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j Monument to a Robber.
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The Duchess of Beaufort performed
the other day the chief part in open
ing a bazaar for the restoration fund
of the parish church of Aventng, Eng
land.
The church contains some fairly well
preserved specimens of early British
architecture, but its chief claim to dis
tinction lies In the fact that it is prob
ably the only church where a high
wayman has been honored with a
monument.
Lord John Chandos gained his bar
ony and the grant of Sudley Castle by
his strenuous support of Queen Mary’s
claims to the throne. Afterwards, when
that ill-advised queen was hauling her
subjects to Jail and to death as here
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tics, Lord Chaudos, though opposed to
the executions, had to act as the
queen's instrument. His son, Henry
Brydges, connived at the escape of a
family marked for punishment, and be
ing recognized, he and his servants
were forced to lead the lives of out
laws.
At his death his admirers put up the
monument to him in Avening church.
Where Air Is Pure.
During the recent scientific expedi
tion to Bpltzbergen. under the direc
tion of Professor Nathorst, the bacteri
ologist of the expedition, made careful
examinations of the polar atmosphere
to determine the amount of impurities
it contained.
In more than ninety different places
on Bear Island, Spltzbergen. and King
Charles Land, air was filtered and not
a single germ was found In it, although
over 20,000 liters of air were subject to
the test.
Similar investigations were made in
regard to the purity of the water,
snow, and ice. Even salt water from
a depth of 8,000 feet was subjected to
the bacteriological test. A few bac
teria were found, but they were ex
tremely rare.
An examination of the Intestines of
different polar animals proved that the
animals are almost free from bacteria.
Only the polar gulls made an excep
tion. In the Intestines of polar bears
and seals some bacteria were discov
ered which resembled the bacteria usu
ally found in human intestines.
In an animal’s hospital in the East
End of I,ondon there are to be seen
many curious four-footed inmates who
are in different stages of convalescence
and our illustration is taken from a
photo of a valuable cow which recently
had one of its four legs amputated.
The quadruped is shown with an in
r-:-- 1
geniously made leg of wood, which has
been affixed in place of the missing
member. It was thought at first that
the cow would have to be killed, as
the injury to its leg was a serious one,
but the owner begged that every effort
might be made to save its life.
Johnny on the Heaver*
The beaver is an animal wuu sharf
teeth and a tail like a large omelet
It inhabits watery plates, and is very
fond of its young, of which it usually
has several. The beaver is very Indus
trious, and acquires great skill in th<
use of its tail, with which it plaster;
its dwellings. The way a beaver op
crates is as follows: It selects a largi
tree growing on the banks of a brool
or some similar stream, and then i
gnaws the tree till It falls across th<
stream, thus forming a dam It Is no
wrong to say dam when you art? speak
FEEDING THE FIGHTERS.
How Brltlxh Tar* Are Nu|>|>llt«l will
Their Food.
Certain foods are issued to men o
the fleet daily, says a London news
paper. But these, apart from being Ir
many cases of Insufficient quantity
are also not varied enough to keep tin
men in good health. Butter, cheese
milk, Jam and fresh vegetables art
often conspicuous by their absence
So to make good these very necessary
articles the men buy them from tht
: ing of beavers. We should never in- j
dtilge in profane swearing if we can
avoid it. We should ever remember
the lessons we learned at the knee of
our clear parents when we were little,
but a beaver dam is far different.
When my grandfather was a boy he
went to school where there was noth
ing blit prairie, and the hoys whis
pered because the teacher could not
find any switches and had a boil on his
hand. One day the teacher took a dried
beaver’s tail out of his desk and spank
ed the whole school with it, and it
didn’t leave a mark on the beaver's
tail, but there never was any more
whispering. My grandfather is blind
in one eye, but his memory is good.
The beaver is becoming very scarce,
and you have to go to the Field Mu
seum to see oue now.—Johnny.
