» WILHELMINA.
'•'Wanted—In a publishing house, a
well-educated woman; must be over 30
years of age.*
“Isn't it mean. I don't seem to fit
In aitvwhere. Very young girls and
old women are in demand, but a girl
of 23 Is neither young nor old; a drug
In the market!” Wilhelmina Thurston
looked disgusted.
"You would Just fit In there. Will,”
said her sister, reflectively.
Wilhelmina went to the mirror and
took the pins from her luxuriant hair,
which was rolled hack loosely from her
face and coiled on the crown of her
head. She parted the hair down tho
middle and drew it hack plain, braiding
It and dressing It low. It wa3 unbe
coming, for her rather severe type of
beauty was rendered stern by the
change.
Sidney Spencer sat in his private of
fice, with a bored look on his face and
a pile of manuscript at his elbow. Out
side in tho main office the clerks
nudged each other and tittered, as
young men will when the proprietor
Is out of sight.
“Another antiquated female!" whis
pered John Stanwood to his neighbor,
as a light stop on the stair was heard.
A moment later Wilhelmina was
ushered Into Spencer's office.
“How old are you?” was the first
query.
"Thirty-one," she said bravely.
"What experience?”
"Ten years in a newspaper office."
This was true, for while a mere child
> she had assisted her father on the
Daily Bulletin, now among the miss
ing journals. .Spencer looked intently
at the applicant. She seemed more
promising than the rest. "Are you sure
your age is 31? You look young, very
young.
Wilhelmina ro;.e to the occasion.
Her assumption of offended dignity
would have deceived a keener man
than Spencer.
"I’m sorry, sir, to have troubled
you; perhaps you require a certificate
of birth. Unfortunately I have none.
Good afternoon.”
"Wait a moment! Pardon mo. You
do not understand why 1 am so par
ticular in regard to age. There are a
dozen young idiots in my employ who
waste their time in attentions to a
younger woman. Harmless enough, I'll
admit, but this is not a courting school,
and the work requires undivided at
tention.”
"I understand. I was young once
myself," she sighed. There was an
awkward silence.
“Thirty-one is not very old,” said
Spencer encouragingly. "It only seems
old to fellows in the twenties.”
"Thirty-one is a respectable age and
needs no apology," was the tart reply.
GATHERING UP HER BELONGINGS
Her gray eyes snapped and she looked
fierce.
‘‘She’ll do,” said Spencer to himself.
“There will be no flirting.” Aloud he
said: "Can you stay this morning and
help me out with this?” Indicating a
pile of manuscript.
“I shall be glad to begin at once,”
was the reply. A half dozen times
during the morning Wilhelmlna caught
her employer looking curiously at htr;
she wondered if he suspected her de
ceit. At night he said pleasantly: “I
am very well satisfied with what you
have done,” so she was engaged.
Much as she longed to appear her
old pretty self, Wilhelmlna dared not
put aside her dark, unornamented
gown and tightly drawn black hair.
Her deak being In Spencer's office,
and the fact that much of their work
was done jointly, placed them on a fa
miliar footing. It was agreeable work
end had she not been acting a part.
Wilhelmlna would have thoroughly en
joyed It. A date In an article one day
led Spencer to tell his age, 28, After
this she felt still more uncomfortable,
raying to Alice: “I wonder how he likes
working with hU grandmother ?’*
One morning when Spencer catne In
Wilhelmlna knew «oruetblug had hap
pened. In the months they had worked
together she bad learned to note every
change In his expressive countenance.
She had also learned tu rare dearly for i
his good opinion; the lie the had told j
him weighed heavily. She found her- j
•elf wishing that he knew she was only !
>3; five years younger than himself
Would It make a difference?
Thie mottling he locked at her s->
Intently that she blushed Then he |
said abruptly 'What makes women
so secretlee In regard to their age? J
Are added yrars a crime* You are the I
first use I have met who eunfeeees to 1
81; you ars realty yonager Lathing
aad are brave nut to lie about It.
Pour Wilhelmlna? Without thinking
of the rosseitsvscet she said, hurried
ly “I did Ite I am only 13 I es
pet,t«.| to be caught unite lime and ,
I'm foolish enough tu step Into the I
trap Shall I tests this morning?**
fiyeMef fuse end closed the •fosse In
to the outer •vf.tee tty I hi« time Wit
helming was gathertnf np her k’l •*!'
ings and crowding them helter-skelter
into her bag.
