BEAUTIFUL BETHLEHEM BELLS.
0
VER fin roar of the cities over the
hills and the dell
With a messace of peace to the nations.
ring til beautiful Betolebinubelia.
Brining Joy 10 the souls that are sighing lu
the hovels where Poverty dVells
There i life there ts life for the dying In
tue oeauurui tsetuieuem Delist
Far off la i land that U lovely for the ten
der, sweet story It tells
In the light of a glorious morning rang the
ueautuui ni'tblc-bem bens;
And Hill In the hearts of creation an anthem
PlllltlllZ HWfllll
At that memory sweet of the ringing of the
beautiful uetult-nem Delist
They rang o'er the hills and the valleys, they
aiiiiimnnpH the triad world that day.
From regions of night to the radiant light
of the cot where the Beautiful lay;
And forever and ever aud ever a wonderful
niflittlv riurolla
la the teuiler, sweet ringing and singing of
the beautiful tietlil, lem beiisi
For they sing of a love that Is deathless
a liiva that at 1 1 1 trlnmnha In loa:
Tbey slug of the love that Is leading the
world to the Calvary cross;
Line ivpot fl'.r th a(ttinrl of the Cltl
ring sweet o'er the hills and the dells.
And touch us with tenderest tittles, oh,
beautiful Bethlehem belisl
Atlanta Constitution,
It was now time for school, and the
two brothers took their books and went
off, watching wistfully such people as
they passed, bearing home substantial
signs of the approach of Christmas day.
W.'iile Nannie was busy with such
broken toys as were in her possession
the widow knelt and prayed that the
many trials and privations of her bumble
household might be lessened or converted
to their ultimate good; and she prayed,
too, for those whose calloused and self
ixh natures were careless or mindless of
the poor and destitute,
The distance to the school house was
so great that the boys never returned till
school was over for the day; aud as they
went home this day they heard tbe oth
er children boasting gleefully of the great
preparations for to-morrow, tbe greut
Christmas day! of heavy turkeys, plump
geese and. wild fowl, of well-filled store
rooms and dairies, countless pies of ail
kinds, and dainty "turn-overs" made es
pecially for themselves till the mouths
of Thomas and Btibby watered at tbe re
cital. But they, poor things! were doomed to
There Is an old French romance of the
thirteenth century in which the hero sees
a tree whose branches from top to bottom
are covered with burning candles, while
on the top is the figure of a child shining
with a still greater radiance. This tree
symbolized humanity the npper light
being tbe souls of tbe good, those below
of tbe wicked, while the child, represent
ed Christ.
The poetic Idea of the Christmas tree
as a symbol of tbe renewed life of na
ture, which begins with the lengthening
of the days, comes from Germany. From
the Norse mythology conies the sugges
tion of the Christmas tree as typical of
tbe new born sun in that It was bedecked
with lights, and was an emblem of spring
on account of its rich green. Probably
tbe Norse mythology was the origin of
the "tree of candles" more than of the
present Christmas tree. On the Intro
duction of Christianity the Christmas
tree, although-not known then by that
name, became the type of Christ,
The following quotation from L. P.
Lewis gives these emblems of Christmas i
THE CHILDREN'S COMING HOM4.
FROM the far and frozen Nor'land win
a whirling light of snow
From tbe Southland, fair and fragrant,
- on the m?rry morning ray
From the East and from tbe Weat, o'er tae
oceans oaving c. eil.
Turn the drifted children homeward, with
tbe dawn of Cbilatinas djy.
Light the weary eyes with long ng for the
. haunts of long ago.
Leap the heavy hearts In greeting to tb
old folks far sway;
And the Yule-log, blithely burning, guides
me wanueters return ng,
When they speed their footsteps home
ward, as they do ou Christinas dayl
"Bedeck the walls with greenery, tbe livery
of Yule.
(And kiss me once, old wife o' mine, be
neath the mistletoe);
The berries whlie and red, let them glitter
overhead.
Is tbe pudding ripe snd ready? Are the
glasses all a-row?
