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J -\v t $QL ^ u mms o» HEW xoBic—wc AUTHOBTTT. rfwdse fio&o's Play Withf Brajjgirta - • Fencing fester. .; A fencing water appeared in Boston \«ta winter 1% toe seventeenth centurs and had erected a stage eh which he strutted up and down at certain hours, d^^ng any and all to engage to. sword pfky With bini, •.'.\• i&fter this had gone on for? several diys aUd toe man's boasts had be- orose IcsotJerable Jndge William Goffe \nd Eaward.,Wa«lle3r, the famous Ens-- Hsh polltlca!' refugees, disguised them- ffrve* ta rustic costume aad appeared: bffore the alleged matter. Gaffe held bi em hand a cheese wrapped la a akin, watch he used tor a shield. , carried'a mop which he had SOak- 3 la muddy water a» he passed a pud- ItEhos eqnipped, the Judge mwrmted |||» stage. The fencer railed at him jj|r his Jjnpudehce, asked him what fcfasiaess fcs'had there and ordered him b|begone.: \The Jndge stood his ground, §jken. the gladiator made a pass at him *&th his Sword to drive him off. The funge received the sword in his cheese aid held it there tin he had drawn »lhe mop oTer the professor'a face and slieared. Mm with mad; iAnother plunge by the enraged maitre d'armes reunited similarly, this time the lodge poSdbog the mop tote his eye*. This •peration was repeated a third time, fhes the maddened fencing master his ordinary sword and grab- rup a huge broadsword. Thereupon thl judge said! Stop, sir! Hitherto, yea see, I have played with yon and not attempt- ffc»do yorJ harm? tout if yon \come at new with the broadsword know th§t I w|S certainly take your lifei\ master was impressed, by -the with which the Judge spoke, | he dropped the point of his weapon t exclaimed: \Who can yon be? You be either Goffe, Whauey or the for there was no other sun in England that conld beat mer'—Boston HE CjQT THE TICKET. Simple IJittle Errand That Made a tit of Commotion. • ihe of the most amusing accidents ttgihable happened to an old gentle, man. in one 'of our large eastern cities. H| was asked to buy a ticket to a fire- mln's ball 'and good naturedly conk plfed. The inert question was what to do| with Itl He had two servants. elftier of whom would be glad to use it,|but he did not wish to show favor- Then it occurred to him that he might bds another ticket-and give both his servants at pleasure Not knowing where the tickets were sold, he in- quired of a | policeman, and the officer suggested that he go to the engine house. So the old gentleman went to •in*, engine ; house that evening, but there was no one Insight He had nev- er been In such a place before and stood for ai moment or so uncertain how to make his presence known. . £ Presently he saw an electric button .on the side of the room, and he put his f&fambonMt - She effect was electrical to every sense of] the word. Through the filing, down the stairs and from every other direction, firemen came running and falling, the horses rushed out of their fetalis, and, 'to short, all the- machinery of a modern engine house was instant ly In motion. Ajnld all this uproar stood the inno- cent old gentleman, who did not sus- pect that he had touched the fire alarm until the men clamored around him for Information as to the locality of the fire. Then he said mildly. \I should like to buy another ticket for the ball, if you please.\ The situation was so ludicrous that there was ai general shout of laughter, and • the old gentleman bought his ticket, and the engine house resumed it* former state of quiet—Exchange. -gxpttfenpa of a Ban Struggling In RSrlriceaiu r OF OROWNIN0, Smells In Great Cities. be man with a nose always recog- niios the email of the place, and he has roily to land at Calais to smell garlic. London's staell—when the Londoner returns—Is just soot and fried fish. Paris always smells of chocolate and Wpod smoke. Florence la violets and seWage. Bat so soon as you get to Epsia the, smell is quite different Sffweow, the dry of fruit that comes fijpm the.Crimea, has a special smell o| the cranberry (which has various names) in late summer. And you can- oft land in St Petersburg without no* ttCing.instahtSy the smell of the place. •fLondon Chronicle. Pyramids. be largest o f the Mexican pyramids, that of Gbolula, has a base measure- ment of 1,^38 feet and a height of 178 feet The Great pyramid of Egypt Bjraetimes called the pyramid of Che- ops, stands oh a base each side of which was originally 764 feet; long; but awing to the removal of the coating, lit Is now only 746 fet Its height ac- cording to i Wiikensott. was originally ^80 feet 9 inches, itB present height be- mg 480 \feet.—New Sorb American. Fteminmo Intuition. j Hattie-^iim positive George loves me Shd wants me to be bis wife.' Ella— Etas; he told yon so? Hattie—No,' but he has taken such a strong dislike to fiaihma.-^3jlcdgo ^Epibune. The t/seiesshess of Worry. \ Sympathy Is loving understanding, and the expression of It heipi a lot Wort? is sympathy rah to seed—and Shat doesn't help i n tha least—London Elietch'. • A Tsnjjlf of Wild Thought* Combined With Vanue Notions of Time and Sp«c»—Th« Dreamy Dozt, the .Ret* oue and the Knife In His Back. Standing on a chair near the deck rail of sal ocean liner, a sudden lurch of the vessel flung me into the Atlantla Instinctively as I went ow.I held my arms out for the dive, andVhlle I was sail falling I heard tits cry ring out \Man overboard!\ -;'.' ,,:-' ,^ - .-• Dowft down I sank, for the fall was from a considerable height Being able to swim a little, I was spared the first mental agony experienced; by ihe nohv swimmer who unexpectedly finds hint self In* deep water. The surprise caused by the suddenness of the fall filled my brain, but as I struggled to regain the surf ace, my lungs almost bursting, the horrible thought of the propeller: chiirnmk out lts*100 revolu r tions a minute flashed upon the. < . Should I be mangled beyond recogni- tion in **secoad? Oh, for another year's sweet life! -Wonld my Ipg be cut clean Off OPrr ' ' J ' ' .t \ 1 conld see the iky again, and I took a great breath of fresh air, though sick with fear. Then.