r MAMAOftOUOH MAGNIFICENCE.
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At
Victoria'! latest drawing
the Ducheea of Marlborough
ot jewels than any on pree
Her tall diamond crown aod the
of famous Vanderbilt pearU
mt sensation. The coach
la which the American duchess drove
to the palace is aald to hare eclipaed
aU the equipages that were la line. Its
body was of deep red, and it was
adorned. In addition to the ducal coat
of arm'., with a princely coronet, as
the Duke of Marlborough is a prince
af the Roman Empire a title inher
ited from his treat ancestor's services
to England's German allies. There
three footmen behind the coach.
wore red liveries covered with
specially embroidered by Italian
workmen.
An amusing story In connection with
these red liveries la going the rounds
of London society. It seems that the
young duke was determined to have
the particular shade of red which is
confined to royal use, and it was only
because the tailors steadfastly refused
to make the liveries in that color that
he was obliged to accept the shade
that has been used by his ancestors.
In spite of or perhaps because of
all this magnificence, we are told that
the Duchess of Marlborough refuses
to subscribe to the fund for maintain
ing five American beds in the lending
London hospitals on the ground that
she la no longer an American. Purl-
OEATH OF AN AGED DECOY STEER.
! Old fallow At Lul Mat Bii Fat aa
Do All Traitors.
After having enticed thousands of
him fellow creatures to their doom.
Bill, the big steer who acted as decoy
In the abattoir across the Schuylkill,
has succumbed before the fury of one
of his victims. It was a nefarious
calling was Bill's. His duties con
sisted of leading other cattle into the
slaughter pens, lulling their suspicions
into fancied security, establishing
them in the right positions In the right
quarters, and seeing that no bad
breaks were made while they await
ed their fate. Bill had performed this
duty as far back as the oldest em
ployee of the stock yards can remem
ber. There Is a tradition that he was
taken to the stock yard when it was
founded and there trained in his life
work of enticing bis fellow creatures
to destruction. This, if true, would
make the time he had been engaged
In this reprehensible business more
than twenty-two years. Another and
much younger steer, apparently real
ising the traitorous actions of the old
fellow, charged furiously at him and
gored him so badly that Bill died the
next day.
A Novel Wadding.
Not far from the City of Magnifi
cent Distances, In a city whose early
history is full of reminiscences of the
"Father of His Country," application
was made for a marriage license. In
the proceedings connected with the
arrangement of the marriage contract
the gentleman who offered himself as
a witness was asked by the license
clerk:
"How do you know that this woman
Is divorced?"
"Because I am her former husband,"
was the reply.
The clerk was nonplussed, and plain
ly expressed his astonishment.
"Great Scott!" he exclaimed, "this
beat inything I ever heard of in this
part f the world.'
But he proceeded with his duty and
filled out the license.
At the marriage ceremony the brid
was attended by the present wife of
the ex-husband, who gave away the
bride.
Facts! Washington Correspondence
Concord Monitor.
Walloped tha Old
One of the men in the newspaper
colony had the misfortune not to be
born In America. He has done bis
best, however, to remedy the mistake
of hla parents, and his children are all
American-born. One of them is a
youngster at the age when patriotism
Is most ardent and firecrackers most
alluring.
"Say, papa," he said the other day,
"yon weren't born here, were you?"
- "No, my son," answered the father,
"I was born in England."
The boy pot his hands in his pockets
and squared his shoulders.
"Well, say," be said proudly, "didn't
we jnst wallop yon In 1812, though V
Washington Post
r Down Eat St a nap OrakMaf.
This It the way one of Caribou's
progressive farmers clears land: Ha
baa a
portable fence which he can
around without much Inconvenl
and be encircles a stumo with
It, placing within the Inclosure two of
his biggest hogs. Then he goes to
work with a crowbar and makes some
hales around the stump, fining the
Mm with corn, or oats, or buckwheat,
whatever be hat handy, and the sul-
snail get In their work. In the course
of a few days the bogs have to rooted
mm mu svtaa nuuir inai 1 LM B.BJ
away Job to 'tip It over and take It
away. Ktnnebeck journal.
