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A KIND OF STEALING.
HOW FAR THE PLEA OF KLEP
TOMANIA IS ADMITTED.
I'eentlar fuses In Meillrnl Iterorils -Mm
Who Would Not i:l Unless Ills Food
i
Wm Stolen Mania of II Physician
Arc Delicate Patient.
ONVBY, tho wise
It call," Bays
ShakcHpcaro when
ho wants to And n
pretty nnmo for
mealing. To-day,
however, tlio wlso
have outgrown Ibnt
term, says tho
New York Herald.
They have submit
ted kleptomania in
its stead. Mrs. Castle of San Francis
fo Is not a conveyor but a kleptoman
iac. For kleptomania, wo nro told, Is
n form of Insanity which renders Its
Victim Iriesponsiblc. Nleo distinctions
pf this sort wcro not known to our an
cestors. In their simpler view a lun
ntlc wnn a raving maniac a person
Who did not know tho nature nnd con
sequence of his acts. On this point
law and mcdlclno wcro fully agreed.
Rut mcdlclno bos ndvanccd far more
rapidly than law and Is gradually
(caching its Rlster science that n luna
tic need not rave und rago In order to
pc morally Irresponsible; that from
that oxtremo point there nro numer
ous gradations toward tho normal state
till wo reach a class on tho borderland
between sanity and insanity of whom
it Is dlfllcult to decide tho exact de
gree of their responsibility. In ono
light they may bo InBano and Irre
sponsible, although in nil other rela
tions of llfo thoy may bo absolutely
sane nnd responsible. A kleptomaniac
for oxamplo, is a person who mny be
perfectly rational under ordinary cir
cumstances yet when placed under the
Btress of temptation Is Irresistibly Im
pelled to stenl. Medical records nro
full of Illustrative cases. There was
the man who would not eat unless his
food was stolen. His attendant hu
mored him by hiding his food In a cor
ner, so that ho could imagine ho was
purloining it. There was the fash
ionable lady who at her trial for theft
confessed to so wild a longing to pos
sess everything she snw that nt church
she could hardly refrain from rilling
tho altnr. There was tho woman men
tioned by Dr. Hush, exemplary In tho
obedlenco to nil tho commandments
savo only tho eighth, who, when there,
was nothing else to lny her hands up
on, would often nt tho tnblo of a
friend secretly till her pockets with
bread. Even beforo Dr. Hush's time
tho German Lnvntcr had chronicled
similar instances. Ho mentions n doc
tor of mcdlclno who could not leave
his patients' rooms without taking
something away unobserved. His wife
would mnko it a prnctlco to search his
pockets whenovcr ho returned home
nnd would find nnd rcstoro to their
owners tho knives, thimbles, scissors
and other knick-knacks with which
they wero stuffed. Ho mnkes a rec
ord of u still moro curious ense, the
almoner of a regiment of Prusslnn
culrnsslers, a well-educated mun, who
frequently on pnrndo htolo tho hand
kerchiefs of tho olllccrs. But what aro
all tbeso enses to that of tho penitent
whoso kleptomaniac passion nsBcrted
ItBclf on his death bed so that he
quietly abstracted tho snuff box of the
holy father listening to his confession?
So long ago as 1856 tho Quarterly Re
vlow of London, in an article on the
metropolitan police, noted the fact that
"tho extent of pilfering carried on even
by ladles of rank nnd position Is very
great. There uro persons possessing
a mania of this kind so well known
among tho shopkceplng community
that their addresses nnd descriptions
aro passed from hand to hand for mu
tual security. Tho attendants allow
them to secroto whnt they like with
out Becmlng to observe them and after
ward send a bill with tho prices of the
goods purloined to their houses."
Twenty years later tho London Times
repeated tho cbnrgo. Every one who
is acquainted with London society, It
said, could nt onco furnish a dozen
nnmes of ladles who havo been notor
ious for abstracting articles of trifling
value from the shops where tbey hab
itually dealt. Their modus opernndi
"wbb bo well known that on their re
turn from their drives their relatives
took enro to ascertain tho nature of
their paltry peculations; Inquired from
the coachman tho houses nt which ho
had been.ordercd to stop and, as a mat
ter of course, reimbursed tho trndes
men to the full value of the pilfered
goods. In other cases a hint wns giv
en to tho various shopkeepers nt whoso
establishments these monomaniacs
made their purchases, and they were
simply forowarned to notico what was
tuken away and to furnish the bill,
which was paid as Boon as furnished,
and, as a matter of courso, by tho pll
fercr himself, without any feeling of
shamo or emotion of any kind. It is
only recently thnt kleptomania has be
come recognized by tho courts.
