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i: Titled FortTiers Who Are Paupers. H 1 I H-H II H-H 1 To Americans accustomed to associ ate titles of royalty and nubility wltl persons of at least a certain importation j La the world, whether the Importance be financial, political or social, such in tldents as that which happened in this city last week, when a Russian prince appeared in a. police court to press a charge against a firm of ready made clothiers, who, he said, bad charged hi'.u f 13 for 8 $9 .8Ult,..coH?S. as. more jir Jtes . painful shocks., ; For the princes of history and tradi tion have never worn ready-mad; clothes at 13 the suit They may have worn a good deal worse material, away back In the past, but when they did the fellows who were not princes wore worse still. As a matter of fact, however, titles are not nearly so valuable an a.sset as Americans who live at a distance from the countries where tney abuund are Inclined to suppose. The romantic story of Princess Helcne Zuludidse, who Is working as a bricklayer's assist ant In Odessa, is by no means an un common one, and a study of the curious phases of life in Eastern and Centra) Europe would reveal some astonishing facta concerning the degradation of royalty. In many parts of Europe the father's title la Inherited by all his children, and there are said to be many villages In Austria, Poland and Russia in which all the peasants are legitimately descended from some princely ancestor. They are legally described as "princes" in all of ficial documents, and on leaving their homes many of these peasant princes find themselves greatly handicapped by the burden of a high-sounding title. It may at first sight appear strange that there should be any wish to get rid of the titles. At a time when a good many persons in this country are ex pending effort and money hunting up ancestral trees and devising coats-of-arms It would seem that the poor titled peasants of Europe would be glad to bare at least their titles to point to with legitimate pride, j But the titles often mean starvation, and when it comes to choosing between eating and being a prince the selection Is apt to fall on the former. Unfortu nately, however, tbey cannot get rid of the titles, and are driven to the ex pedient of trying to conceal their exist ence. In this they are not often suc cessful, for by the police regulations no employe can be engaged without show ing his "papers," In which the rank, age and occupation are stated. ' The reason that titles prove a handi cap to the peasant so afflicted Is that few people are willing to engage a workman of legally far higher rank than themselves. Thus the peasant prince finds himself without a job, and as often as he secures one the produc tion of his "papers" is apt to end the : A prince in this dry a few years ago became the partnei of a pawnbroker and made some- money Inducing his aristocratic friends up on the Bowery. New Tork "Times. FIRST OF ALL THE EVICTIONS. Bf aaryars Have a Version of Expulsion from the Garden. Among the folklore of the peasantry of Roumania and some of the adjoin n Magyar states of eastern Europe la found the story of the expulsion of our first parents from the garden of Eden. It runs thus: When Adam and Eve fell God sent Gabriel, the Magyar angel, to turn them out of Eden as a punishment for their sin. Gabriel was received most courteously, food and drink of the best set before him. Now, Gabriel bad a kind heart and took pity upon the poor folk and would not accept tbeir hospitality, remembering his errand. So he returned and begged that some one else be sent to evict the sinners, as be really could not do it Then Raphael, the Roumanian angel, was sent and was received as Gabriel bad been. He. bowevw, was very fond of a good dinner and so he sat down and thoroughly enjoyed himself. The feast over, be told the erring pair his errand. They at once began to weep seat plteously and beg for mercy. ' Tbeir bitter sorrow so touched his after-dinner heart that he, too, return ad and asked that someone else be seat, as he could not possibly turn out the poor folk after accepting their hospitality. Then It was that Michael, the German angel, was sent He was received as the others by the trembling pair and treated even more sumptu ously. He sat down and enjoyed him self till the last morsel of food had vanished and there wasn't a drop of Uqnor left. Then he arose and, turn tag to his host and hostess, said: Mew then, out you go, and be quick beat It" Most plteously did Adam aai Eve beg at least for time, even rewinding him that be bad partaken of