THE AMERICAN BABY DID IT. Tfce tlttla Thing Waa MMklH la Thai IHb(t MimI t mr. On on of lh rolj. rainy ! of th pail a Waahlwtton Star rporK-r u on a car on th IVnnsjrlvanU -Bu tin coming Jon Capitol bill. Thir a jimty giJ loa.l of pawn gen. It col J, -t anl um-omforl-bl InalJ of lh- car. an.l t! rain beat tattoo on the aluloas without that brought anything but pca.nt r"flc tlona to thr piawiigcm who woulJ have to fc It. At th IVao nionunint ther a big rwnforci-ment of p cngcra. They pilcil In very unfr nionlously, bringing with them a rush of coM air and a-altering showra of pray from their oaktsl garments. In th crowd which got aboard wa a woman with a baby In her anna. The woman waa rather poorly and thluly clad nd had no umbrella. There waa onu delay In her getting a 't and he looked decidedly forlorn and help ha trying to maintain her balance and t the same time look out for her child. Hut with all the environment calcu lated to make men moan and aurly eome one had enough gallantry in spite of the weather to offer her a acnt. Hut mother and child got many a reproving look from the other panaengera. Those who were In an ugly mood on account of their unpleasant surroundings found it very soothing to their ruffled feeling to think. "Well, there's a bigger fool than I am." and one lady whispered to her neighbor loud enough to reach the ear of the writer- "The very Idea of taking a baby out In such a storm," and finished her sentence with a shrug of her shoulders which meant more than she said. Hut baby was wrapped up snug and warm In a blanket and Ua mother, heedless of what her neighbors-might think, began to unroll the quaint covering to see how hi diminutive majesty was getting on. Everybody In the car was watching ber with looka of mingled disapproval and curiosity. Bhe finally got the roll undone so that Mr. Ilaby's face became vlalble. And such a face as It was! There waa probably never a more com plotely surprlaed set of people In that etreet car before. Ruby was a real beauty of the sort that Is apparent to omebody eU besides the mother. Such eyes, such dimples and, withal, such a bright, healthy, smiling face In all probability will never light up a simi lar occasion. Ilaby's appearance worked like a magic charm on the rest of the passengers. As soon as his face was uncovered he took a survey of the passengers about him with owlish gravity. Then, as If struck by some highly ludicrous Idea In the contem plation of the scene, he burst Into a great fit of bHby laughter. He chir ruped and chuckled and kicked up his heels In such glee that Inside of a minute he had the entire car on his aide. The scowling looks had all dis appeared as If by magic and people for got all about tho disagreeable weather outside and their uncomfortable sur roundings within and Joined with baby In a broad smile at the novel situation. Somehow that baby's genuine, healthy and spontaneous good spirits had for the time put an entirely now phase on life for all who saw hi in. 1'aHlng of the Carpet. "When I came out of the sanita rium," said the woman w ho had been taking a rest cure, "my first act was to order all the carpets in my house taken up. After I had been a dally Witness of the exquisite neatness of wooden floors, wiped up every twenty-four hours with a damp cloth, car pets seemed unspeakably dirty. And I believe my family baa been the better for the change." Carpets have long been the target of hyglentsts, both because of their dust and germ collecting facilities and their disease-dispensing ones when sweeping day arrives. The wise and progressive woman reso lutely banishes from her floors woolen coverings too large to be shaken, aired and sunned at least once a week. New York World. WaaMng Flue Handkerchief Few laundresses wash One embroid-l ered handkerchiefs properly. Too often thy go to pieces In the wringer or are rubbed Into holes on the wash board. The dainty bit of cambric that Is carried more for show than for use may bo washed by the owner in her own bowl. This done, all dust should be wiped from a large window pane, and the handkerchief, while it is still wet, spread smoothly over the glass, all creases pressed out and the corners kept flat. When the handkerchief Is dry It will be crisp and new In appear ance. A Fol.onou. Frog-. People in general look upon all species of the frog as perfectly harm less. Should you be traveling in New Granada (United States of Colombia), however, you would do well to let a certain little tree croaker severely1 alone. He secretes a poison equally as deadly as that of a rattlesnake. It ex udes from his skin in the shape of a milky liquid and is used by the natives as a poison for their arrows. Ad Acrobatic Doom. A gray goose has built a nest far out on the forked limb of an apple tree, near Smyrna, Del. The Intelligent bird is now engaged in hatching seven eggs, and when she leaves the tree for food she walks along a limb with all the skill of a tight-rope performer. It "Happen, "Matrimony happened to Mr. and Miss " is the way a Maine cor respondent starts his report of a June wedding at high noon. Ha la Small, Indeed. When a man br.s of bis power, ask him to make a blade of grass or Bpla pider'e web. IN TIFLIS. The