During the KngaKemeht.
Aunt Susan What, Bitting up writ
ing at this hour? "Yes, auntie, It's only
a little note to Harry." Aunt Susan
Why, Hany only left you five minutes
ago. Carrie Yes; but thero Is some
thing I forgot to nfk him, nnd It's very
important. Aunt Susan Yes? Carrlo
I asked him if ho loved mo nnd ho
said yes, but I forgot to ask him it ho
would lovo mo always. Boston Tran
script. Outtlonr. ,
Jay bank My son 1ms become qulto
bicycle export; rides two wheels at
once. Claypool That's nothing, v My
baby rides four at once. Washington
Tines.
OLD-TIME COOKING
Llko the Mrn of Those Days
It Wat
Coarse hut Strong.
It was very different three hundred
years ago. There wns no sclcnco nnd
very little fashion. Tho culture of tho
ngo was well expressed by sirloin,
which aristocratic word was coined by
nn Inebriated monarch, who insisted
upon knighting n loin of beef on ac
count of lis cxccllcno and juiciness,
soys the New York Mall and Express.
There were no forks. Instead of plates
wooden trenches, nnd spoons wero of
wood nnd wcro what wo would call
ladles; and napkins and tnblo cloths
were practically unknown. Tho cook
ery books, what thero were of them,
were on a pnr with the rest of kltchen
dom. Honey wns largely used and
recommended when mixed with spices,
with fish nnd crnbs. Potatoes wcro
not in vogtn nnd tomatoes if known
were considered poisonous. Almost all
cooking consisted of soups, stows, pies,
flflh nnd pastry. The theory of a soup
was rich liquid or scml-llquld food. Tho
old Elngllsh beef soup hnd carrots,
turnips, cnbbagc, nnd even npplcs
thrown Into tho pot, nnd when cold
could be cut with a knfe. The rhyme
of "pease porridge nine dayB old" gives
a good notion of one stylo of cooking
which consisted of boiling nnlmal or
vegetable substances until they became
n mcro paste. There wero fish soups
and fish pnsttes, but theso on nccount of
tho prejudice ngalnst Homnn Catholics
wcro never very popular. There were
huge pies nnd puddings, of which the
interior wnB made of chopped-up beef
steak or mutton, kidneys, birds, squir
rels, hares, rabbits, venison nnd, among
the wealthy, oysters. These pasties
were valued according to their size.
Those served to the rich merchants and
goldsmiths wcro two feet In dlamotcr
and a foot thick; those served at tho
tables of the great lords were three and
four feet In diameter nnd a foot and
a half thick, while those served to
roynlty were sometimes six feet in
diameter and two feet thick. The
cooking was like the men of tho period,
coarse, brutal but strong, whoesom
nnd refreshing.
MANUAL FOR ARMY COOKS.
(.'limp Cooking Not So Ilml 11 Might He
Supposed.
In camp llfo the Joys of dining nro
more precarious than In the bnrracks be
cause of the Inconveniences to proper
cooking of tho food, Bnys Chnutauquan.
However, ns nn offset to this drawback
tocatnpllfp, thcnppetlto Is better in out
door life. For field use the cooking uten
sil snre necessarily simple. Tho dlshos
arc few and Instead of tho rcllablo bar
rack range In tho shelter of a tidy
kitchen some rudo cooking placo must
be Improvised. Of these cooking places
the simplest and most economical as
to fuel Is In tho form of a trench dug In
the ground. With modernto weather,
fnvornblo soil nnd sufficient skill such
a stovo can bo mndo to answer every
purpose. Field ovens, too, of primitive
fashion nrc constructed for baking "soft
bread," benns, meats, etc. This is
dono even when tho army Is on the
mnrch, provided tho weather Is not too
stormy for tho bread to rise. For in
dividual cooking nnd eating on the
Held, necessitated by emcrgoncles, tho
government furnishes each soldier with
ono meat can nnd plato combined, one
threo-plnt canteen, ono tin cup, ono
knlfo, fork nnd spoon. With nil its
hardships, camp cooking with tho most
primitive Implements is not so fatal to
good food as might bo supposed. Per
haps the chief reason of this Is that
thero nrc many recipes for cooking
ments, breads, vegetables, soups, etc.,
adapted to just such conditions of flro
nnd dishes.
Orciiti'Kt Crime.