Police Justice. Why did yon turn la
tha alarm for the police? Were yoa
Msfeteoed?
Csrrant Olrl. No, sir, but tb folks
wm away frota borne, air, an' I war
laas& Ukt.-St Louis Globe-Demo-tnt
Is Uttlt Ugfts,
G3r 1 don't bailor ta hUiam ay
attar a btWaoL
iXZjX: especially whoa a pa
trx vU - Zark Journal
HC WAtAMMTIOUI.
aw m Determined loo too 14 Works
Is Collet Coarse.
Many boys and men have worked
their way through college, but, so far
as Is known, Indiana holds the only
one vho milked hla way through, Mar
tin A Qulnn was a ragged farm-hand
when he made up his mind to get a
college education, and set about ob
taining the means.
He began by trading with his neigh
bors, until he owned a pig, which he
raised and sold to buy a calf. The calf
grew into a cow, which was sold, and
more pigs and calves bought. By the
time he was eighteen Quinn had earn
ed 200. With this money he bought
six good milch cows, which he shipped
to Chicago, riding along In the freight
train to care for them.
He reached the city with his cows
and $11 in cash. Leaving his cows at
the stock yards, he went straight to
the University of Chicago and mat
riculated. Having done this he sought
the steward of the college, told his
story and laid a proposition before
him. Milk was costing the college 25
cents a gallon . Qulnn agreed to fur
nish it at 20 cents.
The deal was made and the young
undergraduate dairyman went to seek
a place to house his herd. One was
found and arrangements for pasture
made. For four years Qulnn cared for
those cows, milked them every morn
ing at 4 o'clock, strained the milk and
carried it to the steward. From it he
averaged $3.60 a day, and on this he
lived and furnished food and shelter
for the cows.
When he graduated he sold the cows
for $180, with which he bought books
to study law at Lafayette, Ind. New
York World.
VALUE OF WASTE ARTICLES.
Proceed of Rnblah, Gathered by School
Children, Clothed ROO Little One.
The people of Belgium evidently be
lieve In training their children in
habits of economy. Possibly no bet
ter method of convincing the young
folks of the wisdom of looking after
small things could have been found
than that resorted to in the public
schools of Brussels.
Some time ago the children were
requested by their teachers to gather
up all the waste and apparently use
less articles that they could find on
their way to and from school and to
deliver them to their respective teach
ers. For eight months the work of col
lection went on. Such objects as tin
foil, tin cans, paint tubes, bottle cap
suls, and refuge metal were especially
looked after. The result was aston
ishing. Nineteen hundred and twenty
five pounds of tin foil rewarded the
children's efforts, together with 1,200
pounds of metal scraps, 4,400 pounds
of bottle capsules and old paint tubes
that, in the aggregate, weighed 220
pounds.
But it was when the articles were
disposed of and the money applied to
useful objects that the full force of
this economy was manifest. The pro
ceeds completely clothed 500 poor chil
dren, and sent 90 invalid children to
recuperation colonies, and there was
a goodly balance left to be distributed
among the sick poor of the city. The
Outlook.
INDIA SHAWLS.
The Hair for the Yarn Taken from tha l'n
drr fart of tha Camel.
In Bokhara, where the finest and
most expensi- camel's hair shawls
are manufactured, the camel is watch
ed while tin. fine hair on the under
part of his iy is growing. This is
clipped so carefully that uot a fibre Is
lost, and it is put by until there is
enough to spin into a yarn which is
unequaled for softness. It is then
dyed .11 manner of beautiful, bright
colors,' and woven In strips eight la
ches wide of shawl patterns of such
exquisite design as with all our study
of art and all our schools of design we
are not able to rlvaL These strips are
then sewed together so cunningly that
it is impossible to detect where they
are joined. Russia Is the principal
market to which these beautiful Bok
haran creations are sent. From Rus
sia they find their way all over the
world, London, Paris, Vienna, and New
York being the heaviest importers.
Textile World.
Caution 0.
"Senator," remarked a confidential
friend, "do you propose to run for of
fice again?"
"Of course I do!" replied Senator
Sorghum.