“What's your hurry?" Spencer asked,
putting a detaining hand on her arm.
Wilhelmina looked up into a face so
full of sympathy and tenderness that
the tears of vexation on her lashes mir
rored the wonderment in her eyes.
“I want you to stay, little girl, be
cause—well, because, I can't live with
out you.” Wilhelmina concluded to
stay.
COUNTRY WITH ONE SAWMILL.
let It Alxtunil* In Valuable Hint lltuutl
ful Wood*.
I'nele Sam’s new possessions, Cuba
and the Philippines, are destined to
cut considerable figure In the lumber
trade as soon as American methods of
push and enterprise are adopted, says
tho Seattle Pod-Intelligencer. Cuba
possesses some of the best mahogany
and Spanish cedar in the world, 3nd
the Philippine islands are covered With
mahogany, ebony, eamphor wood and
other valuable hardwood forests. .1.
G. Hinkle, a member of the First regi
ment of Washington voluuteers, a
practical furniture maker, recently
wrote to Charles R. Sllgh of Spokair,
from Manilu, as follows: “There are
half a dozen hardwoods here that take
a high polish. They are somewhat
lighter than mahogany in appearance.
I know the name of only one. camphor
wood. I think the others do not grow
in other places. The native names
would not enlighten you in regard to
them. Ebony is also abundant. It is
of.mahogany that I wish to speak, and
on this point I beg information, it is
the bull pine, or water elm of this
country, so to speak. The meanest
hovel as well as the plainest partition
work is of mahogany. Notwithstand
ing its abundance, lumber is high here.
The native works almost for u song,
but when it comes to whipsawiug 1,000
feet of boards you can understand why
many people can't stand much of this
song. There is one sawmill in the
islands. The logs are cut up in the
mountains and hewed out square, then
nosed so that they will plow through
reeds, grass, etc., down the Pasig liver.
There are great yards full of them, and
wiim American inacumery ami enter
prise this industry could lie made of
enormous profit. A word as to the
quality of the lumber. We are at pres
ent quartered in an old palace, once the
tesidence of the archbishop of the
church. I have hern told by some of
the oldest natives that it has been
here for fifty-eight years. In the main
floor upstairs all the hoards are two
feet wide and over, none le--.s. They
are laid with screws that have heads
countersunk and covered. There is
not a single season check or knot In
the floor that 1 have found. There are
old places in the altar work of the
various churches that have been built
as far back as 1743 that only changes
to the darker color with this weight of
years. I am not posted on the differ
ent qualities of lumber, but my Judg
ment leads me to think this is the
best.”
James A. Fltzhenry, of Company B,
same regiment, writes a Ballard friend
as follows:
"They teil us that this is the great
est timber country in the world. There
are four kinds of timber—mahogany,
ebony, camphor wood and red wood.
There are some fine timber claims that
run right down to the edge of the riv
er. Of all the timber that is used here
there is only one sawmill on the island.
That is run by a Chinaman, and he
only saws the logs Into cants, and the
rants are sold, and the man that buys
them has to whipsaw them and make
his lumber. These cants sell for $100
(Mexican) a thousand. Mahogany logs
grow nearly as large as the flr in the
states. As mahogany is the principal
wood, you can see for yourself how
much money a man could make if he
owned a sawmill here. Before thi3
trouble with the insurgents got so bad
my captain told me that there were
ten officers of different regiments form
ing a syndicate and were going to send
to the States for hacking to start a
sawmill. They say that there will be
a boom in this country as soon as the
trouble is over. If so, this will he a
good place to make money. A man
can start a small business and hire
native labor for 50 cents a day, Mexi
can money; that is, 25 cents in our
money."
• LONGEST DAYS.
I.lgltl on the K|illMiilwr(«n fur Tlirru
Months.
