IS ON THE WARPATH.
AND WANTS THE BLOOD
THE SHOWMEN.
OF
Left Stranded Hundred of
tlio Itciernttlon Ho Wnn
nn Attraction for llio
Poritlon.
Mllo from
Wanted n
Paris Ex-
iTinco - sitting Bull, son of the
great Sioux chief, Is on tho war path,
Ho wants tho blood of n Frenchman
who offered to tako him to tho Paris
exposition as a star attraction.
No w
the Frenchman has illftnnnn.irml nmt
uio cnier is loft stranded In Seattle,
miles away from tho reservation of the
tribe In North Dakota. Tho young
anting uuil is a splendid fellow phys
"PRINCE" SITTING nilLT.
Ically. Ho Is two Inches over six feet
In height and Is tremendously strong.
Incidentally ho shows that several
years at a government school have
1 1. 1 inn. . . -
uuuu iiiiii imio cooil llo was clail to
cscapo after flvo years at Philadelphia
to tno wilds of tho reservation. Life
In Philadelphia, ho declares, was too
slow for him. It Is not tho education
and tho civilization of tho Indian
which ha3 mado further savago out-
breaks Improbable, according to
x-nnco anting duii. n is only tno
o.uuw umuuer or tno inainns nnu tno
fact that they aro fast dying out which
keeps them from taking to tho war
path again. His peoplo aro not at
heart peaceable They hato tho whlto
man quito as bitterly as did tho braves
who fought under his father.
OLD-TIME OUM SHOES.
Not So l'rctty us tho Itubbora of Today.
bat There Wns In.lla Itiibhcr In Them.
I'MiadoIphla Record: India rubber
shoes were first manufactured in Rox-
lllirv Mnao In 1090 n .1 ..nMt1..
wero "fearfully nnd wonderfully
made." They really bore no rcsem-
bianco whatever to a shoo. Thoy had
tho appearance of having been run in
to molds or blown, tho same as glass
bottles aro made. Thoy wero mado of
puro rubbor gum. ' No attempt was
mado to Imitate the shapo of tho shoo
or foot they woro Intended to cover.
In shapo thoy wero hollow tubes, taper
ing toward tho toe. At tho placo whoro
tho opening to pull them over tho shoe
should be was an Irregular hole, with
out shape, Just as thoy camo from tho
mold. Tho hole was enlarged with
a pair of shears to lit tho Instep, or
cut high or low to suit the tnsto or
caprice of the customer. Tho work
was done by tho salesman after tho
buyer had selected, according to his
requirements, heavy or light, thick or
tnin. Men's sizes wero very hoavy.tho
soles being frequently from one-fourth
to a half Inch In thickness. They wero
tied in pairs and stuffed with straw or
hay to keep them In shape for ship
ment.
A lady's foot, Incased In this
hugo, ill-shaped mass of India rubber
gum, weighing at least a pound, pre
sented a clumsy appearance, Indeed,
particularly when compared with tho
light and truly artistic appcaranco of
the present styles. Tho first attempt
at making overshoes of India rubbor
did not provo a success, a largo amount
of capital being sunk in tho experi
ment, as well as all tho unsold stock.
Thoy answered tho purposo In cold
weather, but would not stand tho heat,
melting into a disgusting mass. Ex
periments to remedy this difficulty re
sulted In reaching tho opposite ex
treme, tho cold weather freezing them
so hard as to make them brittle, so
thoy could not bo drawn over tho shoo
until they wero thoroughly warmed,
end this obstacle to success was not
not overcome until Charles Goodyear
discovered tho process of vulcanizing
rubber, which has rondcred his name
immortal. Rapidly following this era
of Improvements, tho India rubbor shoo
began to assume beauty of proportion
and practical utility. The shoes wero
lasted, and the merchant threw asldo
his shears. Ono "particularly popular
style that had a great run for n couple
of years was trimmed with fur around
tho tops and camo well up on tho an
kles. Dickens has Immortalized this
particular stylo by placing them on the
feet of tho pretty Arabella that Mr.
Wlnklo mot and fell In love with whllo
visiting with Mr. Plckwlth at Old War
die's. All rubber shoes wero mado
from tho solid gum at that time, and
wo arc safo In saying that a slnglo pair
would outweigh six pairs of those now
In tho market. Besides being heavy
and ugly, thoy wero often painful from
being so tightly stretched over tho feet.