I Guild Captain In the flrmu- J!
The Kentucky stutc guard numbers
among its members the youngest in
dividual that ever donned shoulder
straps in the United States army or
who has been under fire in battle. Tills j
person is Capt. Manley l^awton, son of
the late Gen. H. W. laiwton. who, al
though only 13 years old, is the bugler
for the first battalion artillery, Ken
tucky state guard.
At the age of 11 years this boy was
on the firing line and under fire. He
went to the Philippines with his father
and served in various commands until
his father’s death in December, 1899.
Soon after arriving he was assigned to j
the position of volunteer aide on his i
father’s staff with the rank of captain, j
He served faithfully and well, going
through the entire campaign, taking \
part in all the expeditions, and endur
ing the same hardships as the others of
the command.
Before starting on that long north
ern expedition with his father to Lu
zon, the result of which meant so
much, he served for some time as an
aide to Gen. Fred Grant while the lat
ter was stationed at Bacor. Of all the
relics brought back from the Philip
pines, says the Philadelphia Inquirer,
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CAPT. MANLEY LAWTON.
the most treasured by him are the of
ficial papers showing his assignment
and promotions while serving in the
volunteer army of the United States.
Prophery of Automobile.
Nahum, the Elkoshite. one of the
tersest and most compact of the Old
Testament prophets, may have fore
seen the era of the automobile. In his
memorable utterance, entitled ‘The
Burden of Niuevah,” he uses these
words: “The chariots rage In the
streets; they jostle one against another
in the broad ways; the appearance of
them is like* torches; they run like the
lightnings.” Self-motors in New York’s
chief thoroughfare meet that descrip
tion exactly.
Od<l Fart* Affecting; Calendar*.
Those persons who have the double
advantage of ancient family and care
ful forefathers, by turning up the cal
endars—unfortunately, they are not
printed ones—for the twelfth century,
by Solomon Jarchus, will find the days
and dates coincident with the present
j century. Such persons ran save the
; expense of buying for 100 years. Again
I those with a frugal mind who have
! preserved the almanacs of the nine
i teenth century will avoid an outlay for
! calendars of the century commencing
j January 1, 2201, as tne dates for the
hundred years following will be coinci
! dent with those of the last century.
; But life is scarcely long enough for
| such economies.
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! Pistol Used by Booth |
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The assassination of President Me
Klnley recalled to George Plowman, r
theatrical architect of Philadelphia, thi
murder of President Lincoln by Join
Wilkes Booth at Ford’s theater. Wash
ington, D. on April 14, 1865. Mr
■ i Plowman is the possessor of the der
canteens, partly out of their owr
pockets and partly with money oh
1 (alned from selling portions of theii
i rations bach to the government.
This letter transaction on the par
! of the Admiralty is called “savings.’
j In ships in the channel squadron am
, | on foreign stations a restriction ii
' J placed upon the quantity of fresh mea
which may be saved. This, however
Is only that the local purveyors ma;
not have to deal with too great a flue
; tuation in the quantities which the;
' i may have to order.
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ringer, n small vest-pocket revolver,
from which Booth fired the fatal shot.
“Several times It has been doubted
that the derringer which I have is the
one with which Lincoln was mur
dered,” said Mr. Plowman, "but there
is absolutely no doubt that it is the
same weapon. Three or four years
after the shooting, while George K.
Goodwin and myself were running the
Walnut street theater in Philadelphia,
the stage carpenter, who was work
ing at Ford’s theater the night of the
assassination, put in an appearance at
the Walnut Street theater. He in
formed Mr. Goodwin (they had been
friends for many jears) in a confiden
tial manner that he had In his posses
sion something that had caused him
great anxiety. The carpenter, whose
name 1 do not recall, toid Mr. Good
win in my presence that he had the
derringer that Booth had used to mur
der Lincoln.