For they're coming home the children
from the world's ungrntle school.
As they came In by-g jne Yuletides, ere oul
hair was scant and grav;
From the corners of the earth, to the home
that gave thein birth.
They are coming hippy-hearted coming
on Christmas day.
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' OTHER, how ninny years is it
since last Christmas V" inquired
.Bobby Gray, a youth of about
six. of his widowed inothei1, who wai
busy, "footing" a pair of stockings.
"Only one." said she, with a sigh.
The morrow was to be that festive day,
and tbe poor womun reflected upon tbe
times when It never came round without
witnessing comfort and plenty lu her
abode.
"I don't remember it." aald Bobby.
"Do rou. Thomas?"
"I guess I do." said hia brother, proud
of his superior knowledge he being about
nine. "I remember the turkey Mr. Hateii
sent us, and the things for the plum pud
Ainu Mrs. Johnson gave me, and the pies
Deacon Know sent over. Ain't It most
time for them to be here this year, moth
r?"
"Perhaps they'll forget as this year,
child," suid the widow. "But we must
not be selfish. We must think bow thank
ful we ought to be to God, who never for
gets us, and who has given us this borne
to keen warm in, and keeps us from
starving, as so many do."
"But It won't be anything like Christ
mas If they don't solid any good thing:
said Thomas, with a disappointed look
"O how 1 wish we were rich. I wish I
bad a sled or a pair of skates, like the
Headman boys; they have such fun on
the ice I",
"It would be better to wish for a pair
of boots," said Mrs, Gray, looking at the
worn-out shoes upon the boy feet.
"I wouldn't mind that, if I had a pair
of skates, said Thomas, trying to con
ccul his great toes, which were looking
out of the shoes to see if there was likely
to be any change in the condition of the
, family. "Do you suppose, mother, you'll
ever be rich enough to buy me a pair of
tkntes?"
"And me, too?" axelaimed Bobby, eag
erly.
"Me, too, want skates!" cried out Nan
nie, a little girl of four years, the young
est of the family, engaged in pulling to
pieces a rag doll.
"Perhaps you will nil go skating one
of these days, said tbe widow, smiling;
aud they sat down to their meager break
fast with an cheerful faces as If tbey
bad everything heart could Wish.
"Shall we have butter to-morrow?"
asked Thomas, bis thoughts absorbed In
the excitements of Christmas day.
"Yes, do have butter, and molasses!"
added Bobby, .
"And en uny, too, ma!" insisted Nannie,
Blinking tier head very wisely.
"Hush, children 1" replied their mother,
scarcely able to suppress her tears. "I
will do the best I cuu, but we must not
expect too much."
Too much! She had known far better
days than these; hod lived in a larger
. and more comfortable tenement than this
mere hovel, with but two rooms, ninny
of the windows of which were stuffed
with rags to keep out the biting wind
aud whose walls and floors were rickety
with ago. Too much! She bad lost a
son, her eldest, at sea, many years be
fore, 1 lie death of her husband and
of other children had added to the dnrk-
' ness of her lot, tmtil now. though relv
lug upon God, she felt fearful apprehen-
' sions of the future, if sickness should
also come upon her. "
A sudden gust of wind rattling the
pane, ami the ticking of snow flakes
against them, caused the poor family to
look out upon the frozen road and the
leafless helds with various emotions.
"We are going to have a snowstorm!"
"Are we' exclaimed Thomas; and the
children rushed joyously to the windows,
to watcii trie nrst Bakes driving through
the air. "Then there will be good coast
ing. Oh, how I wish we hnd a sled, so
unit i ami jfobny could coast all day to
morrow i woman t there be fun?"
LoiUtiu t you buy one, mother?" ask
ed the thoughtless Bobby. "One would
be enough for both of us, and I could
ride Dciiimi. U!, ilol"
"And me ride, too!" cried little Nannie,
running to her mother's knee and plead
ing with ber tiny hands, and enrnest eyes.