They mado tho wearer look club-footed,
and any attempt at embollishment
was a failuro and mado them appear
clumsier still. But this condition of
things was not to last. In 1844, Good
year pofected his vulcanizing process,
nnd his mothod of spreading tho puro
gum upon elastic tcxtllo fabrics, and
the manufacture of rubbor shoes has
slnco Improved from year to year, un
til they havo becomo a thing of beauty.
At 28 many a man's ambition is to
enter tho white house. At 78 his am
bition ltf to keep out of the poor house, j
I PHOTOGRAPHY the dark
iirituii Scientist Dlicovorn tho Kenson
for Certain Curious Effects.
Wo have boforo referred to tho cx
traordlnary photographic results oh
talned by Dr. Russell by tho action of
various substances on tho dry-plnto In
tlio dark, says tho London Chronicle,
Br. Hussell found that many, though
not all, of tho metals nnd bodies of
vegetable origin aro capablo of pro
duclng a latent plcturo on tho photo
graphic plate, which can be rendered
vlslblo In precisely tho samo way as
the ordinary Imago produced by Unlit
Tho nctlon of theso bodies Is In gen-
oral much slower than that of llcht
uul u,,ucr invorablo conditions may
bo produced In two or threo seconds.
Tho moat active metal has been found
to bo magnesium, but zinc Is not much
Inferior, and for- practical purposes It
is mo most convenient metal to ex
penmcnt with. In Its ordlnnrv dull
fltato It Is entirely without the power
01 acting upon a photographic plate,
uut wncn scratched or scraped tho
bright metal Is very active, and pic
uires or such a plato with all tho
scratches on It can readily bo produced
ino time required to produco theso
zinc pictures varies very much with
tho temperature. At ordinary tem
peratures an exposure of nbout two
days Is requisite, but If tho tcmperaturo
oo raised to nbout C3 decrees centi
grade an oxposuro of half or three
winners or nn hour Is sumclent. Con
tact between tho zinc and photographic
l'iuio is not necessary, as tho action
roauiiy takes placo at appreclablo tils
lances, although tho time romilrrrt la
'""fccr ami tno imago not so sharp.
Amo"g the organic substances which
nct 0,1 tno Photographic plate tho chlof
nro t,loso belonging to tho tcrpono
topai vnrnlsh containing tur
nnnllnn 1. n . .
'"" uua ueen iound lo lin vnrv
nctlvo, and nil tho essential oils, such
118 r lemons or peppermint, nro also
"ctlvo, their activity boine trnppil to
u'o small amount of turpeno they con-
taln- It Is Interesting to noto that tho
nctlon Is capablo of passing through
certain media for Instance, through n
min sneet of gelatin, albumen, collo
uion or rutin noroim Tim
planation which was given of theso
phenomena was that tho nctlon
nrobablv
bodies thnmspivni n- ij..ddh i
view of later experiment ' ,innH n,i.
view. Hn lmllnvna ti.nt ni..
tho photographic plato is duo to tho
formation of a well-known chemical
compound viz., hydrogen peroxide,
which, undergoing decomposition, nets
upon tho plato, and Is tho lmmcdlato
causo of tho picture caused. This ox
planation Is found to fit in with all tho
observcl facts, and explains why only
7. " Ul ",eu"a active, as it is
tneso metals which glvo rlso In tho
presenco of molsturo to tho formation
of traces of the peroxldo. Tho torpenes
niso nro well known to favor tho for
mation of this body. Direct "proof, is
however, easy, as hydrogen poroxlde.
even In n very dilute condition, Is ex
tremely active. One part of tho ncr-
oxlde, diluted with 1,000,000 pnrts of
water, Is capable of giving a picture.
A CHIEF OF THE ZULUS.
When considering tho probability
of war, now actually In operation, bo-
tween England nnd tho Dutch repub
lics of South Africa, persons familiar
with tho history and conditions of
that country have been wondering
what tho natives would do; and thero
has already been an Intimation in tho
dispatches that somo of tho tribes
would bo drawn into the conflict. On
which side they would fight, or wheth-
er thoy would mako war on both sides,
no ono has ventured to predict, for
thoy hato all whites, Briton and Boer,
with equal Intensity. Their warfaro
Is conducted according to tho most
barbarous mothods, and If they do en
ter tho fray their part of It will surely
TITELIKO,
bo of tho most horrible description.
Tho plcturo shows a chief of the pow
erful Zulu nation.
For n Census of tho World.
