T01MC3 OF THE TIMES.
A CHOICE SELECTION OF INTER.
E8TINQ ITEM8.
Comments and Criticisms Baaed Upon
the Happenings of the Day lIlelorl
cat and Nawe Notea,
Another odd thing Is Hint by not
working; at all a man tuny work a
graft
U In denied Hint King Peter of Scr
via In n prisoner under Ills own horse
hair sofa.
Cliccr up, Langlcy; your flj'lng ma
chlno mny yot bo commissioned ai n
BUbmarlno boat.
It li seldom Hint the Sick Man of
Europe, feels too "poorly" to alt up and
inillo at tlio powers.
Paris tp England will have many ad
mirer but few imitator.
However, we do not believe Mr.
Rockefeller will over' succeed In Bet'
ting any of Undo Russell Sago's.
"How long shall I wear my
dresses!" asks a girl correspondent.
Until you can touch papa for the prlco
of now ones.
It having been demonstrated that
Pullman cars can Co made flre-proof,
the next thing In line Is to provide tip
proof porters.
George Vanderbllt has found It nec
essary to take refuge where the peo
ple arc used to baronial outfits and
don't mind them.
Trychophytosla Is causing trouble
among the school children in Dela
ware. The teachers may be compelling
the children to spell It.
Professor Lnngley nsked the public
some time ago not to expect too much
from his flying machine. Evidently
the professor knew his machine.
Tumut has been chosen as the new
capital of the Australian federation.
By the Insertion of an "1" this may bo
changed at any time to meet possible
contingencies.
General Miles Is reported to be rap
Idly getting rich through his Invest
ments In Texas oil lands. It would be
a terrible blow to Corbln If Miles
should wind up as a multimillionaire.
The Supremo Court of Nebraska
holds that dogs are competent witness
es, even though they cannot be sworn.
And sonio human beings are Incompe
tent, no matter how many oaths they
take.
It has become evident that the mob
spirit is oue of the menacing tenden
cies of the times, and it appears to be
Increasing in intensity from day to
day. There is now a very general
recognition of the fact that prompt
and vigorous measures must be taken
to quell this rising of the mob spirit
If the majesty and Justice of the law
are to bo maintained.
The New York Mali and Express
wants to change the nickname of New
York to "Buckwheat State." Michi
gan will step Into line with the de
mand to be known as the "Health
Food State," while Kentucky's choice
will be "The Eye Opener State." But
New York Is Just aB much entitled to
be known as the home of the buck
wheat as Vermont Is to the reputation
of being a maple sirup center.
"Idle" is not the word to describe
Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria.
He is a general in the German army.
By profession he Is a surgeon. During
the past summer be has been playing
first violin In the orchestra of the
Munich Opera House. He attended
his clinic before going to rehearsals
for the Wagner performances. There
are more princes usefully occupied
than cynics may be willing to admit
The Paris police have prepared a
picture-book for the use of travelers
who lose things which, because of un
familiarity with the language, they
cannot describe. It contains represen
tations of all kinds of articles, from
keys to purses, and the inquirer, after
missing valuables, has only to turn the
leaves and point at the picture that
most resembles his property. But the
system has Its limitations. Unfortu
nately it cannot picture a temper,
which is the article now most fre
quently lost by visitors to a foreign
city who do not know the language of
the country.
The college youths who haze are be
hind tbo times. Hazing does not give
way before advancing civilization, for
the reason, perhaps, that the hazers
are always youths who have not yet
"caught up with the procession." At
Yalo there was use of red pepper by
the hazers, It Is stated, and a mock
lynching, with other violent proceed
ings, which endangered life and
health. "Academic hoodlums" is the
term a contemporary applies to the
Yale sophomores, and It Is not far
wrong, since the doings at Yale, If cor
rectly reported, were not such as gen
tlemen of sound mind would engage
In. College becomes a terror to par
ents if feather-brained sophomores
may do what they please to freshmen.
At other institutions, rough and un'
mannerly persecutions were in evt
dence. Hazing Is forbidden at most
Institutions, but the trouble is that the
prohibitions are too often understood
to be Pickwickian.
