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THE AMERICAN
TIIKSOMJOKTIIi: !Y.
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At til II ltfitftij? Hln-
fart i n atiiX nti ! il lr a tl llt
entitled "Ik !h. de ," wM.li
tt tiisde tl if pttlstion rt
l Mofffc, Hi! irt lu'ttia d lt rlMI
ft Mr It r Lot In tbe drawing,
room o( the -u h and t Ot t-nimetl
ff the pnu It t hfd twren the
eta of the sublime! tragedies a wel
turn on jot,
M most modern comedies; It sells by
thousands; no farce or vaudeulllo In
complete without it, and It ha sup
plied a new allusion Ii thi daily press.
And it It one c( the silliest songa tliut
hare ennght our frail lniiiuin fanry
Sinre tho dny of that Irnimcendcnt
effort of mortal absurdity, "Shoo Fly."
These a iv the word of the American
version of the song-ln which the refrain
is applied "Tara-ra Hoom-der-e," with
an accent on the e. These are the
versed originally sung, and still sung in
a farce comedy culled "Tuxedo."
A sweet Tnxi-do girl you see,
out'en ot nwHI micti'lv,
J uid of fun am fund can be
Vlion It Is on Hi strict g T,
I'm nut Mo ymmg, I'm not too Old,
Not too llllllll, ni t too liolit,
Just Dm kind you'd like lo hold,
Juki thi) kind for sport I'm told,
Chokcs Th-ra-ra, Itunin-dcre.
(Hi'iirut H timet.
I'm a blushing hud of Innocence,
1'iina n sat big eipi'iiKo,
Old maid any I have no sense,
Hoy dee I urn I'm JiiMt Inimciisti,
Hrfore my song 1 do i iiiirliiilo,
I wnni It strictly understood
Tlio' fond of fun I'm never rude.'
Tlio' not, too had, I'm not too good.
Cnontm Ta-ra-ra, ltoom-der-e.
Mearrn forpive uh! ami heaven for
give Mr. Henry J. Snyera, the author
of these linen, for eoinpreluuiditi ao
well the proftindltiea of popular timte!
Tills, then, win what whs wanting to
delight the lvntrl ImIi -inpfa U I tiff peoplea,
to occupy their intellects and to autlafy
their eravlntr for muHleal pabuluiul
To tell the truth, if this wcro all any
flog-jferel inlpht do. Hut doggerel,
though It always lias Ita following, is
not aufllnlently perauaaivo by itaelf to
.oreu.py all the vacant moments of the
race. What is there necessary to a
"catchy" tune? What are Its elements?
In some proportion and In some degree
It must have three things melody,
rhythm and originality. Of these re
quirements, bv the way, the first and
the last would seem to be the require
ments of civilization. Ithvthm has
been demanded by man In all apes and
in all ntngen of evolution. Libraries
might be written on the meaning of
this fact. Why was the drum the earl
iest medium for the expreaMlon of hu
man emotion and inspiration? There
are fl.OOO answers to this question, (In
ducible from the works of various phil
osophers, living and dead, one of the
lmpllest of them being, llecauae the
sonf U a form of motion. (This, how
ever, does not prove that Ual
ileo was primarily responsible
for the forglngfif-the aword mo
tive in "Siegfried") As to mel
ody, there is a pretty Oerman legend
that all music was created by the Al
mighty at the beginning of the world,
and that men are finding bits of It
which they call tunes. When all the
tunes are found, and when the majestic,
sublime whole of harmony is known to
us, then we shall have the millennium
because there will be nothing more
for the Germans to do. l'erhaps this
legend may furnish an Indication why
some composers are ao religiously ex
act In finding the same tune.
"Ta-ra-ra-lloom-de-ay" la an old song.
There are two kinds of old aongs.
