fearrteon 3ournaL
.KO It C ANON. I.dil'-r alit Prp
HAHKIK-N,
NKH
Apia, the principal town of the Ka
moail Islands, has H2t inhabitants and
1 without a wharf, a public school, a
fire engliw. or a sidewalk.
"Who killed Wan Lung"" asks the
Milwaukee Se-ntim 1 In a h-;nlii!i'. Sus
picion fixin the crime upon the 1 tall. in,
Microhms Tiilsn-ulosls. and rumor has
It thnt he 1 after the other one.
It has only cost JI.imi.ihiO so far to
settle the Fair estate. There will be
Something left fur the heirs If the es
tate e-an lie trot out of the bawls of the
lawyers in the next year or two.
A raria burglar who hail lofty aspir
ation and yearned to lw at the top of
hla profession reeently made his way to
the summit of tho F.ifi'el tower and
cracked a eoiple of wife belonging to
the restaurant and the-iiter which are
conducted at that giddy holjrht.
Ilecently at Lambeth. Lngbiud, a
couple of men "were taken lefore a
magistrate at the Instigation of the
"Quiet Sunday Society," charged with
having "imhiwfnlly publiely tried and
shown forth certain wares, merchan
dise, and Roods to wit: milk upon the
lord' day."
Profiting by the failures of the many
efforts that have been made in various
part of the country to stop the habit
of spitting In public places, the Topeka
Sanitary Department decided to have
printed and pasted ou the sidewalks
small posters readme, "Hogs spit ou
tho sidewalk; gentlemen In the gutter."
Dr. Nansoii, the Swedish explorer, In
atejid of entertaining any superstitious
notions In regard to the number thir
teen, considers it nit her lucky than
otherwise, There were thirteen men In
the crew of t lie Frain. h!s sliip escaped
from the tee n the l.'itli or August, and
he arrived home on the loth of August,
i.si;.
A drill w hich J. J. Ka miner was sink
ing In a iuet for water on his place
at Gadsden. S. ('., struck, at a depth
of tUrty five yards, three feet of a
substance which was softer than the
sand above It and below It. It was
found to be wood that resembled cy
press or walnut. There have been
other similar finds in the neighborhood,
and no wat-r has been struck any
where around there.
Queen Victoria's old yacht dates back
to lfs"i and Is built mi a pattern obso
lete aa that t the Carthaginian tri
remes, or the galleys of Sidoii. It Is
time ahe bad a new one. and designs
for It are !n preparation. As the tdial
lop of Bhtniinia. who rules the waves.
It ought to embrace all the lalc-st Im
provements, and no doubt will. The
Is'st thing going Is none too good for
her, but to get this she will have to
come over here and make a contract
with one of our American builders.
The most extensive diamond miues
In tlie world are those of Kimlierley.
South ATrlca. More than 10,'hmi na
tives are employed, besides ti.fsHi Euro
peans;, together Willi 1!.5 KJ horses,
mules, and oxen and .'trio steam engines.
Tlie capital Invested in the mines is
ftKi.tHKMnKi and the amount expended
for labor and fuel annually is over $10,
OOO.CKH). In one year the mines pro
duced ?1 -I, i Hx i,i if) worth of diamonds.
Tlie work was done at n profit of S-V
(H.'.iKM) and a dividend of nearly $.",
cjckj.csiC) was paid.
Belgium has planned an antarctic ex
pedition which In all probability will
anil from Autwerp next July under
the command of a Belgian naval Lieu
tenant. M. de Gerlacke, the organizer
of the expedition. The steamer La
Bclglca has been purchased for the voy
age and Is being put Into condition for
securing It against Ice pressure on tho
plans devised by Dr. Nansen for tlie
Fr.tm. The llrst season will be occu
pied with explorations In George IV.
Sea, to the east of Graham Land. The
winter will be spent In Australia. Tlie
second year explorations will be made
in the vicinity of Victoria Land. The
chief work of both years will be geo
logical and xiNiloglcal research.
Major Pndrin, of the Italian army,
hns Invented a very Ingenious contriv
ance which In designated to supersede
the knapsack. He hns Invented a
vehicle to which he has given tlie naino
of the cyclosac, or the aek on wheels.
