I a $ if : 4 -4 NEWS OF THE WEEK Jn a Coiiilcnscil Form lor Busy Realtors. Our HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS A Resume- of Ilia Lais Important but Not Lad Interesting Events of thn Past Wook. Tit (i Philippines may I mi sold to .JllIUII, Tilt) llllltll! Ill'ol IlIlN 1)0011 SCUII III till) lludiau iiciiiiii sailing t'unlmiril. Tint United Mates ban rufiiNtnl to nlil foreign claimants iignlunl Panama. (litrinany Imit angered Turkey liy pro testing agalimt buying urniH In Pram). Tliu cmr litis ngnlu turned from the peace party and will continue tho war. Twiiitty.four Chlnoso smuggled over tint Mexican Imrder itt Kl Paso, Testis, have been arrested. Tim president hopes to stuvo off foi olgn Intervention In Hnuto Domingo 'Until congiofs imoln. Tint eruption of Vesuvius Ih abating, (hero being only mi od'astunnl puff of Unlit material mid ninoko. Tim hattlcnhlp Kaunan w 111 Iki clirlnt- tuird liy breaking it botllo ol Kaunas -urudo oil over Hn prow In tlio place of botllo of champagne, as In tlio cuntom. There In a movement III Now York to -erect nl it tout of 12,000,000 n building for it comprehensive exhibition of American mid foreign nrt, mid to pro vldo n homo for New York artsociotlis, Htrlken niul xaaiit revolts aro being renewed In Kusnla, Japan In raining tlio sunken Russian itlili nl Tort Arthur. Tlio president linn announced his In 'tention to change the canal roiiimlsslun. Kuropatkln has Iteon op)ntel com inlander of tlio Flint Mitiiuliurlmi army. Russian bureaucrats nro Ixilng driven 'to mnko x-rti'i liy terms dictated for a uutw French tomi. Tlio United Htntcs government linn culled for nrliltrntlou of tlio Venezuelan dispute, with tlio alternative of force. Over 3,000 men live been thrown out of eliiplofiiielit an tlio result ul tho shut down of the llnemeyur sugar rellnery in llrooklyu. A now Island has risen In tlio fen of Japan, canned by thn Action of a vol cano. Tlio mlkndo'ii llag I"1" la" rained on Km top, which Imn n circum ference of two mid thrce-fnurlhs miles. Although tlio city ordinance of Now York forlild tlio erection of In Irk mid stone buildings lu fronty went her, some 7fi lint buildings linvo Is-ell llulnliril since January I, mid now tlint tlio mor tnr in thawing they nro fulling down. News of miother rrunhlng blow to the Russian unity In being withheld. A Chicago Judge says n woman linn 11 right to kill her IiucImihI In self defence. Ilnly Imn cent n warship to Hunto Domingo to demand tlio Htymont of her claims. An nddllbin In Iming IhiIH to l'renl dtMit ltiMHovwlt'M Niiimiiur homo nt Bh HiiHiie Hill, 1 I. Tlio nr party In Itinwla In onrleAtur liiK Kojcevelt nnd tiylnn to dniw Frmieo mid (iermmiy Into wur. Tlio Kuvornor of VIIhii! provlneo, 'n onthern Kumdu, linn Ih-ou mortally wounded by u torrorlnt. Two mnnketl men held up nuwoiiKorit of thn l'm'llle CmnI Oil oouiHiiy neur Iterkuley, Cnl., mid eeoured 10,000. 'I no Uliii'MKo ttiHMcH Imn Imkhii iiay tlio frniielilno of tint lurKunt ntreet roll vtuy,. Tim proKirty In vnlued nt 101 000,000. Olio of tlio mottt perplexing (UHthmn -wmfrnutliiK tlio iidnilulntriitlou Ih tlio I'mmum eomil. It In iuhnlttel Unit tlio wimmliHtioii In n failure. Tlio United HtutoH iourt of oIiiIiiin Iiiin ikunrdid tlio Cherokee Imlimm 11,(100,000 for IiiuiIh neon rod In 18a,S but never entirely mld for. Of thin uuiount $1,1 11,28 1 In principal and tlio lialanco Interent. Uhlueoo rouilnlu-j( outraKi by Jap. nneHO. Tho armored orulnur Wnnhiiigton bna been Inunuhod nt thu Camden, N. J,, whip yard. Hecrutnry I lay's health has broken -down nnd ho may resign, llu ban gouo to hit rope for n rent. Root, Taft mid Knox aro three