There are the old songs which every
body knows and there are the old songs
which only a few people know, In
former days the second sort of songs
was more widely known and tnng than
at present, Learned student, like
Thomas D'Urfey.Esquire.even collected
them Into books, words and all, forthe
better distraction of molancholy,
or plow-boy poets, like Hums,
took their music bodily and set
new and sentimental words to them.
Something of the practice of Hums has
been borrowed by Mr. Sayers though
Lord forbid that Mr. Stivers' verses
should be compared to those of a senti
mental Scotchman. Thus one reason
LOTTIE C0U.I58.
rby "Ta-ra-ra Boom de-ay" waa an eh
a success when Miss Uilroy sang it for
the first time In ita new dress in Chi
cago waa that there were people in the
audience who bad heard it before and
recognized it as an old favorite of some
flve or six years' standing. But, for
all ita success then and afterwards it
London, its real author has never com
forward to claim it Perhapa be di
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pfentlitf tl t Idf nlin!f f tt
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the tf.n nif sow ot tl' Hn-Ulv,
1 he miHfti f (he a' lw l(ndfn
lnnn. il l pitUtijr hr, ttt II did
ti.ft tllmllill ll t, ha tful, Mil ,
,liiiiM-, teshlty.
rtVINO tut IK PULLET
al,llfi Mill SrrA l'rnlHlti hum the
ar-ttrtMg MlllM, j
(Vmnieiitlng on the ienetrallve
powem of Hie mimll sun lately Intlif j
(In. fd Into the anuie of all the girat '
Hiwer, ltd. Unixdnle Hale kl-nlet that
the iiiiiiliiuitii lhielm of ordinary!
(will affnrdliig prole.tion Is thirty
Inehea, while aiitgle brlek walla, after
leliig Klru. U a lew times, no longer
afford any rover, 'I he new tiermau j
nllo ranges up to I.ihhi yiirds, and at
....... . .i . . . .. ,i ...,..
uoo yanls the bullet will entrato ten
lliehe of fir or nine mid fourteen Inches
of sand. At fill yards the bullet ran;
pierce three or four rimkw, and at I. .100 j
yards a inun tuny no longer consider
V.I ....' .. if ll... I... 11.., I.... I
iiiiiini'ii nuir, rvi'ii if fin" i.iiiif-i. una
already Hnetrated two of his com
rades. , 9
With regard to "snmkeleaa powder,"
the siinio authority oliNervps that,
though the report or the rules when
tired la lieurd, It is very diflieuit to see
whence the rilles aw Hied. Under cer
tain eondilitlons no truce of Riiu.ko ran
bo diKtingiiiHiied. Minor acta of sur
prise, he coimlderH, will lie more fre
quent In the future, and will often pur
t ii Ko of the nut ore of ambtmendea.
Very sum 11 bodies of cavalry, Inti
mately connected with Infantry, form
ing In action patrols of the latter will,
therefore, be necessary, and it will no
longer be possible to discover well
posted batteries.
On the whole, Col. Hale considers
that only a war can absolutely deride
what the effects of the Imrirovcment In
small artm will lie. One thing, how
ever, la certain that Is, that the diffi
culty of leading troops Iiiir considerably
Increased.
MRS. WILLIAM M'KINLEY-
Wife of tlift tloverniir of Ohio Wumaa
f tCntlinnlita Uimlltlrs.
Mrs. William McKlnlcy, Jr., la the
daughter of the late ,1 nines A. Saxon, ft
wealthy citizen of Canton, Ohio, and
completed her education in that town.
Her brilliant and amiable qmtlitiee
won the admlrstlon of MaJ. Wllllatv
mm, truiAM s'RTKi.rr, j.