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AiiAiuun io uu Boiueuiiiig io mane the
morrow pass happily with them, their
kind mother bethought herself of an old
worn-out copper teakettle covered with
oust in a corner of the room.
"Has any boy got an old sled that you
could get cheap?"
"Jimmy Hartshorn has got a new one
and an old one. But he's so stingy he
woimui t let me nave the old one with
out I paid for It."
"Well, take the kettle and sell It, and
aee If you can get the old sled for the
money; mid then, if It suows enough, you
and Bobby can have a good time ou
Christmas day."
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SALARIES THAT GO WITH JOBS
AS RULERS.
to this single purpose of dlscomlng
bow to preserve human Doaies m mo
nh so that they shall be as hard as
statuary and yet retain tbe lifetime
Kor was this all. He aimed to
IOHN D. HART.
Death of the Famom FUibn.ter .it.
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Many Monarch. Enjny All the Lux-
nriea of Abondant Wealth-Car of
Russia Reputed to be the Bichest Man
in the World.
Seventy-four men and two women
Jlvlde among; themselves the govern
ments of the world. In other woras,
there are seventy-six rulers. Of these
twenty-two govern as presidents, fif
teen as kinds, eleven as dukes and
grand dukes, six as emperors, five as
princes and five as sultans. Ihere are
two khans, of Beluchistan and of
Khiva; two ameers, of Afghanistan and
of Bokhara; two queens, Queen Vic
toria aud Queen Wllhelmlna; one khe-
dive, of Egypt; one shah, of Persia;
one bey, of Tunis; one mikado, of Jap
an; one muharaja, of Nepaul, and one
rajah, of Sarawak. Of these august
ootentates Queen Victoria and her
grandson, William II. of Germany, are
the only ones who sport two titles
the one queen and empress, the other
emperor and king.
Tbe most venerable of these rulers
Is Sidl All Tasha, bey of Tunis, born
In 1817. The youugest head of a na
tlon Is Wllhelmlna of Holland, born In
1880, the young king of Spain not yet
being seated on bis ancestral throne,
In the spring and summer seasous one-
third of the birthdays of these poten
tates occur, April, May and August be
ing the particularly favored months.
When It comes to civil lists the em
peror of Russia, who Is said to be the
richeBt man In the world, can show
the largest bank account, 112,000,000
being his yearly Income. This Is no
more, however, than some good citi
zens of our republic have as their In
come!
Seven other sovereigns have Incomes
reaching the million figure the sultan
of Turkey, who has 10,000,000; the
jmperor of Austria, who has $3,875,000;
Emperor William of Germany, $3,852,
770; king of Italy, $2,858,000; the queen
of England, $1,925,000; king of Bava
ria, $1,412,000, and the king of Spain,
$1,400,000. The king of Spain, how
ever, has an additional $000,000 for his
family, and- the king of Italy must de
duct from his millions $180,000 for his
family.
The one who obtains the bulk of his
Income In the most original manner Is
the sultan of Sulu, who raises It by
fines. He has men whose business It
Is to watch his subjects who are mak
ing money, and as soon as a man gets
something ahead he Is charged with
some crime and the result Is a fine. If
a man has amassed $500, for example,
he. Is accused of some crime, and to
save himself from prison or death must
pay a fine of $100. The crown prince
Is often sent out to collect the fines.
From the rents of lands he receives
$5,000 a year, and the United States
adds $3,000 In silver to the royal treas
ury yearly.
The monarch who stands last on the
list as reeards his Income is Klna
Malietoa Tanu of Samoa. He ekes out
an existence on the paltry sura of $150
a month, or less than $2,000 a year. The
salary paid to bis predecessor for up
holding the dignity of the Samoaa
throne was $50 a month, and with this
sum he was well satisfied. When the
new king, a year ago. came to draw his
first month's salary he struck for $150
and got it after going to law about It,
The cashier of the treasury, which is
now controlled by the consuls of the
United States, Great Britain and Ger
many, at first refused to . pay the
;t mount demanded.
