r
VEXED BY GOLD FIND
QUICKLY-GOTTEN TREASURE
PLAGUE OF THEIR LIVES
Entanglements of a ".ai,al nature be
st! the paths of Messrs. Melville E.
Wygant and John T. Redmond, two
gold finders of Statea Island. The
former owner of the property upon
which the treasure was found has
made a demand of $40,000 upon Mr.
Wygant. Another member of the fam
ily haa appeared to accept $200 for his
claim. Every mail brings demands for
gold. Their pot of treasure has be
come the plague of the discoverers'
lives.
On this account they have spent anx
ious nights 3lace they sprang into
fame. They say that they stood over
the treasure with shotguas. reinforced
by bulldogs. One of the animals, ac
eordi.'i to Mr. Wygant. while per
forming his duty, wad poisoned.
Laeead of Traamra.
Tbit at leaat a considerable quanti
ty of the precious metal had been found
thers can be no doubt. Mr. John T.
Redni nd told the legend which ac
counted for the presence of the trea
sure. The occupant of the house a
century and a half ago built a tower.
THE OLD FIREPLACB.
an which were kindled beacoas. These
luring many a grand ship to destruc
tion of the cbiil waters of the Kill Ton
KuiS. The wreckers abstracted doub
loons from Spanish galleons and Louis
d'Ois from French barks. These 111
gotten gains are aald to have been
placed in the Identical kettle which
was found by Mr. Wygant and Mr.
Redmond. They bad engaged the ser
vices of Mr. Thomas Brown, an emi
nent young attorney, some days be
fore they secured the contract for the
demolition of the old house, which re
sulted In flading the treasure.
Everybody in Port Richmond knows
"Mel" Wygant and his livery stable.
i- - n.f iarsi .aimnnslotia and a.
marry eye. He is around uuy, anu
counted one of the richest men in the
Tillage. He owns many houses. The
story that he had found a lot of gold
under the ruins of the old Hatfield
house excited the whole Tillage to the
lever point. The old house was a land
mark, and was over a hundred years
old. For all that time it was the home
ot the Hatfield. Many tales are told
ot the Hatflelda. The original Hatfield
owned over 100 acres of land in the
vicinity. The last Hatfield to live In
the old house was John D, He died In
1882. Then it fell Into the hands of
John J. Hatfield. Mr. Charles Rosen
berg, a wealthy New York merchant,
bought the farm, and Is cutting It Into
lots. The house was torn down to get
it out of the way. After removing the
house the contractor sold the stone
to Mr. Wygant for 110. It was while
digging in the masonry that be and
Mr. Redmond found the pot contain
ing, it is said. $40,000 in gold.
The gold Is kept carefully bidden
away In a safe somewhere on the
Island. Unless the claimants can
Identify It they cannot sue for Its re
covery, and the finders do not mean to
ARE PAINTED TOO BLACK.
Spider Arc Dmaralag Mora t'aoatd
mliu Than Tha Baealve.
"There are many kinds ot spiders
besides those that annoy the house
wife with their webs stuck up In the
corners of the rooms and in the win
dows where she has been too busy
with the sewing to look after the
house much," says a recent writer on
scientific subjects," but every kind
Is an appetite on eight legs and thor
oughly convinced that no one can be
strong and hearty that lives on vege
table. They all spin more or less,
whence their name, which Is a con
traction of spinder or spinner. Also,
they bite, and if you listen to all the
fool stories that are told, when a
spider bites you you will save time by
sending for the lawyer to make your
will and telegraph for the boys to
come home at once If they want to
see you alive. But I will tell you as
between educated people that know a
thine or two and do not get scared
over every little trifle that a spider's
Mts Is no worse than a mosquito's
not so bad. in fact. A big spider can
kill a small bird with its poison, but
It only makes a man's arm swell up
ssd hurt for a day or less and not
hurt very much at that. Bertkau
ould not feel the ordinary domestic
spider on the thick skin of his band.
