A PRECOCIOUS ARTIST.
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After an eventful journey, extend
ing over land and sea. Miss Olive
Jones, a native of the arctic regions,
arrived in Chicago recently. Olive
came in a cage, and before the chris
tening, which took place in Topeka.
Kas..- vas only a plain, shaggy-coated
niuskox without title or came. The
a. rival of Miss Jones was heralded by
the boom cf cannon and a rousing re
ception because Olive is the only one
of the muskox family that ever
reached the United States alive.
Miss Jones was captured in the far
north by Captain H. H. Bodfish of
Vineyard Haven, Mass. It was placed
aboard a whaling schooner, and after
many trials and tribulations and the
exchange of about 250 telegrams land
ed in San Francisco on Nov. 8.
Olive spent several weeks in Cali
fornia, becoming acclimated, and then
left for Chicago. At several places
along the route receptions were held,
and at Topeka the animal was chris
tened by Miss Emma Kelly, known
as the heroine of Alaska. Miss Olive
Jones, daughter of Colonel C. C. Jones,
acted as sponsor, and the animal was
named in her honor.
Olive is now snugly housed on the
South Side, and takes kindly to the
new quarters. The animal is 2Va
years old and a good specimen of the
muskox family. Few of the animals
are brought out of the arctic country
alive, and on this account its owner
prizes the specimen highly. He con
tends that scientists kncrw little about
the history of the muskox and will
use Miss Jones for educational purposes.
NEW ENGLISH STAMPS
With the new year in Britain begins
the issue of the stamps of the new
reign. The penny (two cent), which
will become the most familiar, is a
bright red, the authorities having gone
back to the old color. King Edward
VII.'s head takes the place of Vic
toria's, whose portrait figured on the
national stamp for more than sixty
years, penny postage dating from Jan.
10. 1840. For the greater part of br
reign the queen was represented by the
' 'jingle portrait taken in her youth.
Opinions differ as to the design for
the face of King Edward, and some
find difficulty in recognizing the like
r.ess. The- present issue of stamps in
clude the half-penny (green), the 2i,j
pence (blue), used especially for for
eign countries, and the sixpenny (pur
ple), all having the sane design, ex
cept that the IVs peace stamp bears its
denomination in figures. The artist
has idealized the face of the king-
Emperor William's YolcKI
Emperor , William desires that his
new yacht, now building in the United
"states, shall be christened by President
Roosevelt'3 daughter. Alice, and at the
New Year's reception at the Old Palace
oe requested the United States Ambas
sador. Andrew D. White, to ask the
President to allow Miss Roosevelt to
christen the vessel. Miss Roosevelt has
sonsented.
The contract made by Carey. Smith
Suicide and Dli-oree.
A German statistician has been col
lecting facta that deal with the rela
tion that suicide bears to divorce. In
Prussia, it seems, out of 1.000.000 per
sons 348 women committed suicide sf
!er being divorced, as compared with
anly sixty-one married women, while
ihe men were in the proportion of ten
Jivorced to one married suicide. Di
vorce is a sign of unhappiness, the
anhappy are naturally most prone to
felf-slaughter. and therefore but the
syllogism does not need completion. It
would appear that many of those who
So not commit suicide go mad. In
Wnrtemberg there are in the asylums
J.024 divorced persons,, against 2S3
married, 416 celibates, and 676 widows
ind widowers.
& Barbe, naval architects, to construct
an American schooner yacht for Em-
perior William of Germany, was let to
the Townsend & Downey Shipbuilding
Company of Shooter's Island, Staton'
Island.
The yacht is to be completed in time
for next year's racing season. Special
specifications made by the emperor are
being carried out in the building of
the vessel.
Sam Houston.
General Sam Houston! How do you
pronounce that name? Ask any old
New Yorker and he will unhesitat
ingly assure you it is Howston. And
yet we have the very best authority
for pronouncing It Hewston the au
thority of a man who was the law
partner of the Texas general himself
In New York city they pronounce the
street which was christened in honor
of the old Texas hero Howston. But
that doesn't make It correct although
we would advise any Utican who
chanced to find himself in Manhattan
and wanting the direction from an of
ficer to be sure to inquire his way to
Howstcn street. Utica Herald.
! Old Friertd of Lincoln I
. The men who personally knew Abra
ham Lincoln become fewer each year,
but there is none who during the time
in which the martyred president rose
to prominence raw more of. him than
J. G. Stewart, a veteran photographer
of Blooiuington, 111. In 1857 Mr. Stew
art was in business in Springfield. He
recalls many interesting events in the
career cf Lincoln and says when he
first knew the "railsplitter" that Mr.
