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DUEEN WILHELMINA OF HOL
LAND SOON TO MARRY.
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T HAS tlnillv been
settled v!io shall
wimI little Queen
Wllhelmlnn, tilt' 10-year-old
queen of
Ilolliiml about
whom then has
been SO IIIUcll Hj)lV
ulatlon since slip
Iiuh begun to grow
up. Her second
cousin, Prince Uer-
card Henry, u grandson o( the grand
duke of Saxe-Welmar-Elsenbaeh, Id
the lucky youth. He Is a Merman
prince ami consequently the match la
not enthusiastically viewed by th
Dutch, who are afraid of German In
rtuence This betrothal brings about
h eutlous relationship. The grand
1 tike's wife, the grandmother of the
prlnce-consort-to-be, was a slater of
Wllhelmlna's father and an mint of the
young queen. She Is the heir-apparent
to the crown and In case Wll
helnilna died without Wane she or her
eldest male descendant would succeed
li the crown. Wllhelnilna Is person
all) vtrv Interesting; she Is the last
QUEEN WILHELMINA
Ii"Ir of a great dynasty; she is quick,
bright and gracious and her Dutcn
subjects would not exchange her for
any king that lived. Her parents' his
tory Is very romantic. Old King Wil
liam HI., her father, who died in 188'.i,
left behind him a very unsavory repu
tation. In fact, he was about the only
ruler of whom Holland has had cause
to be heartily ashamed. He had his
favorites like Ixml XV. and was proud
of the scandals afloat concerning him.
He had no shame, no confidence and
no scruples nnd no domestic affections
- he was si satire on monarchy. His
first wife, whom he married while h
was yet prlnco of Orange, was Sophia,
daughter of the king of Wurtemburg,
and she managed to keep him within
bounds till he succeeded to the throne
mid lost his head In his new-found
fieedom and great wealth. Two sons
'.sere born from this mairlage, hut the
eldest died, wrecked by a career like
his father's, while the second had a
.spinal disenEe which rendeied him an
invalid unlit for ruling. Sophia had
lied and at the age of ti'J the King fell
deeply In love with Princess Helen of
Waldeck-Pyrmont, who Is now the wid
owed duchess of Albany. The princess
laughed at the king when he asked for
her hand.
The old king was sadly hurt and
soon after heard the princess' younger
sister, Emma, saying ipproachfully:
"Helen, 1 should never refuse to be
come a queen." The old king turned
and saw n pretty girl of 1!) and his
tickle heart was once again smitten. As
soon as pohslble lie proposed, was ac
cepted and almost Immediately mar
ried. The young queen was childish
ly pleased witli the state in which she
lived in Holland mid scandalized the
roui tier by clapping her hands mid
dancing with Joy, but she soon learned
dignity nnd proved herself entirely
worthy of the high honor. She de
veloped into a capable, majestic woinnn
ml since the death of her husband has
ruled Holland as regent, while train- j
lng her willful and headstrong daugh
ter to be a queen as well as n woman I
Onco when out driving with her
little daughter, then but 7, the horses
ran away and death staied them In the
.'ace. Whin the hoises were caught by
citizens nnd stopped at the palace the
regent pave orders for them to be re
ha messed. "If we do not start out
gain." raid this Spartan mother,
"my daughter will learn what fear Is."
Trembling like a leaf tho little queen
endured that second drive without
word of renionstiunce.
Wllhelmlnu Is of a ery nervous,
Mgh-strung tempernmea jnd a doctor
who lisib studied her say that the pace
of her nervous emotion l such Hint
he has already lived at. much as some
people of SO.
Until she was Wllhelnilna spoke
nothing but French and was then
taught other languages to the exclu
sion of Oerman lu deference to her
father's wishes. It is rather a Joke that
she Is now to marry a German prince.
K, A. MacDowell, the American coat-pot-er,
has been appointed to the bead
of tho now musical department In Co
lumbia college. Ho Is of tho same age
us Paderewslcl, and the New York Post
says of him that ho "hnB no superior
lunoiig the living composers of Europe."
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LADIES OF THE HAREM.
"Ilm MurrliC. fall In Vrtjcr A mil
itant I'rorrmliiii lirtrrllinl.
