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Barney Barnato practically owned
aa earth; he s iould have stuck to it
Barney Barnato'a career was a series
f leaps. First as an acrobat, then in
to fame, and finally into the sea.
The New York World editorially re
fers to "rascals" In the United States
senate. This is very undignified. It is
Uso very true.
Emma Goldman, the Gotham anar
rhist, says that "men are chains which
hold women back from progress."
Would Emma refuse a nice, gold-filled
Ihain as a wedding present?
When a New York wife mistook a
an-glar for her husband the other night
le gave himself away by answering in
be dark, "Yes, dearie!" Such a hung
er deserves hard luck for his stupidity.
The Memphis Commercial-Appeal
cites the case of a white man named
ftlcafd of Newport, Tenn., who has
pecently turned black. It will proba
My be a month or so before he gets
the tar off.
A "South Sea Paradise" founded in
(he Fiji Islands by tired Californiane
las coIVpsed because the settlers
found work to be necessary even there.
Hie primal curse of Eden seems to be
juite far-reaching still.
The Almond (N. Y.) True Issue re
narks editorially: "The editor was the
happy recipient of a new straw hat
last week. Thanks." And yet they
lay journalism is a profession which
kas no substantial rewards.
The editor of the San Joaquin Val
iey Reflector, a new Fresno paper,
promises to remain "a plain, everyday
citizen, without getting a swelled
head," if success should crown his ef
forts. Let him be put to the test.
There are no fish in Crater Lake, Ore
gon - the deepest fresh-water lake
in the world, and the government
has decided to stock it with trout. The
natives used to say that the lake Is
krttoinless, but soundings have shown
Its greatest depth to be 2,000 feet.
The Philadelphia Inquirer, comment
ing on the statement of a St. Louis pa
per which "welcomes the sweet girl
fraduates with open arms," remarks:
"We would do the same thing if we
thought our wives would not find it
ut" How many wives have "we"
bow?
A Kentucky reporter asked a rull
man conductor to awaken the Presi
lent at 2 o'clock in the morning for au
Interview. There is a young man who
has a fir realization of the Importance
vt his calling. What a magnificent ad
vertisement for somebody's nerve ton
ic that fellow could write!
All the street cars in Albany, N. Y.,
have recently been provided with a
rtyte of fender known as "the provi
ience," and the New York Times in de
JcribiHg the machine says that a man
ivbo is scooped up in one of them "is
ipt to have an exciting moment or two,
but he will escape any serious Injury."
When the personal effects of the late
Sir Augustus Harris were sold in Lon
lon the other day 176 manuscript plays
!rom ail sources, which bad been sub
nltted to the manager with a view to
woduetion, were knocked down to the
ligibest bidder for $5. Playwritlng
tbikity in England seems to be reeog
ilne about as it Is in this country.
Some Pennsylvania congregations
ire getting very particular If the Pbila
lebphia Inquirer is correct in saying
that one of them recently requested a
lea eon to carry a cash register when
taking up collections. It Is gratifying
to note that the deacon Is reported to
hare resigned rather than submit to
the Innovation.
Waiter Ktotredge, author of "Tenting
the Old Camp Ground," Is tivinc at
Seed's Ferry, N. H. He was a popular
linger long before the war and wrote
nany of Ms songs. 'None ever acquired
Ihe l opularity equal to "Tenting on the
Md Camp Ground," whk-h Mr. Kit
redge wrote and composed on the night
Ifter be was draft! Into the army.
The Oweneboro, Ky., News an
nounces editorially that It is "the offi
cial war whoop of the dark and bloody
rround; the only paper of the kind
m or off the earth; recbercbe, racy, re
ligious and revengeful; old whisky al
ways taken In exchange for subs, and
Ida." That editor evidently nnder-
atanda the demands of bis constituency
nd his enterprise ought to win.
An English paper states that at least
SO per cent, of "antique objects" now
In existence bars been manufactured
within the last dozen years. In a re-
mt lawsuH In Ioadon some workmen
bowed In court bow ormolu is "an
tiqued" by Um use of pumice powder.