their bread. All in vain. Thus It i that oar first parents were driven of Eden. feels No Hardship. It la a great misfortune that yon eaat go to the theater yourself acca slsaslly." said the friend. "Met at att," answered Mr. Storming sn Earata. "Inferior acting does not IcCaaat am And K would be a phys CJ iraslMntr for aw to alt out la VZJ tt MfmU aad company per- "4.JOTM1 jVn It tCZ are entirely 1 f'V f Monad to V L'Mt of then DON'T GET MARRIED, Never get married." Such is the ldvlce given to young people by Mrs. Reuben Nagle, a farmer, of St. Law rence, Pa., a sad-faced women of sev enty years. Her husband is about the ante age,- and for -half a ...century, they Lived together as man and wife. Only the other day they agreed to live apart. and they went about making the ar rangements apparently without a paug j of regret. First, they went to an at-1 torney's office and he drew up the papers. Next they had deeds prepared making an equal division of their prop-; erty. They started out in life with little, and wound up half a century of matrimony with about $40,000 invested; in real estate and securities. This was amicably divided without the shadow , of a difference. The lawyer having prepared the papers handed them to j the couple and the husband paid his fee. Then they walked to the court house together, filed the papers in the Recorder's office, and in the corridor of the building separated without a display of any emotion whatever. "Well, good-by," he said, and she re plied "Good-by." They did not even shake hands, only the slightest nod as each went his or her own way. Their neighbors declare that they never knew them to quarrel, though they often had strong differences of opinion. "In fact," said Mr. Nagle, "we drifted as naturally into the idea of separating as we did into matri mony. We simply decided to live apart because we weren't happy, and that's all there Is about it." Mrs. Nagle has resumed her resi dence In the old homestead, which she entered as a bride and has occupied ever since. It was there that she was found and questioned as to her views on marriage, when she declared: 'Nev ;r get married. That's my advice, I've GREAT RAILWAY PROJECT. Proposed Line Will Open Up a Vat and Rich Country. With the building of the Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway a new transcontinental railroad system will enter Into competition with exist ing transcontinental lines. The new railroad will run west and northwest from Denver to Salt Lake City and will reduce the time by rail between those two points ten hours. David H. Moffat, president of the First National Bank of Denver, will build the new road. He has entered Into an agreement with Senator W. A. Clark, owner of the San PeJro. I.os An geles and Salt Lake road, by which the two roads will connect at Salt Lake City, thus establishing a through con nection between Denver and the Pa cific coast When it is borne in mind that Mr. SENATOR CLARK. Moffat's new road will connect at Denver with the Rock Island and the Chicago, Burlington and Qulncy, the importance of this new connection be comes apparent. The Denver, Northwestern and Pa cific railway will traverse a virgin ter ritory, from Denver to Salt Lake City, distance of approximately 500 miles, being 235 miles less than by the Den ver and Rio Grande Railway between Denver and Salt Lake City. The section through which the road will go is as large as the State of Pennsylvania and is rich in minerals, anthracite coal nod splendid agricul tural possibilities, and yet it is not traversed by a single road. The great territory northwest of Denver, as yet undeveloped, is greater in area than the combined areas of Ver mont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Delaware and New Jersey, which have a combin ed population of about 0,000,000. And this territory to-day, which is capable of supporting in luxury tbe miner and the fanner, tbe agriculturist and the beef raiser, has a population of only 10,000. It Is claimed by the projector of tbe road that there Is not a similar rich territory of equal area in tbe whole United State without a rail road. It has been said that a straight line can be drawn from Cheyenne, Wyo., to Park City, Utah, east of Salt Lake City, for 330 miles without touching a railroad track. From Hllver Plume, nfty-foor miles west of Denver, to Proro, Utah, a similar straight line of 300 miles can be drawn without touch lag a railroad track. It Is 22S miles from Oraad Junction, Colo., on tbe Dftm aai Bio Grands Railway, doe tottl to Co Unlet Pacific la soataera 'ZNJIfc.'fci ' III1 THEY SAY..., After