Lincoln exhibited negligence as to
dress. The future president usually
went about with one trousers leg
caught on the top of one of his high
boots. Mr. Stewart belonged to the
Fremont party and following its de
feat signed a call to organize the Re
publican party in Springfield. Among
the names signed were those of A. Lin
coln and Shelby M. Cullom. The first
meeting was held in Mr. Stewart's gal
lery. The organization was called the
Lincoln club. During the presidential
campaign in which Lincoln was the
nominee for president Mr. Stewart
made over 450,000 pictures of Lincoln.
Femil Dlrlnlty Student.
The Edinburgh University Court
have resolved to make provision with
in the university for the instruction of
J. G. Stewart.
women in the subjects taught in the
faculty of divinity by adding them tc
the classes of that faculty. The reso
lution takes effect as from the begin
ning of the next academical year.
STEVENSON'S OLD HOME
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The house in which Robert Louis
Stevenson was born is for sale, and the
price asked is somewhat less than
quaint building at 8 Howard place, Ed
inburgh. He first saw the light there
on Nov. 13. 1850. and when only a few
days old he was baptized by his grand
father, the minister of Colinton. Two
and a half years after the birth of the
future author the Stevensons removed
from Howard place, and the earliest
recollections which Robert associated
with home reverted to the house in In
verleith terrace. It was in that place
the novelist dreamed his boyhood
dreams, and there were bora many o!
the ideas which were afterward to de
velop into thrilling romances. Thre
doors from that house lived William E.
Henley during the time he was the ed
itor of the Scots Observer. This is re
called by Mr. Henley's late attack on
the character of his dead friend ant?
collaborator.
Child's Distress When a Lady Spoiled
a Fierce Dor's (irotrL
Sir. Edwin Landseer was precocious
in hi3 art; he sketched, with force and
spirit, from the time he was of an age
when his father, John Landseer, used
to have to lift him over the stiles into
the fields where his chosen subjects
were gamboling or grazing. A lady
whose family recollections have re
cently been privately collected, relates
how her mother once encountered the
little prodigy at work. She had to
take a stroll at Hampstead Heath,
carrying a book and accompanied by
a favorite dog. a fine collie devoted to
his mistress, but not very cordial in
his feeling toward other people. Af
ter a time she sat down under a tree
and began to read, while the dog lay
beside her with his head against her
knee. She became absorbed in her
book, and scarcely noticed that soon
the collie growled slightly. Presently
the growl was repeated, but still she
lid not look up. A third time she
heard the low. menacing rumble, and
at length lifted her eyes to see what
was amiss. Before her, not far away,
a little fellow, not more than eight or
nine years old, was seated on a stone
gazing intently toward the dog, whose
lips were drawn back angrily over
glistening teeth. "He won't bite, lit
tle boy," she said, reassuringly, and
laid her hand upon the head of her
pet, who shifted his position and as
sumed a more amiable expression un
der her touch; but the little boy was
by no means grateful. 'Oh," he cried,
distressfully, "you've spoiled his
growl!" He had been sketching the
dog growling, and presently showed
her his half-finished work, to her
amazement and admiration. By that
time the dog had made friends with
him, and the growl was hopelessly lost,
but the child proceeded to draw him
"smiling." as he called it and a col
lie does smile, as every owner of one
knows and the second sketch com
pleted, he told the lady his name be
fore they parted. She never saw him
again, but she was proud in after
years to tell of the half-liour she once
spent with Edwin Landseer. Montreal
Herald and Star.
Telephones In 'Western Karope.
Western Europe will soon have a?
complete a long-distance telephone ser-
$3,000. Stevenson's birthplace is the I vice as the United States now has.
PR-ETTIEST WOMAN IN PARIS
Mile. D'Hally. who won the 10.000- I
franc beauty prize in Paris, is a popu
lar music hall singer, and has been one
of the stars of the vaudeville stage for
several seasons. The best critics of
female beauty in France have pro
nounced the brunette visage of the act-,
ress to be all but faultless in symmetry
and regularity. Mile. D'Hally receives
$2,000 in cash for-being the "prettiest
woman in Paris."
Odd lse of Mirrors.
In a village in the Cotswolds Eng
land, it is the custom to place a
small mirror on the front door under
the knocker, in which the visitor may
examine his appearance before en
tering. The Woodbridge (Suffolk) Urban
District Council of England has re
sorted to novel means of preventing
accidents at dangerous street corners.