McKlnley, then a prominent lawyer
of Canton, and January 25, 1871, the
the couple were married in the Canton
1'reHbyteriau church, of which Miss
Sax ton was a member. Major and
Mrs. McKlnley made Canton their
home, and their first child was born on
Christmas day, 1871. The death of
Mrs. McKinley's mother caused the
family to remove to the house of her
father, where they remained until the
Major's election to Congress in
1877, since which they have
spent most of thu time in Wash
ington, Mrs, McKinley's delicate
health prevented her from participat
ing in the gayetles of Washington, but
her "at homes" at the Kbbltt house
were always enjoyed by her circle of
friends. Mra.McKlnley shares her hus
band's political views and has alwaya
sacrificed her personal comfort and
pleasure to the advancement of his
nubile interests. She Is of medium
height, and slight, graceful flgnre.wlth
a sensitive face that grows wonderfully
sweet and animated as she becomes In
terested in conversation. Though an
Invalid for ao many years, ill-health
has not affected her bright and sunny
temperament, and the domestic life of
Uov. McKlnley and his estimable wife
is one ot unalloyed happiness.
NEWSPAPERS PROHIBITED.
On of the Plnuaras Ordinary Taople
Hare Above yuneo Vlotorla.
Queen Victoria isn't allowed to han
dle n newspaper of any kind, nor a
magazine, nor a letter from any person
except from her own family, and no
member of the royal family or house
hold is allowed to speak to her of any
piece of news In any publication.
AH the information tho Queen is per
mitted to have must first be strained
through the intellect of a man whose
business It is to cut out from the papers
each day what he thinks she would
like to know.
These scraps he fastens on ft silk
sheet, with a gold fringe all about it,
and presents to her unfortunate ma-
The silken sheet with gold fringe is
imperative for all communications to
the Queen.
Anyone who wishes to cisend the
Queen a personal poem or ft communi
cation of any kind except a personal
letter, which the poor lady is not al
lowed to have at all, must have It
printed in gilt letters on one of these
silk sheets with a gold fringe, lust so
many inchea wide and no wider, all
about i.
These gold trimmings will be re
turned to him in time, aa they are ex
pensive, and the Queen is kindly And
thrifty, but for the Queen's presence
they are Imperative.
"' the old plow handle with twine
ftm 'my ft $20 willow baby carriage op
It tered with plush and blue silk.
AT WHITMAN'S TOMIi.
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fa All I ft IV M I IMNO
ftkM Hit ! IIwiImi t.V (lit
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"4 ftvat msa a ptral Amptieaa-
lite n.l imirnl i ill. n t-l Mils Ifpnli
he I itrV ltfi lmt -t ! Ififfelxt!)
tf r tbe 1 1 i ft M aU W hit man, at Hit
lot. i ll M tt,ite In tb tint leltfh tfH.
let v ol atii'iea. f tbe tMifffli-n ( lha
fiitfil ffv im I'll fiiiK ml litis ff.
Ifi mlf.l eol.vv wat bsfai tei Ifille i( lt
tibjeel, it ijnt't mivjf ln.i Ida looletif
JmiSllfS ar fliUileil iM lftei n lol
mm
WALT WHITMAN,
mates one rejecting him altogether,
the other according most enthusiastic
acceptance anil exalted fuilli. Hut
there can be no doubt whatever as to
the place held by the "good gray poet"
in the heart f of his friends, of his
townspeople, of all will) whom he
cnine In personal contact during
his full active life. He was
the peer of the greatest, the
friend of the most lowly, thu sympa
thizer with the degraded and suffering
and the champion of (lie oppressed.
Ho loved, and waa beloved by children.
So it befell that, on the sunny March
morning when bis body lay In almtde
state in the little cottnge of MicUlo
street, In the city of Camden, New
Jeraev, where the Inst heroic years of
his life had ebbed away, a continuous
stream of people during four hours
passed In and out of the door, coming
reverently to look their last on the
fnco of the superb old man, whom they
were accustomed to call, In preference
to any other title, "Friend Walt"
I.
