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A UNION OF BEGGARS AN ASSOCIATION IS FORMED BY FRENCH CRIPPLES. Not Affiliated With Other Labor Or ganizations—"Northern Hobbler” Originator of thV Movement— Rulee Adopted. Paris—The latest development in unions hails from Marseilles, where the crippled beggars have met to form an association to protect their in terests. The originator of the movement Is Francois Rosin, better known as _the Northern Hobbler. who is a globe t7ot ter. celebrated for racing matches, to which he challenges any one who, like Organizer of Beggars’ Trade Union in France. himself, Is condemned to wood in the matter of legs. M. Rosin summoned • meeting of his fellow cripples, 26 of i whom answered the call. Some came on crutches, some had woodfeh legs, some with no legs at all came sitting on little wheeled car riages, and some had no arms. All listened attentively while the con voker of the meeting explained his (MirpoBe. “We must first of all struggle against false beggars who exploit chil dren -borrowed from anywhere by making them dance aronnd their -mis erable barrel organs, poor little kids for whom they pay seven francs a month to parents. That at least Is the present rate. “We must wage war against the contractors of mendacity who pat beg gars out on the sidewalks, covered with long blouses, which often conceal a perfectly sound body. These con tractors take most of the money given to the beggars. “We must finally put the public on its guard against all those beggars who, coming from goodness knows whore, from foreign parts, shamming horrible infirmities, live on French public charity and so rob us.” M. Rosin was elected president of the new union without a dissenting murmur, and then the following code was drawn up and adopted: Article 1.—Every member of the union must be French. Article 2.—Members must refrain from singing or reciting songs or mon ologues against the Republican gov ernment, its c file la's, the police and clergy of any religion. Article 3.—The duty of a member of the union who finds himself in a town exploited by sham mendicants or by beggars working under a contractor is to give Information to the authori ties. '' Article 4.—Tt !a clearly understood I that to belong to the union a member nnfst be crippled or suffering from sent4* infirmity, visible or apparent. Article 5.—Crippled or infirm wo men can become members. Article 6.—No officar cf the union snail receive any pay or indemnity. After a short discussion it was de cided that the union, in order to ac quire the good gracj of ihe government shquld not affiliate with the Course du Travail or wild the General Labor Confederation. Hut as it wa3 thought \ well that the union should seek official recognition, a deputation, consisting of the president, secretary, treasurer and dean of the cripples, Celestin Marius, waited on the prefect. Unfortunately the prefect was away on business, but if the reception given by the prefect<u*i staff may be taken as a token the union is not likely to get any status from that officer. DANIEL DEFOE’S HOME TO GO. ' *DweVing Where "Robinson Crusce” Was Written Will Be Demolished. London.—One of the most interest ing “literary shrines” in England, the house in which Daniel Defoe penned the greater part of "Robinson Cru aoe," is about to be torn down to make way for modern dwellings. This little old-fashioned house, set back from the Finborough road. Tooting, and in striking contrast with the modern shops which flank it on either side, is now practically just as it was 219 years ago when Defoe came to it with hie family to begin a strange life of isolation. He lived at Tooting for 18 months and during this time and for 20 years thereafter is said rarely —by some, never—to have spokep to his .wife or. children. » The sole change that has been made In the house since Defoe’s time v.as the substitution of a new front in the year 1785. Over the scullery on the second floor is the little room where Defoe worked over the literary mas terpiece which has secured his reputa tion for all time. This, the smallest room of the 12 which comprise the house, was his sanctuary, and only he passed its portals. Here for whole days he would shut himself from his family, receiving his meals, the meag er repasts of an impecunious genius. During the time Defoe lived in this house he was hard beset by creditors. Where Author of “Robinson Crusoe” Lived. Indeed, four years later, he was de clared a bankrupt and was compelled to secrete * himself to eejape a term In a debtor's prison. The old house is at present occupied hy an aged woman and her equally aged husband. For a small fee they show visitors the room where Defoe wrote “Robinson Crusoe.” In recent years the American pilgrims to this literary shrine have far outnumbered English callers. KING OSCAR RESUMES REIGN. Celebration of Marriage Anniversary Marks Abolition of Regency. Stockholm. -- The fiftieth wedding anniversary o£ K.ng Oscar II. and Queen Sophia was celebrated the other day with extensive ceremonies. Messages of congratulation weTe re ceived from all the crowned heads KING OSCAR II. (Monarch of Sweden Who Has Re amed Reins of Government.) of Europe u