On this will be carried the baggage of
two Roldlers, and the uprights of the
tent will be used to convert It Into a
ort of wheelbarrow, wide h tlie soldier
can drair Isdiind him when ascending,
or puah Is-fore him when desc-endlng.
The two soldiers will take It turn alswt
to push or draw the cyclowic, and it la
contended thnt thla arrangement will
not merely enable the troops to inarch
much longer distances but to fight much
better ou the field of battle, Isdng re
lieved of all Impi clluicnta, which ran
be left In theso lltrht wheelbarrow In
the rear.
The part plajrd by the Bank of Spain
In floating the uew loan destined to
provide resources for the continuance
of the war In Cuba has placed that In
stitution In a wry awkward ponltlon.
For. lu addition to the Immense 1001
which It has furnished to the govern
ment Itself, It has advanced on way
nd another nearly $40,1100.000 to peo
ple who Bubscrlled tor the loan. The
bank may the,-efor foe shl to have
found the nmlor portion of h money
ubaertbod. Udlde tbU, tlw Nw
Wk Tri',.,,c. the ,.k is a editor to
the government UUiler various heads t'l
the extent of more than MJ.1.
Inasmuch hh the capital f'llly paid "p j
of the lank, toother with it. reserve
I ....I.. . 1 Sii m t a M t it
I tUll.V UlllOOIIlli Ml f.ni,in"vnp, j
will re-ndlly he seen that the strain to j
whleb this, tlie leading tiuanelal Institu
tion in .K;:,ln. 1m licii.g subjected is tre
mendous ami cannot he continued
luuch longer before disaster ensues.
A pretty anecdote !s told of Jacob
Criioiu, Klio. with ids brother William,
formed the collection of fairy tali's and
1' -trends which have delighted the chil
dren of the civilized world, one day a
little maidi ii, S years old, called at the
home of the author, asked to see him,
and was shown Into the library, where
the author was at work. Kindly In
quiring what she wanted, the German
lassie asked, very earnestly: is it
thou that hast written those fine niaer
chen if.iiry talo)V" "Yes, my dear."
answered the story-teller, "my brother
and I have written the hausinaerchen."
"Then thou hast also written the tale
of the clever little tailor, wle-re It Is rlo. Ok., are -a! in pleasant places and
said at tiie end who w ill not believe it j Joy is tini'ontined as tle-y whirl in the
must pay a IhalorV "Yes. 1 have writ- 1 giddy maze of tv-trrpolicm attractions,
ten that, to." "Well, then." answer-1, In one week In that city there were a
ed the little one, "I do not believe It. ' poultry show, various theatrical nt
and so I suppose I must pay a thaler, j tractions, three courts In session, and
but as I have not so much money yet,
I'll give thee a groselien (about - cents)
on account, and pay the rest by and
by." Dr. Grimm was highly amused
with the conscientiousness displayed ;
by his little visitor, and delighted at
this proof of his power as a story-teller.
Graham Walias, a memlMT of the
London School Board and a University
Extension lecturer, begun a course of
lectures on I'nlverslty Extension in
I'hiladeiphia on Saturday evening.
"London," he says, "had to face the
same problem, so perplexing to all large June 30, 1WI.1, was SI.OTo.ikkj.imm). an In-citii-s.
cif how to provide Niilltclent ! crease of $L',(MiO,ihh) over the previous
Hclnsds for c hildren In the crowded dls- jyenr. The net Income was $.'i,"i(i.OiMl,(Hj(l,
I rlcls. This was done, however, by I an Increase of over $7,XKi.MM); and the
making full use of tlie jsjwer given by j ,ijv, lends declared amounted to $'i.-
Parliament to the School Board of ob
taining sites eompuisorlly. In that, way
only have we succeeded in providing
ample nsiin, so thnt even now In the
worst crowded districts we are enabled
to furnish our schcsils with play
grounds at least half an acre In area,
even when fhla entails tlie m-cessity of
pulling down fifteen or twenty small
buildings. The owners of such build
ings are made an offer for their prop
erty whleb fully equals the selling
value, and If they refuse It an arbiter is
fipHiintei to determine the value,
which Is then paid them, plus 10 per
cent, for disturbance. In this manner
we have made room for over .0110.(11111
children since the creation of the School
Board by act of Parliament in is'o.
though nt the enormous c-ost of J.lo,.
