, Topics of
the Times
No man li la bailee for hlnnelf
It be U married.
According to the common definition,
graft it high flnaiK-e on a small Male.
A schoolgirl never graduates until
be has learned to stab pickles with a
Lalrpla.
Wise I tbe young man wbe doesn't
tare bli fiancee's Mat engraved la
tbt ring.
Opinio should be form Ml with
treat caution aad changed with stlH
greater eaatkm.
Barely there mast be soate way to
prevent railroad accidents. Isa't It time
for an Improvement!
Tbe asbestos carta ms la use seed
cot be thrown a war. Cat Into small
bundles, they might be used Id kin
dling la fires.
Afttr aU tkerc Is bo patent break
fast food that Is better thaa bacon and
eyg and backwheat cakes, although
some are mere extensively advertised.
Tb average Rssstaa peasant has a
vocabulary of only 110 words. It Is
surprising tbat a man can saeexe or
dear bis throat In 110 different wars.
boyhood which produced such men at
Whlttler and those In which tb youth
of oar day re nurtured Is frequently
po.nted oat to the disadvantage of
tbe present It Is th fashion to be
wall the multiplication of books and
magazine. Because one person or an (
other tries to read them all and falls,
or meets with that success which turns
bis mind Into a scrap-bac riddled with
boles. It Is arcued that modern condl
ttons are all wrong, and tbat "drill
tatton" should turn back to earlier
ways. It I a plausible cry. but Is It
quite convincing Tb world Is full of
a number of thins which did not ex
ist a hundred years ago. Moreover. It
population has enormously Increased
wbkh Is to say that where ther wa
formerly one boy or girl looking for
knowledge, there art now hundreds of
klmllar seeker. Therefore tbe gen
LEAP YEAR IN KANSAS.
President Talma has Tetoed Cuba's
lottery hHL It looks very much as If
Cuba's first President might make a
record for bis descendants to be proud
of.
Spain has declined to make an ex
hibit at the St. Louis World's Fair be
cause she does not like this country,
and for the further reason that she
has sot the price.
The minister to Korea complains be
cause his silk bat touches the eaves
of the legation bottdlag when he
stands on the steps. Evidently wtjat
the minister needs Is an opera hat.
As Arlxona man committed suicide
a few days ago because he couldnt
set his salary raised from J8,OX) to
12.000 a year. We know quite a lot
of people who would be willing to
ink $8,000 a year each and live even
is Arizona.
There Is consternation among gov
eramest clerks at Washington because
they will la future be required to work
even hours a day, with only two
months' leave on full pay per annum.
A a taskmaster Uncle Sam Is getting
to be J ait too horrid for anything.
Tbe roof of the cathedral at Toledo
In Spain, not Ohio fell recently.
The accident was due. not to skimped
and hasty work by a speculative con
tractor, but to old age. The building
wa begun In the thirteenth century,
and wa not finished for two hundred
and sixty-five years. In the year Ameri
ca was discovered.
Barely It la wise for the giver to look
a gift horse In the mouth. A western
Congressman' wife made an appeal
to her neighbor Is Washington on be
half of her minister at home, who had
asked her for winter clothes; tbe poor
people of the cold northwestern parish
were suffering. One warm-hearted
Washington lady sent a bundle the
sext day. It contained two beautiful
silk petticoat, a pink chiffon theater
waist, and a tan-colored riding habit.
War has Its episodes no less roman
tic than those of peace, a a senti
mental Milton might have said. One
of thm la disclosed In the search of a
Cuban soldier for the American nurse
who cared for him In the hospital at
Santiago. She would not give her
came to him, but told him that he
would hear from her after the war. He
has been waiting for word from her,
and la now Is this country, searching,
with nothing to aid him save ber pho
tograph and the knowledge that ber
family objected to her service as as
army nurse.
We hear of rural counties charged
with the cost of keeping a considera
ble number of vagrant who are not
even the poor of those sections. They
are able bodied, they go there to be
supported for tbe winter, and yet so
one ha enterprise eooagh to suggest
the obvious coarse of making them
work while they are living at the pub
lic expense. Nothing would be easier
than to provide them with work if
there was active and efficient adminis
tration. They could be made to saw
wood, (hovel snow, dean street or a
dozen other things. It I a perfectly
safe assertion that If such work were
provided the tramps would speedily
find other places to spend the winter.