President Roosevelt set a good exam
ple to parents by placing his boys In
tbo public school at Washington. He
could pay the "little red schoolhouse"
no higher compliment He demon
strates his faith in our public school
system. And his Indorsement comes
at a time when the freo school system
Is under tho flro of severe criticism.
Its critics say the public school teaches
too many fads that Its education does
not educate, etc. Our school system Is
jwt what It ought to be. It Is not what
it lw mma ilnv. But with ail its
faults It Is tho best educational system
ot lis kind tho world lias had, and It
especially adapted to our Instllu-j
Hens, Hook learning Is net nil of edu
cation. 'Contact of personalities Is an
csscntlnl feature of practical teaching.
I The boy who rubs against other boy
In school and on playground lentns
some Important lessens. He learns
there nro others. He gets his rough
I comers rubbed off. He Is In a minia
ture world. He learns not books only,
but human nature. He gets what we
I call experience. And be learns to bear
himself ns n self-respecting but law
observing citizen of the school rcpub-
I lln Tim Imr whn l sent to tirlvnte
school or to a tutor lacks these things.
The public school Is also a great teach
er of democracy. President Uoosevelt's
boy sits side by side with tho hod-car-rlcr's
boy. That's as good for ltoosc
velt's boy as for the hod carrier's and
especially good for the government of
the people.
The late Max O'ltell, in speaking ot
our schools and school children, said
that tlicy were the most HI bred In the
world, and wondered whether the fault
In training, or the lack of It, lay In the
home or in the school. Hopklnson
Smith quite agrees with tho sentlraen
of the French writer, and John Bris
bane Walker Insists "that the schools
and colleges should Impart a pleasing
voice and address, the art of conver
sation, chnrm of manner and expert
ness in the care of the person and In
tho command of It as to dress, posture
and carriage." That Max O'Bell's
statement Is to some extent true, must
be admitted, but only to a degree, but
the eminent John Brisbane Walker ex
pects entirely too much when he thinks
the school work of a teacher should
Include regular lessons In polite de
portment The school population of
the United States Is made up ot the
most cosmopolitan mixture in the
world. Every nation on the face of
the globe Is represented, either by a
newly landed child or the descendant
ot an earlier comer. The little girl,
looking like a freshly plucked rose, so
sweet and dainty Is she in her pretty
lawn frock, and wide ribbons, coming
from a home where refinement and In
telligence are the hall marks of the
family, sits beside with tho dark-eyed,
dark-skinned, unkempt little foreign
er whose home Is a room wherein ev
ery department of household affnlrs Is
conducted, from eating to sleeping, and
whose clothes heaven save the name
are sewn on her to save the trouble
of dressing and undressing. The natty
boy, with his spotless shirt waist and
carefully tied tie, hob-nobs with the
street urchin, whose one Idea In life Is
to know Just enough to embark In
some business by which he can make
money in the quickest possible man
ner. The first boy sits at the dinner
table, his every move made under the
watchful eye of a careful mother who
knows lust what her training will
him for its own. The second lad eats
as he can, whatever he can grab. And
yet a teacher Is expected to take these
two girls, these two boys, diametrically
opposite to each other In every thing,
and Impart to them "charm of manner
and expertness In the care of the per
son." It would be a task simply hercu
lean In Its scope. Every school child,
no matter from where he comes, Is in
sensibly subject to the restraining In
fluence of school life. A teacher who
Is firm, quiet and gentle exerts a
"charm of manner" over her most un
ruly pupil, not because It Is In her line
ot duty, but because her own soothing
personality makes Itself felt, without
the slightest intention on Her part, nut
for a teacher to be expected to do
what Is either carelessly or negligently
omitted at home is expecting more,
much more, than she can or should be
called upon to do, in the limited time
given her for the expansion of the im
mature minds committed sometimes
wholly to her care.
A Turkish Oontleman.
Among the Turkish men, as every
one knows, the transformation of the
exclusive oriental into the accomplish
ed European is already become the uni
versal pattern of a Turkish gentleman.
Whatever his party, whether ho belong
to the old or the young Turkey party, '
the Turk of any pretension to style or
to social state clothes himself in cer
tain of the European modes of thought.
as he docs, sartorlally,
in European
dress.
