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UP IN HIGH SOCIETY.
SOME RECENT DIVORCES IN
UPPER TENDOM.
nii: n.riirri:K or .iami:s i.
iii.aim: is i -i t i : i : auain.
.Mr. IIIrkIimiiii, Wife of Itoil titi'n Lend
ing Hunker Dlwirred mill Iti'iniirrli'tl
How AmhtIihii Huclldnin Mm Hecn
Coiiiliirtliit; Itnelf Km mil;.
rp, -TtfAHHIET BLAINE
l BEALE, with her
t I tittrirnuy, appealed
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befoio JudgoWhltc-
litnise of thu BU-
pionio court at Au
gusta, Me , iccont
ly nnil obtained a
(II vol co ft oiii her
-'JVjhUBimnii, tiumoii
W iifiilf. Thi! libelant
pr:ii'd for tins ens
tody of a minor child, Walker lllalno
Henlo, nged C moiitliH, anil waived nil
elnlni for power or alimony. Mrs.
Henlo In 21 ycnr of ngc and the young
est daughter of tho lato J much (5.
lllnlnc. Sho was mnrrlrd to Truxton
Bonle, who belongs to a highly respeet
ed family In Wushlngton, April 13,
ISO I. The ceremony was attended hy
nil tho pronilneiit society people of that
elty. Every one thought that "Miss
Hnttle," as hIio Ih known, hnd made a
brilliant match, nnil all her friends
wero plenHed at her evident pood for
tune, lint a year ngo hint winter on a
visit homo It vn evident thnt who and
her husband wero not getting nlong
happily, and for the past venr they
had not lived together. It was Riven
out hero that Mr. liealo would not sup
port bin wife, and Mrs. Blaine, Sr., was
not willing to support him. One child
had been bom to them, namely. Walker
Hlalno Heale, now nged (! montliH. Mrs.
Benin's request that the custoily of the
child bo Riven to her w.mb granted.
Truxton Henlo Is very well known In
California, where- ho lived many years
Ho Is n son of the late (Sen. Heale
who was stationed on the Pari He coast
In tho early days and who left a law
estate. Truxton Heale engaged In busi
ness In San Franelj'eo and was a prom
inent society and club man. He served
n term as minister to Persia.
Ciimii Ih Nettled Out of Court.
The suit for dlvoroo brought by Mrs
Cutter ngnlnst Hev. Georgo W. Cutt"r.
pastor of the dimming Memorial
Church, at Newport, 11. I., has been
settled out of court. Tho settlement
of the caso was announced last week.
The plaintiff Is a young and piett
New York woman, twenty or more
years younger than her husband. Much
to tho sin prise of the community she
left her husband's hnntlHonto cottage In
Kay street, and in a few months tiled
a petition for divorce under the In?s
of lthodu Island on the ground "of ex
tremo cruelty and non-support." No
elergyninn ever stationed at Newport
stood hlghur than Rev. Dr. Cutter, mid
Mrs. Cutter's allegation caused sur
prise. Everything was in readiness
for the trial. Lato the day before,
however, counsel on both sides an
nounced that tho caso had been settled
nut of court. Counsel for Hev. Dr. Cut
ter said: "Von can say that the case
has been settled honorably for both
parties and that Dr. Cutter has been
vindicated."
Mr. IIIrkIiihoii Writ .lumen SiiiIIIi.