Fund slnicr of ''My Captain," and Die door-
yurd lilac flower
In plitlnllvfi measures moulded on the tuition's
darkest liuur;
Thy nil in ii cliisped close wllh Lincoln's must be
dcitr In ehiirit mid rliyme,
Until sir!iiK furufltH lis blossoms, and the birds
their pulrlng-tlmu.
II.
Prairies broad, thing sutochlhonlo. and the
common leaves of ftr,
Small and lurRnslIke In value, boneyed, tendnr,
snd or crass,
Stirred the lyre shaped larire to freedom sod
to sturdy, untaught power;
Ileal lb It tirruthe and robust vigor, and it
Strikes tbe present hour.
III.
Nothing falls unprlsmi'd of wonder In the spec
trum of this muse
Singing Jocundly of sunlight, shadows, too, It
Wflll mil choose;
lis vision beams full-orlied upon the soul snd
Inmost thoughts of things,
And who lis sn mr to listen bears lis deep
.t'.olian strings.
IV.
There's s rhyme of the drum-tap, snd s chant
for poor or brava;
Here s touch of sturdy manhood, here a trace
all smooth snd suave;
Not a note, If struck by nature, does It flnlcally
flout;
If great I'an the chorf accepts the poet will
not rule It out.
V.
Now, when springtime's soft caresses bring
once more the lllae's bloom,
Garlands fragrant with It odor shall bs laid
upon s tomb,
Whore civilian snd soldier may for ages pauet
and ta.
And where tbe epitaph of nature will be simply
leaves of grass.
On ft wooded hillsido In the Ilarlelgh
cemetery, two or three miles out east
ward from the city of Camden, Walt
Whitman's mausoleum had been built,
under his personal supervision, during
the summer months preceding bis last
illness. It is a massive vault of granite,
with a front like the Cyclopean door
way to Agamemnon's tomb at Myccnm,
as depicted by Dr. Schliemimn, The
day being tint),' a throng numbering
fully three thousand persons went out
to the cemetery to attend the burial
services, which consisted entirely of
abort addresses, interspersed with
readings from the liible, the classics,
and the writing of the dead poet him
self. The tnippiiifs and the pomp of
woe were noticeably absent. In short,
it was such a funeral aa befitted
one who had written so bravely
as he had about death. The
moat notable address was that of Col,
ItobertO. lngersoll. The other speak
ers were Dr. Daniel O, lirlnton, of
I'liiladelphia: Dr. Maurice Hucke, of
Canada (Whitman's biographer); and
T fmiTTtJUCI TOMS,
M, T. B. Uarned, of Camden. Listen
ing to the earnest wordu of these emi
nent frienus of the dead poet, and
watching the sympathetic faces of the
hushed multitude around, while the
blue-birds sang a joyous requiem in
the beeches over his tomb, it was not
difficult to share the conviction elo
quently expressed by Dr. Hrinton, that
one day Camden's chief glory would be
tt.kt t !.. t iff h t t HlimS a.
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, S'ilii t' inm .l, l t'enf.Ma
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t In iff i t tl" ' U I 'if e'e f trp
t fm-i II- ut i' l If ft t fl a
bijf ill ll is in I lfr In ffni'tvp
im I Hi iMtttute wll titltt tl.e f.if tavil
fh fit l.fi1! with tmlt, ttffu tWe
a iln tMvfu-H ii.i. t .n P ,rtf.lf tip
lief bet U l.kitif l.er Imiiit ad tljf
p'titf iVff lliin t'lfialt.,- lamldee
in a iSfsp slut fn.lls ofv uh ler lt k,
wllh bff lnits wafiKg witdlt In tb
a i ll kt a riff alHtui threa wont a
ti tviiftr Unm te ptiiiisty atmplfnna
of liitmlrslinii 'I ln t at plenty tf
pl'le In the Mate tins tall, ami
eisl ciiwn have Ix en drntik.
J. I. 1 tvadwell, v Im dwell in a Una
house al K.iith Nurwalk, neier mw a
row llv until a few daysagfi. 1 ben.