OIlO.fHMi."
If the Philadelphia Times Is rightly
Informed Lord Kosebery, ex-Premier of
England, alms at nothing short of a
marriage alliance? with Princess Vic
toria, daughter of the Prince of Wales.
1 . rcl Kosebery, as every one know, is
one of the most ambition men in En
gland. His first bold stroke was to
wed a daughter of the Rothschilds sev
eral years ago, from which alliance lie
derived a vast fortune. Afterwards lie
b!-niuo Prime Minister; and resigning
that oltiee he accepted the leadership cif
the Liberal party. Since the deatli of
his wife a short while back Lor- I'.o.,e
bery has conceived the; andaciot:H de
sign of becoming -i member of the royal
family. Several months ai;o the Queen
was apprised of Lord Ilcwbery'a suit,
but gave It no eticoiiragi tnent. She
rather o posed It on the ground that
Lord Kosebery was a partisan. Ou
hearing of the 'iuec n's disapprobation
he immediately resigned ids office, not
because of any disagreement with Mr.
Gladstone, as alleged, but In order to
remoe the offensive barrier to his wed
lock. On good autliorltly it Is claimed
that tench Is the secret motive which In
duced Lord RoKchory to resign the Lib
eral leadership. Verily, tlie youiij;
Lord Is a lover of Infinite audacity.
The number of old deeds, bonds of
mortmain and other disturbing parch
ments which are unearthed from time
to time, threatening existing titles to
property, is prodigious, and put to
gether they would exceed the scrolls of
11 ., . A 1. ... 1, ,11.1 A ti.,tnl.l
i" ... " Z L Z . , , :
evvv, thai ihvy commonly tlmndi't In,
.1... I.l.,v ,..! ..,.l! nflwr V..I-V f..W
.. , .
It were otherwise; the owners of corner
.1 1,1 u. i.,i ., 1 11 ,
or other ots 11 St. Paul and Mlnneap-
1 1 .... ... n.i- ,,,.,!. in
oils would ust now eat their meals lu
fear, and sleep in , ho affl i ll. n of hor -
r'.blo ,lr..H.ns shaklt R hem Ightly of
be hi',' eve ted from their holdings. An
. 1 1 ,,t., ..,. 1 .0. i r-i.uu
oh! deed recently turned up In Chilli-
. ' , , ,, , v . ...I-.iui
ec d he, 0 id, made by the Nawdawlssle
,...'. . i.oi;.t.. .ii,(i, nm
lliooui, ...... " n
even In bones, nor Ix-lni? pyramidally
extant, vi'sting in Jonathan Carver ami
his assigns forever all the land and a
good deal more on which these thriv
ing cities and their suburbs are bulll.
It Is In nowise likely that Its validity
will be established or that the claim
uneler It will ever amount to more than
those which Ihe heirs of Anneke Jans
advance to tlie property of the Trinity
Church Corporation. The case may
pervade the local courts for a while,
but nothing more Important Is likely
to come of It than the formulation of
some more or less Interesting historic
particular concerning the Nawdawls
sle Indians, who probably did not own
the properly Uioy pretended ti convey,
palming" off a tcold brick on the tinsiu
peetlim Jonathan Carver, not worth tlm
rubbishing trlnketry and sonl-eonstim-Ing
firewater which he very likely save
In return for It
When a Klrl talks a Rrcat deal ahom
her home duties, Investigate, and you
will And thnt they consist In turning a
bed over and frying an ags.
)y yjjj., TJ .
.
A CHOICE .'stLcCTiON OF IN TE.K-
ESTING ITEMS.
Comment. tritici.m. H.,ed VPo
tbe linppeiiinca of the Day His
torical and News Notes.