Three roads in the authority's district
meet at awkward angles, and collis
ions between vehicles have been rath
er common. Widening by demolition
of house property being impossible,
the surveyor recommended the erec-
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fill -1
tion of mirrors. By this means driT
ers can see through brick walls, so to
speak, and the experiment has proved
successful.
Cnrion Fnnisunaent of a Priest.
The late President Barries of Guate
mala, according to a recent writer, was
visited on one occasion by a man who
complained to him that a priest, hav
ing taken his land for debt, had taken
bis only cow also. Barrios found that
the priest had charged an extortionate
interest. He commanded the priest to
keep the cow at his own expense for
two years, to gi've the man all the milk,
to telegraph to Guatemala every morn
ing concerning the health of the cow
at his own expense, and in case the
cow should die the priest's life was to
be forfeited. The priest had such re
spect for Barrios' order that he took
the cow into his own house. After
he had telegraphed every morning for
six months and the cost of the mes
sages had been considerably more than
the original debt he thought he might
as well stop using the wire, but Bar
rios was prepared for him. He tele
graphed to the chief of police of the de
partment to arrest the priest and give
him a public flogging, and in case he
should refuse or neglect to telegraph
again he was to be shot. Chicago Record-Herald.
CURIOUS OLD GR-IST MILL
American Pea an t in Friars.
The American peanut is in success
ful competition with those of India and
aJgiers in the Frerxh market.
Americans In Berlla.
There ar several hundred
sans residing In Berlin.
Ameri-
BritUh Production of Ste.
In the last forty years Great Britain
has produced 40.000,000 tons of steel
or about one-third of the world's totai
products.
Oar Cotton Exports.
The cotton exported from the Unit
ed Statec dtir'ng fhe ra-t year amount
ed to 2.3SJ,S90,44S pounds.
One of the most curious Industrial
plants in the West is the old HoAnd
type of grist mill at Benson, near
Bloomington, 111. It was erected up
ward of thirty years ago. and is still
Small Gain to Conrrfiimen.
I notice," said a policeman, "that
there is a proposition to increase the
salary of congressmen from $5,000 a
year to $10,000."
Yes," said his friend, "but the con
gressmen themselves seem to be indif
ferent regarding the matter."
That is natural," said the police
man. "They know that their share of
the increase will be small. It will sim
ply enable them to pay larger campaign
assessments. Their home committees
3re the people interested, for they ex
pect to get the money."
doing business, it is operated by wind
power, re-enforced by a small engine.
wnien can be called into use whenever
nature's agent fails in its adequacy.
The tall circular building is surmount
ed by four huge wings, each of which
is forty feet in length, or eighty in the
length of eac.h pair. The mill is sixty
feet high and is quite attractive for
artists who desire a picturesque bit of
rural scenery.
1)1. t of Pedonio Arabs.
The Bedouin Arabs are small eaters.
Six or seven dates soaked in melted
butter serve a man a whole day, with a
very small quantity of coarse flour or a
little ball of rice.
To Try Manlcipal Uffhtin;;.
Richmond, Ind., will try the experi
ment of municipal electric lighting and
now has under construction a $150,000
plant. It will probably be ready wlthir
three months.
A Qneer Christmas Frasant.
A good story is told of a professor
of mathematics in an Illinois college,
who is noted for his devotion to his
profession and also for his eccentricity.
Desiring to make a favorite pupil a
Christmas present, he sent him a very
difficult problem to solve. He liked
nothing better than the disentangle
ment or a knotty mathematic puzzle
and took it for granted that his pupil
would be delighted with his present.
Xot a Pew-Opener.
The present bishop of Peterboroueh
is very fond of telling the following
story: lie went to preach in a cer
tain town ana, arriving very early.
v.aikea into tne church to have a look
around. An elderly lady also arrived
early, hoping to obtain a good seat.
On seeing the bishop she mistook him
for the pew-opener, and, slipping a
half crown into his hand, said: "Give
roe a good seat, please, where I can
see the bishop." The astonished but
good-natured bishop took the half
crown and showed the lady Into a
front seat. One car Imagine the poor
lady's feelings when she saw her
"pew-opener" ascend the pulpit.
What the Fault Was.
Dr. Frank W. Allport. one of the
leading oculists of Chicago, was re
cently appointed examining physician
by the board of education. A pupil
from one of the schools where "fads"
are more thoroughly in vogue than in
almost any other public school, came
to Dr. Allport in the regular course of
events to have his eyes examined. The
physician went through the usual for
mula for discovering the defects of vis
ion. He placed a chart before the boy.