We had hardly taken our places
when some one said "Here come the
ladies of the harem." and a procession
ot about si closed eaiil.igc.s, splendid
ly appointed, descended from Ylldlz.
anil, passing In front of our windows,
turned In at the Iron gate of the court
of the mosque, says Longman's Mag
azine. Hete they are drawn up one he
hind the other, the horses are taken
out, and the ladles are what they can
from the half-drawn blinds. Each car
riage has Its own hideous black attend
ant. The valhleh sultan, the sultan's
mother, takes precedence. The present
valldeh sultan Is really Abdul Hamld's
nurse; his own mother died when he
was born. As the carriages passed us
we could catch a glimpse of the bril
liant pink .tud blue and yellow bro
cades worn by the ladles, except thut
on one occasion a young daughter of
the sultan, not yet old enough to bo
veiled, passed In one of the carriages
and looked up ut us with an expres
sion of great curiosity and interest. Uy
this time the court of the mosquo wan
filled by pashas, alds-de-cntnp and of
ficials of all sorts In glittering uni
forms, only leaving room for the sul
tan's carriage and thoBe who are In his
procession. And now we look up at
the minaret and sec that the muezzin
has appeared on the gallery which rune
round It high up, for It is some time
past 12, and he only awaits the mo
ment of the sultan leaving his palace
to begin his shrill call to prayer. All
this time various bands have been
playing, one after another, entirely Eu
lopean music, but now they pause, and
we hear faintly borne on the breeze,
for he has turned toward the south and
has the minaret between us and him.
the muezzin's first call:
"(lod Is great I bear witness there
Is no god but God. I bear witness thai
Mohammed Is the apostle of (lod. Come
hither to pinyeis. Come hither to sal
wit Ion. God Is gieat. Thete is no god
but (Sod." As the muezzin moves round
the ciy become! more audible. Hark'
there Is a tramp of feet on the fresh
strewn gravel. It Is the long lino ot
pashas who head the procession, all In
splendid uniforms, covered with orders,
inarching one behind the other on each
side of the road, down the hill from
the palace to the entrance of the
mosque, wheie they draw up In fiont of
those alieady waiting there.
THE CHINESE SCHOOLBOY.
Iln
Vlu.t .Slinty I.iiiik Hour.
K.erjr liar
In llin Wir.
The Chinese school chlldten have In
stilled Into them at an early age habits
of hard, steady study, says an exchange.
At the age of 5 a boy begins his school
ing. At daylight he rises, anil, after
dressing as quickly as possible, he
starts breukfastless to school. Ho Is
given n task and after It Is completed
he Is allowed an hour for breakfast.
Again, later, he has an hour for lunch
eon, but he Is at his study nearly twelve
hours a day. ecven days In the week.
All this time when he Is not reciting
his lessons he Is studying aloud at the
top of his voice. He Is under the eye
of his master both In school and on his
way to and from school. The lad Is
taught rudimentary astronomy, physics
and natural history, but greater stress
Is put upon writing nnd Ills literary
studies. "A Thousand Ictters," a po
em, Is the study that forms tho back
bone of his literary education. In It
are taught the duties of children to
parents and all such matters. What
ever the study may be history, clnsslcs
or science every lesson lu learned end
repeated word for word.
FINAf- JIAL EXPERT.
I)r,
llurtli of (lermitny I. Iiuprnliir III.
Kiiouleilge Ilrrr.
There Is now In this country Dr.
Tlieodor Ilnrth, the editor of Dlu Na-
DH. THEODOH IJAKTH.
Hon, which is mi influential paper pub
lished lu Merlin and mi eloquent de
fender of the gold standard In Ger
many. It In his Interest In the money
question which brings the doctor tu
America Just now and it is his intention
to remain here until after election,
study the progress of the campaign nnd
listen to as many speeches as nosstble
! j),., ijart, has been In America before
and ha even written a book on "Amer
ican Agricultural Life," which bIiowh
painstaking and thought. Ho Is still
a comparatively young man nnd lias
taken degrees In philosophy and law
and Is a member of the rclchstag. Some
years ago fce gave up law to enter Jour
nalism, la which he has made a pro
nounced weeess.
Honorific a Town,
llelfort, the eastern gate of France
and Itambervlllers, lu the Vosgei
mountains, have Just received tho croHi
of the legion of Honor, which will be
emblazoned on the town arms, Ir.
honor of the gallant resistance the peo
ple made to tho Germans twenty-flvt
years ago. Altogether nlno towns In
Franco now have tho cross of tho Le
gion of Honor on their coat of arms.
