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WON KXJH RING FAME.
ADR'.ENNE LECOUVREUR A FAS
CINATING FIGURE OF HISTORY.
I'm jrj-, CSrnliii mill Imp InvrtMl llrr
--Firrjllilnir III llrr l.lfn iiml Hit
lliinciry lint Ciintrlliiitcil til llrr
Cilorllli .Ulmi,
1)111 KXXH l.ccoitv
i cur holds :i shin
lug place among
those hings mid
i
.) queens of tlii' thent-
llcui wot hi whom'
xiiiiii s have- linn
fontll handed down
to the ailinhutlon
of posterity, sns
tlii' iloston Tinn-
tcrliit. .Sin lnis In-
ilc nl boon phi imimlcil with Midi u li.ilo i
ot pootiy, genius and love anil ivoi
thlng In her lift' iiiid liu ineinor lias
10 iniicli ennti United to hoi gun Men
tion that flu stands today n one of the
most fascinating llguies of hlstoi.v.
Anil. In liiith, to take her as the np
pem; at this dlMantc, one would f.tln
sn of her wli.it a i lit lr nine wiote some
doyen .ears ago of another reldir.ited
ittioss, who Is now Heading the hoards
of the Ticmont the.iter, with a eotu
ph te collection of daggc is and hatchets
roiucaliil In her lohes and tinirder
How lug In her heart "Clio nitin etc
lino des plus belles visions qui tiient
llolte. poiir le pluislr ties hamulus, stir
la f.Ko ehansi'.inte de to niondc ties
ph"iioinonos."
As an actuss drlonne Loooiivrtur
has won and to all appeal am e has de
served outlining laine. Tim daughter
of ,i poor hatter, who had lelt his native
town to open shop In l'.irK In the
rnnbouig St. Ot rmaln.neiir the Tho.iuo
Fmiieals, she was llrst a Iniuidiess
width Ik not oaetly the ro.ul which
loads to Mngc-lniid, the stage-land of
her di culls hut, by dint of courage
and t.ilent. without pnictle.tlly any
schooling whatever, she soon managed,
as an amateiir, to ilspln hei tlsdng
genius anil to make her way into the
theatrical ciielch. So, after tin on or
four .voais of a successful engagement
in the provinces, at the age of L'.', In
May, 171". she made her triumphant
debut at the Cometlle Franc also, and
at one and the same time phuetl hei
si'lt at the fiont rank of the 1'iench
nttresso.s of her tlnie, hltle by side with
Millie Dudos, who, for twenty-four
yeurb, had been the favoilte of the
public and had ot found no il.il.
This time she met the ta who was
toon to dethrone her. Millie. Dados
was the itle.il loptosentntivo of a school
of at ting which heltl that tragotl.v was
not to be spokn but tledainietl and
(lianteil Adilenne, in spite of the
piojtidlees of the public, from her fiiht
appt ai ante stuck to the tiuth and un
til! o, anil (die not only won the battle
for horsoll but In the end, with the
pn dous aid of the illtihti ions baron, the
incomputable pupil of Molleie. she oon
erttd the public to her lows ami
hi ought about a revolution In ait to
which her name. Is Insepaiably attached
anil for which she closeive.s the most
thankful leiuenibiaute.
from that time on her life was n
seilos of ovations and tiittmphs. She
was the idol of an eiithuinstlc public,
wbl( h ran to applaud her in comedy
and trnged parts. For sho was emi
nent, it Is said, both as a roinedicnur
and as J. tiagctllonuc, but espet hilly in
the latter capacity. In the rolea of
l'hetlre, Camilla, Ileimlone, Roxano,
I'.iullne, she was tledaietl iinnppronch
jiIiIp In shoit, she was piobably the
greatest aitiess of her time. And, as
Sainto-Hotive lemaiks. La Champmesle
and Mdlle. Dcsinnie wero exceptional!)
well sifted, but, on the whole, It is
doubtful whether they ever equaled
her.
Her fame, however, does not lest
solely on her theatrical achievements.
Although not beautiful, in the strictest
smso of the woid for her features
weie somewhat Iriogulai, lit r llguio
slight and lather below the middle
height she was all grace In her man
iii rs and irresistibly chuiinlng. Salute
Heuve, aliead.v quoted, siis' "She was
tlie fitst actress who shone on the stage
and in society who attained social
eminence." Her "salon" was one of the
moht brilliant of the kind, where poets
and pi luces, generals and iluchesbes,
felt it an honor to be admitted.
Naturally, her admliers were many
nnd she was passionately loud b.v such
men as Voltairn and Maurice de Saxe,
tho hero of I'ontenoy tho natural son
of Augustus, king of Poland, and of
the beautiful lountoss of Knnlgsmnrk.