nuaf ti4-Kalare4. I-aif Caarglea la m .aaral FarH. The Armenian, w ith his ahlny broad cloth and Jewish type of countenance, adda little to the attraction of the place, though It must be coufeased that from the traveler's point of view. If from no other, be Is niotU useful. ayt the National Review. Nearly all the bank and moat of the shops are In hla bands, from hi rank spring the guide and Interpreter, and go where one will one finds him a ready llnguiitt and polite ao long a be I paid. Hut from the artistic point of view the buy, good natured Georgian la charming a he swaggers about with his handsome looka and becoming cos tume and 'tcherka' or long, tlght nttlng coat, from beneath which only the fwt of hla top boots appear. True, he Is a laiy, pleasure-seeking creature, about whose moral the less said the better, but his appearance of good looks and good nature and his duudy air seem to render him a favorite everywhere. No one seem to realite better than he that he has the reputa tion of coming from the purest slock In the world and of being a member of the handsomest race. Nor 1 this repu tation belled as he is seen In his long white coat, with its silver or gold car tridge or powder tubes sewn across his chest, with bis cap of white lamb's wool perched Jauntily on one side of his head, to say nothing of his per sonal charm of countenance, which is often of the greatest beauty. Round his waNt Is a sliver or gold girdle, from which hang a handsome sword and straight dagger, both Incased in the same precious metals. Of the 1'ersluiis one sees but little In the European quarters. One must seek the narrow, dirty bazaars near the river bank to obtain a glimpse of these scowling, sallow fanatics, In their dark clothes and tall black lambskin caps. As a matter of fact, though Persian subjects, they are not of Iranian blood but belong to the wild Turkman tribes which overran Persia and whose de scendants, now known as Turkls, to day hold almost the entire northern part of the dominions of the shah. Hut to the traveler It Is the Tartar, after the Georgian, who proves of the greatest Interest. True he has little beauty cither in feature, figure or cos tume to recommend him, but never theless there Is a peculiar attraction, humorous rather than ornamental, per haps, about the squat, narrow-eyed tribesman In his ragged clothes and absurd "papak" or enormous hat of ragged wool. Franca'i Ntw MlnUtar to Harlln. The Marquis de Noallles is to go as ambassador to Merlin. It is rather courageous to appoint a De Noallles to any great post. The name was in the eighteenth century synonymous with private good luck and public bad luck. The Marquis de Noallles has the pliant temper of the family. His nephew, the Due d'Ayen, married a few winters ago Mdlle. oe Luynes, sister of the Duo d'Orleans' most devoted partisan. The Marquis de Noallles was born in lS30,a year that set its mark on French history. He is a son of that Duo de Noallles who was a member of the academy and kept out of it all writers hostile to Mme. de Maintenon, from whose niece he was descended. The marquis lost his wife when he was am bassador to Constantinople. She was one of two very beautiful Polls'- sisters who were a good deal noticed for their beauty at Biarritz during the empire. The marquis flattered Gambetta by his attentions and succeeded in secur ing his warm friendship. He would have been transferred from Rome to London by Gambetta If Lord Lyons had not been against the proposed appoint ment when consulted. M. de Noallles was then sent to Constantinople. He asked in 1S66 to be allowed to resign and has lived ever since a retired life. He wears the rosette of grand officer of the legion of honor. The marquis en tered into his wife's Polish sentiments. It was the fashion In France from the time Henri of Valols was elected king of Poland until the Russian alliance waa brought about to avow warm sym pathy for Poland. M. de Noallles was in the fashion. He Is the author of three books on Poland and has written an agreeable criticism on Polish poetry. Paris Dispatch to London News. Tha Way to Iron Lac Frills. Washington Evening Star: In Iron ing the lace frills on underwear or lawn dresses you can make the lace look almost like new after this fash ion: Iron all the rest of the garment, then have a clean, wet cloth t hand, with which spat the lace till it is pretty damp, then rub it over with a moder ately warm iron. Do the smoothing of the lace rapidly and leave it quite damp. As soon as you have finished a ruffle or a sleeve lay down and gen tly pull the lace out to it fullest width, smoothing and patting every fine stitch at the edge into shape. When you once get used to it you will not have to spend much time, and it im proves lace wonderfully to Ueat it that way. A Locomotive's Ufa. Some careful experiments which have been made in England prove that the life of a locomotive is about 500, 000 "train miles." In other words, that a locomotive of the latest ap proved pattern will run 600,000 miles before wearing out so as to be useless. In making this run of 500,000 miles the fire box will have to be renewed three times, the wheel tires five or six times and the crank axles from three to five