"Don't you think you would better
any something about your attitude on
political questions?"
"'M yes. It might be well to re
mind people of my existence. But
there Is too much uncertainty to war
rant my taking sides on any topic. For
the present I guess I'd better stick to
loving my country on general prin
ciples." Washington Star.
IaapcfMible.
Judge You say that the lady had
her change all ready, rushed to the
window and bought a ticket?
Witness Yes, sir.
Judge Officer, lock the van up foi
perjury, and I order that all his tes
timony be stricken from the records.
New York Journal
erurhy I eq til red.
The paragraphers are giving the
pessimists the dickens, bet it is a fact
that optimism of Itsel. Is not regarded
ta gilt-edged collateral at the bank
Galveston, (Tex:.), Nswg.
Ho "But didn't you take me for bet-'
ter or for worse?"
She "Yes, but things have come to
a point whet a I'm going to Insist on
tome of the better." Detroit News
A PONY. IMTINCT.
us br
las Oat ml Mmmm ml
la some of the west era states ana
territories they have sandstone, says
a writer la the Outlook. Tha wind
rises, and the sand la blown la great
quantities and with great swiftness.
Sometimes the sand buries small
houses, as the snow does. It banks
up against buildings and buries cattle
on the plains. The cattle seem to
know when one of these storms . Is
brewing, and are terrified and very
difficult to control. Among the scouts
on the western plains is one who owns
a pony named Clta. When a man and
a pony live together for a long time
they become great friends, and object
to separation. Clta had stumbled and
skinned one of her legs. Her master
had to go out on an expedition, and
decided that he would ride another
horse. He thought the journey too
hard for Clta with her hurt leg.
After the scout had been gone an
hour one of the sandstorms came up.
At night the wind went down and the
moon rose. The men sat sorrowfully
around the camp fire, when they were
startled by the sound of a horse's feet.
The scout's friend rode into camp, ex
hausted, and with face and hands
bruised by the flying sand. He had
worked his way out of the flying drift
after the storm was over. The scout
had been blown from his pony. The last
the friend saw of the man and pony
were being blown before the wind.
The party started to search for the
scout. They discovered that Clta had
broken her halter and was gone.
They followed her trail, and after
many hours heard a horse whinny.
In the moonlight they discovered
Cita, reared on her hind legs, digging
in a huge pile of sand with her fore
feet. The men went to work, and
there, under his horse, which had pro
tected him , they found the scout,
alive.
FRENCH FUNERALS.
Napoleon Created tha Having but One
Indertaker for Pari.
Practically there is, or was. only one
undertaker for the whole of the
French capital and its suburbs. Dis
gusted with the abuses and unseemly
scenes of his times. Napoleon I. con
ferred the monopoly of burying the
Parisians on one contractor, and the
arrangements exist until the presen
day.
It must not be thought, however
that the privilege was granted without
very stringent conditions, which, as
they stand, make a considerable in
road on the enormous profits of the
monopolist. Funerals are divided in
to nine classes, ranging from 71 H
francs to 18 francs 75 centimes.
The municipality allows the burial
company $1 per body interred. On the
other hand, the company is bouLd to
refund 56 per cent, of its gross re
ceipts, which sums are divided among
the various religious communities.
In addition, the company has to bury
gratuitously every Individual whose
friends or relatives are unable to de
fray the expense of any of the nine
classes. Golden Days.
True to 111 stringing I p.
A writer in the Independent has din
covered something rare a donkey boy
n Cairo with a sense of the idea
Most boys of bis profession are a good-
natured lot, but few are the vices they
cannot teach. Little Hassau, on the
contrary, seems to have principles
and is quietly stanch in his adherence
to them.
Once he refused a cigarette, says the
traveler, and in my surprise I almost
lost my balance.
"What! Not smoke, Hassau?" said
L "I thought all the donkey boys
smoked."
"I don't, said Hassau, who looked
about eleven, was short, very brown
very scantily dressed, quite dirty, had
only one eye and trotted behind the
donkey with rounded shoulders and
head craned forward. "I don't. If
did, my family would beat me, and
quite right, too."
"But who are you, and who are your
family?" I asked.