Mmuko tie Saxe was the gie.tt passion
of her life. She loved him to the last.
When he undcitook to icgaln his duchy
of Com land, as ho lacked fluids to
raise an army, Adilenne (old her dia
monds for -10,000 llvios and compelled
him to accept the amount.
Sho died on tho 10th of Mai oh, 1730
:i few monthb before Nance Oldlleld
In the arms of her fileud, Voltaire. It
was lepoited at the time that she had
1 een poisoned b a bouquet which tho
duchess do llouillon had suit hi r at
the end of n ppifoimance. Hut there
is no sufficient evident e to substantiate
the ehuige. All this mstorlous affair
may be, after all, a mere 1'gend, al
though the mbtcry has mvei been
tlenred, nor the legend altosBllur been
refuted.
Adrlenno's death w-as followed by a
painful Incident. An Inlolt rant pi lest
lofuscil to allow hor Initial In eonso
crnted ground nnd her corpse was there
fore carried In n luukncv conch In the
dead of the night to the corner of the
f.uo de Uourgogne, then n marsh, and
theie hui led. Hut even this icntrlbiiud
to hei Immoitallty. Tor Voltahc. In
dignant at such tieatmeiit, wiote bib
famous elegy, "La Mort do Mile. Lo
Couvrour," the moot touching bit of
poetry lie ever penned nnd which tit 11 1
lings to our enr:
"Sltutit qu'elle n'est plur, elk- ebt done
erlmlnelk!
i-JPWSJ
9MA wm I
Kile a dinrnie le niende, (t ci's 1'en
punlssr "
H weie bind It seems to find In the
annals of the stage .in aitM with n
taieei bettei fitted foi the pin pose of
the ill mini, l.egoiive and Si i Hie saw
the opportunltv and piotlted li II.
in their fnt-f.iiiud diama. "dilenne
I."coiiioui." the srt in of vvlilih Is laid
in Mai eh. 17.10. thev deal with the
tiagtd.v which Is stippOM-d to liave
tin own such a gloom on the last mo
ments of their linolne. The play Is
full of liit testing episodes and easts
amusing rldellghts on the nitlstlc
wot Id.
TAMOUS FIDDLES.
Tun nf I hi in Uit. I f 1 tit (lie t'ltv "'
til nin.
The beaut and w fitness of Sara-
sate's tone sue often toinnieniled on by
piople who nevtr think of the tone be
ing in a n j. way due In the fineness of
his liiHtiinueiit, sas the Coitihlll Maga
zine. As a mntterof fact. Saiasate has
two Snails. One is the unowned "Hnis
'h" Strad . wlili It he ninnagid to
senile in Pails fin I 000 pounds an hour
or two befoip Hill of Loudon sout an
offer for ; the oilier Is one that had
been used b.v Paganlni. which came to
him through his son ehille (Ifmiif-e
the latter inslrunit tit has an additional
value fioin the clit innstaiiip of its
foimer ownership Pagauliii had sevei
a I valuable violins, and the instiunient
whli h he used In his later j eats- a
(iiiainpiius. (latrd 17IP. would pi obablv
innininiiil soniethlng like ."000 iounds
If It could be put In the niaiket now;
Indeed, the sum of 2. 100 pounds has nl
leadv bet n offered for it and refused,
and a repent was Intel v rireiilaied that
10 000 pounds had been tiled Hut the
Instiuinent cannot be sold Paganlni
himself bequeathed It to the elty of
(tenon, and the municipal niilhoiitles
theie aie keenly alive to the value of
the tieasine Tliey have It bestowed in
u glass t use In the letess of a wall,
which Is again Intased In he.ivv rieneh
plate glass, the whtile being closed b
a massive door. Kei) two months the
seals are broken and the violin Is
phi I'd upon for about ball an hour In
the pii'seme of t it ollltlals. and tlien
It is it plated and put under iiiimlclji.il
still This of nun so. Is done to ktep
the Instiunient in good (onditlou.
Paganlni came b.v the violin In a
rm inns Way. A Trench merchant lent
him the liistitiment to phi upon at a
i onii it at Leghorn. Aflei the conteit
Pagauliii In ought it hatk to Its owner,
whin the latter exclaimed, to the de
lighted iistciiili'hmiiit of the plavcr
"Never moie will I piofaue the stilngs
which oiir llugeis hae toiiihed; that
Instiunient Is joins." The (Senoii peo
ple have been in link in the mattei of
ii)llnn. Slvoil, who died last year, was
n pupil of Pagauliii, ami Pagauliii pie
scnttd him when a jouth witli a veiy
fine (iiiai nei ins Instrument. It was
th(iefoie but natiii.il that Sivoil should
wish his violin to i est beside Paganlni's.
and so, to-tlav, for a small fte, jou can
see both iustiumentb in the municipal
nltdieat Ouoa.