It was announced In New York city
tho other dny that Mrs. Julln norland
Hlgglnsonnnd J. Wheatland Smith had
been married in Paris recently. From
tho cable so far llttlo Information hna
been had about tho particulars of this
last step In ono of tho most remarkable
and sensational elopements that has
been heard of In many yc-nrs. Tho wed
dlngcomcs a llttlo late, for Mrs. Hlggln
son sailed from New York in last No
vember with Mr. Smith, but. coming as
It does, at this thirteenth hour, the an
nouncement promises to create as much
talk In Now York and Hostou as did
tho elopement. Mrs. Hlgglnson was
the wlfo of Francis Leo Hlgglnson, one
of the most prominent nnd wealthy
bankers of Boston. She left four chil
dren when sho eloped ono of them u
daughter IS years old, who had Just
mado her debut In society. The man
she eloped with was fifteen years her
Junior nnd had nothing but his good
looks intl his lists to commend him to
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public attention. Then, after sho got
abroad, bIio tired of her young lover,
and wrote to her husband, asking her
husband to take her back. Ho sent
$100,000 to hor, but no Invitation to re
turn. A sensational divorce trial suc
ceeded this, nnd now tho announce
ment of tho ovcrduo wedding comes
from Paris. Whether they Intend to
remnln abroad or will como back to
this country Is not known. Mrs. Hlg
glnson has money of her own, but
Smlthjms none.
Iluth Men rntoil fur (iililiinep,
Tho caso of Doollttlo vs. Doollttlo is
being tried In tho borough aourt at
Walllngford, Conn,, and has created a I
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sensation. Mrs. Dexter Doollttlo lias
sued her husband for notisupport, wtillo
Doolltllu baa hi ought suit agalust J.
.1 Dunn for alienating IiIh wlfe'n af
fectlonsnnd wants 53,000 damages. Last
week ho was on tho witness stand for
six hours, undergoing a vigorous cross
examination. It entnn out In his testi
mony that ho hnd ordered his wlfo
to leave his house If her affections had
been given to Dunn. Ho stated that
ono time ho and Dunn met under tho
applo trees and had some words of
prayer on tho subject. Dunn nBked
for Divine guidance In tho matter of
bis vlUlng th Doullttle hW5"hnld
Ho said prayerfully that ho did not
want "good Sister Doollttlo to go to
tho devil," and that If his visiting her
was a means to that end he wanted tho
Lord td send another visitor. To this
prayer Doollttlo testified ho added an
unctuous "Amen." Then Doollttlo
wiestled In prayer and asked that
"llrother Dunn" might bo tnught his
place, and to this Dunn added his
"Amen." The cat-o Is still pending.
Lout III .lull fur u Dinner.
United States Commissioner Perry
of Kansas City, Knn Is out. This
matter was dellnltely settled last week
when friends of his who are In a posi
tion to know Btatcd that tho commis
sioner had forwarded his resignation
to Washington about two weeks ago.
For tho last few weeks a fight hns
been In progress against Perry on tho
grounds that ho was not a resident of
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COMMISSIONER PURRY.
tho state of Kansas. Ho received his
appointment fnm President Cleveland
two years ago. About six months ago
be wan divorced f i his first wlfo
and Immediately after securing tho di
vorce papeis he leniariled. According
to law In the state of Kansas no di
vorced man Is allowed to marry until
six months after the separation papeis
havo been secured. This caused Perry
to lemovo his lcsldonco to Kansas
City, but in tho removal ho lost his
Job.
.Mm. Iliinieft .NeeliN Ilhuree.
Thurlow Weed Harnes, n man of
large wealth, a well-known politician
and tho husband of tho daughter of the
late millionaire, .John .Morris, of New
York, has been made defendant In a
suit for divorce, in that city. Much
mystery nnd bocieey envelops this legal
transaction. Mrs. Barnes, tho beauti
ful slstor of A. II. nnd I). M. Morris,
conspicuous! nt tho Morris Park and
other rnco tracks and owneis of raco
horses, has not lived with Mr. Harnes
for mom than two years, and Just now
she Is occupying a handsome chntenu
In tho suburbs of Paris. After tho mar
riage, nine years ago, at which tlmo
the father of Miss Morris presented her
with n cheek for $r0(),000, tho couple
wero devoted uud apparently happy,
this felicity, It appears reigned for live
or six years. Then thero wero differ
ences, and a parting. Rumor haB It
thnt Mrs. Harnes objected to hor hus
band's friendship for Virginia Hnrnod,
the actress. Anywny, they separated,
nnd Mr. Harnes took bachelor apart
ments at tho Crolslc, 7 West Twenty
sixth street. Thero ho could bo found
usually when not nt the ofllco of the
Stnndnrd Tolephono Company, 253
Hroadwny; nt his favorlto club, the
Hardware, In tho same building, or nt
Dolmonlco's.