Mtf oaily between the angers could
the sasser sake a puncture like that
at a dwll pin. The worse result was
that It Itched a little. Blackwall had
thesa draw blood, but that was all
Themgh oa spider bit another so
Uri that Its Uver ran out It lived
far short thaa a year afterward. As
tor fcass tsrrtMs tarantulas, etOer the
start?! est sat tletMM hartag ft
O ta? fen dwwa is sxasas-
U3 U ssiar I
let them identify it. They have hired
a lawyer to take charge of the case.
l a-lout ChrUtlan ni .
One of the most curious names ever
bestowed upon a girl is Airs and
Graces. She is now about 3 years old.
her name being registered at Someset
House, London, in 1898, when she was
baptiezd. Her sister's name is equally
unusual. Nun Nlver. When Airs and
Graces and Nun Niver arrive at the
age of maturity at least one of them
should marry a youth whose Christian
name compares favorably; for exam
ple: Acts of the Apostles.
This Is a name round in an English
parish register: Acsapostle, son of
Thomas and Elizabeth Pegden, was
baptized Aug. 2, 1795. Again this name
figures in records in 1833, when Acts
of the Apostles , son of Richard and
Phebe Kennett, was baptised. This
came, curious It is, is preferable to
What, or Dun Spiro Spcro. names with
which children have been handicapped.
It was a patriotic American who be
stowed upon his young hopeful the
name of Declaration of Independence.
A most warlike name Is Robert Alma
Balaclava Inkerman Scbastopol Delhi
Dugdale, who Is an English innkeep
er's son. A similar name Is Richard
Coeur de Lion Tyler Walter HilL
iMk'i BUfctr Xay.
L- Kussla's . fleet consists of 22 first-
class battleships, yielding to none In
the world In excellence and perfection,
though three or four ot the Japanese
battleships have certain qualities of
superior weight; one second-class bat
tleship, 16 coast defense ships, and 23
cruisers of the first-class, or fully ar
mored. Twenty-three battleships and
23 cruisers, therefore, may stand as
the backbone of Russia's naval
strength, a force well seconded by full
complements of coast defense ships,
second and third-class cruisers, gun
boats, torpedo boats, torpedo destroy
ers, transports, auxiliaries and all that
pertains to them. The Russian heavy
guns are second to none and the bat
teries of 6-inch and 4.7-Inch quick-firing
guru leave nothing to wish for. The
secondary small arm batteries are
likewise perfectly equipped. The Rus
sian warships are, In fact, the most
numerously armed in the world.
Ill's Bis frta a bar Laborar.
James J. Hill, president of the Great
Northern railroad company, and now
worth many millions, was at one time
a day laborer In St. Paul, Minn. He
was a stalwart, busky American and of
madness were tremendous whoppers
or tarantulas don't bite as bad as they
used to. It Is true that In those days
the Italian violinists bad to work
overtime composing tarantelles to
play for the bitten, but still there were
sneering skeptics that said It was all
a scheme got up to pass the bat for
the wife and family of the suffering
man whom a malignant spider had
bitten while he was out looking for a
job. Dufour had a tarantula that was
quite tame and gentle. She took flies
from his Angers like a dear thing."
Barak OraaS'a Wit.
Mme. Sarah Grand's lectures In Eng
land during the past winter have been
attended with singular success. Clever,
accomplished and charming, she talks
brilliantly and lectures with easy grace
and finish. People who have rushed
to hear her In the hope that her lec
tures would savor of the problems In
"The Heavenly Twins" and "Babs the
Impossible," and who expected to be
mildly shocked, have been disappoint
ed. But they have been agreeably sur
prised la other ways by her sens of
humor, which Is th salt of her speak
ing as well as her writing. Recently
she sent a Londoft aadieave Into
screams of laughter when she respond
ed to the cry from Australia "Bend us
2400 wives." "In behalf of 2.000 Eng
lish benedicts. I reply, 'Take ours!
