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T0PIC8 OF THE TIMES. A CHOICE SELECTION OF INTER UTINQ ITEMS. ad CrttlcWasa sat Up" alas mt tae Dar Ml- 4 Naw Ntaa. tavMtor Hofland'a submarine boat Ska done very well in divers places. "Jack tbe Hugger" has been arretted ta Pittsburg. He probably was be trayed by a girl whom be overlooked. Colonel Ingersoll is quite snre that Spain 1b dead. Bat the colonel forgets that not all things are dead that are in bad odor. Scientist 8. H. Emmens says that s!! Ter hammered under a low temperature tutts to gold. This may explain the term "cold cash." When Minister Bernabe proposed to behead "all newspaper men" he simply bad In view the adoption of Spanish methods, in. the United States. A Cincinnati bank teller named Cun ning Is said to be short in his accounts about $22,000. Many a man finds diffi culty In trying to live up to his name. When a locality Is provided with showers and moisture for a week at a stretch It's a case where the weather has evidently been saving up for raiDy days. A Washington paper says that con versation has become a lost art. On the contrary, It is fast becoming one of the exact sciences; look at the pugi lists. To reduce the stoutness incident to his fifty and odd years the Prince of Wa,les has taken to the bike. His Royal Highness has already noticed a great falling cff The announcement that a shipload t grass widows is about to start for the Klondike explains why $,WXMJ00 will he shipped there to bring out the laQ.000,000 of gold now In sight The loudest shouters for war are often the men who forget the fact, fe licitously stated by Captain Mabau of the navy, "Fighting means close rela tions with those who are trying to hurt you."' ' , i " f Thu Philadelphia Inquirer sadly re marks that "the boys are beginning to toemiit suicide again," and thinks that "the adult population should do some thing to stop this habit." Too true; a young man who once contracts the ter rible jsuieide habit rarely amounts to .much afterward. An exchange devotes an article to a dhcussioa of the "Centrifugal Tenden cies in Ttukis." The general impres sion has been that the "tendencies of trusts" are purely centripetal the drawing to themselves not only what belongs to them but a far as possible What belongs to everybody else. Bobbing the grave looks like a re spectable occupation compared with the work of a Brooklyn coroner, who has jut been sentenced to the peniten tiary for a year for having systemati cally gotten up bogus, inquests on bodies and charged the county for his wjrvices in connection therewith. At last the Russian bear has definlte f set his paw upon the chestnuts that ipan so valiantly pulled out of the re. trt Arthur, Ta-LIen-Wan, and juio priceless railway concessions ave passed Into the hands of the star's government. The diplomatic am for the transaction is the signing of a treaity with China leasing these .concessions to Russia. The real name for it Is the permanent seizure of them by Great Britain's arch enemy in Asia. Nobody bom since 1S15 can remem ber a time when wars on a great scale scnier to be Impending In so many quarters as at present. In both the old and the new world the political skies are overcast. Asia, Africa, Europe and America are expecting to soon hear the tramp of armies. That condition which Tennyson's vision sa-w when the Mwar drum throbbed no longer and the battle flags were furled In the parlia ment of man, the federation of the world," Is probably still a long way In the future. What the average American la most tnxlous about Is lent be shall fall to tire iSmself out and run himself down and vear bis mind and body to a "frazzle." n bis laborious anxiety and arduous abors be has become the patentee and ,roirietor of a lot of special American maladies. Insomnia, nervous prostra tion, various varieties of paralysis, lo comotor ataxia and softening of the bralu. Now, It Is respectfully suggest ed that what Is needed Is not a call for more steam, but a whistle for brakes. Whnt Is needed Is a positive declara tion In favor of absolute rest. This Is what the American man and woman most accept, leaf worse follow. A prominent publisher died recently who was also a large manufacturer of paper, the manager of a City bank and of two stock farms, and who bad been a candidate for Governor of Pennsyl vania with the attendant expenditure of time and money. So great were the nutn's abilities, and so admirabr, were