Dm magistrate ordered a cabinet to be
kept under lock until be coold decide
Whether it wan ancient or modern.
. ttmrnsmmemamBBf
A St Louis Inventor hi patented a
laf lea by maaaof wfciefe type-setter,
e3 i sMcfcia wha keys raasmbltntf
ri fr t:J vt taper each
mitter, connected by wires with dls- J
tant type-setting machines, properly
adjusted for the purpose, the type caa
be simultaneously set in as manv dif-
ferent printing offices as may be con -
nected In the circuit.
Lord
Kelvin's confident declaration
that the world has been a solid body
20,000,000 to 30.000.000 years, and that
it has been habitable all that time
should quiet the apprehensions of those
who have an idea that the world is to
become so crowded that there will not
be room for us all. leath has evidently
attended closely to his business since
the world has been peopled.
'.tourists are beginning to talk of the
Arctic regions as a summer resort. One
who penetrated Rpitzenburgen last
year says the temperature on a clear
July day is about like that of an En
glish spring, but more frequently the
midsummer weather Is cold enough for
winter clothing, including pea-jackets
lined with fur. The Interior of Spltz
enbergen, though but little explored, is
to be brought within ten days of Lou
don. Prosecutions are expected to begin
soon under a new Massachusetts laW
which forbids the wearing of the bodjl
or feathers of any undomestlcuted bird,
Every offender will be fined $10, and
the prosecuting Witness will be paid a
reward of $.". As about all the offend
ers are likely to be women, the Massa
chusetts man is only interested in th
probable effect of the law upon mil
linery bills. Should it reduce these
bills there may be more or less mascu
line clamor for a persistent and rigid
enforcement of the humane enactment
A few years ago Barney Barnato waj
an unknown speculator in the stocks ol
South African mining corporations ou
meager capital and prospecting in tb
diamond fields of that modern Got
conda. By a rare freak of fortune h
was piloted to the hiding place of tin
measurable wealth, and there loaded
himself with treasures so fabulous ol
worth that he became almost In a day
one of the richest men of the world. A
nobody o luckless speculator almost ;i
refugee he nevertheless stepied from"
the shadow of poverty into the Lime
light of wealth a millionaire iu a dayt
Then he apieared on the bourse as i 1
boomer of South African stocks. Tb(J
boldness and magnitude of his d-&14
startled the world, and he was balle
as the "Katfir King." The sudden nes.4
of his rise brought to hhn new an)
manifold responsibilities. In trying ti
meet them he overtaxed his phystoil
powers. Nervous prostration super- ;
vened his mind gave way, ami when
life held out its fairest promise of con- '
tentment and luxury he was asked W '
pay the penalty of overworking body j
and mind. From this he escaped by
leaping overboard at sea from the ship
that was bearing him from worry Ui
rest and he was drowned. The rise and
fall of Barney Barnato was as marvel
ous and bewildering as the rise and fall
of the meteor.
Six soldiers at Fort Cook, near Oma
ha, have been tried by a post court and
sentenced to thirty days in the guard
house and a line of $10 each, fhe
charge leing said to be mutiny. It
appears that they were ordered to
clean the house of the company com
mander. They did so under protest.
Afterward they requested permission
to lay their alleged grievance before
the commander of the post. It was j
then that they were hauled before the
alleged court, tried and put in the
guardhouse. By some means they
managed to secure an attorney, and be
Is going to attempt their release on ha
beas corpus proceedings. He will prob
ably fail. They are on Federal ground
and tijeir alleged offense and trial took
place there. Their plea Is that they ties" in the middle rfi first, and makes
did not enlist as servants. It is hard to 1 1 sort of curve as It descends. This is
see of what their mutinous conduct i little more serious than the first, and
conduct consisted. They performed j 'ias caused many fatalities. Then there
their work. They cannot, therefore, j s one that breaks at the bottom and
be mutineers. Their crime must becomes straight out, reaching clear
that they asked the privilege of putting ' icross the street, and remaining almost
the matter before the post commander.