Coal exists in twenty comities t.f
Montana. Thin valuable mineral Is bo
abunila:.t in the I'nited fcMtes thst It
In not lik'-ly to be exhausted in a thou
wind years.
r.altimore prohibits the use of bells
n bicycles by "wheelmen longer than
three inches in diameter." Wheeling
In Baltimore must have a great tenden
cy to reduce flesh and diameter.
j Some high-priced violins were re
cently sold at auction In London. A
Stradivarius of fine proportions with
the original label, dated 172.'?. brought
$2,22.., while an example of Carl Iter
goiizi's mak- sold for l?2,i.
I The lines of the good people of (Juth-
half a do.eii banquets.
It has been a source of Interest and
wonder to arc-tie explorers to find such
quantifies of slngin
' birds within the
are abundant be-
arctic circle. They
yond belief. But the immense crop
of cranberries, cro wherries, and cloud
berries which ripen In the northern
swamps accounts for the presence of
the birds.
The gross Income of the railroads of
the Flitted States for the year ending
000,000, or about 1.1 per cent, of the
capital stock.
The antiquity of legal met hods Is
curiously Illustrated by the recvut dis
covery of the oldest, will extant. This
unique document was unenrthod, by
Prof. Petrie at Kahum, Egypt, and is at
least 4.i(M) years old. In Its phrase
ology the will Is singularly modern In
form, go much so that It might be ad
mitted to probate to-day.
Taking the suggestion from a Ger
man se-ieuti!ic Journal, which reeently
pointed out the advantage of ele
phants of burden even In European
cities, the Comlte de l'Elephatit has
Just been formed in Paris for the pur
pose of preventing the killing of eie
pliants for sport. Next summer a
number of elephants will be employed
as bciists of burden In Marseilles,
where tlie winters are milder than they
are in Paris.
There seems to be big money In col-iiee-
athletics. Yale during the year
ism; received from all sources for ath
let'.c purposes-that is to say. from vol
untary subscriptions, trato receipts, and
so on- $o!),7.';!'.:'.(i; Harvard, about (for
tlie report of the graduate manager of
athletics Is not yet public property)
$r,nm; Pennsylvania. $ti;.SC!J.7,M; and
Prince ton. ? Hi.filo.si. This gives a
rough total of $,J0.'!..,;i4.!i"i taken In in
one year by j lie athletic sports of four
of our leading athletic, college's.
It Is said that Jesse Winner anil
James Nelson, who were hanged by a
mob at. Lexington, Mo., for the murder
of the Winner family, were innocent of
the crime, and that, the proseeutlni; nt
torney lias evidence sutilclent to Indict
fifty memls-rs eif the lynching party.
Let him proce-eel to Indict them, then.
But we shall lie surprised If even one"
member of that lynching party be In
dicted. The Ixmisvllle Courier-Journal
has been trying to get Kentucky to vin
dicate herself and distinguish herself
by punishing a lyncher; If Missouri will
do w hat Kentucky falls to do. and what
every other State fails to do, she will
set the country a much needed -example.
The New York Tribune quotes a Par
isian scientist: "In ISilfi F.tigland Im
ported l.'JfiO.OOO.Ooo eggs, for which
was paid about 4.20,0110,0110. The eggs
..icameprin.'ipnily from France.
During
lhi same vear (lernmnv tmiinrrcd 20,-
l"o.on . rn.1,1.,ll.rl-
Most of these
1 eggs came from Russia and Austria-
K
Hungary. Of all Luropean countries
, , ... ' . ,
Bussla has made the greatest advance
rtntlm. , lfCN, Nlle Hml
, I11HIOnoo. llIlt ,n mf tlm' llum.
, J i.2MNtt.WW. representing
' ,,.,,,. . ' ' . ,
value of $10,200,000. A singular fact
... . . .. .
1 In connection with these s atisfies Is
"'
that In those eountrl.'g which are the
,.,,,rto ,.., !, ,., ..,.
Is the favorite dish.'
There were other amusing features of
Dr. Temple's confirmation as Archbish
op of Canterbury beside; those; sup
piled by the delightful Brownjolm. As
soon as the queer rnlxup of temporal
and spiritual ceremonies was over the
throng of ladles who filled tho chancel
swooped down upon the table at which
the church dignitaries had been sitting
and engaged lu an unseemly scramble
for souvenirs of the occasion. Espe
cially eager were the efforts made to se
cure cards by which, as at a public? din
ner, each clergyman had been Informed
ns to the place he was to occupy. One
old gentleman dashed Into the throng
and triumphantly secured the blotting
paper on which the signatures had
been dried.