Take ours!' "
As pal Mm cloth cloaks wets Im
mensely smart last summer at the
Preach wnUrlng places, so this yew
will he those Is pal rasa color.
tJsMS th ssatsrisl Is fcMMf,
tlsMS etots, sssnMsiM tafeta, always
K has a striata sir of ssiac tsilorsi
taat It a stt sf a prtlssti twslflarlf
tat tstsr, as, la tstas easts, tat av
grest natural -jnrrwdni'wa. He got poi
sesslon of a number of Manitoba land
grants la some way or ether and
evolved an elaborate scheme for run
ning a railroad out into that wilder
ness, dividing the land off into farms
and city lots and selling it. He inter
ested scnic c f t s richest nin in b'
plan, talked them into putting op the
n:ony for the road and it was built.
The lots rere so'.d right off all right
and the road was a success. Later on
Hill got control of it. having started
with nothing but some plans on paper.
That was his beginning and he has
been going ahead ever since. He Is a
wonderful money-maker.
Tha Comnau Plant.
The compass plant is one of the
most interesting growths on the great
prairies of North America, and many
fine specimens may be seen la botani
cal gardens. It Is from three to six
i
feet high, bears a pretty yellow flow
er and lives through a number of
years. The name is derived from the
fact that the edges of Its radical leaves
always point north and south, and the
faces are therefore turned east and
west.
Hunters, travelers and horsemen on
the trackless prairies depend In great
part upon this plant to get their bear
ings. Even on dark nights it serves as
a guide. If the lost traveler can feel
the edges of the leaves, he can at once
locate the points of the compass
Longfellow in his beautiful poem of
Evangeline refers to this plant when
heroine over the western prairies In
search of her exiled Acadian lover.
Scientists ascribe the action of the
leaves of the p'ant in always pointing
north and south as due to the effect of
light.
Weillng-toa'a Appatlta Eaally Malta.
The Duke of Wellington's personal
tastes and habits, like those of most
great men. were very simple. H
cared not for show or pomp of any
kind. In his diet he was Tery abstem
ious, even to the Injury, it appears,
of his health. He, of course, kept a
first rate French cook for his guests.
The cook, it is said, one day suddenly
resigned. The duke in astonishment
asked the reason. ,
"Was his salary insufficient?" ,
"No, my salary Is very handsome.
But I am not appreciated. I cook
your dinner myself, a dinner 3t for a
king. You say nothing. I go out and
leave the under-cook to cook your
dinner. He gives you a dinner fit for
a pig. You say nothing. I am not
appreciated. I must go."
Paastag Big Banch.
Charles S. Goodnight, a pioneer
ranchman In the Texas Panhandle a
generation ago, says that this genera
tion has seen the passing of the 1,000,
000 acre ranch, and that Immense
tracts In one body have seen their day
in Texas. Mr. Goodnight says that
ten men with 10.000 acres each can
operate more successfully than one
man on 1,000,000 acres.
Oad RaMaatag.
"Don't you kinder banker after re
spectability now an' den?" asked Plod
ding Pete.
"Oh, I dunno," answered Meander
ing Mike. "Sometimes I t'lnk dat re
spectablllty ain' much more dsn per
mission to work Hard for what us
people gits for notbin'."
terial. One of the prettiest models to
come out as yet is u pale rose flan
net, three-quarters lao.h, laid from
the shoulders in tiny tucks that are
stitched almost to the hem. The cloak
fastens with an ecru guipure scarf
about the throat, knotting on one side,
and then banging In two long, broad
ends to the hem of the cloak, confined
at several points by straps of flannel,
buttoned across with handsome gold
buttons. The sleeve is wide and loose
and hangs only a little below the el
bow in order to show a full under-
sleeve of lace like the scarf. Tbe gar
meat Is unlined.
Mlaatoa Chela Aaraas Affirm.
