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PHYSICIAN FORBIDDEN TO LEAVE RICH PATIENT BY BROTHER OF LATTER. CHARGES BY HOUR FOR STAY Starts Suit for $6.9S0. Which Price He Claims Was Agreed Upon for “Un usual Detention”—Defendant Married Heiress. San Francisco.— Proui the lonely con , linen of the famous" Konoyah” estate in j Igrke county, where dwells wealthy , Milos Mitiov Gopcevie. the millionaire, j at one time a blue clad, hard-working , gripman on the Sacramento street ! cable iine. ones the story of a most 1 iiiiusual happening—an occurrence which may be aired soon in the courts : of San Francisco, with Dr. Walter H 1 Fearn, a well-known Lake county phy sician. and Gopcevie as the central \ figures. Gopsevic will be remem- ■ hered as the gripman who married j Miss Floyd, the heiress. For 69ft hours, or 29 days. Dr. ' Fearn alleges he was a prisoner in . the home of Gopcevie. where he had gone to treat the millionaire's brother, j For each of these hours the physician wants $10. which, he claims, is justly due him as a special tee covering, as he declares, “unusual detention” in the- famous "Konoyah" mansion. For ii9fi hours Dr. Fearn says he was kept away from his patients, who charged that he forsook them to become the private attendant of a rich man. All these things and minor allegations have iteen made in a sensational State ment. made by Dr. Fearne to a legal firm, in whose hands he has placed iiis case The firm will bring suit for $6.9(50 against one of (he most for tunate cable car gripmen who ever breasted the chilling fogs of the wes; ern addition. The splendor of Konoyah mansion held no prize fo’- Dr. Fearn. although He had servants at his beck and call, priceless paintings to be studied when his patient rested easily, and count less inodes of recreation. Hut ever present in the doctor's mind, he says, wore suffering patients whom he could not reach and he was stirred to “You Carnet Go—Yen Must Save the Life of My Brother.” indignation. When he attempted to jiersuadr tlopaevic to permit him to leave the place, he says, he was con fronted Ij' violent entreaties. "You cannot go. Yon must save the life oi my brother Peter." Foam says that his suggestion:- were met with emphatic promises "i will pay whatever price you say," said tlopcevic, according to the physi cian. and Fearn declares that when he agreed to remain for $10 an hour (iopcevie offered no objection. "You ilt) not. doubt that. I can pay your hill?" anxiously quizzed the mil lionaire. "I am a rich man, but to leave mv brother to a horrible death in these lonely parts would break my heart." And so Fearn remained. For a whole month Dr. Fearn treated Peter Gopcevic and al the expiration of that time the sick man arose from his tied and departed for the southern part of the state. The sad sequel, sad at least for Dr. Fearn. came when the physician pre sented his claim for his services. According to Dr. Fearn there never has been any reply to his statements other thau occasional small checks. Continued silence on the part of Gop cevlc led Fearn to place the matter in ihe hands of a legal firm, and now, it is stated, a lawsuit is to follow. It was while he was gripman at $:! a day on the old Sacramento street cable line. Gopcevic met Miss Harry Flo.vd. a brilliant, young heiress, living in Sacramento street. Front a casu al acquaintance there grew a loving friendship, and Gopcevic left his hum ble job to wed Miss Floyd A yea after marriage the heiress died, leav ing her entire estate valued at more than $900,000 with the exception of a few minor bequests, to her husband. A bitter contest for the beautiful Lake county property followed, but Gonce «ic was victorious. Alt that he says about the Dr. Fearn statement is: “1 die it for th» love of uu Brother." COOKED BY THE SUN. Rays of Old Sol Utilized by Clever Scientists. • Sun cooking—roasting and boiling . v sunlight instead of coal or gas— hL been going on for 300 years. There • ,e sun stoves that roast a sirloin or boil a soup to perfection. They arc linty used, however, by scientists. A un stove consists mainly of a mirror. ' spherical mirror on a joint There also a reflector. The place for pot or plate is so situated that the mir ror's rays can be focused on it ac curately. A German. Baron Tchernhausen, was the first sun cook. He began in 1687 to boil water, and in 16:>S he bad very good success at baking eggs. Sir John Herschel and Buffon are other famous names associated v/ith sun cooking. In California various sun cooks have boiled n gallon of water in 20 minutes, roasted meat in two hours and poached eggs in 15 minutes —Quite as good time as the ordinary Are makes. An odil thins about meat roasted by sun rays is that it has an | unpleasant taste. This is avoided by the insertion of a plate of yellow glass | between meat and mirror. In all solar stoves the sheet of yellow glass figures. Greeting. Now while tile surging, deep-toned bells lament The past year, e'er tickle, they shall change Their solemn burden for a round of Joy. Chiming Use praises of the year i.ew crov.ned. —Edith Thomas. PIS SENDS ELEPHANT ON A WILD RAMPAGE TINY PORKER CAUSES HUGE PACHYDERM TO RUN AMUCK IN GOTHAM STREETS. New York.