The first word was "hat." "Now read
this word," said the doctor. "Hhhuh-ah-tuhhh."
sputtered the boy. "Then
try this," said the doctor, pointing to
"big." "Buh-ih-guhhh," stammered
the boy. "Madam," said the doctor to
the boy's mother, "there is some more
serious defect here than a visual one.
The vocal organs seem to be affected."
"Oh, no," answered the mother, "he
could "pell and read quite well until
he went to school and took up this new
phonetic method." New York Times.
Cancer Investigation In Germany.
The German Emperor is reported to
have made an order for a commission
of experts to be appointed with a viw
to the most radical and exhaustive in
vestigation of cancer that can possibly
be made. The deaths of his father,
mother and uncle from this cause have
naturally given this scourge a terrible
interest In his eyes. i
I-onE American Tunnel.
The Pennsylvania railroad company
has decided to construct a tunnel seven
miles long to avoid the great Horse
shoe curve, which is one of the most
notable features on the line. It will
be the largest enterprise of the kind
in railroad construction so far attempt
ed on this continent. The Hoosac, the
longest at present in operation, is less
than four miles in lensth. The Cas
cade tunnel of the Great Northern rail
way is two and one-half miles long
and the tunnel projected through the
Sierra to reduce 1,500 feet of grade on
the Central Pacific railroad will be
only one and one-half miles in length.
The proposed Pennsylvania railroad
tuunel will shorten the line only three
miles and reduce the time in transit
three minutes, but the lessening of
wear and tear on the rolling stock,
which must be very heavy on the pres
ent curves and srades of the Horse
shoe, will doubtless compensate he
company for the Investment.
"Li Tins; Ey "
Princess Victoria of England, with
$30,000 a year of her own and no house
hold to maintain, may well enjoy life.
Tier sisters, the Duchess of Fife and
Princess Charles of Denmark, new re
ceive a similar income each, equal to
that paid each of their aunts when
married, excepting the Empress Fred
eric, who was granted more, as being
Queen Victoria's eldest daughter and
princess royal. The dowries have
dropped, and neither the Duchess ol
Fife nor Princess Charles was given
a lump st'.m from the country, $200,003
or $150,000, when they were married.
However, they did not lose so very
much, owins to the custom which has
sprung up of late years of allowing
royal brides to accept valuable pres
ents from outsiders.
GeLve Up WeaJth for Love
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By marrying Lewis Herzog. an art
ist, Fannie Rayne McComb, a New
York girl, may lose several million dol
lars. It was a case of love or wealth,
and the young woman chose the
former.
Miss McComb ia the daughter of
James J. McComb, a multimillionaire,
who died March 31 last.
Mr. McComb objected to Mr. Her
zog as a prospective sou-in-law, and a
few days before his death he added a
dicil to his will which delayed the
wedding until the present.
The McComb estate is said to be $20,
000.000 and the share of Miss Fannie,
which the will will make the same as
the share of each of the other children.
Would, it has been computed, yield her
$110,000 a year. But "the ninth sub
division of the third codicil" of the
will reads as follows: ,
"In case my daughter Fanny shall
marry Mr. Louis Herzog, the provision
Which she shall enjoy from my estate
shall be as follows:
I "An annuity of $15,000 a year shall
be paid to her so long as she shall live
free and clear from any enjoyment of
interference herewith on the part of
her husband."
There is also a provision that $300.
000 shall be divided among her chil
dren. Some people predicted that the co
dicil would prove the means of break-
Miss Faml MeCosaU.
ing off the match, but they did no
count on the spirit of Miss Fannie Mc
Comb. She had been reared in luxur)
and knew the value of millions. bit
her "heart was true to Paul," as th
wedding proved.
INDOOR. GOLF PRACTICE
Even the best players lose their
"form" from continued absence frcm
the links in the winter season, and it
is safe to say that the apparatus here
represented will prove practical in
keeping the regular player in trim, as
well as enabling beginners to master
the different clubs and handle them
with accuracy. The invention has
been patented by Eyre Crowe of Ban
bury, England, and it3 chief feature
is that it imlii-ate after each s iot th?
exact position of the club at th tim
the ball was struck, ar.d als i the di
rection of the stroke. !t will b?
especially valuable to beg'Lrit-r. a!o,
as it enables them to master the dif
ferent clubs without the fatiyru inci
dent to traveling over the link wlilI
following up the bll. This appuram
consists of a flat board, with h lower
strip attached at the rUI an 1 a
curved spring at the end to carry tl'
tee. The club has a spring attached
near the head, with a leather bulb at
the outer end. The tee i, fornel of a
tuft of vertical bristles, and the ball
is of wood or .ome other n.aterlal.
which will not injure the walls of a
room. When all Is ready the surface
of the board is chalked or t.meareij
with some marking substance, and a
glance at the marks after the stroke
is made will ihow its direction anl
accuracy.