\! saw the steamer had passed. I was spared mutilation to die slowly; by drowning. How rapidly tiie steamer was vanish- ing! I could catch a glimpse of it when a green wave lifted me high in the water. I would only be able to swim for ton minutes—-ten little min- utesl—though I was stni in the prime of life. Surely that cry a* I fell would have rousedTSomebody to action! And yet I was alone In the Atlantic with .possibly two miles of water between me and the bottom. I looked round anxiously to. see whether a lifebuoy bad been thrown; ThereTwae nothing In sight but a wide waste of water and the fast disappear- ing steamer. My'arms were growing heavy. All I tried to do was to keep toy head above water, but I seemed to have been do- ing that for ah hour. My legs, too. were refusing to bend. The end conld not be far away. My arms must both be broken, for they would hardly move, and they ached terribly.*. -What m long time a man could keep afloat! I was vaguely glad I could not Swim very well, be- cause It would have meant waiting for the end*such a long timef It made one drowsy. Another wave lifted me up, and 1 saw the steamer had changed its posi- tion. It must be going back to Eng- land to tell them at home what bad happened to me. How soothing the sea was! If only I could stop trying to work my arms that aching pain in them would cease and I might go*to sleep. Sometimes when I saw the ship, which never seemed to get any farther away now, I remembered I was fight- ing for another minute's life It bad been harder at first but now the sea lulled me Into happiness. What on earth were they playing at on the steamer? I had nearly caught it up again, only somehow I had got In front of it It grew bigger quickly, and it was coming straight on. H those ridiculous people were not care- ful they might run over me yet ^ Perhaps it would be better to go to sleep, after all. My arms were easier, and I did not want to breathe so much now. It was getting dark and ever so much colder than it was last- night The, steward nrast give mis an extra; blanket 1 Why -was everythingso hasy and the room sttiffy? I conld harfil* breathe. And yet It didn't matter. Nothing 'mattered, but i wished dreamily that Borne one would stop digging a knife Into my back, for I. was just dropping off to sleep nicely. . , Next day. I foxmd.the •teafe*' bad been the pbiht of a\ boat hook with which they picked me op as I come to the Surface. The steamer \had turned in a circle and arrived Just in time- London Answers. _L 7L MULES OF -S3. They Ifs ralgtjty hnrd 'for a 'girt to--get! jentiinenta') vrHh p man who baa.-Just lest bis Job;—^thjTjfa .fnu'r-jat ' The - •foUjpfal'r.g appeared in an. Irtoh liswspaperi • •' >'\ ; \Whoreas. John Halt has f'rjmdulqnt- jy taken attay •sev'crttl. artfc-Jea of tr^ar-r feig apparel- wlthfitjt ray knowledge- fbls li, t|prefora to. iftform- jjim that. If he does not- foffbwito rptttra ths same Ala naffie sban be made, public:\ HE*ndon Tattler, Are 'Even More Knowing Than Our Own Meek Brand. \Uv^rybody \knows tiiaf aliyin^ are brainy, but the mule* of olir^ex* ico have something on other moles for a sort of prescience of their own,\ sai4 a man who has spent many years in the neighboring republic. \A Mexican mule will do just so much Work and hot a bltuned bit more, \The tiding mule, for Instance, to fully aware of the distance, down to a rod, he Is supposed and required to traverse to the progress ot one travel- ing \•day and all the sharp sticks or goads or dynamite on eartti woa/t get him to do a bi| ^more than What he knows to be the correct distance.. The Mexicans have got a pecttllar saying in Connection with; this characteristic; of the Mexican mule. Ton ask a Mex- ican, for instance, how far»it Is by toule back to ?uch and such a point \Two days' Journey If you are not rushed, but thrco days if you are In a \'hurry'.-'' the Mexican will reply. \His meaning is that if you don't asb more of your mule than yet? should , j- ash of himi the mole wilk be able to- make the trip in two days. But if yon attempt to drive the bruto^heTU eoldler oa you,- and. to consequence &ies,Jour* ney win take yoii three <Iays.'V-»Bx- change. f s A Mtei'et'y psillure. HIS aipteibit wdaid aisttgT«e, • Althpu^a eon>*'iei&*8'te'cill5«'k!bew. !Hu cover CQUIU vaster C, Q, \D ..: • \icetp 'op. tea pxes witix h b, xt, I' ^^ *-t7ashiBgton iWe, I in <92Q. * j • Hubby^Thflr pte, toy- lore, i* Just tixv , ktoo; that mother used to bay at hat ] bakery—Leslie'* w«^iy. SARTORIAL Weighty, Prohtams That. Are* Pmtxlina Que ^rtgltllt Cousins. V * A problem is put forward by a writer In a cohtemporary .\which gives, food for thought It is this: Suppose by somecombinatlpn of circumstances you Were faced fiy the alternatrf * of wear- ing a frock coal with brown boots. Which, Wonld Ije the bettei' way oot of It—to.wear a bowjer or a tall hat? As the. writer justly remarks, If yon wear a howler* then -the thing yon have to explain away is the coat If yon wear a tall hatv you hate only the boots to account for. We should advise those of our readers who find one morning that all the wearing apparel in the house had been stolan during the night with we exception of a frock coat walrteoat trousers, shirt, collar, vest tie, a pair, of brown boots and two hats >-on# tall, the afaex round—to'-<mt the Gordlan knot by staying to tied. An- other of life's dilemmas which may- face the tray*!er down, the world's dusty highway has to do with coIlar»; Suppose on arriving at a house for a week end andV starting to dress for dinner! you.find that,your evening col- lars 1 hiave got wetted by you* sponge; or 0(^er^lse.4efacedL. Should yon wear a clesid donble collar, or «L dirty ortho- dox evening collar? Jjn.thje foicmer <»se yon wilt b4 natty, PI* * thing of, loathing tp -all properly constituted men. .Ift the latter yon will give;the Impression that, you cannot afford the services of a laundry.