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CZrAH'S THROSfE WITHOlT AJ HEIR
Olga, Tatlana and Mario, the throo
Utlo glrla of the Czar of Russia, havo
"ust had a charming photograph taken,
nnd hero Is probably tho first copy of It
to cross tho ocean.
Tho fact that theso thrco children
THE THREE
nlcs of a nation that Includes a tenth
or .the world's population.
Although tho llttlo grand duchesses
can never hopo to Inherit tho throno
of Russia, they can bo pretty suro of
being queens If they grow up. It has
ROMANCE OF A
Grand Duchess Helen of Russia Is
tho center of a royal romance that has
wonderful possibilities for the making
iof history. Slier Is a lively, attractive,
GRAND DUCHESS
warm-blooded girl, who knows how to
Jljrt, and who has already broken
many hearts, alio is now Being courted
ono hand by tho man who would bo
emperor of France If Napoleon's lino
had not been overthrown, and on tho
other hand by a grandson of Queen
Hear I'urnncn lloracmuu.
When a grizzly sees a human form
ho does ono of two things runs right
away from tho stranger or right at
him. In tho latter caso It is generally
all up with tho stranger. In Routt
county, Colorado, a man went out to
round up somo of his stray cattle. Ho
did not find them, and was standing
by his horso wondering which way to
turn next, when ho heard a stir In tho
hushes. Ho parted them expecting to
find a cow, and to his horror confronted
n big grizzly. Ho did not stop to tako
a second look, but mado a bolt for
his horse. Tho steed had also seen tho
bear and did not wait for orders, and
It was only after a run of about ono
hundred yards clutching to tho pom
tnpl that tho man managed to throw
Himself Into tho saddle. Meanwhllo
tho bear was losing no time, and as
ho mounted a huge claw ripped off ono
heel of his boot and a portion of tho
hevso's hide. However, this acted on
tho horso better than a spur and ho
mado racing time. Hruln also let him
self out, and It was nip and tuck until
they reached tho door of the rancher's
abln, whn Uie irlzzly turned -about
oven been said that one of them hag
already been considered seriously by
Queen Victoria, who Is tho greatest
royal matchmaker In Europe, as a pos
sible futuro queen of England, for It
would be dimcult to find a more exalted
spoiiBO for little Prlneu Edward of York
CHILDREN OP THE CZAR Of RUSSIA.
who has now reached the mature age
of six.
Tho Grand Duchess Olga Is five, Ta
tlana Is three, and Marie was born only
eighteen months ago. Their mother,
tho Czarina, Is a granddaughter of
GRAND DUCHESS
VIctorln. Reports of her engagement
to each havo been printed.
Tho grand duchess hcrseir Is a migh
ty Important llguro in Russia, qulto
HELEN OK RUSSIA.
aside from any matrimonial possibili
ties, for her father Is tho powerful
Grand Duko Vladimir, who stauds a
good chance of succeeding t tho Uus
slan throne
Helen Is nn uncommonly clover girl,
nnd her rank, good health and good
and mado for tho woods. Tho man had
a gun InslJo his cabin, but ho was too
frightened nnd exhausted to touch it
until tho benr was out of Hlght.
A Dlntutln Kiprrt.
John Lawson Johnston, tho rich man
who recently rented tho Duko of Ar
gyll's nncestral castlo of Inverary, died
suddenly on his yacht at Cannes,
France, a few weeks since, nged 02
years. He had mado a peculiar and
profltnblo business for himself that of
dietetic expert In relation to military
operations, nnd was employed as such
by tho French and other governments
not by tho Hrltlsh or the American.
Had ho been engaged by our govern
ment at tho opening of tho war with
Spain many lives and much scandal
might havo beon saved. Ho had work
ed out tho problems of military ra
tions for the camp or field and for
forced marches, and for hospital com
forts. Incidentally ho Invented bovrll.
For a whllo ho owned tho prince of
Wales' racing yacht Hrltannla, and had
lately bought Mrs. Lnngtry'a Whlto
Ladyc, aboard which his death came.