—The antics of a tiny tame pig so frightened a four-ton ele phant the other day that the big beast broke away from its keepers at the Hippodrome, crashed through several stout doors which barred her progress, and started on a wild run toward the East river. Down Forty-third street to Fifth avenue and then through crowded Thirty-fourth street, the huge beast swung along at a speed that amazed the great crowd following and spread consternation ahead ot her. No hand was raised to stay her progress as she swept along, dodging street cars and automobiles. Men. women and children darted into doorways to give the animal free The Elephant Started on a Wild Run Toward the East River. way, and horses reared anil plunged and screamed in terror when they saw the lumbering pachyderm bearing down upon them. Madison. Park. Lex ington. Third and Second avenues were passed at top speed. Between Second and First avenues, however, the frightened beast stopped short and plunged into the entrance of a tenement house. The passageway was too narrow to admit the immense bulk, but the elephant threw her weight forward and the sides of the doorway crumbled. Trotting through the long hailway, she forced an exit in the same manner, and then started on a wild rampage through back-yard fences. By the time her keeper ar rived on the scene she had swept til rough half a dozen frail obstruc tions and the windows of every tene ment house in the block were tilled with spectator:; The keeper Anally succeeded in get ting a rope around one of the ele phant's legs, and by making the rope last to a clothes pole held her there until tite beast was securely tied. 1 hen came tiie problem of getting hep back to the playhouse. The beast ; refused to leave the yard, even after she had been calmed and ihe ropes re moved. and as a last resort the three other elephants were led to the scene. \ It was necessary to break down two j more fences before they could be got i <en to the runaway. When she had j been joined by her companions the ! big beast became as tractable as a | kitten. The four animals were driven back to the Hippodrome through ; streets lined with spectators. WOMAN BOUGHT HER HUSBAND. 3.irgain Not Satisfactory, the Purchas er Kills Herself. Si. Louis.—Realizing that her hus band, Peter Rossman, whom she pur 'chased from another woman Htr<a weeks ago for $:hiO. had not loved her 1 since he became aWare tiiat her boast j ed fortune consisted of a spurious $10. , 000 bill and a few hundred dollars in : money, Mrs. Katherine Rossman opened her psalm book and. after read ing her favorite passage over and over, j composed herself and fired a bullet | into her heart and died immediately. Mrs. Rossman was only ;!0 years old Her first husband died six months ago. ■ Before and after her marriage to Ross I man the young widow talked constant ! iy of some • great sin” hanging over her and she refused to be consoled. The shot was fired while her hus | baud waited at the trout door of their j residence for his wife to admit him. The body was found on the bed, ■ clothed in a night gown. A few inches | from the pillow was tile open book, i thumb-worn and pencil marked. The j body was removed to the. morgue and j Rossrnan was arrested and held for a j coroner's inquest. Rossrnan, who is an artist, had gone | home for lunch shortly after noon and ! rang the front doorbell. Hist wife j opened the door a few inches and told him to "wait a few minutes.” Al | though puzzled, Rossrnan waited and soon heard a revolver shot. He left the house and told Sergt. Fred I.anz, The officer accompanied him back to the house and they were forced to break open a side window to enter. Prize for Personal Beauty Divided. The unofficial and authorized jury of ; outsiders has decided ‘hat the award i for personal pulchritude among the 11 i governors and next governors is to be divided even between Draper of Mas sachusetts and Prouly of Vermont.— Boston Record. THIEF IS LANDED CREW OF STEAMSHIP USES NOVEL METHOD TO AID ROB BER IN LEAVING BOAT. PREFERS SEA LIFE TO JAIL Caught with Loot. Thief Refuses to Leave Vessel and the Crew Re sort to Hoisting Apparatus to Put Him Ashore. New York.