In the middle of the aflt in. mil. he saw
his hsndstime Jersey, that bad tiei-n
pasturing In a b-t lit tbe r er of Id
tfslileii. a, lulling np fUtraor
illliary prahks. Slu swnngatil
aliout the lot, tiwsing her lii'tnl,
kicking tip her liei K Weill
down on her knees once or twice, ami
filially stopped prancing and gnred
fUedly at her owner In a bleur eyed
style, Mr, Treadwell was alarmed. for
ha thought some strnuge disease had
allocked her, so besent for the South
Norwalk veterinary surgenii. ,Tlie
doctor ga,eil at the row for a moment
sprawling about on the ground, and
suid aeulenlliiusly: "She's drunk.
Where did she get lier jug'.'"
Then Mr. 'trend well remembered
there was a big apple tree In his lot,
most of whose fruit hud been blown to
the ground that day. "That's what's
the iiiatter,"fommcutcd the veterinary
man. "Von just let heriilotie and she'll
come round all right In a few hours."
The Jersey ctinie to ln f.ire night, but
she had a griveil and wondering look
nil next day.
At Hartford the oilier night right
cows pranced down woodland atrcet
Into thu crowded Kingsley street, where
they got mixed up with nil the city traf
fic. I 'cd lee Otllcer Iterd arrested and
ran them into Lawyer Chnacland'a yard
on Slgourtiey street, They stayed there
until after midnight, and then several
persons from the Deaf mid Dumb
asylum came, correlled the animals and
drove them back to the asylum quar
ters, where the deaf and dumb men re
ported they belonged. They had been
eating apples.
At Washington's lllrtliliie.
The foregoing cut Is from tho current
Century. Jt gives some Idea of the
proposed memorial to be erected by
the United Slates government to mark
tlcn, Washington's lilrtlila 'o. lien
9
T vf.m-s)T0H, srirmvT.tre.
Washlngtvm was born at Hope's Creek,
near Jlrldge's Creek, Westmoreland
county, Va., Feb. 5!2, 1732. The house
was burned long ago; a few bricks of
the old kitchen chimney are still to be
seen.
A DOCTORED ELEPHANT.
Queen Jamba lias the "Tliiiiiips" and
I Plastered Accordingly.
Queen Jumbo and Italdy, the ele
phants, attracted several thousands of
people, old and vounif, to the park in
San Francisco the other day,
The dav was eold and lowering over
head, while the earth was damp, but
the children fondled their big friends
as enthusiastically aa ever, and ex-
f tended all the small change to be had
n corn and peanuts with a much
abandon as though the sun had been
shining.
Queen Jumbo had ft bad time a little
while ago with the "thumps." When
ft child suffers from chills and then be
comes fevered and has lung trouble, It
Is pneumonia, but when an elephant
suffers in the same way the trouble is
"thumps."
Queen's huge bulk shivered and
shook, and she whined complniningly
until Keeper I'ctt began to give her
medicine,. The first dose was two cul-
lona of whisky with five ounces of
quinine, and he had much trouble in
getting Queen to take It, The dose
did little good, and Queen grew worse
until "thumps" were plainly to be de
tected. Then It was a case of life and death,
and tho keeper set to work in a hurry.
He built a big fire 'in the elephant
house and bung blankets to It until
they were red-hot and then wrapped
them around Queen.
Another man put 100 pounds of
Strong Knglish mustard into a barrel
and mixed it with watcr,like any 'other
mustard plaster Is made. The mustard
was then spread on cioth and the mon
strous plasters applied to Queen's
Sides.
Soon her ladyship showed signs of
uneasiness. She felt along her sides
with her trunk, stepped about con
stantly, and seemed to wonder what
was the matter. As the mustard took
hold more severely Queen tried to tear
away tho bandages, and when jabbed
by the keeper's hook she began
screaming like a steam whistle.
