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BStfSi* j£ «', «?•>\ ., £* ^ v > #.' _ J. -^r •BENCH PASSENGERS *ttRE8TED. ' Oft Susploiori. of Murder arid Robbery of *&omjm WBiirls, •; • New York; Feb; \%-rThe flntmigr.'v tlon authorities hav^cietalnea as •p-ris- •oners on the French line ®fiamsblp La. Brelbague two second cabin passengers 'sit .the request, of Coudert Brothers* lawyers, mcting'fpr the J?rench minister' \ oi't60sO: aJfeyrs. * : ' . ' They aw Henri Thiboeirf, a French- . man, and Marie Pleito, a youngf woman who comes from . Belgium; their names appeared on *he list of 'jbe ship as M. Mongodin and Mmo. .Joujsnno,, ' \'the imin is held cm. suspicion of ramr- -der *#/robbery and the woman is ' clwtrlled with \having boen his ffiodbm- <»pllce. On DB<jem'h9T 1st last a mid- die aged woman living at Bois de Col- ombes ajar Paris was found murdered. She was known as -Madam.Tusae&u, ' »n,d was considered well-to-do. According to the brief cabled report. she was found in a room in tho aouso| Stabbed to death\. There was eyidonco j of a search, but how much money was taken Is not known. The policy die-! cohered that two rnep, both well dress- ( fld, had called at the house on pretence. that they wanted t o hire an aparurpnfA Owe of these men is bolloved to ijpoy beep ThlboeufV*, . • v Thlbocufj/who 1B 28 years-of - ogo.j. good! Jooktag and well dressed, tooii hj« arrest coolly and denied nil know]- ] edffS'of the crime Tho woman, who ifo • sbo# 2? years of age Jfcid rathor, good looking, was eaually unconcerned.1 \ ho was a degpr ' MM GERMAN C0BBLER •I' I • « Mr, Voilextein Drop.* In Mid Recounts Hi/ \Trou •lcopy right. 1902. by a B. Warner J VJBAS putting orr some hnlf sola yesterday ••• vtien Mr. Voglesteln conies into ray shop \und sits down for ten minutes una don't say 'a word; I don't spenfc' to. him, either, and by undjby he goto tired und says:, \Huns bow vbas it about some trusts?\ -'* \I don't keep 'em on hand,\ I says. \tou't try to bo funny, You haf heard of trusts. It vhnstrusts who put oop der prices of meSt, leather, • coal oad JotB of things.\ ) • '\Vheli?\ \Vhi-11 you know I vlyis der only man for ten blocks around dot makes: frankfurters. Peoples who hn'f to buy roust come to nie. I keep der price 60 much all der time,. A week ago my wife wakes'oop in der night und says to niyi Voglestolu. you vbas a fool!' •••How vims dot?' I says ash I wake oop .too. , • \ Uccnnse you don't mnke one hpon- er«;d pnr *ent proljt on sausages.' •\Hut bow can li' •! 'Vou shall become a trust ufflLP 1 pricos onp. Der peoples mUBt haf franl farta-s. und^ley must cawotoyou., if ^JSilbQauf- «atd that ...... ter from ms -Pfencb army and that ,„ A „,,i •,„ tfc thil reason 3>6 had con* to this JJ» vh,is » 8tna \ mn > J ou woId Uc ' cowotry under the nam? of Mongodln.' rich in one year, •which h&\«aid was Uia „n,aTno. of a \ friend of nl». TB0UBL?~lvifrfe^|EGROE3. B»d'F«llng EtiB««d«r«d by { JPubllo Whlpplna of Thf«« Colored Pwpie. , 3^ay«tte, ilo,, Fob. 10.-* race war hss boon «tartQd here na tho resmit of poUJio wblpplng of throo negroes on • the-court shonao »Xsw PrJday night. A, \-OommiUeo of tho law and ordor loisdtuQ U»lc. tlio negtKW3 from .their homo* and whipped them puhlidy for aU«rgod tttlnconduct. Two of them <were' wonwn. , Slnco.thon tho nogrooa and Wblto TWOplO faw» boon ia open enmity and- Jt iuald >5 negro f»mllle» hn\?o been frl*htetwd lnto.f«kfls* Mx -vtelnity. Tho ehlr sogto man who waa whip- )?©a N »rid«y aJiht nWtdo a desnerato re- - irfjrtanco. It took «o*or«l moh to carry him W lh« po«. Ho curwyJ his cap- toe* «|, the Unit K*s applied, which t*«Jtfld in t3» Whip beiag wtalded oaly th» snori ylicorouily. \When tho ordeal ^*fui ended tho SOfro WM ao vroak from toss of blood tbat ho VH put to bed, instead of Mo in* dcttea from town. The womon. «*fco Wffro aot WhlpjKd severely, were ta&ttn to tho outskirtx and told to to, Tboro In much excitement hero and a clash !