—Caught robbing the! cabin of Second Engineer Harry A. R. Reed of the British tramp steam ship St. Fillan of Liverpool, loading with oil at the foot of Tenth street, Long Island City. Thomas Devine re fused to leave the steamship, declar ing that he preferred a life on the roll ing deep to a term in jail. He knew that the vessel was Itooked to sail at noon for Madras and he | went aboard, thinking he might get i away with the loot: if he was caught, j he figured, the crew probably would be satisfied with a return of the property rather than stay anchored to prosecute him. From the second engineer’s cabin he took a heavy gold watch, two gold chains, a handful of small change and several trinkets valued in all at about $175. .lust as he was leaving the cabin he ran against Chief Officer Simmons, who heltl him up and sum moned Engineer Reed. "'E's a bally thief." said the chief officer. "What shall we do with 'im? i Give 'im a bit of rope's end an' let ’im git or summon the bobbies?" "I think as we'd better turn 'im | over to the bobbies. Mr. Simmons." “Turn me over to the cops? Not much!” interposed Devine. “I'm so-' ins to stay aboard of your grease pot and take my chances." Leaving him under guard of two | big seamen armed with spikes, the1 chief officer sent a telephone message j to the police station, and Policeman Powers appeared on the steamship ; in response, lie found Devine seated i on deck and showing no inclination ! to move. “Beware, young man," said Devine . as Policeman Powers unlimbered his He Was Swung Clear of the Vessel Into the Arms of a Policeman. nightstick anti cleared for action. "I’m under the protection of the British Hag.' Don't touch me: inter-! national complications might ensue, you know." Despite the judicious application of j the nightstick Devine refused to! change his mind about leaving the vessel. "I tell you." he howled, as lie hugged the deck, "I'm going to saii with this outlit.” "What's the bloomin' row?” in quired Capt. Hallnm, appearing cn the1 scene. “ 'E thinks 'e's goin' to sail with j this outfit, dees 'e? Mr. Simmons ! I rig a line and we'll drop the bloomin ' beggar over the side." A block and tackle was rigged and despite his struggles a half bitch was ; taken around the thief, a turn on the ! ! donkey engine windlass and in the | 1 next instant he was spinning around i in the air. He was swung clear of : the vessel and lowered into the arms i of Policeman Powers, who started j him on a run and never stopped until they both got to the station. There he was relieved of his booty ; and then run aioimd to the police court, where Magistrate Connolly was sitting and to whom the situation was explained. The loot w as returned to i Engineer Reed, w ho hastened aboard J his vessel, while a charge of vagrancy was made against Devine. "You’ll not go to India this trip," said tlie magistrate, addressing De vine. "I’ll find you guilty of vagrancy and hold you to $1,000 bonds to keep the peace for six mouths, in default of which you are to he confined in j jail for that period.” “Just my luck." said Devine as he was chased back to the prison pen. j "Here's the captain gives me a gold | watch ar.d chain an' asks me to ac- j company him to the easi and instead j of being out on the hounding deep i'll have to crack stone at the jail.” Municipal Brewery a Failure. I An attempt to establisha municipal ; brewery in Berlin resulted in a dismal j failure, it did plenty of business, but ! lost money. MOUSE CAUSES PANIC IN*CROWDED SCHOOL POLICEMAN RESPONDS TO TEACH ER’S CALL FOR HELP, THINK ING MANIAC IS LOOSE. San Francisco.—"There is a maniac in my room! I am frightened to death! 1 am afraid to sit down! Help!” -Mrs. Goodwin, principal of the Washington evening school. was handed a note the other night bearing the foregoing startling inscription. It was written hastily in jagged lines whicli showed the nervous excitement of the sender. Mrs. Goodwin held th— note in trembling hands, and shaking in tile palsied way which comes wi'h f'*ar and helplessness, she tried o think. "Oh-wow!" she gulped, and straight The Policeman Burst Into the School Room with His Small Army. way proceeded 10 run from the school building in quest of uid. Outside she encountered Policeman Felix Dougherty. Mrs. Goodwin brought Dougherty abruptly front the skies, where he had been dreaming, to Mason and Washington streets with a gentle touch on the arm and shouted in his ear: "There's an insane man in one ot the rooms." "The deuce," commented the cus todian of the- law. When upon, guided by Mrs. Goodwin, he entered the school building, remarking: "It's terrible strength that a maniac, has, Mrs. Goodwin." "Dll! ' gasped the frantic principal. “It's re enforcements we're need iiig. Several large and splendid specimens of manhood in the making were recruited among the pupils, and. headed by the brave policeman. the> began a stealthy march to ihe room wherein the lives of teacher and schoolmates were menaced. "We have bad work ahead of us.” said Dougherty, grasping bis nigh? slick with both hands. "Well go in at once. Xow. boys, one. two. three!” He threw open the door to the school room and hurst in with his small army. i he teacher vas shocked out of her wits for a moment and then demanded to know tlie reason for the startling in>. asion. on said there was a maniac in your room." explained Mrs. Goodwin. "A maniac!” shouted the teacher in a voice which expressed the utterest astonishment "1 said a mouse." Dougherty is still laughing. BEAR BLOWS OUT LIGHT. Bruin Then Escapes witti Sheep in the Darkness. Cooper. JIp.