The following list shows the dura
tion of the longest day in various
place* all over the world: New York
has. so to say, the shortest longest
day. which Is about 15 hours long;
while In Montreal it la Id. laindon
aud llrenteu each bask in a Id1* hours'
length of day. closely followed by
Hamburg and Hantaig with 30 minutes
more The longest day In Stockholm
lasts lith hours, but both dt Peters
burg and Tobolsk. Siberia, go one be’ -
ter with n day of eaarlly 19 Mount
and their shortest & hours June 31
brings to Tomes. Finland a summer
dsy nearly 33 hours long and Chris: -
ms• day 3th hours only, tllow un
fortunate a re the children of Tome* f I
The foregoing lengthy day*, however,
are easily left behlad by Wardburg
Norway which boast* of a day lasting
without brush from May 31 to Jui*
but even this la surpassed by dpitg
targe* where tairnbile diet a* tbe
longest dey la something Ilk# three *n|
a half months,
M a rotes ast fere Sr.
Twelve thou read microbe*, at t wag la
a line, would make a pruswaaortt only
«Mi* inch in length
ANIMAL COMBATS,
BmtJ That Are t'onllned In Cage*
Flglit 111 Sheer Devilment.
Fights in sheer devilment sometimes
take place between animals in confine
ment, says Cassell’s Magazine. A
short, sharp battle took place in Ed
monds’ menagerie between a lion and
a tiger Just forty years ago. The lion
was the same which had escaped from
Jamrach’s yard, in what was then Rat
cliff highway, and bitten a boy. Mr.
Edmonds bought it, and is said to have
hilled it as "the tiger that swallowed
the child.’’ Of course the beast was a
great draw, but after a few days In Its
new quarters tho tiger managed to
draw forward tho sliding shutter and
■squeeze Itself into the adjoining den,
where a lion was confined. The lion
resented the intrusion, but was imme
diately seized by tho throat and,
though thero wore tremendous strug
gles, the fight was practically over a3
Boon as it commenced. Tho tiger
never loosed Its hold and in a few min
utes the lion was dead. About twenty
years later a fatal fight took place in
tho lion house of the Zoological gar
den, Regent’s park, between a tiger and
a tigress. The latter was ill-tempered
and, In sparring with her mate, drove
her ciuw Jhrotigh his nostril, and so
began the fray. The tiger throw her
down and struck her several times with
his paw, but without doing serious
damage, then turned away, as If to dis
continue the fight. This the tigress
would not suffer, for she sprang at h!s
flank ami fixed her teeth in Ills thigh.
This was more than he could stand.
One wild hound freed him; In a mo
ment she was knocked over, and ho
gripped her by tho neck, In which his
huge canine teeth made fearful
wounds. Sutton, the keeper, now man
aged to drive him off, and he used to
say that when tho tiger loosed his hold
tho blood spouted from his victim's
neck and splashed on tho roof of th»
lofty den.
AN ITALIAN ON THE ENGLISH.
Too Culm for Anything to Arotito Any
Interest.
"I think that the English calmness,”
so writes Pietro Verrl In one of his
letters of 1780, published In the Hu
manitarian, “iloes not depend so much
on the climate as on the fact that hero
many truths have already become trite
and commonplace. In Paris there Is an
extraordinary enthusiasm for philoso
phy because philosophy and Its truths
are diversified and contrasted, and
from this is produced a shock and a
ferment which throw all minds into
revolt; but in London no one gets ex
cited about anything. If you wish to
believe in nothing, you are at liberty
to do so. If you want to believe only
a little, you can do so. If you wish to
believe this way, or that way, you are
always free to do os you like. Should
you want to found a new sect, you can
found it. I)o you wish to say that the
king Is a fool? You can say it as often
as you please—my servant says it a
hundred times a day. To sum up, here
liberty, not being bound by any lim
itation, is altogether peaceful. The
most wretched beggar Is free to publish
his opinion about anybody and every
body, and a group of Scottish Journal
ists do nothing every day but deride
the government and the court. But,
after all, what pleasure does an emo
tional man derive from this? I, who,
when In Milan had such a great deslro
to laugh at our senate and our magis
trates, do not even think of such a
thing here. It would be just the same
thing as to speak of the weather.
N'itimur in vetltum. Home truths have
become so common here that they no
longer form the subject of surprise or
enthusiasm.”
About Stage Favorites.
Gross earnings of twelve leading Am
erican star actresses dn this thirty
week season:
Gross
Name— Age. Receipts.
