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Fascinating Man Ac/air , , , CHAPTER I. "Its the only thing to do. " said Alan thrusting his heads Into his pockets and looking straight hefore him. "Here there is nothing for me , and , as you say , there is nothing to keep me here It was her wish besides ; and yet yet I hate leaving it. " "I can well understand it , lad. was the same. It is just in us Scotch men , this love of the land. And I had Joain , too , to keep me here ; and so I've just stuck on and made a precarious living , and I've but staved off the evil days , for now my boys will have to go. We can't make a living in the old country , and there's no Joan , is there ? " asked the old man , kindly. "No. No woman has ever been any- thiing to me except my mother , " said the lad. "Well , well , time enough ; there's sure'to be , " said Maspherson. "A fine lad like you ! " As a matter of fact , the old man said , "Weel , weel , " but that did not take away from the kindliness of his speech. You've always got a friend in me. I wish I could help you substantially ; but that isn't easy. Still , if you need it , I can make a push as well as my neighbors. " "Thank you kindly , " said Alan Mac kenzie , "but there will be no need of it. The sale of my poor little sticks will pay my passage money and there's a good place waiting for me when I get out , so that there will be no need for me to go borrowing. I wish I felt a little more enthusiasm about making money. It's said to be in Scots' blood , but it isn't in me. I would fain stop here and watch the clouds settling round the hilltops all the rest of my life than go to South America , and make my fortune. Yet because my mother wished it , and because she was so overjoyed when the offer came to me , I feel it is just my duty to do it , neither more nor less. " It did not take long for Alan Mac kenzie to sell his few possessions , aind to turn his back upon the little Scotch town. He was going as far as Glas gow , to take a steamer to South Am erica. His story was simply this : A lad to whom his father had once given a free passage to South America had done so well at Rio that he was now one of the foremost merchants there. Pie had remembered his benefactor.and when he heard of the captain's death , had writtoa and offered a good place in his counting house to Alan Macken zie. Mrs. Mackenzie was dying of a painful disease , and she saw in this offer a future for her son who she so tenderly loved , and she was keen that he should accept it. So that when she died there seemed nothing for the lad to do but to go. He was a good looking lad , standing about six feet in his stockings. He liad passed his twenty-first birthday , Init he was younger than lads gener ally are at 21 , having no experience in the world , and none of men and wom en. He had worked at school always , having been fond of his books , and he had played outdoor games , so that he had very little knowledge of either the usual amusements or the perplexities of life. When he had finally said good-by to his native place his spirits began to rise withwi him. The world and ad venture were before him. He had said good-by to the old life , but the aew was there. He had never been -so far as Glasgow before , and the big town , with its lighted streets and the ships in the river , attracted him. After all , there was something pleasing in big things. Large enterprises and wealth attracted and had charms after all. So that it was with a lighter heart that Alan Mackenzie embarked finally. He loved the voyage. Heredity couats for something and his father had loved the sea. He felt it was his own ele 1 ment. When he reached Rio it was with high hopes and resolves to make his mark. He had a kind reception from Richard Dempster.and here again Alan felt the charm of riches and power. Dempster's house was one of the best in Rio , his clerks were well paid , and his wife and daughters occu pied a place second to none in society. Dempster wanted Alan to become ac customed to the work , and then to found another branch of the house in a mining town some hundred miles away. Dempster had two daughters , fine , fresh , handsome girls , but no sons. The obvious thling would have been for Alan Mackenzie to have fallen in love with one of the girls , to have set tled down comfortably and prosper ously in Rio ; but there was one thing against it. There was a little vein of romance in Alain's nature , and he dis liked the obvious. Besides , he had the independent man's dislike to being be holden to his wife for his advance ment. So that although he was on terms of perfect friendship-with Ina and Eleanor Dempster , yet he neither sought aor wished for any stronger feeling. The girls looked with favor on the handsome young Scotsman , who work ed so hard , of whom their father had such a high opinion , and who was , moreover , always perfectly willing to be at their ! , eck and call. Alc'oon found friends : a Rio. Dempster's position was almost unique and when it became known that he looked with favor on the young Scots- man , every one joined In makiiag fun of him. Most of the employes in the firm were married , and they constituted