Springfield Republican.
Queen Victoria, and a cousin of Em
peror William of Germany, whoso boys
will also bo looking for sultablo prin
cesses before long.
Tho Czar Is a nervous and rathcr'delT
lrato man, Whose life Is nn uncertain
affair at best, even If tho Nihilists sparo
li I in, nnd if he should have no son tho
throno would puss to tho Grand Duko
Michael, tho only brother ho has left,
and after Michael, who Is not yet mar
ried, comes tho Czar's uncle, tho Grand
Duko Vladimir.
looks mako her ono of tho most dcslr
ablo unmarried princesses In Europe.
Perhaps her only rival would bo Prin
cess VIctorln, tho only unmarried
daughter of tho Prlnco of Wales.
The morn notable of tho Hghthearted
Helen's suitors Is Prlnco Victor Nnpo
leon, head of tho Ronnpnrto family of
today. After tho great Napoleon's
death, tho succession went to his
youngest brother, King Jeromo of
Westphnlla; thenco to Jeromo's son,
Prlnco Napoleon, who was known to
famo as Plon-Plon. Prince Napoleon
had two sons, Prlnco Victor and Prlnco
Louts.
Victor Is tho elder and lives quietly
In Ilrusscls, studying the history of tho
first Napoleon nnd planning what he
shall do whon tho turn of tho wheel In
French politics brings him on top
again. Ho looks Hko George Gould,
and Is rapidly growing fat. No ono
seems able to determlno whether ho Is
a great man biding his tlmo or a com
monplnco ninii making n bluff.
Tho other claimant for tho hnnd of
Grand Duchess Helen Is Prlnco Albert
John Christian Frederick George, only
surviving son of tho fourth of Queen
Victoria's six children now living. His
mother, Princess Helena, married
Prince Christian of Sehleswlg-Holsteln,
and his elder brother, Prince Christian,
lately lost his life In tho Uoer war.
Ucforo that bereavement Prlnco Albert
John wns rather a gay boy, In splto of
tho fact that ho Is poor, but It Is said
that ho has now settled down Into
steady ways. It was his sister, Prln
cess Arlbert, who cut a flguro In tho
United States a while ago, nnd who
hon Just been divorced by her husband.
There- would bo no particular effect
on affairs of stato If Grand Duchess
Helen were to wed tho Anglo-German
prince, but if she were nllled to Prlnco
Victor Napoleon It 13 believed that the
match would greatly strengthen tho
French Imperialist cause
Order of tho Kloihnnt.
The Danish order of tho Elephant,
which has lately been bestowed on
I'i'esUlent Loubet by tho king of Den
mark, Is ono of tho most ancient of
European orders, it wns founded by
King Christian I., of Denmark, In tho
year 3192, nnd was renewed by Chris
thin V. In 1093. It Is conferred on sov
ereigns anil heads of Btates and occa
sionally on statesmen, but thero nro
not many knights of this order.
I'-CK I'u'l y Hon.
Science, prompted nnd urged by tho
commercial Instinct, has demonstrated
that casein, from ordinary cows' milk,
Is qulto as good for baking ns tho finest
hon eggs.and a company with 10,500,000
capital has been formed to manufac
ture out of It a substitute for tho
"fresh" und "strictly fresh" product of
tho poultry yard. Ono pound of casein
Is equal to six dozen eggs. August
Uolmont Is a large stockholder In thla
corporation, which already, though
only nn Infant, puts out about 1,200
pounds a day, tho equivalent of 80,100
eggs. Tho hen's only remaining ad
vantago lies In tho unhntchablene3s of
tho rival product and Its Incascment
in a box Instead of n shell. Sho alono
can bo tho molhor of broods nnd Hock3
of chickens. Casein cannot deprive her
of that cherished privilege. Tho artl
llclal egg has arrived, but not tho artl
flclal brollor, fowl, capon, roaster, etc.
Now York Press
Canned goods of nil kinds should bo
emptied from the cans as soon as they
nro opened. Thoy should never on any
account be left to stand In tho cans.