.1 .Mlotakr.
A woman who a.splies to ben popular
hostess should never tommlt the ciror
of asking people to her house in .ets.
"I am going to give two dlnneis next
week." said Mrs. Paivenu. "At the (list
1 shall ask all the ft inups, but at the
next will be only the people one knows
well." and the lemaik lepiated g,ie
her bocinl aspiiatinns a decided bet
hack. The repiesenlatlves of the old
families whom she designated as
"flumps" weie Justl.v Indignant at be
ing dasteil iipdcr Midi an inicompll
mental j title by a "new poison" like
Mis. Paivenu, while the ulti.i-fashlon-uble
mented her presumption in cl tim
ing to be one of their Intimates. A lit
tle tact would have saved this ambi
tious lady ft oni such a blunder and hei
Invitations, given out in legular ordei,
without assumption, would probably
have been accepted. "Thank heaven,
that set of ptople aie finished up!" t x
claini"il another bostets aftei a ta'lier
dienry function in the shape of a dat.v
dinner, for which the giKFts ceitaluly
did not feel giatelul. If, however, the
same people had In en invited in 'tun
to the small and i elect affairs for which
Mis. X- - lh famous, they would have
voted ilielr hostess a i harming vvonrin.
New York Tribune.
IMtiliC ('ill-tin.
Little gill asks if It is not allowable
to have hei name on visiting cauls.
Answer: H no means. I'ntil a .voting
l.nlj has grown to an age when she
is lecelved Into sodetv, she should not
have a visiting caid. It Is tustoiu.irj
in cities if .Minug gills ai o t iken out.
and any necesslt nilses, to vrrlte their
nanips on tho visiting cauls of their
mothers or elder sisters. A schoolgirl
Is not supposed to he a member of so
ciety. The eldest daughter of the
household when she i caches pioper age
has her ends engraved 'Miss Smith"
Her Ciiil.itian name Is omitted. This
Inilicntes thnt she Is the eldest daugh
ter, as no othei member of the familj
hns a right to use the name In tills
wa. If her aunt Is MUs Smith uiiit
teis become somewhat complicated, out
the fact thnt there Is another Miss
Smith in the famll.v does not alter the
situation. One hoitrehold managed thin
condition veiy well by wilting in pen
cil in the lower left-hand coinei of the
card, meiel the Chrlbtlnn name '.Miss
Maiy" This was done both b.v the
aunt and niece, either one being Jitntlv
entitled to use the name, Miss Smith
Therefore they compionilnd the mut
ter in this agreeable fushlon, and t vcr
body unilei stood the reason.
Knrtv .lint VVIlAl In III).
Mnthii Come. Prltzd, wh.v are ou
e'j naughty to-day. Just vn"n auntie li
paying us a vlcit?
j I'rltz 'Cause nuntlc ti.!d me tha' If
I was a good boy she wiuld sing tor ur
this evening. HttmorHilsdic Hlaettcr
1 0dt-st i:staUUeil IlrTii In Wusliluittou, U.
MINORCA IN TUP. LAST CENTURY
A I'lriKHht lljiiel lull itillt'il liv iKiinriiiit
IVepli"
Mlnotca was n pleasant Il.iiu1 In
hlhllcd b.v un iinpiins.iiit propb , savs
Temple Hat The countiv side wa cov
eied thick with olive titc. though Hie
woods looked moie Inviting than they
weie, for the giouuil wasstonv. Theie
weie no ilvem, but tluie was water lu
abtindaiice. lor the Mlnoicans who
tuliolt well-snkeis Theie weie nc
menilow's. so It was haul to pas'ure
liorsts. but mult s tlnlvcil umiehow and
weie useful beasts much l"'"' M() ,nn"
the hotscs. " I'he boiscs. like their mns
tei. have a en tain staiellness in Midi
gait that piontlscH moie i.ood than is
In their ti.iitne. fur Ibev ate both ar
I (Hit Jades at bottom " This tliejudg
ment of a man who kii' w tin in boih
The Minoitans, u mitiirnlh listless
people, did not favoi tiavellng Tlnte
was tun shelter house on tin island, the
Casa del Rev, at l.iloi the Hist stage
out from Pori Valient on the mad uoith
waid lo Clililadell.i Hni the tl.iveler
might tnuiit on finding a bed. for which
he would have to pav 1 shilling. If he
caitled food with him he might sup;
olheiwlsi. he must go to ltd hungiy.