oany of bis qualities, that had ae de 'otetJ himself exclusively to an one . f his many pursuits he would uadoubt diy have achieved a great smews. As I was, he failed of election te fee deelr al eOc. the payer-mill collapsed, the sjsr was elseed. the s4e fame prwred i toe, sal tew atwepayer wm sort C3MMS by too aaaay care, tbe auaa C? caweosa mi a. ua a TteUaa narcotics and died suddenly. The goal U sooner reached by one road than by s dosen. Apropo of the action of Russia In re gard to the adoption of the metric sy tern of weights and measures the New York Tribune says It "Is only anothei reason hy the United States should hasten Its use of metric measures, and so avoid further Isolation from the real of the civilized and commercial world Now t.at we have the oiportunty ol bulkllng up our export trade we ought to adopt the system which will bring us Into union with the greatest possible number of customers." In the mean time that the movement In Great Brit ain for the adoption of the simple, easy system of computation U eoustantlj gaining strength Is Indicated by th passage of a resolution at the final meeting of the Association of tin Chambers of Commerce of the I'nlteo Kingdom, held last week, declaring tb association's opinion that the compul sory adoption of the metric system should be advocated by every posaibl means. One of the progressive Buddhisti lately said that If Christians would In clude animals In their humanity oi Christianity, he would be ready t avow himself a Christian. After all, is It not essentially Christian to b kind to animals? A humane and lov ing heart can hardly permit one to be cruel even to the smallest thing whict has feeling. The Audubon Society late ly held a meeting In Chicago, Some excellent utterances were given on the subject of sparing birds. Some ;., 1KM; of song birds said one of the speakers, are killed yearly to satisfy the vanity of women who wat the lit t'e creatures to "adorn their hats. The saddest part of it all, the speaker said, was that the nesting season were il:o seu for the slaughter, as the plmmg! of the birds was at this time more beautiful than at any other period of the year. "Thus did the killing of ihe birds mean not alone the ioss of those used by the milliners, but of millions of little nestlings by the slow tml cruel process of starvation. The speaker thought this fact should aprienr partic ularly to women. The Florida woods, where the white herons are hunted for aigrettes, are doleful with the cries of the helpless ami dying nestling." There is a practical side to this matter which will be appreciated by our read ers. Franklin II. Head declared that the birds were of incalculable use to the farmer. They eat the insect whiea destroy the crops. "The State of Mas saehusetts," said Mr. Head, "spent $3(iO,000 last year trying to exterminate a certain kind of moth that threatened to destroy all the elm trees In New Kn gland. ft the woods had leen full of birds, as they once were, within my re membrance, the pest would never have gained a foothold." One way "the so ciety proposes to further its reform is to promote the observance of "Bird Day" In the public schools. The case of Monsieur Tola, the French novelist, who baa been convict ed of defaming certain French mili tary officers of high rank, has attracted extraordinary notice. Zola's accusa tions were made with the deliberate purpose of exposing what he believes to be the Iniquity of the French mili tary courts In convicting Captain Drey fus at a secret trial, and acqulttii.g Major F.sterhazy at another secret triaL Zola believes that Dreyfus is an Innocent man, and that Esterhazy Is the real culprit. He asserts that he has evidence to sustain both points, he charges the officers concerned in the Dreyfus and Esterhazy caws with per jury; and be challenged the Govern ment to prosecute blm. The Govern ment accepted the challenge. The only way In which he could clear himself of the charge of slander was by proving the truth of his accusations. But this he was not permitted to do. The Indict ment was so drawn as to exclude refer ence to the Dreyfus case. The court de clined to allow questions to be put w ith reference to It, on the ground that grave public interests would be endan gered thereby. Witnesses whom Mon sieur Zola summoued were sustained by the court when they refused to tes tify. Esterhazy himself was one of these. Army officers of high rank made direct appeals to