—Fanners in this town have been gritvoudy annoyed during ill past fortnight lay the depredations oi' bears. which carry off sheep faster tlian the owners can raise them. One farmer who lost five sheep with in a week decided he had contributed enough lor one season to the bear family s support, so he built an inclos nro of stout timbers, into which the sheep were driven. To further discour age Bruin a lighted lantern was hung ai one end. of the pen. Shortly after, hearing a disturbance, he rushed into the ward to discover a big bear walk ing off with a sheep under one arm and the lantern across the other. The farmer instantly pulled his gun on the marauder, but the click of the lock warned the thieving bear, who laconically lifted the lantern, blew out the ligLt, and escaped in the darkness. The farmer is now in need of a pad ded cell. The Berliner's Chief Virtue. It takes years ro make u ftiend of a Berliner, but then you have a friend in deed. His chief virtue is his upright ness. his sturdy sense of duty. When the i'reat Elector wjjs urged in turbu lent times to marry, lie responded. "My dagger must be my bride until this task is done." Frederick the Great said: "it is not necessary that 1 live: but it is necessary that I do my duty." and his noble Empress Augusta was fond of saying. "Empires pass: God alone remains." Principles like these are the founda lion of the Berliner's character. No other city in the world has such an honest and efficient administration. Of an annual municipal report. Prof. Rich ard T. Ely writes, "One finds it diili cult not to believe it a description of some city government in Utopia.”— Freni Hebert Haven Scitauffler's "Th; City of the Emperors' in the Century California Secures World Record. Smith Warren has returned from Catalina and Sun Clemente. Making his .headquarters at Avalon, he made three different trips to San Clemente, remaining several days each time, goins after the big yellowtail. The first time over Mr. Warren secured a gold button fish, with nine-ounce tackle. Then nothing would do but he must go after the world's record on three s t tackle, ami he got that with a 45-|)ound yellowtail, brought to gaff in 3S minutes. Another gold-button fish was landed In 23 minutes, but Warren admits it was hard work. He says tile inference that the big yellow tail of San Clemente are not so active, nor such hard fighters as the average 20-pounder at Avalon is, not true. So far as getting strikes was concerned it was simply a question of keeping the bait j.way from the smaller fish until a FACES SIC WHALE ALONE IN A BOAT MONSTER LEVIATHAN COMES ALONG AND SWALLOWS DECOYS OF MASSACHUSETTS HUNTER. CRAFT IS NEARLY SWAMPED Sadly Scared Sportsman Expected to Duplicate First Part of Jonah’s Performance, But Lives to Tell Tale. Bui nsl able. .Mass.—Probably there is no man who has more respect for a whale, even if it did dine on ten of his wood decoys, than William P. Hallett, who has a camp on Sandy Neck. He relates the following story that put gray hairs on his head and made 15 minutes seem like four hours one morning while coot shooting on the back of Cape Cod. Mr. Hallett said he went out just be fore daylight in the morning and put out about thirty decoys, all wood. He thought he was about a mile or a mile and a half from the beach, in about twenty feet of water. The wind was light, with no sea. Just as the sun came up he saw a black whale follow ing the shore down from Plymouth poi.it, about the same distance from the shore as he was. He thought nothing about it, as the birds had com menced to fly and the gunning was good. The next thing he knew the whale came up and was blowing about 100 yards off. The great creature lay a few minutes on the water, looking around, first at him and then at the bunch of woods. Mr. Hallett said it was no doubt thinking which would make the best starter for breakfast. Mr. Hallett said to his best judg ment the whale was about eighty feet long and fifteen feel across the hack, and had a large hump on its head about half way from the blow hole to •he nose that was a light gray color. During the time the whale was siz ing up Mr. Hallett and his outfit lie was circling around the boat slowly. Hallett said he did not dare to make a The Whale Sucked Down Ten of the Wooden Decoys. move to haul in the anchor and try to row away, as he thought if the whale saw him move it would be more likely to take after him; so he sat low in the bottom of the skiff, with his hair standing on end. exporting that every mihute would be the last, as the whale seemed to take more notice of him than it did of the decoys. After the whale had