“The reason he had not said any
thing about it prior to that time, he
said, was because be was afraid of be
ing arrested. The carpenter said he
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DERRINGER WITH WHICH LIN
COLN WAS SHOT.
picked it up on the stage of Ford’s
theater after Booth had tied to Vir
ginia. He pocketed the weapon and
kept it a secret. He drew up a state
ment of the occurrence and signed it
in our presence. Then he gave the
derringer to Mr. Goodwin. When Mr.
Goodwin died his widow made me a
present of the weapon, together with
the stage carpenter’s signed state
ment."
Mr. Plowman prizes the weapon very
highly, says the Philadelphia Inquirer,
and no amount of money could pur
chase it.
Device for Truing Up Railway Wheel*.
A simple device, it is reported, has
been put in operation on som# of the
railroads by which the wheels can be
trued up without interfering with their
use. It consists of a brake-shoe that
contains pockets, filled with grinding
material, so that when a wheel be
comes flattened, it is only necessary
to remove the old shoe and put it in
its place, doing the braking as usual,
the wheel becoming turned down in
the course of a little while.
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Aid* in Carrying Lantern.
While the invention shown in the
cut has been designed principally for
the use of railway conductors in ex
amining tickets at night, yet it may
be utilized to advantage by persons
who must have, their hands free for
carrying packages or for doing other
work.
The arrangement consists of a frame
of metal rods, which are hinged to
gether to allow the lantern to be tilted
in any desired direction so as to im
pede the work to the smallest degree.
This flame is attached to the arm by
two straps, which pass around a curved
plate at the rear of the frame.
The straps are of spring metal, hav
ing several eyelets for varying the ad
justment. With this arrangement in
use by the brakeman he will have both
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hands free to assist passengers in get
ting on and ofT the trains and yet the
spring clamps allow the light to be
instantly detached for waging a signal.
Versatile Dr. CiittlngH.
In addition to inventing a new proc
ess for manufacturing iron. Dr. Enoch
(Sittings proposes to displace steam as
a motive force, abolish coal and har
ness the tides. He has also discov
ered a cure for cancer, and is writing
a book on psychic phenomena. It
will not be Dr. Gittings' fault if there
is nothing doing for the next few
| years.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The King’* ICnglDh.
“They say that King Edward VII.
Is careful of his speech and often cor
rects an error in language made by
others.”
"Well, he is the natural guardian of
the King's English, you know." De
• troit Free Press.
As a rule, the saving price is fixed
at about two-thirds of an article’s
value. Salt pork, for example, costs
the government 6d a pound, but if they
buy It back from the men they give
only 4d for it. As showing to wlial
I extent food is bought by the men. the
; i report states that the annual turn
; over of an averag * battleship's ran
: teen often exceeds £6,000. If gallon
■ ^ had enough and sufficiently varied
j food allotted them, the “savings'' sys
I tern would soon die out of its own at:
cord.
R.an for : p*rty °* Put!ieTS
i heir Lives • quitoes. ^
Two hunters, Thomas Cowles and
Jerry Flfcher, nearly fell victims to an
attack of mosquitoes near Nag's Head,
N. C., during the July hot spell. They
were in the Sound side hunting jack
snipe. Nearby was a herd of wild pon
ies and half-wild cattle feeding in the
marshes. Cow.es noticed that the
brutes were getting uneasy and com
mented upon the fact to his compan
ion, who replied laughingly. Cowles
kept on watching the animals and
suddenly cried out:
"I have it. The wind has changed
to the west and we've got. to leg it to
the ocean!”
('attle (attve the Alarm.
Cowles had been at Nag's Head be
fore and knew that the west wind
would rouse the hordes of mosquitoes
which lay in the marshes. The two had
hardly started for the water, which
was a mile away, when the air was
seen to get filled all at once with mos
quitoes. Now was presented a scene
which beggars description. The cattle
and the horses, moved by former expe
riences, turned their faces eastward
and neighing and bellowing scurried
across the yellow sands. The two men
lost no time in following their ex
ample. The dog imitated his masters
and was close at their heels.