strong llupuhllcmiH who aro already bulug epokenh of ns tho next camlldato for preHldimt, French faith lu Uusnln'a ability to copo with tho JapaneHu has been severe ly shnkun by tho latest defeats to thu Kiir'u arms. Thuru Ih n great runh of hoineweekerH from all parts of tho Knat t tho North west, Porch, n small town near Holmrt, Oklahoma, has boon wrecked by u oy clone. Thu MlsHourl leglslaturo oloctinl Wil liam Warner, llejmbllcnu, of Kansas Dlty, United Hiatus aoimtor to succeed Francia M. Cockrull. r.x-oeuntor Huvloy,of Ooniiootlout, is dond, OONFERENOE ON IRRiaATION. Exports from Westarn Oovnrninent Stations Moot In Onllfornla. Kan Kraut'lnco, March iil . A I a mnall but M'ry hIkiiIIIciiiiI roiiloroncuof half it dorun IrrlKittlon oxiertH connecled with tlio experiment mIiiIioiim of tlio United Htiiten AKrlcultural ilopnrtmiiul on tlio I'aolllo roiint, hold yenlorday and today al tho Unlvmnlt) of California, Import' ant pliiiin were mmlo for tlio future of Irrigation and ilralnnuo InveHtlKation lu all tlio vifnterii Mtaten. Tho meeting wiin attiindiHl by I'rofumor ICIwiMid Mimd, chief of tho Irrigation bnreuii of tho l)eMiitiuoiit of AKriuulturu; l'rofen Hor KhiiiiiiiI 1'ortler, of Montana j l'ro fennor (1. II. True, of Noviiilu; I'rofeHitor O. I. Wiillnr. of WnNhlnutoiii I'rofi-N. nor.f. II. Wlthycomhe, of Orison; ami FrofennorH K. W. I lllnar.1, 11. II. IiukIi rlduo, ami K. J. Wloknoii, of tho nrl nultiiral oxperlmiiut ntutloiiNalllerkley. Tho chief tank of tlio eonfeienco wiin tho preHiratlou of plmm for exjMTl inentn to determine thoipialilyof water which will kIvo tho bent rinmltH lu IrrN Katlou under dlferent conditions, Thin In mi undeitukliiK almont llmltlenn lu extent. In addition to thin, a cauc IwIku nl iNliiratlou In heln arranged. I'rofemuir KUuxmI Meod, who ban Junt arrlvinl lu California to communco IiIn Herhm of annual liftmen al tho Ntnto tinlvnrnlty, In very hopeful over tho future of Irrigation on tho ronnt, I'rvfemor Wltliyi-omlH) icMirtel on the work and Itn Mn.nlhllltlen In Oregon. He will return north and tontlniio tho meaniireuieiitn of ntreamn. Today'n conference In counlderod nn openlnn now HiMlhllltlen lu Irrigation on tho 1'aulfla ronnt,, SLAUGHTER DY BULGARIANS. Or flak Village Attacked and All Mala Inhabitants Slain. Countmitlnopli', Mnrrh 1M. Advice recelvel from Knlonlca ntnto that tho llulirnrlnn bnudn nro again cnuninK trouble, mid that reortn of outmncn nro romliiK lu rapidly. Tho renult of thin I thai thu rotations la'twcen Oni-co mid IlulKnria nroNRnlnntrutclKHl near to tho hnwiklng jolnt, tho former K'verninent allien tint tho HulKnrlan government In not making any effort to keep thenu lmndn under control but periultn them to rnjnce at will on con dition that they cmillno their nnnaultit to Oreekn mid Turks. At h nmnnxtery near Vixlcna a bnnd of armed IlulKiirlniiN nttacktl a party of (I reek prlentn and the latter intint linvo I Men killed hnil not a party of (Ini'ks come to their renuo and nt tnckiil tho Holj;nrimiH. Tho latter were beaten bark, leaving Ifi disld Indliud. Augeretl nt their loxneti tho Hulgnr luun nttnckisl tho village of Monnl morion mid rulhletudy iunnnacrel nil of tho lunle InhnbltitntN and cnrrled off tho vtomen and children. They then turrorited the entire dlntrlol of Yodcua mid no far have managed to ifoaito tho troopn that were unit to puuinli them. CASTRO SEIZED COAL MINES. Protest Entered by Italian Government for Operating Company. Now York, Match 21. Thu Humid thin morning prints tho following din imtfh from Port of b'imin, Trinidad: Noun has rtwcliHl Port of Kwiii that tho governor of llarcelonn, Veneiuels, Itan riH'olvitl front