Whatever the laws governing the
standard of manners in Turkish life
may be their results prove them to be
beyond criticism. Tho Turk has not
only perfect manners, but be also has
this peculiarity among other eastern
nations: however lowly his blrtb, once
he has "arrived," he is transformed
into nn aristocrat of deeply lnrooted
conservative tendencies, who yet pre
sents, outwardly, a most engaging,
sympathetic plasticity. Those whose
lineage has ancestral distinction reveal
a most engaging social equipment
"Whenever I want to talk to n man
who understands everything, I turn to
n Hot M n hpnntiful woman
recently to me In Rome. "He is as
clever as a Frenchman, as versatile as
our American men, and be has the
sympathetic quality of a woman."
Century.
Poor Mother!
Tho scientific housewife, says Mary
Moulton Smith, will see that the mem
bers of her family receive tho various
elements of food in their proper pro
portion. "Before breakfast has been pre
pared," she concludes, "or after It has
been served and eaten, the housewife
should add up the different amounts
of proteld, fat and carbohydrate found
In the foods. In the evening you can
And out whether you have taken too
much of one kind of food, or not
enough of another."
The Chicago Tribune comments on
tbls advice by dropping Into poetryi I
Mother's slow at figures, hut she always 1
has to count i
The protelds, to see that we secure the
right amount
She keeps a pad of psper and a pencil ,
near tbe sink,
And estimates our victuals, all the things
wa eat or drink.
She lists our carbohydrates and scribbles
down the fat, I
And our specific gravity she always
watches that 1
Suckers never get to be bass. You
find the same people on every delayed i
excursion. I
mean to that boT. when TcMJZ
nuNsroiutATlov or THE great west.
Br Kentrsl Action A. Mlti.
It was my good fortune to wit
ness the transformation of tho
mighty West. I have viewed
much of It on horseback mid have
traversed the xones now occupied
by the Canadian, the Great North
ern, the Northern I'acltlc, the ltlo
(1 ramie and Oregon Short Line,
the Union and Central Paclllc, tho
Snntn Fe route and tho Southern
Pacific. 1 have seen the pioneer
and the home builder supplant the
savage and the lawless. In my
recent Journeys across the oontl
nent 1 was more than ever tin
pressed with the underlying wis
dom and tranquil virility of the
people. They do uot want war;
they want pence. I have traveled
far In foreign lands and observed
oemcral miles. tho people of many countries. I
have had excellent opportunities to know the peoplo of my
own country nud am gratified to say that a more Intelli
gent, thoughtful, patriotic peaple cannot bo found on tho
face of the glebe than the people of our Wcstaru Watou
and Territories. There you flil the true Amcrlcau Inde
pendence and enterprise. Au American citizen with eighty
or ItiO ncres of land Is loyal to democratic government, and
he Is a very Independent covert Igu. The rough, wild, tough
clemeut has been replaced by the mine and mill owner, the
herdsman nud the agriculturist.
While In thirty yenrs the transformation of tho groat
West lias been marvelous, there Is yet ample room for
millions wLo may be seeking homes. There are nearly as
many peorle crowded Into the Philippine Islands, an area
not ns large ns one of our Western territories as tho num
ber thnt arc now living In nearly one-bnlf of the western
portion of the United States, while the State of Texas
alone, richly stored with the products that have mado this
country great and prosperous, could accommodate all the
people of the Uulted States nnd ten millions more without
being so much crowded ns some of tho Eastern States are
now.
DISEASES OF THE STOMACH.
Br Dr. C. C.
The Importance of a thorough knowl
edge of diseases of the stomach can
not be overestimated. Innumerable
aches and pains, formications, tingling
and numb sensations are caused by im
perfect gastric digestion. The theory
that the stomach is only a receptacle
'or the gesta, and Is not. strictly speak
.ng, a digestive organ, has not been sus
.allied by clinical and laboratory expe
dience; while clinical experience testi
fies nnd laboratory experiments and ob
servation demonstrate that many dl-
DO. K. C. SWEET.
costive disturbances originate In the
" " '"
aCUt?, 1U1(IU1CIU uuu nmiuiuuc mi u.uujjut uuu
work occurrlug In merchants and other business men, are
not due to overwork and brain exhaustion, as Is frequent
ly supposed, but arc caused by Imperfect digestion, result
ing from eating when the stomach Is tired. When one Is
engaged In hard physical or mental labor the blood flow
to the stomach Is decreased, and a proper amount of gas
tric Juice Is not elaborated, and the functions of motility
! and absorption are diminished. Under
dlgHtlon must be changed. Such patients may be benefited
by taking only soup, lieef tea or milk for tho noon meal.