the Jury to vindicate the honor of the army against Zola's charges. There were repeated disturb ances In the court -room, and only a large force of police saved Zola from violence at tbe bands of a mob, which followed him when be entered or left the rourf, with contemptuous cries against Zola, and "Death to tbe Jews Under these conditions the conviction or Monsieur .oia was regarded as a foregone conclusion. French methods of legal procedure were seen at their worst in this case. The question of the guilt or innocence of the accused wan so complicated with questions of public: policy, and Its decision was so Influenc ed by popular clamor, military preju dice and race hatred, that tbe case wa tbt decided wholly on Its merits. Even under ordinary conditions, methods In French criminal trials are very differ ent from those that prevail In English and American courts. Tbe judge Is no tbe Impartial officer that he Is with us, but he takes an active part in examin ing tbe accused. This Is a practice which seems to bear hardly upon tb accused; but It Is not clear that It re sults In tbe conviction of any more in nocent persona than tbe methods fol lowed In our tribunals. On the other1 band, It Is probable that fewer guilty persons escape the penalties of tbe law! In the French courts than In our own where the presumption In favor of Inno cence Is often so strained as to leave many loopholes for the guilty to evade tbe punishment of their crimes. Some people grumble became tbej oan find nothing to graabio at FAME'S COST. Oh, irorn not things of low d .nd iirta fr wealthy state; Far lielter court humility Than burden of the great. For be who wins ambition's light Can oever be st esse; He g&iut, 'tis true, a wordly height. But baa a world to please. For n ret increase at honors grow, And In bis new estate He finds, thought bright those honors (low. Til thraldom to the great. The flatterers that about him tbroog Each hat tome dole to ask; To please them is no idle wug, But an Herculean task. We value things as they appear. Nor couct 'he cost and pain Which line tin- road to that bright sphere The envied ones attain. Fame is no royal heritage; Its crowns are free to all; But who its dizziest heights would gauge Must risk the dizziest fall. Then sign not for ambition't meed. Its ceptre and itt crown; Uneasy lies the kingly head, Though pillowed uikjd down. Chicago Inter Ocean. A SPRAINED ANKLE. M ABEL AND BOB are going to F.astsea for October, and they have asked uie to go with them. I must say I'm not in ecstasies over the affair. The seaside in late autumn Is a bit "off." All the nice fel lows have gone bark to town; there Is uo baud; the pier is deserted, and you may walk the entire length or the parade and meet uolioily of mote im portance than a boatman. Still, I may as well go. There is nothing on at home at present, and I fee! a tritie seedy. Maln-I. too, com plains of being dull. Was she ever any thing else? Of course, It's a waste of time taking any smart frocks, and as I tell Jane to pack my new cycling cos tume (it's just lovely), I sigh, for I know its sweetness will be thrown away at Eastsea. I can't say how thankful I am, when, having seen my "bike" safely In the van, 1 find myself in a first-class com partment and know- that at last I ant rid of mamma. Mamma is trying at the best of times, but when I'm going away by myself she's really awful. All the way to the station she was telling me to be careful every other minute. She seems to think I'm a perfect child. The journey is uneventful. Some times one has delightful little adven tures when traveling. I remember how but never mind that now. I man age to beguile the time pretty well with a novel and a lx of chocolates. Bob- is wailing for me on the plat form. He says I look very well. I tather like Bob. To lie sure he Is ab surdly infatuated with Mabel, and pets and spoils her In a way that is quite pre posterous, but 1 suppose lie can't help it. When I ask him how she Is, he says not very well, and he says I must try rind cheer her up. I nearly laugh In his face. Of course, I know there Is nothing the matter with her. The fact is. the more you humor Mabel the worse she is. As I expected. I find her with that martyred expression of countenance she adopts when she wants mollycod dling, and after dinner I march her off to bed. IUib, who makes himself a pitiable slave, says he w 111 sit with her a little if I don't mind being left alone. I