"Ah!" he said, proudly, "we are Su
danese. In the Sudan we are strict
To smoke, to use wine, to drink coffee
not to pray these are shamefu
things; and If a man did anything Im
pure, they hang him to a tree with hla
face toward the sun."
Both Qualification.
There is a large coinage of good
stories about Hannibal Hamlin up in
Maine, and this is one of them: In
his earlier days, at a certain caucus in
Hampden, the only attendants were
himself and a citizen of large stature.
Mr. Hamlin had some resolutions to
pass which began by representing that
they were presented to a "large and
respectable" gathering of voters.
"Hold on," cried the other man, "we
can't pass that, for It ain't true! It
ain't a large and respectable caucus!
There's only two of us." "You keep
still," brother," commanded the wily
Hannibal, It s all right, for you are
large and I am respectable. You just
keep still." So the resolutions were
passed without further demur. Living
Church.
He Waa fonnd.
Traveler (to the ferryman crossing
the river) Has any one ever been lost
In this stream?
Boatman No, sir. Some professor
drowned here last spring, but they
found him again after looking for two
weens. megenae Blatter.
A -"It An.ner.
Minnie "I have had the tame drete-
maker for three years."
Mamie "Really? I thought you
nad worn tbat drs only two
son." Indianapolis Journal.
HIS LAUQH MIS FORTUNE .
It Wee Hla Friend aad Dleeeaeerted
la Baamlee.
"Ever hear of a man who made
fortune out of hit laugh?" said a guest
of the 8t. Charles to a New Orleans
Times-Democrat reporter. "I once
knew a man whose laugh was post
lively his fortune. His name wai
John D. Adams, and he was a typi
cal at earn boatman of Arkansas, and
In addition to his steam boating he was
a planter of extensive interests, and
was connected with other business en
terprises. He was the first man to run
a steamboat op the Arkansas River,
and his name In that 8tate to-day is a
synonym for genially, courage and
business success. He waa very sue
cessful, and his friends used to at
tribute his success to his wondrous
laugh. It was not boisterous, yet loud
and waa so musical and jolly that one
could imagine old Kris Kringle was
personified in him. Other river men
would say that his laugh got him all
the government mall contracts. He
would go to Washington, get ac
quainted with the man who had charge
of the contracts, and he, like all of
Adam's new acquaintances, would
soon come under the infection of his
magnetic iaugh, and form a genuine
admiration for the grizzled old steam
boatman. Amazing tales were told of his cour
age and his steamboat experiences
On one occasion, when an accident
happened to his boat and the passen
gers became panic-stricken, he calmed
them as If by magic by calling them
children, and laughing at their fear
his famous laugh compelling confi
dence and mirth by its very melocy
and jollity. He even used his laugh
when very much angered, but It wa
of a different character, and death
lurked behind ft. In a steamboat
quarrel with three desperadoes, once,
he denounced them with a laughing
accompaniment, a cynical, chilling
dangerous kind of a laugh, his eye
glittering like a snake's, and his fore
linger on his revolver, ready to dash
out the life of the first one who made
a move. One of the desperadoes said
afterward, in speaking of the occur
rence, that he never felt so queerly
before In his life. He said be felt as
though the very marrow in his bones
was being frozen."
COSTLY BALLAST.
Three Carload of Klrh Ore Spread on a
Railroad Track.
Five hundred dollar ore is not com
monly used for repairing railroad
grades, but $40,000 worth was dumped
on the Gulf track near the Arkansas
River, near Pueblo, a short time ago,
says the Denver Post. The ore wes
in three carloads consigned to the
Pueblo smelter from Creede, and was
turned over to the Philadelphia smelt
er because the former plant was un
dergoing repairs.
A carload of cinders and these three
cars of ore were hauled out on the
Gulf tracks, and a section foreman,
mistaking the entire four for refuse,
proceeded to strew It along the right
of way. A day or two elapsed before
the loss of the ore was discovered, and
the excitement that resulted may be
readily Imagined. When it waa found
that the ore had been put on high
ground and that water had fortunate
ly not reached it and washed It away
the rejoicing of the railroad and smelt
er men was pleasing to behold.