Sketch.
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OK. SEWAKI) WEBB.
HE HAS LATELY BEEN CHOSEN
TO VERMONT LEGISLATURE.
Dm 1'iinr I'liy.lrlan In a 1 lnrlt.T
Ilunilta1 lluiimiitlc Meeting Willi
1.11 1 Vmulrrlillt -llielr .tlnrrlt nl
III. Wall Mrrrt 1'iireer.
HIS phenomenal
success Dr. W.
Seward Webb has
made of his life has
been added to by
his recent election
to the Vermont leg
Mature. Dr. Webb,
though a poor man,
married Llin, on"
of the daughters of
the late William
Vunderbllt, who dowered her with 115.
000,000. The marriage, of course, laid
the. foundation of his fortunes. It came
nbout In u romantic way. Dr. Webb
was of an old revolutionary faintly and
founded the "Sons of the American
Revolution." There were several boys
In the Webb family, all well educated,
thoroughly aristocratic, hut poor. Sew
ard devoted himself to medicine and tu
MRS. NATHAN
Nathan Gutmun, widower, a well-to-do
German saloonkeeper of 217 Avenue
15, New York, and Kllza Fass, widow, of
71 Amberg street, Hrooklyn, were mar
ried at the residence of the latter the
other evening, thereby winding up a
romance begun In Germany a good
many years ngo. In days long gone
by Gutman was a schoolmaster In the
market village of Hlrkenau, Hesse
Darmstadt. Eliza Goldman, the pretty
sixteen-year-old daughter of a prosper
ous burgher, thought much of the
handsome young schoolmaster and the
young people beenmo engaged. Tho
girl's pnrents objected and tho lovers
separated. Gutman, despondent nnd
broken-hearted, came to the now world
to forget his unfortunate attachment
and to win fame and fortuno for him
self. Time healed his wound and he
married Miss Helena Wolf, and by fru
gality and hard work saved money nnd
established himself In the liquor busi
ness at 217 Avenue H. For fifteen
yiars ho devoted himself to business
mid accumulated n fortune. Three
years ago his wlfo died. The dainty
Eliza Goldman, in the meantime, at her
his twenty-third year was a surgeon at
the Vaudcrbllt clinic. One day a llttlo
patient was brought In with a broken
DIl. SEWAHD WEIH1.
leg. She was a sweet and attractive
child and the young doctor spent much
tirao with her trying to make exist
ence more bearable for her. Tho child
j kept telling him of a "lovely young
lady" who came to see her every day
and brought her sweots, He thought
nothing much about It and was all un
aware that tho child was also telling
the "lovely young ludy" all about tho
good young doctor. Finally the little
girl grew very 111 and Dr. Webb stayed
with her all day. The young lady
called to seo tho child while lie was
there and It was over the bedsldo of n
dying charity patient that Dr. Seward
Webb and young l.lla Vanderbllt first
iipoke to one another. It turned out to
be a case of lovo at first sight. After
leaving the hospital the doctor changed
his mind as to his career mid entered
Wall street with Daniel Worlen. A J
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few years later, when he had accumu
lated a little money, he married 1,11a
Vunderbllt. He was made president of
the Wagner Palace-Car company, anil
when In New York lie and his .vlfe live
In a handsome Fifth avenue tesldence
Their principal home, however. Is at
Shelbuine. Vt . fiotu which district he
was sent to the legislature Hr Webb
has his eye on the United Slates enale
and thinks this Is .1 stcpplng-stouc to
his ambition He has a weakness for
horses and owns a large stock, 'tis par
ticular fad being the breeding -if hack
neys. He Is unsurpassed as a whip. He
Is a very domestic man and detests
halls nnd receptions, prefeirlng his own
home circle Several years ago Hie doc
tor published a book, "California and
Alaska," which was the result of his
observations during a trip made with
his family and a few guests through
those regions The tialu In which the
party traviled was especially magnifi
cent, being composed of library, din-lug-room,
sleeping apartments, obser
vation nnd baggage car and another
car for Hie servants. Dr. Webb Is u
republican. He Is In the early 40'
and a very popular man.
Ke.trru Or.ter. fur Oregon.