Nnimlron'H llewrt In Ht Hole.
When Napoleon died his friends
asked permission to removo tho re
mnliiB to Kuropo, that they might be
burled on tho banks of tho Selno, ac
cording to tho wish ho had so often
expressed. This prlvllego tho British
authorities refused to grant. Even
Mine. Hertrand's entreaties to allow
tho heart to bo taken homo to Franco
wore Ignored. Strangely onough, how
ever, when tho body was being om
Imlmod tho heart disappeared, Tho
basin In which It hnd been placed whllo
the embalming process was going on
was (julto empty. Of courso It was
tho first thought that some one of the
(lend emperor's friends hnd Btolen it.
Search wan mndo every wheie. Finally
some one noticed a trace of blood lend
ing to a rat hole In tho corner of tho
room. Thero, stuffed tightly In tho
hole, was found the heart of tho mnn
who had mado nil Europe tremble.
The rat bad taken It from tho basin,
but could not Ret It through tho open
ing leading to Its nest. Pittsburg Dls.
patch.
ITiiimnliiimlile. Crime,
"That was a pretty bold piece of bus
lncss out on Thirty-seventh street. Two
men held up a crowd of flvo or six
follows about three o'clock In tho nf
tornoou nnd robbed them of something
llko fl.GOO. Ono of tho tobbers had a
full dress suit on, too,"
"And before six o'clock? What n
desperate ficouudrel!" Chicago Trl
buno.
rollonlut; Inttructlmn,
"Here," roared tho statesman to Ids
new private secretary, "whoro nro you
going with nil that mall 7"
"Over to the express ofllco. You told
mo you wanted all your lettors prop
erly and carefully expressed," Detroit
Free Press,
VWWWO ITS - -SS i
IS A NOBLE WOMAN.
MRS. HEARST'S MAGNIFICENT
GIFT TO BERKLEY COLLEGE.
Oik Million DoIIiim Turned Out to the
t'litifii! nf I'reo munition The Donor
In Noted for Her Kind lleiirl nnd
Omul Deed Dune Aiming I lie Tour.
RS. PHOEHE A.
HEARST, who has
s'arlled California
by her gift of $1,
000,000 to lleikeley
university, li a s
made a departure
that Is notable In
usmitch as big in
dividual donations
are seldom made to
state universities.
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I'ho California Stnto unlvcislty at Ber
keley and the private touiidatloii of
Senator Stanford at Palo Alio arc In
tense rivals. Stanford Is mull more
richly endowed than Berkeley, nnd Mrs.
Hearst has started a nun client the end
of which will be tho IIiiho of Stan
ford by Berkeley In wealth and power.
Regent Relnsteln believes that Mrs.
Hearst's gift will be added to from oth
er sources until the stuto university
will havo added to Its wealth tho sum
of $1,000,000. Sho will spend nt once
$.'!00,000 for two new buildings. There
la to bo an international competition
of architects for the work, and Mrs.
Hearst will pay all expenses Involved
in that undertaking. Callfornlans are
very fond and very proud of their stnto
educational institution uud desire that
It mny bo made tho greatest triumph
of American fieo education. The site
nt Berkeley, on the mountain side, with
Its eucalypti and oak, overlooking the
great bay, Is tho noblest unlversltv In
MRS. PHOEBE A.
the world, and Mrs. Hearst wishes to
place It in the fore-front of the world's
universities, In point of architecture
and erudition. At a recent meeting
tho board of regents passed a vote of
thanks to Mrs. Hearst, and Regent
Relnsteln anil Governor Build sent hor
personal letters expressing their grati
tude for her mnmilflcent gift. Mrs.