The fact that the king Is drawing
such a large salary Is a source of grat
ification to his adherents, who expect
him to wear a clean calico shirt every
day at least on account of his new ac
cumulation of wealth.
ppnrlT of annnlfiTir rr
, c oneo
most interesting characters n the i,
rebellion of the Cubans against the m
of Spain, and did more to suppi, T
struggling patriots with arms and am'
munition than any other man. IncWen"
tally be was a source of Incessant w0,
ry to the revenue officers In charm of
American ports, from which the t
notorious little vessels, the Bermudl
and the Laurada, were wont to set sail
Nothing had come.
forgotten or cared
utter disappointment,
The neighbors had
not for the poor family this year, aud
with sorrowful eyes they warmed them
selves at the barren hearth, and thought
of the next day, and the rich feasts aud
joyful sports of their schoolmates.
I wish Christmas would never come
again, mother!" murmured Thomas, as
they retired for the night. "Everybody
else will be enjoying themselves, and we
can't. It's too aggravating!"
"Fie! Thomas; you mustn't be selfish.
We must be glud and thankful that we
have a home, poor as it Is."
Tbe widow awoke with the first faint
glimpse of morning, the children still
slumbering, and as she looked townrds
the window, she saw the figure of a man,
apparently asleep in a chair, between her
and the light! Astonished, alarmed, she
uttered an exclamation of fear. The
sound startled the strange figure, who
sprang to his feet.
Who's there? Who is It" exclaimed
the widow, fearfully
"Mother! Issued from the stranger's
lips, "l't is I It Is Edward! I came af
ter mlduight, but I would not wake you."
lie sprang forwara as he spoke, and
with wild cry of joy, his mother clasp
ed him in her arms. It was a long em
brace "long as his exile, sweet as his
return I And the children, awakened by
the noise, united in a cry of fear, till
pacified and reassured by their mother,
The sun was up two hours ere Edward
. "And me. too!" ,.U ',.: .,.:- ura7 a expiaiuea me various causes
at her inotlu-r's tn, ' of hls lo" absence. On his return
"Well, we will see." I lnl0"u lne umnuers or tus motiier's
Thomas was lr.M..t- a .i.v neignoors lu anotner town, ce nau found
wv uuuia nuu
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"nnviiu-, i mining up tne irotoD
rond as fast as his logs could carry him,
that he might complete the covttd bar
gain oorore school lime. Bobbv and Nan
Hie busied themselves iu drawing uncouth
figures on the frosted panes youthful
nope uiUKing joy in the midst of destitu
tion. ' "Thomas is coming back!" exclaimed
Bobby, nftcr awhile.
"Tommy tmumin back!" repeated Nan
nie. "Has he got the sled?" asked their
mother. -
"I don't see It," said Bobby.
The experiment had proved a failure.
Thomas soon entered, crying, with the
teakettle.
"Jimmy Hartshorn has split hia old
led tip, aud when I tried to sell the tea
kettle they told me I had stolen it!"
"1 wouldn't mind, Thomas. I'll try
some other plan to make you enjoy
nL..i
The widow pressed her boy to her
cbing heart, and little Nannie ran up
to oner comfort by bugging Thomas, and
Said: ."
"Dou't ky, Tommy ma give you ap-piel-
tt Impossible to obtain any trace of her
uutii accident disclosed what he so long
had sought.
"I am captain now, mother. I have
been provident, thanks to your early
teachings, and thanks be to God, I have
enough means to enable me to assure you
mac you snail want no more."
And the assurance was a truthful one.
so happily made on thnt holy day of re
joicing, more delightful to that family
than it had ever been before. And to
them its every return now teaches that
they shall never fail of their reward who
persevere and trust lu God.
THE CHRISTMAS TREE.
It was Introduced Into England by
Uneen Victoria' Unaband.
U is said that Christmas trees were
used to place gifts upon as early as 11132.