Fifty Years of Wedded Life a flan and His Wife Give This Advice fi3tfi eV jar rmzt Hvasa J found little happiness In the wedded i state, and the same is the case with a large percentage of others. There are some in my own neighborhood. You read of others in the newspapers, and some don't say much about It. We didn't have much money when we started out In life together. We were economical and thrifty, aud I thought that its possession would bring me con tentment. In that I was mistaken. We accumulated little compared with the great fortunes of the world, but It was enough for our needs, and yet we were not happy. There was a time when I believed that the possession of money would bring me, as a married woman, the greatest satisfaction in the world, but I found that I was mistak en. Young man. Just take this advice: Don't get married, and accept this as the truth: Money alone brings neither contentment nor happiness." Mr. Nagle has gone to live on one of the farms which he secured by the division of their property, and there he expects to spend the remainder of his days. Unless they should happen tc meet by chance. It Is not likely that thty will see each other on this side of the grave. "Advised you not to get married, did she?" he said. "So do I that's what I say. It brought us no happiness. We wern't contented, and so we decided to separate. Marriage In our case, as in many others, was a fiat failure." Wyoming. The Union Pacific at its nearest point is 10(1 miles to the north, and the Denver and Rio GranJe Is 128 miles on the south. The route of the new railway Is midway between these points. This territory, without a single rail road, doing Its business by stage, wag on or on foot, now contains several thousand persons who are engaged in raising sheep and cattle and in miulng In a small way and doing the best tbey can against all the obstacles arising from a lack of transportation. , How greatly will a railroad, affording ade quate transportation to persons engag ed In all classes of Industry, develop new industries and enterprises, stimu late farmers to take up farms, expand small villages Into towns and, in a word, make a rich country of what la now almost unapproachable! Journal of the Beggars. Innovations In Journalism are not generally looked for In Europe, but Paris of late has been doing a few things in that line which have been distinctly new. The latest Is a Jour nal for beggars, which has been start ed for the purpose of disseminating useful Information among the mendi cant fraternity, and the price of which Is 5 cents a copy. At a glance it would seem as If this charge was rather high, considering the supposed straitened means of Its readers, but presumably the editors know what they are about. The advertisements furnish Interest ing reading for beggars temporarily out of a Job, though It is difficult to understand how the advertiser could expect to receive an answer to the fol lowing: "Wanted a blind man who can play the flute a little." Probably some unfortunatedurob man will tell bis blind coufrere of the va cancy. Here is another sample of an ad vertised vacancy which requires awk ward qualifications: "Wanted a lame man for tbe sea side; one without a right arm pre ferred." In addition to "ads" of this kind no tices of forthcoming christenings, bur ials and birthdays of rich people are printed, so that the beggar may know where to go to prosecute bis vocation with success. New York Times. More Bluahea. Hand In hand the swain and bis ladylove walked beneath the noble trees of the forest It was autumn, and the sore scent of tbe woodlands was as I nee n so to them, while the vagrant breezes did marvels with tbe lustrous locks of the lady. "I wonder," she sighed, looking op Pt tbe foliage, "what makes the leave so redr Now, the swain was blessed with the soul of a poet, so he made reply: "Tbey but blush In memory of tbe kiss I gave you beneath them last summer." And the woman, being a coy young thing, and given to dissimulation, yet of a resourceful mini, smiled: "I think they would be prettier were they a deeper shsde of red."Bnltl niore American. When a young man gels married, tbe most sincere mourners st tbn wed ding are his sisters, to whom be has been In the habit of giving spending money. There never yet' existed a literary dub la which a knowledge of tbe Hoi Grail cenld sate tbe member who tramps her partaer's aea, Rlrffltionlj NATURE & SCIENCE U 0 Ofl Half a million miles is the latest esti mate of the length of the world's rail ways. In Texas and Louisiana there are now more than one hundred canals and pumping stations, each