Hearst Is tho widow of the lato United
States Senator Hearst ami mother of
tho proprietor of the San Francisco
Examiner nnd the Now York Journal,
Sho is a most charming woman, nnd
was, ono of tho most popular ladles at
tho natlonnl capital when her husband
was a member of tho upper house of
congress. Perfect hostess ns sho Is,
and much as sho adorns society, Mrs.
Hearst Is not nlonc a society woman
e1io Is n great deal more She Is a
level-headed business woman, thor
oughly understanding nil tho Ins and
outs of her large mining nnd other In
terests. Dainty and refined ns sho Is
in her dress and all personal belong
ings, she does not hesitate to go down
Into mines nnd other "choky," soiling
places, if by doing so sho can add to
her n!endy largo stock of knowledge.
Sho hns a warm heart, too, though she
tries to keep her heart subject to her
Judgment and objects to being Imposed
upon. Sho loves to glvo plensuro, and
dooa so In mnny kindly, thoughtful
wnys. Above all, sho believes in fit
ting penplo to tnko care of themselves,
nnd for mnny years hns dovoted a cer
tain goodly sum to tho education of
young men nnd women In those
brnnches of nrt best colculnted to fit
them for the battlo of life. She has
long maintnlned a kindergarten in
San Francisco.
The lloiiho of KrjN,
The oldest provincial governing body
In tho world Is nt Douglas, In the Isle
of Man, known as tho Court of Tyn
wold nnd tho Houso of Keys, It Is
eupposed to have been lu evidence for
1,100 years.
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I low Hold I'euetriileii Lend.
Very wonderful are tho expeilments
of Prof. Roberts-Austen on tho "dif
fusion of solid metals." The professor
hna proved, for Instance, that gold,
without being incited, will diffuse W
atoms tliiough a mass of solid lead. Of
course the amount of diffusion Is slight,
but It Is enslly measurable. In some of
the experiments cylinders of lend about
two and three-quarters Inches In
length, with gold placed at tho bottom,
were kept nt a high temperature but
not high enough to melt either of the
metnls for various periods of time. In
three days enough gold had passed up
ward through the solid lead to be de
tected at the top of the cylinders! (Sold
and lead kept piessed together for four
days, without being heated above ordi
nary temperatures, were strongly unit
ed. Solid gold also diffuses In solid sil
ver nnd holld copper. These facts aro
legarded as furnishing confirmation of
the view long held by Prof. Graham
that "the three conditions of matter,
solid, liquid nnd gaseous, probably al
ways exist In every liquid or solid sub
stance, but that one predominates over
the otheis."
A Mbrp INilur Hen.
Dr. Nanscn, who returned Inst slim
mer battled in his attempt to reach tho
north pole, although he got nearer to
It than any one else has ever been, ic
ports a fact which upsets some old
Ideas about the Polar sea. He found
that tho sea north of Siberia Is shallow
In Its southern portion, averaging only
90 fathoms deep, but that nbovo lati
tude 70 deg. It suddenly becomes pro
found, the bottom falling to n depth of
from 1,000 to 1.900 fathoms. If this ap
plies to the entire polar basin, then iho
noith polo does not llo in shallow
water, ns ninny have supposed, but Is
situated In the midst of a deep sea a
fact which hns a bearing upon the prob
lem of bow best to reach the pole.
HEARST.
N'eu lllnhup of Dulutli.
Rev. Dr. John D. Morrison, jecently
elected bishop of the dloceso of Dulutli,
Minn., Is one of tho most scholarly men
In tho Protestant Episcopal clergy of
tho United States. Tho new bishop Is
not an American born. He Is a native
of Canada, and It was in thnt country
he was given his secular education. He
entered McGIll university, tho lending
educational Institution In the domin
ion, and was graduated from that col-
lego with the degree of LL. D. Ho then
enme to tho United Stntes and entered
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BISHOP MORRISON.