• feared, - .\l BUCJtP OS HIM CXB KICK. jBOil SQW3f i>Kn8TK»«.\ dor butcher\ for. my mcaf, ,bttt meat vims higher. It vtuts so In eatery place, nnd I bust, oop my trtiat - und go home and say to my wife: , ' If I make $1 ash n^truat tind lose ^ '. Ha* \.<ml*i In §yraeui*. ^ Sywcuae, N. ¥.» Feb. lO.-rTimolliy - 1*. Woodraff,- la^o llootdnsnt governor, •mu moctfeti ihl* morning to «ncceml JLanroan C Bmlth sua presidofit of t the , Smith Pr«ail6r Typewriter eorftpttijy of Syracui*. The ostabliahtitont.. «»ot •»rtiIch'Mr. Woodruff will thus-hayo 1m- sr«d!»to peraonat\ control Is the so\«- .cwd targeet Industrial Irtterprtao In -'*!»»« oily;-or (bit wsctlon'of tho stale, •being ranked only by the S^pWy Fro- cejj compwny, OoTerjwr Woodruff wljj Kire his entire Umo to tho affairs of *h« compwnyi to tho cacluslon of other fcrostowa, «nd Ms «d»ont practically as at. Syracuse huktness man. Is cordinlty wolcomed, hoto. l?e entered upon his . <3utt<» today <md has taken residence «pirtm.oat« In Syracnso. _ * ' MoitroiJ, Fob, 10,—At K»e directors* tteeUn^of tho Canadian Pacific raiT- ' -way a semlawmal dlvjdcnif of 214 \* 1S*6f cent sa cfeasffisa and S per seat 09 priftftred stotik was de^arcd. Trmt dent Sh&n^hncssy stated that aftPr paying tho dWdond and 1 all -workltrg «3£d'niea ihatges there Would rpmain \li half yearly surplus of 13,502,907. ^otfenndr'* Nomination* Sonftft»ed, Albany, FBb.-10 v —QoT. Odoll sent \to tho.-senate the Reappointments of Hon. FrWncfi itond*rleks of-Syracuse ' - to to st«ie Brtjicrlntendcrtvt of Irunrran&e for threft years at a Balaa-y of ?7,00Oj *nd Of Corttallus V. Collins of Troy to lie superintendent of prisons for five yewat^alary.of. SMOO^ Thouomfo-, carth- t hrf h , him ^ ^ . _*fiona we^e-confirmed without refer- ha was weEr ^ seriou& ^^ you ^ . «n*o. .. ~ } . . ', ^ , J member dot i»ejUes'last spring? ECj? I shrimps; off a street carWd* falls r oh hfs Pax-rota, _ . j lip^d und' breaks' his neck; X*n eouid A-doaJer lit birds Mi sober and serlfitts I take his face und torn it clear aroaad •-Stanhattan advertiaca-tfaat.be . has i». t Jiitfl miikebinj look twekwaras.\ \Vltt'H dot innbcs me do some think tag'.\ said Voglestclu. **I sit und think, und scratch my head, trad I stand oop. nnd thtnk und feel ofr my ear, und In twodnys I vUris a trust nnd prices vhai oop. I vbns n trust for two day*, und den I vhas bnsted.\ - \How vbns itr\ 1 say*. * ••Shttst like dis. I drink a keg o f beer eafory week^ My bevr vbns out one' day. una 1 goea by der brewery, und say'B: • • \ 'Sebmldt, you may «cnd mo up dot •ke» of beer for a dollar tmd a half.' '• 'i don't liaf some.' he says. . \'Bat whyr •'(•i'crauto «ho hnf ftonn oep tp 14 ablllluga, licer vims l« »ynips»tby mlt frrtiifefnrtiiii, yoo know. Vea one goc» oop, der odder goe»oop too,' •\Dot knoeka mo out, but I iutf to pay, Mot «an«? day I goes b y der tailor who clean* my clothes und «aj», 'Bow* much to clean my coaO' Ho sayi It vha» fevficeu ciiits inoro astt before pecausa frankfurters.vitas gone oop, tint! coats vltaa In sympathy I go by der coal man for a ton of. coal, but it vha# gone oop a quarter on n ton to me. I. goes by THl SAILORS! pfcANO. : * ' \^—^—ri.\ - A- ,«feqr« J» 3Pie»tT Qt IBtOmfft Al\»»MEa Our Jfnvil VenireT*;. •Speaking of F%thw Ghldwlck's con» certs. ihpaxil the «mlse> JJ^, Ybriv*; .said a ^av^ti man yest#ay, \remiijds me of. the fact that yeey't&w peopj* loiow what iiiadea talent there Is in tlw way of miaslclan* on board our npiva) VOBSOIS, Jlany^people lmaglfie that tb;*: only time a aailfir <stn : dig up^any niuslc la when he la a'pout 'half tanltcd' in a small, dterepufable saloon and la ger- : mitted to play n broken down, wheesy; planq in one of the-*prlvate parlors. That's not so. : „\ ~ \Now take the? New York, for ib»: Btance.