Maude Adams .27 * 390,000
Mrs. I^slie Carter.34 330.000
Viola Allen .36 300,000
Julia Marlowe .34 270,000
Ada Itehan .39 250.000
Lillian Russell .39 250,000
Annie Russell .35 250,000
Adele Ritchie .26 200,000
May Irwin .37 150,000
Annn Hold .2H 150,000
Julia Arthur .30 100,000
Minnie Maddern Fiske ...33 100.000
Average age .33 *2.740.000
Gross reoelp:* of eleven star actors
In the season of thirty week* which has
just closed:
Gross |
Name Age. Receipts, j
Richard Man-Held .42 * 425.00c
William Gillette..,.46 310 000
John Drew ......46 .300 000
Nat C. Gnow In.42 *06.000
IvUaid II. Potheru...... .35 300,000 ;
Henman Thouipenn ..,,, 66 250,tent
(4o| Smith llussell. 51 250.000
Henry Miller . 37 ;oo'ooo
William II Crane....... 54 200000
Andrew hlarh ..... S3 2ooouo
Jamee K liarkett . 30 150.000
Average age .44 *3 ggj IMM i
*»0* et UewO
tke destructive value of little 1
thing* the la*t straw broke the cant ,
r! * bat k I r» *h) didn t MKr
body keep it to lb hie tke elephant
wtth”*- Detroit Free 1‘reae
H»».C Did a I I we you f.n Ike
tw«rh la* I night with one of thwaw 1
gi'Wy <*H4bretiee* It .it* Very likely
I had my grnndmuthrr out fur a itrell
la the *v«niag
WAS HABD TO KILL
BEAR SURVIVED LEAD AND A
PRECIPICE.
Itc<iutre<l a lliaar Ip a Canyon and
Morn Lead — California Klnlirrniuu
Huilrljr Interrupted liy a lllg Ilruwn
Hear with an I’rIjt Disposition.
From the San Francisco Chronicle:
Wlille fishing last Sunday near the
head of Squaw Creek, In Sonoma coun
ty, a party of San Francisco and Clov
erdale sportsmen were attacked by a
huge brown hear. Luckily they were
armed, and soon halted bruin In his
fierce charge by some well-directed
shots. After a long chase through
dense underbrush and among pitfalls
and precipices the bear was killed. The
weight of the brute was 4G7Vi pounds.
The members of the party were Steve
Giannetonl, Fred I). Spaulding, John
F. Qua tie of San Francisco and George
H. llall and John Arnold of Cloverdale.
They had been camping and fishing for
three days near (he Geysers, Last
Sunday they pushed on up toward the
headwater of Squaw Creek, ami not far
from the limits of Lake Mendocino and
Sonoma counties. In search of a like
ly spot In which to cast their lines,
the fishermen were crossing Humming
HIrd canyon, when one of them caught
sight of the great brown creature ad
vancing toward them, There was no
time for the digging of trenches.
Quickly they imslung their guns, and
each one took careful aim, first select
ing a tree thut could easily he climbed.
On lumbered the big fellow until he
was turned by a shot from Spaulding's
rifle. ,\ second later George Hall pink
ed the plantigrade Just behind the left
shoulder, whereupon the bear col
lapsed, lost his footing and went
tumbling to the bottom of the canyon
far below', carrying with him great
rocks and hushes uprooted In his swift
descent. Even then the bear was not
done for. lie scrambled to his feet,
growling fiercely, and made off toward
the head of the canyon, followed by
the dog of the party and all five of
the men, of whom Hall was the fast
est runner. Fully a half mile away
Hall came upon the quarry, nearly ex
hausted. He was finished by the nim
ble Hall at close range. Hall’s break
neck race through the thick chaparral
and over the stones had left him al
most devoid of clothing, and this fact,
together with his scratehed-up face,
led the slower members of the party,
who soon arrived, to believe that he
ha’ had a hand-to-hand encounter
with the bear.
GOSSIP FROM INDIA.