Sometimes biscuit or bread and butter may be allowed In
JOHN ALEXANDER DOWIE
HAS A RIVAL IN INDIA
Mlrza, Gli u la in Ahmad, ot Qudlab,
Punjab, India, Insists that John Alexan
der Dowie, of ZIon, III.. U. S. A., Is not
up to date.
Allah Is good
and Mahomet Is
prophet truly, but
Mlrzn Ghulam Ah
mad Is the Mes
siah! So claims
Mlrza Ghulam that
each should pray
that the other per
ish, and Mlrzah Is
lost In wonderment
that the overseer
of .Ion has not
toed the scratch,
He expresses his
amazement In an
article Just pub
lished In the Ite
UIRZA AUUAD.
view of Ilcllglons,
which Is printed on occasions nt Gur-
daspur, India.
That the tempestuous Dr. Dowie
shall know that Mlrza Gbulara Ahmad
Is no common man. Is not a frail hu
man forsooth, the new Messiah writes.
"Dr. Dowie should further bear In
mind that this challenge does not pro
ceed from ati ordinary Mohammedan.
I am the very Messiah, the promised
one, for whom he Is so anxiously wait
ing. Between Dr. Dowle's position
and mine the difference Is this, that
Dowie fixes the appearance of the Mes-
sloh within the next twenty-five years,
while I gave him the glad tidings that
tbe Messiau nns aireauy appeared, i
am that Mcsulab, and Almighty God
has shown numerous signs from earth
a well as from heaven In my support.
My following, which already claims a
hundred thousand souls, Is making a
rapid progress. The proof that Dr.
Dowie furnishes In support of his ex
travagant claims Is the very height of
absurdity. He claims to have healed
hundreds of sick men. But why did
bis healing power fall In the case of
bis own beloved daughter, where It
should have been exercised In tho high
est degree?"
ROMANCE OF THE PAPACY.
Secrets of Vatican That Hare Heacheit
l'ubtlc Knowjedee.
As a rule tho secrets of the Vatican
are well kept and most of tho stories
thut are told apropos of the new Pope
must be taken with a grain ot salt,
Now nnd again, however, something of
tbe romance of the papacy really leaks
ut though not through the Cardinals.
There was, for example, tho strange
case of Popo PIux IX, pretty well
known a generation ago, but now at
most forgotten. In bis younger days,
when he was Count Mastal Ferratl and
a lawyman, ho met and fell in love
with Miss Foster, daughter of the
Irish Protestant Bishop ot Ktlmore,
who was living In Italy with her Bis
ter, Mine De Sails. Miss Foster fa
vorcd tho young count, but Mme, De
Balls drove tho lover away. After
ward she relented, the count returned
addition. The largo
until the day's work
ease, ns functional
bo prevented.
WHAT THE lUCtl
cannot buy them
and of disciplined
chasable In this world
ity, vanity,
who was
form or
a foot
There are
Swett. or CS'rai o.
smoothly. There
stomach and produce
TVLt
; T, "1 " ..
such circumstances
south breeze which
HOW ANTI-ALCOHOL LECTURES ARE DELIVERED
TO PRISONERS IN
A strange sight Is presented when the periodical anti-alcohol lecture Is de
livered to tho prisoners of tho new French penitentiary at Fresnes, near
Paris. Tbe lectures are given In an Immense hall, on one side of which,
reaching almost to the roof, are what look like steps, but on closer Inspec
tion prove to be rows of boxes with openings nbout four Inches high, through
which can be seen tho heads of the audience. In this utrango manner the pris
oners are enabled to see the lecturer, but prevented from holding any com
munication with one another. Mutual recognition on release Is thus nlso ren
dered Impossible. These lectures against drunkenness nro bcllovcd to have
bad some lnflucnco on tho diminution of crime, which tins lately been mark
ed In France, and In future the are to bo given more frequently and In a
larger number of prisons.