Tho present estimates of tho total
population of tho world vary from
1,000,000,000 to 2,000,000,000, and the
Royal Geographical Society of England
thinks It Is high tlmo that tho peoplo
are counted. It believes a count, or at
least an accurate estimate, posslblo
oven In savago and uncivilized coun
tries, Russia having completed a suc
cessful census in Siberia and England
one in India. It proposes tho forma
tion of nn international organization
to take In charge tho work of a world
census.
OF THE OLD SCHOOL.
OLDEST LIVING GRADUATE OF
PRINCETON COLLEGE.
Typlcnl of tlio (lentlcmiin of Other Ilnjn
nnd tho Friend of (lenernt I.rifujotto
.Mr. Mllllum C. llarkor Hns a Very
Interesting History.
Thero Is an ntmosphcro of unaffect
ed hospitality and unquestlonnblo
comfort at "Point Stuart," tho villa
at Spring Like, Mich., of Mr. nnd Mrs.
N. R. Hewlett, of Grand Ruplds, and
of the vcnornblo fathor of Mrs. How
lctt, William C. Barker, n typical old
school gentleman and probably the
oldest living grnduato of Princeton
university. Mr. Barker was born In
1S07 nt Natchez, Miss., his father a
New England man, being a merchant
and Importer of that placo. With the
coming of tho war of 1S12, Mr. Bar
ker's father moved hla family to Tren
ton, N. J. Just beforo ho was 17
years old tho boy was admitted to
Princeton, nnd beforo ho was 19 ho
was graduated, stanling second In
his class. Ho at onco engaged In
mercantile llfo with his father and for
nino or ten years continued in that
avocation, during which tlmo ho vis
ited Pnris nve times, no a purchaser
of flno fnbrlcs for importation to tho
United States. Having mot Gen. La
fayotto on tho occasion of his visit to
this country as tho guest of tho nu
tion, nnd having 'received nn Invita
tion from the eminent Frenchman to
call upon him, Mr. Barker when he
visited Paris, called at tho resldenco
of Lafayette to find that ho was not
nt homo. However, upon the urgent
request, almost Insistence of Madame
Lafayotto, ho remained ns a guest
over night, and upon tho return of tho
general in tho morning ho remained
for dinner the next day. Moreover,
during tho remainder of his stay of
soveral months in Franco, ho attend
ed, by Invitation, two soirees at tho
Lafayette home.
Upon ono occasion, In 1832, when
returning to this country from Eu
rope, thero wero hut four passcngors
on tho clipper ship, and ono of theso
was Prof. S. F. B. Morso. who. dur
ing that voyago of thirty-three days,
spent much of his tlmo In nn effort to
cvolvo the dot-and-dash system nfter-
ward utilized and known ns tho Morso
alphabet In tho perfection of tho elec
trical telegraph. "During that voy
age," said Mr. Barker, "I formed n
warm friendship for Prof. Morso,
which was continued up to tho tlmo of
his death." Another of Mr. Bnrkcr'a
ccollectlona was of repeated occasions
when ho was a passenger at a faro
of ono York shilling on tho forrybont
between Ellzabethport and Now York,
the skipper of which was tho original
Commodoro Vnnderbllt. "I remember
ho was an active, energetic man,
whoso chief nnxioty was that his boat
should bo on tlmo, and who was rathor
fond of carrying bank notes In his
left hand, arranged according to de
nominations tho ones between, his
first nnd second lingers, the twos be
tween his second and third fingers,
and tho fives between tho third and
fourth flnccrs. Notes of larger de
nominations went Into ono pocket nnd
coins Into tho other. This peculiarity
as to his handling money was so com
monly and well known that It was
looked upon ns a characteristic, nnd
with his habits of energy and prompt
ness as a young man ho wns not then
more thnn 25 years old foreshadowed
his greatness as a systematic man of
business."
In 1830 Mr. Barker camo to Detroit
and for a time wns engaged In business
hero and nt Grand Haven. It wns at
tho latter city that ho wooed and won
for his wlfo, Kate, tho younger daugh
ter of Robert Stuart, who had long
ibeon, ns tho representative of Jacob
Astor, tho agent on tho great lakes for
tho American Fur company, nnd who
nt once time wns the owner of nearly
all of tho territory at present occupied
by tho city of Grand Haven, and whose
homo wnc on Jefferson avenue, near
whore now stands tho residence of Dr.