Rev. George Orenfell has been com
missionea oy Kooert Artxogton, a
wealthy man of Leeds, England, to es
tabllsh a chain of Christian missions
across Africa. Mr. Orenfell has long
been the friend and confidant of Leo
pold, king of the Belgians, by whom
he was created a commander of the
Royal Order of tbe I Jon. He was se
1 acted by th king of the Belgians to
act a a special commissioner for tbe
delimitation of tbe Congo frontier, and
traveled 1,000 miles on oxback during
bis Journey I ngs, which occupied two
years, and compelled him to occupy
tbe name tent and dangerous surround
lags for the whole of that time.
Om MSsfeat Otveed.
- Th terss "help," meaning household
or outside assistants engaged for short
periods, occurs In the Massachusetts
records of 1MI, where help and eerr
ants are treated a ess rate, th Utter
being Inferior. A "strraat" la those
says was not sat Jorte; "help" stood
ob dilereat flrouad, sad the dlstlsc
ttoa It Stlfl felt, however faliUy
"Heir BMSkt a fret ssrsos, "ssrrsat''
MARGARET FULLER.
BRILLIANT CAREER WHICH
CLOSED TRAGICALLY.
i KM Maralouly Girted, !
eluUy In Uiiucm, Whoaa Mamory
H U Slow l-ruKd Ut Uooor uy tiia
fcractioa of a MoasneDl.
The proposition to erect a monu
ment to the memory of Sarah Margar
et Fuller Ossoli, better known as plain
Margaret Fuller, directs attention to
one of the brightest geniuses among
American women. It is suggested that
the memorial be placed on the shore
of Fire Island, near the spot where
the gifted woman went down to a wa- j
tery grave more than a half century j
ago. Her career, which ended so trag
ically, was one of brilliant literary
achievements and romantic Incidents, j
A Prodlij.
Margaret Fuller was the daughter of
Timothy Fuller, a congressman and
distinguished lawyer of Chilmark,
Mass., and her early education was
supervised by hira. Naturally bright,
the father exceeded the limit of her
endurance in forcing her to study
throughout the day and recite at
night. As a mere child she read Hor
ace, Ovid and other I-attn writers in
the original. At 15 she was in the
habit of rising at 5 o'clock of a sum
mer morning, walking an hour, prac
ticing on the piano an hour, reading
Sisraondis European literature In
French one hour and Brown's Philoso
phy one hour and a half. Then she
would read Greek for a while. In
the afternoon she spent two hours
reading Italian. A year later she was
studying Mine, de Stael. Eplctetus, Mil
ton, Racine and Castllian ballads with
great delight. At 17 she was engrossed
in Bcrnl, Pulcl, Polltan and other old
Italian poets. She was also deep In
Greek and planning a course in
Locke's philosophy. At 20 she gavs
her undivided attention to the German
language and literature. In which she
had already made considerable prog-
MARGARET FTLLER.
ress. It Is recorded tuat she learned
enough of a language to read It intel
ligently In six weeks' study.
Teaching and Writ Inf.
During these years at home Miss
Fuller engaged In the housework, and
at 20 took charge of the education of
tbe younger children of the family.
Three years later she became an in
structor In Mr. Alcott'8 famous school,
and when It was abandoned she went
to Providence to teach. On returning
to Boston she divided her time between
study and teaching private scholars.
She was qualified to teach Latin,
Greek, German, French, Italian, Span
ish and tbe higher English branches.
It was during this period that Miss
Fuller made many warm friends and
won fame as a brilliant conversation
alist For five or six years she con
ducted a school of conversation for
girls and women, discussing many
subjects. She also became known as
a graceful and entertaining letter
writer.
She translated a number of works
from foreign languages and wrote
considerable original matter for the
literary Journals of the time. Her
Autobiographical Romance appeared In
1840, ber Summer on the Lakes In
1843, her Womsn lu the Nineteenth
Century In 1844 and ber Papers In Lit
erature and Art In 1846. Much other
literary material was found smong her
papers, snd ber Journal was a vol-
umnous affair. She gave up ber school
of conversation to accept a position on
tbe New York Tribune, In which she
gave special sttentlon to moral and
social reforms, winning the favor of
Horace Oreeley snd building up a
strong following.