made three turns around the outfit it backed off and made a dash for the bunch of woods with its mouth open. The whale sucked down ten of the pine woods, lines and all. After it apparently tried to swallow one that had got stuck in its throat, tin; whale seemed to get angry and lay on the water and thrashed its tail until the water was like a boiling vat. Mr. Hallet was kept busy bailing, as the spray from the tail and flukes flew all over him. About the^ time that Hallet thought he would have to give up. as his boat was low in the water, and one or two more sweeps of the mighty tail would send him to the bottom, the whale turned around until it headed off toward Province town. Then it went as straight as a string and as fast as a steamboat out of sight. Mr. Hallet said that he did not stop to pick up any of the woods that were left—he just pulled in the anchor and rowed for the beach. He said he had read stories about shipwrecked sail lors being happy (o reach laud, but I none couid compare with the way he ! felt when he jumped out on the beach and looked off to the north and saw that great body rushing through the water toward the open sea, and know ing there were ten wooden decoys as freight taking up the space that a few minutes before, the chances were, that he would he selected to fill. Skunks Raid Bee Hives. Charuon, O.^—Skunks have been giving bee owners in Chardon consid erable trouble by developing a liking for the little honey producers. It is' claimed they make a peculiar noise, enticing the bees from the hives, and then eat them. Charles Hall has lost •several valuable swarms, this fall in j this manner. He trapped five. Farr.t I ers have been losing many chicken* I killed by skunks. I COOK USES A ROLLING PIN TO HOLD HER JOE REFUSES TO BE FIRED AND RULES HOUSEHOLD UNTIL POLICE CONQUER HER. New York—When Mrs. Willard R Spader, wife of a broker prominent in Wall street, went to the kitchen of her home to give her cook, Mary Corcoran, orders regarding preparations for din- j ner, she says she found Mary sitting on the edge of the kitchen table with a bottle beside her. “Why, Mary,” cried Mrs. Spader, in dismay, “you have been drinking.” j “ 'Tis none of your business," shout | ed Mary, according to Mrs. Spader. “I come from County Connaught, and I ' refuse to have me personal privilege.* trod on.” | Mrs. Spader hired Mary five weeks ' | ago and she is a good cook. Mrs. Spa "Come on and Fight It Out Now. If It’s Fired I Am.” iler hesitated for a moment, but then look the dreaded step and announced tiiat she would need Mary's services no longer and at the same time hand ed over $i!5. the cook's wages for a month. It's fired I am, is it?'' shout ed the cook, accoruing to Mrs. Spader. "Indeed I'm not; l refuse to be fired , by anyone.” With that, Mrs. Spader alleges, the cook picked up a rolling pin and start- i ed toward her. Mrs. Spader fled to : hei room and summoned the butler. 1 He was delegated to go and tell Mary that she had been discharged. The butler'started kitchenward, and. according to his story, as he entered he saw the cook among a mass of broken dishes and hurling other dishes against the wall. And all the time the I butler alleges she shouted; "T.'s fired i am. is it?" The butler says he tried to reason with the woman, but she turned upon bint with a rolling pin in her hand. The butler retreated with the cook close upon liis heels. By this time the staff of servant*-, was demoralized. Mrs. Spader was in her room and most of the servants had locked themselves in their rooms. Flourishing the rolling pin, Mary wan dered through the house from room to room, battering on the locked door.-, with her weapon and daring anyone to come.out and fight. They pleaded with her through barricaded doors, but she refused to desist. Mrs. Spader finally decided to tele phone to the police. When Policeman FTtzgibbon arrived he says Mary was seated in the parlor, rolling pin in her hand. He tried to convince her that she had been fired a:u; she shied f book at hint, he says. Fitzgibbon summoned Policeman Clark. Then, the policemen say, she j backed to the wall so that they could j not surround her, and waving the roll- | iag pin. dared diem to “come on and ; fight it out now, if it’s fired 1 am." j The policemen sent for the police wagon, and. assisted by the driver, they closed in on Mary. In the strug gle she kicked off both shoes, but was made a prisoner, and, without the slioes, was taken in the wagon to the station house, and locked up. CUTS TEETH AT AGE OF 89. Seattle Woman Is Nursing a Set of Grand New Molars. Seattle, Wash.—Mrs. Helen Barber, 89 years old. Is cutting a new set of teeth. Mrs. Barber lives on the west side with her son-in-law. having been a resident of this city when it was not yet a postofflce. It has been SO years since Mrs. Bar- < her has consulted a doctor. Up to a year ago, when her husband died, she did her own housework. In 1859 she crossed the plains and Rocky mountains with her husband to Sacramento, coming from there to Washington. She was horn near Troy, X. Y. Farmer Works with Broken Neck. Granville, Mass.