ANIMALS FEAR MEN.
Wlerceit of Them Seldom Attack, Bv
Whon Wounded.
Of all questions asked by peoplo who
havo never been much out of doom,
none seeniB so slmplo to tho old-timers
as that which concerns tho dangers to
which tho camper may be exposed from
tho uttacks of wild beasts, mya Forest
and Strcnm. It Is chiefly women nnd
children who ask such questions, but
It Is evident thnt In tho brains of mnny
Inexperienced persons Is firmly estab
lished a belief that wild animals aro
dangerous, thnt wolves, panthers nnd
bears prowl about seeking whom they
may devour. This bollcf Is In all prob
ability a survival In part of earlier
days, when tho most civilized men
dwelt lnrgcly In tho East, where might
bo encountered lions who -would attack
them, or hyenas ready to snap up tho
stray child wandering away from tho
camp, or bears of tho typo encountered
by tho Irreverent Infants who apostro-
pnizcti Ellshn; and also In part of that
tlmo whon tho weapons of primitive
man wcro so feeble and of so llttlo avail
against tho wild beasts that theso wcro
Justly to bo feared. Thla feeling al
ready existing Is encournged and
strengthened by a certain amount of
tho writing of tho day. The average
man nnd woman lovo to rend a bear or
panther or wolf story not less than do
small boys and round-eyed children
listen with pleasure to tho tales of
somo vcncrnblo uncle or grandfather
who relates tho story of tho wolves
that used to howl about hl cabin or
visit his sheep fold when first ho set
tled in tho country. In this land of
mcrlcn, as many know, thero aro no
such things as dangerous animals,
though there aro creatures which may
bo mado dangerous. Tho wolf, tho bear
and tho cougar aro far moro nnxlous to
get away from man than man Is to got
away from them. If given tho oppor
tunlty thoy will nhvays Blip away and
run, nnd If they light It Is because thoy
bellovo that they havo been cut off
from ovcry nvenuo of escape. Where
an animal has been wounded It Is a
different matter. Then, often, consld
orations of prudenco aro forgotten and
tho animal acts on impulse, instead of
doing what It knows to bo wlso: but
cyen so thero Is much moro danger
from n wounded deer than from n
wounded panther, and vastly moro
from n wounded moirye. Hut for tho
nverago man who Is traveling through
a now country where wild anlinnls may
bo plenty, who stops when ho has made
a day's march and Is at homo whero
night finds him, thero is not now, nor
ever wns, moro danger from tho wild
animals of tho country than from tho
lightnings which blazo In tho summer
sky. Many moro peoplo havo been
killed by lightning than havo been run
over by stampeding buffalo herds, or
killed by unwouuded grizzly bears, or
by all tho other anlmnls of tho pralrlo
put together. Ono might nlmost say
that moro peoplo havo been struck by
falling meteorites than hnvo been kill
ed by panthers or wolves. And yet
from day to day tho nowspnpers con
tinue to print bear stories, catamount
Btorlcs nnd wolf Btorlcs, and probnbly
they will do so until long after tho last
bear, catamount anil wolf shall havo
disappeared from tho laud.
STEALS IN PRISON.
All Time und I'lncen Aro Allko t
1'iniim Ford.
Emma Ford, a giant negress who
was convicted several days ago of rob
bing Dr. Hayes of Cripple Creek, Col.,
and sentenced to ono year In the bride
well, wns transferred from tho county
Jnll to tho house of correction yester
day afternoon, snys the Chicago Inter
Ocean. Hoforo she wont sho Is alleged
to havo stolon a pocket-book from Mrs.
Elizabeth McDonald, colored parole of
ficer of tho Juvenllo court nnd presi
dent of tho Hethol Houho Missionary
society. Emma Ford has boasted of
htw dexterity In relieving persons of
their valuables, and whllo being tnkon
to Jail for trial picked a watch from
tho pocket of a deputy sheriff whp had
her in charge. Mrs. McDonnld was
with her for somo tlmo yesterday In
tho corridor of tho womnn's depart
ment in tho Jail. Tho probation ofllcor
carried n hand bog In which was her
purse, contriving a smnll sum of
money and some papers of value. Somo
tlmo Inter sho had occasion to open
tho bag and found tho purso gone. Tho
prisoner's honbtcd skill caused sus
picion to bo directed towurds her.