The plasters were left in position for
three hours and than removed, and
Queen again wrapped In hot blankets
and dosed with whisky and quinine. Af
ter awhile she began to perspire, as ele
phants always do, through the trunk,
and her keeper knew she was saved.
The Condors.
Sometimes their expanse of win is
fourteen feet, though the average is
about ten. They live on the summits
of mountains in air so rare that men's
vitality Is reduced so that they cannot
stand. The condor sits oh Its eggs
seven weeks. It nourishes Its young
for a year licfore allowing them to
leave the nest It has a swift flight, a
keen eye, and can adapt itself to the
regions of perpetual snow or the trop
ical gardens at the base of mountains.
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ovn jm.uoxAii.Ks.
AMI nit'A't Wt All It V ilttlINt
IN VHt t.M Af Ann. V
4a It femtHIIt M4 rtftl4
IM-'IIM Mt ao ttltknl4 at S)IM,t
tHKXIMtt W W Attnr toilet. MM
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I 'Nt one cf lite l-ett .trd turn la
the ttnstirial wiiil It i bii... that
the iticivM in tt f.miiiK-1. lal isp Ul
ot thee.iiititi r dutmtf Ibe jm It n yrsr
I in,tsm,ssi,iiit. In D'n, It as lit t
mneinbervd, the rrn' rvpttrla'alinwrit
ft total of nmi thing tr !!,it,tittt,ii
as the amount ut i spitsl ltm-trd In
bus. nes in tbe l ulled Stairs. It was
JMfH D. SOCKWItt.tOI.
the president of one of the leading com
mercial agencies who said only a dny
or two ago that he believed that sum
had been increased to :.n,ooo,ooo,ooo.
It will be interesting, therefore, to
ascertain just what proportion of this
amount is in the possession of the mil
lionaires of Ihe country.
Togive acomplo'e listof these would
lie impossible, but an approximate esti
mate shows tluiU there ure ISO men in
this country who have on an average
over 820,tM)o,0(iO each. One CKtimnte
made recently was that seventy men in
this country owned on an average S37,
M)0,000 ench. In this estimate, how
ever, no attempt was made to get the
great wealth of the varied industries of
the country. No attempt was made to
get at tlio vast wealth concentrated in
the hands of the very few men who con
trol the conl output of the great
1'ennsylvania mining regions. Yet It
is a fact that tho Hit. 0(13 acres of coal,
iron and timber land owned by the
I'liiladelphia and Heading Iron and
Coal Company is really in the posses
sion of three men, who may be said to
control the real output of the country.
No attempt, has ever been made to
get Into a list of this kind the vast
wealth controlled by a few men In tlio
whisky trust. The brewers of this
country have always been omitted from
these large lists, and yet such men as
Adoiphus lliisch of St. Louis and Mr.
1'abstof Milwaukee arc by their own
admission worth from 88,000,000 to $10,
000,000 each.
When, furthermore, the vast fortune
of the Individuals In the mining regions
of Michigan and Wisconsin, in the Hour
district of Minnesota, in the bullion
section of San Francisco, In the mining
region of tho northwest, In the dry
goods interests, in the Iron interests,
in the grain interests, In tho packing
interests, in the Insurance Interests
and In tho newspaper properties of tho
country are added to the inventory,
it will be evident that 100 men
of the country control 8:.'0,000,00()
each, or a total of g'i,ooo,ooo,ooo, and
that there are 1,000 firms In the United
States having an Invested capital of
from 115,000,000,000 to 20.000,000,000,
or well over a quarter of tho amount
estimated as the capital of the business
Interests of the country.
A similar list could be made up for
almost every large city in the country,
with the possible exception of llrook
lyn, which only has two millionaires,
The most interesting fact developed
in the Investigation of the millions con
trolled by Individuals in New York is
the revelation that Ilussell Sago 1 to
day a richer man than Jay Gould.