-. In addition to the- regular en- Ihfted wen aboard who are .tjwre as baud players there .can be found .men tvno can p|ay al,most any musical ap- paratus ever heard of. Yes, wo; have even a tnjaaa who ^an^lay one'.of yout ^Jiopkaiaies,' as you call it- Put lcaTinp. taaent aside for a moment, tho Tieat known innslcal tostruraent alioard -is tbc. 'jack tar piano.' What's tnatj. Wby, it Is one of the homellcsf little cosecrns known of unles'a i t ImpyeiM to liavc been made in some Yankee town where dyes ate plcntffill., I refer to the accordion. Almost every man Sn a -warship can play ono of thSso inetrtt' ments, and I can awure yon tnai •Home, Sweet Home,' and *Wu Won't Geo llonie T|ll XEornlits' sound Juatj at good on -that as tliey would sated to naaiiy pcoplq if played on a church or- gain/WlU « brlrisfteiitt if piayed right! Well, mow youtbink^n minute and, tbeiii te31 me if ypttthlnKwo have mob i n tSht nayy of *Cncle\SamHiowada3\8\tor tfti- par'no«e.a£ crying;'Out that Idea »ut «( jreur box, * *'But- n » to glpsera-tbcre? is where tit boy of the'icn aMnes,'IIacan iln^any* tnlng and everyttojng.ln' any old Mad ol a tunc that HUIUS thoao that arc Ustoi. tog to. It. Ho dooam't elng'th© old awngj of 'lleigb. Ho!' aad 'Bacfceta of Blood, 1 bait lm» now adopted titer poplar slq of the day, nnd tits poof, ones are -droir' jped Juat aa tinlcldy in tbe «a\y n» tb«y axo on shore. Although v «te mtvy borji a» lingers, thoyr are\ not wbisllors, afot •whistling: ia strictly tauootd tin a mail' of-war, -with tbc exception of; tht bo'miM, They whistle—tfcat'i wbat- taaey are jwW iox.V—IIonotulii.Coaanieis 5tat«e that (!e«Tr», Very trurllke t » ttic ; napeef ofiv B!BS«> Hrr itattie, yet thcro la\»o cause for «lnrm, jsince It is uotlilns but a tm Here ia its hiatory; Ten yearn ago a, police ojfBccr of Bnan- JMII retired .from tho force and went to I\vo near Charlcxol, Beting an amateur .aortteultarftt be butted hlniself a prooJ 'tfcat wtfcb tree* an^ ftowera, and *?nfc day a* bo was trltmnlujr a' linirtliorn tn hlSvgardeu It occurred to hint tba.t ll TKOtttd xbe n. novel Idea to tntlti It III stich a xaatmer that It would erentenl' ly dsauaioxtho figure of a cavalry on- cer. \ , - . .'. At.ottc«r he 'vrent tft'^orfc, trnd.-jaf icr ten ycaes* labor^ ho aaceeedetl lu tranj' atottnlnK the freo into a perfect picture of H mounted soldier,' Tho tree Is known In the uolghbw neotl a**. \0et«a»l lIB.'*^thoro,* , anil bnruly. a day passes that tttmuRees do xot come front It consUteroblo disbuiM 3& qrder to get a look a t It ' . -' f V\* \ •' I l I ••- ' \ ' -' ; . Iffev^^faeltn. hflfiBii'-liIil. ^M^irM. «ndTaje4«:\tea>is ,t..i*in!'fl «isr*.iiot'* 'tlpjsa to^nifojftW^^-^jIrlejuip^. '•I Thai too busy w^ dpt fialf solft »a# In der next maype dot'dbg yhas »om»- po4yj.jeiw'». bEudd^Jiv.l|w;*nii: *Q«» $f: Jer :»rro^&oiB3<&.j, Sono4y;;|pft»*# & ten minutes, - nnd den MS Vo»le«teln wipes avhay his tears uhd.s«yst .&^K[ ;\SE^i;.i'iaon't'.kpow* i : tf %.*fm* % ;jok«r, bit t tell you \^owr she Yb** t vhaa Muer along' dec street detr, o^lder day, ^nd'IJieets a man nilt two swatch chajns pn .hfii^west, • I rt^p Idm^nrt Wy?5 • • ' • • rlz '•' ^Vhill you please be «a ktod^iash to ten nie rbat tlmelt vhas by your right kamriwatchy i ' • \*t shaU,* b-e sayj, und hepuua out a watcdb, und it Ybas ten' minute*' t o W^ Denlsiys: '-' ,\•'• • - ; \ *TJjid now please, tell nje That time It ynas by jour left bahd watchif , - *' *€f«tainly;, , So snys, und he-pnlll out dot -watch-und«y*lt vba» ten m4nut« after l(j. .