Practically all of the valuable stuft
was gathered up and saved.
MONUMENT OF BRICKS.
I'nique Building- Owned bf tha I'nltrd
Mate liovernnient.
"Very few know It, but it is a fact,"
explained a prominent builder to a
Washington Star reporter, "tnat the
Pension Office building is the largest
brick building in the world. It has
been subjected to much criticism, but
it can stand it. for as time paasea
along there are many things seen
about It that escaped notice when it
was newer. In all, there are over
10,000,000 bricks in the building.
Gen. Meigs took liberties with bricks
that no other architect had ever at
tempted. He not only used bricks ex
clusively for the building, but he used
them in constructing the stairs
throughout the building. In the mat
ter of stair building bricks have often
been used for the riser, but the step
has always been of iron, wood, slate
or stone. In the Pension Office both
riser and step are of brick. As a brick
building, therefore, pure and simple,
it Is unique In construction, outside of
the fact that It Is the largest exclu
sively brick building In the world."
Paul far Net am lata.
One of the most extraordinary
puzzles tbat confront naturalists is
the remarkable .effect climate, toll
food, or surroundings have upon ani
mals. Bull-flnchet fed on hempseed
turn quite black; Belgian horses kept
in coal -mines for several years lose
their natural coat, and become cover
ed with soft, thick fur like a mole.
The Thibet mastiff, who In his native
highlands is protected from the cold
by heavy wool, loses it on being
brought down to the plaint.
Willi Onllee.
Lady (for the sixteenth time) Now
be ture and make my mouth aa small
as possible.
Artist (wearily) Now, tee here,
madam, I've tcaleo your mouth down
about all It will stand, but I'll leave it
out entirely, If you tay to. Truth.
Pern a ) nomellme.
Mrs. BJones Mrs. Brown la a very
persistent woman.
Mrs. Bimith How to?"
Mrs. Bjonee For years she hat been
asking her dealer If hit eggs are fresh,
la the fond delusion that soma day he
will tay no. Philadelphia Record .
A SICYCLI1T LAAHCD SY SNAKES.,
The were Betttors end Cat T tied la
Mia Wheel While Wee C Hf
Alfred Allen, who caavasaes for sub
scriptions for weekly newspaper, bad
a queer experience the other day. He
travels through the country on a bicy
cle, and was riding down a hill on the
road between Montrose and Great
Bend, Pa., when be ran into a lot of
rattlesnakes. He saw the reptiles In
the road ahead, but was going so fast
that be could not stop. He realized
that he stood a pretty good chance of
being stung while going past them, as
a rattlesnake is as quick as lightning
to strike. The noise of the wheel had
put them on the defensive, and the rat
ties were riving tbat well known
warning to keep away.
Allen saw tbat be be was In for it
so taking his feet from the pedals and
putting them up as far as possible he
went coasting down the bill at a lively
rate. As tbe bicycle passed the snakes
twenty heads darted oat, and Allen
soon felt them whipping him about the
back and legs at every turn of tbe
wheels. He became so excited that
he paid little attention to the handle
bars. The wheel soon shied to one
side of the road, dumping him over an
embankment. When be got his equi
llbriuin he picked up the wheel, and
found entwined about the spokes and
sprocket chain a mass of dead rattle
snakes crushed and torn into ribbons,
He did not attempt to dislodge then,
but waited until a farmer came along
and took him and tbe wheel to Great
Bend. New York Sun.
INSECT PESTS IN HAWAII.
"Lady Birds'' Introduced goeeeeafnllr to
lleatroy the Scale Ioeeeta.
Few countries have been more
plagued by the Importation of Insect
pests than the Hawaiian Island, and
noue lias benefited so greatly by the
introduction of species to destroy them.