—London Globe. ; .}• '• .'V Tlis 4r«at Warrior Waf Fond sf '9*** • ' furns and Clsan Lin*n, Tf'tal pleasant to learn if one has Na- poleon| L\on the hero list that he had very dainty habits In perapnaPmat- ters; that he was zasiidlonsiy clean In his person, according to an article to a French contemporary, and \poured tan de cologne Into the water he washed In,'then sponged his head with per- fume and finally poured the remainder of the- cbniente of the flask over bis neck and snouiders. He was also ex travagantiy fond of clean-linen, and during nis campaigns had relays of It sent to different places. In those days It did 'not cost a farm to have starehed things laundered, for, in account with a famous laundress in Paris, the em- peror's lJjnen for one wash amounted to. 888 pieces and cost only a trifle Over VXf\ ] : '- - . This strikes an American as very reasonable, but bis majesty never wore any article but once, and, as he always undressed hlmpelf without aid from his valet, bis garmentB were literally cast to the four corners of the room: Napoleon's bill for ean de cologne, however, exceeded the washerwoman's by a large majority. It Is a relief to learn that the Little Corporal was so touch a.dude. Some\ of his predecessors in the Tniieries were not blessed with such excellent habits It history is to be veiled! upon. flAt^OLEOH'S HftBIT% » (HUH \I II I JW»**«««» Hfnta to taadlubbers Who,Want to ; Do ti|a' r f ropar Thing. ' As. yon pa^a over the sbto*s side and step aboard, ii'^on are a mm touch\ your hat to eajute to the flag. The of-, .fleer of the 4eck, who »pregei»to the majesty of the nation While he la m •ratcn, wja-tatntii thla salute. \ J>on?t jay ''downstaW^ or '^patau*\ Tber*. are a* atalm <fa board aaijh-* onlyladdera. ; Say \below** or ««pa deck.\ -' .-,--..: ' -\'.-- Looking forwam—that is, toward the how—the right hand Is JHrtarboard,\ the left band •'port.'* 'Everything o* board ship is starboard or port, except with refetencf to. A, gun, ;W§6» *^ighr and \leflf ajpS used *f «ni iljore; the gun being movable. Keep clear of the starboard side of tto^uartar deck. The o^uater deck'Is. the aftap-or fcarrHend of the npper deck. Its starboard *iae; Is sacred tor-' ritory, to be used by fie admiral, tbe captain, the officer of the deck, other officers and men when there on duty and oftlciaLvisltors'. *..- '<; -^^ ....'. Never peep jinto > the ofllgera* private quarters. jTheyHRre no more to be en- tered. Into! tisijijfmy private citizen's bedroom.-' Thejc^can be entered: only upon favjtatfc®. c. ' v '- : T'- Keep your hand|! off the bright brass work, the ppllsh?d guns and the clean paintwork: Remember that Jack tar has to put In 4iard,.labor every day keeping these clean., tip not Increase -'bis'work.' .'* . -.. •-,'\ Por not expectorate on the decics^ Tils warning:-toaJJ^esaary/to gentle^ men, who do not expectorate In public '.anywhere.. • ''/..\'•'. .Never dreato,of tipping a man who shows you about the ship. 'He Is suf- ficiently rewarded, .by tbe> eniisrtaln- toent he givea yon. Meh-o'-war's men are not servants, .and they resent 'a ; tip. The navy has pride. ... Never take a ladf 1 up or down an ^nd^eajsed\ ladder. It'to Immodesit-^ for the lady. \Dressed^ ladders haye fiags or canvas spread beneath them. ^Undressed'* ladders have no r such screens. ^ . Upon leaving the ship salute the dag as upon coming; aboard,—San Fran-' Cisco News Letter. % To Make Waxed Papar. This Is used for keeping substances which contain either a volatile aromatic ingredient or grease, which would pen- etratet through ordinary' paper. On a flat sheet of copper OTer a gentle Are place a sheet of paper as a base and then lay i second sheet on the top of the first Coat this second sheet with yellow or white wax and distribute the latter uniformly over the entire aheet by means of a sponge.-exerting a lit- tle pressure, Jttl the paper Is every- where transparent and consequently permeawa by the vax If the fife to\ too feeble, the process will be retard- ed. Too powerful a flame is still more harmful; as the paper to liable to be- come Ijrbwn or black. Stearin may be used Instead of waxv-Der Industriose Geschaftsmann. N • i iai«i imai i ,II« •MMpx^M • „•\• Sutyio Be Thai* '-* An old Scotch farmer was lying on- want Jteithbugut w^aldi deathbed. Hf began.: to .give orders to fail wife about his funeral and the people to be invit- ed, fitla wlfe r taow^ng that he was Hot dying; paid/ but little attention- to hi» requests, ana this BO enraged the farm- er tliat he rose on Jus elbow; and arfed* ont:' .\.•. - /'. \ y, \What need I speak? ThereTl he naethlng dune rlcht nhless 'Via. Siere inysel'f* ..''; ; •- ,-; His wife, patOng-him on the shoul- der, replied: 'JTooto,, .man,, Banldy! Keep yer tofn* easy, te'll be.tjhe prin- cipal man there.\—Glasgow Times. . Where *Rtiiy 6as Away. - Of the late Langdon Smith, the' brtt Uanti jonrnaliat and: author ^of 'New ¥$>&,% JDeiverreporter narrated-jtfecr dotes tbeoffierday. . ««I retoethljer,\ heaalil; \my flrst visit to Washington. Smith, big and hand some and yivaclona^ showed me abont, Prow aa.eSttlh«nce a great paledorfte 'rose, up against the blue sky, the dome of tie capltol. ^ '•'WnatJatoatrsoi^I* r . «\that?> i said Smith. *Oh, thatfs the patloaal gas '.works/*? r - In On* Leston. . < He—Tour sister said she couldn't dance. .She-^Weli> caft she? .. \$&; I made her. We uadrft been on the floor a minute when I stepped on her foot Ton Just ought t6 have teen her.