The weather as Simla hag not been
particularly favorable to the usual out
door amusements picnics, Gymkhanas
and the like- and Ixml Curzon himself
has been suffering from a bad chill
contracted during a recent gpell of
damp weather. After all, the ladles of
Simla were disappointed in the rum
ored drawing room, but the usual full
dress birthday ball was given by Lady
Curzon on June 20
In Ootaeamund the sporting season
Is in full swing, though preparations
for the more effeminate form of amuse
ment are also well to the fore. The
finals for the golf championship,
played at Ooty, ended In favor of Dr.
Menzieg, while the ladies' cup in the
lawn-tennis championship was carried
off by Mrs. de Fonblanque. Several al
terations have been made In the hunt
ing fixtures for the season, and the
time of the "meets" has been altered
from 6:30 to 9:30, a popular change, as
6:30 entails very early rising, and Ooty
can he very “shivery" at sunrise. His
highness the maharajah of Mysore is a
devotee of the chase.
Kodlakanal Is one of the smaller hill
stations where the overworked and
heat-worn Inhabitants of the Madras
presidency go for the hot season, and
besides being much quieter than Ooty,
is also much cheaper, always a consid
eration In a land of rupee deprecia
tion! It Is situated io the Putney hills,
some seven or eight hours' drive up
from the plains, and Is quite one of the
healthiest spots In the presidency.
Among other diversion is tennis on the
clnb courts, boating on the lake and
hiryeliug ad libitum. The rajah of
Pftdukntta 1s ut Kodia this season,
where he has a beautiful place of his
own. He is a thorough sportsman and
very English in ways and dress. laist
season he was in England for some
months.
It Didn't Work.
Deary Madame, I haven't had
anything to eat for three days. Mra,
liardup You're doin' pretty well; hut
I've Just been readin' about a man
who fasted for four weeks, and worked
every day at that.
I net* Hu Sued ut tllw.
Ml** frank tirurge semi* awfully
fund of hia unde Mr*. Kharpe Why*
Wise frank lies let him bate his
wstrh. chain, atu.l and ring »in«e I
have huuwn him. end that's only a
month.
Iti* leek.
W g« -Trotter has great lurk at the
r».-ea. be alware picks the wlaaere, j
vv egg V»». and he seems to he equally
•wereaefoi la plwklag the lowers
eegMMmnseamanmme hMgmsHwn
Jay ItaaaS Ike Hoard.
"I kileaded a strawberry faetiyal last
sight * Where waa Hf **At
iranilsi house, at diaaer the laadSady
(see we two btg dtehe* aptefe “
I
STEEL RAILS GROUND TO DUST
KfToct of flip Constant Wear anil Toar
un u ItiCin.Kl.
As consumers of steel the railroads
in the vicinity of Pittsburg lead the
world. During the last three months
170 miles of new steel rails averaging
ninety pounds to the yard have been
put down or distributed within thirty
mllee of the center of the city, says
the Pittsburg Dispatch. There are
1,760 yards In a mile, which would
mean 299,200 yards for one line of rails
In 170 miles, or 2G,928,000 pounds, or
fay 63,856,000 pounds for both lines of
rails, or 269,283 tons of steel rails need
ed In one year for Pittsburg roads, 90
per cent of which was for renewals on
old lines. There is somewhat of a mys
tery regarding where the steel worn
out on a big road goes to. It Is ground
down almost to Imperceptible dust by
the constant friction oi the grinding
wheels, end this friction is 46 per cent
greater on curves than on straight
stretches of track. The wear Is also
much greater on ascending grades on
a straight track than on a descending
grade. On curves the wear Is mostly
lateral or horizontal, while on stralgut
track It is perpendicular, with a slight
Inclination toward the Inside of the rail
next to the flanges of the wheel. The
millions of tons of steel ground down
to dust by the wheels of trains In t .is
country arc lost. It cannot be regained
for scrap, because It settles down Into
(tie ballast, la brushed away by the
tush of air caused by the swiftly mov
ing curs, and, like the star dust which
falls upon the ocean. It is lost forever.
In time as civilization and the wheels
of civilization move on, the railroads
of the chief steam highways, as well as
part of the adjoining ground, will be
come thoroughly Impregnated with
steel and Iron dust from the grinding
of rails and wheels, because it must be
rente1 tube red that the wheels grind ITIe
rails and the* rails grird the wheels,
and tills conslunt shower of Iron and
steel dust Is accumulating ulong our
railroads at a rapid rate.