say uot a bit. and tell him I'll Just have a short spin on my wheel before It gets dark. At this Mabel nearly goes Into hysterics. She calls me "Impru dent." However, I get away by prom ising to keep on the Parade. Really, Mabel is getting quite old womanUh. It Is a pleasant evening, and I have the road nearly to myself. As I expect ed, the place 's almost deserted almost, mt not quite. Going down I pass a gentleman on root, i iiKe tne iook or him. He is tall I dare say my head would rest comfortably on his shoulder and as I steal a glanee at his face as I skim by I see that he Is good looking. Meeting him as I come back I see that he Is very good looking. I see that he thinks the same of me. Our eyes meet. He stares In admiration and, al though I don't look back (I don't know how I resist the feeling), I know he stops and looks after me. After all. It Is lucky I brought my new costume. I shall probably see him sir a in. Of course I say nothing to Mabel about him. She would only begin about my "imprudence." His eyes haunt me all night. I do see him again the following evening. This time I do look back, and he has stopped, anil he Is watching me. I am vexed with myself for looking, and I know I shall biush the next tfrne we meet. It happens the ensuing morning. Com Ing out of the gnte I nearly run against hint. In my confusion I drop my glove. He stoop to pick It up. 8o do I. Our hands toncB, He apologize. So do I Then lie raises bis hat and goes on his way. As luck has It, Mabel Is a witness of this encounter from the sitting-room window. Her face Is Just awful, and when I get lu she "begins." "He stood and stared after you for fully five mlnntes," she says, nearly choking with Indignation. "Did he. really?" I murmur, feigning astonishment. Of course I knew be bad. "How rude of him!" "Rude!" Mabel echoes. "Carrie, you uiust'nt go out again alone. I shall tell Bob." Well, this Is a shocker! I don't want Bob tacked on to me whenever I go out, and I make light of the matter and tell her not to be absurd. It'a posltlrely sppnlllng how staid and proper Mabel has become since she waa married! If I thought that marriage would have Uie uio effect on me I'm very ture noth ing on earth should Induce me to go to the sltar. Well, she tells Bob. and as "he" hap pens to be on tbe parade opposite, she points him out. "Isn't be a common-looking fellow?" the says. That's the worst of Mabel, she will allow herself to be prejudiced. "Looks like a barber out for a holi day," Bob rejoins. Mabel laughs sillily. Her Infatua tion for Bob is really amusing. "Why like a barber?" I ask, coldly. "His hair is cut so well." Mabel giggles. It is strange bow some people mistake vulgarity for wit. A week has passed. Affairs are ap proaching a crisis. He love me. I know It. He slniply follows me like my shadow. If I go on the pier, he Is there. If I take a book and sit on tbe parade, be is there again. I can only escape blm l.y ising my bike, a-id I can't be always biking. Besides, the roads are not very good about Eastsea. It's a perfect shame we don't know each other. I am certain he Is a gen tleman In spite of what Bob and Matiel say. He has that lordly bearing and j those aristocratic features one reads of In novels. Of course. Bob and Maliel know nothing of such matters. To tell the truth, I'm a bit dwgusted with him. I shouldn't mind so very much If he did speak to me, but I can't very well tell him so. I suppose he's afraid I should snub him. Of course I should have to pretend to be very angry. And then there's Mabel. If she found out well, I should lie packed off home at once. Still, something must be done. He is growing desperate. So am I. 1 have found a way. It la simple, yet effective. I am going to tumble off my "bike" on purjiose and be will (ome to my rescue. It Is an original Idea and rather takes my breath away. I won der what Mabel would say if she knew. Really, I think she would faint. I have arranged everything ls-autl-fully. I'.etween 5 and ! every evening lie paces the parade, smoking. This Is the hour when I shall put my design Into execution. I shall pass him, van ish around the corner, quiekly dis mount, lay my machine in the road, and sit on the curbstone nursing my ankle. If all goes well he will be the first per son to find me. 1 shall explain that I have had a nasty spill and damaged myself. He will give me his arm aud assist me home. Thus we shall become acq tainted. All goes well. I