- . \ *How yhas dot yo« -vM* .twenty ruinntcs different between yooar Jwo watches?' taays. answering fool tiuestions.'Jiq lao^thi a» he so?s oh.' Now, Hans, vha« dere sowejQkein.dotJ\ \I peljef soi*' I says* ' A r \Uni how vba» Itr '% can't tell,\ ». -.. '.'It vlinsso mlt me, I pay dot I hrtf m goodl joke o n der two chalp man, und^ my wlfa say» ho knocks nio out. i lft» to antf wmepoily to tell rue. Did you hear about me und der street car con- ductor'/\ \I don't -pellet so,\ \Vhell I mhko complaint ae/UnstWm at bendqunrtera. I take a street car der odder day to go, to Qreenfteld. 1 fyoa't know vhere it is, nnd I tell der conductor t o let me off. Dpt car goes on. nnd on, and It Ybas one hour pefore IflSys: \ *Bon't we come to OreeatleltSl yett* «**Vhy, map, \ye Ybas six milci be yond it,'he *ay», •» \But I wanted to,get off at Greer* fleia.' \ . , S ** *You. \m'nait ^8>'took, Grecnfletd vhaa nll'rljtlit Irf der summer, bnt now dot it vfins wWter you want to- set off at'SoowHIH,' .' \Uni| dot vbaynot all. Iltos, Tlito J KOes to get off der enr, h#caH«'QUt, '8t«i> lively? iDot makes uibWaJI Mm. urn* ho calla opt, , fict.oopliyelyr r 1 «tts oop -mid sturts avhay,' ttml he ihonts after jne, *Ump lively I' und. cafcry- podylnugUs and makes, me foe^bml I matlta complaint nod baf htm t»tmeed \oat. It th»> all right to be llrcly, hot yon nii'mt notli^vtoolively. \ T bntdid yon say, Hans?\ X don't say nettings, und -whlla \ Yhas sayloR it upd kceplnit silll lit. Voclestcln fnlh asteeir and doort nake oop till all der beer vims vanished und some ice water vhas in der psit.. - M»' QUAD. JfO ash an indtwldual, how many fools vhas in our family ¥ _ • I like Jlr. Voglestein to g* Boffiev f ftc pnWie heasc, a fa^ whfch led to - A -Historic Tmwrti, Bnakespeate'a Bead i n Wych street, londo'n, la\ being torn down. This t/tf- «ru wa# lntima*ely aModat«d.wItb tlio ilrst produciJldn of I'Utteb, for It wits herein a large upstairs s&am that ^nl first mooted tbe idea'off\ a new eonjU Tr<S!kly<by a few frctioenters of _ tlio . \hdttse inbludlng Henry Mayliew, Ster^ lliig Coyne tutA % % VL tVllis. .SdEatk lemon, afterwardetlltof, hadpreMpiis to the inception of toe now JbofeMl been assisting bis mo.tb&r-lu tuanngliig pecause l shall scud ont der growler foe <he farnous gibe of \(lie literary pot beer und drink -by myself, but he man.\ 'Inthose bohemtan days of the smokes, und smokes and stays on, und fonrlng. forties taverns were iarsoly *by ond by be says; .\. | uBcd by members bt the .liberal profea- ^ \Hans maype I do some. awful ' things Inst night, -und I vhas feeling bad about it,\ *Do you rob sotoepody?\ I soys,, \'No) not dot. I used to haf a brnd- der-in-law named Carl,. Hennas a toe man, and liejreads and thlfflkk a great deal. Ho don't pelief be shall go to heoYfin vhen be dies, but dot he vhill turn Into some aninaal und stay\ On alons as elnbttouses. It was first pro- nosed to call, the new paper Pen and f alette, but at the Bilggesflon of Henry Jlayhew, for same thiie coedltor, Jlis ycaent: title \ras\ adopted. \ atock a \largo variety of soralrellgtous 'parrots, tlife most pft)fario one only $200,\. •Thnt.'s an odd. way of appeal- .Jng tb pabllo.patronage. If'tnb most v profane parrol is held Tor sale* at 3200, ^What woiild.lifl the price o f a parraKeet \ tiat cbulu ohiy say \Good gracious?\ * .-iMeutjr pjtTttne. Bacon—Burglars entered the first •floor'.bf'obr house and took nearly'frv-.- erytlilnjg- wo hlSd. while my'wife'was npsinlra putting o n her hat to go ou% ' Eghettr^Theytoolt g,nHs*ri'good deal, did* they tc • \Oh yes. It must have taken\ tuein, eeVCral hour&\—Yonltfirs Statesman. \ \Yes'srf hear about It \\Vheii,;'I can't say If ho .turns Ittftr sorne ahijjal, but a\I 'uer time I ,vbas> looking''but for lilni. Maype he vh'as- a hors,e or a dog or a cat -lias* tilght I comes>hotao late und\ finds n dog .In m^r- \^Westlbul*. isfaype t«baf too much beer nnd vhas mad. Ash soon ash 1 see dot dog- I shump on htm una--kick bin*- down \der steps, und I no sooner tdll my wife .ahbut it dan sik throws oop-her Paal Revere UaanentcaO. i The Paul Revere homestead, S& and 2l Korth gquajs\ Boston,,built.about •lBSO.and hougbt by iiercere in 17T0, la still standing and has been purchased TecenUy by Jobn ft Reynolds, jr^.,with a yle^-. to .Sndnclng^natxt^tla orders to Jolrl with him In pre'scrvlng It as as In- teresting historical landmark. It -ffa's from tbe door of this very biilidtag, that IJaul'Reterc went'fOrtb to lils fanldus tide on sApril tKf.'feS. Sere he lived .durlrijg thirty years Of Ms life, and here •Jils children were bom. Flotton'd Fiction. • '.