times. VIII Challenge HI. Brown "I'm going to challenge that man who ran off with my wife." Jones "Why, that waa six months ago." Brown "I know it, but he has sent her back." New York World. A FENCE 400 MILLS LONQ. Haw Ik Aaalrallaaa iMal ha tha Kabbll -al. Then the New South Wales govern ment. It may be remembered, offered a reward of f25.0oO to any person or persons w ho could suggest a really effi cient method of getting rid of the peat, but, although tbl liberal offer led to the receipt of no fewer than 2,tM) hemes from all parts of the world, none of them wa regarded as satis factory, and the offer wa withdrawn, aay the London Times. The domestic cat wag Introduced and In certain lim ited area did much service. Poisons were largely resorted to, and ferrets, stoat and weasels have been Imported In thousands Into some of the colonics and hava Increased fast. But hitherto the rabbits, owing to the rate at which they multiply, have managed not only to hold their own, but to constantly spread over new ground, carrying de struction with them wherever they go. In South Australia, for Instance, the direct loss from the rabbits has been put down at 200,000 per annum and the indirect loss at a similar amount. In Victoria the active operations for the destruction of rabbits on crown lands have been carried on by the gov ernment since 1880, and from that date to the middle of 181)4 a total of nearly 300,000 had been spent by the state on that object. As for the money spent by private individuals for the same purpose, that is almost incalculable, but it may be mentioned that on one estate alone upward of 15,000 has been expended by the owner with the view of clearing his land of the pest. In the seventeen years ending with 1H93 nearly 68,000,000 rabbit skins, valued at 402,000, were exported from Victoria, without counting the large quantities used by hat manufacturers In the col ony, one establishment alone using 374,000 every year; yet, notwithstand ing all thlB slaughter, the present in fested area throughout the colony Is estimated by the chief Inspector at no less than 37,750.000 acres. Adding to the direct expenditure tho depreciation of the grazing values of the land, the losses to the colonies concerned amount to millions of pounds sterling. The final outcome of royal commis sions, of Intercolonial conferences and of the testing of every practical meth od of extermination Is that the most effectual method of dealing with the evil is found to be the construction of rabbit-proof netting by means of which the animals can be kept from areas not yet infested, can be shut off from food supplies, and can be more effec tually dealt with locally. The length of some of these fences Is enormous. There Is one starting at Barringun, on the Queensland border, and following the main trunk line from Bourke to Corowa, a distance of 407 miles, and there Is another along the entire west ern boundary of New South Wales, a distance of 346 miles. The Queensland government, too, has erected a Bimilar fence along a considerable portion of the northern boundary of New South Wales, but the surveyor-general bf Queensland, in the report already re ferred to, says that "the rabbits must have come through the fence in mobs and droves of Innumerable multitudes at some time," and thus have establish ed themselves in Queensland as well. Two of a Kind. "I was walking along 23d street last night," remarked an old man in a Broadway cable car, with a smile, "when a nicely dressed, clean-looking young man approached me and com menced to beg. I gave him a good lect ure In a few words. He slunk away and walked slowly down the street. "I went on half a block farther, when another young man, quite as neat and well dressed, gave me a 'ghost story' I think that's what they call it and wanted to 'touch me for a quarter He failed, of course, and moved off. "I discovered that my cigar was out and looked for a place to strike a match. "Remembering a convenient doorway a little way back, I retraced my steps Beggar No. 1 had turned and the two had met Each took the other for a solid citizen and each started in 'to work.' " 'A poor man, sirr 'A night's lodg ing!' 'Can't get any work In New York!' These were the disjointed, phrases I heard and then deep, voluble expressions -of disgust from both. 'This your lay well, he! he!' 'Get off the block yourself! I started workln' it first!' 'You're a "beaut, ain't yer, tryln' to cut me t'roat In dls way!' " New York Herald. An Ohio Girl'. Strange Faculty. Miss Harriet Morgan died recently in Plketon, O., from quick consump tion contracted last winter while going' to watch at the bedside of a sick friend. She possessed one peculiarity, which had given her considerable no torlety in the region adjacent to her home and which entitled her to rank as a curiosity. Her right hand was a trifle larger than her left, but It was so perfectly formed that a casual observer would not notice the difference in them. She also had the power to increase the size of the larger hand by a simple ef fort of her will. She could not ex- plain how she did it, but without an effort she could lengthen the fingers and make the flesh swell considerably. She was a talented musician