**-^'onkeia , Statesman. Th» Hair* A single hair, which can support a weight of two onacbes, is so elastic that it may/bo gtretched to cne-third.of its entire length and then regain Its for- mer sl2o and condition, px. Ptoeu* haM teeasarcd the gr&wta of hair by cutting off circles abmit one Inch to diameter from the beadl of healthy men and ao comparing the growth of the patches with that of the rest of the hair. He fonod that the growth rat* -generally became «Iow«r after cuttiisigi that la seine eases the hair' oa the patches grew at the uaae rate as the rest bat lost« never %t&r any faster. The ordinary length of the hair on the head ranges between twenty-two I fnehea and about farty-fire tochss, tb# latter being jwmnldered ttawaliy long, ~LOBdonSta*d*f4. MEDAL^ FOR BRAVERY. Decoration* That May Bo Bestowed by Uncle Sajii. Uncle Sam Is- not-averse to bestow-, lng decorations, says the Philadelphia- Press. Whlle^the consatutlofi prohi|»- Ito government officers from accepting orders from foreign governments, the president has the power to award In- signia, which mean considerably more than most of the stars, garters, etc., of the* old world, These \are medals for bravery., . J .• . * Besides the medals for conspicuous* bravery in battle and the decorations for life saving on the water, the chle* executive can honor men and' women who display heroism on the railroad lines of the county,. Award of the decorations Is made by the chief executive on recommendation from the Interstate commerce commis- sion., Applications must be accompa- nied' by affidavit from eyewitnesses of the heroic dee^i, ajna they must bt approved by a committee of five \of the commissioners. ' f A bronze medal, and a button of gold and enamel are the Insignia given, \The medal Is about as big as a silver dollar. 0n one aide, the obverse, there is a figure of a man upon a railway track, wita one knee upon a rock which blocks an approaching train. „ He Is warning the trainmen by means of a brand. ' J . , • On the reveree side is ~a laurel wreath, symbolical of heroism. The in- scription, \The United States Medal For Life Saying oh BallroadSi\ appears near the medal's rim, and within the wreath to the \following: \For Bravery? Awarded to Japanm Compoiltort, • Japanese \typos\ have tiieir troubleb. K. Sugimura, literary editor of the TdJsyo, Aaahi SWmbw, p^ys that tie especially admires the linotype type- setting machines, '^mTortuhatoly ;wo our language has forty-seven letters, na well; as over 3^)00 Chinese eharacters,* and fuch->•#• number'of types is, of course, beyond $be capabllitiea of any machine yfet Invented. In the printing, ofllce.of our newspaper in Tokyo lie compositor toUst oftfin ^rallt the whpto length of the rooni to^totch one char', acter. Instead Of standing In one place before a single case, as'th'e Engltoh or American comjpositor can dot,* With Umbrellas* Peeentty a French publication print- ed a picture of some American girls fencing with umBreuas and stated that they WelBB trying to; aeqnlre thus the necessary skill «ad assurance to parry; witti a stoip^ie^gejStoie, an attack of '.Apaehef;'- _, •.•\' \' - J, } ,- < , '• Jt also statedthat this sport was not born to Americk; that for Beveral years In Firance a netted, fencing initrtregs, Mme. Guillemot, at the same time that she taught fencing with the'sword-for * hyglehlc reasons and tor- personal de^ fknse, also' taught her pupils to 'play\ with the nnibreuar ,. The article nnishes by,\aaying that it to cerialnly \piq.uan<?' that thls^odern application of an ancient eport wia ^taught by.a Parlslenno long before America-claimed the original idea. Spirit of the Open Life. The great charm of acenery and the country life to the moral feeling that eeema to pervade it This has prevall- cd through all English literature from Chaaeer to Wordsworth and down to oar own tlmex It has cast tta spell: over almost all of oar' Canadian poets, who have wooed nature In her most se- cret haunto and fcMEed her mJnuteat caprlces.**3Io&tteal Witness, The Fameu* pour. £ach of the 1 allowing- named gentle- fftcn, tspon being out late- with rlia boy«», h»M concocted- a famous excuae and VfUtkt to more wonderful, got away Mfh it They are: Somb, ^lyases, Eij* Vw Winkle,^ BoMsson flrusoe.-^udgt. I *Hi* & and #W*fWfi Sequoias et -ffarth* •rh'California^ • , The sequoia in Humboldt to the tail- eat tree toe the whole United States. But the tourist from the east or west Itnows it not What would he say to* the: Information that In the northwest of California, grow* a mighty continu- ous forest of these great trees and, that ft takes days to travel merely from end to end of that forest, which is longer than the distance from Boston to New arork'or froni Onlcago to St Lottbi ^et such to the case, On the ridges and flats of Humboldt Is the foreat and In that forest the trees grow to tweptyislx feet in diatoe- ter and tower 400 feet toward the sky. Poyou know what those figures mean ^ Measure the jroom In which you «re noirslttlilg. It ttto m vsry la^ room, Oie iojngest/aitoenBlons wouldl just about icontalai fne- of these/ great trunks: Look out of your -window^ and see the^people more.tban a city block sreray. Tkat to flie dtotaiice from lirhlch; one sees the; topmojif; bough of these Btupendous gianto- SFhov redwood of California is-the great tree! of the Pacific coast Two thousand acres of % exist in; Oregon iplong the? Ohetco river- South of £the jdhetco k ^outinuons redwood belt be- ^ln^ and increaqea in tsrldih from ten 'toiies at Pel ^brte county to eighteen or' twenty mpes and keeps on un- broken to southern Humboldt county. H,ere: to a gap, but to Mendocino the belt b^eomea dense again and widens oiit to thiriyrflYe miles. South of that counfj th| tree grows In Isolated patcaea.