well as from most of the foreign ministers and prominent persons over the entire world. Members of the diplomatic corps assigned to the Swedish court called in a body to pay their respects and wish the aged king and his consort many more years of happy domestic life. For the people of Sweden there was a double significance in the ceiebra-' tion, as it marked the return to the throne of King Oscar after his tem porary abdication in favor of Crown Prince Gustave as regent. When King Oscar laid down the reins of government December 14, 1906, it was feared he would never be able to assume the duties of gov erning the country again, but his health has improved to such an ex tent that the regency waS abolished. It was as active sovereign that Oscar received the homage of his subjects at the wedding anniversary celebra tion. Rattler Came Into Kitchen. Mrs. Theilyard, who resides near the railroad station, was startled the other morning to see a large rattle snake glide into the kitchen, and throwing its head high in the air take a casual survey around. With the aid of a stick of wood Mrs. Theil yard drove the reotile from the house. —Dutch Flat Cor. Sacramento Bee. A Bedouin Encampment Algeria. NEEDED WHOLE BOOKCASE. Why On* Man Is Dissatisfied with His Encyclopedia. Just &3 the train was pulling oat of the station a breathless commuter swung himself upon the platform of the last car at a station some 30 min utes from New' York. He^carried a green cloth bag, such a* are affected by young lawyers, and one large vol ume of an encyclopedia waa tinder his arm. He sank into a seat and, with a deep sigh, opened the book. He lost no time in finding his place, but he seem ed far from satisfied. Soon he turned in great exasperation to his neighbor and remarked: “Now, wouldn’t that jar you? I’ve been paying for this encyclopedia for the last two years, and never- had oc casion to Use it before. A new client, a big tanner, is going to call on me this morning, and I wanted to read up on the subject of tanning before I reached the city. So I snatched; the volume with the letter T while eating breakfast, and incidentally ran five blocks to catch my train. Look for the word ‘Tanning’—there it is. But that is all that is there. Just take a look at that!” he exclaimed, pointing to this simple legend: “Tanning—see leather.” — Judge’s Library. Copper Mining Gcod Trade. Contrary to general belief, copper mining is healthy work, and the aver age of life here reaches 80 years, for the composition of the ore has an ex tremely strengthening effect on the WHEN A QUEEN BATHES. Cpanish Royalty In Seclusion 8ports with tho Sea Waves. The fashionable bathing resort of Spain is in San Sebastian. But do women in that well-nigh tropical clime wear startling costumes? By no means. Their garb is as staid as that worn on ■ the English Goasts; • very charming,and becoming, but Withal re served and dignified. The material is apt to be dark blue serge trimmed with white braid or crimson serge. At Trouvilie, in France, the bathers are not rarely annoyed—or not an noyed?—by the leveling of opera glasses, which practice is rigorously forbidden in the Spanish resort. This prohibition is partly explained by the frequent presence of the queen moth er, and also the young queen, who, of course, are left perfectly unmolested. Their bathing box is very picturesque. It is built in the Moorish style, with minarets on either side, and the dome in the middle surmounted by the roy al crown in gold. When in use, it is slowly rolled down to sea, and roy alty can bathe in perfect privacy,, though the “box” is not inclosed. Roses in Legend and History. When the captive Jews in Babylon hung their harps upon the willows, the air was sweet with the fragrance of growing roses; and upon returning to their own land the exiles are said to have carried with them seeds of the flowers which had brightened their captivity. Thus Syria became the home of roses. Even the name of this HEAD OF KNIGHTS TEMPLAR OF AMERICA Col. Goorge M. Moulton. The triennial conclave of the Knights Templar is to be held at Saratoga, N. Y., July 8 to 12. Col. George M. Moulton of Chicago, Grand Master of the Knights Templar of America, will preside at the meetings. blood and nerves. Few capper miners die before they reach the age of S3 or 84. But on the other hand the copper 6melter is lucky if he sees 50. Whiskey is bad to drink, but its distilling is health giving, and a fatal foe to diyease germs of nearly every kind. Distillery workers show the ex cellent average of 81 years of life and seldom suffer from illness unless given to intemperance. Oddly enough, barring accidents, there would be no trade to beat the steeplejacks for keeping life going. The task of working at great heights from the ground keeps the nervous system in perfect order, and that is trro-thirds of the battle. Steeple jacks who are not Ailled by accident show the magnificSt average of 89 years. Metals and Metaphors. “It is most amdzing,” said a metal lurgist, “how the world relies on metals for its metaphors and similes. Thus an orator is silver-tongued or golden-mouthed. An explorer is bronzed by African suns. A resolute chap has an iron will. A sluggard moves with leaden feet. An ostrich has a copper-lined stomach. A million aire has tin. A swindler is as slippery as quicksilver. A borrower has brass.” country is derived, according to some philologists, from ‘ Seri,” moaning “a wild rose.” In the Sanskrit, the oldest of Tindu myths declares that Vishnu found his wife in the heart of a rose Since the day of Vishnu, many another has found his wife, if not in the heart of a rose, by means of a rose. “My love I speak in flowers,” and the rose bud has been especially intrusted with the lover's message.