\.- \. \Bave^ yob read .Wrlghter's new »work offlcttoM\ t \Npt exactlyi\-. . '('What do you mean?\' \ \yell , ?Vis only read ,tho advance notices, but I. supppse thore is really arms und cried ou£: • J • '• . \ 'OhKcruel mam vfinViiaf you done? Dot dog fV^ias my- poor.bruddcr-Carl come to us for. food and lodgings.' •'\I run out und whistle und call imd look.all,around, but der dog can't be- found. He vbns,,afraid i kick liitnisome m^-e. Hans, do you ncllef dot vhas my brnddeMn-law?''\ '.'I can't say, but i f I vhas him i bite you vheil yoii kleli. \I wish he, had. X wish I, vhtts too' drunk to ldek lmn. iVor Carl: He comes home for supper, und^a bgd, and the book ttselfc\b-B&mmjMe Hernia^ ' 1 tlotft pelief I c«b effet forgive mysc}fc~ : X.naj-»iutth.- Ladysmlth Is preparing to make ter- ielt another snch center for't&e fiistofo teacejoes around her a s ISrussels is tor Waterloo.. A - regular coach ae'rvic$ It, seems, is to be organized tV ^idonkop,\ and'wben tfi;e passengers..have walked oyer. t\h'e fatal .summit they will llnd refreshment and lodging at a *\Spton- kd'p hotel\ WblCh Is to be built'foruf- with on Three Tree Iilll. Strnn»»' Triple.JPiairae. - ' .. .Blobard. 'Strabss, the Composer, snya In ari interview In the Musical Times. of London, that hi!' hew symphonic? poein will iltasfrate a'day In his home Ufo. .\It wilt-rbe partly lyrical, portly hupjerous-Ta'trlpkfugTie, tli'e'thred sub- jects representing papa, mamma 'nnd [he baby\^trie volceof the baby Bbould be very.jjronihieflfi ^ ' - «RmKT*li ...-teBtfagt..'-; •^r'd^rrtow'Sy.t.i*** tlie'!«'* »t! . mm%* a ri*WOWi«^!W* |*I#J**. liaMiife niystery.ttolied *W* PO*ni>»ttf •piendor. - The home of Kairpuw-; Mmm' »n||l»e-.*aceiia. ..of. '^-«d>»i,' tnrei. it Js ithown as. widely, at'the '^U»«P4 4»4' ptxe Nightsj *mt.:,:Hke: Gonstantiiioplei the' capital: of if^em- pire In widch Bagdad standsj.it.gljttett from tbo; c«sttii»c«^ -yte, nflsre* yiewdlfr pejjhjg; many a eberJBbed ideafi.'..'|HllL. •even aintd the 'strauge^yKlene,. tHe- qhtilnt edqderteanji odd way*, of thf .place, the rc?ldenit .comes.soro^scenei and incidents ao odd as io make .one belfeve it Is yefc the days of HJaroufl-» that tncTWin elf history.has gone back, many degrees on the dial ^toe. things cannot he compnrea.wlth our IhstinV tiou!,ani «tlieri.'cah-the mahaigement of the mail is.one of-the latter. . There jip». two.-ways'jof Sendhaf^hJ* In j'»gda<a-one tbe TiirWsbi'tb^ethet Practically *11 lettert gO' tho British. ingJEfist go by theTarkish sysrtem, By _, w _ , thlsthore ate tw> routes, poeby/ camehr «\*Oh. dot vhas der time tooken up lhlto Damascut!, and thence to. .Beirut, • ' - ••'•-• -•'•• - • ~ \^whence (t is traissjiqrtea by iteaimef to ,. _ . • .•-,?.,,,,,;.,;•• . -.;:' < 'HWR'felOrlTl^iW'liiajt^p. MEN J.- }.••,-• il^!^^,,? , • ^iii'-Hii.».^k«*«^B»»«kiii \\titivviH -ill* V*»ifom -!»«*()»' '&»<•?***•;&* - i^^«4mj%i4^i«|i:'.''',.- .'?:.