a little circle to themselves. Alan had the run of their houses , and soon be gan to feel at home ; however , amongst them there was one man to whom he never took. Atn. Englishman , Hutch inson by name , a surly , red-haire brute , with a magnificent head for fig ures. He was the one man whom Mac kenzie did not like , although he hat never quarreled with him ; but h fancied that it seemed as if Hutchin son had a particular grudge asati3 him. him.This This surmise on Alaa's part was wel founded , for , as a matter of fact , when Dempster found him so intelligent , h had thought it might be well to raise him to Hutchinson's place. There was some mystery abou Hutchinson. He lived in a hous2 some little way out of town , and no one knew exactly whether he was married or inot. Some affirmed that he had a daughter , who has almost reached woman's estate ; others said that he never made any mention of any one But , as a matter of fact , Hutchinson never mentioned his private affairs at all , so it was not wonderful that the rest of the firm knew nothfag about them. But one day there came some rather important tidings to the firm Richard Dempster consulted Alan , and he offered to talk over the matter with Hutchinson. It was after business hours , and the young man offered to find the Englishman. He had not the least idea of spying upon him , because he had so many friends that he had no need to seek any , and he was actu ated solely by the wish to b ? useful to his employer in what might become advantageous. South American affairs have not the stability of ours. A day's delay , even a few hours , might mean the loss of maay thousands. So Alan obtained Hutchinson's address from Dempster , and , in all good faith , went to find his colleague. It took him some little time to find the house. It was quite out of ! lie , and was more of a country" house than a town house. When he found it ha was amazed at the beauty of his surroundings. It seemed to him that Hutchinsoa lived even in greater style than did Demps ter , and that probably he did not wish this to be known. There was no rea son why Hutchinson should not live as a rich man. He drew a large salary from Dempster , and there were many ways ia which lie could enlarge his means. Alan rode , on through avenues of trees , fresh bowers of fruit and flow ers , gorgeous in their tropical wealth of color , and suddenly as he rode it seemed to him that he heard the sound of a woman sobbing. He reined in his horse so as to make sure ; he still heard the sound. The spirit of adven ture burned hot withki him ; the cry ing was so piteous , and Alan could not bear to hear it. It was like that of some girl in pain. He fastened his horse to a tree , for getting i all about the financial crisis and his errand. All the chivalry in his aature was stirred. He pulled aside the boughs of the trees and came to an open glade. A girl dressed in white had thrown herself on the ground ; her slight body was shaking with sobs. Alan watched her for a moment and then he spoke. "You seem in trouble , " he said in English , for , though the girl's head was dusky , yet she did not look altogether Spainish. "Can I help you ? " The girl , startled by the voice , sprang up , and showed to Alan's , gaze a face , disfigured by weeping , it is true , but of a perfect type of beauty. There was Spanish blood in her , as was testi fied by the liquid , dark eyes , and the perfect oval of her face , and the slim , yet well-shaped limbs. Her mouth , too , quivering with emotion , was ripe and red , and the little white teeth were even and sharp. She looked up for a moment at the handsome lad , who was watchfcig her with such evident concern , and then she blushed and answered , with an at tempt at self-possession that was very creditable , seeing the abandonment of grief in which Alan had fouad her : "It is nothing , sir. I would not do as my father wished , and he was angry and struck me. " "Struck you ? The brute ! " cried Alan. "The detestable brute ! How dare he strike a woman ? " The girl's eyes were cast down ; she seemed ashamed. Perhaps she had not yet realized her womanhood complete ly ; she seemed very young. "He has a violent temper , sir. and perhaps I do aot manage him well. I have no moth er ; she died years ago. " "Fortunately for her , " said Alan grimly , "if your father is the sort of man who would strike a woman ! " "You see , " said the girl , "it seems that this is important. My father had promised my hand to a man he is a Mexican Spaniard , and they think nothing of arranging marriages for you ; but I could not marry him. I said so. cad my father is not used to being thwarted. He was angry at § something in business , too , so the moment , perhaps , was hardly chosen well. " "Your father is not Hutchinson , of the firm of Dempster ? " said Alan. Somehow it did not seem to him likely that Hutchinson could be the father of such a beautiful girl , s ad yet it was not unlikely , seeing that he had found her there. "Yes , " she said. "Do you know him ? " "I work in his office , " said Mackenzie shortly. "Ah ! " The girl looked up shyly. "Are you Mr. Mackenzie ? " "Yes , " said Alan. "Has he spoken