—From ‘ Legends of the Roses,"■ by Mrs. A. S. Hardy, in the Circle. Pennsylvania’s Disappearing Timber. An idea of the rapidity with which the timber is disappearing from some sections of Pennsylvania can be ob tained from the following figures, which refer to the timber cutting on the Hicks Run tract, in Clearfield county: Original size of tract, 9,000 acres; timber cut the first two years, 3,000 acres; still standing, 6,000 acres; amount of timber cut, 50,000,000 feet; amount standing, 200,000,000 feet; daily capacity of sawmill, 200,000 feet; daily shipments, 15 carloads; amount of timber in Hicks Run yard, 6,000,000 feet; time of operation, two years; es timated time to cut standing timber, four years; number of men employed, 800 to 1,000. ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL AT ST. PAUL Tire corner stone or this magnificent structure, which, when completed, will have cost over $3,000,000, was laid recently. Archbishop Ireland made the addres s. President Roosevelt ‘sent his congratulations. Woman's Place In the World. The “half angel, half idiot" period is over in the woman’s world. She is fighting her way into every sphere of human activity. Her labor is com ing into competition with th^t of men in nearly every department of indus try. In the learned professions she is forcing herself to the front by sheer determination and force of intellect in a way that will not be denied- Sioon er or later men will be compelled to tt-eat with her and recognise her as a eoworker, and they could not begin better than by admitting her right to be a covoter.—James Keir Hardie. . From the Odor. Gunner—How do you like that cigar, old man? You see, iny wife bought me a box the other day. I think it is called the “Samson.” Guyer—Whew! Gunner—What’s the trouble? I guess it is called the Samson because it is so strong. Guyer—Hm! I thought pavb&ps it bad Samson’s hair in It ... . y . • ' y • -..S ; • . . AROUND THE HOUSE BEAUTY AND COMFORT IN AP POINTMENTS. Plants for the Window Garden— Chintz and Light Washable Ma terial Make Effective Hangings —Burlap to Be Popular. If one can get plants for the window garden from a florist, it is desirable to do so, as they will be well established in pots and may be transferred with little checking of their growth. For attaching boxes to the house, many sizes and varieties of metal brackets can be purchased at the hardware stores. These should be held in place by long screws that run directly into the upright joists of the house, and it is desirable to paint them the same color as the building. This is the season when chintz, linen taffeta and cretonne seem the mo3t beautiful fabrics in the shops. The various designs in flowers look almost real, and each year are pret tier. Nearly every summer home, as well as many of the winter ones, are nor/ hung with washable materials. They may be had in subdued or gay colorings. A room in which nothing clashes, though done in cretonne and wicker, is often more effective than one with massive furniture and heavy hangings. One,can now buy almost everything made in cretonne, from bed covers, window hangings, hat and shirt-waist bo:jes, to desk sets and bureau acces sories. If you cannot afford to have wicker furniture, and the old must be cov ered, have the slips made of flowered cretonne or linen taffeta. They are much newer and brighter than the old fashioned ecru ones. The flowered ef fects will give a cool appearance to the room If a good quality is pur chased, it: will launder well. Do not have several kinds of figured material in one room, or it will have an inhar monious appearance. Burlap is surely having its day this season, and bids fair to become mor# popular as the summer advances. Not only are the curtains, table covers and, sofa pillows made from this material, but bureau covers and dressing table covers, many elaborately embroidered, are shown. However, burlap does sound a trifle heavy for one's dressing table in the summer, but the cushions for the window seats are certainly ar tistic and satisfying if chosen in the quiet tones of brown or green. Nat ural colored burlap is the most dur able for the covering of window cush ions, as the sun is often very bright in that spot. Some of these cushions lace at the edge with cord or can be coarsely buttonholed with a heavy rope silk of the same color. HOUSEHOLD SUGGESTIONS. Brown sugar is an antidote to salt; if soup or gravy becomes too salt, stir in a little brown sugar and it will become palatable again. A new cltfthesline should be well boiled, then hung up to dry before it is used for hanging clothes on; it will last longer and be easier to manipu