Dismal Dawson This hero paper
says thnt tho greatest crlmo is com
mitted In tho localities that goes pro
hibition. Hungry Hlgglns Of course.
Wot grenter crlmo could they bo thnn
goln' prohibition? Indlnnnpolls Jour
nal. MISSING LINKS.
A kerosene lamp with an electrical
attachment Is something new. You
press a button, nnd an electric flame
lights tho lamp.
Complaint Is mndo against tho water
of tho Schuylkill by Phlladolphlans,
on tho ground that thero is too much
coal In It to drink and not enough to
burn.
A farmer of Durham, Mo whllo on a
juuy biuxc in nansaB uuy, nougat a
block of city lots. A few days later,
when sober, ho sold thorn at an advnnco
of $6,000.
Chnrlcs T. Farrier of Polk county.
Minn., has artificial legs. Ho rides" a
bicycle, can Jump fifteen feet In threo
Jumps, nnd can kick a hat held eight
feet above tho floor.
Somo of tho inrgo life Insurnnco com
panies nro considering tho advisability
of establishing a colossal sanitarium
for tho enre of consumptives who de
velop tho disease after Insuring.
A four-mnster Iron ship, with provis
ions for two years and L',500 tons of coal
on board, wns lately sold'at Yarmouth,
England, for $35. Tho vossol had run
ashore threo miles from tho town.
Thrcn bandits drove up to tho groc
ory of Harry Cliff, In Taylor street, Chi
cago, In a barouche, entdred tho store
nnd deliberate:)' robbed the proprietor
of $25, nil the money ho hnd. They then
re-entered thr bnroucho nnd drovo off
in style.
A h?artlcss rogue In LouisU:e
dashed excitedly Into a doctor's oflico,
proclaiming In alarmed tones that ho
hnd Just accidentally sn allowed a pint
of cider lu which ho nfterward learned
his wife had unintentionally dropped a
Braall quantity of arsenic. Tho doctor
produced a stomach Vunip and rushed
downstairs for warm water. While he
was gone the rogue stole the stomach
pump.
LATE GEN. WALKER.
HIS CAREER WAS TOO
DENLY CUT OFF.
SUD-
One of the Foremost KeonntnUts nnd
Statisticians of America Stricken with
Apoplriy Honorable Hervlre Id tho
Army.
EN. FRANCIS A.
WALKER, presi
dent of the Massa
chusetts Institute
of Technology, who
died at Boston tho
other flay, was sud
denly stricken with
apoplexy, and for a
time it was thought
ho would recover,
but he did not ral
ly and died in a few hours. His pass
ing away caused a profound sensation,
not only in educational circles In Bos
ton, but throughout tho community at
large, for he was ono of .tho foremost
economists nnd statisticians In America
ind had been honored by universities
it homo and abroad.
General Walker wns not yet 57 years
old. Ho was a nntivo of Boston, whero
ho waB born In July, 1840. Ills early
llfo was spent In nn environment cal
culated to produce Just such a man as
he. His father was a scholar, a con
gressman, a writer on political econ
omy, nnd occupied tho chnlr of that
sqlenco In n university. Young Walker
breathed an atmosphero of philosophy,
and It was not to bo wondered nt thnt
ho turned his attention to serious sub
IcctB. He entered Amherst, from which
college ho was grndunted in 18G0. Ho
began tho study of law, but Just as ho
was becoming Interested in his books
tho war came, and tho patriotic young
mnn entered tho army. His first serv
ice was ns a sergeant major, from which
position ho was promoted to adjutnnt
gcncral of Conch's division, and later
was mado lieutenant-colonel on tho,
staff of tho second corps.
In the bnttlo of Chnnccllorsvllle In
18G3 Walker was wounded and taken
prisoner. Ho lived through the horrors
GEN.
of Libby prison, although ho was
broken down In hcnlth when released.
In 18C5 ho left the army with tho brovet
of brigadier.
General Walker seems to have aban
doned tho hopo of becoming a lawyer
after leaving tho army and on his re
turn to tho north ho became a teacher
of tho classics in Willlston Seminary,
nt East Hampton, Mass. Ftom 1865 to
1867 ho was associated with tho Spring
Held Republican. Two years later he
entered upon the career In which he
was to no proudly distinguish himself
in late life. In 1869 he was chief of the
bureau of statistics in the treasury de
partment. He was superintendent of
the ninth census in 1870, and a year
later was appointed commissioner of
Indian affairs. Ho returned to his books
In 1873, ripe from experience, and took
the chair of political economy and his
tory in tho Springfield scientific school
at Yalo. While serving in that capacity ,
General Walker was advlBor of the
Now Haven and Connecticut boards of
education, nnd wns chief of tho bureau
of awards at tho contcnnlul exposition
of 1876.