France adopted the Christmas about
1840, and I'rince Albert introduced It Into
England the first Christmas after his
marriage. The Queen still keeps up this
custom, haviug a tree for her own sifts.
one for ber children and grandchildren,
and one for the household. Siuee then
the custom has become world-wide. The
tree of candies is of more ancient date.
tree: "The tree Itself, stately and tall,
was symbolical of his niajcHty and gran
deur; the green, of his godliness and im
mortulity; the lights, of his glory, and of
the star in the east; and the angel ou top
(which was then never omitted), of the
angels who gave to the shepherds the
words still spoken each Christmas day,
'Peace on earth, good will to men.'"
Self-Culture Magazine. .
COMPLICATING CHRISTMAS.
We Are Widely Departing from the
Best Way to Celebrate the Day.
Edward Bok writes, in the Ladles'
Home Journal, that "there must be some
radical and growing departure from tbe
right and best way of celebrating Christ
mas when each recurring year we hear a
larger number of men saying, 'Well, I'll
be truly thankful when this Christmas
business is over. And they are led to this
remark generally by seeing their wives,
mothers, sisters or daughters reach
Christmas day utterly tired out, with the
prospect of a siege of illness as soon as
Christmas is over. And it must be con
fessed that tills state of affairs exists in
thousands of homes. Women themselves
frequently acknowledge their satisfaction
when the day is over. Now, there is al
ways something wrong when we make a
burden of our. pleasures. And if one of
our sources of pleasure In the calendar's
greatest gala day is derived from a feel
ing of thankfulness that it is over, there
is something askew either in the way we
prepare for, or spend, the day."
MAN OF THE HOUR.
Take Christina Easy.
At Chrlstu.Hstlde the thing- to da
About expense Is not to s?r.
Who misuse low no our. 'Us pImiw
The Christmas rash of yesteryear?
Chicago KevonL
"There Is Jack upon tile ocean (and our
wastrel nye was hell
Yet I often think yon love h'm somethln?
dearer than the rest,
See him stand beside the wheel, while the
reekllii: fun in' Is reel
In the terrors of the tempest, on (he angry
breaker's crest;
The ley winds are whistling as the good ship
takes the sea,
But our Jack goes snilllug ever, thro' tin
snipping or ine spray;
or ne knows that laud is ni-arln? knows
uie port to wnivn ne's stcerln?;
He is coming home, our sailor, from the
Ball Til I'IipIjIiiiAii .1
"O'er the rolling Western prairies, thro' the
forest, thro' the farm.
Speeds an engine bearing Robin from the
Tiueyaru or tne mine;
And our Harry, freed from care. Dies the
fetid city air.
Fast as fust express can bear him, o'er tbe
old faiulhhr line,
They are coining home, the children, Just to
4ct7i me ttumiruiiH rnarm
Of their Jocund youth's renewal of ths
season's kindly sway;
And we'll greet them at the door, as we did
iu uns ui jure
When they kissed ns 'Merry Christmas!'
coming oorue on vai'lstuias day.
is tne curlstmas tree ahlazlng? Are the
in ii mi's an in piHvc?
or Nell, you know, Is eoraiag with her
rosy gins ana oys;
And my splr't hankers after happy bursts
of baby laughter
And the merry niadc.ip riot of the younk
ers with their Joys.
There's a glory In your een, good w:fe, I
glory upon your face;
Again the I'ast comes back to you aga'n
our balrnles nluy
What! a tear! No time for tears, with the
jvjr ueiis in your ears,
And the ehll-.lr. n coming hom ward on this
oiessea const mas rtny.
"Hark to slelKhbells on the roadway! they
are coming! They are here!
rom tie .Nor'land. and the Southland
rrom tne Kast and from the Wesl
we will scan each loving face, we will feel
eaoh warm rmhr&cc'
Oar vagrom brood will meet again at p?ace
nuuiu us nesi,
So fling the doors wide open let them see
our inristmas cbeer;
Then kiss tne once again, old wife, for oh!
my heart Is gay;
And our broken voices raise, In a carol
fraught with praise.
I'nto Him that brings the children brings
them home on Christmas d.iy."
Orald Brvnan, In Louisville Courier-Journal.