of me at all ? " "He does not like you , " answered the girl. "He would not like me to be talking to you. He would be more displeased if he thought that you knew ! he had struck me. " "He should not have done it , then , " said Alan shortly. "The coward ! I can well believe it of him ! " "You do not know him ? " she said , very anxiously. "But do not quarrel with him ! It is not good to thwart him ! " "Possibly not , " said Alan , "but these considerations do not affect me , you see. " Her lips quivered , but she did not weep again. "They might affect me , though , " she said , timidly.t "How ? " "If he kiaew that I had told you. He does not like me to speak to say one. I have to bear it all alone , " said the Sirl. Alan looked indignant. "I shall not betray you , Miss Hutchinson , " he said , "but I wish " "You must wish nothing. " said the girl , and she colored. "You must for get that you saw me weep. 1 am proud , and it troubles me. " "I wish I had no cause. " he sa- swered ; "but I have business with your father. I hope I may see you again. " She hesitated. "You will not tell father you have seen me ? " she said 'He is strange ho does not like it to be known that he has a daughter , ex- ept to his Spanish and Mexican friends. " " 1 will say nothing , " said Alan ; "but I mean to see you again. " He lifted his hat , found his horse , and rede up to the house. ( To be continued. ) Ate Shamrock for Watercress. On the eve of St. Patrick's day a Bir mingham woman , thinking the supply of shamrock might give out , took the precaution to buy a large quantity. She carefully placed the plant in a small dish , with plenty of water in , and let it remain on the table in the sitting room. Somehow it was late before the husband returned home that night , in fact it was midnight when the latchkey v/as heard at work. Per haps it was business worry , but his footsteps sounded somewhat irregular , a trifle unsteady , as it were , but the wife heard him go into the sitting room , where he remained some time.v Eventually he silently crawled up to bed. Next morning , what was the wife's surprise to see nothing but the roots of the shamrock left in the dish. Hurrying up to her still sleeping r spouse , she aroused him , and asked r him what he had done with it. "Shams r rock , what shamrock ? " he heavily in- quired. "Why , that I left in the glass dish downstairs. " "That ! Was that j shamrock ? Why , I ate it ; I thought it . was mustard and cress ! " After that fairy tales were useless. Weekly Tele graph. o L An Imposing Spectacle. A knight of the Garter dressed in the regalia is an imposing sight. He wears a a blue velvet mantle , with a star embroidered - r broidered on the left breast. His trunk- hose , stockings and shoes are white.his hood and surcoat crimson. The garter , of dark blue velvet edged with gold , and bearing the motto , "Homi soit qui mal y pense , " also in gold , is buckled about the left leg , below the knee. The heavy goldoa collar consists of twenty- * six pieces , each in the form of a gar ter , bearing the motto , and from it hangs the "George , " a badge which represents St. George on horseback , : encountering the dragon. The "lesser George" is a smaller badge attached tea a blue ribbon.worn over the left shoul- der. The star of the order consists " of eight points within which is the u cross of St. George encircled by the ) Barter. : Money Value of Shakespeare's Fame. The London Financial News esti mates that the fame which attaches to Stratford-on-Avon because of the fact that Shakespeare was born there is worth $5,000,000 to that town. The charges for admission to the poet's house , to Anne Hathaway's rottage , to the church , to the memorial and to the grammar school act $150.000 yearly a sum which is equivalent to in income of three per cent on the $5,000.000 cap ital. This calculation does not take into account the income to the rail ways from the pilgrims to the War wickshire Mecca , and there is no estimate - if mate of the profits of the Stratford tradesmen , who do a coed business in o photographs , pamphlets , and trinkets h : bard. st & Where Ulnnieioal Ou-nershlp J'ays. tt Hamilton is giving Ohio cities an ob tli ject lesson in municipal ownership. to The annual report of Supt. John Lorenz - tli enz , just issued , show that the gas Ul works earned a net profit , above all al expenses and interest , last year , $ G- 975.99. The electric light plant cleared 3.219.14 , and the water works , which is under a separate superintendent , as pe much more. In addition the properties lo are valued at $ ( JOO,000. loni TALMAGE'S SEKMON. 