Tbe settlement of the troublesome
Question of tbe friars' lands In the
Philippines gives to the United States
the title to nearly all of the real prop
erty of tbe religious orders in the 11
and. Is return, tbe United State pay
the friars seven and a quarter million
dollars. Tbe work of tbe church, and.
indeed, of- the religious association,
will .go on a before, o far a the spir
itual and social side of It is concerned;
but tbe orders cease to be landlord.
The government, on tbe other hand, ac
quire n opportunity of great value.
The possession of four hundred thou
sand acres of the richest and most
valuable land In the island give the
mean to carry out the plan of estab
lishing a das of small landowner, se
cure in their possession asd devoted to
the maintenance and development of
American principles.
"Nowadays wa read too much, as ws
eat too much; the memory, like the
digestion, is weakened by surfeit."
These word are taken from a recent
blosraphy of Whlttler. The author
show bow meager In quantity wa tbe
Intellectual diet of the poet In boy
hood. Tbe Bible, "Pilgrim' Progress."
and few of the volume which form
ad the Quaker library of hi parent
wr tha chief UpU of hi reading.
Tns contrast between conditions of
kllSD SHOULD BE THE SUMURD IS kURRUGL
r tttitm ountli
Men who marry beneath them often have a
most uncomfortable time after tbe knot 1 Med.
However high may be their own social .lauding,
they cannot compel society to see tbe match
from their point of view. True. If they are
plucky aad persistent, sad. what Is more essen
tial. If their wives have tact and certain other
luperlor qualities which make for social u
lartty. the pair usually wins the fight la tbe end.
cfes of knowledge have Inevitably be- uui .ue strusgle Is apt to be a long and hard one. and
wthlertngly Increased. But must the 'society never forgets, even though It may consent to Ignore
Individual Inevitably be bewildered? the pit from which the newcomer was digged.
That there is bo more of a cat than Its I When a woman takes a husband from a lower social
skin Is a homely statement of uncbang ' plane than her own tbe ce Is much more dlttleult. hen
lag truth. The human mind Is still : tbe man Is markedly beneath his wife she can. as a rule,
the human mini Not even a Bacon 'expect nothing but to be dropped by her own set. She
can presume in our days to take aH turns over the most decidedly uew leaf which Is poIMe
knowledge for his province. Out of to an existence. She steps t'own from her own position
every thousand printed pages there .In society to that of her husband, and must adjust herself
may possibly be one or two for any to the change of circumstances as best she may. an adjust
given person. The teacher of another i meat which Is rarely effected without regret and pala.
which are uteiy to increase insirau i uituiui
passes. Almot without exception. In ordinary marriages.
It is the husband who establishes the social line for tbe
new household. If that Is higher than the one to which tbe
bride has been accustomed she has the opportunity to rise;
If lower, she must almost surely descend.
Once In a great while, when a woman disregards socie
ty and takes a husband from a plane below ber own. ber
wisdom Is Justified by the result There are men who have
sufficient force of character and enough talent, not to say
to command success, and to be. as Napoleon said.
and of himself must learn to dlscrlml
nate. The wise man will rejoice In
every new road to learning, but. after
treading the few paths proved the best
by the wisdom of the ages, will enter
those new roads only which are meant
for htm.