Prosithuit Castro or ders to tako MMHosion at once of the coal initios of (lunntntinrlcunl, sltuatml niHir Itari'olotia, and leaml in 1HU8 for Hit years by thu Youocutdmt government to nn Italian iHiuiany, Tho some day tho Yt'iioruolnn troom tmik powow'.on of Iho initios by armed force, as lu the similar cnoo of tho Now York and Ileriuudoso couimuy, this, notultlistatiilliig tlio proton! of tho Ital ia n govornumtit. Tho action Imn Ikhui takott without u Judgmut of tho court of (!orneaH. The Italian legation Imaheou notlllotl mid llarou Allotti, Italian elHire d'afTnlros, is represented as having untoreit a protost. Spartan Runt on a Rock. HIiM'k Island, It. I., March 21. Tho steamer Kmrtnn, nt tho llostou mid Philadelphia stoninidilp eoinpany, run aground on tho southoanturu end of llloek Inland during a fog early today while on her way from Providence to l'hilalelphla. A 16-foot holo was stove in tho ship's bow mid soon tho vennel sank so bur decks were awash. Tonight thn vchhoI Is rapidly breaking up. Tho crew of 211 remained nlxmrd tho ship during tho day, but were taken off tonight. Wreckers linvo been sent to lighter tho cargo, Mistake Over Damage Claim. 8t. Petersburg, March 21. Tho Hits- slan press is bitterly attacking tho claim for damages for tho sinking of tho llrtlsh atenmer Knight Commander, on tho theory that thu demand is for exemplary damages put forward by the llrtlsh government In violation of Inter national law and entirely apart from tho owmtr'H claim, whereas tho fact Is that It Is simply the owner's claim, tho misapprehension having been created by erroneoiiH report in Kngllsh papers. Moat Too High for tho Poor. Mexico City, March 21. Meat deal ers nro oxurolscd ovur tho risu in tho price of meat, which has been advanced from 25 to ot) per cent in thu last month, and charge that there Is u meat trust at wnrk. Thn Httnutlmi Ih n.tt-l. ous, na meat Ih almost boyond tho moans of thu lower cIuhdihi. GRAFTING ON CANAL lll(li TIiiig to MnkG a Clianoc In Isthmian Commission. ENGINEERS LEAVE IN DISGUST Trouble Is Bnld to Do Lack of Effi cient OrgenUntlon Pnyroll Already Padded. Chicago, March 8. Waller Well man, wiring from Wnnhiiigton to thu Record- lorald, myn that grufl hits al ready iniide ItH apjiearancu among tho eiiiployiN of tho United Ktaton on Hit' Panama canal, according to mi Ameri can engineer who wan on tho InthuiUN only three weekn ago. It in evidently high time I'renldunt Itoonovolt wan car rying out bin plan for n complete reor ganisation of tho en mil coiiimlfsiou. Thin engineer, who hail exceptional opiKirtuultlen to gather Infortunium tin to eoudltlotiN on thu bithmiin, ilcelnren It In within IiIn pernonnl knowleIgu that payrolln nro already being pnddeI and thai varloun forum of -tty grnll are practiced. Tlio I rouble In nnid to bo lack of efllclunt organization. Chief Kuglnoor Wallace In working like n Trojan lu tho fluid and ban almont worn hluiKelf out trying to ptinli thu' work nt Culebru Hill nnd to bring oritur out nl chaos In tlio organisation. Thu present canal coiumirnloti in de clnri.il to Imi n failure byovcrjrnan who linn visited thu Intbmus during tho lant six months. Tho commission remain ed nt I'minmn just long enough to estab lish certain Imn-clad rules wlioco literal enforcement has beon. h grunt detri ment ui ino cruel engineer ana uio other olllclnln who nre trying to push thu work. Then thu members of tho commission, with tho exception of Gun eral Davis, rcturnel to thu I'niWvl Htiiten mid are hero yet. Kvidetitly they do not enro to live on tho inthmiiN nud prefer tho climato of New York and Washington. On nc)ui.t of tho unsatisfactory statu