The sands were loose and the feet of
men and brutes sank deep with every
stop. And as they pressed forward the
swarms of mosquitoes thickened. The
men could scarcely see their way
across the beach. They zig-zagged in
their course and for a time beat their
faces and hands and bodies to drive off
the pests, which pierced them pain
fully. Where one mosquito was driven
away half satisfied another took its
place, hungry and bloodthirsty.
Then it occurred to both that it was
futile to attempt to drive the mos
quitoes off. In the ocean alone was
safety. Every energy must be bent to
this object. Their hands, their faces,
their bodies were black with the mos
quitoes, which were piled 5, 10, 50 deep
upon them. Then guns were cast
aside, their cartridge belts were loos
ened and dropped and their game bags
were thrown upon the sands. The heat
and the exertion of rushing through
the sinking sand covered them with
perspiration. They panted as they ran.
The dog was mad with pain. He
yelped and howled unceasingly. Ever
and anon be would stop in his mad
rush and roll over and over. He bit his
sides and his bushy tail sank deeper
and deeper between his legs. The cre
ature was frightened beyond power of
control.
To Ocean for Safety.
The other beasts pressed forward as
best they might; but they, too. were
overcome by the suddenness and con
tinuousnees of the attack. Some ran to
and fro, against others or across or be
tween the lines of fugitives. Others
would fall upon their knees for a mo
ment, moaning with pain.
On and on. no,r in the very midst ol
the frightened beasts the men went
The distance seemed interminable
Their strength began to fail them. Th6
common danger had made men and
beasts indifferent to everything else
The latter had forgotten their dread of
men; the former gave no heed to the
danger of being trampled to death.
The strength of the men was almost
exhausted when they reached the ocean
and plunged in. Here they remained
until the cloud of mosquitoes passed
by, and the mosquitoes were fully a
half hour in going over. Then the
men returned the way of their flight
to gather up what had been thrown
away and the dumb beasts left the
saving waters to go back to their
feeding place in the marshes.
To Meet IJcpertment I»*ne.
Unable to compete further with big
department stores, thirty of the small
er shopkeepers of Chicago will open
an immense establishment, to be con
ducted on the co-operative plan, with
a capital stock of $1,000,000. The pro
moter of the scheme is C. P. Gillman.
president of the North Side Business
Men's association, who fought depart
ment stores in the legislature during
1897. He says he has found, as have
other retail merchants, that it is of
no use to oppose the department
stores. The people seem to want them
and will trade at them to the exclu
sion of the smaller merchants. So it
has been decided to get into the swim,
to light the others on their own
ground, and get a share of trade that
way.
An |Indlstorb«4 Paine®.
The palace of Emperor William I In
Berlin has been kept in the condition
in which he left it. In the bedroom
there is still the simple iron bedstead
on which he always slept and on which
he died. It is suggestive of his simple
tastes in all respects. His economical
habits are illustrated by the fact that
when, in his old age, the physicians
advised him to drink a glass of cham
pagne at ltinch, the emperor always
had the bottle corked again and the
remainder saved for his dinner.
Restore the Death renm'ty.
The death penalty for murder has
been restored in Colorado and Iowa.
In beth States the imprisonment-for
life experiment resulted in a largely
increased list of homicides. There are
now' only four States in which the
i death penalty is not inflicted.—Chicago
Post.