A Baaaaatla Marriaca.
Miss Puller was able In 1847 to put
a long-cherished project Into effect by
making a trip to Europe, during which
she wrote letters for tbe Tribune. Tbls
led ber to Rome on tbe eve of the up
rising. While In London Miss Fuller
bad met and learned to admire Max-
slnl, who was at tbe front of the move
ment for the Independence of Italy,
and she took an earnest Interest In the
political situation In Rome. One day
while out on a trip of observation she
strayed from a party of friends, aad
a young Italian gallantly offered to es
cort her home. He proved to be Gio
vanni Angelo, Marquis Ossoll, a mem
ber of a distinguished family. The
marquis had Joined tbe party of Inde
pendence, although hU family adhered
to the cause of tbe Pope, who bad two
of Its younger members In his service
as chamberlains. Angelo's family dis
carded him when be announced blra
elf for Msstlnl. The chance acquaint
ance with Miss Puller was continued,
and th young nobleman soon pro
posed marriage, but was reftsed. Miss
fuller, however, admired blm for th
noble stand he bad made, and In tine
learned to lore Mm. This was fol
lowed by a wedding la December, 147,
bat as th bride was a Protestant the
auuriafs was kept secret for a time
In order not to aggravate the tension
In the husband's family.
Mrs. Osroll devoted herself to the
cause of freedom, encouraged the fol
lowers of Mazzir.l, became an enthu
siastic nurse in the hospitals and en
deared herself to all who were for in
dependence. During the height of the
siege by the French she Joined her
husband in the most exposed position
on the works of defense, expecting
both would be killed in the bombard
ment. When the French entered th
city the Ossolls withdrew to Florence,
and In 1850 they sailed for the t'nit
ed States. Their ship foundered off
Long Island within a few rods of shore,
and most of those on board were lost
The life and fate of the gifted woman
have ever since had a peculiarly
strong interest for Americans.
THE FLVINO MACHINE.
II Limitations and Alio lit Potalblll
11m. Wo can already calculate approxi
mately the proportions, the strength
and weight, the supporting efficiency,
the speed, and the power required for
a projected flying machine, so as to
Judge of the practicability of a design.
Indeed, the matheniHtics of the subjoct
have been so far evolved that engi
neering computations may eventually
displace vague speculation in the do
main of aerial navigation.
Rut after tbe problem has been
worked out to a mechanical succeus,
the commercial ubps of aerial appar
atus will be small. The limitations
of the balloon have already been men
tioned; such craft will be sl.-w, frail,
and very costly. We are now suffi
ciently advanced in the design of fly
ing machines to perceive some of their
limitations. They will be compara
tively small and cranky, require much
power, carry little extra weight and
depend for their effective speed on
each Journey, whether they go against
the wind or with it, so that they can
not compete with existing modes of
transportation in cheapnens or In car
rying capacity. It is true that high
speeds may be attained, and this may
serve In war. In exploration, perhaps
in mall transportation, and In sport;
but the loads will be very small, and
the expenses will be great.
But flying machines will develop
new uses of their own; and as man
kind has always been benefited by
the introduction of new and faster
modes of transportation, we may hope
that sueeesHful aerial navigation will
spread civilization, knit the nations
closer together, make all regions ac
cessible, and perhaps eo equalize the
hazards of war as to abolish It alto
gether, thus bringing about the pre
dicted era of universal peace and good
will.
A LEGEND OF THE ORIENT.
In Which I DMcrlbad tha Ulacovary ot
Caftaa.