$[''• \'•'.' • -ive'r/- wttter^ v |*jlroid 'li' «^^pp*J •with «, large force, of »no,w flghtfrs. iWt^-l^^lto^'todll4^^.SWi bo>v ; to ir'nn 'them can: cat th^Ir way .throuih:; a^ftS-*hat':}a. t^e*ta]»r;;ds|8 ' of westsrn railroading ^PO«, h^ye resulted In complete hlockadds, a!he \••- s^iowplow li one of .jjb^ raor- vels of -tt^WliolLtfpf today,, and it lp _ llbersvl e^catjon^itt^e ari„of sti^w nghtlugr\ : td ,l «ee one Of theiri eathigjits -way through a white drift that ilireat- ens to cut oft cdjampnicatiou b^twisea, the east and the we»t qChere ate sev-, Otal passes in -the Bocky mount^Uis T^hich for six months in. the year or nwre form'«, constant menace TO tyajn cra^s. tEhe^te' passes are situated at tite top of tl\e GreatPWde, where th> eiomonts have full sway, -Boreis pass, • •BrhuUsi, and afterward by rail; the*In Qolorado, is a fabr example., The Other hy camels to Mosul and then by innics ana rajl to Constantihopae.' Xet- .ters frpm iCoaiitantinopie talre some twelve days; notTong ago the taofe sud- denly jumped t» forty-six; days, and wh'en the poatoiBce offleiala were askea- to explain, they said; \Jfcrw them«tt 'comes.partly by rail. Hence the, fle- iayj\ This la a sweetly oriental'idea-^ »'railroad to take thirty-four days Ioui;er(4ban camels. Vhen your letters come depends up- on when- the innll arrives and may be any tJtne of tho day. Perhnp* one of \^he.nsoet condcal parts-of tha service is tfe-fart that the. carrier cannot road.. Atthe'omcohe Is told what houses are to have letters. -Then he slings* hli b»K over his 'shoulder % nnd trota off, hoft-. plngjfrom iltfetVatdo of the concavity that Is gutter' aucRatreet, and thua wepdU his tortuous'way through th* city tilt be arrive* at a hpttse for vtfilch hp lias mall, \Upon entcrlnirfiR umltogss bis bag, opens it and pours the^contenta ofvthe floor, at the sanw time tidtlngs Sis'* Shiire, , \Thore are nteny little children,.\ said papa, \who must be satisfied with * crust this Sunday, You ^sboold be thankful to the lord for ojtrliig sent yon this, splendid- dinner.\ ' i , **Ta, if the Lord sent it.** said little May., \that was -th$ express charges m* paid the butcher miiijecatcjday, wsura't Itr—Catholic St»nda^t.~f been disinherited. -Still,\ they urged, \do not dcipslr of? success to life, Where there's «trill tbeVii« way.\- \ • • -\Tfes he admitted, \\but to the case oC-thls wlli It's a darned poor way.**— caWcagoPost, _ \. Kxel«»l'»«. \• iladge—Whom did you'ineete- at ICrs- CUmber's psrtyi ,-* Ethyl—A. lot of impoeslbte people that nobody knows. I bad to talk to myself to keep from being lonesome, - Ban. Francisco Town Talk. T yoatoplck o«t «uc.h lettep as boUmj; ^will barely cover a \stake and rider/ 1 to .you. There h* a cbarhilnsj; nnlvqufc*.fence. and iiigeu]H)«siie^s about the wlwh Proceeding, which, strikes the western- er a* Irresistibly, coralc. When yon have taken ou^your share, tbe wnualn-- dor ia bandied back, nnd off ne.goes to tljftnext houae.—Sow York root. Thte CM>*«e' Art at W**. A novelmothod of testing new weap- ons of warfare la' now ( in Ydgne ih Old-. iiii.. A large cannon of the latest type wni recently -Imported- frora Europe, anil when It was landed on tue'eooatof Hainan \the military- mandarins of the district flrtf. inspected it cloaely and thoti resolved to test It. ' .' They \therefore\ proeurcd a • boat which they anchored at some dlilance from the land, and then they loaded the cannon-and-fired a sltot at It. To their surpvtse- tbe shot did not hit tho boat hut fell abort in the wafer, tfneydejejp- Mlued to- try again, bnt dtd'uot watit'to mttsMi secon-i time, and so they brought tlio boat to the very \spot 'SKhefo th» first'shot )iud fallen and hnehprcd St there. ... • , „ „, ,„. + Then they fired, and to their-an* « u . , ?, *n\ *'» u * .hounded! joy \the -shot went clean nao J«ft learned, mat m bsa~ f ^migh the vcsoel. Evidentlar It tteve* Man illdnhnrlfixt. \ _ . • - ** .. . ahow beglnB fstlllng at Boreas late In August or early In September, iand_.it am not\ ce.ase until well Into 3Jsy and soiuetlmes June- There arill/he inter- mlttent-snpwfetbrins inc the midsummer nte-nths, 1?Ut these are \trifuhg affairs and are flOt; to be mentioned.' lb the aame breath- with the tremendous wjoW/alla of January and February, 3T^wmen make their homes, at Bbreas, It!