capable of flood ing one thousand acres of rice. These art- owned- by - .bxigatian.. .companies, which supply the water us needed to the rice farmers. Sleep is Induced by the Javanese, states a French author, by compressing the carotids. These large arteries, which carry blood to the brain, run up ward below the ear from the lower front of the neck, aud are pressed itii a hand ou each side of the neck. The brain congestion producing wakeful ness is thus reduced. "Black light" is the curious term used by Gustavo Le Hon, of the French Academy of Sciences, to describe a form of radiant energy which arises from tbe back of a thin sheet of opaque metal when the front is Illuminated with ordinary light. "Black light" lu some of Its properties resembles the X-rays, but differs from them In f ui)Ua ineutul points. Le Bon first announced the discovery of this singular radiation In ISO". This year it has been observed by Mons. Nodon, who calls it radio actinic phenomenon. The result of tests of a liquid air plant made at Cornell University, re ported at the Pittsburg meeting of the American Association for the Advance ment of Science, indicates that the ex penditure of one-horse power continu ously for one hour results in the produc tion of Just enough liquid air to pro duce, If utilized in its turn as a source of power, In a perfect machine, one horse power for one minute. The exper imenter adds taut the most efficient method of obtaining liquid air as yet discovered would Increase the time to only five minutes. The mighty peaks of the Himalayas, several of which rise far above tbe lof tiest elevation attained by any other mountains on the globe, have long chal lenged the mounlaln-cllmher with im punity. Sir Martin Conway got to the top of one. 21,000 feet In height in lSltt. butthe real giants rise more than a mile above that level. Now Dr. Jacut-Gullle-mot with a party of two Austria as and three Englishmen, has started for India to attempt the ascent of Mount Godwin-Austen, formerly known as Mount Dapsang. If be succeeds In this at tempt he may yet try higher peaks. The highest climb on record Is Fitzger ald's ascent of Aconcagua In the Andes, about 23,000 feet. According to Consul General Mason at Berlin, tbe trailing clouds of black smoke from mill and factory that bang over so many American cities, darken ing the atmosphere and befouling the buildings, could be eliminated If the scientific methods of constructing chim neys and stoking furnaces that prevail In Germany were adopted here. "It Is not every strapping laborer who cati shovel coal who Is permitted to stoke a boiler furnace In Germany," says Mr, Mason. The stoker in that country must learn the theory arid practice of economical scientific firing, whereby the coal Is so distributed over the grate surface as to secure the most perfect combustion. Tbe use of fuel briquette for domestic purposes In Berlin also tends largely to the prevention ot smoke. LANDMARK AT ABERDEEN, OHIO. Aberdeen, Ohio, claims the distinc tion of having within Its borders one of the oldest houses In the United Htates. It is known as the Wisonnll property, and Is located on East Front street Through Its old age It has be come famous. Every apartment lu It Is composed entirely of roct, and not withstanding that at least fifty Ohio river floods have inundated the old structure and sometimes bid it from v'.ew. It Is still Intact and firm. Gen eration after generation has occupied the famous old residence, and It la claimed to be over 200 years old. IMilloMiphio Maundcrlitica. Not until a man is good aud married does be realize what an easy thing It la to get into trouble. If tbe man constantly dunned by creditors wants to analyze bis sensa tions, let him think of the dog with the tin can tied to his tall. We bare had all kinds of experience with kitchen help, including seeing tbe girl In the kitchen help her relatives over the bsck fence. Baltimore News. Train Your laasy. Trained cats are tbe latest fad of French society women. Fashion de crees that the animal must be "edu cated" entirely by Its owner, snd sev eral of the besj-known women In Par isian society are giving an hour a day to training their pets. What the people really need Is a health food which will keep them to warm tbey will not need much coal. The foaadatloa of tbe average man's La aalA A hH I . ft. piau, saw law in iwn mrnmm iTlHItUIHMMMHHti OLD FAVORITES E t"H H"M-r 11 1 1 I I 1 l -H-H-H-H-fr Pant and I'rmcDt. I remember, 1 remember Tbe house wliere I wan born. The little w imii.vv where the suu Came peepiiis it' t morn; He never came a wi.ik too