A youth and a girl were married not
long ago. They promised to love.
cherish and obey all the things that tenUSi
are a part of a regular marrlag ser
vice, and mean much or tittle, as the
case may be. The mas and woman
were strangers. They met on the
day of their marriage. The courtship
wa a matter of correspondence, asd
the correspondence was the .equal to
a wager made by the youth with his
college chum. Why will men and
women trifle with matrimony I They
wouldn't Invest $100 In a gold watch
without a thorough Investigation. They
would ask for a guarantee. They
would be rertals that what looked
like gold was not brass. They would
consult an expert. They would be
sure that the timepiece was a real
bargain. And yet a man will wed a
woman of whom be know no mor
than that her face 1 pleasing, her fig
ure well molded. Very often he is
sorry. Very often the home become
a section of hades. Ther Is vitupera
tion and scolding; nagging that drives
a weak mas to drink; and love why,
husband and wife discover that there
never was any love, even Is tb be
ginning. And it Is worse for th
woman. When she marries she burs
her bridges behind her. She gives her
future to a mas. She 1 helpless. Eh j
1 entitled to consideration, tender af-
fectios, sympathy, thorough under
standing. Ton see she give up much
more than a man baa to give when
he marries. What chase ha she
when the wed a stranger? Surely as
alliance for llf 1 of more Importance
than the purchase of a watch, or a
horse, or a dog. or any material thing.
Asd wbes you read of a sudden mar-
rlag In which romance aad folly are
mixed, yon wonder about th parests;
why they couldn't car eaough about
their girl to wars ber, advise her.
prevent her from taking a step that
spells ruin sine time Is ten. Th
man who is entitled to a good wlf
should be mas enough to opes th
door of hi life and court Inspection.
The woman who Is worth having la
also worth winning In the old-fashion
ed way. It takes time, and It makes
happiness.
their own ancestors. But she who hopes ror this takes
heavy risks; there Is small chance of more than oue Abra
ham Uucoln In a century.
The law of life Is tbat people must be congenial In
order to dwell In harmony with each other, and love cannot
locg endure utter incompatibility of tastes and tempers
The unequal yoke must Inevitably chafe Its wearer more or
less, and It Is not easy to smile and walk daintily under the
burden.
0
Tbe Vernacular.
This was the conversation between
the girl with the gum in ber mouth
ssd the other girl with the gum Is her
mouth:
"AIncha hungry?"
Teh."
"So my. Lea go neet."
"Wherer
"Sleer go one place nutber."
'So dy. Ika neet mo stesnyware
CanchooT"
Teh. Goteher money T"
Vehr
So vy. Goteher aptltel"
'Tea. GotchoorsT'
Yea. Ilowbout place crosstreetr
Xothln" teet there. Lessgurround
corner.
TbatUedoo zwell rennyware. Mights
thoughts tha't first. G etcher hat."
"Ima gettinlt. Goteher money?"
"Teh. DMa'cheer me say I bad
Allreadyr
Ten."
"K'mon."
It?
Making; Oerman Toy.
More than 50,000 peopl find employ
ment In the manufacture of German
toys, tb annual output for export be
ing valued at more than 113,000,000.
Tbe manufacturing Industry ba cen
tered chiefly Is Nuremberg and Sonne-
berg and the surrounding hamlet. Tbe
manufacture of toys has become Im
portant a a domestic or bouse Indus
try among tbe people of many small
villages. Each city bai It specialty.
and never figures as a rival to another
district. The products of Nuremberg
are principally of metal tin soldiers.
swords, railway trains, fleets, models
of machinery and other toys for boys
while Sonneberg uses almost exclu
sively wood, porcelain, glass and paper
In the production of toy best suited to
girls.
How Could It lis a Mistake?
What a woman doesn't know about
newspaper Isn't worth knowing. The
other morning Mrs. B. was talking to
her husband.
I notice In th Dally Hoodoo tbat
Mr. Blffklss died on Sunday."
It's a mistake, my dear," replied
th husband. "II died on Monday."
But the paper said Sunday."
I know It, but it wa as error In
tb print."
"I thought so, too, at srst, but I
got half a dozen copies of th paper,
and it wa th same in ill of them.
They certainly couldn't have made the
mil take OTer ssd over again."
Th husband tried to convince ber,
but It wa so use, asd he gave It up.
Any man who imllt whan h pay
bl taxes Is too good for this wicked
world.
IAKNESS Or ORCt'MSIANTlM. EVIDENCE.
0jr r. F. O'Conwr.