pass him, turn sharp ly around the corner, jump off, lay my machine down, and sit on the curbstone with a woebegone expression on my face. A few minutes later he comes In sight, naturally looks after me, sees me hors de combat, and files to my as sistance. "You are hurt?" be says, eagerly. I looked up in feigned agony. "It is my ankle," I murmur; "I think I have sprntned It." and I rub it gently. I am glad I put on my tsst silk stork- ngs and my newest shoes. "I will fetch a cab," he go-s on, "I think I think I could manage if you gave me your arm,' 1 answer. It isn't very far." He helps me up. I manage to limp very prettily, though I'm afraid I m uot so pale as I ought to be. However, I succeed In concealing this little defi ciency by holding my handkerchief to my face. Shall I ever forget Mabel's expression when she sees us? It is nil I can do to keep from laughing. She oitens the door for us, and I explain matters. She thanks my rescuer with frigid polite ness and helps me to tbe sofa. He seems strangely flushed and ner vous. 1 suppose It is Mattel s manner or overjoy at making my acquaintance under such romantic conditions. Most probably tbe latter. In a few minute be rises to go. Thank you very much, Mr. ," I murmur, sweetly, as I give him my hand. My name Is C Cunningham." he stammers. C Captain Cunningham, " Then he bows himself out. Captain Cunningham! I knew he was well con nected. And how be pressed my hand! As the door closes on blm Mabel, who has been In a state of suppressed wrath, practically explodes. I answer that I couldn't help falling. A lib Is necessary here. Then I ask her if she doesn't think It lucky be hapix-ned to lie passing. She only bites her Hp In silence. I smile. My sprained ankle causes me some in convenience. Mabel, who fusses about a pin scratch. Insists on keeping tne on tbe couch for a couple of days and anoints tbe Injured place with quarts of embrocation. This lias a wonderful effect. I am better In no time. With tbe aid of a stick (It won't do to recover al! at onv I get out on the front, enger, expect:- The captain has called twice to lnqn.re after me, and now be hastens to my side. We spend a very pleasant morning. Ills acquaintance with the titled class es Is extraordinary. He Is a personal friend of the Prince of Wales and has stayed at Kandringham. He says he has come to Eastsea to recuperate. He tells me there are times when be tires of tbe constant whirl of pleasure In which be lives; times when be loves to steal away lo some retired spot with a sympathetic companion. Here be gives me a look that cannot be misconstrued. I fancy he Is a poetlst. I shall ask him to write some verses In my album I see him often now. I ask hltn In to afternoon tea. He pleads an engage ment, however. As a mutter of fact. I don t think he cares for Mabel. 1 am not surprised. Her attitude toward him Is well, rude. I wonder If I am In love with blm. lie la with me. On the Friday evening Bob brings papa back with him to etay till Mon day. This doesn't upset me Is tbe least. I ran twUt papa round my Utile finger. Nevertheless, I secretly wonder what be will think of the captain. After dinner I take a seat In tbe win dow. He walks up and down tbe parade at this hour waiting for me. Pspa comes to look at the sunset He Is certain to tee Ferdinand (Ferdinand Is the captain's name, one of them at least: be bss nearly a dosen). Suddenly papa startles us all with a loud exclamation that Is well, not lit for publication. "What is It?" Bob says, coming for ward. Tapa Is purple with rage. "What!" he roars, his linger extend ed. "Why. there's that scoundrel FTan cls, the waiter from the club." We all crowd forward. I am In front The captain Is directly opposite. I bow. He lifts his gloved hand to his hat Then an awful change comes over bla face. He turns positively Hrap. and staggers. Is he ill. or "But papa, that Is Captain Cunning ham." I gasp. "Captain! I'U give him captain. Where's my hat'" They rush from tbe room. I sit with my face in my hands. It is too awfully aw ful. A waiter! The other day I heard Malx-1 tell mamma that she thought I'd grown more prudent since. Well, I suppose I have. And no wonder! But I shall never reveal the truth about that sprained ankle. Madame. STORY OF A SAILOR BOY. Knew There Waa Prize Money Ahead and Wanted Ilia Share. This Is a story of a young sailor whose liret name was Bill and whose last name Is withheld. The Incident occurred during the