Capt John D. Hart, the famou, ..
retain the softness and the flexibility of Cuba Llbre flnd despalr7'
flesh In life, ana it is repuuwi marine patrol, died at Phiin. '8a
.v,ii in Dart, for in bis stuaio, nontlTr Af OTW . tT -vui .
among the hard and stony busts, heads,
arms, feet and entire ngureg mat ouub
were full of life, he bad several hands
of women which seemed ai fresh and.
flexible as In life, and "ut was confident
that he had learned the secret of con
verting tbe whole human botly iDto that
condition.
So careful was he of his process tnai
he bought the various mnteriais wnicn
he used in different towns and wrapped
them' In camphor cloths to disguise
their odor, so that not even a guess
could be made as to what he carried.
He hai among the specimens of hia
work the petrified statues of Benedetto
Cairoll and Cardinal Sanfelice of Na-
Pleg- . . .
Besides his discovery proper ne nnu
Just one other ambition In life. lie
wanted to hold a chair in one or tue
universities where he could Impart In
a suitable manner some of his Informa
tion to bis fellows. Ills friends tried to
get for him a professorship. in a univer
sity, but failed.
To provide bread for himself ana
daughter Dr. Marin! offered to take a
much Inferior post In the university,
but even this he could not get. Sad
dened by his poverty and his failure In
havlnir his work appreciated, be shut
himself up and grew as white as bis , Imim
netrified bodies. So he passed the six capt. johh d. hart,
agonizing months which preceded his ' for Cuban shores laden wlthariij
death. goods for the Island Datriots.
The authorities were forced to inter,
fere with the captain's traffic, owing
to a demand made upon the United
States by Spain, which charged that
Hart was violating the laws of neutral
Ity. He was arrested and sentenced lu
March, 1897, to two years' Imprison,
ment and what amounted to $5,000 in
fines. The brave mariner did not go to
Jail for a year, and was pardoned by
President McKinley after having
served four months of his sentence.
In ahls adventurous business the fili
buster and his companions were often
chased by Spanish war boats, but hs
was never caught nor were his fleet
ships Injured. In this way he landed
thousands of rifles and tons of powder
In quiet spots on the Cuban shore. Cap
tain Hart leaves a widow and two
charming daughters, Laura and Ada
Hart, for whom the filibuster boat
Laurada had been named.
Nothing- to Hold.
"Suppose that Father Time were bald."
remarked the girl with the illustrated al
manac; "how it would interfere with progress."
'In what way?"
'Why. we couldn't take time bv tha
forelock." Buffalo Xewa.
Saturated.
Van Ishe Well, old man. did von rreet
Christmas with the proper spirit in your
oeartf
Ten Broke Yes, the doctor Mid it had
soaked in almost everywhere. New York
Journal.
Appreciated by Political Orators.
For some years the talking machine
lias played an Important part in the
politics of America, where In many In
stances tbe candidate has In the retire
ment of bis own home contented him
self with breathing his political views
Into the funnel of a phonograph and
allowing the machine to do the rest on
a tour, and In the hands of a capable
agent. For the unpopular candidate
the phonograph as a clockwork ex
pounder of political opinions Is an un
mixed blessing. The hostile constitu
ency may roar Itself hoarse with un
friendly criticism, it may refer to the
candidate In every unpublished term
Imaginable, it may even want to throw
antiquated vegetables at blm, but the
machine, deaf, blind and Impervious.
will go right along, steadily grinding
out its proprietor's views on the war
Br the youthful offenders' act without
even pausing to say: "Gentlemen. I
am much touched," when a retired egg
oreaKs mipotentiy inside the funnel.
By a simple contrivance the phono
graph may be made to register the feel
ing of the audience, so that when the
meeting is over the records can be sent
bnck to the candidate, who reproduces
the proceedings and perhaps feels
srratined that be did not attend in per
son.
HE DIED WITH HIS SECRET.
.Van W ho Discovered How to Petrifr
n i . v i . .
"tier mo caieu rrocess.