of affairs on thu Intimitis, many engineers and other employes of thu rommlnninn nru glvin up their jobs In dirgitst mid returning homo. HeiKirtn sny Hint tho commlsnlonur who lrxiks nfter the medicine siipjilles refuses l nllow such uieillclnus as nru retptlrixl nnd in many rases such as nro glvun out nro badly adulterated. CASTRO SHUNS FOREIGNERS It Arming for Defense Talks of At. tack on New Orleans. Willemntad, Curacno, March 18. According to trustworthy advices re ceived here, tho situation In Venezuela is unchanged, lioth internally and ns to foreign nffnlrs, except that tho rela tions Itctwccn President Castro and tho various legations nt Caracas nro n llttl more strained. Castro has now ceased to talk with thu Kurocan representa tives concerning tho Venexuelnn debt, and thu recent recall of (lenernl An tonio Vetullui, scond vico president of Venezuela, who linn Imh'O in Kuropo for some time endeavoring to arrange n settlement with the llrltinb nnd German landholders, Is regarded ns an indica tion that the negotiations have failed. It is said that no diplomat has 1hii able to m'uro an interview with Castro concerning disptttel international ipins tlons for months. Cantro maintains his htdllKcreitt attitude and continues to make military prcarntious. lie ap jmrently regards an attack on Port Ca liello mid Iji (iunyni as probable, and 1ms mounted six new French six-inch guns and a nuniWof small guns on tho heights overlooking those ports, and Ion availnblo three small (Hiast defense Vessels. Castro's attitude Is rullocted in a iwiuphlet Just I wi ued through one of his advlmrn, Colonel Juan Itaatistla Ijiiuetlo, in which plane for HHHlIng .'10,000 Venexuulans against New Orlwius a,ro disclosed. Tho iMinphlot urges the public to avenge the insults to Veueauela offered by tho AinuriciiHff. mid iliN-larns the invasion of tho Mis sissippi valley would Ihi tho most effect ive iuauN of curbing tl action of Unltmt States. the Stock Certificates Forged. Denver, March 18. Purged stock cortilloato of the Colorado 1'uul A Iron company have been unearthed by thn presentation of a counterfeit certificate for 100 shares of stock, jmr value 11, 000, at thu Denver olllce of the com patty for transfer. Thucortltlcnto uiiuu front it lawyer at DavenjKirt, In. Ap pearing on thu certltlmto as president of tho company is the name of James A. Keblo. Mr. Keblo was never presi dent of the company. Thuro la also a certificate with the forged signature of becretary II. I . llenmau. Flood Bursts Kentucky Dike. Winchester, Ky March 18. Tho .break in tho Kentucky river dlku near Ford grows wider, and it channel fully 100 yards wide is tilled with a rushing torrent Hint is eating into tho south bank of the government look. Giant trees of a century'a growth linvo been torn looso and carried away. One of the government's buildings at thu locks full Into the river today mid tho others aro in danger. Conservative estimates placu tho damage thus far nt $ 250,000. Engine Blows Up, Injuring Threo. ' Kcho, Utah, March 18. A Union Pad lie engine pulling enstlxniud freight No. 62 blew up whilo passing thu sta tion today, Injuritig Knglnoor 11. I.. Purdy, Flrotnnn O. N. Thinker nni IllrakomnuJ. K, Jonea. DIVIDE THE MONEY. Two Groat Irrigation Works nro Pro posed for Idaho. Washington, March 20. Keel n mil lion Hurvlco Ktiglncurs lions nnd I'ouoU, of Idaho, called ujoii Hunnator DiiIoIh today In roturciico U tho jiropoHltlon now Imlng considered by the secretary of tho interior lo divert about $1,000,000 from tho Minidoka Irrigation project mid lino It In Inaugurating what is known ns Iho Ilolso-l'ayutta project. Henntor DiiIkiIs endorses