and a pop ular girl socially. Cp on Polities. Mrs. Plunkett "George, you know the children missed the circus pro cession, and I really think you ought to take them down town Saturday morning." Mr. Plunkett "What for?" Mrs. Plunkett "Why, to see the Mc Kinley band wagon. Every paper that I pick up has something to say about It." Cleveland Plain Dealer. TONCUELESS MAN TALKS. FaaaaflTaala rhratrlaa Waa Kalalaa Spaarfc Oeaplte tha la w mt Katara. Philadelphia Record: A remarkable case of special Interest to the medU-al world exists at Bradford, Pa. The rase Is that of Dr. IS. A. Williams, who, although he recently bad his tongue removed, la able to talk. He is un able to tell the nature of bis disease, which, he say, was undoubtedly malig nant. It was a sort of cancerous growth, and In order to save bis life he went to Buffalo, N. Y and enter ed a hospital, where he had his entire tongue, left tonsil. left submaxillary and sublingual glands hia some cervical lymphatic glands removed. With these gone, according to general belief, speech would be Impossible. Yet Dr. Williams can speak and speak quite well. He began to study out the sub ject of speech and discovered that per sons were "right" and "left" in the use of the organs of their throat, just as they are "right" and "left" in the use of their hands. In this case he was "left" In the use of his mouth and throat muscles, a circumstance that made his condi tion still more desperate, because some of the organs of the left side had been removed with the tongue. He Is in clined to the theory that, while the preferred use of the right Instead of the left band is generally a case of education or choice, the Involuntary discrimination that leads one to use a set of mouth or throat muscles or re frain from using both sets Is. in most cases, the result of heredity. Examina tion of peculiarities in their pronuncia tion of certain letters, wherein Dr. Williams and several of his descend ants apreed, but were at variance with most other people, and which peculi arities were In no wise due to defects of vocal organs, led him to form the conclusions above stated. He has finally succeeded In being able to talk. In conversation he never resorts to the pencil. He has been out of the hospital five weks, and can speak so as to be fairly well understood. The doctor is confident that within a short time his speech will greatly Improve. A MOTHER-OF-PEARL HOUSE. Built by a Chinese Flabarman Slant Vran Ago. Old habitations are to be found nil over California, says the San Francisco Call. Sometimes there is good reason for th?i being odd, but often it Is the result of some crank Idea. On the beach near Cypress Point, In Monterey eounty, there Is one that cannot come under the first head and hardly under the last. The residence belongs to a Chinese fisherman and Is part natural and part the work of his own hands. The natural portion of the house Is a small cave In one of the many rocks that stick up all over the beach. The other part Is a sort of wooden shed which has been built in front of this opening. The lumber used is of the roughest kind but the esthetic China man overcame this objection by cover ing the whole outside with abalone shells, the hollow side being turned out. The Chinaman evidently did that many years ago, when the shells were plentiful and had scarcely any market velue. Every shell used has been de stroyed as one or more nails have been driven through them according to thylr size. Some of the shells are magnifi cent In color and enormous In size. There Is one at least fifteen Inches In diameter, and a duplicate in good condition could not be bought in San Francisco for any price. Most of the larger shells, if they were not punctured with nallholes, would read ily sell for from $3 to 5 apiece. But that size cannot be had in the market now, and would be difficult to find on the rocks of any part of the coast. The general effect of the house, when the sun strikes it at the proper angle, Is dazzling. The polished, pearly sur faces sparkle with astounding bril liancy and flash with all the colors of the rainbow. It is a pleasing and sur prising sight and the only pity Is that so many beautiful shells were de stroyed to produce It. Wrapt (or Hammer Driving. The wraps which are designed td protect airy and delicate summer frocks from the dust which blows on even aristocratic roadways are strik- ingly pretty. Some of them are of pongee, trimmed with coffee-colored lace and galloon. These, however, are of the merely useful variety. Those, which have claims to be considered real works of art are of the dull blues and reds, with a silvery sheen upon, them. This "bloom" is not only at tractive in Itself, but is particularly desirable in a dust garment. The most elaborate of these wraps fall in rather loose lines from the shoulders to the feet, but they have lace-jlmmed capes with fluffy collar ettes which give them a chic appear ance. Those of deep claret color,' trimmed with black lace, are partic ularly pretty. Lively French Town. The record for quickly increasing population, as shown by the recent census, says a Paris correspondent, certanly belongs to Roubalx. 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