Tbe greatest barm was done by scale
insects, which multiplied enormously
and unread all over the Islands. To
counteract these pests coccincllldno,
vulgarly known as lady birds, were In
troduced into the islands In 1KM), and
were a complete success. They became
perfectly naturalized, Increased prodig
ously for a time, almost cleared the
trees, and then, as their prey became
comparatively scarce, decreased in
numlx-nt, only to reappear when the
plague returned some time afterward
in the Islands of Kanui. Tbe fruit
trees on this Island, especially the or
ange and lime, were In a most deplor
able condition from the attacks of the
aphis and scales. Very few lady bird
could lie seen, but In a few weeks they
swarmed, and In six months time the
infested trees were all In perfect condi
tion, full of fruit and flower. Tbe rea
son why the imported beneficial Insects
have done so much good in Hawaii,
while elsewhere their success has been
less marked, is that the remote or-
Hons of the Islands, and consequently
limited fauna, have given free scope
for increase to the new arrivals. .New
York Sun.
Arithmetical Operations Involved.
"How about that addition you were
;lng to build to your house?"
"I found It was going to make too
big a subtraction In my bank account."
Chicago Tribune.
Very discreet
In the Brazilian hotels men are em
ployed to do the chamlxT work, and
they are prone to rush Into the bed
room of the guests when occasion rr
quires without knocking. A prim lit
tle Yankee "schoolmariu" visiting Rio
le Janeiro was much annoyed at Oil
custom, and, after mildly protesting
several times without effect, she said
severely to the boy who did the work
in tier room:
"Juan, be good enough to under
stand that I will not allow you to open
the door of my room without knock
ing. If you do It again I shall certain
ly report you at the otllce. Why, 1
night be dressing."
"No danger of tat, senora," respond
ed Juan, In his best English: "before 1
come In I always look me through the
keyhole." San Francisco Argouaut.
A California Boy Olant.
John Bard In, a fifteen year old
schoolboy of Salinas, Cal., Is, perhaps.
me largest ooy in tbe world. He Is a
baby-faced, modest lad, and plays
with other boys who wear knicker
bockers. Yet John is 6 feet 5 Inches
high and weight 220 pounds. He has
grown fully an Inch duiinir the nam
year and will probably be 7 feet tall
before be is run grown. Ills father
was 5 feet 8 Inches high and wel&rhed
only HO pounds. New York World.
rerveralty la tha Inanimate.
"Matches are a nuisance anv wav
you fix tbein."
"How do you make tbat out?"
"Well, If you take only one to lls-hi
the gas with, It invariably goes out."
"jesr
"And if you take two vou aiwav
have to carry the other nn h..w
Chicago Record.
Beered Domain.
The rooms of a Korean wnman
as sacred to her as a shrine Is to Its
image, indeed, tbe rooms t,t a wir.
or mother are tbe sanctuary of tny
man who breakt the lew. Unless for
I reason, or for one other crime t,. n.n
not be forced to leave those rooms.
anu so long is ne remains under the
protection of his wife and his wife's
tpartnients, he Is secure from tbe of
ficers of tbe law and from the penalties
jt bis mladenieanora.
English Lord (to a younger aon)
It's lime, Claifii.e, that you were
thinking about a career.
Dutiful 8on-I will be gnUed by
fou, father. Hhall I take orders
tudy for tbe bar, enter tbe army or
marry an American? New York
Weekly.
INDIAN JUSTICE.
One THno That Beamed tm Urn I
gar far ta teas"-
"According to tbe booka I
when a bov ." began aa oldie
at
tk. lnh tho other ntfhL "I
looked down on their wives I
them simply beasts of burden. That
may have been in some places, bat It
wasn't always so, or to everywhere.
"A good many years ago there wore
some Penobscot Indians near any peo
ple's place In New Hampshire, Who ev
idently thought a good deal of their
squaws and made one ef the bncka ap
preciate the fact that his wire waa net
a beast of burden. This buck went on
what we now call a bat, aad got
druuk 'drank too much occapee, aad
Cheeple (devil) got In him. When be
got home be wat In a bad humor, and
finding his wife In bis way he stuck
her feet in tbe fire end burned thens
off.
"The other Indians discovered thlt.
very promptly and tried blm by a very
summary process. The general opin
ion was tbst be should be executed at
once; but one of the elder bucks Inter
powd and gave this advice: "Nothoot
him; make him live long aa squaw
live; him carry squaw when she wan
walk; when squaw die blmeby, then
we shoot.'