An. exhibition of the relics of Dr.
Samuel Johnson In London last month
recalls some of the remarkable defini
tions that remarkable man Inserted In
hla dlctlouarf. Among them not the
Jeant curious was the one given for
"network," which was defined a ";ui
tiiing reticuia'ed or eiocu.-.iTed at etyjnat
instances, with interstices between the
Intersections." Other amusing defini
tions are: "Cough a convulsion of the
lungs velicated by some sliar serosity."
"Man not a woman, not a boy. not a
beast." Tension an allowance made
to any one without an equivalent; in
England it is generally understood to
mean pay to a state hireling fur trea
son to his country."
The first L'mperor of the Mings some
lime during the reign of fivm BH'.S to
V.'.'M made a road from Ihe bank of
tlie Yangtse, opposite Nanking, to his
birthplace in Auliui. Tlie level were
carefully graded and the road carried
across river valleys on well built, arch
ed viaducts. It remains to-day simply
a remarkable specimen of early engi
neering. The road from I'eking to
Tunkshow, built by the Emperors f
the Yuan dynasty away buck In tle
dim ages, "remains .is a vast effort of
inutility." It was paved with gree.t
blocks of granite, avert'.gltig fifty to
eighty feet square surface i:fh, all
c losely jointed. To-day it is worn into
nils a foot deep ai.il is almost impas
sable. With the exception of those two
loads, no attempt of any nolo has been
made to facilitate land communication
throughout t lie empire.
Tbe New York .Sun tells of a novel
advertisement that New-Yorkers re
ceive with the most persistent ri'gular
Ity. and which eoii:i-s troi.i a dairyman
in a neighboring Slate who sells butter
and eggs. To cvery sm-mber of the
familii's in New York whose names are
available from cenaiu address books,
he sends a monthly quotation of the
prevailing prices cif butler ami eg",
The name's of many of the very
wealthy men of tbe city are included
In his list of customers, and it is some
times a cause for wonder that lie
thinks It worth while to keep men of so
much wealth accurately informed as to
the variations of a cent or two in the
prices of eggs and butter. But the quo
tations arrive faithfully, and as the
only customers received are those who
agree to buy regularly, tliey are; kept
informed of the changes in prh-e as ex-ae-tly
as though they were dealing in
stocks.
A Henderson (Ivy.) special of Satur
day says: "A suit was tiled here, it be
ing stated that the point involved is
raised for the first time. Tlie State;
seeks, under the alien land law. to re
claim property valued at $;!0.nn(l, be
cause tlie owner afterward became a
subject of Groat Britain, the contention
being that he thereby forfeited tlie
right to own projierty in fids State.
Mrs. Mary Newcomb and 01 hers are.'
made defendants. There are complica
tions, because Mrs. Nenve.unb is the
second wife, but this does not affect tbe
particular point nt issue. E. B. New
comb, now deceased, owned various
property in ami about Henderson. At
the; breaking out of tlie civil w ar lie rl'-il
to Canada, where he later took an oath
of nllcglani'c to the Queen and Great
Britain, and never rcturni'd to this
country. He became a British subje.'t
thirty-three years ago. A contest of
the will by a son of Newcomb by his
first wife Is now pending in the higher
con rts."
The somewhat, dubious distinction of
being "the man who killed Maeeo"' lias
won for Don Francisco Cirujeila y
Clrujeda. among other honors, that of
having his portrait printed large and
handsome on the front page of the
leading Illustrated weekly papers of
Madrid. Don Francisco is a sohlierly
lcKikliigyeiungnian. He was In command
of the party that llaceo fell in with at
Punta Brava. twelve miles west of Ha
vana, on Dec. 4. It was a lucky fight
for Ma.l. Cirujeda. When the moment
ous issue; of it became known, he was
the hero of tlie hour in Havana, and in
Madrid the tjueen Regent received his
wife and son, coiigrn.tula.ted them,
praisi'd the Major, and promised to un
dertake the son's education. No doubt
Maj. Cirujeda, as the man who has
the credit of the hardest blow that tho
cause of Cuba has received, will re
ceive all the promotions and substan
tial rewards that existing conditions
admit. It should be recorded to his
credit that as yet tlie-re is no confirma
tion of the theory that Maceo was a
victim of treachery, or met his end ill
any other than a fair fight.