Morso Stewart. Several years lator,
his wlfo having died, ho married Mary,
nn cider daughter of Robert Stuart,
In spite of his present 92 years of llfo
Mr, Darker Is In superior physical con
dltlon, his perfect hearing, reasonably
goou eyesight nnd clear memory
coupled with superb courtesy an! sin
cerity, forming nn equipment ns host
that Is exceptional; and as ho shown
his guests through his luxurious dwell
ing nnd about tho eighty ncrcs of
charming park at "Point Stuart," ho
Is a living demonstration of tho fact
that thero nro many, many things In
llfo that nro very decidedly worth
while, outsldo of nnd entirely nwny
from that which is purely material.
THE DOORBELL.
it Tolli WIml Mnnncr of Man Yon Aro
by Your Kin;;.
Doorbells aro pretty fair indicators
of character. Probably you havo not
noon conscious of it, but ovory timo you
pull a doorbell you register what man
ner of man you are. Your ring will
not tell everything about you, from tho
color of your eyes to your tasto In
iiowcra, uut to thoso who know the
signs tho doorbell Is ns good as a
tltlo page . Any one who has had
occasion to answer bell pulls knows
how much dlfforonco thero Is In
them. Ono person's mothod varies
littlo from tlmo to tlmo, though tho
dlfferenco between that mothod and
somebody's elpe, whllo slight will bo
Eumcientiy wcll-mnrkod. It Is seldom
mat two rlng3 nro exactly alike. Tho
housewlfo iccognlzcs each, tho Im
patient man, who pulls tho bo'.l twlco
in quick succession and does not wait
long beforo trying It ngnln; the ono of
whoso ring Is slower and more sub
stantlal; tho hcsltntlng woman, who
draws tho knob out in a succession of
nervous Jerks; the seedy Individual
with matches to sell, who strotchen tho
wire carefully to Its full length and
then allows It to relax with a faint,
npologetlc tinkle, and tho Jolly friend,
who knows ho Is welcome, und there
fore grasps tho knob with n hearty
swing that Is fairly eloquent with good
nature, and sets tho boll to shaking its
sides with such peals of echoing
Inughter that It positively cannot stop
nt onco, but subsides gradually, with n
merry, Irresponsible little titter. A
doorbell has as many voices ns visitors,
Berlin (Md.) Herald.
KNEW OF JAMESON PLOT.
Tho Hon. Alan do Tnton Egorton,
M. P., who declnres that Cecil Rhodes
told him that Josoph Chamberlain was
fully acquainted with tho dctnlls of
tho Jameson raid beforo It took placo,
HON. ALAN DE TATTON EGERTON,
has boon a member of parliament
slnco 1883. He wns formerly colonol
of a battalion In tho Prlnco Consort's
Own Rlflo Brlgado, and Is a man of
such Importance that his nvowal will
go far In convincing tho English pub
lic of tho truth of tho chnrges ngnlnst
tho colonial secretary, He Is tho heir
of his brother, Earl Egerton of Tat
ton, who Is prominent In religious ana
philanthropic work In England. Mr.
Egerton Is nlso a Justlco of tho peace,
and has traveled extensively In Bouth
Africa, In tho affairs of which ho has
always taken tho greatest Interest.
LATE Mil. APPLET0N
GREAT PUBLISHER WHO RE
CENTLY PASSED AWAY.
Somo of ItU (Irentest I'litorprltc Ono
of tho ItarlluH Advocate of Inter
imlloiml Copyright Aitoctiittnn will
Foreign Author nnd l'ubtl.hcm.
William Henry Apploton, head of
tho publishing firm of I). Atinlntnn &
Co., died tho other morning nt his
uomo nt Rlvcrdnlc, near Now York. Ho
wns In his eighty-sixth year. Ho was
for many years tho oldest member of
uio nouso of D. Appleton & Co. Tho
hiBtory of his llfo la tho history of tho
Apploton company. Ho wns born fu
Haverhill, Mass., Jan. 27, 1814. As n
uoy no was In constuit nssoclntlon
with Ills father. Daniel Annlelon. nt
tho littlo retail store which the lattor
opened In Exchango placo when ho
went to now Yorn from Boston, In
1S25. When tho founder of tho houso
published his first Look, "Crumbs
WILLIAM II. APPLETON.
From tho MnBter's Tablo," In 1831,
Wllllnm H. Annleton wns nctlvclv om
ployed ns a clerk In his father's store.
From tho tlmo of tho first vonturo hia
part In building up tho business was n
conspicuous ono for aver Blxty yenrs.