The discovery of coffee Is thus told
in a legend of tbe Orient: Toward tbe
middle of the 15th century a poor Arab
was traveling In Abys-sinia, and find
ing himself weak and weary from fa
tigue be stopped near a grove. Then,
being in want of fuel to cook bis rice,
he cut down a tree, which happened
to be full of dead berries. His meal
being cooked and eaten, tbe traveler
discovered that the half-burned berries
were very fragrant. Collecting a num
ber of these and crushing them with
a stone, he found that their aroma had
Increased to a great extent. While
wondering at this he accidentally let
fall the substance into a can which
contained bis scant supply of water.
I-o. what a miracle! - Tbe almost pu
trid liquid was Instantly purified. H
brought It to bis lips; It was fresh,
agreeable and In a moment after the
traveler has so far recovered his
strength and energy as to be able to
resume his Journey.
Tbe lucky Arab gathered as many
berries as be could, and, having ar
rived at Arden, In Arabia, be In
formed the mufti of his discovery.
This worthy divine was an Inveterate
opium smoker, who had been suffering
for years from the effects of that pols
onous drug. He tried an Infusion of
the roasted berries and was so delight
ed at tbe recovery of bis own vigor
that. In gratitude to tbe tree, be called
it cabuab, which In Arabic signifies
force.
Qaaaa Navar PlararSa Old Ctotbaa,
The sorting and arranging of the
personal effects of tbe late Queen
victoria was a tremendous task, says
a London correspondent. One pecu
liarity of ber majesty was never to
dlscsrd sny dress, mantle, hat or bon
net which she had ever worn, and ber
wardrobe might well have been con
sldered tbe most complete record of
tbe fssblon of tbe Isst 60 years In ex
Istence. Another fancy of Queen Vic
torla was to have everything In dupll
cate; two hats, two cloaks, eta., were
always ordered. Her majesty bad a
wonderful collection of lace, but tbls
Is not to be compared with tbe rollec
tion of tbe Queen Dowager of Italy,
said to be the best In tbe world.
Ceal FaaaS Wfcar
A Copenhagen correspondent states
thst a firm In that city has exhibited
tbe first samples of coal from tbt
large Icelandic coal bed recently dis
covered at Nordjord. Tbe coal Is con
sidered equal la quality to Northum
brian. Samples are being sent to tbe
Danish Royal Agricultural Society to
be examined, also to Stockholm and
Christians. It Is expected thst the new
coal bed will be valuable, at any rate,
for local purposes.
Jessees 4eais abetment.
Shortsightedness among Japsnese
students Is alarmingly oa tbe increase.
Th Istest Investigations show that
out of 1,7M university students la To-
klo nor than half are myopic.
SPRINKLING WAGONS.
Aa
laaprovaaaaat oa laa
OM
Style
Mow Kipnrtad-
Tbe modern sprinkling wagon Is
very dlflerent from the old-timer. The
chief Improvement Is In the spray
bead, which enables the driver to con
trol tins no- of water atici fcttter
than the old style. Thus, whether it
is a dirt or a macadam road, or a stone
paved or asphalt street, there can be
supplied from tbe modern street
sprinkler Just the amount of water
required to lay the dust in It, without
waste. Tbe spray bead on each side
has Its own valve rod running to tbe
driver's seat, with a step there for the
foot. The driver can operate both
heads at once, or he can vun only one
head; he can shut eff of open either
at pleasure. With this sort of wagon
the expert driver leaves behind him
dry crosswalks with perfectly defined
limits; and when he comes to a car
riage or a street car, upon which he
doesn't want to throw water, he shuts
off the flow on that side and keeps
the other going. Sprinkling wagons
are made in various sizes, ranging
from 150 gallons to 1,000 gallons ca
pacity. There are twenty sprinkling
wagons sold in this country nowadays
where there was one fold only a few
years ago. This great Increase In their
use Is due In large measure to sani
tary reasons, to the great extension of
good roads, and to the common desire
for comfort. Sprinkling wagons are
used nowadays commonly In many
smaller towns and villages, where they
were never thought of some years ago.