late when thus treated. Kee-p parsley wrapped in a piece of rug wrung out in cold water, remove the cloth every day, shake it and wring out fresh and green many days if thus treated. To remove cake from a tin after baking fold a clean tpacloth, put it on the table, turn the cake upside down on it, wring a cloth out in cold water and lay it in several thicknesses on the bottom and sides of the tin, which soon may be gently drawn off the cake. Take hold of the corner of the towel and gently set the cake right side up to cool. Mustard, if quite fresh made, taken with meat helps to digest it. Do not use salt in mixing it, but first rub quite smooth with a little cold water and the back 'of a silver or bone spoon, then add just a little more water, a few spoonfuls gradually till it is of the right consistency. Thin mustard is generally disliked. Little should be made at a time to prevent , waste, and it should be fresh at least each alternate day. To Clean Grained Wood. Grained and varnished imitations of hard wood are be$t cleaned by rub- 1 bing well with cloths wrung out in borax soapsuds, never letting the wa ter touch them. Afterward they should be rubbed with flannel barely moistened with kerosene. If there is too much kerosene it will dissolve ana blur the colors. Clean hardwood with a flannel wet in turpentine, and rub afterward lightly with boiled lin seed oil. Take off spots with fine sand mixed in oil. Apply it with a leather and rub with clean leather afterward to bring back the polish. Welsh Rarebit. While this is a favorite preparation for the chafing dish, it can be prepared just as well in ah ordinary saucepan or a double boiler. Melt one table spoonful of butter. Stir into it a tea spoonful of cornstarch, and when they arc- thoroughly blended stir in slowly one-half of a cupful of thin cream. Cook two minutes after the cream is all in, then add half a pound of mild cheese, which has been cut in small pieces. Season with salt, paprika and mustard. Serve as soon as the cheese is melted on rounds of toasted bread or crisp small crackers. Favors for Bride's Cakes. Where the cake is to be distributed among the bridal party only a fash ionable fad is to put in it not only the proverbial wedding ring, silver thimble and copper' cent, each wrapped in paraffin paper, but also tiny*silver skates, miniature motor cays, stick pins, etc., one for each member of the party. Of course, this is not feasi ble where the cake is distributed among the whole number of guests. Corn Oysters. To the contents of a can of corn add a cup of flour sifted with a teaspoonful of baking powder. Add a little salt and the beaten yolks of two eggs. Beat the whites still and add them to the mixture last.! Drop and cook on a ( griddle the same as griddle cakes, j Serve with melted butter or tartare ( sauce. RUNS OSTRICH RANCH MRS. PEARSON MAKES BUSINESS OF RAISING BIG BIRDS. Has Juat Started First Farm In Cuba —Feathered Animals Just Big, Healthy idiots, She Says, New York.—Mrs. Katherine Pear son of Phoenix Ariz., and Havana, Cuba,lsnot only the ostrich queen of the western hemisphere, but of the world at large. Her ostrich farm near Phoe nix is the largest breeding ranch in. America, and the farm near Havana on which she has just settled 45 birds is the first of its kind in Cuba. She owns more birds thau any other woman ostrich farmer on the face of the earth. “To begin at the beginning of my experience with ostriches I must tell you that my husbyad first bought a Young Chicks Just Hatched Out. farm and a few birds near Jackson ville, Fia.,” said Mrs. Pearson when talking to a reporter. “Mr. Pearson was the manager of the theater on Union square known as Keith’s. “Shortly after our marriage he de veloped consumption and we had to go south for his health. After a few years, the climate not having proved .beneficial, he decided to go to Phoe nix. We sold out in Florida and |Started breeding ostriches on the Phoe nix farm with 250 birds. /Mv husband was becoming more feeble every day. I tried to do my duty, and as a result I learned all the iiis and outs in breeding birds and selling feathers. “Since my husband's death I have increased the Phoenix flock to 980 •breeders and the acreage to 2,000, ^making it the largest breeding farm in America. On the Havana farm there are at present only 27 acres and 45 birds. It is only an experiment, [ and I do not think it wise to got more birds until after these have proved the healthfulness of the cli mate. “While in Arizona and Florida we never lest a grown bird except through accident, “Ostriches mate when they are about three and one-half years old, and, like pigeons, remain together, en tirely faithful, until they die. At least I have been told that they mate for life, and so far as I know it ia true, though, as I said before, I never knew one to die a natural death. In case of an accident I have known the widowed bird to accept a second mate, but not until after several, years. “They usually lay two nests of eggs of from 12 to 14 each, and you can count on getting an increase of from 10 to 25 chicks. I have often known a pair of good breeders in a good season to hatch every egg and raise every chick. The