Theie was one cut in the Island
The ordinal v tdui.itlon of an I'n
gllsh gentle man In the elghlintli ccn
tm.v toiistltutcil :i man of It at mug In
Spain. When we leirember what that
eiltieatlon amounted to we can foun an
Idea of how unit h a Spanish gentleman
did mil know- ami Minima wan rather
wciiPe than the in ilnland One ttaveler
who rettuned ft tun the long and pel li
ons Joinnev to the iielghboilng Island
of M.ijoiea lepoited with a staled face
that thev weie teaching a new philn
sophv theie. the foundation of which
was reason The total population of the
island was about Ul.nOO 'I'he Minoi
tans weie peitultteil by the Spanish
government to posM'ss one knife lor
each household, but thev weit i tnn
pelled to ktep It i halneil to the kitchen
table.
I'nough tin u was glow u on the Island
to snppoit the people but not the gill
i Isoii The raiment trod out ilieli torn
with oxen nnd giniind It between
stones, as was done in the das of
Oi mill, the .lebllslte Hilt It Is not to be
supposed that thev weie nsh.nni d oi
even conscious of tin li bat kwaidness.
On the toiittai.v. thex held It to be Im
proper to know mine than a Mintmau
and liighlj liiellgloiis to tiv expeil
iiientH. Tlielr vines, foi example weie
never piiuietl foi those reiuous. ami one
of our olllceis who pointed out tin
value of this simple opeiatlon of hus
bandly, was i clinked for his profanity
- as if Cod who made the vine did not
know how It ought to glow better than
any heielie of an Kngllshtiian!
Ciirlotix ICiiiiiiii
When In 1S10 the only -on of a vvtll-to-do
Yoikshlie fanner was carried oft
by a band of highwaymen nothing less
than a pinmlsp on the part of the dis
tracted father to baud over to the high
waymen a p.utlciil.ir lioise would In
cline them to give up !! lad. The
horse in question was n wonderful
hunter and pievious to coming into the
po.-sesslon of the fanner hud been iimI
In the Mounted Diagoons to pursue
these icibbers whilst engaged In their
nefai Ions calling. The father to whom
the animal was worth iiiuie bundled1
of pounds, at Hist lefused to pait with
It on an i onilition. thinking the high
wavmen would accept a sum ot money,
but the t-ceclpt of a niescr.ge stating
that the hn.v would be put to death thnt
evening unless the promise of the horse
was foitlicomiug caused him to e hunge
i his mind and agree to their pio,.ihii1
Scartely had the hunter exchanged
hands when the lobbeis with one ac
cord ciiiellv attacked it with their
swords, cutting and hacking at the pom
animal ami It fell to the giouuil ex.
haiistcd f i om the hm of blood and die il
sluntl.v afterwaid.
INVENTIONS WANTED.
A perfect and i heap Insulator lor
electric wlies.
In a uallless hoiseshoe that v. ill not
tout i. let the hoof.
In a hand seed planter, adjustable fsr
all kinds of seeds.
In a Htieet cat fender of ouch merit
is to Induce geneial adoption.
A devli e for opening u.itl lighting
stieet lamp.) from the gioiind.
A safet.v mailing envdupe that costs
no nine than the ordiniry one.
In n siiow-nicltlng device lor clear
ing side-walks and stieet-car tracks.
A cheap hat holder to prevent hats,
both inulo and female from blowing off.
An aitlllcinl building or paving block
equal to and cheaper than dressed
stone.
An effective fog signal to piovent
ships from running aground or coming
In collision,
An effective tiro tightener, to be
updated without removing the the
Hum the wheel.
A collar fastener hi place of the collar
button thnt will allow of different sized
collais being woin.
In a perfect device for sharpening
calks of horseshoe's without lemoving
tho shoo fiom the hoof.
In n cheap thermal llro nlaini to be;
placed In dwellings, that will unerring
l give an alarm at nay nhiioimal In
crciiFo of heat.
A device for cooling fie atmosjihero
of lalhvny cars b fans operated by
wind-wheel (Mending through tho ;oof
of the car
In a coal wngnn that will deliver the
coal f i oni tlio hide of die wagon, and
thus avoid blocking of u.iiiovv hticotn
while iiuliudiiii;.
In an adjustable rack nr device for
d'.spln.vlng different chests of goods
In show windows. Window diessing
Ir now a recognized profession, and
there aie lots of show lacks, hut none
cem to quite fill the hill for all pur
UK 0.1.
C. v rUCnCl O aDtOllaa
V()Ki! 1) KINKS LKSS.
OUR ANCESTORS
IN rUMI'LRATt:
WERE MORE
rilAN WE.
(IriMl iliiinllni
it (.III 4 oinillill it
Mum llriiulutnl. Ill
I hi ir Win so
4Mli r IIi.t I h il
I IMI.