The regulations of the army and navy
are something wonderful and fearful.
Their inspiration is not founded upon
the Institutes of Justinian or any oth
er recognized lawmaker. They are
part and parcel of an arbitrary code
repugnant to free-born citizens of a re-
repugna
public. Everyoue recognizes the ne
cessity of discipline In an army, but
the principle Is grossly abused In every
post In the union. There is no more
reason why the privates of the United
States army should be made to clean
the private house of one of the officers
titan that citizens should be taken
from the street and compelled to do
the same thing without pay. The offi
cers of the army of this country are
well paid. Those of no other army In
the world get such remuneration as
they do. Besides their education at
West Point they receive many other
perquisites. In some Instances, and
probably In this case, their house rent
Is free. Why did the officer In ques
tion not have the manliness to hire
his house cleaning done as other citi
zens do. Instead of sponging upon the
underpaid privates?
An Old Notion.
, The notion that it Is not good to eat
oysters hi any month that has not an
r In it is very ancient. It Is to be found
m a work published In 1500, and the
entence reads as follows: "It Is un
reasonable and unwholesome, In all
months that have not an r In their
Same, to eat an oyster."
- Thm Prtaoipal Tower.
A donjon meana the principal tower
of a castle; It waa usually raised on a
natural or artificial mound, and situ
ated In the luaafmot court Its lower
part waa commonly used aa a prison.
It waa somaKaai caUad taa donjon.
tr r intra.
A FABLED ROC.
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teo Po, Te,u 't He Heard of
i the Mon'er Blp1-
1 True ptor' of Marpo Polo," as J
to,d st. Nicholas by Soah
! Brooks, contains many stories atout
fabulous monters.
j You must know that this island lies
so far south that ships cannot go fur
ther south or visit other Islands in thatl
direction, except this one and that
other of which we have to tell you, rail
ed Zanghibar. This is because the sea
current runs so strong towards the
south that the ships which should at-
j tempt it never would get lwck again.
j Indeed, the ships of Maabar which vl4s
it this Island of Madeignscar, and that
other of Zanghitwir, arrive thither with
marvelous sliced, for great as the dis
tance is, they accomplish it In twenty
days, while the return voyage takes
them more than three months. This is
because of the strong current running
south, which continues with such sin
gular force and in the same direction at
all s'iisons.
j 'Tis said that In those other Islands
to the south, which the ships are un
able to visit because this strong cur
rent prevents their return, is found the
bird Gryphon, which appears there at
certain seasons. The description given
Of it Is, however, entirely different from
what our stories and pictures make it.
For persons who have been there and
had seen It told Messer Marco Polo
that It was for all the world like an
eagle, but one Indeed of enormous size;
so big. In fact, that Its wings covered
an extent of thirty paces, and its quills
were twelve paces long, and thick In
proportion. And It Is so strong that
it will seize an elephant In its talons
and carry him high into the air, and
drop him so that he is smashed to
pieces; having so killed him, the bird
( gryphon swoops down upon him and
eats him at leisure. The people of
those Isles call the bird rue, mid It lias
; no other name. So If I wot not if this
i oe uie real grypiion. or ii uivre
le the real gryphon, or If there Ik;
j another mauir of bird as great. But
this I can tell you for certain, that
i they an1 not half lion and half bird
our stories do relate; but enormous
( as they be, they are fashioned just like
an eagle.