eventful year of '12, on lioard our frigate United States, when, under Capt Decatur's bWllful command, she captured, after a "long shot" action, the British frigate. Mace donian, bringing her a prize to New York. Decatur got u gold medal from Congress in recognition of the rapture, and this Is what a Vermont newspaper, printed In the year of Waterloo, tells of Bill's part in the sea light: "On board Decatur's ship w as a little Uy about 9 years old. He was not considered one of tbe regular crew, but he shared the mess of a generous sailor who had two years before taken him from his widowed mother. The spirit of his father, who had been a seaman, had long since gone aloft, and left his wife and little ones on The a bonis of poverty, W hen the Macedonian hove n sight and all hands were clearing ship for action the little fellow stepped up to Commodore Decatur. 'And It please you, captain,' be said, 'I wish my name might be put down on the roll. And what for, my lad?" inquired the commander. 'Ho that I can draw a share of the prize money, sir,' answered he. "Pleased with the spirit and confl- lent courage of the little hero, his name was ordered on the list; but the moment waa too Important to say more. After the prize was taken De catur thought of the little sailor boy and called hira up. . " 'Well, Bill,' said he, 'we liave taken her, and your share of the prize. If we get her safe In, will lie about $200. What will you do with It? 1 'I'll send one-half of it to my mother, sir, and the other half shall send me to school.' 'Delighted with the spirit of the lad he took him under his Immediate pro tection, and obtained for him the berth of a midshipman." The wearing of orange blossoms aa a bridal decoration originated In the days of the Crusaders. In India, the native barber will shave you when asleep, without waking you. so light is his touch. There Is an Immense garden In China that embraces an ar a of fifty thousand square miles. It is all meadow land, aud Is filled with !a!.es, ponds and canals. French Guiana Is said to have the most violent thunderstorms In the world. The thunder is almost deafen ing, and the peals come in quick suc cession. The thickest known coal seam In the world Is the Wyoming, near Twin Creek, In the Green River coal basin, Wyoming. It Is eighty feet thick, and upwards of three hundred feet of solid coal underlies four thousand acres. Nero, owned by Wayne Bailey, of Rutland, Vt, Is tbe largest canine In the world. He weighs nearly three hundred pounds, bis neck measures thirty Inches, and from tip to tip be measures six feet five and one-half Inches. Live bees are sometimes shipped on Ice so as to keep them dormant during the Journey. This la particularly the case with bumble bees which have been taken to New Zealand, where they are useful Id fertilizing tbe red clover which has been introduced Into the col ony. To Clean Willow Fnrnltare. Jusf as good a way aa any to clean willow furniture la to make a a-ood strong soapsuds of some nice white soap, witn plenty or norax In tbe wa ter. Use a clean scrub brusb and rinse in cold water, then place In the bright sun to dry. It may- yellow a little, but that Is not a bad fault As soon as a girl thinks the own a man she Ix-glu to act bnrt and dis pleased when be doesn't put on an over, coat when It's cold out When a girt goea to stay til tJgbt wMb another girl, It In called a "bono ty." CHESS PRECEDED CARD BaetbiaaT Aboait tba Oriarlai t MaW thlMren of Evil." The carilft with which we play wbfcrt ud other games originated, like many jtber good things. In tbe far East. Tbe Itimlous pJted the first canto, though authentic Chinese documrwtai Mate that tbe dotted cards of China Bvre Invented in 1120 to entertain tbe nives of the King of that date. Chesw wait proliably tbe forerunner of cards. Uhews originally had four kings and four sets of players and cards ha to four eulu. The anelent playing cards of Hindus tan were found, while those of China were Ions: awl narrow. They were wnietimen bi-aiitlful siKvimens of art, being made of stiffened canv;is Ivory. It was not until the close of the fourteenth century that the crusader . are supitosed to have introduced them Into Europe. The first packs ued had seventy-eight cards, the suits being marked by swords, cujw. baton and money, while twenty-two pictured cards represented an emperor, a ctipld, a fool, a chariot, a h-rmlt, a gallows, death, the day of judgment, sun, nioon snd