—HUtoboildt Standard. It %m MIGHTY UOH. i • '•' - Is Eaay Enough to 8care Htm H ' * .You Know Just How. If a Hon'or a tiger suddenly appears before you, just bold a chair out in front of bins, and he won't dlo a thing Allen Williams, who. In the course of fait experience with wild animals has tteen Inthat predicament often enough to know, «ay% 'These creatures'have a. much, more limited Intelligence than is generally aupp^osed. They can take In oniy one tiling at a time, and the four\ legs of a chair would keep any lion busy thinking for a long time. \That to the reason why animal trainers carry two whips when they 'arej.In' the circus ring. One for crack- tng^and awing the performers, the oth- er for emergencies. If one of the lions tries to. attack him the trainer simply holds the reserve whip in front of him. The { two objects together are* too much for the lion's Intelligence, and he is im- mediately subdued.\ A Another proof of the limited tatelU gen.ee Of the oat tribe, Bay trainers, Is the fact that their performances must always come In the same order t>f suc- cession. If by some accident the order to broken, the animals are completely lost; and the trainers are few who can •keep- them to submission once they be- come confused. In fact, most trainers consider themselves lucky In a case of this sort If they can get the' lions qjuietij 1 taefc into their cages. The whole cat family, moreover, to as treacherous as It Is stupid.—Mllwan- hee Sentinel ' Amount of Rainfall Over ihe Earth. The discussion of observations on rainfall made first by Sir John Murray and later by Bruckner and Fritsche permits an estimation to he made of the mean rainfall on continents, which is jfcmnd to be about thirty Inches per year./ The rainfall on the ocean to more difficult to measure, but It has been estimated by Supau, and Fritsche, .taking account of all tile known 1 facts, estimates the mean annual rainfall for the entire surf ace of the earth at .about thirtpsb? Jn\efies> Haklng use of this number.lt is easy to calculate that the total riatofali amounts to, 464 million millions of metric tons per year, 1.1M2 ihonsand*\inllllons of tons bfer day, &o\00(> -adllldiis \:6i : tonal W hour, 883,- OO0,^TO tons per 'minute or: 15,000,000 tons\ per secoad.—Spientiflc American. Method of Cooking Cabbage. The simplest and quickest methods of iSPdSlng calib]ig^ «e the heat Cab- bage must be trimmed and well wash- ed to 5 cold, salted wafer, then exit \into ^uartera and; tied together ajgato with a' string 'pefore* going into'the' ; sauce pan, l^cause, !tjj;e heart Is more tender than *b& outaKfe\ ahd uniform softness m.\ desired?, tfave p3[en\ty \of: holilhg water wittf a helping toblespoonful of salt to^ the half gallon of %ater.. Let UThe boiling when the cabbage to ptit In anti cook it #lth the lid off, and If it tw.fjeeb it wfll keep % goodrwior. ^he time depends wore Upon tho age than the aizer-ftom .twenty to forty njlnutes.-^pdflneatofc V The Ptceaaed Wife's Sister. ' Thei^w agaihat marrylpg a deceased: Wife's sister, Which caused so much dtoeuasloa M Englahd, grew out of the aheient .tribal law fofbiddlng a fa« theT to eell;,more tnan_ one daughter to -thesalde toan when the Briton was eme^gteg-Itottt polyg^iny and. whefi for 21 shillings of the present money a man might dismiss his wife or kill her ff she wot|3{d not go* A% dvn law It was to protect the living wife and Imlt tribeaielolaer together by Inter- marriage. When eceiesiasttcai law be- came- supreme a misreading of some Scripture text was used to put the Sister of adman's wife among the pro- hibited degree* Of relattonahlp. This was the act of J641 ©? He^ry VIH): \A man may not marry ins deceased wife's sister or her daughter, but be day marry hto flrat cousin.\—London Standard- — '1 i;i«l ',' . )i mi, • i A Town of Macs, Scotsmen are remarkably- successful as colcniats» They- are also very clan- nish. There are taaoy prosperous set- tlements to Greater Britain where Caledonians largely predominate, hut Hie names of these localities do not carry that, fact on their face, Nobody,, howetor, «tn be mistaken as to 'the prevalilog nationality ia \Macaville.\ This la a town in the Cobalt district of Nova Scotia, ton will be perfectly ia» la sweating anybody there thus; De Yitt Think You Would «ecofinfc« It«» Anothtr Person* •fHow JBtrahge It to.\ *aid xb» phfloa* pher, nhat the person for whoui you care »ost o»' earth, the one you see oftenest and who receives your most constant attention, to tho one whose countenance to least familiar to you.\ **Who^to thatr asked the viiitor, ' **s:ourself,\ said the phlloso||ier« \It Ujt fact that & people conifi be dupli- cated and could meet themselves to the street very few would recogntee them- selves. , We look at ourselves many times during the S65 day* of tho year. We say our eyes are blue or whatever color they may be, our hair brown, our chin peaked; our torehead high. We know every lineament of onr face from constant study and attention, yet when ^ turn aww from the mirror we can- not conjure, up a picture of ourselves. We know just how bur friends and even acquaintances look, to fancy we can see them sitting so or standing so and their Tarytog expression under dif- torent circumstances to -clear to us, even though we have, not seen them for years. But when it comes to <Sm> selves we cannot even fill in the outA line o* the picture. Welcnay laugh, we may cry. we 1 may frown, but we do not know how. we look while we are doing It Photographs do not help us. We irave never seen ourselves in the flesh. , Mirrors and plctores are poor aids when, we sit down and try to see ourselves with the mind's eye. That to why people are so deeply Interested in anybody who to said to resemble them. Just say to a man, 1- know somebody who looks for all the world like you,' and he will never rest unto be*ees that person., Then If the like- ness to really true he will own that up to that time he had no conception of how he really looked.