I no 1 I'm ' Wi n
Nn:MPLiiN(i:is
pnpiilailv supposed
to be a giowlug
i vll if tint one pi -'
nli, u to our own
liiiits vi t the f.nt
Is th.it oni nut es
ters a ictititiv iiiul
a half ago tit auk
three times as
Hindi In i r and
tight times as
much sphitH
the New Yoil
is we tin (oil.i . "i.vs
Iiuniial, .lodging bv the
ill Ink llgines of the middle of the lat
leiittn.v this Is (licldt'ill.v a temperate
age instead or the tevdse.
"The llismiv of London," published
about I7.'i0 i.v William Malilatid. I' U
S, cotltaltis piobibl.v the must I'tuil
pb'te ami tart fill an omit that want vet
ptlr.tetl leginilltig the population, the
consumption of liquet ami the iiuiubet
of public houses at that lime. Pile
author v.iui i s lent I lie nnin, whose
tnil.v objet t was to muiitain the facts,
and he sp.mtl no pilus to make them
as acctn.iti' as possible. The slat 1st its
of ioiuaitloii weie iciihoil b.v an ex
tiemelv i ;u el'u I ttiiiipiitatlon of 'he
bills of liioitulitv. which fiunish Ihe
most satisrai'tin.v d.ita I'm the put pose
shoit ofa ((iisiis The iiumbii of iub
lle houses win nscei tallied bv aeiual
I'uive.v, and the ligiues of t mis iiriptlun
weie ileilvid fioin the i iistoui-hoiise
ami exi se i etui us.
The popukitlon of Loudon wan (mind
to be at that time 7-Ti '.m,! This net ins
to be iippioxluiutfly intuit, for .he
number of hoiisis was Hri.'MiS, width
gives an avciage of ne, it I.v eight mi
nims to a house. N'ow.ula.vs the houses
In the Knglisli metiopolis aie laiei.
and the avei.igi Is In tvve.n eight ami
nine persons The quautltv of liquor
(tmsinucil bv thl opiilatiuii of thiee-
quill lei s of ,i uillllou Is almost Inn ed
ible, as will be seen fioin the following
hguies Hii'i. 70 !i.ri."i,i;ii I gallons, ,iph
Its. 11.L'o."ii,'j7 gallons, aiul wine. ::n.oiii
"tuns." Tin wine llin.v be left oil, of
the reckoning bemuse It Is not leit.ilu
at this dav what Is meant b.v a "tun"
but the olhi'is show the following on-
Mimpllon pei hi ad Heer. iilnetv-s"ven
gallons, spliits. fount in gallons.
The fence of these ligiues will be
appieclatt tl wbtii It Is stated that the
nvei ige i onsumptlnn per head in the
nulled kingdom during the last tbiitv
.veats has been Heer. "JS 1 gallons,
spirits and wine together. LIS gallons.
The highest llgines it tended during
these time tlei alien ,ne. Reel, ",l gal
lons hi ls.71. sphltsand wine, l.sl In
187.". The consiiinption in the Pulled
States of these heveiages Is somewhat
liss per capita.
Theie weie till Inns ami taverns. .",
t)7.r alehouses and .S.ii."') "brainly-sh'ips"
In all ir.t!SS houses for the loiisiimp
1 Inn of liquor on the piemlses In this
age. which has been tailed bj tont'-in-ptu.nv
w i Item a besotted one. Thete
wiis, theiefoie. one pot house lo t'veij
six otliei stitictures, and one to every
foity-seven peisouii In llll the pio
poitlons weie 1 to HI and 1 to .ri.M) ie
spectlvelv At the piescnt dav, even
If the toir.j number of it tail licenses
of all soils, both for toiisiuuptloti of
liqtioi on the piemlses and oft, is tak
en, tut lulling guiceis' licenses and
those foi k stain, nits, they onl
if p-
The
last
ten
lesent 1 to ever.v 4110 pel sons,
di Inking places In Loudon in the
centiny weie. theiefoie, neail)
times as uiimeioiis. attouling to
the
population, as thev aie lo-il.iv .
The l.ngost iiumber of tluse old
time di Inking places wue the "btaiuly
shops " or places wheie stiong spliits
weie sold nlmost exi luslvel.v. The niti
joiit.v of these weie in the pooler quar
ters nf London, in the east end anil on
the Siuie.v side of the Thames. Ale
houses vvie ev ei j where, being plenty
evt'iilv illsti United, but they weie more
niimeiiius In the better pints nf town.
Thb seems to tliuiw some light on
tlio habits of tlie winking classes of
that time and to dispose of the 'den
that h. u -drinking is a modern Inven
tion. n a matter of fact the public
house was even less a plr.ie of real le
fie shim lit and mcucnfn meie lur than
it is to-ihi.