BEAR MEAT IN LONDON.
II Is Very Popular unit llrlui;* h Hood
Price.
I/indon News: A consignment ot
frozen Russian boars arrived at Lead
enhall market a day or two ago. Mix
came In their skins u block, a brown,
two half-grown bears und two cub* -
and In addition there were <>0 pounds
of ursine Joints, steaks and cutlets. A
correspondent Informs ua that he In
quired how far the speculation In
bear’s meat bad been justified by re
sults. “Gone, all gone," said Mr.
Tabor, “save that Joint hanging there,
which you may take home with you If
so minded.” It needed more courage
to accept than to decline with thanks.
"See this,” pressed Mr. Tabor, encour
agingly, at the same'tlme producing a
bulging meat basket, containing about
a baron of bear. "A gentleman of
light and leading In the Fourth Es
tate will call for it shortly,” And he
did, Mr. Tubor straightway Introducing
the epicure und the skeptic. The val
iant trenchman then pronounced a
glowing eulogium on the succulence of
ursine flesh, which may possibly blos
som into a "Dissertation on Roast
Hear" In one of the new Sunday papers,
should righteous Indignation spare
them long enough. In bis view bear
tasted as sweet as a Southdown sheep,
and the British palate was ridiculous
ly squeamish, lie strode away ua
Jauntily as a man goes to a feast. The
salesman, resuming, said the six bears
had all gone to restaurateurs up west.
He supposed they were eaten now,
though whether digested he could not
say. They brought two shillings a
pound In Ixmdon. While hanging In
the market the hears attracted bigger
crowds of curious spectators than ever
gathered around a bear pit at the Zoa
OLDEST JOURNALIST
1 IMIU n \ Irtinit l>»lly fit Nlncljr-Flm
Y«*urn of A
The Fremdenblatt (Tourist Journal!
which is published daily at Vienna, hus
the unique honor of having on Its staff
the oldest working journalist in the
world, Herr Leopold Hitter von Hlum
encron, who was born on Feb. 21, 1804.
On his 85th birthday, Iu February last,
he was surprised to find the desk of
Ills editorial office decorated with Mow
ers. Herr von Hlumenerou still walks
every morning to and from the Frem
denblatt offices iu had weather and In
good, mounts to the first floor, reads
the papers at his desk, and writes wl*h
i his own hand a leaderette or para
graph for the evening edition, as well
as, in the afternoon, one or two con
tributions to the mornlug issue. Hr
na* in the military and diplomatic
service before he turned Journalist,
and In hi* new profession utilised th*»
experience of hts former calling*
Surgut Himself.
A Me nt'intnded person* are not In
frequently met among the nodical pro
f< -ton who if ail men should always
have their wit* about them. It Is re
lated that a well known doctor was
one* present In a public piece when
an nr 'Idea* wrurntl, and sewing g
wounded loan went alniut tailing
"A doctor* A doctor* Somt-Utdy gu
f> tfh a doctor"* A friend who was hr
his side ventured to Inquire. "Well,
Well what aboil yourself” ‘Oh,
dear,** answered the doctor, suddenly
rwewltlng the fact that he belonged to
the medical prulMlaa. I didn't think
at that"
UmiIkS Is hssslsi
“I hear Mi-* dq tailin', has a very las
volte I «u«-* >. »r dim » hear It. or
> ...» • e|M It ti betel”
BLAINE'S CRANDSON A WRITER
A Vrrjr young Contributor will* a Very
III* Name.
A very young contributor with a
very familiar name sends this story to
the letter Box. says St. Nicholas. He
calls It “Jerry.” Jerry Field lived in
a large house with two deaf half-blind c
aunts, In the upper part of New York
city. Jerry often wished that he was
a newsboy and could jump on cart and
cry: “Extra Telegram, just out!” and
not the nephew of two rich maiden
aunts. But, as he could not, he had
to hope for the best. One spring day,
us Jerry was walking down Broadway,
he saw a newsboy who looked exactly
like himself. Jerry accosted him thus:
‘You just look like me and have the
same sort of volte. Now, If you want,
we'll change In some dark alley and you
put on ray clothes and I'll put on yours
and take your papers. You go to IS
West Eighty-First stioet and act asyou
think best.” The trancactlon was no
sooner said than done. So Jerry went
Ills way and the newsboy Ills. In about
two weeks a miserable, half-starved
newsboy could have been seen crying
In Central park, ile, however, had not
been trying long when he saw a vic
toria with two old ludles in It and a
yrung boy. Jerry gave a yell and made
a dash for the carriage, but It had gone
and Jerry wandered back to Ills seat,
crying bitterly. In about twenty min
utes the same carriage appeared, but
Jerry was not to lose It, so he cried
to the coachman to stop, which lie did,
and Jtrry made himself recoglnzable.