A Washington special says: "This is
wdiat we call our rogues' gallery," bald
Vncle Joe Cannon, as he stood In the
office of the sorgonnt-at-nrms of the
House of Representatives, Indorsing a
voucher for his salary, "and it contains
the photograph of every Representative
In tlie Fifty-fourth Congress. It was
deemed advisable to have this done to
guard against any fraud or forgery up
on Uncle Sam at the Capitol. Accord
ingly, a big frame capable of holding
:!00 cablnot-alze photographs was pre
pared, and as fat a the pictures could
be made they were assigned places In
the frame. Many of the Representa
tives put their autographs ou their pho
tographs, and thus gave a double safe
guard against fraudulent practices."
Under the system adopted by the ser-geaiit-at-arnis
of the House, who is
practically the lmnker for 3H0 Repre
sentatives, whose salary and mileage
accounts must run the gauntlet of his
assistants, It In well nigh Impossible
for any one to personate a Congress
man successfully. In case of any
doulrt In the mind of the paying tidier
as to the Identity of a Congressman
presenting a pay or mileage voucher,
all he has to do Is to look through th
wire-netting and Hnd the pletture of tie
Congressman whose name has bcn
signed to the voucher, or If aonielwdy
else presents the voucher, a glance al
the autograph In the big frame is all
the authority for making. the dealred
payment"
: CONDUCTOR HAS HIS REVENGE.
j How a "'treet rr line ploe Mdn't C.rt
Atierel of a IVieiiizr.
I A conducuir on the- Udell Railway
j line,"Ti. Louij, Mo., whose name is said
to be Davis, played a shrewd tric k on
I an individual who, during the past
! three mouths, has caused the couduc
j tors on this line 110 end of annoyance.
This individual made it a practice to
lsard one of the Liudell ears at a cer
tain point in the west end, ami, when
approached for his fare by the conduc
tor, flash a If 10 bill ou him, aiwdogiziug
for offering csue-h a large bill by saying J
he was in a hurry ami had not time w :
get change. In nearly every instance he j
was pi'itiiited to ride free, the fondue- j
tor preferring to pass him free to rol
bing himself of his small change1.
In time the conductors ou this line got
to know the slii'k individual, and, after
comparing notes, they prepared a
scheme to forever cure the man of his
propensity to carry large bills on street
cars. They clubbed together and
se- I
cured $'..'.C worth of pennies, which
they plae-ed in a canvas bag. This was
g've-ii to Davis, who was Instructed to ,
look out for the obnoxious individual on
his run. Davis curried tlie bag full of j
pennies under one of the seats In his car
for two weeks. Finally the fellow
Isiarded Davis' car at Vamleventer ave
nue. When Davis went to collect his
fare; the fellow handed him the $10 bill,
which had secured for him so many
rides in the past. It would never secure
ldm another.
In the most unconcerned manner
Imaginable, Davis asked the man if he
had neething smaller. The man stiid iw.
Without the semblance of a smile on his j
countenance the conductor reached im- j
dor one ef the seats of the oar, brought 1
forth tlie bag of pennies, and without a
word handed it over to the man. Then
he went out onto the luick platform euid
nearly cracked his face open laughing
nt the shrewd manner in which the
"foxy" passenger had lieen oufwltted.
The passenger counted out the $!).!I5
in pennies without a word, placed tlie
bag in his overcoat jsx-ket, shifted un
easily in his seat for a few minutes,
went out cm the platform, placed ttie
wrong end of a cigar in his mouth and
attempted to light It, spat nervously a
few times and then junqs'd off the car.
When Conductor Invi.s turned in at
the end of his run he had a pain in his
islde from laughing. All his brother con
ductors were waiting to hear from him,
ami when lie turned over the famous
bill to the cashier a nwir of laughter
went up from the assembled conductors
that could Is1 heard down nt tlie bridge.