The most stiiUIng fact contained In
the ftuegolug ligiues Is the iiiodigloiis
qit.tntltv nf spliits cousuniid. In 1 .sr
tlie distilling huslncss in Hnglaud u
celved such favoiahle legislation that
It luci eased with incredible iiipldit.v
nnd the product was sold at an as
tonishingly low iiguio compared with
the pi Ices In vogue to-dny. Pp to the
latter pint of the seventeenth century
the Hngllbh lower classes had lit en ul
nio.st ixeluslvelj beer cli inkers, but
when ihe stionger form nf altohol ho
came ihcap the.v took to it with avitl
lt.v nnd tho demand was almost equal
to the supply. In the coin so of foi ty
eai the amount pioduied ran up fiom
Y.OO.tOO to ncaily 10,000,000 gallons per
sanm in. and n great deal wan Imported
In nrtdltlon. At the same time the con
sumption of been fell off, but not to a
corn ppoiullng extent.
Tho list of spliits Hint weie ditink
In those dnH Includes thhteen dlffei
ent nrletles, but sevejinl of them
such' ns "cltion" ami "cordial watois,"
flcnevn, Hungtiry waters, inckee nnd
lisqiieliiiiigh were only consumed In
ei.v sninll qiiantltles. These weio all
Impoited. Tho Hritlsh dlhtllleik'S
tiirued out but tin eo kinds- "malt splr
lls," "elder spit Its," and "molasces
sphlts"-of which tin) flmt icpio
sented three-fourths ot the total
bpliltuoiis consumption. It was
doubtless what Is now known ns gin,
SOTSiit
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jr- I -
liars
an it P w.s tl'ti the Ulnvers'll tlllnk
of liu town dnssi s The onl.v other
kinds lift d In huge quantities weie fnr
t Igu btatidv and mm The iimiiitut of
whlskv vvliith was known us "usque
baugh.' nud was liupoiteil fiom lie
land was vi i.v small.
(!ln must have been exlraiudittatll.v
cheap, as It vvns at this time that pub
lb atis hung out the famous vlgu,
Diinik foi I pi linv . dead ihiitik for 2
ptnee. stiaw foi nothing" The truth
of this It genii lias Pi in denied, but It
niigiuated with .uiolli It. the novelist,
who llvi d at that time, nnd It Is hacked
up bv l.eckv. the lilslni lau. sn tin re is
un UMsou foi doubting Us in cm ie.
Hogaitlt's din line was less a iinlm
11110 than a uallsile sketcli of tvii.v
dav s, i ucs In tin un tiopnlls.
i cot ding to Mr Maltlaud, who Is,
.is has In t ii said the hist uutluil lt ex
I taut upon the siibjut. for be vviol" a
a celt nt lite tenteinpoiai v ti'iseivcr, the
addle Hon of tin people lo spli Is was so
gniti.il and su meat as to affect the
pi Ice of fond "The ixtesslve ill ink
ing of spliltuoits llquois," hi' savs, "has
so i iieivateil the stomachs of the popu
l,n e as to lender them hitupahl. of
pel ftu llillig the olllces of tllgts'l'ill
wheiebv the appetite Is su much ilc-
piaved that Its Inclination to food Is
much lessoned and the toiutiimptiim
of piovWIotis gtcntly ilinilnlsbcd, which
Iris occ'isioiieil vlttuals Instead of ris
ing to fall In pi be veiy cnnsldetabli',
to the no finall loss of the lauded In
tel est."
FACE ON
HER LEG.
A I title Mi Me hi (,
it (In
1 1 VVlio
Ih ii 1'rruli
I li il...
I II" most
uioiistuisll.v that
It lllillkable
evel saw tin
human
light of
dav upon the Nmnicuu cotitluciit Is
Utile IM.mWIeo Nil. ill. a 7-ve.u old
McNlcau glil, who iesi("i v.lth In l
foster patents mat the little vlllug" nf
Motella, in the state of guuscallcnl,is
The Hi m thai was known of the exist
ent c of thin laiest of all human beings
was when a Mexican paper made the
fnllovitig biiel statement "Within the
past li w iln.vs theie has bten biought
liotii Charo to Motella a little git I who
has a set onii fate on the light hip, be
tween the hip Joint and the knee. If
voil cumptcbs Hit i lit eks of tills quceil.v
situated face it opens Its ets. The i
fate has a mouth (tiiitiiiiiing "nee
piuily tietli. but the no i Is entiul.v '
wanting " Six niontlis after the publica
tion of the above a phvsb lau of Miudia I
silttiedeil 111 gatheilng the lol
loping Lu Is it i itive to tills queer ast"
When she had bien in tlie win Id iib-iut
two ve.iiM an iiillammntion of the whole
legion of the right thigh set hi, whith
llnallv developed Into an euoim.ais
tumi'ioiis t vst Then, b.v tleglees, 'heie
appealed an o.ve, an e.velnovv, one ens
till of the iinse, tuil lashes, and. ri ii
allv. the other blow. Next appealed
one row of four tieth. and thou the
"hangs" began to glow lapldl.v and
flinge the fntelieail. Taken all ill 'ill.