other wonders. Tbe French arranged the pack as It Is known to-ilay. tmbstttutitig heart. diamoiwK spaib-s and clulm for tbe Ori ental oymliols. There was a system ulsut tbe arrangement. The fifty-two rani stand frr the weeks In a year; the III' sst for the days; the idqne, or spade, stands for die pikemon or soldiers; the trelle, nr club, for the clover, as an emblem of ngrlcidture; the dnrreaux, or diamonds, for lniHd Ing stones of the artisans, ami the lat suit, choenr, meaning chairmen, was c'ir:iiited Into coeiir, or hearts. England was very fond of card In the lifte'nth inn ury. and lawn were d forbidding Ihe use of "children of evil"--as cards were termed by those who did nut approve of them except at holiday seasons. The earliest use of V(hs1 engraving was to print cards. Italy and Sicily exchanged fruits and merchandise for these cards, and in Spti'.n they so-on replaced the leather ones with wh'H-li It Is said Columbus and liis followers uwl to mmw then Mvcaoti their way to find America. A GREAT HUNTING CHETAH. Animal In the I'roperty of Kajah Hom ntxIcYU'u of India. In ImHa the wild beasts of the Junglo are trained a strangely Incongruwia circumstance to hunt in behalf ot man the tatm-r game of the forJ. The chetah Is the animal usisl for this purple. He is a srninge Imist, a lithe, graceful, leopard like creature be loigtiig to the cat family, but having w li'it tamed all the characteristic of a dog. He hunts with tbe r.'iisloa of the ix,t of deer hounds, principally tracking the deer, though be i as able Uj running down onher animals. He Is affectionate and olx-dient as a dog, following his master alswt with great fidelity, and obeying his slightest command. When taken out for a hunt he la usually blindfolded by a hood un til the quarry is sighted, when the hood !s removed and he tstarts on bis merci less errand. He never relents, often trailing a deer for ndlea lsifore finally sectirlng It tin. t'stially, however, ha approairhea so noiselessly that he pounces irpon his pTey without the slightest warning ;;::.! brings blm to the earth In short or;,-. The chef ah of i!. j .. "om made vara, Venkala Narasunf.ra Naldu Bahadur, It the most renowned hunter In India, ninl Is bo highly prized ly his master that It 1s said he cobld not lie bought for half such a principality aa that over which bla master rutea. In a t'olony of Ki-Klaves. "There is a colony of African negToea In Texas," remarked Professor GustaT Render to a Washington War reporter, " of which but lltUe has ever appeared Iti the nevvspajjers, though tbe colony Is a large one, or at Umst wa,s at one time large. They w import-d originally direct friMii Afra by a fund raised for the ptin'e. T!n-y were slaves, lmt Just almut t1ie time th y arrived lu this country the war of the relmllion broke out, and, ut course, tbe slave were free to do aa they desired. A few of them may have returned, liut very few. They awmed contented to remain, and organized themselves no a kind of co ojeratlve colony In a rude way. They minded their own busltKws very we.s coiwldered everything and the circum stances of their omlug, and have man aged vry well since. The moat of tho original members of tbe colony have died out, but Uielr Children and grand ch'.ldrau have run things since. They, until late years, kept apart remarkably from the native negroes, though they are not so separated now. They are lo-ated on wliat are known as the low lands of tbe Brassoa River, lands that, until they came, were not worth own big or fiaying taxes for. Tbey preserved all of the custma of their tribe, and always have bold at stated times their wild orgies aud feasts, which generally wind tij) with a dance lasting about twenty-four hours." Points on Patent Law. A decision by the United States Court of ApjM-als at Ht. Louis seems to es talillsb as a principle of law tbe fact tli.it a foreign manufacturer working under a foreign patent and manufac turing an article which has also been put. !) ted In this country cannot Import and sell In this country the article so patented, the American patent glrlnj to ihe American patentee tbe exclusive right to manufacture and sell here. Manv Millionaire 1st Berlin. It Is an easy thing to be a millionaire In Berlin. A yearly Income of Over $5,000, representing tbe Interest oa l.OtVi00 marks, It the q nail flea Uot for that title, which la enjoyed by MM Berliner. The richest of tbe BllHon airea baa a cajlUl of aboat UlfiOWKX