When they reached home lie told bis
story. The newsboy, however, was not
to be left out. He was sent to board
ing school and lived to be a great man,
JAMES GILLESPIE BLAINE III.
PEOPLE OF TITLE.
Extensive Improvements are to lie
carried out at Sandringham before Oc
tober. The prince of Wales has de
cided to introduce incandescent light.
The Empress Eugenie haa been
cruising In the neighborhood of Na
ples In her yacht Thistle, and has vis
ited Salerno, Tmalfl, Sorrento and tho
Islands of Capri and Ischia. The em
press Is In much better health than
when she left Cape Martin, and she
will probably extend her cruise to Cor
fu and Palermo, it being her Intention
to land front the yacht at Marseilles,
and she will then proceed to Paris on
her way to England.
The Queen of (he Netherlands and
her mother, the Queen dowager, who
have been staying for three weeks at
Hadenwt Per, In the Black forett, are
now stopping at Konigswinter, near
Bonn, In order that thqy tnay see
something of the Queen of Swedpn.who
Is an aunt of Queen Emma, and she is
residing at Hcnnef, a village about
two miles higher up the Rhine. Queen
Wilhelmlna and hpr mother will spend
a month at the chateau of Socstdljk,
near Utrecht, when they return to
Holland, before settling at Hulshoo foi
the summer.
The comtesse de Paris, who has left
Vlllamanrlque, her estate In Andalusia,
after a residence of seven months, has
been on a visit to the due and duchesse
de Chatres at the chateau of Salnt-Fir
min, In the park at Chantilly. The
comtesse de Paris and Prlncesse Isa
belle d’Orleans are going to England
shortly on a visit to the due and
duchesse d’Orleans at York house,
Twickenham, and they will be the
guests of the queen at Windsor castle
shortly after her majesty’s return from
Balmoral. The comtesse de Paris In
tends to spend the summer and carl/
autumn at the chateau of Randan, her
beautiful domain In the Puy-de-Dome.
It Was Lucky.
The little boy’s mother awoke the
olher night and remembered that
something had been left unlocked in
the lower part of the house. So she
quietly stole down the stairs and at
tended to the errand. She was on her
way upstairs again when a hoarse lit
tle whisper assailed her ears:
■Who's that?”
She looked up quickly, and there on
the top step, outlined against tho
gloom, stood the tiny white figure. And
the figure's arm was oulstretrhed. and
in the small hand was a gleaming toy
pistol. Of course he knew her as soon
as she spoke, and was presently back
111 bed again, with his precious shoot
ing Iron beneath his head. At the ta
ble next morning he gravely remark
ed: “It was a mighty lucky thing fur
you, mamma, that you spoke when you
did.”
Strength of ■ More*.
A horse will travel 400 yards In four
and one-half minutes at a walk. 400
yards lu two minutes at a trot, 400
^ yards In one minute at a aallop. The
usual work of on* hors* I* taken at
' 12,&on pounds raised on* foot per
mluute fur eight hour* per day. A
hur*« will carry IW pound# twenty
five mile* per day of eight hours. An
average draught hors* will draw I.WHt
pounds twenty -I hree miles per day on
a level r«*a*t weight uf wagon Includ
ed The nvseage weight of a hears*
I* l otto pounds and htn slrsng h I*
equivalent to that of n-» men - At
lanta Constitution
Watt. Nst I imII)>
llruwu I hear you married a »«ry
-'harming young widow sine* I iaat
aaw you. Ur**n That's what I thought
the day we w*ra to*cried (troan
Well, didn't you? l|r«aw No, ahw
married me
t'antsrhury tathedral Is 114 f**t
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