The Great Khan sent to those parts
I to inquire hIkhH these curious matters,
and the story was told by those who
' went thither. He also sent to procure
the release of an envoy of his who Lad
Imh-u dVpntched thither, and had l)een
detain!; so lth those envays had
many wonderful things to tell t ho
Great Khan alxmt those strange Isl
ands, and alwitit the birds I have tneu
, tioned. They brought a.s I heard" to
the Great Khan a feather of the said
, rue, which was stated to measure nl)
jty spans, while the quill part was two
Wilms in circumference, a marvelous
object! The Great Khan was d'llght-Kd..itli..it-n1
cave great presents
to those who brought it. They also
brought two lioar's tusks, which weigh
ed more than fourteen pounds apiece;
and you may gather how big the boar
must have lseen that had tw-th like
that! They related, indeed, that there
were some of these Ixiars as big as a
great buffalo. There are also numbers
'at .irany8 atKj wji,i
assy's; and. in fact,
si marvelous number of wild Ixists of
strange nsicct.
Kallintr Walls at Kiren
Mr. Charles T. Hill contribute to St.
N'icbolas an article ou "The Perils of
1 Fireman's Life," in the course of
which he says:
There are several kinds of falling
walls, and the fireman of experience
knows them well, and what to expect
'rom each. There is one kind that
breaks first at the bottom and comes
lown almost straight, somewhat like
l curtain. This makes a big noise, but
,s not very much to be dreaded. Then
!here is another that bulges or "buc-
olId until it strikes; and. as an old
lime fin-man once remarked: "That's
:he kind you want to dodge."
This kind of "falling wall" has caus
d more deaths In the department than
luy other danger the flrerneu have to
intend with. It has killed horses as
aell as men, and destroyed apparatus;
ind It is so rapid in its descent, and
overs so much space, that to escape It
:he men have to le quick Indeed.
Colored People Never Sneeze.
"It was Irofessor Schrocdcr of Lotils
rille," volunteered a surgeon to a
report'-r. "who first ventured the
jpinioti that the negro never sneezed,
rhe Htatemeiit was made In reply to
l question of Professor Gross, the fa
nous Philadelphia surgeon, and In
vhose memory a statue was recently
ledirated In this city. A smile pawd
iround tiie listcTM-rs, and Professor
fc-hroedcr, observing that there was
louie doubt about his statement, relter
Ited It with some force. He then ex
laind that , while thm? were no
itnicturnl arrangements alsnit the
breathing npiianttiHi of tlte colored race
lhat had been discovered which
prevented him sneezing, it was a fact
that the colomd man did not sneeze,
hough ne couki Ik; made to mieexe by
the uhc of snulTs, pepier and other
'rrltant. Ho had, ho said, never made
iny experiments In that coruwetlon.
He alno H!d his ohf!rvatlm Isid Iwen
ronflixvi to colored K"opU' i tin
Sfsithern States. Atmospheric or
rther conditions might exist elsewhere
rhlch might cpu-w him to swneze, but
one existed naturally in tlie Mouth,
riie deba!e on the subject occupied
xnrly an hour at a nie-tlng of the
fnternatkmal flurgtcji) Aswoclatlon,
rblcb held a convention ta the old
Liaooha hall some years ago. Since
Imo, I hart often spoke of It and
Mkad my friends to notice, and tnough
I-tart dlrortsd to attanUoa of hua-
drwls to the subject, I have yet to j
hear the first one say that they have
ever inwrd a urgro man or woman
sneeze. Hy negro I mean a black man
or woirian. I believe that mulattoes j
sneeze occasionally and tlie neai-r ,
they axe to white the more frequent
ly they siieese, but even tlvey are less
s-usit!ve to Influences which pnshice
sneezing than the ieopie of tlie white
race. It lias been observed also tluit
Indians sneeze very seldom, while
Chinese snwze ten tU-.es as tmich,
even, as the white nu-e." NV'asii-igtou
Scar.
Barbem' Clippings Cseful.