His associations with foreign au
thors began with Thomas Mooro, nnd
his acquaintance with English pub
lishers goes back to the tlmo of tho
cldor Murray.
Ho was a leading spirit In tho direc
tion of great undertnltlncs llko tho
American Cyclopedia nnd "Pictur
esque America," and his business llfo
Included a safo passago through tha
troubled waters of threo great finan
cial crises In 1737. 1857 nnd 1873. In
addition to his publishing Interests ho
had an Important part for years In
tho direction of other largo enter
prises. One of tho cnrlicst and most persist
ent ndvocntos of international copy
right, ho nnd his partners recognized
tho mornl rights of foreign nuthoro
when thoy wero constrained by no lo-
gal obligation.
Speaking of tho first book published
by tho firm. In 1831. William II. An-
pleton recently said: 'That book was
about threo Inches squnrc and half an
men thick, but Kb publication cnused
tho firm moro anxiety thnn the Amerl-
enn Cyclopedln, undortnken somo thir
ty years later." Tho Amorlcnn r.v.
clopodla cost $25,000 n volumo beforn
n sheet was printed. "Plcturesnuo
Amorlca" was nlso ono of tho firm's
costly enterprises. Tho capacity of
tho houso Is shown by such nrolnctn
as these. Of Wcbstor's Speller over a
million copies a yoar wero sold at ono
period, and this book wob only nn
item In tho firm's dlvarslfled business.
nearly all of which camo within tho
intelligent grasp of tho subject of this
sketch. Ho was married on April 10,
1814, to Mary Worthcn. of Lowell,
Mass, His children now living nro
Miss Mary Appleton. William Wor
thcn Apploton and Henry C. Apploton.
Ilorc for tho KhrIMi Army.
Tho purchnso of a laruo number of
horses In tho United Stntes for tho use
of tho English nrmy In south Africa Is
mado necessary by tho fact that ovon
with tho clnborato horso registration
system in forco in Great Britain It is
Imposslhlo to securo all tho nnlnmis
needed for lmmcdlato service at home.
In tlmo of peaco tho military estab
lishment of Englnnd requires for Its
U80 n total of 13.599 horses. In tlmn
of war this total Jumps at onco to 28,
749. Horso buyers for tho nrmy nro
now nt work, not only In this country
but also In Cannda, In Australia, and
in Austria, under tho present arrange
ment In Great Britain n sort of homo
mllltln Is kopt always at tho disposal
of tho government in time of war. Per
sons having n number of horscH nt
their disposal apply to tho war depart
ment, which semis nn officer to oxnm
Ino thorn. Such horses ns am fomui
suitable aro registered and n nrlco set
upon them. Tholr owners ngroo to
hold them always ready at tho call
of tho government nnd rccelvo In re
turn an annual Biibsldy of $2.50 n
horse. Under this provision 14,000
horses nro registered, but oven with
this lnrgo supply upon which they may
draw It has been found necossnrv to iro
abroad for a majority of tho heavy
draft and artillery horses.
Dot' 1'ruyer for I'mm,
On ono evening littlo 4-yoar-old
Dorothy had failed to remember her
fathor In her prayor becauso ho had
scolded her. "You must prny for papa,
too, Dot," said her mothor. "But I
don't want to," replied tho littlo ono.
"But you must, Dot," said her mother.
Dropping i-pon her knees ngiln, Dot
ndded: "And for pity's sako, bless
papa, too, and let us havo pcaoo In tho
family."
Thirty Feet of Band.
It Is supposed that tho average depth
of sand In tho deserts of Africa Is from
thirty to forty feet.
TWO COINCIDENCE STORIES.
Told In (loot! I nttli in n Club Where All
ItomitnctiiR In Itnrrcd.
Chicago Inter Ocean: It was tho sec
retary's turn to tell n ynrn to his fellow-members
of tho Colncidenco club.
Tho Colncldonco club, by tho way, has
no cumbersomo machinery. It hns
members nnd omcors, meets onco n
week to tell queer stories along tho
lino suggested by Its name, and every
thing but tho strict truth Is barred.
"I've got two stories, much alike, to
tell. "Thoro's nothing dramatic or son
satlonnl about them. They struck mo
ns queer, though. You know I'm n
lawyer. One day a man named Dodgo
brought In n letter of Introduction to
mo from a friend out west. Ho had n
simple sort of n case, and I asked him
to coino back at 3 o'clock that after
noon. Then I wont ovor to tho crim
inal court on business that kept mo
till within n few minutes of 3 o'clock.