Here la a strange case of circumstantial evt
dence at once overwhelming and misleading lu
tbe reign of Elizabeth a man named Prideaux
was charged with the murder of a neighbor. The
first witness testified to finding the corpse of the
victim, and beside It the pitchfork bearln; t
Initials of Prideaux. The next witness deposed
that on the morning of tbe murder be saw Prl
deanx pass his house dressed in a certain suit of
cotue Four hours later, however, be saw l'rMeaux.
then under arrest, wearing In court a wholly different cos
tume Then and there this witness taxed Prideaux with
the change of dress, which tbe prisoner denied in a manner
su confused and s'jutBIng that the magistrate at once grant
ed a warrant to search the accused's bouse. The clothes,
drenched In blood, were found concealed In the straw stuff
ing of a bed. A third witness testified to threats uttered
by Prideaux against the deceased, with whom he had had
a deadly quarrel.
Prideaux In ii defense said that as he wis pasting on
the morning of the murder through deceased's grounds be
saw a mas lying, dead drunk as he thought, some distance
from the path. On lifting him he found tbat It was his
neighbor, with blood pouring from two wounds made by
the pitchfork. Prideaux adjured him to give the name of
Lis assailant, but tbe mere effort brought on the death rat
tie and a discharge of blood from tbe mouth which deluged
Prideaux's clothes. When he had laid the dead man down
and bad got over the first horror of the thing, bis owi
peril occutred to him and hurried htm from the spot It
such haste to change bis blood stained clotbes that he to-.);
by mistake the murdered man's pitchfork, leaving bis own
Sir James Prer. In hi suuimlnt up. aum.uru ....
cW.lence wa, c.r..,..ttll only. Ml I rrrsl.
called upon the Jury o return ihelr fl '
once. The foreman, however, prayed hi. lord-Mp to allow
the Jury to withdraw to consider t length ami leisure.
Ills hmUhq) rated then, soundly and sent them to a
room without food or drink or light or lire, hlevrn who
etv for an Immediate verdict ' "ull,J V. .7
Into surm.der by the twelfth, the foreman. who doggedly
declared be wotihl Ul hliaself ralher than bang the prli
oner on such evidence. When they came Into court next
morning t the summon- of the eta.peraled Judge they
delivered a verdict of "not guilty," which w Infuriated
his lordship that he declared that "the Wood of I be n.ur
deted man lay l their doors r The prisoner, on the other
hand, fell on hU knee, and having first thanked t!l fot
tls deliverance, he turned and thus aildfes-ed the Judge
"Vou see. my lord, that God and a good conscience are the
best of witnesses."
Sir J a me asked the fortsnaa Tor an pinaiHn oi
his contumacy. "My lord." replied the foreman. "I can
explain only oa Ihe understandln.' that my ripUnatloit li
rouUdentlal." "Certainly." rejoined Mr jame.. men.
my lord. I may tell you that I did not consent to finding
Prideaux culltv of the crime because 1 romwme.1 u mj
self." He then explained that tbe deceased, upon being
remonstrated with for tklg tithe of the foreman'.
enrn than was his due. had become t.t abu.lre and then
aggressive. He even struck at tbe foreman several time
with hit pitchfork. Inflicting serious wound - who senrs
the foreman showed Ihe Judge while Ihe mottal wound be
hlroielf received were caused In the s.-utOe for pom-wl..n
of the fork. To uvure tbe Innocent man's acquittal ur
contrived to get himself sum mooed on the Jury and ap
pointed their foreman.
CHRlsmSHY RESIS OS SElf PERIECtlONMEST.
a cr ih riii.
To live on the top of a pillar, to withdraw Into
the devert. or to lire In a eommunliy. all this can
be provisory, necf-vtary to tncu. but as definite
forms It Is evident error and unreason. To live
a pure and holy life on a pillar or la a com
munlty Is lmpo4ttttle. because the man Is de
prtvrd of a half of life communion with tbe
world. To live always tbu one must derelvr
one's self; It Is evident. Indeed, that Just as It
is mipu.sihle In the current of an impure river to separat.
a little circle of pure water by some chemical prooew.