«hothlhg for thorn to get tip ht the morning: and dnd themselves complete* ly bttrled in'snow. \The one stote U usually at the end of a tnnnel cut \ throngb ah tamense snowdrift. t\»r^ populat^n of Bo v reos dtirtng these snowjr months consists, for the. most p«t, of tho railroad imj'a who are «n : gaged to the strenuous work of fight- ing constantly changing drifts. Show »t Boreas doe* not fall; It rages. It 1» blown, about I n swlrla and eddies and is'ferorer formlnjr new* drifts as tjcach^ -ermisly as a river that la constantly *\hlftlnsr tho sand hanks of Its mouth. Theie drift* *r& whittle affairs that occorred to them that they could bar* attained the same end by aiming more %x&t ully and sUghtly chnuglngr tim po- sition of the canton, or. If Ifcdldoccnr ^to.tnenx, they thoughtthstit-waseasier to, move the boat than to «o» aim with the-hcavy fcaJuion that they would be absolutely certjdn of not losing a sec- ond shoe,- ^~ m , •' • - KXL lmport»Bt Votab. *T3ocs he write poctryr'' . . \TVell h e calls It verse,\ \Calls It Yerse, does he? Y wonder ITT thnt/s Eeal modesty or oidy ..affecu*- tion.» A ComBtemlov, Rejected. •he was a. llttfary laSs ' ' And edited a cultured journnl, Jkni, oh, he tpved.her wIt»;a-jW» He felt .must be for life eternal. \ And so to \wlii.her ~iiv&faen heart ... JHo-wrote a simple, aouUul Bonnet, With careful rhythm and.staatea'p1ira»B» ^ And sfaked his wealth ct ldve upon it \| * . % ' ' • Bte B&nt It her; his mind's eye s»w • •'- Her quaint and auceriy wise ^cprniglon Chdiigfe, aa'Wltft blushing eheSk ilie reaa\ Bis heart's fond.' tnought, hlfl \tove'a - - N ' Con'fesaion.V \ tier answer ,cSme, but Who'd have thougbt That she could cut.sci ciite a csapsrt She wrote: \Your -m'anuicrlpl r«s«if nea, - Don't Write on both sldci'of Me»p»pert\ ^ftdeljhlS.Telcraj^. ' Lturge AxtlSelBt Untile*. A.t a recent taeating of the-Academy of Sdenccs In Paris there was present- ed a. paper by A. Yerneult describing his success'In making artificial rubles weighing from 12.to 15 carats cach.by a iMW._process--tir; fustog saomitiluin. Each rfiby at tbe close of* tbs.pfoceis& splits -in two, forming half •• spheres, 'which can be worked, by, lapidaries llKa uatnrat stones. Th,? .color Is- Bne, aSd lapidaries to whom they nave been submitted say fiat tffeaenrttfieial gems,. have tbe same -hardness and. Jake tb* same polish as .saturar rubies. Unfosr* tunntely, or, as some may perhaps think, xbrtumrVgy, many of the stooeii thus made, especially when of large •lie, hate Internal dlscoiocationB and- bubbles.. B.ijt 3d. Vernenll thliiks fnr- uler experimenttttioa will enable him tijavold these defects, • . -* •• - A Famine la FlnlxJBd. • To tbe political troubles from which the unhappy people of Finland are'suf- fering 3n fke ibsg of thelr-anclent liber- ties Is added a new calamityi'toa fard- Jne resulting from crop fatture In the northern, part, of t>e country. Thou- sands dt\ families are reported, suffering .frojttjtstn.-yatlon and Its .attendant dis- eases. Ike, distress has not beeneg.ualf cisinee thergreat famine of 3^68, when luO,fjOO persons perished. - : • : •• V ' (-..:- '\'•- ..... - V. Oa^. -Copt Snp'plr. ' .T. ,KJ .AfATCS,,a mine(tospectbr—jO*^ Mercer cdaKty.- Pn.liSayS'taat the Skst lumpof coal willbe mined in the TJnlt- rt States,in.