J, J. Hrlce. United States fish com
missioner, tias decided to stock suitable
Oregon wnten with eastern oysters,
GUTMAN.
parents' command, man led Samuel
Funs, and with her husband came to
America, and made Hrooklyn their
homo. After ten years of married life
Fass died.
One of (iiitman's friends who knew
tho story of his early disappointment
in love told him four mouths ago that
the one-time Miss Goldman, now the
widow of Fass, lived lu Hrooklyn, and
Gvtman began to act as If he were
young again. He bought a gay neck
tie, a fancy vest and lovely crash
clothes. Then, after visiting the barber,
he went to Hrooklyn with electricity lu
his step and uu old-time longing In his
heart. Eliza Fass received him lu her
best widow's gown and her blushes
were as noticeable as in the olden days.
A little bit of color and bright ribbons
here and there had brightened up her
uttiie when he called again, and after
a third visit Gutman told his friends
ho was a happy man, and the engage
ment was announced. Only a few In
timate friends were Invited to the long
deferred ceremony, at the conclusion of
which tho reunited lovers started for
tho wont on a wedding tour.
being convinced from reports received
thnt these will thrive on the Oregon
coast, mid he h:iu notified Fish mid
Game Protector .ViSuiro to tlilt effect.
A shipment of eastern oysters will be
sent out by tho commission to Oregon
pome time this fall and lu the mean
tlino Mr. MeGuIre will make a personal
Investigation to find a sult.iblo loco
Hon to plant them. Eastern oysters
require wnter of Just a certain
temperature, neither too fresh nor too
brackish, otherwise they will not
thrive. Mr. MeGuIre thinks that good
bods can bo found at Yaqulna bay, and,
to make sure, he will make a trip
there ns soon ns he has the time.-'
Portland Oregonlan.
IU.pop.liie "f Smnkr.
Ill a device for disposing of the
smoke from holler llres brought for
ward in Germany the American Ma
chinist says that the wimto gases ol
consumption or combustion nro drawn
through u conduit at the end of which
Is a ventilating fan, which forces thorn
into tho lower part of u gasometer.
Here they bubble through a sheet of
water, where thoy aro cleansed of the
solid particles held In suspension and
collect in the upper part of tho gaso
meter, whence they may be set free
into tho atmosphere or used for any
purpose desired. Tho wash water Is
contlnunlly renewed, and, as n meas
ure of economy, the combustible solid
matter contained in It may bo extracted
by decantntlon or evaporation and
used a second time for fuel. Tho draft
Is regulated simply by varying the
load upon the bell of the gasometer.
Tho system Is applicable only where
power Is avallublo for operating the
ventilator.
Twelve newspapers to a population
of 15,000 is tho record of Caldwell coun
ty, Missouri)
Itrittpiiiijinaa, i.f , '" ."r.ftwai'iTiiii'iaai III .i "- . mi ii ii..,- - . iSL' .
ANEAKPUTONABABY.
DOCTORS PERFORM AN ORIGI
NAL OPERATION IN SORCffRY.
Mir I c ft. ii I ' siirn-lli Nut . .ninlrrl
.Nittlirn I. oil I'rtitlilnl i MntllBlM
I nine ii f llr.li lltitrlng .Nut I'.r-
ttarril,
AllS can be llliliie
to order now at-
.Mj-i ! I mint while you
flT WtStt-n;-' hnbv. instead of
having a flue,
Miapcly shell of an
car that the mirs
and all the women
in the neighbor
hood will rave over
ihould happen to hae Just a kind of a
bump that doesn't look like anything
at all don't be discouraged s.iya the
N'ew York Journal.
Model u surgery is not dismayed by
my such trifle ns that. It goes to work
4 ml bulliN noses and ears and almost
inythlng else that the human face mid
'Ignre lack to be symmetrical.
One of the most ambitious, most dell
ale, as well as the most successful of
'he recent ventures of the new surgery,
was the construction of an ear to sup
ply the sad dellclcncy of a Connecticut
'j.iby.
The patient in this er skillful oper
nlou was mi infant with the euphoni
ous name of .Michael Kopeske. The
child's patents keep a thriving board
ing house tu Colon City, Conn.
