus??
nets," remarked the professor of
phrenology, "while you sit at tuo
foot"
"Too have said It," rejoined the
Chiropodist "But just the uuc. the
language of the corn is more forcible
than the . lingo of phrenological
humps."
The smaller a man's vocabulary, :he
more oaths he finds necessary to
AlOCf.