It Is one of the most singular fiaks
hi the human family that have bed) le
poited (lining this century.
SITS UP IN HER COFFIN.
C'lurii lli'iiintnll lilM llrr Moiirnlni;
I rlf nils ii Irrrlhlr Slim I..
While tlie f i lends of Chun lloppen
stall wire gal hei ed In her homo at
Pi eohold. N .1 Sntnula night talking
of her lift ami lur death on the tla.v be
fene. they weie still tied by a shiiek
t timing fiom tlie loom where the hodv
had been laid out Sevet.il of the men
piescnt lushed to the loom, but in
stantly i.i' b.ii k witli Id, inched fates.
Sitting upright In her white lobes was
the supposed cciipsc, with wide open
e.ves. or lips began to move as If
idle would speak Then the joung wo
man fell hack into the collln. Chin let:
Hui ton, a neighbor, fainted.
The frightened men finally plucked
up com age enough to go to the assist
ant oof Hui ton and a doctor was hastll.v
summoned. When the ph.vsiclan ar
ilvetl Htiriun hail ictovoietl his senses
ami the iloctoi examined Miss lleppt it
stall. He iinnoiiiicil that theie vvns life
and that the ease was one of suspended
auimatloi'. He implied remedies, and
soon the woman was testing quiet I.v.
She shops all the time, but Is sinking
i.tpldlv.
What She Vtmilrtl.
"I want proposals "
The new woman with the old face'
pause.l. glum Ing in sin prise at the
staitleil cminteuaiieoh o." the men about
her.
"I want pioposals "
At 111 st thej were tumble to believe
Hit Ir ears, but now tlnlr vvoist fears
weie k alloil.
"As I said lefore, gentltintn, I want
proposals "
Tho assembled men aiose in haste
and iinaninioiuly broke down the door.
"For bids foi the ((instruction of m
new bouse," she continued.
Hut all about hei win, the stillness of
the grave- stillness unlit oken save by
the patter of many feet swiftly cllng
away in the dlutaiuc-Tcrru Hnutc
IJxpiosb.
VVoiiiiin'n ( litinplnn.
All Idaho i.ditoi being asked If he had
ever soon a bald-headed woman, iu
plled "No wc never did. Nor hnve we
ever seen a woman waltzing around
town In In r shirt sleeves, with a cigar
botwei u her teeth. We hnve nnver seen
a woman go ti-llshlng with a bottle hi
her hip pocket, sit on the damp ground
nil 'i'.v, and then go home drunk at
night Nor have wo ever teen a vvoni
nn ynnk olf her coat and swear she
could lick any man in town. Cod bless
hei ! Sho ain't built thnt waj." Kn.
Artnr dot It llnrk.
('holly Chuinplelgh- I novci lost my
head but once.
Mlbs Cohleal - Well, on havo the
biitlefac linn of knowing ou can never
lobo it again - New York World.
THE LONDON SLWERHUNTF.R.
liu I ImU 1)1 iiikiiiiI mill Money nt Vrrj
Iturr Ittli'MiiU.
lit fore commencing otif rations ouch
man lu a gang piovldcs lilniEclf with :i
htill's-tve Intiti i n ,i canvas apron and
a pole Mime sc-vtu or clgnt feet In
length, having an lion attachment at
'no etui sonuAli.it In the shapo ot a
hoc, siv. pt iimhi's Weekly. I''or
gi eater maw nli me the latitein Is In
varl.ibl.v fixed lo th ilglit slunildor. so
that when walking ihe light Is thrown
ahead, and when si lapliu Its imh.
slilne dheilly to their feet Thus ae
ctiuliel, they walk slo.vlv along;
Ihiougli the mud. ft cling with their
naked feet for un.v thing iiuusii.il. at
the same time inking the ueeunnil.itluii
frntii tlie walls and picking fiom tint
i levlces an.v ai tide they see. Nothing;
Pi allowed lo escape them, no matter
what ltd w tilth, provided It is not ab
solute I.v valueless. Old lion, pieces or
rope, bones, iiineiit toht of the lealtn
ami (initios nf plate and Jewelry- all
Is good INIi which tunics to tho hunt
er's net. With "fins" in Ihe way of
cuius, of course, the "humble ponnv"
prednininati s Slxpincos ami shillings,
however, often IncuMse the value of
their colli ctlon mid ut tate Intervale
loo tare to pleae Ihe hiinterhulf
sov eloigns me dlsmvoiv I. Like tho
files In amber, the ni story Is how they
got tllt'ie.