NEW PENCIL SHAHPENER.
Between the large crank operated
pencil sharpener and the small pockel
one there has hitherto seemed to be
no medium-sized article which had
neither cost nor bulk as an objection
to it. The picture shown below il
lustrates a novelty in this line. The
uprer view shows the front sections
c".t away to expose the gearing an t
show the position of the peiicii. There
is an inner sleeve, in which the pen
cil is inserted, with a clamp to aid in
holding it rigid. The gear wheels are
connected in a train between the outer
hood and the cutting shaft seen at the
side of the pencil. The pencil to be
sharpened Is forced into the sleeve un
til it strikes the cutter. The oper
ator then grasps the hub in one hand,
places the rubber-covered friction ring
in contact with a desk or table top
and rolls the ring on the plane sur-
-
face, which rapidly revolves the cut
ter in connec tion with the p nc ll. Eu
gene Burke of Lakevlew, Ore., li the
patentee.
HONOR. FOR. MRS. VANDERBILT
A rumor is being circulated in New
York society to the effect that Alfred
(Iwynne Vanderbilt and his wife have
been Invited to the coronation of King
Edward. It Is said that the invitation
Count Tolstoi's Manuscript.
It took Count Tolstoi five years to
gather the historical material for
"War and Peace." The preliminary
writings from which the book sprang
are now in Rumjanzoff museum. Mos
cow. But they had a hard time get
ting there. Some years ago. wnen
ilountess Tolstoi was ill, a careless
servant took the manuscript and
threw them into a disused canal in
the park near the house. They were
discovered after several weeks and
rescued.
comes through General Eaton of tb
English army, lor many years a cl
friend to the king, and the husband ol
Mrs. Alfred G. Vanderbilt's sister.
Mrs. Yaucie-rbilt before her marriajs
was Miss Elsie French. They wer
married June 14 at Newport.
A play is to be mace by George Ade
Tlppine" In Old England.
In reference to ."tipping" it is claimed
that there is a certain hotel in Maa
thester where the head boots pays the
managers $1,000 per annum for his Job.
and that he is able to clear between
$3,600 and $3,000 each year.
Staging In Ynkoa Country.
The first winlt-r schdul of thf
White Pass and Yukon Railway ha."
been received by the Canadiaa Pariflr
Railway. Two stages a week run earh
way. leaving White Hore Wednesday
and Saturdays. The distance is 3o
miles, which is traveled in about fivt
days. There ere seventeen o:thoiie
where relays of hort-s are obtained and
where meals are served.
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Mnvlc Willi Iaugl'ins .
The French Academie de Medecine
has been much excited over a new
dental apparatus which comlines the
administration of gas with phono
graphic musical selections. While you
are inhaling the cue you are likewisf
drinking in the otner. and the result
is said to be "a most agreeable sena-Uon."
Ameriraa Animal in Koath Africa.
The shipments of horses arid mules
to South Africa by the British have
just passed the hundred thousand
mark, and 'requigition upon the re
mount stations in this country for
000 more ha been received. This ex
portation of thene animals is the larg
est the world has ever known, anJ as
a military purchase by one countrr
from another it ranks with the great
est of any kind. Texas has bun prac
tically drained. 3rd Kansas. Mi.,s jurl,
Wyoming and other to i;-rai sin?
states of the routh and wet hive bef-n
so nearly depleted that te $40 ani
mals of lfD0 bring $!( to-lay.
Bridegrooms In F.njland.
Boy bridegrooms arc growing In
number in London. There are four un
der 21 In every 100 bridegrooms. About
sixteen girls under 21 per 100 get mar-rifd.
Misaonrl a Tolntrrn FroJex-er.
Last year Missouri prod;red mnre
manufactured tt.iacc-o than .my ether
state in the Union, over 73. ', 111J
pounds pa?s!n? through it fj tori-.
Iiola Mill Itulld Ilon.L
Russia will ii'uid & rail ay fro:r. Or
enburg to Tashkent to relieve the famine-stricken
inhabitant j of that re.ta
by giving the m work.
for the use of Ward and Voke3.