and the wedding day was fixed. On
tho appointed day tbo bride and her
friends wcro at tho church, but no
bridegroom appeared, nnd Count Mas
tal Ferratl was never seen again. Yenrs
afterward Miss Foster went to see
Pope Plux IX and was astonished to
recognize In the pontiff her old flame,
the count
The most sensational novelist could
not bavo Invented a plot moro fascinat
ing than tbe real story ot Popo Leo's
prcdocessor. Mme. De Halls had made
an unhappy marriage with an Italian,
and bor parents, fearing a similar fate
for the younger daughter, mado her
promise to guard Miss Foster against
a union with a foreigner, henco bcr In
terference to separate the lovers; it
was only when her sister pined away
that Mme. De Sails relented. Tbe dis
meal, or dinner, should not bo taken
la dime. Thus suvvrer tonus ot ills,
dyspepsia nnd chronic gastritis, may
MAN CANNOT UUY.
ftr IVesMenf allot or tfanard I'nhrrslfr.
We want more happiness, mora real
satisfaction, more Joy, moro enjoyment,
it Is said that we Americans are always
trying to get nuire money more pay,
higher wages, higher salaries, mure
profit In our trade- anil there Is truth In
that description of the American aim.
Nowk Is that tho ultimate end of life!
Is that tho way to win greater happi
ness, truer enjoymeut. deeper satisfac
tions? I think the first source, the grin tost
riKsitK.NT kuot. SOurco In this world. Is family life, the
Joys ot father and mother aud children nud grandchildren
and grandfather aud grandmother and grandchildren, they
last. In the natural course of llfo they last titty, even six
ty, years, and they grow ns tlmo passes by. They nro
always Increasing; they are not diminishing satisfactions.
I)ees( the rich man have any mare of thwie true nnd high
satisfactions than tho poor man? Not one whit nmrel He
Thcv are. th. re.U of natural affection
character. They arc absolutely unpur
HIE ART OT MANAGING A MAN.
Br Ittten OUtlcU.
A woman's privileges are more valuable than
her rights; the best way In which to Increase
those privileges Is to take them with great show
of gratitude to the man who confers them. "Van
all Is vanity, and no man ever Uvea
not accessible to flattery In
other. To conquer, n woman
somo
must
souiotlmes stoop. Gentle pcrsuasdon goes a
mllo often whero nggresslvcness cauuot stir
not mnny things In tho world outsldo
of matters of conscience, pure and sluiplc. which are worth
contention upon a woman's part, agalust the man whom
sho loves and who loves her; aud for these few things
the reward, gained through martyrdom, comes usually In
the hereafter. Standing up for ono's rights against oue's
husband Is wearisome work; It Is more comfortable to
relinquish them; still they may be had, except In rare
Instances, by asking for them as a favor to be granted for
love's sake. Deference to a husband Is the drop of oil
uhlcb keeps the wheels of the domestic machine running
Is much In mental suggestion, fake It .
for granted that a man will do a certain thing because It
Is tho proper course, aud In nine tlmrs out of ten he does
It. The tactful person drops suggestions and leaves them
to take root. Just as the husbandman sows his seed upon
fertile grouud.
"There is a time to keen sllenco and a tlmo to speak,"
and even though "a soft answer ttiruetli away wrath,"
there aro seasons when no answer Is belter, when the only
fitting coin of conversation Is the gold of silence. To nrguo
with an angry man Is worse than folly. When a man Is
hungry and tired, perhaps worried, and so Inclined to be.
cross, Is not n favorable time for any request, however
reasonable. The wise woman who Is versed In the ways of
man will hide her time, will see that he has a well cooked mnclllng-bottle. These measures, how
dinner, and good colfee. nnd when he has beeu soothed ' ever, proved of no avail as a protre
Into good humor with himself and all the world will broach Hon from tho pungent aud penetrating
the subject upon which she desires his approval. Smiles diluvium which emanated from the
are more effective than tears to open a man's heart; genUe ' f uturo president of tho republic. At
persuasion avails more than reproaches. It Is the sunshine
and dew which bring forth the foliage on the trees, the soft
unlocks the Ice upon tbo streams.