And American sprinkling wagons are
now found all over I ho world wher
ever sprinkling wagons are used. They
are exported to Australia. Cuba. Porto
Illco, South America, South Africa and
Europe. The modern sprinkling wag
on that tbe traveler chances to see in
Paris, or Berlin, or Hamburg, came
very likely from the same factory as
the one he saw here before he left
borne, going through his own home
street.
HE CAME TO BE HANGED.
Boar Cava Lord WoIly a nance to
'carry Ool HU Threat.
Abel Erasmus,- thp Boer leader who
recently surrendered to the British In
South Africa, is a mtu of great dis
tinction among his countrymen. A
good story Is told of the old Boer and
Lord Wolieley, then Sir Garnet Wol-
selcy, In connection with the part Eras
mus took In Wolseley's campaign In
1S79 against EekukunI, the chief of the
Bapedls on the borders of Swaziland.
After the capture of Sekukunl be was
Immediately brought before Sir Garnet
Wolseley, who asked him bow he, a
miserable kafllr living In a cave, dared
to defy the great queen of England. The
chief replied that he had been insti
gated to do so by Abel Erasmus. Sir
Garnet, In describing the scene at a
public dinner given to him at Pretoria
on bis return from the campaign, said
that he wished there and then to let
Abel Erasmus know that If ever he
found that Erasmus had been inciting
any chief to levy war against Eng
land, and be was able to lay hands on
him, Abel Erasmus would hang as
high as Haman. A few days after the
dinner Sir Henry Brackenbury, Sir
Garnet's military secretary, was sit
ting in bis office when a tall, bearded
Boer entered and asked permission to
speak with him. ''I am Abel Eras
mus," he said, "and I have very Im
portant business to do here." He ex
plained that he had come to see Sir
Garnet Wolseley, for he had heard
that Sir Garnet had said that If he
could ly hold of him he would hang
him, and so be hid come to be banged.
SU Garnet waj In the next room and
Sr Henry Braekenburv thought tb'it
It would be advujble to consult him on
the subject. Sir Garnet, however, hap
pened to be too busy at the moment to
see anybody, and Sir Henry after re
flection persuaded bis angry visitor to
take his leave and allow tbe banging
to stand over for the time.
Bias Edward's Douhla.
An amusing incident occurred dur
ing the Easter holidays at Boulogne.
The editor of a London weekly a gen
tleman who bears a striking resem
blance to King Edwsrd was enjoying
Ms cigar In one of the principal cafes
In the town, when he suddenly be
came aware that his presence was
causing unwonted Interest and no lit
tle commotion. Presently an old gen
tleman rose up and shouted: "Vivo le
Rol de I'Angleterre!" a sentiment
which was heartily Joined In by most
of tbe people In the cafe. Tbe conduc
tor of the orchestra, not to be behind
hand. Immediately struck up, "God
Save the King," but this was too much
for the Journalist, who made a bolt
for the door, and made good bis es
cape. Boctatr-s Htm Gaaae Haartaa Whlat-
Tbe London Express says that Si
berian wblst seems to be causing a cer
tain amount of Interest among tbe vo
taries of bridge, but up to now is not
much understood in England, Although
It is very much in vogue at Constanti
nople and In Russia. It can be made
a much more gambling game than
bridge, as, although there Is no doubl
ing, aa in the former, tbe players can
outbid each other In the making of
trumps, snd tbe consequent penalties
on the losing of tricks msy smount to
as much as 6,900 points. Indeed, It Is
possible to lose aa much with penny
points at Siberian whist as at bridge
with points st a shilling.
The WavM't Tla rradaaers.
Up io about 40 years ago Cornwall,
Eng.. supplied nearly all the tin used
In the world, but now only about 7 per
cent of th supply comes from there.
Th Malay penlsula has taken Corn
wall's place, furnishing about M per
cent of the world's Dmdurtlon and th
I Dutch East ladles const atit with If
j per cent