Talking with a gentleman who
has had occasion to consult both
men on this matter the writer
was given the Information that
within the past two yeans the wealth
ot Mr. Sage has Increased enormously,
and that It might be safe to say that
many of his largest Investments have
netted him as high as so per rent. " I
would say," said the gentleman, "that
Kusscll Sage is worth SHO.OOO.OOO and
that Mr, Ootild would have nothing
left should ho lose cho, 000,000."
! In the list which is appended the
name of Hetty (ireen appears with tho
; usual et0,000,000. While it is a fair
' estimate, it is learned from aeveral
I reliable sources, that her fortune Is now
nearer er.o.ooo.ooo, 11 is not two
months since Hetty astonished her
banker by appearing in a new kind of
cardigan. She had taken a butler's
frock coat, cut off the tails, sewed
buttons on the lapels, and she Insisted
that it was the cheapest and best cardi
gan she had ever had. This is men-
BlWKI.L SAOt.
tloned to show that Hetty Is still sav
ing her p.-nnics. Here Is an Interesting
list of millionaires of the country,
although necessarily lncomplete.whose
fortunes are 820,000,000 or over:
John D. Rockefeller, New York,
18S,000,000; W. W. Astor, New York.
, 1120,000,000; Russell Sage, New York,
jf0,000,000: Jay Gould, New York,
(50,000,000; Henry M. Flagler. New
I York, ffl0,000,000; Charles Crocker es-
; tate, California, &r,o,ooo,000; Charles
Pratt estate, New York, 158,0000,000,
'William K. Vandcrbllt. New York
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fvvitso.t, Mllttett, ;, hi tclier, ,
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Matif.tt.t I !if, finis. t,itn,ii, Mr
llrtt V t.it-eti i ! '. A te
ler tmlaln, ro,oi,iii Miter 1V
Im ettate, .i.ftf.iil K A.
Steven, New iW, S,fl-o.,itl
llinwit A I tea. r.' uti'm-v, U I , Mt,
s'.o-; T, 1 1 Aim.mr, bl'cv HI.,
Iim mn IV liitt lei estate, New Vik,
t i.i.msiissi, f, A. Nfttt ltf New
itik, tVfi,rti; ,1 W. tierivlt estate,
tm,VMi It tiidiU. Philadelphia,
I'a , I 'o,i,oi(; ;,t Wiimiit, fin, tssi,.
000; 1. II t'e, iii,isi,isi; CUm
SptwWlea, tn I'ranelsttt, lil.ifT,aj
U. J, l,Wlmmn, New oik, V,is,.
Isi; Mr. HipWin.Sesrle lale, lid,.
issi.issij S, V. Hsi kliess estate, fW.OoO,.
isi ll. W, Colrmnn estate, ui.isiO.Oih);
1. M, Singer estate, iii,iso,tsto IVrcv
lvyne. New York. tiU.tNNt.iMHit A. J.
Di-enrl. New York, I ;.,iss,tssij J. 8.
Morgan, New York, avA.ism.ismt J.
Morgan, New York, f'.'t.issi.tHKi; Xlar
shall l leld, Chlcngo, f .'S.imsi.ihhij J, (1.
l air estate, California. a'.'.l.oiHi.oons K.
T. tierrv, New York, S.U, 000,1100: Gov.
Fairbanks estate, New York. f .'S.ooo,.
Oihij A. Schrrinrrhid'ii estate. New York,
tlS.ooo.ooo; O. . I'nvne. New York,
S.'S.otMi.iMMij John T. Davis, SL Irfiuls,
SS.OiKl.OiKl: F. A. Drexcl estate. I'liila
delphia, fu'a.tHHi.iHHi; 1, V. Williamson
estate, 22,ihhi.imhI! W. F. Weld
estnte, $ .".'.uoo.oon; Jabcs A. Host
wick, New York. aw.OOO.OOOj
Tbeiwlore Haveinever, New York, J20,-
00 00; It. tt Haveinever, New York.