Meanwhllo sho had been taken away.
Tho olllcors at tho bridewell worn In
formed and tho woman was searched,
but tho purao was not found.
Kliinoth Udy llook AKriit.
A smartly dressed woman has been
reaping a golden hnrvest In Now York
through u process of book canvassing
which savors strongly of blackmail.
Sho travels In a earringo with a liver
led footman. After gaining admission
to tho homo of a wealthy family, sho
urges a subscription to a "beautifully
Illustrated edition" of somo standard
work, giving tho namo of n society
leader as a reconimcndutlon. Tho vic
tim signs what sho supposes to bo a
list, only to Iliul Inter that sho has
contracted for a largo number of very
oxponslvo books. Tho only means of
escape Is by "settlement" on stlir
terms.
(Juenii IlerelviiH (Jnld Afudstl.
When tho Gorman Emperor heard or
tho courageous net of tho Queen of
Portugal In saving a boatman from
drowning ho nsked tho Queen to nc
copt the German Gold Hnlvngo Medal.
Her Majesty at tlrst hesitated In ac
cepting this grnciotiB offer, because,
with her usual modesty, she had al
ready declined similar decorations
which tho Portuguese government and
tho Humnno society nt Lisbon wished
to confer upon her, but sho Anally gave
way and signified her willingness to
receive tho medal,
HIE BIGGEST BIRD.
C&NDOR OF THE ANDES GIVEN
FIRST PLACE.
Ilnppjr i:;islo of tho I'lilllppliir (
Second I'liiro Our Own Turkey I i
(lootl Third f-'onio Deiimnd fdeonrt
l'luoe for the llmtnrd.
Tho ornithologists of Great Britain
nnd America havo Just finished a spir
ited discussion which has lasted for
moro than a year, as to which Is tho
largest hlrd that flics. Tho prlzo has
been awarded to an American bird,
tho great condor of the Andes. To nn
other bird, which Is nn American now,
has been given tho second prlzo. It Is
tho florco harpy caglo of tho Philip
pines. Our own turkey comes near tho
second place, and If England succeed
In a present nttcmpt nt reintroducing
tho famous great bustard Into tho tight
llttlo Island it will havo tho next larg
est bird to our turkey. In this discus
sion tho term "largest" has been do-
lincd ns meaning a bird which has both
uio largest spread or wing nnd the
heaviest weight. This combination of
two essentials has mndo tho oxnet
cholco for second, third nnd fourth
plnco a matter for flno calculation. Hut
thero Is no question about tho cholco
for first plnco. Tho condor Is king. In
tho United States wo havo, besides tho
turkey, four other birds which nro
ranked high In tho list of tho largest
Hying birds. They nro tho beautiful
golden eagle, tho national bald-headed
eaglo, tho great wild swan, known spo
clflcally as tho whooper, und tho Call
fomla condor, which Ih nlmost as largo
as his South American brother. In
many respects tho South American
condor Is tho most remarkablo of all
living creatures. No other bird can
lly so high. Humboldt saw ono Hying
over Chlmbornzo at a holght of 23,000
Cripples :
Her Hobby j
Mrs. Izora Plorson, a widow living
in Hngcrstown, Ind., Is about to marry
a citizen of Rock Ford, Colo., after a
series of matrimonial ventures thnt nro
unique. This will bo her fifth hus
band. Her first mnrrlngo wnB not out
of tho ordinary. Her second husband
wns a hopeless erlpplo and horribly
deformed. Her devotion and lovo for
this man wero never questioned, nnd
when ho died sho laid him nway with
every Indication of genuine grief. Her
third husband was 82 years old and
almost hclples3. Ho was In llio last
stages of senile debility. Nevertheless
sho upparently loved him nnd nursed
and tenderly cared for him until his
death which occurred within two years
after their marriage. Her fourth hus
band was Oscar PIcrson, 22 years old,
of Mount Holly, N. J. Ho was help
lessly crippled from birth nnd wns
From OtKer
V V- Worlds
Tho most unique declaration of tho
many uttered by men of bcIciico In
connection with tho opening or tho
now century Is that of Nikola Tcsla,
tho wizard of electricity, who says that
attempts nro being mado by tho Inhnbl
tants of somo other planet to caminunl
cato with tho peoplo of tho earth. Ho
says: "In somo experiments I havo
been conducting lately I havo noticed
disturbances which have a pocullur ef
fect on my Instruments. 1 am llrmly
convinced that they aro tho result or
an attempt by somo huninn beings, not
on our world, to speak to us by sig
nals." Tcsla professes to bellovo that
ero long theso signals will bo observed
AMERICA AND RUSSIA.