tho vluws of tho ruols'tiatlon servlco onglneors and will call iiioti Hvcrclnty Hitchcock and urgo him to npjirovo tho proiwsltlon to bnvo Ixjtlt projects cnrrlel to comple tion. From Investigations nnd preliminary surveys it has neon found that tmrt of thu Minidoka project mjittb of Hnnko river Is not feanlblu at this time and cannot bo built until that part of tho project north of Hnnke rlvur shall bo completed mid put Into operation. It Is promised to tako tho funds which would lx reo.nl rod to build south of tho river mid ttso them to build tho Itolno I'ayetlo project, which Is estimated to eoiitnbout 11,000,000. If this Is not done, It Is believed thu funds Intended for thu south project will bo turned back Into thu general reclamation fund, and Idaho will loco thu benefit of them, nl least for thu present. MINE EXPLOSION KILLS TEN. Men Left on Guard at Night Perish fn West Virginia. Charleston, W. Vo March 20. An explosion occurred nt tho mines of thu New Itlvcr Hmokoless Coal ,nnd Coke company nt Hush Itun at 10 o'clock last night, In which ten men wcru killed. The explosion was in tho Itush mine and extended to tho Red Ash mine, nearly two miles away, mid great flames' burst out of tho mouths of both mines. AImmiI seven men stayed in each mine nt night to tnku care of them and all wcru killed. Thu interior of the mines Is in such condition nt this time that It Is Impos sible for anyone to enter to Investigate. Thu Rush Itun nnd Red Ash mines nru thu projxirty of tho same company mid the latter is thu mine In which 40 lives were lost three years ago. It is ltnKsslbla at this time to ascertain the cause of the explosion. CASTRO PREPARES TO FIGHT Seeks Settlement with Other Nations f but It Hottile to France. Paris, March 20. OHlclal advices re to tho effect (lint President Castro, of Venezuela, is seeking to settle his complications with Germany and Great Hrltnln, probably with a view to leav ing him n free hnnd in dealing with thu complications with the United Htntes mid France. The Intter awaits the decision of thu court at Curaaui, however. France has not subscribe! to the ig nition of some other Ktiropcnn govern ments in entrusting to tho United States the enforcement of rights ngninst South American countries. On tlio contrary, this government expects to enforce its own rights, nlthough what ever nction is flnnlly determined ujvon will undoubtedly bo communicated to Washington with thu view of securing American co-operation. Change In Asiatic Naval Command Washington, March 20. Hear Ad miral Stirling, commanding the Astatic licet, 1ms cabled tho Navy dejwrtment that he has left Cavite on the flagship WictKiiisin, accotnHUiied by the battle ship Orepon, the gunlsMtH Nanshan and lieueral Alva and thu torpedo boat dostmjers Ilaiubridge, Harry, Decatur, Chauncey and Dale, for Hong Kong, whore the admiral will liaul clown his Hag on March 23 ami transfer the com mand of the station to Hoar Admiral William Folgur, now commanding the cruiser squadron of that tleot. Intuit Is Offered France. Paris, March 20. Count de Sagotiaac , who whs sent by the Morooeaii eutnmis- alnii Ui invisttigatu the commercial con dition of Morocco, has Wen captured b Arabs. The cium rtiMuiblua thn ! idicaris affair. The incident raiws ex- I eitentetit, ow ing to France's oliey of as suming paramount eontiul in Morown. The secretary of tlm MomctMU cwninls slim In an interview said that thu capt ure uf Count do SKouiwe provwl the iitH'usslty for rapid French autlqu in Morocco. Tliootler niembe a ot tho mifctilou are safe. Works of Art Destroyed. New York, March 20. Many valua ble paintings and pieces of statuary nud