"This advice appealed to the other
men, and they decided to punish the
buck as the old chief suggested. So
the buck carried his wife around on his
back, whenever the tribe moved,
whenever she wanted to go any place.
So far as I learned, she did not hesi
tate about moving around. Of course
the buck bated to carry her; but the
beauty of the arrangement waa that
he didn't dare to 111 treat her, much
less to kill ber, because his life de
pended on her. If she died, he knew
tbe tribe would kill blm.
"I don't know how long this punish
ment lasted who died first, or If af
ter her death he was pardoned or ex
ecuted. New York Sun.
BIGGEST FARM ON EARTH.
Situated in Loulsana and is a Mam
moth Affair.
The largest farm in this country una
probably in the world Is situated In
the southwestern part of IOulslajna.
It extends 100 miles east and wesL It
was purchased In by a syndicate
of northern capitalists, by whom It Is
utill operated. At the time of Its pur
chase Its 1,500,000 acres was a vast
pasture for cattle belonging to a few
dealers in tbat country. Now It Is di
vided Into pasture stations or ranches,
existing every six miles. The fencing
Is said to have cot alxut $50,000. Tb.
laud Is best adapted for rice, sugar,
corn and cotton. A tract, say half a
mile wide, Is taken, and an engine Is
placed on each side. Tlx? engines ar
portable, and operate a cable attached
to four ploughs. By this arrangement
thirty acres are gone over in a day
with the labor of only three men. .
Tltere Is not a single draft horse on
the entire place, If we except those
used by tlie herders of cattle, of which
tlwre are 10,000 head on the place.
The Southern Pacific Hallway runi
lor thirty-six miles through the farm.
The company has three steamboats
oicratiiig on the waters of the estate,
of which 30ft miles are navigable. It
baa also an Ice bouse, bank, shipyard,
and rice mills. Knoxville Tribune.
When Anthracite Couldn't He Sold.
Kdiiiund Carey of Benton was oue of
the early residents of Wilkesbarre,
and was bora Aug. 12, 1822, on a farm
at the lower end of the town, now
known as Carey avenue, which has
been named after the family. His
father. George Carey, was one of the
settlers who bad the handling of thi
first anthracite coal In Wyoming Val
ey. He helped open a stripping lit
I'lttston township. In 1815. and In the-
spring of that year loaded a raft, wltli
several oiIkts, and took It down th
Susquehanna to Harrlsburg, when;
they sold the raft load of fortv ton
of anthracite for $10. They were dis
couraged at such remuneration, and
left the transMrtation of coal dor
mant until 1820, when they took an -
other raft load down and failed (.
find t buyer. They were so discour
aged that they dumped their load of
black diamonds into the
at Harrlsburg, and. so far as tbew
esrly pioneers were concerned, the
opening up of a coal market wait
ended.-Wllkesbarre Itecord.
Tha Wltnae' Bolllnqa'.
'I Stepped In tbe court room at Hn
one day," said Attorney Garret Mc
Enerney, "while a murder trial waa In
progress. A prominent citizen named
Wilson bad been shot down In bis
field, and the only witness, a h.ir.u.
ted relative of the deceased, wat on
me witness stand ror tbe prosecution.
"'What did you do
asked the prosecuting attorney.
" 'I walked up to where be waa ly
ing.' .
"Then what did your
"Tbe witness paused. rellectMt a mo
ment with concentrated brown in
tentrate his scattered faculties on the
matter, and then replied very solemn
ly: "I said: 'There be Is. (Pause I
School trustee. (Pause.) Noterr nub
ile. (Pause.) Justice Of that naa.
(Pause.) Delegator. (Pauaai . ah
atone to hades In on pop.'" 8au-
rancisco l ost.
The Irlab of It.
An Irishman whose orchard had h.
Invaded by some pick nickers wan ,.
ralgnlng the poachers with no mild
fonn of vehemence, when one of the
party said to him:
'There, my friend, don't est -nnMir
nto tuch a tttte of excitement; we'll
compensate you."
"Compensate me?" returned Pat.
"Begorra, ye oiieht to lie ma
Richmond Dispatch.
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