Ctar'H Country l'xeeed la I'opulutlou
hut Wo'ro OnlnltiK.
Tho population returns of tho world's
two most rapidly expanding nations
havo boon published recently, showing
that tho United States has 70,000,000
Inhabitants and Russia has 130,000,000.
Tho HgurcH for Russia comprlso that
empire's population In Asia ns well as
In Europe. Tho cable dispatch does
not separate tho Inhabitants of tho two
sections, but tho computation of a fow
yearfl ago would indicate that out of
this 130,000,000 somewhere near 110,
000,000 aro In European Russia, with
about 20,000,000 In Its Afrlatlo domin
ions. Tho figures for Russia nro, to n
considerable degree, merely estimates.
A census whb taken fts recently nn 1897,
at which tlmo tho population of tho
oinpiro was put at 129,000,000, but no
such degreo of accuracy was aimed nt
an Is obtained In tho United States,
England, Gorinuny und France. Tho
preBcnt cstlmato of 130,000,000 In got
by adding tho nssuiucd excess of births
over deaths In tho past thrco nnd a
half years to tho population total In
1897, eays tho St. Unils Globe-Democrat.
Theco figures, which may bo hold
to be approximately correct, put Rus
sia far ahead of nil tho other nations
tho Germnn empire with f.2,000,000,
tho United Kingdom with 10,000,000,
and Franco with about 39,000,000. Ap
parently Russia Is growing moro rap
Idly than nny other great nntlon In
tho world except tho United States. At
tho present time, If tho estimates for
tho past few decades bo trustworthy,
feet it acosan to fly an cosily and
breathe as easily In tho r.arofltd atmos-i
phoro at that trroat IioJffht no IV does)
nt tho lovol of tho nca. Mo other ctc-
ated being can do th!d,aun no othop
living craatr.ro can UK 'itsoH ao fau
above tho earth, Whoa fly Ilia It calhi
in majestic circles or hnng.1 pMd In'
tho air bo If suspended tlioi'o by an in
visible- cord. Darwin oaco vratooofl r
condor for hali nn bom on It huiif?
over nn Andean valloy, anil navcr once.
did ho dotoct the slightest rnovemon
In tho great bird or Itn wlilraproaiV
pinions. Its homo 'la nbovo Ilia snow
line, and It chrosoa nn ltd favcrlM
dwelling places vhcro great cllffa do-
Bccnd sheer down for thousands of feet.
It wanders sometimes to vhuro tho
cliffs of Patagonia frown over tho.
troubled sens, but prefers to scok ltn
food In the mountain valloya. It la n
bird blessed with an appotlto ns re
markablo as Itself, and ono condor hn
been known to dovonr a calf, a dogy
and a sheep In n Blnglo week. On tho
other hand, It can go without food for
moro than forty days. ' Probably no
oilier created animal has such keen
sight as tho condor. From trnmcndouii
heights and from great distanced II
enn spy n carcass and will swoop down
on It with tho rush nnd speed of tint
wind sweeping through tho mountain
gorges.