ostrich is as senseless an ani mal as exists. So far a3 I am able to judge they are absolutely and en tirely without brains. “You can teach them nothing, and it makes no difference how long you feed them or how kind you are, they never even get to recognize you. They know their mate, and that is, I believe, as far as their power of recog nition goes. “While I have heard the men on the farm say they didn’t have sense, •enough to follow a leader, I have no ticed that if a bird in one pen began to run, pretty soon every bird on the farm was running—for no apparent veason, just running. When they are in full feather they make a pretty sight in running, as they hold out their wings, and so show the beautiful plumes underneath. “They do take pride in their plum age. When they are first plucked they become very sulky and seem to wish to hide themselves. If a plucked bird is turned with the unplucked, they fall on him tooth and nail, and the poor fellow is made to suffer for his loss. “Ostriches are plucked every eight months. I use the work plucked, though the feathers are seldom pulled. When ripe they are cut, and later when the old quills have become per fectly dry they are drawn from the sockets by means of a pair of tweez ers. This is not the slightest bit pain ful to the birds, and there is no blood drawn. “A healthy ostrich, and I never saw a grown bird that was not healthy, will yield from $30 to $50 worth of feathers a year. As year old birds are now selling in Arizona for $100 apiece for the South African breed, and $50 more for Nubians, you can judge the yearly profits on a pair of good breeders." A FIND IN ANCIENT RHODES. Rock Carved in Relief of a Greek Ship Discovered by Danish Explorers. New York.—The Royal Academy of Sciences and Letters at Copenhagen is reaping a rich reward from the ex pedition it sent in 19#2 to Lindos, a small town on the south coast of Rhodes, once a great island home of Greek culture in the Aegan sea. Since tbe Danes began to dig deep into its Relief Carving of Ancient Greek Ship, j soil they have unearthed the larger | pa£t of its beautiful Acropolis, a fine temple and ancient stairway of re markable workmanship ar-d an enor mous amount of statuettes, vases and other antiquities. The Acropolis of Lindos was espe cially rich iu the signatures of artists who had beautified it. Before the Danes began their work only 12 of these signatures had been found, but the Danish explorers have added 74 names of men, several of whom made reputations that still survive. The most curious discovery of all is described and pictured in the last report of the society. Whil%the party were excavating along the face of an ancient wall built some 200 years be fore the Christian era, they came to the edge of a carving in the rock. They followed it eagerly for days before they knew certainly what it represented. Finally they brought the whole carving into view and it proved to be a representation in re lief of the stern of an ancient Gre cian vessel. A plaster cast made from it is now in fhe museum at Copenhagen and ex perts who have seen either the orig inal at Lindos or the cast at Copen hagen say that it is a faithful repre sentation of an ancient ship. The relief is in no respect embellished for decorative effect, but is a reproduc tion, perhaps on a slightly smaller scale, of the stern of a Greek vessel of the Hellenic epoch. s Some of the coins of that time show reliefs of vessels and a consid erable number of representations of ships have been discovered. The largest is now in the Palazzo Spada and the resemblance between it and the relief found at Lindos is very striking. The relief, however, has fa.r more detail, and it was a splendidly executed piece of work. On the side of the ship an inscrip tion was cut into, the stone showing that the relief was not meant merely as an ornamentt. It was hewn out of the rock to form the base of a statue in bronze in honor of Hagesanciros. The statue has not been found, but the remains of an iron fence erected in front of the relief were unearthed. Popularity of Poets. This may be a utilitarian age, but the poets still have the call on popu-» larity. Public school teachers see that abundantly demonstrated every time the birthday of a famous man in celebrated in the public schools. In case of a great naturalist, a scientist, an inventor, a patriot or a statesman the pupils take part in the exercises as requested, but they do it in a per functory manner which indicates that their hearts are not in the perform ance. But with the poets it is differ ent. No need for urging them. The tributes of praise and affection are voluntary. More pupils than are wanted rush to the front with yards of poetry that t?aey want to recite, and instead of wondering how on earlh they can ever sustain enough interest to carry out an interesting programme^ the teachers are driven to wondering how they can keep down the bubbling enthusiasm. Officers of the Western Federation of Miners charged with conspiracy to nurder Governor Steunenberg, of Idaho. The personsvin the picture, reading rom left to right, are:. Mrs. Pettibone, George A. Pettibone, W. I). Haywood. iow on trial; Mrs. Moyer and Charles A. Moyer.