'THE MARRIAGE FEAST , " LAST SUNDAY'S SUBJECT. The Christian Religion , When Properly Practiced , the ItofiiRO of the Forlorn The World Invited to u Feast of Holy Joy. ( Copyright , 1900 , by Louis Klopsch. ) A remarkable illustration of the ubi quity of English speaking people is furnished by the requests that have reached Dr. Talmage in northern Eu rope for a sermon in and out of the way places where he did not expect to find a single person who could under stand him. There , as here , he pre sents religion as a festivity and invites all the world to come as guests and join in its holy merriment ; text , John ii , 10 , "Thou hast kept the good wine until now. " This chapter invites us to a mar riage celebration. It is a Wedding in common life , two plain people having pledged each other , hand and heart , and their friends having come in for congratulation. The joy is not the less because there is no pretension. In each other they find all the future they want. The daisy in the cup on the table may mean as much as a score of artistic garlands fresh from the hothouse. When a daughter goes off from home with nothing but a plain father's blessing and a plain mother's love , she is missed as much as though she were a princess. It seems hard after the parents have sheltered her for eighteen years , that in a few short months her affections should have been carried off by anoth er , but mother remembers how it was in her own case when she was young , and so she braces up until the wed ding has passed and the banqueters are gone , and she has a cry all alone. Well , we are today at the wedding in Cana of Galilee. Jesus and his mother have been invited. It is evi dent that there are more people there than were expected. Either some people ple have come who were not invited or more invitations have been sent out than it was supposed would be ac cepted. Of course there is not a suf ficient supply of wine. You know that there is nothing more embarrassing tea a housekeeper than a scant supply. Jesus sees the embarrassment , and he comes up immediately to relieve it. He sees standing six water pots. He or ders the servants to fill them with water , then he waves his hand over the * water , and immediately it is wine real wine. Taste of it and see for yourselves. No logwood in it , no strychnine in it , but first rate v/ine. I will not now be diverted to the question so often discussed in my own country whether it is right to drink wine. I am describing the scene as it was. When God makes wine he makes the very best wine , and 130 gallons of it standing around in these water pots wine so good that the ruler of the feast tastes it and says : "Why , this is really better than any thing we have had. Thou hast kept the good wine until now. " Beautifu miracle ! A prize was offered to the person who should write the best es say about the miracle in Cana. Long manuscripts were presented in the competition , but a poet won the prize by just this one line descriptive of the ; miracle : "The conscious water saw its God and blushed. " Hides His Otvn Griefs. Jesus does not shadow the joys ol others with his own griefs. He might uave sat down in that wedding and said : "I have so much trouble , so much poverty , so much persecution and the cross is coming. I shall not rejoice , and the gloom of my face and Df my sorrows shall be cast over all this group. " So said not Jesus. He said to himself : "Here are two per sons starting out in married life. Let " it be a joyful occasion. I will hide my awn griefs. I will kindle their joy. " Fhere are many not so wise as that. I now a household where there are many little children , where for two fears the musical instrument has been kept shut because there has been rouble in the house. Alas for the folly ! Parents saying : "We will lave no Christmas tree this coming } loliday because there has been troti- ile in the house. Hush that laughing ip stairs ! How can there be any joy - vhen there has been so much trou- le ? " And so they make everything : onsistently doleful and send their ions and daughters to ruin with the jloom they throw around them. [ Oh , my dear friends , do you not enow those children will have trouble rr inough of their own after awhile ? Be jlad they cannot appreciate all yours , aj veep back the cup of bitterness from rour daughter's lips. When your lead is down in the grass of the tomb , si joverty may come to her , betrayal to ' ler , bereavement to her. Keep back n. he sorrows as long as you can. Do on not know that that son may after iwhile have his heart broken ? Stand letwen him and all harm. You may iot fight his battles long. Fight them diile you may. Throw not the chill C your own despondency over his oul. Rather , be like Jesus , who came the wedding hiding his own grief w nd kindling the joys of others. So I lave seen the sun on a dark day , hi ; truggling amidst clouds , black , rag ed and portentous , but after awhile he sun. with golden pry , heaved back lie blackness. And the sun laughed the lake , and the lake laughed to n he sun , and from horizon to horizon , n nder the saffron sky , the water was m 11 turned into wine. The Kight to raiinli. m I think the children of God haveac lore right to laugh than any other m eople , and to clap their hands as udly. There is not a single joy de- di ied them that is given to any other people. Christianity does not clip the wings of the soul. Religion does not frost the flowers. What is Christian ity ? I take It to be simply a proc lamation from the throne of God of emancipation for all the enslaved , and if a man accepts the terms of that proclamation and becomes free has he not a right to be merry ? Suppose a father has an elegant mansion and large grounds. To whom will he give the