It Is lmpo!bl to live alone or la a society with some a.
saints. In a whole world which lives In violence fur money,
ground and rattle must be boucht or rented, relations
must be entered Into wttb the exterior, the son Chrltllai.
world. We cannot liberate ourselves from it, and w.
ought not to, except tbat la general we ought to abstain
from tboe things which we Bred not da. We only deceit,
ourselves. Tbe whole work of a disciple et Chrll con
slsts la establishing the most Christian relation! with th:.
world.
I think that not only there is no possibility of lllu
mlnatlng aad correcting others without being enlightened
and corrected one's self to the last possible limits, bu
that one cannot be enlightened aad Improved alone, ins
every time one Is enlightened and works for the amellora
tioa of one's self Inevitably enlightens and Improves others
and tbat this means Is the only eaVaelous way of rendering
service to others; the fire not only brighten and heata tb
object which feeds It, but Inevitably brightens and beat
tbe surrounding objects, .and It produces this effect ool)
when It burns Itself.
Some ask: "If I become better wilt my neighbor be
come better?" To enlighten aad to Imprers others, ss I
nave already saw. li done only by enlightening and Ira
proving one's self.
We all. according to oar weaknesses, are removed atorr
r less from the truth as we know It but It la Important
not to deform the truth, to know that we are removed from
't. and to aspire ceaselessly toward It, to be ready to llstet
tt Its voice, at any moment as the obstacles weaken
Cincinnati Post
Mayor Wyuwp
i.f Si erii e. Kan .
Ing all bachelors lthln tbe rorpurnle limit, iba
UrhehHbotxl beyond th Pt lp year they
baa iMUed a pro, an.an.is t.
Ibat If tiiry ) i rf,!
will be ul.j..t i , J
which the City Council, wim w wntism, wm mfw . mat., mji i
Mayor ef gerwance. "who will not taatry and opfrt a wife t ni mJ
tltlsen" 1
The country In general will wlh th Setev ce etperttnrnt tl (J
Interest. I'alveeswl cariosity wUI b ared aver (he Mt.uut of a seJ
which will determine la s eMfe how waeh men are wi.:ing J
mil to la th way of aa iaiathsw rather than rua the riiti of ast
knotty Kirhange.
-1
was not the end. fur nu,t ,
ptfrrbec lb atcMua.-b belt,t Hj
- - itram. i . .Hint ur 1 1 ea
foek with lhre pcungs. tb uJ
the saa fork broken (iuhIhti
nansue. in roorth iwui.g t is.
above tttenltottrd. a pin aai Iih-dmm
a pseep ut metal set en iarhi
With a pulutml eud I... uiu
MwtU. SM kdlte handle t..l lwH
nsatses. a tnlnl fork la,i r a
and some small partirle ,r Dm
met:; In all twenty B.e (.ler.
a wsht of 33U graa.i Si tars.
WAS A NATIONAL FIOURt-
Cb.rlx r.t.r, r.s-0rir mt "..
nd Korm.r l'.Hl "nui.i.
In tb. re-eut death of Host- l'b ties
Poster ei Govern. of Ohio, which oc
curred In I'mlurU. tbe liepwhUean
lirtj In una casta
try suffered the hs
of on of Its !
(iroatlaent
member, lit pub
lic career ws asowt
butter bie. A
uember of Co
rreu. tiovevlsof f
a Ktale. anal a ctW
net oavtal ttef
lUrrtso. be ws a
....... mwer for sv"d. A
ARTIFICIAL STONE FOH PULtajj
ll ! td. from Umil H4lt
and l'l. Ut Tin I'r.umi j
Artificial puwlr la made I
title la lllettgbelui In the Vt!J
I he Km la Germany which It
A GREAT FRENCH ARTIST.
LARGEST STORE IN THE WORLD.
Jean Ion Jerome, Instrnctor of Manx
American Painters.
One of the foremost figures in
Fresch art wa Jeas Leon Gerome. th :
famous painter and sculptor, who wa
found dead In hi
bed Is Paris recent
ly. Gerome was the
Instructor of many
American artists
and bad executed
many sotable
works for wealthy
residents of this
country, one of tbe
last being an alle-.
gortcal figure of La-1
z.xs i cEsour. bor for Charles II. '
Bcawab. Although 80 year of age.