Michael was a healthy baby and
oinely in all respects, save that some
mischievous fate had scut him "Into
Ibis bieathlug wot hi ' scarce half made
up in the matter of ears. It was the
source of vast embarrassment to the
fond father mid mother that the baby
should be thus incomplete, mid they
knew thai (heir discomfort was small
compared with that which the lack of
the ear would cause little Michael when
he giew older. Ills left ear was noth
ing more than a ineaulnglehs lump, and
the absence of a genuine ear made the
thlld look sadly onesided.
The father and mother consulted
three doctors lu Hililgcpnit. They de
cided to see If Mime means could not
be devised of making an ear not alone
an outer car that would Improve the
youngster's looks, but an orlllce
tlnough which he would be able to
hear, for theie was no ear with which
nature had pinvidcd him.
The baby, now scarcely seven months
old, was taken to the ollice of one of
the doctors and the council of physi
cians set to woik upon It.
The clilhl was caiefully examined,
hut It was Impossible to llnd any sign
of an opening whereby sound might be
transmitted to tho ear-drum and thence
to the brain.
The first step after an anaesthetic
had been applied and the child made
unconscious was to locate the spot
where the opening should have been.
Then the operation began an opera
tion which, so far as recnids tell, baa
never been undertaken before.
An Incision was nisde lu the place
where the ear ought to be and a way
found from the exterior of the lump to
the tympanum. It was found that the
Interior formation of the hearing ap
paratus was all normal. Dividing and
turning hack the iiuornameutal knob
of llesh which hud dlsllguied the in
fant, the three doctors sewed the Haps
to the liend to hold them back and
stitched the four sections together.
Thnt was plastic surgeiy with u ven
geance. Then a spectrum was Inserted
In tho opening, to prevent Its closing as
the healing process went on. Altogeth
er, the operation was a very successful
one. It was a bold one, too, but was
performed deftly and very quickly. In
all the child was under the Influence
of chloroform for less than uu hour.
Ills health ami stieugth were not Im
paired by the ordeal and the niade-to-order
car Is growing Into a ically good
looking member. The doctors are
afraid that as an organ of heating it
will not bo In any great degree ser
viceable. They think that the carti
laginous structure nbout the inner ear
may have developed a tendency to os
rilflcatlon from having been so long
kept in an unnatural condition.
JAVA'S NATURAL WONDER.
Ilnuin of Hie Hot l)rIU I'oiiniri Ureal
Intftrrtt In Trattlrra,
The greatest natural wonder lu Java,
if not lu the entire world, is the Justly
celebrated "Gheko Kamdka Oiimku," or
"Homo of the Hot Devlin," known to
tho world as the "Island of Fire," says
an exchange. This geogloglcal singular
ity Is really a hike of boiling mud, titu
a ted at about the center of the plains of
Grobogann, mid it is called an Island
becaiiho the great emerald sea of vege
tation which sui rounds It gives It that
appearance. The "Island" Is nbout two
miles In circumference nnd Is situ
ated at a distance of almost exactly
llfty miles from Solo, Near the cen
ter of this geological freak Immense
columns of soft, hut mud may bo seen
continually rising and falling like
great timbers thrust through the boil
ing substratum by giant hand:) ;nd
then again quickly withdrawn. He
sides the phenomenon of tho boiling
mud columns there are scores of gi
gantic bubbles of hot Blime that fill up
like huge balloons and keep up a sorles
of constant explosions varying with
the slzo of tho bubble. In times past,
so tho Javanese authorities say, there
was a tall, splre-llke column of baked
mud on the west edge of the lake,
which constantly belched a pure
stream of cold water, but this has long
been obliterated mid everything Is now
a seething macs of bubbling mud and
slime a marvel to the visitors, who
como from great distances to seo It.
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SHE RODE A WHEEL,
n lint llir Menl Hint Thnn Mi lrof
Mini from tint lliimr,
"Mail.un," he began, as the lady ol
the house opened the door In nnswer
to his ilng. "oii ride a bicycle, do you
not?"
"I do,"' rthe misweied, proudly, nc
cording to the New Yoik Telegram.
"I thought as much,'' said he with a
sad flickering smile lighting up hh
fe.ituies,
"Your blight eyes nnd niddy cheeks,
the glow of health that mantles vour
brow proclaimed that fact even beforu
you had spoken. Hut what Is one per
son's meat Is another's poison mid the
same toy, plaything or vehicle, call It
what you will, that hns lured the roies
to your checks, madam, nnd sent tins
blood bounding through your rejuva
niiled veins has driven them from
mine, dried up my life's Juices and sent
me forth a broken down, hopoless
wreck and wanderer on the face of the
earth. Yes, madam, that Is unfortun
utely what bicycle riding bus done for
me."