Union Theological seminary In tho
stnto of Now York. Thnt collego con
ferred upon him tho degree of doctor of
divinity. His first chnrgo wns Christ
church, in Herkimer county, New York,
He labored In that field with grent suc
cess for six years and did much to for
wnrd tho cause of tho Episcopalian
faith and built up his church. Ho wns
then transferred to Ogdensburg, whoro
he Is now rector of St. John's church
and archdeacon of the diocese. Ho was
olected to the blehoprlc of Dulutli by
tho Amorlcan house of bishops at their
recent ceutlns i New York.
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GEM WORTH MILLIONS
FOUND IN THE KIMDERLY
MINES, SOUTH AFRICA.
All trie Other I'mnoim Sloiie Are lint
riffnile Coiiiiiired Willi It It I
timely (liuirileil liy IthodcK Mining
('iiriniriitlon.
HE greatest dla
montl In the world,
the most valuable
ge:n ever discover
ed, Is at last to bo
cut and put on the
mnrket. Any lady
or gentleman who
has an odd $2,000,
000 or $3,000,000 ly
ing around loose in
the house may now
Acquire this gem ns soon ns the cutting
process Is finished.
In the rough the diamond was valued
nt ?2,500,000. How much the cutting
may enhance this valuation or depre
clato It only the future can tell. If It
falls Into tho linnds of a paitlcularly
skilful mnn ho mny easily add $500,000
to It. If, on the other hand, the cut
ting Is unskilfully done, $."00,000 may
be cut off with equal ease. The stone
has never been out of tho possession
of tho great diamond syndicate, of
which Cecil Rhodes Is the head, and
which controls tho entire diamond out
put of South Africa. It was found by
one or tho syndicate's workmen In
June, 189.'!. In the Jagor Fontcln mine,
near Kimberly. It Is known ns tho
Jagor Fontcln Excelsior. From the
moment of Its discovery up to the
piescnt time it hns been guarded as
carefully ns tho treasure In tho Bank
of England. To make Its security all
mo greater, htrlct secrecy has been
observed as to Its exact locution. It
wns first kept under military guard at
tho syndicate's South African place,
and then sent under special escort to
London. There It has remained ever
since. But, beyond the fact that It Is
In tho city somewhere, no one has been
permitted to know anything nbout it.
Tho seciet of its locution has been kept
by the officers of tho company nnd a
few trusted employed. No effort has
heretofore been made for its cutting,
because n customer for a two and a
half million bolltnlie Is not to bo picked
up every dny. As the cutting process
is very expensive, the syndicate did not
care to go ahead with the woik until
there was some prospect of n sale. It
takes an emperor or a king to secure
contiol of such a stone ns this, nnd the
emperors and klng3 of Europe aro rath
er hard up nt present. Who it Is that
has llnnlly promised to tako the .lager
Fontcln Excelsior off the syndicate's
hands la not known. It Is rumored In
London, however, that like all the oth
er great things in the world, the big
diamond Is coming to America to some
great American millionaire. Compared
with tho Jager Fontcln Excelsior all
the other great stones nt present In
existence aro as hazel nuts to hen's
eggs. It weighed whon exhumed 9C0',A
enrats. Its extreme girth In width wns
CHi Inches, and Its extremo girth in
length wum 094 Inches. Its greatest
length on nny side was 2',f. Inches, and
Its greatest width on any ono side wns
U inches. Its smnllest width wns 1
Inches. Altogether It Is not unlike u
smull baseball In size. There aro per
haps n half dozen diamonds In tho
world thnt will rank with tho Jager
Fontcln ns among tho greatest gems in
existence, though nono of them ap
proach It in nny sense, either in value
or size. Tho Mogul diamond, which Is
among tho Persian crown jewels,
weighs 280 carats. It is ono of the chief
nb.sets of tho Shnh of Persia, and all
soits of fabulous prices have been of
fered Tor It.
The Orloff diamond in tho sceptre of
tho Russian Czar weighs 101?i enrnts.