Gerome did not betray bl years. His
tall and lithe figure, with hair as
white as snow, was familiar at social
gatherings up to the nlgbt before be
died, and his sparkling wit wa ever
a source of keen enjoyment to tbe
guests.
Gerome obtained his artistic train
ing In Rome and Pari and early
achieved fame. He became wealthy
asd lived In a splendid palace Is tbe
French capital For two-score years
be followed bis calling with the en
thusiasm of youth. He was a com
mander of the Legion of Honor and a
member of the French Institute.
Among bl best-known sculpture are
equestrian statues of Washington and
Lafayette. He had nearly completed
a statue of Corinth, which be Intended
to be his masterpiece, when death over
took him.
- .
z-Zzt - -hnti.,i tmwBr i aWaWITaaTiiiir I I iir
man of unbounded faith In bis own
ronvlcttont. be could not having
derided upon a course of action In any be valuable autxtltute fur IU
matter. b werved ly " sirens, id hum. ii is mane rrotn paH
political Influence He was a fine type sandstone and clay ami th.Te t!3
of our country's statesmen. " " i ainst. dUfertng from e. b oiber
death will be mourned by the wi r
all parti. .peevaJ 7 th" "
time, fought him oa political Issue,
yet who always retained a deep respect
for the ssaa whose noWllly of charac
ter and alerttag Integrity were never
questioned.
Charles Foster was born In
Township. Ohio. April 11 18X4, When
he wa. 4 years old bl. father removed
to a wilder... which Is bow Jb
thriving dty of Fo.torla. Young r os
ier wa. educated In th Sorwlh Ad-
emy and after leaving school beeaiao j aofffaiaeti one for working
a clerk In a country store, ins r.i toA ,on. and e.plally nth
BwrtJ to hmnlftesa and gr-'j n tvlM
in . nani aitd a sort klil with
grain, partlrularty aeful lu tW
er. wax eluth. felt ami wool li
("i a hard and soft kind. wi:h
coarse grain, .ailed to tu-c
ami sculptors ami particular 1
for polishing wood 1k-fore it aw
9) a soft, flue grained atone hi
white and dry polish of wch! id
tin goods, il) one of medium bai
with An grain, for giving th
a mrfare for an oil polish, (& I
The store which holds the h ror of njw being lit largest In the world
Is located In the famous ltu.s-.an city of Moscow and t!;e Illustration will
give a fair Idea of Its proportions. It covers twenty acres of ground and em
braces no fewer than 1.000 business establ.shments, wber thousands of
merchants may be seen dally disposing of their ware. It la said that this
gigantic bazaar cost IIO.OO.COO to construct
the Senate, and all tbe States have! rope and America fW r.r .
FACTS ABOUT CONGRESS.
Senator. Appear to Grow More Vonth
ful in Tbclr Old Agre.
In spite of all report to the con
trary, tbe United States Senate seems
to be growing more youthful. Thir
teen years ago a careful computation
was made, from wblcb It appeared tbat
tbe average age of Its member was
00 year. There were then only eight
who were leu than 15. To-day the
average age Is S6 years and 4 months,
and In a slightly larger Senate there
are fourteen men. Instead of eight,
who are loss than 43. This difference
Is doubtless due to th new States
which have come Into the Union since
that time, whose political leaders were
naturally younger men. The Delaware
overturn has also given the Senate two
youthful member. It Is almost a ml
that tbe young State have young Sen
ntors.
But one Senator li more than SO
Mr. Pettu. the Junior Senator from
Alabama, who wa born In 185L Four
teen are between 70 and 80, twenty
nine are between 60 and 70 and thirty
two between 60 and 00. Th fifteen
who have crossed th three-score-and-ten
line Include both Senator from
Alabama and both from Connecticut,
beside Messrs. Teller. Allison, Prye,
Hoar, Gibson. Stewart, Piatt of New
York. Quay. Bate. Proctor and Cullom.