Among other unifies of Intrinsic,
worth sllvei spoons are mutt often
found, although shirt studs, diamond
rings, silver di Inking vesidsnud many
other quite out of place hi tides swell
the list f i om time In time Lucky finds,
such as tlio.-e above uieiillouoil, do not
deter the sewer man from keeping a
k"cn lookout for less v iluuble nrtlctcH
1 n.i they llo.lt li. Ills slim p ce, fiom
long pi ai tlce. Is tapible nf Judging the
woith of the Moiling icfu.se hefoto IL
would be rvtii ills, crnlble to the oi
illuar.v oliMuvir. Mile after mile docs
the sevvt r hunter li.icre uiidergioiind.
until a toloi.il Iv heavy big Is a tesult
of his labor. Nlg.it mid diy U all mm
to the man. So'iie gangs enter thn
sow eis at night ami wmk mi until
iiioi nliig. while others c.ury out tins
soauh only during the ibivttme. Hats
.iliuiiiiil evorvwhtio, Home of thoin be
ing nf olltuiiiuiis fl; e, bilge enough to
frighten any biginnerat the game. Tlu
expeileiiieii limit r, however, taken nt
notice of ricm ami the tats are only
too plenjed to sno.ik away In the dailc
lies.
Iti'icmi VII lie, hut i:mlril Dinvrrtn').
The tragi dv of the se.i that h.t.s Just
on urn d bctwtin Snigaiioio and tho
Cainllnes sreins lo suipass In horror
the famous liutclieiy of the "Flowery
Land." Tin. Mai In II. had an Kng-
llsh tnptiiln and a Chinese irew, anil tlio
ciew mutinied under the leulcrslilp of
the boatswain. They murdered tho
captain, the nia'e and a negro pas
senger, tied the brdles of tho two
ollbors to an anchor nnd throw H o on
board, and then made prisonous of the
captnln's wife and child. Next they
fought among thoniielvs, like the tnu
tint err. of the Itouuty, and tlnte nioro
were sent after the eiplaln and tho
mate. The miivIvuis Htoatned a coursii
to the Pelew Islands, hoping, no doubt,
tu find n new Pltcahn. Hut they wero
ov ci hauled by a Spanish cruiser on tho
way and taken to Manlln, where they
now lie In Jail. What would havo hap
pened but for that Spanish cruiser?
The Hoiint nidi went at It with drink
and the knife until these ami other
mischances thinned thdr numbers
down tn one. lie turned pious and
founded the most perfect Christian
community on all the broad earth. To
this day II nourishes In primitive pur
ity of faith, nioialb and maiinors, on a
spook or nick, and few crews thnt pass
that way tan legist the temptation to
land and say their pnicis. London
Dally News.
WHEELINCI WIT AND WISDOM.
Toast defenses hinkes.
Look out for our digestive organs,
which mentis ride n-- much nit ou can
within re ason. When a ninn'f, stomach
goes, lie Is veiy likely to follow It.
The horse that uses tho city streets
costs the public 100 times as much In
wear and tear of pavements ns tho bicy
cle. Theie Is, therefore, less renson for
taxing the latter than the former.
CHAINS OF GOLD.
Tho truest end of life Is to know that
life novel ends.
A pood ohnrncter Is In all crises tho
fruit of personal (xeitlon.
Doing good Is the only ccrtnlnly hap
py iicllon ot a man's life.
Thero'h nothing ugreofe worso than a
proud mind nnd beggar's purse.
It lu nut easy to sti (lighten in tho
oak theciouk thnt grow lu the sapling.
The piayr of the gintcful man will
plenso (ioJ, whether It pleases nnybody
cIbo en not.
GEMS OF KNOWLEDGE.
A barrel of rbe weighs GOO pounds.
I-'hst Atlantic eablo operated, 1858.
Tho firt Heel pen was made in 1SS0.
Slow rivers flow seven iiitlo an hour.
Light moves 187,000 miles per sec
ond.
Tlie first Inciter mutch was mado in
1S29.
A storm moves thht-slx miles per
hour.
First nuihltnl notes lined, 133S; print
ed. 1302.
H?ttlcn of Hunker Hill nnd Lexing
ton, 177r.,
National banks fir.U established in
United States, 1S1U.
nxrerliiicnts havo shown that soft
wood under pressuro becomes consid
erably bnriUr than haul wood under
pressuro
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