20,00o.0oo; W. ll. Warden, New York,
?20,ooo,ooo: W. I'. Tbom psom. S'.'o.ooo,
000; Mrs. Srhrnlcy, 20,Oimi,ooo: J. It.
Ilaggin, i(2i,i)00,ou(i; H. A. liulrhins,
2(),ooo,(MM)j W. Sloan estate. New York,
?20,0oo,oooj K. S. Higgina estnte, S20,
000,(M)0; C. Tower estate, (20,000,000;
William Thaw estate, (20,000,000; Dr.
Ilostcttcr estate, '.'ii,0(M),ooo: William
Sbnrou estate, California, $20,000,000;
1'etcr Donoltne estnte, $20,000,000;
Henry Hiiton, New York, (20,000,000;
Andrew Carnegie, New York, (20,000,
000; II. Victor Newcombe, New York,
(20,000.000; John Jacob Astor, Jr.,
New York, (20,000,000; Mrs. II. McK.
Twombley, New York, (20,000,000;
William C. Whitney, New York, (20,
000,000: The Misses Furnew, New York.
It. W. CHAMIIKftl.At.f.
(30,000,000; Darius O. Mills, New York,
(20,000,000; David Dows Stall, New
York, $20,000,000; Mrs. llradley Martin.
New York, (10,000,000; Illram Walker,
Detroit, $!l,000,000.
To this list, of course, can be added
an indefinite number of names,
based largely on the great Investments
all over the country. livery city In the
country has its fist of millionaires,
generally comprising those In the con
trol of the street-car, gas and water
companies of the respective localities.
STRANGE WEDDINQ RINGS.
They Are Made of lira and Weigh a
Much a Thirty found.
The Ilayanzl, who live along the
Upper Congo, have a strange custom
which makes life a burden to the mar
ried women. Hrass rods are welded
Into great rings around the necks of
the wive. Many of these rings worn
by the women, whoso husbands are
well to do, weigh as much as thirty
pounds, and this burden must be car
ried by the poor creatures us long as
they live. Frequently one sees a poor
woman whose neck Is galled by the
heavy weight, and In places the skin Is
rubbed off by the ring. This is a sure
sign that the ring has been recently
welded around the neck. Aftera short
time the skin becomes calloused, and
then the strange ornament produces no
abrasion, Tho weight is a perpetual
ta upon the energies. In every
crowd of women may be seen a
number who are supporting the ring
with their hands, and thus for a time
are relieving their weary shoulders of
tho burden. A ring Is never put around
a woman's neck until she is believed
to have attained her full physical de
velopment. Once on It Is no easy mat
ter to get it off. The natives have no
flies, and, although they can hammer ft
lot of brass rods Into one, It is very dif
ficult for them to cut the thick mass of
metal. Women who Increaae largely
in flesh after the rings have been placed
on their necks are In danger of strang
ling to death, and Instances of this sort
have occurred. The women, however,
regard the curious ornament with
pride, imagine it enhances their im
portance and beauty, and wear their
burdens with light hearts. Hrass is
the money of the country, and in put
tingit around their wives' necks the
men are certain that it will not be
stolen or foolishly expended.
How Do They Spunk Him.
Spanish Court etiquette is a fearful
and wonderful thing. It allows cer
tain cf the grandees to put on their
hats in the presence of their sovereign,
while it forbids anyone to touch the
person of the sovereign under all sorts
of penalties, and, in conscquenco, there
is a good deal of difficulty about chas
tising the present very Juvenile
monarch when he shall deserve It. The
Queen of Spain, we know, "has no
legs," and for practical purposes the
King of Spain has no birchablf
surface.
We are familiar with the rush of the
express train as it flashes past us at tbe
rate of sixty miles an hour, but light
actually travels 11, 170,500 times as
fast