articles used in instruction were de stroyed by n lire which damaged the building occupied by tho National Aca demy of design. One fireman waa burled under debris from a falling wall, but was rescued nnd removed to a hos pital. Ho will recover, While tin ex act estimate ot tho damage could not bo mmlo today, it is said it will bo at least $50,000. Vesuvius Throws Hot Stonos. Nuplea, March 20. Mount Veauvla, is again in eruption and la throwing out burning lava, red hot atones and a high column of smoke, with detona tions which are heard at long distances. Tho eruption Is attributed to nn earth quake which waa felt for 80 miles. Guard for Railroad Bridges, Warsaw, March 20. Thu directors of tho Vistula railroad have asked for troops to guard tho bridges betweon Slcdlco and Malkin. bectuiao of tlio re ceipt of letters threatening their destruction. "RELIEVING" GUARD PUTTING A LIVING SENTRY IN A DEAD ONE'S PLACE. Slnco the mldwlntsr campslgn of Napoleon In Russia almost a century SJTO no great war has been vrsxed under such terrible climatic conditions as prevail In Manchuria to-day. There was suffering Ih the trenches before Hobantopol In thn winter of 1854-55, but nothing like that of the Japanese and Runslntts along thn Shaho nirer. The work of entrenching la almost Impossi ble, and at tho outposts the sentries have to be content with boles burrowed In the ground. Walking- to snd fro with a background of snow to throw the figure Into relief as a mark for the sharp shooter means death. Eren careful burrowing, says the IOnJou Illustrated News artist, who drew the trraphia sketch reproduced above, cannot always protect the Japanese sentries from the Russian marksmen, and not Infrequently when the relief comes a dead man has to be drawn out of the pit to make room for a living successor. NEW FRENCH PREMIER. 31. Ronrlcr. HncccMor of Combe, Ils- Kan I.lfo Book Agent. M. Rourler. who succeeds M. Combe as French premier, has been for more than a ceneratlon closely Identified with the politics of the Re public lie baa been repeatedly at the head of the department of finance. In which position he CJiUbllshed a reputa tion which made hla name a household ons In France. The new premier began life as a book agent. Subsequently he en gaged In tho Russian grain trade, and his business Journeya to Constant!- M. IIOlTIEn. nople, Odew, Smyrna and other ports bordering on the Mediterranean gave him a valuable and broadening train ing. In IStIO, having acquired a com twtonce, he encaged in politics and through his efforts Gambotta was sent to the CJwmber of Deputies from Marseilles. In 1S71 Rouvler himself cmteml the chamber and nt once be came prominent In French political life, lie Is accounted one of the strong men of Franco, and, with Del cause, the foreign minister, and M. Douuior. the nv president of the Chamber of Deputies, ban vastly en ha need tho power and prestige of the republic. A WORLD WONDEa Trutniiian Who Muko People Under taint u Station Numc. "Ka-n-ka-kee!" "Ktm-k-a-u-a-Ueel" "Knit-kn-k-o-e-el" William I. Crawford, a colored train man, of Chicago, has reduced the call lug of station names to a practical system that has won for him the pralso and hearty thanks of n million of pas sengers. When ho lutlates ouo of the healthiest pairs of lungs In Illinois, opens his mouth, nnd begins to play on a station name, no man, woman or child falls to understand what It Is. Crawford has been on the fast trains of tho Illinois Central betweeu Chi cago and Cairo for thu last ten years. When he first became a trainman ho noticed that n man or womnu would look him squarely. In tho face while he waa calling tho station, and