Carrying with him his secret of Detri-
fying a corpse and giving it for all
eternlty tbe flesh color of life. Dr
-uariui. tne Italian, is dead. His secret
can be kept no more surely now that
he has taken it with him than he kept
u in nis meume. tie lived only with
his daughter, and he did not allow her
to know the slightest about the won
derful process. Like ail inventors, he
fmpoverisnea niuiself and what there
was of his family in his devotion to the
one object of his life. His death iu Na
ples was of that terrible disease, cancer
or the Intestines, aud the slow agony
drew out its attenuated length for six
months. He died only with his daugh
ter, for he refused to see the few
friends that he had. He left to bis
daughter nothing whatever, unless the
name of "crank" can be considered that
good name which is better than silver
and gold.
Dr. Marlni was born in Sardinia. For
forty years he had given day and nignt
At the close of a performance given
as a benefit to John Brougham, the
actor and dramatist, one of the audi
ence threw upon the stage a purse of
gold. , Brougham picked It up, and, af
ter examining it, said: "Ladles and
gentlemen, circumstances compel me to
pocket the Insult; but" (looking grim)
I should like to see tbe man who
would dare to repeat It!"
A party of Americans were sitting on
the upper deck of a Rhine Eiver boat,
enjoying the charming scenery. One
was reading aloud from a gUlde-book
about the various castles as they came
Into view. Just as the boat was pass
ing one of the finest old buildings, a
woman In the party exclaimed to her
companions: "Why, that old castle la
Inhabited. See, there are blinds at the
windows." "No," said a man standing
by ber side, "those are the shades of
their ancestors."
During Lincoln's second presidential
campaign, John J. Janney, of Colum-
bus, Ohio, went to see the President at
Washington. In the course of their
conversation Lincoln said: "You are
going to defeat Sammy out In your dis
trict this time, aren't you?" referring
to a Democratic candidate for Congress
in Ohio. "I understand that Sammy Is
a great friend of mine Just as warm a
friend as I have. He reminds me of a
hog that old Sam Brown had. It got
out and was gone for some time. Sam
could see where It had 'been rooting
along the creek, and he said one mora
ing to one of his sons that the boy was
to go along one side of the creek 'and
Brown himself would go along the oth
er, 'for I think,' said he, 'that the hog
Is on both sides Of the creek.' "
When Marlus Dahlgreen, the artist.
left for Nome some time ago, to seek
bis fortune in the gold-fields, he decided
to take a varied supply of paints and
canvas with him, so that, should the
nuggets fail to materialize, he might
put In his time profitably lmmortallzinii
the plcturesaue
mining camp with his brush. These
dreams were shattered, however, when
uauigreen's party landed at Tort Clar
ence, for on attempting to put together
a small boat with which they had pro-
viuea memseives, it was found that the
dishonest or only careless ship-build
er naa forgotten to Include the white
lead in the boat's fixings. How to calk
the seams without it at elehtv miles'
distance from Nome civilization was
the question. At last the Goth of the
party suggested the artist's paint-box.
and with tears the sacrifice was made,
the "landscapes of the future" decor
ating the Insensate seams of the little
craft.
Henry W. O'Melveny, of Los Arise!.
had a unique experience last week at
Madera, where he arrived at mlilnicrhr
dirty, unkempt and unshaven, after a
ten nays' nshlng trip In the Interior.
After settling down in the desertPit Bt.
tion, to await the arrival of the Los
Angeles train, O'Melveny decided to
purcuase nis railway ticket before the
uck winaow opened. Only a week
before the railroad agent of. a nelgh-
"onug station naa been robbed, so
when the traveler opened the side door
oi me iicuet room and walked In, the
Madera agent instantly sized him
as a road agent, and, drawing his gun
held It in his right hand, whu ruux,,l
left he drew his money from the draw-
auu, turusting it into the open safe
slammed the door. Thpn '
O'Melveny covered with his revolver
ho roa,'lm j . .
auu raprea
telegraph key for the benefit n, v
assistant operator In the next room the
single word "tough," while th ...L?