A FRENCH PENITENTIARY
appearance of tho count has qulto a
flavor of Dumas nbout It Unknown to
his tlaucca ho wns hound to tho Jesu
its, and his superiors In tho order per
emptorily sent hliu a n ay on a mission
to prevent bis marrlago with an Eng.
Hull woman and a Protestant. Letters
wero Intercepted nnd he wns led to
believe Hint sho had married another,
so ho took orders a'nd rapidly rose to
ho Bishop, then Cardinal and eventual
ly Pope. Then In tho height of, his
grandeur ho wns brought for a mo
ment face to faco with tho woman ho
had loved and lost Nothing more
dramatic has ever been staged.
Duties or Tolstoy.
Count Tolsoy is obliged to devoto
half his tlmo to answering letters and
receiving visitors.
SbortQtofleJ;:
E.H..M--M--M-H 1 I M I M
Jiuues Cobb tells a curious story of
a lady, a sister of Owen Tudor, who,
llko Henry VIII.. was greatly given
to marrying, and did not die until alio
had been led seven times t the nllar.
When she was following her fourth
husband to the grave, the gentleman
behind whom alio rode un horwhaek
ventured to urge his suit. "UnlmP'
iillv." sflld the dame, "thou art too lnle,
M-elnc that 1 nm litlghted already; yet
do not tow heart, for, should It fall
out that I have again to perform this
melancholy olllce, 1 will boar thee in
mind."
The story la told of a kindly Massa
clmsi-tts man who chanced In a rvstiiu
unit In one of tho frontier towns
where he met a waller armed with a
sorrowful towel tied nbout his waist.
n dented tin triiy. nnd a couple of guns
The Easterner looked hliu oer In n
gentle wny, and asked him If ho hail
liny lireakfimt food. "1 guess yes,
eipondnl the eowlmy waller: "we got
ham and eggs, fried naumge, chuck
steak, spare rib', mutton chops, corned
beef hash, hog and bouility. light
Iintvr WriNid. toast briAtl. apple
iucr. cow uuuor.
. (t nmi 1,.. nrHif mm
food? Well, that's our winner. Name
your grub."
Frederick III. of Prussia, who de
lighted In his reputation as tho most
laconic man In Europe, once met a
Hungarian nobleman, taking the wa
ters nt Carlsbad, who had also ac
quired fame for abruptness uf speech.
This tempted the Prussian monarch to
meet hliu nnd try him In the arts of
brevity. Tho magnate was pointed
out to Frederick
as tie sioou in me
hull of his hotel. The king went up
to him, nnd the following conversation
was tho result: Frederick Iliithlug?
Hungarian Drinking. FrederickOf
ficer? Hungarian Magnate. Freder
ick So! Hungarian (taking tho ttillla
live) Detective? Frederick King!
Hungarian Congratulate!
Like many Frenchmen, rwpcclnlly
those hailing from the south of Frnnrc,
I'nuldclit tonhct Is very fond of thowi
national dishes In which garlic forms
an Important Ingredient. Once, In his
lawyer days, when he was pleading In
court after having partaken of some
such dish, his democratic tastes In
this respect placed him In a somewhat
embarrassing position. The presiding
I Judge happened to bo a man of nrlsto-
! cmtlc origin and breeding, to whom
the odor of garlic wns absolutely Intol
erable. M. I-oubet rot and began his
argument He bad not proceeded very
far whin the Judge was observed to
tniln rath it uncomfortably aud to take
out n perfumed handkerchief, re-in-forcing
It n few moments later with n
hist, his olfactory neiise rising in open
rebellion, the Indignant Judge shouted:
Usher, open the windows; open tho
doors. For heaven's sako let nut HiU
abominable smell." Since then M. Iou
lict, It Is said, though ho still preserve
his simplicity of life, has eliminated
garlic from his articles of diet
KING PETER I.
Htlll
Bliupto and Democratic His
llallr Itoullne.