first privilege of these grounds ? Will he say : "My children , you must not walk through these paths , or sit down under these trees or pluck this fruit. These are for outsiders. They may walk in them. " No father would say anything like that. He would say , "The first privileges in all the grounds and all of my house shall be for my own children. ' And yet men try to make us believe that God's children are on the limits and the chief re freshments and enjoyments of life are for outsiders and not for his own children. It is stark atheism. There is no innocent beverage too rich for God's child to drink , there is no robe too costly for him to wear , there Is no- hilarity too great for him to indulge in and no house too splendid for him to live in. He has a right to the joys of earth ; he shall have a right to the joys of heaven. Though tribulation and trial and hardship may come to him , let him rejoice. "Rejoice in the Lord , ye righteous , and again I say rejoice. " I remark again that Christ comes to us in the hour of our extremity. He knew the wine was giving out before there was any embarrassment or mor tification. Why ) did he not perform the miracle sooner ? Why wait until it was all gone , and no help could come from any source , and then come in and perform the miracle ? This is Christ's way , and when he did come in , at the hour of extremity , he made first rate wine , so that they cried out , "Thou hast kept the good wine until now. " Jesus in the hour of extrem ity ! He seems to prefer that hour. In a Christian home in Poland great poverty had come , and on the week day the man was obliged to move out of the house with his whole family. That night he knelt with his family and prayed to God. While they were kneeling in prayer there was a tap on the window pane. They opened the window , and there was a raven that the family had fed and trained , and it had in its bill a ring all sei with pre cious stones , which was found out to be a ring belonging to the royal fam ily. It was taken up to the king's residence , and for the honesty of the man in bringing it back he had a house given to him and a garden and a farm. Who was it that sent the raven tapping on the window ? The same God that sent the raven to feed Elijah by the brook Cherith. Christ in the hour of extremity ! A Grander Wedding. The wedding scene is gone now. The wedding ring has been lost , the tankards - ards have been broken , the house is down , but Jesus invites us to a grander - er wedding. You know the Bible says that the church is the Lamb's wife , and the Lord will after awhile come . to fetch her home. There will be gleaming of torches in the sky , and the trumpets of God will ravish the air with their music , and Jesus will stretch out his hand , and the church , robed in white , will put aside her veil and look up into the face of her Lord , the King and the Bridegroom will say to the bride : "Thou hast been faith ful through all these years ! The man sion is ready ! Come home ! Thou i art fair , my love. " And then he will put upon her brow the crown of do minion , and the table will be spread , . and it will reach across the skies , and : the mighty ones of heaven will come in , garlanded with beauty and striking their cymbals , and the Bridegroom and bride will stand at the head of the table , and the banqueters , looking ) up , will wonder and admire and say : "That is Jesus , the Bridegroom ! But ) the scar on his brow is covered with the coronet , and the stab in his side is covered with a robe ! " And "That is is the bride ! The weariness of her 3arthly woe lost in the flush of this PIa > svedding triumph ! " a There will be wine enough at that tlw ivedding ; not coming up from the poi tln soned vats of earth , but the vineyards n f God will press their ripest clusters ai ind the cups and the tankards will tl jlush to the brim with the heavenly fsbi r-intage , and then all the banqueters bi vill drink standing. Esther , having ome up from the bacchanalian rev- ilry of Ahasuerus , where a thousand ords feasted , will be there. And the sa ueen of Sheba , from the banquet of h ( Solomon , will be there. And the al nether of Jesus , from the wedding in : 3ana , will be there. And they all will st igree that the earthly feasting was sthi ioor compared with that. Then , lift- ng their chalices in that light , they hall cry to the Lord of the feast , 'Thou hast kept the good wine until . [ Gi SC The Reason She Was OfretlsiS. ! I n n "I shall never speak to him again , " ' - he declared. "Why not ? " her chum sked. "When we were at that con- si ( ert the other night I told him if he lidn't take me out of thn crowd I i-ould faint , and he would have to arry me away. " "Yes ! " "Weil , you'd ave thought his life depended on by letting me out of there in a hurry ! " tal tear > JTllIotor Cycles for Scouting. ar Several motor cycles are being used bii : South Africa for patrol and scout- US' work. Each is capable of going 30 liles an hour , and as the Transvaal eldt is specially suitable for rapid . ' lotor traveling , good work is bein" en ccomplished with the aid of these lachines. . be The Japanese are erecting a splen- id monument to the