Futil ciuite receatly do effe-t.lve use
had Im'H found, even hi this age of tlte
unlersal utilization of waste, for tit?
clippliivs of mvn's hair left over In
liarl.vrs' shojis, though all mauuer of
experiuicuts have fri!!i time to time
nn uuulv with tills material. I5ut a
very w 11 known llshing-tarkle maker,
who sends his wares all over tlie
world, l as of late lmnght qiuiutites of
such hair, and the writer sought him
out in order to ascertain the jineclso
usi-s to whi-h it was put. aul Informa
tion win readily given. I
My wifkix'oi)le use large quantities
of human hair in the making f arti
ficial fishing tiies. for certain parts of
which it is the best material out,
Wniped thickly round the IkmIIcw of;
many kinds of flU-, it has the quality j
of not gathering water and getting
sodden, as silk dm-s, while it stands
more wear and tear. Hut even bcyoaid ',
this, we use a considerable lunouut hi
tying gut on hooks. AIdel by a sjnall
patented implement, iKH,k tfcw now ,
commonly use unman nair iiwi'mi ot
silk, and the lushing Is liot.h stronger
and neater. Hut a plan has leeti de
vised for using human hair almost ex
clusively in silk and liair combina
tion rol lines, in which horsehair a.loni
was at one time employed, and these
new lines are tULsurpassd for tough
ness and lightness.
You are mistaken In supposing that
fishing-tackle makers are the only
persons who buy bi,rlers' clippings.
Within tin? last year or two tons of
hair ha-e been packed In the lining
Is-tweer the Iron plaits forming tiie
annor sheathing of certain jwirts of
war vessels; a jx-culiar typ- of cupola,
for Instance, luivirig a thickness of
tightly iickcd hair ln-twc-ii casings
of metal. Tlte luiir i-s so elastic that it
is said to fonn a most cITWlive back
ing to metal; and uImi In conne-tioai
with shiiiping, the makers of K-hip'
feiulers the soft spheres of tow-rope
that arc thrown over the side of a
vessel to prevent her from scrubbing
against tlie edge of a quay or dock
are beginning to utilize human hair.
Imparl at.
A remarkable instance of tlie Im
partial a lmiu1stni! ion of justice is saJd
to have occtirmd some years ago In a
-ourt of Texas wlwn a romir Mex
ican, charged Willi having stoh'i a
pistol, was arraigned.
lb provKl l5nid all drtiit that the
!stol Mas his ow-n, and that It lisid
been in his jHiKses.'dou iotlg before th'J
hllt-getl tiieft 'K urrHl.
Tlie a.se wtcrt to the jury at
twelve o'clock, t !n usual liur f ad
journment, and the jury, who did not
wish to 1m- kept until tli court o;M ncl
again t thr o'cl--k. burrs d to give
lu ticlr erdict.
The for-iiian, wlm had Iteoti ie'lin,i,ug
In a iMttceful attitude, suggestive ttt
slumlsT. luri:ig th he:irui
his crt)iianiiis. saying:
turned to j
"Well, lwys, wlutt do you Uiiik?
Hadn't we in-ttcr give h!:n two yrs?H
"AH right," rejM:idi".l a Jurymaji.
"Put hlr.i throujrh, or the judge will
luljotini."
"Go als-ad" soUl rtnnh'r. "We doJi't
want to stay here till tiirK' o'-lock.
Hurry up!"
"Hut Is lie guilty?" inquired a
thoughtful old g-jm!ciii!i,n.
''ell." exclaiaiiieI the fiirornau, after
a stare of astonishment at this view of
the UMMter, "if you think he ain't
guilty let's clear hhn!"
A verdict of "Not guilty!" 'was hfie
lly rendered, ami tlie juryanan cheer
fully repaired to nxmtlde nud.
Aluminum.