tlint about Uio time the train had got well underway from tho depot at which tho passenger wanted to get off, Crawford would find him sitting lu his seat In blissful Ignorance of his having been carried past. This did uot happen once, but many times, nnd tho ob serving employo began to suspect that people did not "catch" him. In niauy Instances trouble arose i ft 2 Jr L T m at Mr m lifl NEAR THE SHAII0. iNvaL,. from many different pronunciations of ths name of a town. Different people) put the emphasis on different sylla bles, and this often created confusion. The noise of the train In speeding over the rails also made it difficult to mak out what was being called. "Finally," said the trainman, "t concluded that I would first attract the attention of every passenger la the car and then call out the station, emphasizing first one syllnhle and tha another, using all of the accents and Inflections I bad ever heard of. In the course of time I got what I con sidered the best way of Impressing ths mind with particular nimM, and we carried few people past their des tination." Nature has greatly aided this man la his work. He has a voice stngularljr full and resonant When he breaks! loose at the end of a car a half-awaka passenger starts from his seat aa If av steam calliope had started on ft ragi time tune, and by the time he wind! up on such names as Tuscola, Areola., and Tolono passengers for these places' are loading up with packages and' grips and reaching for umbrellas, Chicago Tribune. I'aper as KueL In these days of scarcity of fnel It may be Interesting to know bow on thrifty housekeeper, with more leisure than money, has wanned her housa for years during the two weeks or to In the fall and spring when bent la needed In the morning nnd evening only. She uses old newspapers and, prepares them for combustion by twisting them Into fagots. For tlia furnace she tears tho paper In half, doubles each half together and tw!ata It tightly. For tho fireplace beater sha separates the sheets, crumples each to gether and finishes by giving a slight twist, whilo for the small store In her sowing room or for n grate that 1 sometime usod Inja north room, aha merely gives the paper a closo crumple She finds It better to prepare the fuel pretty near the time of using it, aa It burns better If It 1ms not been al lowed to gather dampness. This fuel Is prepared at odd times, uvinlljr at dusk, by the mlstreH and her children, nud Is kept In huge bags made of cast off garments, and these forms meas ures for the amounts needed. Now Use for llrtliioil I'ai-nfllno Wax. A now and Important use for refined p ratline wax seems to have been dis covered by a prominent resident of Ohio, living near Lancaster, who hnd two trees badly damaged by storm, one being a mnpla and tho other aa apple. In each case a large limb wn broken down from the trunk, but still attached to It. The limbs were propped up and fastened soourely with straps. very much aa a broken leg might b fastened with splints, and then melted roflned wax poured Into-nnd over all' the cracks. The "kurglcal operation" was entirely successful. The paradln prevented tho escape of the sap, kept out the rain and moisture which would have rotten the trees, prevented the. depredations of Insects, nnd tho llnibti seem thus far to be perfectly ro-at-t a cued to the trees. ' llent lie Could Do, Rncbellor (disgustedly) Huh? You'r tbe married, I hear. Oldham Yes, to Miss Playne. Ilacheller Poor chump! I thought you knew better. Oldham So I do, but none of them, would havo mo. Philadelphia Press, A mau never kicks If his unuie Is, misspelled la the police record of V newspaper-.