O Me lyeny had extracted a twenty-dol-
" fT h'! PCket and tested a
ticket to Los Angeles. Th
.. puue proor n the agent's
mind that It was a scheme t Lll
open the safe for change ad then rob
him. Backing awar as f,
tition would pennft, and ho,ding h s
revolver ready to n nls
h,,t , "Snt was
i ui He npsnai-ot.
NOT PLEASED WITH ROME.
Kansas Cltyan Smashes the Idols la
the Eternal City.
Here's a Missouri Idol smasher who
has the courage of his convictions In
the matter of "speaking his mind," at
any rate. A Grundy County man who
is making a tour of Europe "did Borne"
one afternoon a few weeks ago with
the following disastrous result, as de
scribed In his latest letter home:
"St. Peter's disappointed me. It Is
large enough, but too light and bare.
The Inside is of gray marble, and there
Is no stained glass. So it looks like an
unfitted art gallery. The famous
bronze statue of St. Teter, sitting In
a chair, from which the toe has been
kissed, w'ould not catch your eye if It
were not for the guide book. The great '
Vatican palace is about as pretty as
the 'brick row.' It is very old, very
Irregular, and the pictures by Raphael
and Michael Angelo were an utter dis
appointment to all of us. The Slstlne
chapel, in which M. Angclo's greatest
paintings cover the walls and ceilings,
Is a large, plain room. The pictures
are all in a dark, purplish gray color,
hard to make out and absurd when you
do make them out. They remind me of
rather plain and faded circus bills with
the actors performing on the trapeze.
Raphael's greatest pictures are rich In
colors, but are not more interesting
He and Angelo never saw a naked
woman or child, I guess, nor were ever
even at Atlantic City. They give chil
dren the muscles of a Eoman gladiator
or a Barnum strong man. The ruins
of ancient Rome are also a great dis
appointment, as a rule. With the excep
tion of the wonderful Coliseum and" a
few more things all the rest are nothing
but stone piles, so far as they appear
to the common spectator." Kansas
City Journal.
Tea Culture in India.
The east has always been considered
the home of the tea plant, China hav
ing grown It for centuries, although tn
original country of tea is not known.
It has been found In a truly wild state
In Assam. It may be cultivated in
the east, through a wide range from
India to Japan. The indastry, how
ever, la not Indigenous to India, but
rather a child by adoption. It is but
little more than a century ago that an
attempt was made to cultivate the tea
plant in India and It was not until as
late as 1841 that the first public sale
of tea occurred at Calcutta, which city
seems to have ever since controlled the
market of the Indian tea trade.
Cobwebs Stop Telegraphing.
A peculiar but very serious difficulty
besets the operation of telegraph lines
In the Argentine Republic. The small
spider of the variety that spins a long
cobweb and floats it In the air, is so
plentiful there that the floating webs
settle on the wires in enormous quanti
ties. As soon as dew falls or a shower
of rain comes up every microscopic
thread becomes wet and establishes a
minute leak. The effect of millions of
such leaks Is practically to stop the op
erations of the lines, and the govern
ment telegraph department, especially
in Buenos Ayres, has been put to vast
Inconvenience by the cobwebs. A num
ber of expedients have been tried, but
to no avaiL ; i
when his assistant recognized sup:
k4ttef anf rapied E
tey. Los Anselea inVr...
halt .. f " . not
, wuu as ne looks." Mutual
planations followed.
ex-
Men are seldom rharifM.
tj atomach.
on an emp-
Russian Orthodox Church.
The present orthodox church of Rus
sia is divided IntoT sixty-seven epar
chies, Including one in , Alaska, and
forty-three vicarial seats of bishops.
Russia has now 117 archibshops, in
cluding three metropolitans, sixty-sev-Russia
has now 117 archbishops, in-thirty-nine
bishops. - '
Pointing the Way On.
"What do you think Miss Popkina d;d
when I stayed late last night?
"Whatr
"She got np and hung an 'Exlf pla
ard on th parlor door." Puck.