The private life of Peter I. lias hard
ly undergone any change slnco his no
retwlon to the throne. The king lives
to-day ns simple and democratic a life
ns did tbo exiled Karagcorgvvltch at
iencra. Ho observes court etiquette
so long as It does not conflict with his
democratic convictions.
Ho rises ever morning at fi o'clock,
and takes a drlvo round the neighbor
hood of Belgrade, accompanied only
by oue aide-de-camp. At 7 he returns
and Is shaved; as 8 he begins bis dally
work. First of all he receives his pri
vate secretary, who has to submit to
tho king bis letters nnd other mall mat
ter. Next the iwllce prefect of Bel
grade uuikcs his report to his majesty.
That olllclal has to Inform tho king of
all occurrences of Importance or Inter
est within the limits of the city of Bel
grade. Next the first aldo-do-camp,
who at present also acts as court mar
shal, and finally tho chief of the royal
household, aro received. The latter
has to submit a dally account of nil tho
money expended on nccount of tho
civil list Tho king checks every Item
most minutely. At his suggestion book
keeping by double entry bus been Intro
duced In tho royal household.
At 10 o'clock tho king Is generally
visited by his llfo-long friend, Colonel
tho Marquis de Hose, with whom ho
discusses prlvato affairs. Tho marquis,
who Is at present tho king's guest, was
his schoolmate nnd his comrado In war,
Slnco tho colonel retired from the
French service six years ago ho tins
been almost constantly with Peter
Knrageorgevltcb.
After this visit tho king receives his
ministers nud other persons who lit va
requested an audience, or ho rends tho
newspapers nearly nil those published
In the Servian langungo and sonio Ger
man and French Journals.
At 12:30 lunch Is served for tho king,
a meal In which tbo Marquis do Hose
and two of tho officers of the house
hold participate. This meal Is a most
simple affair, and consists mainly of
Servian nnd French dishes. Tho king
drinks nothing but mineral water on
account of an old Internal malady,
which, however, Is now gradually dis
appearing. At 1 o'clock tho king re
tires to his prlvato rooms, where ho
remains until 8, when he again re
ceives his private secretary aud dis
poses of his correspondence.
Bcforo dinner his majesty sometimes
takes another drlvo round tho city.
Dinner Is served at T, and seldom occu
pies more than ono hour. After that
tho king Is usually occupied with lit.
erature. Ho reads mostly books nn
military or financial subjects. In In
dustrial twitters, too, ho shows a lively
Interest, and does his best to luduco
forolgn capitalists to invest money In
Servla, Ho has no particular leaning
toward any sport except shooting, In
which ho Is qulto an expert
Peter I. Is generally regarded as n
good-natured nud energetic, man of
strung ruling cnpnclly nnd admirable
tenacity. It will readily be seen that
he combines nil Hm essential qualities
of a good iiioimrehi but hla people nro
uot what ho could wish them to be, and
they will yet provide him Willi many a
illlllcult problem to solve.-London
Leader.
A Voting Coiiiniauiler,
The story ot a boy of II! years acting
ns eonininnder of a ship seems rnther
wonderful, yet Fnrrugut was but 1'J
years nnd -I days old when ho wns put
In comma ml of the Barclay, a prl
ship taken by t'liptalu Porter. In
consideration of hi lender years, says
the nuthor of "Tweuly slx Historic
Ships," the former Kngllsh master of
Iho vessel was sent In her for the ks
slhle benefit tho young prise-master
might llnd In hla advice. Farragut
tells the story of the queer division of
authority In his Journal as follows:
"I considered that Hm day of trial
had arrived, for I uas a little afraid
of tlin did fellow, ns every onn else
wa. But Hie time had coma for me at
least to play tho man; so 1 mustered
up courage nud Informed the cnptnlii
that I di'slivd the maliitiipsall tilled
away In order that we might close up
with tho i;ei Junior. He replied
that he would shoot any man who
itarrd to tonoli a rope without Ills or
ders, He would go hie own course,
and had mi Idea of trusting himself
Willi a 'hlastrd niilshell.' ami then lis
uciit below for his pistols.
"1 called my right-hand man of the
crew and told Is lit of my situation; I
nlso Informed htm that I wanted the
uialntopsall filled. He answered with
n clear 'Aye, nye. sir,' In n manner
that was not to be misunderstood, aud
my confidence wns perfectly restored.