\ The visitor smiled wanly. \I wish you wouldn't talk-like that,\ she oatd. \It makes me feel so uncanny.,' I am almost afraid of myself.\ , WHEN FIRE BREAKS OUT. Keep Cool and Remember and Follow These instruction*. In case of fire, If the burning articles are at once splashes and sprayed with a solution of salt and nitrate of ammonia an incombustible coating Is formed. This is a prepara- tion which can be made at home at a trifling cost and should be kept\ on hand. Dissolve twenty pounds of com- mon salt and ten pounds of'nitrate of ammonia In seven gallons of water. Poor this into quart bottles pf thin glass and fire grenades are at hand ready for use. These bottles must be tightly corked and sealed to prevent evaporation, and in case of- fire they must be thrown near the flames, so a& to break and liberate tiie gas con- tained. At'least two dozen of these bottles should be.ready tor an emer- gency. In this connection it Is well to re- member that water on burning oil scat- ters, the flames, but that flour will ex- tinguish it Salt thrown npon a fire* if the chimney is burning will help to deaden the blaze. . If a fire once gets under headway and prompt exit be- comes a necessity, a silk handkerchief dipped In water and wrapped about the mouth and nostrils will prevent suffocation from jmoke; failing this, a piece of wet flannel will answer. Should smoke fill the room, recall your physics—remember that smoke goes first to the top of the room and last to the floor* Wrap a blanket or Woolen garment about yon, with the wet cloth over your face, drop on your bands and knees and crawl to the win- dow. Bear In mind that there to. no more danger In getting down from a three story window Jhan from, the first floor If you keep a\flrm hold of the rope or ladder. Do not slide, but go hand over hand^-New York Tribune. ifflELIil ftrttf. Once Threw/ Him' Into a Frenzy of Madness. kmmK OF THE CRAZY KING. Strictly Fresh Eggs. There are summer resorts, remote from any agricultural communities. Where fresh farm products are even harder to obtain than to the city. It was at such a place that the new boarder, who bad eaten four or .five breakfasts there, began Jo wonder why the eggs were Invariably served friedU \See here,\ he toQUired one morning of the genial colored man who waited upop him, \why do you'always fry eggs here? Don't you ever bofl them?** \Oh oh* yes, sahP responded'the waiter pleasantly. \Of oo'se yo* Sin have 'em boiled if yo^ wants 'em, but yo* know, sah, yo r takea de rtokl\— New York Times. Brittle Lizards. ,_|- ,. Some kinds :of Itoards break-to two when anddeniy startled, y In the bush In Australia the traveler .often comes across a number of these little silvery reptiles basking oh a log or piece of , olf hark. 4 s aodn as they perceive' 4 the toyader there to a great commotion. They dart hither and thither so : qniek. ly that thq, eye can scarcely follow their -movements. The effects of the shook-are evident from the quanttty of wriggling tafia lying about which have been cast off In the hurry, while the mutilated owners may be seen scurry* lng away to safety still wagging the stumps that remain. Density of City Population. Although there to a certain area of about three and a half acres on Man- hattan; Island where &e density of population to at the rate of,63&,600 to the square mile, yet the city of'Parto shows a tar greater average density of population than New York, the fig- ures for Porto being 70.300 a square mile and for New York elty- proper 40,000 a eqtuare mile.. The average density of London's pepnbjtlon, to $?,- CQO a square mile and that Of Berlin (5?jG00.-»Fedjeration Review. Little Things. I4t0e mlcrobea in the feoa '\*• V' «rtw E\ 1 ?.*^* if«al««* '« *« ? ^t* 1 - 1V * Wealthy, JSake t«e patltota poor. - *^t Loula Ib^bhe. Not Exaetty Coirtradletory. *Bo«t cwnv. wif. ,u P port Wm ia his money views?\ *\BalUmer« Aaarleaa. Ho Frightened and Enraged the Great Diva by His Strange Whime, and t When She Finally Sang For Hirrf In \ Munich It Drove Him Wild. When ,Patti was la-the first heyday of her fame Ludwig EL, the mad king of Bavaria, set hto heart on having her sing for him at hto private auditorium in Munich. He wrote letter after let- ter, begging, imploring, offering ex- travagant sums of money, but Pattl resolutely refused to go. She bad beard too many stories of Ludwig's freaks iSnd'was desperately afraid of him, but at last the king offered her a sum so enormous that jit seemed ridiculous to refuse it Then the sfogef plucked up courage and stafte^fo*Munich. When she and her maid alighted at the sta- tion not even a carriage was there to meet them, and they had to inquire the name of the best hotel and call a cab. That was the first shock to the diva's nerves and temper: After luncheon she started out to see the town and inci- dentally to examine the posters an* nouueing.JEurope's greatest singer. Not a. mention of her name could she find. She rushed backvto the hotel and told .her maid to pack the trunks. Just at\ thai moment *a resplendent ofilcer delivered a letter from the king. The letter stated curtly that his maj- esty would wait^for her at 7 o'clock precisely Ih. therbyal palace, where hto singer in ordinary, Mme. Fischer, would give her further directions. Mme. Fischer would also stag with £lnie. Pattl the duets which hto maj- esty wished s to hear. A programme \was inclosed. Patti\wept with rage. \1 have never been treated so bru- tally,\ she said. \I shall leave at once. Tell the king so. I will not sing— never, never, never!\ The ofilcer pleaded with the Irate prima donna. Hto majesty h&d been wild with ex- citement ever since he knew she would \come and had nojr slept for three nights, so great was\ his joy at the prospect of hearing her. \Besides added the officer, *^you know your king to—is—to\— > \Crazy snapped Pattl. \Yes that*s very comforting. Isn't it? I don't know why I ever came.