Tbe Constitution of the United States
specifies 30 a the age requirement for
made good this condition by a safe
margin of ten years. Only one man In
the Senate doe not give Ids age. Mr.
Barton of Kansas, and for tbe pur
poses of this computation be has been
rated at SO.
A curious ease of disguised age ap
pears among tbe House members In
tb biographical sketch of Mr Lever
ing, author of the rebate Mil. The ill
rectory which has Just come out an
nounced that be was born "about sixty
years ago in Ubode Island." His bio
graphical sketch has said tbe same
thing ever since be has been In Con
gress, and be was elected for tbe first
time In 1Sj and came here In tbe
spring of 1S97. New York Post
INSURE CASH IN TRANSIT.
Bank. Take Great 1'iecautlon. to Avoid
Loot, bj Kaprsi. and Mall.
The earele way In which large
package of bank notes were lowed
through the windows of tbe New York
postotfice this week for transmission
to oui-or-town point has excited the
wonder of persons familiar with tbe
risks Involved and tbe sums at stake.
y Ihe New York Evening Post. The
movement Is specially heavy Just now.
aggregating from f3.000.000 to xr.mt.
000 a week, and Including
menu from most of the Urea hank.
and banking house In tbe city. The
currency 1 sent everywhere In single
pckge containing 110.000 or less,
protected by policies of Insurance pro
tecting the owner agalmt every possl
ble hazard at rate varying from 13
cent to 80 cent per $1,000 of curren
cy lnured. Most of tbe notes sre $3.
110 snd $20 denomination, besides
supplies of one snd twos for use as
uuu-,-uanu money- for crop-movement
purposes.
These transfers co to all .ein. .
th United States, Canada. Great Brit
ain and to continental points. The
buslne.1 ha. now grown to large pro
portion and 1 written by tome of the
u,u" uisurauco companies of Eu-
Ing claim paid a few da V. airo ii
for the km of a parcel containing $!,
700 In hank notes .hipped through the
malls by a Canadian Institution. The
destination was a small postoffice.
where tbe business was so light tbat
the potuiaster. not baring tbe use of
safe In wblcb to store valuable, was
forced to take homo every night unde
livered registered mall that bad arrived
during tbe day. The package of bank
notes was taken out of the owce In
bt way. and Just before tbe postmas
ter reached borne be was attacked by
footpads and relieved of the money.
The km. was Immediately reported,
snd the Insurance company at once re
imbursed tbe Institution, at the same
time offering $600 reward for tbe de
tectlon of the thieves. The case Us
not t.een cleared up yet.
Packages containing $20,000 of In
sured bank note were on the train that
went through a bridge In a Southern
State Inst week. New York under
writer were much concerned over the
Incident until they discovered that tha
car In which the Insured package were
stored remained safe on the rati The
largest single risk ever written was
tken In Hnglaml some time ago. when
one package containing $26,000,000 wa
Insured.
There Were Oilier.
A lady meeting a friend In the rail
road car observed, feelingly;
"So wor old Mr. C l. dead."
.VT" i'Ut he dl1 "Pile
the friend.
U tbat nor
"Ye," assented tbe friend. "Almost
bl last word were that at last he wa
going to a place where golf wouldn't
be tbe only burning question."
He Think twice, love, before vou
refuso m. She-Why .houkl I think
twice! He-Because.mydeur.awom
an never thinks jwlce the same.
The Lord may send the babies, but
everything else n this world come,
with (obacco tag..
aetu partlcipatsoa la politic was la
IMS. whea be was nominated for State
(tenator Th Kepobllran. sent bias t
Congress la 1S70. aad be was reelected
three times. In the Hook Foster bad
a reputation as a convincing speaker
and a parliamentary leader. For a
time he wa member of th Way
and Mean Committee and In lf74
went to New Orleans as tbe chairman
of a Congressional Investigating cool
mlttee. In 1870 Fo.ter w.s elected Governor
of Ohio and was reelected In I SHI.
During bis administration a. chief ex
ecutive ef the Buckeye State he mad
a notabl record aad becamo a na
tional figure In politics.