The largest salary paid to a woman
is draw'n by a clever daughter of Cali
fornia, who receives $10,000 per year
as manager of an insurance company.
| How Monkeys Hunt, "j
“Most monkeys have a liking for
land crabs, and the beasts when in
their natural element in the jungle
will often travel for miles to some
marshy region in search of a crusta
cean meal,” said a dealer in all sorts
of wild animals to a Washington Star
writer. “Some years ago. when l was
in Singapore trading with the natives
for monkeys, I was one day greatly
amused to see the artful methods
practiced by jocko to trap crabs. The
monkey, having located the where
abouts of the crabs, lies flat down on
his stomach, feigning death. Present
ly from the countless passages pierc
ing the mud in every direction thou
sands of little red and yellow crabs
make their appearance, and after sus
piciously eyeing for a few minutes the
brown fur of the monkey, they slowly
and cautiously slide up to him in great
glee at the prospect of a big feed off
the bones of Master Jocko.
"The. latter now peeps through his
half-closed eyelids and fixes upon the
biggest of the assembled multitude.
When the crab comes within reach,
out dashes the monkey’s arms, and off
he scampers into the jungle with a
cry of delight, to discuss at leisure his
cleverly earned dinner.
"Rarely did the monkeys seem to !
miss their prey. I saw, however, an
old fellow do so, and it was ludicrous
in the extreme to see the rage it put
him in. Jumping for fully a minute
up and down on all fours at the mouth
of the hole into which the crab had
escaped, he positively howled with
vexation. Then he set to work poking
the mud about with his fingers at the
entrance to the passage, fruitlessly
trying now and again to peep into it.’’
Encouraging a Smile.
Mis. Cheeseman, arrayed in her best
sown, was sitting for her photograph.
‘Your expression—pardon me—is a
trifle too severe.” said the photogra
pher, looking at her over his camera
Relax the features a trifle. A little
more, please. Wait a moment.” He
came back, made a slight change in the
adjustment of the headrest, then stood
off and inspected the result. “Now,
then, ready. Beg pardon, the expres
sion is still a little too stern. Relax
the features a trifle. A little more,
please. Direct your gaze at the card
on this upright post. All ready. One
moment again—pardon me, the expres
sion is still too severe. Relax the-”
"Jemima!” roared Mr. Cheeseman,
coming out from behind the screen and
glaring at her savagely, “smile, con
found you! Smile!”—London Tit-Bits.
King <»«»•«> Sun a “Hike.”
To celebrate the seventh anniversary
of the birthday of Prince Edward of
York the king gave his son a bicycle.
The machine is. of course, very small.
The frame has been made of the light
est tubing. The gear is thirty-seven,
and it Is interesting to note that by
the king’s express desire the frame hag
been enameled in plain black, there be
ing no elaborate decoration in the way
of gold lining.
Now doth the aristocratic potato
make googoo eyes at the millionaire.
Vrcf. Huxley'* Experience.
It was once remarked by Professor
Huxley, after falling into an indiscre
tion which annoyed him, that when a
man says what he has no need to say
he is sure to blunder. The truth of
the observation will hardly be ques
tioned unless by the very few. if there
are any such, who never say more than
there is necessity for saying. Most of
„s acknowledge, if we review our own
experience in the matter, that we have
frequently erred by saying what need
ed not to he f,»id. BuL why is 11 that
people so persistently commit this mis
take? In the ordinary small talk of
the household, or of society, it matteis
little whether it is committed or not.
But when serious matters are in ques
tion whether in conversation, in set
speech, or in correspondence, a case
is frequently spoiled by irrelevance 01
redundance. To say what you ineaD
to say is comparatively easy; to leave
off when you have said it is difficult
and for many people impossible. Ir
Huxley’s case the fault, which he prob
ably did not often commit, was du*
neither to want of clear thinking, noi
to want of facility in the use of words
One or the other or both of these
causes will explain the inability tc
“keep to the point" which is usuallj
apparent in the speech and writing 01
uneducated persons. But often, also
the speaker or writer forgets that ex
trar-eous considerations, interesting
enough to himself, are of no interes
to those whom he wishes to convince
If seeing is believing the blind mat
must be a skeptic.
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Tho Smallest Piece of Rool IH»U. -r
Tho smallest parcel of real estat# in
New York city is for sale. It is lo
cated at the corner of Third avenue
and East One Hundred and Forty
ninth street, and the lot is 6x14 inches.