As I entered my ofilco thero was n
man sitting in tho shadow. Without
really looking nt him, nnd with my
mind full of tho nppolntment I said, ns
I went to my prlvnto ofilco. 'How nro
you, Mr. Dodgo? I'll sco you In n min
ute.' Pretty soon I rang and told tho
olllco boy to ohow in Mr. Dodgo. Tho
man camo In and ho wasn't my Mr.
Dodgo nt all. Imagine my aurprlso
when ho said: 'How did you know my
name?' At tho samo tlmo ho handed
mo n letter of Introduction from a
friend down cast. His nnmo wns Dodgo
all right, and ho had a case. I gasped
ovor tho oddity of tho situation, ex
plained tho coincidence to my visitor,
nnd even showed him tho oilier letter
of Introduction. But tho man did not
bcliovo mo. Ho ovidently thought I
wns n iinr, and left without putting his
caso in my hnnds. A few minutes
Inter In came tho first Mr. Dodgo, nnd
wo had a good laugh ovor It, Tho other
colncidenco wns this: I got lottors
from two friends ono west of Chicago
and ono south, asking mo to collect
clnlms ngnlnst a big Chicago firm nnd
n big InBurnnco company with an agen
cy In Chicago. I telephoned nnd mado
appointment with rcprcaentntlvcs of
each of the concerns ono at 12 and tho
other nt 12:30 o'clock. I went out on
nn orrnnd nnd wns delnycd until 12:30
o clock. When I enmo In both men
woro waiting. Strnngo as It mny seom,
both men wero nnmcd Rose. I Intro
duced them. Ono was orlglnnlly from
Rhode Island and tho other from Con
necticut. As far as they could flguro.
out they woro not rolntcd. I'vo used'
fnlso names, but otherwise tho stories
nro' strictly true, nnd can bo proven by
evldcnco that win pass muster In n
court of law."
FRENCH ARMY AGAIN AVENGED
Tho cablo announces that Urban
Gohlcr, ono of tho editors of tho Au-
roro, hns seriously wounded Lieut.
Morcler, son of tho genoral, in n duel
resulting from attacks mado on tho
officer by Gohlcr'B paper. This Is nob
tho first tlmo that tho brilliant Jour-'
nnll3t has nttneked "tho honor of tho
nrmy," nnd has In turn been bitterly
assailed by tho officcrB. In tho thick
of tho Droyfus excitement, when tho
'nonor or the nrmy" was a thing to
conjure with, Gohlcr published n book
called "The Army Against tho Na
tion," In which ho exposed tho moral
ottennpss of tho military establish
ment. Ho did not criticise tho nrmy
from n mllltnry stnndpolnt. but point
ed out Its defecta nnd wenknessea
from tho social sldo, declaring It to bo
n constant mennco to republican in
stitutions. Tho book created such a
sensation that its author was arrcst-
URI1AN GOIIIER.
cd, charged with libel. It was found
mpoBslblc, howovor, to securo n con
viction,
Aiifslommilii In l'arls.
A correspondent of tho Westminster
Gazctto writes: "If Anglophobia
rcnchcB Its acmo In n certain clnss of
Parisian Journals Anclonhllla hnn nt.
tnlncd tho no plus ultra In social hab
its. So uncompromising Is tho belief
In Anglo-Saxon superiority that
Frenchmen of fashion not onlv ordnr
their clothes from English tailors, but
dispatch their cuffs, collnrs, nnd other
washable garments across tho Hancho
to bo 'got up' In London! This fact I
hnvo on the authority of ono who
should know I. o., a Paris doctor in
largo practice What Is tho reason?
Aro Encllsh laundries supposed to hn
conducted on moro hygienic princi
ples? Is Thames wator found to bo
less mlcroblc than that of tho Seine?
My Informer did not olucldntn tiua
point, lmt tho fact ho InslBted on, nnd
n curious ono it is; in tho wnko of
Five o'clock,' 'lo tub.' football, and
cricket havo followed Anelo-Snxon
soapsuda and llatirousl"
Traveling In Itiualn,
From Tit-Bits: Russian Official
"You can't stay In this country, sir."
Travolor "Then I'll loavo It." Official
"Havo you a permit to loavo?" Trav
eler "No, air." Official "Then you
cannot go. I clvo you twontv-four
hours to mako up your mind as to what
you shall do."