—Hubbard Hollis ter, an elderly farmer, has been per forming routine duties about his place since July 31 with a broken neck. At that time a neighbor struck him. To day be decided to consult a physician relative to his “stiff neck.” Dr. A. T. Schoonmaker and Dr. H. W. Van Al len applied X-rays and found that two vertebrae were fractured. Hollister may live indefinitely, it ill slated. Building a New Lighthouse. The foundation for (he recently com pleted harbor of refuge lighthouse, Del aware bay, is a solid block of concrete, 18 feet deep, 40 feet in diameter at the base and 36 feet at the top. gold-button yellowtail could be Induced to take it—Los Angeles Examiner. Food for Thought. Tlie ten-year-old girl who conquered a burglar with a broomstick is entitled to all credit for courage and vigor. Nevertheless when she adds a dozen years more to her age the wary un married youth may entertain doubts as to whether her energy might not some time be excessive for wedded bliss. AS MUSEUM IN BROOK!.IN . Historic New England House O-.-ied On 203d Anniversary of Town. Boston.—The historic Edward De votion house on Harvard street. Brookline, was formally opened as a public museum the other day. The little old building has been well stocked with articles of the revolu tionary period, given or loaned by public-spirited citizens of the town. The day was especially appropriate for the opening of the little museum, for it was the 20Ud anniversary of the incoritoration of the town oi Brook line. The town not long ago appropriated §1,500 to place the structure in a Edward Devotion House, at Brookline, Massachusetts. habitable condition, and the Edward Devotion House association is to have charge of its maintenance. The Ed ward Devotion house is the oldest now standing in Brookline. It com memorates the Devotion school fund which was bequeathed by Ed ward Devotion and received by the town in 1762. The fund amounted to about $2,696, which the donor speci fied should go toward building or maintaining a school as near the cen ter of the town as should be agreed upon by the town. The Edward Devotion grammar school is located on the old Devotion lot on Harvard street, where the old building may be plainly seen by passersby. WOMAN MINE OPERATOR. Mrs. Upham of Denver Delegate to Na tional Convention. Pitisburg, Pa.—Mrs. Nellie Up ham of Denver, Col., the most success ful woman mine operator in the coun try. bears the distinction of being the only woman delegate to attend the ses sions of the American Mining con gress held in this city recently. Mrs. Upham «'as appointed a special delegate by the commissioners of the District of Columbia and bears the dis tinction of having twice before repre sented the district in the congress. Mrs. Upham is known as the "Hetty Green of the Mining Industry." She owns and operates a dozen mines in various sections of the far west and has successfully conducted some of the most bitterly contested legal bat /1RS. MILLIE C. UPHAM ties for possession of mining claims in which she was pitted against famous western mine operators. She has been remarkably successful in avoiding la bor difficulties on her many claims. The Maternal Instinct. A little girl sat in a corner of a rail way carriage, apparently lost in thought and with a slight frown on her pretty face. Opposite was her mother, who wondered what Molly was thinking of, and whether -she was regretting tho joys of paddling and castle building at the seaside. At last the mother spoke: "Well. Molly, what is it? Are you sorry to be going home?" "1 shall be glad to see my doilies agaiu,” said Molly—a mere babe, but already quite a little mother.—Home Notes. Must Not Read Newspapers. lu Bombay, education lias been ad vancing within recent years, but ihe standard of manners in schools and colleges has been rapidly going down. Flagrant of'ences against school rules occur constantly, and complaints of the rudeness and discourtesy of boys in public aie frequent. To check this state of afairs, the government of Bombay has sent to masters of pri mary schools the following note: "The Sarkar has heard that some of you disobey the rule that forbids you to go to political meetings or speak in pub lic on politics. You must obey the rule. You are not to take newspa pers into the school or to allow any one else to take them in.” Very Likely. She—They say there will be no blondes in '500 years. He—Why not? She—Because the blonde type is re verting to the brunette. He \\ ell. don't you supiiose some of the brunettes will get tired and revert back?* Hot Shot. “How is this flat heated?” "It is supposed to be heated bv hot air.” “Hot air?” "Yes; the landlord's.”—Baltimore American.