A new building is going up on the
corner and the people who are erecting
it wanted the small lot. They offered
$200 for the sit. Frederick Uhl, tho
owner, demands $1,000, and will very
likely receive It.
Webiter’a Slav*.
Among the interesting things on
view with the collection of books by
negro authors at Buffalo is an auto
graph of Webster, dated March 19.
1847: "I have paid $120 for the free
dom of Paul Jennings. He agrees to
work out the same at $8 a month, to
be found with board, clothes and
washing, to begin when we return
south. His freedom papers I give him.
They are recorded In this district."
This Jennings was the son of one of
President Madlson’3 slaves, his father
being an Englishman of family. He
became a body servant of Madison, and
afterward wrote “A Colored Man’s
Reminiscences of President Madison.”
Cripple’s Good Fortune.
The London school board has opened
the first of a series of schools for
cripples. The children are taken from
their homes to school in an ambu
lance and afterward taken home by
ambulance. The school curriculum in
cludes a substantial midday meal.
Th* T»»cher'» Wlf*.
Clarissa, Minn., Oct. 28th.—Mrs.
Clara Keys wife of Charles Keys,
school teacher of this place, tells a
wonderful story.
Por years her life was one of mis
ery. Her back ached all the time; her
head ached all the time; neuralgia
pains drove her to desperation. She
used much medicine, but failed to get
any relief till she tried Dodd’s Kidney
Pills. She says:
“Very soon after I began using
Dodd’s Kidney Pills all my aches and
pains vanished like the morning dew.
1 consider this remedy a God-send to
suffering womanhood."
Encouraged by their success in her
own case, Mrs. Keys induced her
mother, an old lady of 74 years, to ubb
Dodd’s Kidney Pills for her many
aches and pains. Now both mother
and daughter rejoice in perfect free
dom from illness or suffering which
is something neither bad enjoyed for
years before.
Began In Journalism.
Through the door of Journalism,
Marion Crawford has attained the fine
position he holds as a novelist. His
first novel, “Mr. Isaacs,” was pub
lished twenty years ago. He now lives
a great deal of his time in the United
States. He was 47 years old on Aug
ust 2.
Never Should Have Been Started.
The movement to raise funds to buy
Admiral Cervera a loving cup has
come to grief. His remarks about
America in connection with Mr. Mc
Kinley’s death did not please the '‘Cer
vera Memorial Association," of Sid
ney. N. Y„ and that body has now de
cided that Cervera is undeserving of
a testimonial.
The Dietetic and Hygienic Gazette
says: “Walter Baker & Co., of Dor
chester, Mass., U. S. A., have given
years of study to the skilful prepara
tion of cocoa and chocolate, and have
devised machinery and systems pe
culiar to their methods of treatment,
whereby the purity, palatabllity, and
highest nutrient characteristics are re
tained. Their preparations are known
the world over and have received the
highest Indorsements from the medical
practitioner, the nurse, and the Intel
ligent housekeeper and caterer.’'
Edward's Cham.
One of the greatest of King Ed
ward’s favorites among the foreign
ambassadors to England is M. de
Soveral, tho Portuguese ambassador.
He is a fine looking man, with black
eyes, a huge mustache slightly touch
ed with gray, and is almost entirely
bald. His wit Is inexhaustible and his
knowledge of English perfect.
WHY IT IS THE BEST
Is because made by an entirely different
process. Defiance Starch is unlike any
other, better and one-third more for 10
cents.
Still Mr*. Blarkborn.
Mrs. Mary Blackburn, for many
years a clerk In the war department at
Washington, has resigned to become
the bride of Senator-elect Blackburn,
of Kentucky. Mrs. Blackburn is the
widow of the late Judge H. II. Black
burg of Martinsburg, \V. Va., a distant
relative of Senator Blackburn.
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