In !?$1 the lite President Harrison
named Fo.ter a Secretary of Ih
Treasury, to fill the vacancy la bis
cabinet caawd by tbe death of Secre
tary Wlndom. A year later, however.
Mr. Poster health broke down and be
went to Burope for a reL
In financial circle., too. Poster was
a remarkable figure, lint although be
amassed two fartaae at different peri
od of hi. career, they were both swept
away by business reverses aad be died
a comparatively poor man.
HAD A SINGULAR STOMACH.
Qatar Colttctlon of Junk Found In a
Young Man's Dluollre Orasn.
Tb organ of man are extremely
sensitive and tbe .mallet foreign Ixxly
la often capable of seriously disturb
ing their functions. At tbe Mine time
we have cases In which a remarkable
tolerance I shown by the Monwch.
such, for Instance, aa the child & years
of age. who was presented to tbe
Acadeuile de Medicine In 1S7. after
having bad a piece of money removed
from the c-soj.hagu. This example of
tolerance Is. however, considerably ex
ceeded by Ihe following case, which
we presented to tbe academic at a re
cent meeting:
Tbe patient was a young man 22
year of age. pale, of .light Intelli
gence, and epileptic, who bad been un
der the care of Dr. Leroux, of the St.
Joseph Hospital, for nervous and In
testinal trouble. At the end of sereral
day. several foreign belle, were ob
served In the left bypocbondrlum ami
the patient was sent to our surgical
ward, where tbe operation of opening
the stomach waa performed. What wa
our urprlse when we felt wllb the Au
ger through Ihe Indslou a great num
ber of metallic substance. Willi the
aid of long pinchers we drew forth the
oingu uoaies.
lone., snd finally puml e !
a very line grain These an
atones are used In pretty idiks
same way as those of volcanic til
For giving a smooth surface t
a dry stone Is dipped In oil Fl
work fine grained stones are usetl
unreliability of pumice, lolb Id I
and hardness, variations being i
even In the same piece. sugge.tH
Me of replacing It with tbe ar
product. New York Post.
Nature's l!ullllirlum.
Sone twenty flie years go
goose were Imported Into llarh
to drive the rata which ate the i
cane. Now the sugar planter'
petitioned the Governor to sua ;
tbe destruction of the inongnoMjLi
cause the latter. Instead of
itbfr attetitlAn to the rats, haul
en out many useful native ai.
cludlnc llsarda. whl.b were tbtl
tales of tb motb liorrr ntr
Tbe caterpillars are now left fJ
penetrate tbe sugar canes.
making bole for the lodgment 1
structlv fungi Thus In the
ual struggle for existence NitursB
self Is often found to have etat
two best .y.teiu of equilibrium,
fervttce with wblrb bring
than It drive away
.Su Time for Heltl.hne.s
Mr. Trucker 1 think I shall I
my liuslne, my -War I might
bare some good out of tuy niD
Mr. Trucker Oh. not yet.
But when one of u die I H
up housekeeping and scv a little
world. Town and Country
inannroiirlato HuffKr.tlnn
"fie 1m w har-rd re kill bh
pumliln' machine, Molkc JotW
U's yer mother ln-lsw. oud "
"Hhutv. If 01 Imsglned iw'i
mAlk.ln.l.tv niil le dod'
14 in e thing litsblld ar htl'0V
Judge.
i .... ...1 What It Wa I Oflll"i
-iinw dhl vou cet rour Woj
"Well. !. yer see I was out!
In' fer tiouble, and dla'crc eye
furst F find II."
When a girl gels ou a rou
tu.1 .timn wlili a ribbon botv
pocket, and manipulates a ru,llJ,
tbe aterage inau Is such urn
he liuaglue .be will mke -t
handling big. black lans and fWH
Many a man who think M
lo-day will wake up and And
In the "ha. been" class to niotf
First we al.tal.i.1 . u-i
coffee spoons, varying from five to five
and one-half incbe. In leuctb. Th- i..t
poon. taken out were the smallest A hyp. crlte Is a man "ho c
We."uIt""Te,Jr M t'T luo fenutly If tie know sow
Ldds of tbe .touiacb. Tb however, watching hltu.