The $10 bill was a counterfeit.
Value of Kvielence.
A few years ago an English traveler
In Turkey reported a case of stealing as
It was tried in the courts of that coun
try. The Armenian newspapers of that
time, commenting upon the case, said
that it proved that the testimony of a
calf was worth more than that of two
Christians.
A Turk, coveting a cow bckjiiging to
a Christian, succeeded in uteaiing it.
The owner complained of the theft to
the nearest Judge, bringing a friend to
corroborate his story, and he demand
ed the restoration of his property. Tlie
Judge declined to believe either the in
jured man or his friend.
On thlfi the injured man said, "I have
the calf of tills cow at a place very near
the court, and if your Honor will have
the cow brought to the calf and will ob
serve the two together, he will imme
diately perceive by their affection for
each other that the cow must be the
mother of the calf, and this will prove
that Bhe belongs to me."
Accordingly, the Judge ordered the
cow to be brought to the calf, and went
himself to see the two. No sooner had
the calf set eyes on the cow than it
claimed her as mother. The Judge was
convinced, and ordered the cow to be
given up to the Christian.
The Farmer's Miscomprehension.
"I guess," remarked Farmejr Corn-;
tossel. "then w'ed better liev Josiar
stop studyin' so hard. 'Taln't good fur
'is mind."
"I haven't noticed anythin' onusual."
"Mebbe ye ain't. But I hcv. When
he come home fur his vacation, after
travelin' hundreds of miles, whut de ye
think his fust word was?"
"I d'no."
"He says, 'Well, father, I'm liuif-baek
now.'
"I looked at Tin, an' 1 says, 'What do
you mean?'
"I mean what I say. I'm half
back." "1 says, 'Josiar, son, don't ye realize
whuryeare? Ye ain't half back. Ye're
all the way hack, an' I'm glad ter see
ye, too.' An' all he done was to jes'
laugh an' say he'd tell me all about it
some time." Washington Star.
Pap r Furniture.
Just at present on experiment Is be?
Ing made at building all the furniture
of unpretentious form of compressed
paper. Tills doe for the living rooms
what aluminum has done for the kitch
enliterally decreases the weight to a;
point: where a child Is able to move the
largest piece. It Is not proposed lu this,
procevis to detract In the least from;
beauty of shape or grace and elaborate
nes of ornamentation, but to lessen the
weight
Singing Strengthens Lungs.
It Is asserted that singing is a cor
rective of the too common tendency to
pulmonic complaints. An eminent phy
sician observes on the subject: "The
Germans are seldom afflicted with con
sumption, and this, I believe, is in part
occasioned by the strength which their
lungs acquire by exereUing them In
vocal music, for til1 constitutes an es
sential branch of their education."
Turkeys perching on tree and refus
ing to deaceud Indicate that auow will
hortly fall.
TRAIN MAKES A RECORD RCS
Burlington Bontu Emanhes All Pre
viuiis Past Eua P.ecords.
ECLIPSES NEW YORK CENTRALS' TIME
Eight-en Hueir unit Hfly-Threa Miuutf f
front Ch ragn lo l-nirer Mining Mug
mir't Kaf- tn b. u Hi. Uy ug Son.
Dkkvkk, Feb. 10. Ti e special train
from Chicago ovc r the Chicago, Bur
lington & Quincy and Burlington &
Mis-ouri River railroads, chartered by
Henry J. Mayhaui, a Denver mining in
vestment broker, reached this city at
3:03 a. in. today, having run. 1,0.'6 miles
in eighteen hours and fifty-three min
utes. The journey goeH into history as
the greate.-t railway feat ever accom
plished. The best previous railroad
long-distance record was nineteen hours
and fifty-seven minutes for 9(i miles
over tlie New York Central and Lake
rdiore from New York to Chicago.
Mr. Maybani, who left New Y'ork
Sunday on the Pennsylvania Limited,
chartered a special r 'iu in Chicago in
order to reach the bedside of his dying
(-oil, William B. Mayliam, as quickly as
pos.-ible. The Burlington officials guart
an teed to take him to Denver in twenty-four
Hours. They made good their
guarantee and had five lieuw and seven
minutes to siare.