soou Nur 1to))-':I l'-t: day; But now, 1 often wish the night Had borne my breath away. I remember, I remember Where I was used to swiiiif. And thought the air must rush as fresh To iwullow on the B ins; My spirit ilew in feathers then That is so heavy now, And summer pools could hard!y eool The fever on my brow. I remember, I remember The tir treen dark and liiRh; I uaed to think their slender toon Were close against the sky; It was a childish ignoraiiw, But now 'tis little joy To know I'm further ulf from heavea Than when I was a hoy. Thomas Hood. The Harp tliHt OnceTtaro' Tura'n lialla. The harp that once through Tara's halls Tbe soul of music shed, Now hangs as uiute on Tara's walls Aa if that soul were fled. So sleeps the pride of former days, So glory's thrill in o'er. And hearts tnot once beat high for praise Now feel that pulse no more. No more to chiefs and ladies bright The harp of Tara swells; The chord alone that breaks at night Its tale of ruin tells. Thus freedom now so seldom wakes, Tbe only throb ahe pivea. Is when some heart indignant breaks, To show that still she live. Thomas Moore. THRIFTY NEGRO FARMER. Henry Jackson, a colored man of exceptional character, and the wealth iest member of his race In St. Louis County, has In creased bis real holdings recently to nearly 400 acres, by tbe pur chase of a tract of land near Creve Coeur Lake, says a St Louis paper. He owns other prop e r 1 1 e a In tbe county and has HEN BY JACKSOft. money loaned out at Interest His wealth Is estimated at $50,000, all of which has been amassed since the civil war, and which consists principally of rich farming lands In the vicinity of the lakes. The nucleus of his fortune was furnished, however, from savings accumulated during bondage. Before the war Jackson was the slave of Richard H. Stevens, owner of a plantation of 500 acres near Creve Coeur Lake. He was made foreman of the farm In 1802. As such lie had supervision over about twenty-five men and women, aud often had charge of as many as fifteen or twenty teams In hauling products of the farm to St Louis to market. He was then a young man and was married to a wom an belonging to John Stump, who lived six miles away. After the war broke .out Jackson went to Ohio, but while there wrote to his former master, Mr. Stevpns, saying that his absence was necessary and that he would soon re turn. Coming back after the war Jackson continued to work for Mr. Stevens during the day, and at night by moon light, he used to cut corn for the farm ers In the neIghtorhood until midnight. In this way he saved considerable money. He now owns one tract of 100 acres and another of 170, besides the sixty Acres which he has recently ac quired. One of his sons Is a practicing physi cian In St. Louis; another is a pro fessor In Lincoln Institute at Jefferson City, and still another Is with him on tbe farm. Jaekson was married a sec ond time eight years ago to a Miss Ilelger, sister of Emanuel Helper, of Clayton. He Is now 03 years old. IN THE 8TATE OF GWALIOR. Brilliant and Juot Prince Who Ralra Over It 1 Modern bnlomon. If ever a prince combined great po litical power with great historical as sociations, a striking Individuality wtb personnl charm, it is the Mahara jah Hclndhla of Gwullor. The popu lar conception of an eastern potentate Is that of an autocrat, stern and re lentless In bis wrath, magnificent and whimsical in his fits of generosity. But no eastern prince so little ful fills that conception ss Maharajah Hclndhla. Versatile In Ills accomplish ments as a prince, many-sided lu na ture's gifts to him as a man, consist ent and arduous in bis earnest desire to seek tbe welfare of his people, he combines In himself the two ideals of a ruler, (lie eastern and the western. And. wlthaL such Is tbe gracious and tender disposition of his heart Ihnt, even If he were not a prince, he would yet be great and noble as a man. In Gwsllor he has erected a mag inucent boapltal at his own expense, In which some 80,000 patlenta are treated nnnually, and so keen Is tbe Interest taken by bis highness In its work that, notwithstanding bis numerous other labors, be has yet found time to go through the regular course of a medi cal student. One la tbe course of bis frequent rounds through tbe hospital, he beard that eooH bad fallea from a scaf- r..M nntnide and broken ma arm. a stead of summouiug th boase sm geon, bis highness went out blmeelt and set tbe limb and bound up tfa wound with the utmost care aad ten derncss. His last public set in this conneeOos Is still fresh In English memory, Touched by the possibility of great iinr,.Hiif