Aluminum, the new metal which it
Is ls4lcved Is destined to play an im
portant i-art iu tlie arts from this timo
on, is found In many subtftauces,
widely diffused through nature. The
common red clay, which exists every-!
where K this wuntry, at a (b-vth of 3
or 4 feet, contains It In large quanti
ties, aiwl It Is also prcsoit-ui Hlatc,
fcldspu" and otlKtr minerals. The
metal was given its name, In 112, by
Sir Humphrey Davy, who susiof-ted
the exlieju of tlie metal Ln certain
compounds, but failed to Isolate It. It
was first Isolated by Wohl-r, In 182S, '
who oblaltusl the metal lu small
quantities. In IH.5 a French chemist,
M. DcHlhv lUwiioustrnted tliat the
metal could lie prepared lu large quan
tities for commercial use. It has lieeu
prepared from Greenland' cryolite, and
from the bauxite which about! In
the southern part of France, Since
1!X) the inotal lias ls productMl In
commercial quantities by tlie employ
nient of tlectrlclty in ids separation, but
the irM-esses, though much elM-sper,
that; formerly, are still somewhat ex
p'iistve. thotigh It Is exj.ee ted tlie ex
IxTlinents now being made will render
aluminum o ctsap that It can lie used
for any purpose to which Its nature Is
adapted.
An Economical Kmperor.
Emjieror Francis Joseph, U cutting
down t!.e expenses of his household
and put'lug an end to perquisites en-'
Joyed by court servants since the days
of Marin Theresa. They hail an al-
lowonce of wood, wine and venison,
with two wax candles In summer and
three In winter. These are put an end
to. Their liveries will no longer bo
their own, and tney will not be allowed
to sell the cold victuals laft from ttaa
dally intaja nod tb Suta lwnqiiasi
I -J f ) v n I; -X
y w t ii w.
Good Boidi Par.
Conditions such as recently existed in
a small town in New Jersey, twelve
miles from Philadelphia, form a fit
ting object lesson of the profit of good
roads. In colisequelK-e of the bad
roads the wagon makers thereabout
constructed four-horse vehicles to car
ry fifty-five bushel baskets as a maxi
mum loud, which was regarded as
heavy hauling. Heal estate had gone
a-lx'gging for years; there was no pos
sible market for It. It hud Ix-en im
possible to settle up estates because no
purchaser could 1 found for the laud
Hut a few years ago the people of the
community woke up. The town issued
$40,joi worth of bonds and applied the
proceeds to letter roadways. As a re
sult New Jersey wagon makers of the
vicinity of Philadelphia are making
two-horse vehicles to carry, not fifty-
five bushel backets, but loads made
up from ninety to 12T bushel Imskets,
and still the loads are not regarded as
heavy. Two horses are able to do more
work than four horses, and with much
more ease.
On the old roads two men and four
horses, with a wagon weighing 1,900
IK)UI1(ls ,ak( tW(( an(, a llaIf ton8
of produce to market and bring lwck
an equal amount of fertilizer, making
one trip a day. Now, on the good
roads, one man with two horses, and a
wagon weighing 2,.'i'Kl pounds, makes
I four trips to market, bringing back an
equal weight and making four trips a
day. Jersey City Evening Journal.
Good Hoailn.
Cliarles Echo, taking
tests as the basis of Its
estimates that It costs
The Lake
Trout wine's
calculations,
Louisiana $.",2.ri(i.iHii a year to move its
crops, and that two-thirds of this could
be saved if he had good roads. Trant
wine's tests show the number of
pounds of pull required to move a ton
on different kinds of roads to lie as
follows: P!ai:k n ::!. to ."(); cubical
Mock, brick. ;2 to ."i0; uiin-adani, 2 to
"!"; gravel, H(f; coinuion earth. U0 to
3')i. The pull ou earth riads In dry
seasons Is from six to eight times as
hard as on brick, and three or four
times as hard as macadam, ami in wet
! seasons much greater, and In iyouis-
iana, with Its heavy rainfall, we have
longer wet seasons than any other
part of the country, and, as a conse
quence, worse roads.