According to ono story, It formed tho
eye of an Indian Idol nnd wns stolen by
a French des-ortcr; another thnt It be
longed to the Nadir Shah of Persia, and
on his murder enmo Into tho hnnds of
nn Armenlnn merchant, who brought It
to Amsterdam. It was sold to Russia
In 1772 for 5430,000, with nn annuity of
$4,000 nnd a title of Russian nobility.
Among tho British crown Jewels Is
the Kohlnoor. Tills stone has had a
most remnrknblo history, nnd until It
fell into tho linnds of Queen Victoria
caused wars innumerable. At a date
not fixed by history, It wns discovered
in the Gnnl mine near tho famous
mines of Golconda. In 1320, at tho
wick of Delhi by Ala Ed Din, the Sul
tan of tho Mogul dynasty, It fell Into
the hands of tho conquerors, who, It Is
related, "esteemed It ut the sum of
tho dally maintenance of the whole
world."
At this tlmo It weighed 793 knmts.
The gem pnbsed nlong from generation
to generation, until tho Emperor Au
icngzebo enmo to the throne. This
old gentleman became tainted with
western heresies, nnd concluded that
tho Mogul In Us stnto of cutting was
not fashlonnblo enough to servo for
court purposes. So ho had a western
lapidary. Horglo by name, tako It under
contract to cut It according to Euro
pean Ideas. Horglo was highly pleased
at tho commission, but beforo ho got
through ho devoutly wished thnt ho
might have been drowned beforo tho
emperor ever sent for him. For six
months tho stono was In tho lapidary's
hands, nnd when he hnd finished his
Job ho returned it with much prldo to
Its roynl owner.
It took the Emporor Aurengzobo just
threo seconds to ordor that Horglo
should bo boiled In oil, torn limb from
limb, hnve his head cut off nnd nnlletl
to tho city gates by tho ears, nnd to
undergo various other equally pleasing
nnd cheerful experiences. In cutting
tho diamond, Horglo had been com
pelled to reduce It three-qunrtors In
size. Thnt tho Job was scientifically
and nrtlotlcnlly done from tho lapi
dary's standpoint cut no figure with
tho enrnged monarch. He wanted the
gem trlmtuQd up according to vestern
ideas, but he didn't by nny mnnner of
means Intend to lose thrce-qunrters of
It. Ho wns finally prevailed upon to
spare Horglo s life, but got even by
confiscating nil the property possessed
by that unfortunate Individual, which
was not Inconsiderable. It bus been
conjectured that In cutting It, the din
mond was divided, and the other ltnlf
became the Orloff stone.
In Its reduced form the stono passed
along from generation to generation,
causing wnrs nnd riots innumerable,
until lu 1SI&, upon the conquest of tno
Piinjaub, It passrd from the owner
ship of Runjeet Sing to thnt of Queen
Vlctoiln. It has since been re-cut, and
now weighs 100 1-10 knrnts.
PERSIA'S TURQUOISE MINES.
Only the
-Most I'rlinlilio
.Method Aro
lu lllli'.
The only turquoise mines In the
world that hnve been worked exten
sively or thnt hnve produced coma nm.
feet In form nnd color, nre those near
Mshapur. in northern Persia, says tho
New York Times. Tho British vice
consul nt Meshed recently vlalted the
mines. Ho buh that on approaching
them from Nlshapiir, after entering the
low hills nnd gradually ascending, one
arrives first at tho villages Inhabited
by the miners, which nro on undulnt
ng ground nbout 3.000 feet nbovo sea
leu'l. After nnother gradual ascent
for about a mile by a very good rond,
tho foot of a hill about i.nnn fnm t
lielg it Is reached. All tho mlnea nro
on thoKouth face of this hill and from
tho first to tho last the distance as tho
croW flics S t mo,.,. inn ,m)f n ,
Tho Reish mine, which Is tho only ono
now worked on n largo scale or with
vigor, produce, the greater part of tho
tirquolses nt present sent to mar
ket It Is near the top of one of tho
highest ridges at an altitude of about
0.000 feet above ecu level. The en
trance lo a hollowed-out rave, nbout
twe Ivo yards across, with a ver
tleul shaft some ihe yards In diameter.