^6. year 2053. He said. Jhere Is. about enougU coal .In the|rnit- ed States, to last 700 years at : tte'pre&* ent rate of consumption^ ,hut points out that the demand doubles every 'sixteen years, «ind should the ratio be continued )he coal will be exhausted w'ithin the next 150years. •'---. •' •;.', 'They are piled fen, twenty and ' thirty feet btghv and they'spring! up ia aiitghr. , '••< - v '-• \ To the t'tenderfootr It would se/sm Jtn>oislMyojplow»way-Hhrdushthe«o ' drifts at wreas, -hut when a huge ro- taty ra*owplowNCOiiic« Whirling tip.ths tnick with .tlixeeNff/aur enghjes paih> ine\-lk6r9U*iy^bffilojitihe ««teudcr» foofwresorves his aedslou. He IK, sUH,ln«iIti.ed to\ iww.tlio snowdrift. Jut he-lfftefer« to await dewtopmentit/ before coinrnlttlag hlfaselC,NWith a, rush and » plunge the big, rotary 'in hurled into'the white tnasa of Black smoke pours from the engine' and the hiire blades of tlio'snowplow eat relentlessly Into the drift. The snow snoots ojit of the orifice at th«- sldeot tho'ptow,4otauirahn|te t whits semicircle t coastan.tl|• moving forward, \Gnocan keep track of the progress pt the plow by. following the. itdvsnce- montof thlsralabolrofahow. J'ootby foot ttoe rotary «*!» Its way •forward, and Snally It .akl the enjdnes are bttrledlnahdigetrcBChof white,- Only the atacM of the enaines can-be seen, belching their bhtckbes* on'.the Ylrgln garb about them. Bfet^ojsreat.whltt semicircle never fuUs -to go forward until finally tbe \tfenderfoolf krio^ that the drift ll beinr coaqucrcd. When the reguhr bYeriand Jlmltedf edmes along a few hotes later, the pis*. songesa do not know-of the ba^tiVthat lies Jn»t been ionsght, Tbey travel throngb a canyon of snow asjthcy pass Bdreaa, bttt.--tiey have no Idea of pie trcmen^qiui force required to cut this rwhtte path' over 'uje ridge- o f Hhe con- tlnent; to they go 04, all unconscious In their Pitumani, while the railroad wea at the next siding \ahead oil the' rotary and jgiid, tip their loins fb,r the next battle, which they know Hojieas jvlll be prepared to'give them In a'-few hours. - - . ;• . • Tu& experiences at-Boreas paw dar- ing \a hard- winter are- duplicated at many other ra|i(6aa. f ftsses In .the Rocky mountains, to s4,y fiattitag 01 great stretches at lowJr -aliitudes which have always been the favored'haunts' of snowdrifts and which.have always glrte, railroad men great trpatsfe., It Is the. unexpected element at these pomes that brings a. serious\ aspect to the situation. At the- passes, over the •(jreat-DWlde railroad-men are prepared for trouble, and consequently serious blockaded are few, but wheny^ord comes tfuUa train has failed to^flght its waythrougb the drifts 100 die per- haps 2KK) .njUes fr9m%e«eare«t;aSnii-' able rotary plow there is consterna- tion. To get. a-rojary plow to the blockaded train takes time, and in the meantime the drifts are aecupiulatlhg on;the iinnsed road,, and each.JiQUr} hrlngss. new menaces toi.rsilroad meji and passenger* alike, \- . . \Somethijes ev5ea the rotary plow has ;beeh-ta'(rwn,to he caught in 0, Snow bl&afcade;' <)ne ih|rtance occurred in \Wyoming^ An engineer Who had a ro- tary plowon. ahead and who Was mak- ing good progress during a fierce snow- storm: was eoiMpelled'td fun- b^ajfew mllest, for. water, instead of tttUfhg the rttary. with; hhmiWuhco'upied.arid.raji his. engifle back, and Jin tbe, meantime the snow ( .,gathcred so fast over the .tracks that he .was unable Viaghti his •- 'way back to., thtfplovi, ,.|v^h Instances: are rare, however, arid\are\ohiy owing tp ; me,6v.ersightof some trainfnan, for , Modern Book*. ' Boofes. are nowadays mrtnt|ifacturedt (by.bofth Authors ana nublfehprs), ad- yeirtiBeaf.niarket^d'aiid.gen^raiiy \han- .dled'l exactly ag-are breakfast, foocls^ soaps and ^patent medicines, Jand '^he' ''dignity of literature\ hak^heebuie «n empty and moanlngless phrase.^Rocb- >^rI>epo9ra^.- .... ; :. 'Z'^Z^ a.iotary j taov^|pwTwlm1t.ufflderit vW l pr hehirltt^fr^M.eatits.'way through hiniost nhytttag'tri^e sharJe of drifts'. -^6^'YorfeTrih|ine.'^ •:'-.* • '.-. • I' AW Mpft She Felt. , .'. ..... Mrs. Black-rSimi Johnson done left hjs -Wife 'hotl*. sjxmohtstago.. \' ., ftife, BlackHRij' sbe tflrlk he am neb- b'kh comln'. hack? ; \. ( •>Wa«l, ahe $>st (beglanJn'*to,#a1ii |P^,^Sniw|^ ; _ ___. ^'^