Thero nro thoso who not only de
mand second placo for tho bustnnl,
but aro Inclined to glvo him first placo
titiwt1r Min Ulr.la Hint lit THirnn Kllrfl
an eminent nuthorlty ns J. EV Hartlrirr
of London, seems to Incline that way.
Hut tho biggest bustard Mr. Hnrtlnu
cites Is the Hovlllo bustard, with u
weight of 30 pounds, und tho biggest
authentic spread of -wings ho cltcn Itt
only hovoii feet, threo inches. Tho
Gorman naturalist, tho younger Nnu
mann, tells of bustards weighing" 33'.
pounds, and says that ho haa been as
sured of tho formor oxlstcnco of speci
mens of tho bird 'wolghlng 35 or 3
pounds. Boston Journal.
This Woman Mar
ried txnd Doted
on No Less Than
Three.
pruatrnto on his bed, from which ho
Was unnblo to rlso. Ho mado laco
with his curved and knotted flngoru
whllo lying thus. In ordor to sustain
hlmselT. This laco was sold to n atoru
which employ peddlers to carry tho
goods about tho country In packa. In
ono of his packages of laco Plqrsqu
placed a noto In which was dcscrlbod
his pitiable condition. Ho Iniplorcil
whoover might receive tho noto1 to havo
compassion on his lonely stato and nu
slst him to secure tho services of n
physician, nnd, If posslblo hotter hlu
condition. Thnt nolo fell Into tho
hnnds of Mrs. Izora Roher,. thrlco a
widow, nnd past graduato In, curing for
helpless husbands. Sho felt a presenti
ment that tho noto would lead to their
union, and, therefore, Joyfully ad
dressed a respouso to tlio nppoal of tho
poor cripple. Their mnrrlngo won tho
result.
Tcsln. Says Folks
tho St&ra Wtxnt
ToJIt With Us.
by pcrBons outsldo tho realm of sclenco.,
At first they will bo Indefinite nnl.
will bo nothing mora than an liitlma-.
tlon of tho dcslro to converse with uSv.
Hut beforo long wo could understand
what thoy wero trying to say anil ulti
mately both worlia would reach a.
common basis of understanding. Thcin
would como rovolatlonn thnt'wIbuliVtui-'
tound us all. Tesln thlnkn Venus I
the planet thnt Is causing tho plic-'
nomcun ho has noticed, for it Js whoit
VoniiB la rising thnt ho has noticed- thn'
disturbance of his oleutrlenl apparatus..
Ho urges that somo arrangement bo
mndo by scientists fur recording theso
disturbances In u coherent manner.'
Observatories might bo established.
Russia doubles her population ovcry
fifty or flfty-llvn years, whllo tho.
doubling In thn United State, which
had 38.000.000 lnlmbltanlA In IS7n m..i
70,000,000 In 1890, Is mado qyipy. thirty
years. Tho two natlonn hnvo' been on
tho most friendly terms'slnco tho day
when Catherine II. placed Waidilnton
first on tho list of heroca of history,
and, happily for mankind, thero nro ho
Indications that tho amity between
theso lenders In world expansion will
over bo Interrupted.
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Itrure of Cool TIiIovom.
About tho coolest thieves on recoiil
did a Job of work In Phlladolfihln a
few dayB ago. Early In tho morning,
whllo hundreds of neonlo wnro irolni?
to work, half a dozen mon arrayed 'na
mechanics appeared In front of u
Turkish bath (rstabllshment in WnlnuC
street, and with cIiIboIb, hammorr and
wrenches took down tho lmmluomo
bronzo ornaments and railing which
ornamented tho place. Thon thoy calm
ly walked away with tho plunder.
I
I'.itulillohti Quarry Abourd Khlp. '
A very singular and costly ucolilen.t
happened to tho sailing ship, Spring
Hold, which recently arrived at San
Francisco with a enrgo of Portland
commit from London. After her, long
voyage around tho Horn It wan found
thnt tho cement had bocomo wet Jn
trnnslt, causing it to run tcgothor
and solidify In one ndamantliw mnsa.
Tho only way to get It out v o
juarry it,
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