The United States Agricultural Hu
reflu figures that it costs tlie fanners
f.t jier'Ton to bant their crop from the
farm to the railroad or market. With
a total production of l,75fl,(XW1 tohsrtT
corn, cane, cotton, rice, etc., the haul
ing costs Louisiana fanners $."i.li.rVt.(f(S)
now, which cost can be reduced $.1,
r.Hi,(HH if the roadways are made bet
ter. If, therefore, Ixiuislana spent
4ki,0(io a yiir on its roads. It would be
better off financially, their cost lielng
!-ss than they would le saved In haul
ing. The expenditure of such a sum of
money would put our highways in
splendid condition in a very few years;
j,ut such au expenditure Is not dreamt
of, nor would the people favor It.
The lMKt course In Iyoulsiana would
le that which has met with such suc
cess elsewhere to build Just enough
tulles of good roflds to enable the peo
ple to see and appreciate their value,
and how much they can save by them.
If this were done, as In Massachusetts,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania and other
States, it would not be long ls-fore the
people demanded better roads In ev
ery part of tlie State.
It Is promised to bring the matter
before the Legislature at Its next ses
sion, but It would lie well to Inaugurate
a preliminary campaign, so tliat there
will be popular backing to a "good
road" law when it conies before the
General Assembly. New Orleans
Times-Democrat
Widows for Hale.
"Of all the matrimonial trafficking
In the age of chivalry the ways of
widows." says a writer In the "Gentle
man s Magazine," "are at once the
boldest and most comprehensive. As
a rule, their methods seldom resort to
blandishment; it is remarkable when
tenderness Is an Item In their bargains.
Speed was their maxim; it was one
that King John honored, for he profit
ed by It.
"Yet one of the rarest exceptions in
the way of delicacy to these commer
cial negotiations has evidently Im-cu
prompted by a widow who hud quite
an exceptional lover. In HJ'Ni William
de Lands either one of the most fa
mous of the Crusaders or his son
offers TA) marks and a palfrey for hav
ing to wife Joan, who was the wife of
Thomas de Arey, 'If he may be
pleasing to the said Joan; the sheriff
Is Instructed to ascertain the widow's
wishes, 'and If the said Joan shall be
pleased to have him for a husband,
then tlte sheriff shall cause Will nun to
have seizing of Joan and her land'
both of which he olrtilucd in the name
of gentle love and the faith of a true
soldier. It is filing that the name of
one of the men who led the assault of
Acre snoiiKi ne preserved in such a rec-
orA thw ve. He ws In truth a
Tery prrect snignt.
"n ' the most rampageous of the
ortliem English borderers manifested
U k delicacy, Youi Walter de
t'mfravllle. son of Glltert, had left n
widow, Emma, presumably In the wry
b'uh br charma. Peter de Vaux
d fallen at her feet, but he declined
to ootln br ln border fashion; and
tbla fact Is the eamett pledge of the
cMrniry of his lova. If bt would not
seal her be was bound to buy her, aiid
coin with the De Vaux was always a
scarcity. So he offered the king five
palfreys for her If he wished It,' and
with what would read as a grace'ul
acknowledgment of the Isirderer's
pure chivalry, John absolutely drops
the commercial from his reply and sim
ply orders Hobcrt Fltz Hoger, the sher.
Iff, to permit It to lie done.'
Victoria's Descendants.
A laliorious genealogist announces,
as the result of years of minute labor,
that the Queen has had n'ne children,
of whom she has lost two; forty-one
grandchildren, of whom eight have
died; and twenty-three great-grandchildren,
all of whom are living. She
has, therefore, sixty-three descendants
living seven children, thirty-three
grandchildren, and tweiity-Lbrce ot the
next generation, iller eldest great
grandchildthe Princess Feodoia of
Saxe-Melningen Ig now nearly 17, so
that in all probability her Majesty will
live to see her grandchildren's grand
children. Few English sovereigns be.