\ Just then she caught sight of this postscript: \The king commands Mme. Pattl to appear to pure white, without any color whatever, and not by any means to wear a satin gown, but soft wool. Silk Is painful to his majesty.\ \Hto majesty will have to be pained. I have no white woolen gown except my peignoir. I shall wear red velvet\ \Bed!\ 'groaned the officer. \Oh no, sol Red sends, hto majesty into fits, if you appear in red, he will scream and have convulsions. Oh. do be pa- tient, madame! I will bring Mme. Fischer to you. She understands the king's nerves. Sne will explain.\ He fled from the room, and shortly after Mme. Fischer appeared upon the scene. She soothed Pattl Into good humor and also attacked the whits wool peignoir and transformed it into a most Becoming Greek robe. Before T the royal carriage arrived at the hotel and Pattl went to the pal- ace. She was led * through dimly lighted rooms and corridors Into Lud- wig's private theater, which was in utter darkness save for the moonlight that entered through the windows. Pattl stood upon the dark stage, while an orchestra, somewhere out of sight began a soft prelude. Through the gloom she couldjust make out a white face in the royal box opposite the stage. Not another auditor was in the great hall. Fatti felt the cold shivers creeping over her. She shook with nervousness and fear, and when 'she ehottid have begun her aria not a sound could she make. She opened her mouth, but her throat was paralyzed from nervous terror. There was a pause. The king sprang.up and leaned forward out of the box, his white face gleaming to the moonlight The violins repeated the prelude. Parti gathered herself to* gather and* made one heroic effort Her voice ran\? out Into the great empty place) and the king sank, back Into the dark box. Patti, though badly scared, made th* effort of her life and finished the aria from '*La Travtata*' tttumphantly and stood flushed} wijtn vtetoryi Pead si- lence. -; Not a sound caa# from the gloom before her. She went off the stage In a temper. Mme; Fischer Was behind tiie scenes, and Patti: waited with her for the signal to sing the next number. A messenger appeared K«t the door. Hto majesty had .had \nongh music .and had gone to hto \apartments fat a' moment Pattl stood stunned. Then she laughed. The rudeness was, so colossal: that it was funny, 'Mme. Fischer took the diva to supper and then home. The next morning Mme. Fischer called at the hotel once more, accom- panied by the court chamberlato, who bore the promised! check, an autograph letter of thanks from the king and some jewels of great vaiue. King Ludwig, Mme. Fischer said, was In one Of his maddest moods, wild with re- gret, cursing himself and cursing Pat- tL He had walked the floor all night groaning that he was avtraltor, for PattTs voice had so ravished his senses that for one moment he had gone over to Italian music and had been false to Wagner, the one musician w'bo alone had satfeSad hto^^ majesty's BOUL -\That was better than having bored him.\ added Pattfi shrugging hershoui. Sera. ,i it'iini, r nil, i . n - T II_ i i. , , Chivclrcue Chicago. to Chicago more than m any other, place Is woman regarded In the light* of a thing of beauty aad a joy forever. There to hardly a man a Chicago who doe» not esteem feminine loveliness e» something beyond price—something to live for, to strive for, to suffer for ands If necessary to die for.—Chicago Utteirj Ocean, \ ^ •4 STOfiTOFM One Of the Strange Legends of the Yuma Indians. WON OH CAUSE OF THE GREAT STORM. i rl The Tipping Up of the Earth Caused the Deluge Which Engulfed the World—The Mysterious Ark and the J Escape of the Chosen Few. ^To this day the great deluge recorded fn. the Bible is a mystery to the North American Indian. He will not be leu t* believe that the flood was brought ,«bout by the sins of man. He It. ' equally unwilling to believe that it was the work of an angry God. as he epul.' »Ot see how the Almighty should be P unjust as to punish the Indiana <-• ^America for the nanghty things of p. race of people across the ocean A: Other reason which makes it still mor difficult tor the Indian to believe tb« the flood was a punlshmeut to the world to the fact that with him then ,is no sm. In his language there is n jBUCh word, nor does he expect to b. punished for any of his acts. But though there Is no equivalent t< the word sin in the Indian languagt (nor In the Indian mind until th. Christians came), the Indians hart- \ Xtheir philosophy to regard to what i- tommoniy so termed. Some of their teachers (most of whom claimed t- \* * have been taught the philosophy <•'. life and its laws directly by disein j. bodied spirit? or by ethereal being- ' from other planets) taught that a« .jnan lives here so is his life hereafter w% $£ he is quarrelsome or warlike hen- I ^ SO he will be in the more spiritual l.f. If ie to serene and contented here. &• h.e will be there, etc. t „The deluge, as described by the fe^ who were miraculously saved, was the * more grandly terrible in that it caaie »00 suddenly. From the highlands or « oupied by the Indians they saw tL- 'waves of the sea sweep in upon th. land and recede, only to advacce wit'.. \immensely Increased volume and Ptu pendonsly huge breakers. Tutu thcr <?ame a terrific Btonn that seemed t> j blow from all and in ai: dire-ti.->r.