From the moment the train left Chi
cago until it roiled into the Denver de
pot, no hitch of any 'kind 01 curred. It
tie aeros-c Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska and
&iorudo like a meteor, frequently at
taining a speeel of upwards of 70 miles
an hour ua.l averaging over 60 mile an
hour for g' retches of a hundred miles at
a time.
The details, of the run are as follows:
Chicago to Pacific Junction, 4S2 miles
in 545 minutes.
Pacific Junction to Lincoln, 60 miles,
in 1)4 minutes.
Lincoln to Hastings, 97 miles, in 109
minutes.
Hastings to MoCook, 132 miles, in 130
minutes.
McCook to Akron, 143 miles, in 151
minutes.
Akron to Denver, 112 miles, in 123
minutes.
The actual running time, including
stops, was 18 hours and b'S minutes: an
a .erage speed of 54 miles an hour.
The actual running time excluding
stops was 17 hours and 49 minutes; an
average epeed of 57 3-5 miles an hour.
At Lincoln, Neb., Travelling Engineer
Dixon of the Burlington entered the
cab of the engine and remained with
each engineer as he cum' on until the
train readied Denver. No special train
b jaring high oilkials of the nation evei
attracted more careful attention from
the, officers of tlie railway. Telegrams
from all parts of the United States in
quired concerning the progress of the
train and the possibility of Mr. May
ham reaching the side of his son in time
at least to grasp his hand before he was
beckoned across tlie dark river. At the
Burlington passenger office in this city
the representatives were kept busy an
swering ejuestion from friends and well
wishers of the family. But in spite of
the Burlington's splendid record, Mr.
Muyhatn arrived in Denver too late to
s e his son alive. The young man died
shortly after midnight.
Speaking of this record breaking run,
General Manager Brown, of the C. B. &
Q. R. K., said today: "It is not exactly
correct to suppose that the Burlington
company may not achieve still better
results under more favorable circum
stances. Tlie facts are tha't the com
pany hsd only thirty minutes' notice
from Mr. Mayliam and tlie train started
out of Chicago in a blinding Bnov
storm."
Deafness Cannot be Cured
by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the car. There is
only one way to cure Deafness, and that ia
by cons iuit-onal remedies. Deafness is
caused liv an in flam ed condition of the
mncous lining of the F.ustachian Tube.
When this tuhe gets inllumed yon have a
rumbling hound or impefect hearing, and
when it is e; t-irely closed Deafness is the
-"suit, and unless? the inflammation can be
'-liken 011' and this tube restored to its
normal condition, hearing will be de
1: roved forever; nine cases out of ten are
caused by catnrrh, which is nothing but
an inflamed condition of the mucous sur
faces. We will give One 11 nndred Dollars for
any ca-e of Deafness (caused by catarrh);
that cannot he cured by Hall s Catarrh
Cure, end fo,J circulars free.
F. J. CHUNKY & CO.. Toledo, 0.
Sold by Druggists. VSc.
Tlie yell nv pine tree often attains a
height of seventy feet, and upward,
though rarely mote than two feet in
diameter.
Ji'HT irr 10o hoi of Piuerrei, (Matt csthtrtlc, Da
Mi llvnr mid Ucwol reirulaior uinie.
Candles and candelabra Still bold their
0 vu as table decorations, their shades
harmonizing with tbe color scheme. To
place each one on a jeweled doily en
hances the effect.
No-to-Ilac for Fifty Cents.
Ovnr 400.000 cured. Win mil let No-To-BlW
rcit ilatei or ri'iii'ivn your d"mr; f"f lobnuciif
ttavu nullify, niiikieH health and in nhoud, Cure
ur.ir,iu-l, fits: and l, all aruiuut-,
Tn Sell Voidli-jr
President Cleveland's country placej
just on the outskirts of Washington
will be placed on the market (or tale
soon after March 4, and will probably
bring a higher flirnre than wa paid fof
it three years ago, although real eaUte
in Washington has made little advano
in that time. Mr. Cleveland paid 130,
000 for tbe house and grounda, and
since then has expended some money onj
improvements, which may bring tho
price of the place to 160,000.