horses killed in ie Japan-China war. a s th V _ , COAL PRODUCTION. Greatest'Proflace , United State * * the of This Fuel. The scarcity of coal In Europe and extent that trade to some nnrt edited emphasizes the fact that thfe coal producer the greatest country is now ducer in the world. The production for 1899 is estimated by the Engineer ing and Mining Journal to have been o statistician 244,581,875 tons. The that estimates the Geological Survey short tons , which it was 258.539,650 is an amount far in excess of the pro duction of any previous year , and probably greater than the production of Great Britain. In 1S89 the produc tion of bituminous coal In this country tons. Tea short try was 95,685,683 years later It had risen to 198.219,255 short tons. In 1889 the anthracite production was 40,714.721 long tons. Ten years later it was 53,857,496lonff tons , an Increase of about 32 per cent. The value of the production of 1899 is estimated at $260,000,000 , about ? 51- 000,000 more than that of the pro duction of the preceding year. One of the encouraging features of this in crease of production and the increase of trade that it indicaterf-both at home and abroad , is thr.t with the exception , of Pennsylvania anthracite , the coal deposits of the country are practical ly inexhaustible ; that the known de posits have scarcely been "scratched on the surface. " Pennsylvania is still " the leading state not only as the pro ducer of anthracite , of which she has almost a monopoly , but also of bitum inous coal. Illinois is next , West Vir ginia is third and Ohio fourth. In- dianapoIisPress. "Kread Upon the Waters. " The reward of a generous deed sel dom comes more opportunely than it did in an instance reported by the Cleveland Leader. It appears that a prominent Clevelander named Cole , who has recently died , was forced to leave Cornell university , at the close of his sophomore year , for lack of funds. He went to New York , and be gan a canvass of mercantile houses and offices , in search of a position. Among many others , he visited the office of a produce merchant , who seemed greatly taken with his personality. The re sult of the interview was that the mer chant said to Mr. Cole : "Young man , go back and finish your college course , and I will foot the bill. " Mr. Cole accepted - . cepted the offer , completed his course with credit to himself and his strange ly found friend , and at once entered upon a business career. It was not long before he prospered in a business venture , and found himself able to re pay the sum advanced for his educa tion. He went to New York , sought out the office of his friend , and stepping . ping up to his desk , laid down seven hundred j dollars. "Mr. Cole , " said the old merchant , "if it were not for this money my credit would have been dishonored today. Maturing obliga > tions would have gone to protest. You have saved me. " Youth's Companion. The Crafty Ants itild : i Jtoad. Something new and interesting ibout ants was learned by a Mount Airy florist. For a week or so he had ijeen bothered by ants that got into boxes of seeds which rested on a shelf. To get rid of the ants he put into exe cution an old plan , which was to place meaty bone close by , which the ants ioon covered , deserting the box of seeds. As soon as the bone became .hickly inhabited by the little creepers he florist tossed it into a tub of water , rhe ants having been washed off , the jone was again put in use as a trap. Fhe florist bethought himself that he vould save trouble by placing the one in a center of a sheet of fly paper. elieving that the ants would get taught on the sticky fly paper while rying to reach the food. But the flor- st was surprised to find that the ants , ipon discovering the nature of the aper trap , formed a working force ind : built a path on the paper clear to he bone. The material for the walk vas sand , secured from a little pile iear by. For hours the ants worked , tnd when the path was completed" hey made their way over its dry sur- ace in couples , as in a march to the ione. Philadelphia Record. I'ackln ? Was Valuable. "Here's my bonnet , just come home " aid the publisher's wife. He watched er open the box , and remove layer tier layer of tissue paper. "Gee hizz ! " he exclaimed "now , I under- tand why it cost so much. " He had ad some experience with the paper rust himself. Philadelphia Press. A .Millionaire Teacher. By a decree of the supreme court 0 ? * exico the claim of Mrs. Mary D race , principal of the Tompkins hool. Syracuse , N. Y. , to the Vacas nd Bismarck mines in Duranso orth $7,000,000 , is affirmed. The de- ision puts Mrs. Grace in full posses- on of the mines , said to be the rich- st in Mexico. Golden Kasrle .Shot. Another golden eagle has been shot a gamekeeper on the Hill of Rot- , Glen Cove , and sent to Kirriemuir be stuffed. It is stated that there e only two or three more of thes rds left in Scotland now. The IJlRKst Sturgeon. The largest sturgeon on record - . , , mght in the North sea. it wei-hed pounds , but the delight of the fish men was tempered by the fact that it d $ .50 worth of damage to the nets ifore it was killed. It isn't the man who was born