- *\ The Storm caused huge waterspout- Which appeared over the wild oven: i- as far as the eye could see Tie ten jjed people fled to the mountain, bu\ these were all soon to be submerged v -With the exception of one. This moui. tain Which alone remained uncovered by the flood is called Avee-heilab (Mountain of the Mooni, yet today It is .Hot a very high mountain. For awhile before the mountains be « came submerged there was a great ^calm, and a dense fog covered th° earth. Then suddenly a mighty boat appeared to the awed view -of the In dlans. ft approached and stopped at ' the several mountains still uncovere*': _by the .waters, and at each point where It touched, as if guided by Invisible In telligence. the Indians, as If obeyini: , an unspoken but potent command, ei. tered the boat $he boat rested first at a place called Avee-qua-lul (mountain peaki. now PI - lot Knob, on the border of Mexico •- There was a mesa on the top of this «, -, mountain, though at this day it doe* Hot exist and on this mesa the Indians first celebrated their delivery. - Thi> -they .did by playing sacred gam» Chanting sacred songs, etc. On rock> atthO foot of thiB peak there are hlero glyphies in an unknown language -Which.some of the Indians believe were S&ade by those who survived the flood Petrified driftwood is still to be seen two-thirds the distance up the bides <,? * <- Avee^hefdah, which drift, the Indian* Say* Was deposited by the waves of the great flood. ' \\ The, Indians, having rested for a time \ on, the mountain peak, again entered *ths heat and were carried eastward. '•yventqally to a small valley. Uore they .again rested, and then, leaving the boat, they wandered from one place to another, after a time returning to ^fhe valley. To their surprise, the boat ' , cWfiS gone. It could not have floated away, for the land was dry whereou they had left It, the flood navtDg sub i ^Sided after a great caltu of its waters The boat could not have crumbled to pieces, tor there had not been time for its decay. They could only conclude that .the mysterious boat having fu! filled Its mission of preserving a few of their race, had disappeared as mi raculously as it had appeared. The spot where the mysterious boat or ark, had rested was marked by the Indians placing there a huge log. They ealled the place Qual-jo-pura (boat's resting place). This spot is held sacred J>y the Indians, who will seldom point it out to strangers. Not many hundred years ago, it is said, some Indian war rlors were passing the spot, and one of } \Hiem to Show his skepticism shot an arrow into the side of the great log. Immediately a stream of blood gushed from the spot pierced, and the skeptic fell dead. The story of the event was carried tO all the near tribes, and since then Indians passing the place fear to even look leisurely at the log. A reason given by the Indians as the probable Cause of the.flood was that there was a tribe of Indians who. like Columbus, believed that the earth was not fiat but round, and to prove wheth- er this theory were true thousands •'-.'. from toe different tribes banded togeth. er and started out on a Journey to find the edge of the earth If tt was flat The flood occurred soon after the I n *» dians started on this journey, so that they really believed that those adven- turers had reached the edge of the The Way One Pro Got Kis Start There is a prosp Chicago today who of his donation of a church at a time wt money enough to This donation was al and simple, but the] resulted In the e\it Hie lucky bluffer. John Smith was start in business fori had no security wof could not borrow tn When he had trie could think of who I have the necessary | nation to lend it at down, he conceived | lng hla church w'.tt Young Nap\;*-..; fore ordered his o r future to io'iK nnt ufa<\tur**rs \f ' .e o| I nf question.: s M.el i of tbe i,ti: M :J-: ropiq i '\.it $.'>.'»•\ organs I the lustmmeul st-t lime. Of course 3. Pm| that was Ixirn to b| he hide his bei.eii: lie Uiaaasej lo Mute stops no matt] of coll ver>i. Lion young. Napo.eon rneStiS; of the • ' pleased minister al ed coagregatiuu sp| 1 gift I Duping this ti-:Kl j any alfalfa to grol I the pretense oi wealthy member j abouk some min. j he ^ou.d drop tr. ; fore^he left c:.sua j subject of the co forming Most of | saw thought th.- thlng to be nssoH was making so was able to har missing it. so taa take stock in J Long before tt first payment c J I gathered etiou^h| business and nd diiDculty in needed to in n t e | that time he bae that now he cod $5,000 orsrans aj welL—Chicago Tl MEXICAN tn the State of Cot] \If any man o| chivalry and spirit hare gone| forthwith on a not halt his in the town of j capital of the; Michoacan.\ man \Having arm it once see still survives, long ago. and and their extre*] courtesies to surprised me. alacrity with jumped op on to offer their s4 that entered. I [ much more Mexicans than I trymen. They I some other ma^ each tries to teonsly profferil \1 spoke aboil prietor of the I he besran to la| •• *You mus: the lnukeeper.1 our state issua\ man keep hisl thereby compel he ia liable to| police ban- tw t!:!-» order sev h..« nni< !i t > dd ::ess of whtrti onr poptiiatifMl volved wi:': ;i,-ly brr.r..:<- - Baltl::iori- Four-in-han * 1 Will Rij Talk Of the team of trottJJ bought by a has led SamiJ inter.dent of I of the state §000 for a the mile ire\ Of the ?i::- deal ..f't.-.ik G Vaudertutti ous other teq put fmir rmr track and dr trot under '1 timers in rtfel Tnder thef planned by go to coaciie if one or inotl the coachma| ply with e-a them back\ going the tries have should.be a fair show. Ckcc: One of tl* building at earth and their weight had tipped the -g8*e ^a earth to euch a n extent as to cause the ^ -J water to rush In on the Iand.-Lp3 An- ' geles Times. - It to absolutely true that the British public goes to the'theafer to b* amused; SiOt to be instructed. It -considers, tbat It pays 113 mo>py..to'»e-:a.mused,'-and it - Sullenly regents the presence of ; any. powder to the jam. itis when this attl- rode changes that the? great renaissance of the British drama will aijrlvMLon-; don Graphic - •- ..--r^-^~--- or at L<owy| quire atout I ; tbe prodilct| i,2up- eows,] clieese ever I -Karr-^WJl you, arf,-.Eo't ,'B2'?^|er-^B rs^i^fcv