fore Queen Victoria have seen grand
children grow out of infancy, and uono
ever saw a great-grandchild. Hence
her Majesty had to determine the ques
tion of precedency In the case of the
Duchess of Fife's children, and rdie
wisely decided that they should rank
only as daughters of a duke. 4 I
This decision was ln accordance with 1
a House law decreed earlier ln Ur
reign, by which the title of prince and V,
royal highness is limited to the '.-hil-dren
of the sovereign, and the children
of the sovereign's sons, the children of
tlie sovereign's daughters taking prece
dence only according to the rank of
their fathers. Thus the Princess 1 1 el
ena's children rank as children of
Prince Christum only, while the Duke
of Conuaught's are royal highnesses;
and Prince Arthur of Conuaught's son
and successor, if he has one, will be
the Duke of Oonnaught, as an ordi
nary duke, taking precedence merely
by date of the creation of his duke
dom. This Is now the case of the Duke
of Cumberland on the roll of the House
of Iinls. though he Is styled royal
highness as son of a king of Hanover.
Ilroke a Klg (odd Coin.
One of the most puzzled men In town
is a Montgomery street restaurant
keeper, who recently took in a .-') gold
piece which tilled all the ordinary re
quirements of genuineness so far as a
stijterficlal test could reveal the true
facts. Hut a few days ago a banker
Hepped Into his place and saw thij S-'O
gold piece which the restaurant man
had riMTlved only a short time Is-fore.
Thc'lmiiker had a qui cr lk in hl eyes
as he took the coin and rapped It
sharply with his knife and the rcstait-raut-keeper
had a stranger expression
as he saw his supposed f 3) piece break
into two pieces.
"How Is this?' he demanded.
Tin banker answered; "It Is the
same old game. 1 had one of tlus
hve
tested gold pieces or tlie X3 (lenii.nllia
tlon very carefully. If that had ls-en
genuine my test would not have bro
ken It."
I'hen the restauraiit-UeeiM-r anil the
bunker carefully examined It together.
The outside of the gold piece was all
rlKht, seemingly, when the dissevered
jmrts were placed together. The mill
ing sti-med to be up to the standard.
The weight was correct.
Hut the Inside of the piece was half
tilled with ft composition which wns
not the customary gold and alloy. S: 1.1
closer examination revealed that the
gold had Is-eii sawed through with ex
quisite care and skill Just Inside of the
milling. Then the milling had been
removed and from the Interior of th
piece some of tlie gold had been ex-tracti-d
ami the baser composition was
made to take the place of the more
precious metal. Then, with equal deft
ness and skill, the milling had been
replaced and soldered In some way and
the trick was done. San Francisco
Call.
Stringent Food Laws.
France knows how to protect tlie
rights of her people. Anybody who
dotiMs the ge-niilneness of an article of
food that lie has purchased from a
Parisian tradesman may take It to the
tase u to me
analysis. "J
have It und
uined whetffrl
adulteratedA
municipal LilstriUory for analysis.
will cost him nothing to
alyzed and the fact detenu.
er It Is unadulterated or adulterated
and If the latter tlie law deals with the
offender without further action on the
part of the purchaser. The shopkeeper
Is liable to be heavily fined and impris
oned, and has to display conspicuously
ln his shop window or on his door for a
year a large placard bearing the
words, "Convicted of Adulteration."
Tlie Mack Tree.
From n kimk-Ics of trees, the genus
which Includes the celebrated upas
tree, sacks are made In Western India
by the following singular process. A
branch Is cut corresMndlng to the
length and diameter of the sack want
ed. It Is soaked a little, and then beat
en with clubs till the filter separates
from the wood. This done, the sack
formed of the bark Is turned Inside ont
and pulled down till the wood Is sawn
off, with the exception of a small piece
left to form the bottom of the sack.
These sacks are In general use in West,
ern India.
Ilorsn't Trnat Man.
A naturalist says that In captivity
elephants always stand up when they
sleep, but when In the Jungle, their own
land and home, they He down. Ths
reason given for the difference between
the elephant in captivity mid freedom
la that the elophant never acquires-
complete cennunce in his keepers, and
always longs for llls-ny,
We have n(rtlced that married woman
who are kept occupied don't exdta aa
much sympathy aa the Idle ones, for
the reason that they don't bar dnw
to pin, and do Juaoca to It
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