"Why, my poor man!" she gushed,
with a look of tender pity in her blue
ees; "lake this half dollar sorry I
can't give you more, but It's all the
change I have. Then sit right down
and rest while I get you something to
eat."
Half an hour later, when he bad eat
en all he could hold and was preparing
to travel on. nlie sympathetically ob
served1 "Poor fellow! You must have suf
feied a gieat deal. Were you laid up
long?"
"When"" he asked, with a puzzled
look.
"Wh, when on were Injured bicy
cling." 'injured ble cling? Why, 1 never
mounted a wheel In my life."
"Never mounted a wheel!" she fair
ly shrieked. "I thought you said bi
cycling wns what i educed you (o your
present stale?"
"Collect, mad. uu," he icsponiled,
hastily backing down the steps. "The
hlc.v cling of others Is what did It. I
used lo lie the proprietor of a livery
stable!"
.she dived behind the door, hut a sec
ond later when she emerged with u
broom It was loo late. Her caller had
disappeared.
MaUltli; II I'lillll.
"This heie piece in the paper makes
use o' llin word 'supeiilulty' several
times," reniaiked the man who was
sill lug on the empty soap box. "Now
what do ye lake superllulty to be?"
"I duutio's I kin exactly tell It,"
answered (be man with the twine huh
pendent. "Hut I sense It nil right
enough."
"Kin ye Illustrate It?"
"M yes. I reckon 1 klu. Superfluity
Is u good deal the same thing ez n fel
ler's weatin' n necktie when he'H gof
a full bftnd." Washington Star.
Ilniitu! rolllll.
Unusual facilities for matrimony are
offered at Anierlcus, Ga. Justice Gra
ham, while walking on the street one
evening lately, was upproached by a
negro man and woman, who asked to
lie united, and lie Joined them lu thu
solemn bonds then and there.
I'lindad.
"Paw," said the little boy, "did you
know that the housefly lays moro'ii j
million eggs?"
"Maybe she does, Willy," answered
his baldheuded parent, "but I'll be
eternally dinged if I ran tell when sbt
takes the time."
Hit. Slnppril NmnUInc Cigarette..
Charlie Parsons, uged 111, for nore
than ti year smoked three puckagei
of cigarettes u day. He died a abort
tluii) since at his home in Kokomo,
hid,, after being lu convulsions for
four duyK.
BITS OF KNOWLEDGE. ,
The hortc, of all animals, Is thf
quickest to succumb to cold.
People who wore shoes In Italy dur
ing the fourteenth century had to pay
a tax for the privilege.
In Germany the men an well as tut
women wear wedding rings. When
either dies the Btirvivor wears both.
Fushion plates containing designs foi
clothing for pet dogs are regularly
issued by some of the Parisian tailors.
The longest tunnel In tho world It
St. Gothnrd, which Is 48,840 feet. Th
next longest are Mount Ccnls, 39,850
feet; lloosack, 23,080 feet; Severn, 22,
92 feet; Nochlstongs, 21,659 feet; Sutln,
21,120 feet.
Tho following are said by a Swlsi
hunter to have been found near the
nest of an eagle recently discovered
In the Alps: A hare, 27 chamois' feet,
I pigeons' feot, 20 pheasants' feet, 11
heads of fowls, IS heads of grouse and
the remains of a number of rabbits,
marmots and squirrels.
A careful examination of the treei
that are struck by lightning shows thai
over half of them are whlto poplar.
From this fact scientists conclude that
the poplar has somo value as n con
ductor of lightning. This bolng the
case, agriculturists are advised to plant
these trees In the vicinity of their farm
buildings.
One of the big steamship companies
la about to make a novel departure. It
hns ordered a steamship to be built for
tho "sole use of Invalids." It Is to b
a vessel of the largest class, fitted up
with a luxury heretofore never attempt
ed, to be devoted entirely tu the sor
vice of tho wealthy sufferers of thai
class, who aro aflllcted with pulmonary
troubles, and who can only prolong
life In tho dry, salubrious climate o.
perpetual uummer.
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