"From that moment I became master
of the vessel, and Immediately gave all
uiH-essnry orders for making sail, noti
fying the captain not to come on with
his pistols unless ho wished to go over
board; for 1 really would hare had
very little trouble In having such an
order obeyed."
(.'heated llio Yiinngatrra.
Ill certain parts of New Guinea
wallaby, n specie of kangaroo, are
very plentiful", nud the traveler In
search of spurt find the pursuit of
them an exciting occupation. Walla
by stenk Is n refreshing change from
canned meats, mid the natives am
nly too glad to have the remnant of
the en ream. A writer In the llnilmtii
ton tells mi nmualiig Incident connect
ed with the nuliunl.
Ho had been ashore In oue of Iho
sparsely populated regions uf the
coast, and secured four wallaby, nn
ample supply for the whole party, na
tive guides and servants Included. But
tin found that nllhoiigh wallaby la re
garded ns such n delicacy that no
trouble Is considered too great to ob
tain It, iiniin of the native Isiya In the
party would touch It.
This was n mystery until one of
them explained that they bad been
trained In childhood In the belief that
If they ate wallaby before reaching n
certain nge, It would stop their
growth.
These Uiys nil belonged to the part
of tho country where wallaby are few.
and one can Imagine the crafty old
folks seated round the festive (Hit nnd
winking nt one another ns the young
peoplo declined tint succulent dainty,
Those who seo nn unwarrantable
deception In tho flittering of such n
belief nn the part of the young peoplo
must nsk themselves If they hnvo
never told n child Hint "two piece of
pie will iiinko little folks sick."
Kvery.llny Heroes.
When the cloudburst wiped the
town of Heppner, Ore., off the map,
man seemed powerlem befoie nature.
Yet the news of the next Hay contained
two stories which show that bravo
men did what they could.
Thu people of two neighboring
towns, Lexington mid lone, escaped
without loss of life. They owe their
safety to tho heroism of two men,
When tho flood swept Iho town, Ker
nan, the station agent at Heppner,
stuck to his post long enough to tele
graph warning to Lexington. Then ho
tried to escape with his wife and two
children mid u friend. Tho friend suc
ceeded In reaching safely wllh thu
children, but Kcrnmi mid his wife were
swept to death.
Another hero wns Leslie Matlock,
who, llko Paul Ituvere, Jumped on hi
horsu mid Hpreud the alarm. He reach
ed Lexington In time to confirm Ker
nan's warning, mid tbo people lied to
tho hills. Over n hundred peoplo In
Islington would have lost their lives
but for these two men.
Matlock continued down the vnlley,
rnrrylng tho nlnrni to overy fiirni
houso. His horso gave out soon after
ho left Lexington, but ho got another,
mid galloped through the darkness mid
the rain to lone. Hero ho telegraphed
down tho vnlley to the ranchers, who
passed tho word mi. His long Journey
hnd been n rnco with tho flood, which
poured after hi in almost nt his horso's
heels.
Oon. Clay's Coursgo.
General Cusslus M. Cluy fought
ninny duels In his day, usually with
his loiigOiladed knife, meeting pistol
or rlllu equally wllh that trusty weup
on. His physical strength wns gigan
tic. Ho was accustomed to thu uso
of weapons, nud ho wns iihvayH cool
and never lost his Judgment. For ox
Itmple, when mi adversary shot him,
and ho supposed he wiih dono for, ho
Inflated his lungs to tho full, conscious
Hint ho would llvo ns long ns ho could
hold his breath. Then ho drew his
kulfu nnd did Ids bloody work, Thnt
wns when ho killed Turner. After all,
speaking musingly, reviewing his life,
ho confessed to u reportor, when ho
was nbout SI, thnt ho was opposed on
prlmlplo to tho duel, thinking It n
siivugo way to sottlo a dllllculty, "hut
there nro sonio enses for which 'It
Boemn to bo tho only remedy," Now
York frlbuno,
Improvement In Boilers,
Such has been tho Improvement In
engine boilers mid flro boxes that the
power' derived from a pound of conl
to-day s nearly threo times as grout
ns It vdis lift years ago,