Only most primitive, methods nre in
vogue. '
GOOD VICTUALS HUMANIZE HIM
rim hoy Wle OimrrclM.,,,,. .Vll,Ilri. (!h
Mny Iteforc Antelope stent.-.
On one of the ranches In New Mex
Iro Jin, Riddle, one of the eowbov,w4
of a notably (Ierce ami quarrelsome dls-
led with hlsqiiarrolaonio nature as well
A heart v
II.
meai Was s'n 'mm-l, ,(,.,i i...
Jim that It soothed ami made him gen
tlo for tho time being, one wiek the
. wre on with a herd and suffered
Breatly for pro visions. Jim Brew Verv
sullen and troublesome. Finally a cou
ple of antelopes wero killed and tho
boys prepared for n feast. Fires wero
"lit .and a grand fCUlU ai,KllnUe(1;
llni Riddle ate about n quarter or nn an
telope and the haimonlzlng effect of
such store of victuals had Its usual ef
fect upon him. Uo lay back contented
ly on aside hill, smlle.l benevolently at
tho boys, patted his stomach with his
brawny right hiind and said blandly.
"A child could play with mo now."
(letting .Miitrlinonluliy I'luntnl.
"A Jargo percentage of what Is ordi
narily called love Is ubout us safe a
guide In the choice of a companion ns
a firefly would be trustworthy Illumi
nation lu the Intricacies of a deep for
est on a dark night," writes tho Rev.
Charles H. Parkhurst, D. D., In tho
November Ladies' Home Journal. "I
am well awaro that It Is much easier
to reason nbout these things In the ab
stract than It is to keep one's head cool
and one's teniperatuie regulated In a
season of severo exposure; but so much
of the success or falluro of a young
ninn's nfter life depends on the way In
which he gota matrimonially planted
that It seems well worth while to pre
empt the ground with ns much rational
consideration ns possible. If a mnn
has accustomed to canvass the ground
with some seriousness beforo the sus
ceptible moment nrrlves thero will bo
more likelihood of his being nblo to
ride the storm when It breaks without
the loss of ship, cargo and crew."
The Dukotim.
It will never be known whetlior North
or South Dakota becamo a state first.
When tho two proclamations wore pre
sented for tho president's signature,
somebody raised the question of prior
ity nnd the president, finding It hnrtl
to decide which to sign first, ordered
tho documents, which wero exactly
alike, to be covered down to the blanks
left for his nnmo. They wero turned
down nnd rapidly changed nbout until
nobody could tell which was which.
After this they wero turned over ami
tho president wroto his nnmo on ench.
Tho Ink was allowed to dry without
tho use of blotting paper and the docu
ments wero ngnln turned down nnd
agnlu Bhuflled nbout. They wero thou
taken up nnd tho coverings icmoved.
L'nrloiu Merlin Cimtniii.
A curious custom Is mado known by
n correspondent lu Berlin. Tho butch
ers of thnt town mo In tho hnblt of In
forming their customers of tho days
on which fresh snusagos are mado by
placing a chnir, covered with n large
clean npron, at the uldo of tho shou
tloor.
I.urco IJiilldlnK StoiiM.
Tho lnrgest building stones nro those
lined In the cyclopean walls of Baal
lec, lu Syria, boiho of which menstiro
Blxty-thrco feet In longth by twonty
Blx In breadth, nnd aro of unknown
lliTtliown nmi the C'ounte.N.
Beethoven almost went crazy about
the Countcbs Glullettn Guicclnrdl. He
called her "My Immortal beloved," and
concludes his letter.!, "Ever yoursl
Ever mine! Ever each other's! Amen."
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