in hu arduous campaign, b htted out at bis own exiense a splen. did hospital for the use of uriust troops in the recent umna eipeo tioii. Another conception of an easterq rotor Is that of supreme Judge. Sit ting ;;) b!s throne like Solomon. nd irit. r .liitiv iustlce. In this Manara. Jah Scindh'la fulfills the eastern Ideal, except that by a marvelous combina tion his justice also partakes oi an lint ! l-st In western Jurisprudence, for lie Is a diligent student of Austls aud I'.enlham. All these, says the London Ki press, though lie be absolute monarch In a state as large as Scotland and Walci combined alike In extent and popuia Hon. And by a strange coincidence, the kingdom of Gwallor Is not snllkf bcotlund In Its tonography. CAUGHT BULLET IN TEETH. Tlii Wu No JniiKler's Trick Taa Little Maine Girl Accomplished. The State ot Maine has presented a Juvenile wonder of tbe world, whom performance Is likely to down tbe hi . ter which surrounds that of William Tell aud his brave little son. Rosa J. Starratt, a black -eyed dnagb ter of Bath, has been literally shot Into fame by catching a ballet In het teeth that was fired at her from a dh tauce of less than two feet out of I 32-caliber revolver. But It oil happened and Rosa to aa to tell It, though It Is an uncomfort ably thrlllitig Mory to hear. Rosa is la years old, and she assteu her mother at light housekeeping wh she Is not at school. The Starratts had two boarders, wfci moved to another part of the town re cently. Rosa and her 11 year-oW broUier, Royal, went into the room a few dayi ago and the boy noticed a revolver eo the bureau. Rosa picked up the weapon, saw that It was loaded, and replaced It, b1 the little brother took It nd moved U the window to examine It As they stood, scarcely two feet apart the boy pulled tbe trigger aad the self-acting revolver was dis charged. Tbe bullet entered the right side el the girl's mouth, cutting a farrow nearly an inch in length along the tag of the lower lip and struck the eyi tooth In tbe Jaw. Tbe tooth was splintered Into Hot pieces, while the next tooth was re moved as smoothly and artistically as It could have been pulled by the high-" est priced dentist Two more teeth were knocked from the jaw, but not completely severed, and there the bullet stopped. For an Instant neither child real tees' what had happened, and then, with a cry, the girl ran downstairs. As the flew along she wrapped be face, which, from the blaze of the powder, seemed to her to be ob fire, in the big apron she wore, and reached her mother, apparently dangerously wounded and completely disfigured lof life. J A ecar where the bullet entered her lip and the vacancy caused by the loaa of the four teeth will remain as per manent reminders of an accldeaj which could not be repeated without fatal results once In a million times. The bullet Is Battened to a raggvd piece of metal, showing clearly the marks of the broken teeth. But for the remarkable fact that It struck the Jaw exactly In Hue with the row of teeth, says the Philadelphia I'ress. and proceeded along that Una so accurately that It struck each soe ceedlng tooth squarely, and so did not swerve to either side, It must bavs made a terrible wound. For Mjctit Rentiers. SiM-aking of new things. tbur y a French bedstend which provide tot the individual who reads after going to bel or during waking hours In th night There are single Iron beds, and in tbe top of the rather high lnnd is set an electric light A reading desk Is attached to a bar. which crosses the head of the bedstead and con be raised above it when not In use und lowered wlnu required. There ftre disadvant ages to this light, which must shine In the eyes as well as on the book or paper . Better nrrangemciiiH are made la some of our big hotels. There Is ar ranged at one side of the bed an arm with an electric light attached which (tin be pulled over tbe bed at tbe will of the occupant and Is below the eyes, though quite high enongh for the light to fall upon th lxok. The top of tbe electric light globe Is covered with a dark gneu shade, and none of the light can go up. That Man Nest Itoor. "A revolver'!" repeated the eierk. "i'es. sir; six shooter V "Oh, yes," replied the determhuHd looklng man, "that'll do. If ttul bit him, or at least ruin bis cornet. In six shots Ml give It up." Cathode Standard and Times. When a woman boasts that bar aim band never speaks a cross word, the other women present think to them selves. What 4 Fstlent man be moat be! When a woman elves a ttart a Is eftfd to do his vn by Mrta mw mttm mum sauna; oavs Owa f v - 4 W- 4 . i J v a...-, ' 4tc