When tho international monotary con
ference wnb hold In Paris in 1878 Gen
eral Walker was sent to tcpresont the
United State? as commissioner. His
excellent service as superintendent of
tho census of '70 recommonded him to a
llko position for tho census of 1880,
over which ho presided. In 1881 Gen
eral Walker was mado president of tho
big Massachusetts school with which ho
was connected until his death, He was
also a member of tho city and stnto
beards of education, and at times lec
tured on land tenure at Harvard. Ho
was vice-president of tho National
Academy of Science, a member of tho
American Economic Association nnd n
member of many Important statistical
societies at homo and abroad.
Llouercl Walker was tho author of
"..y hooka on economic science.
long his publication!) tho moro prom
inent nro "Tho Indian Question," (1873),
"Tho Wages Question," "Two Books on
Money," "Political Economy," "Land
nnd Its Rent." "History of tho Second
Corps, Army of tho Potomac," nnd "In
ternational Bimetallism."
He was given the degree of Ph. D., by
Amherst in 1876, and that of LL. D., by
Yale, Amherst, Harvard, Columbia tod
St. Andrews. Dublin conferred LL. D.
upon him In 1S92, und Edinburgh gave
him the same degree early In tho pres
ent year. These honors wcro won by
Qcnernl Walker by hie writings on po
litical and economic subjects, of ihlch
ho was a master.
MININO LAWS OF EARLY DAYS.
Formerly the Onlil Mlnca Were All Pub
lic Property.
"Tho earliest mining laws wero en
acted, not by congress, but by tho mi
ners themselves In tho mining dis
tricts," writes cx-Presldent Harrison in
tho Ladles' Home Journal. "It 1b a
curious fact that from 1849 to 1866, the
period of tho greatest development in
tho mining of gold, thero was no law
of the United States regulating thr oub
Ject. Tho prospectors roamed oor the
public lands, located placor or quartz
mines and took out a fabulous storo of
gold without any tltlo whatever to tho
lands from which thoy dug thlB groat
storo of wealth. They wero In a strict
sense trespassers. A policy to reserve
mineral lands from salo under the gen
eral land laws hnd prevailed for many
years and had been expressed in suit
nblo laws, but no provision had been
mndo for the salo of such lands. In
the land grants to tho Pacific Railroad
companies It was provided that min
eral InndB should not pass under the
grants. Tho river beds, gulchcr and
mountain sides wero prospected by
men who carried picks and basins In
their hands and a brace of pIstolB In
their bolts. They wero nflamo with the
lust of gold, and among them wero
many desperate men, but they had tho
Anglo-Saxon Instinct for organizing
civil institutions nnd his lovo of fair
piny. There were no mining laws, and
In many places none of any sort. Thoy
mot tho emergency by a public meet
ing, which resolved Itself Into a legis
lative body with full powers nnd mado
a code that did not cover a wide field
but covered their case. Tho limits of
n claim nnd the distribution of the wa
ter supply wcro prescribed and estab
lished, and every man became a war
rantor of every other man's title. These
camp legislators had this advantngo
WALKER.
of congress nnd of all other legislative
bodice that I know of thoy had a
good practical knowledge of tho sub
jects they dealt with."
Cuptlte Willi Animal und Their Value.
Tho most costly of wild animals held
in captivity V. tho elephant. A fine
African elephant costs from $6,000 to
$7,000. A fine Indian elephant would
cost about $5 000. Giraffes cost about
the same as tho beet' elephants, about
$6,000 or $7,000, but that quotation Is
really only nominal; it would be diffi
cult to get a giraffe at any price. This
Is due partly to their increasing scarc
ity and partly to the difficulty to ob
tain them, due to the. internal wars
of tho natives in the giraffe
country. Giraffes very rarely breed In
captivity. A fine hippopotamus would
probably cost about $3,000. A good
African lion with a full and perfect
mane would cost from $1,000 to $1,500;
a fine lioness $800 or $900. Good Bengal
tigers coat about the same. Camels
usually cost from $400 to $500 apiece.
Many wild animals breod In captivity,
and tho supply of wild animals 1b now
mado up to somo extent from that
source. In Now York's menagerlo in
Central park, for oxamplo, a largo
number of wild animals have been
born, some of them of raro kinds and
groat valuo. The same is true, in a
greater or less degreo, of menageries
and of zoological gardens in various
parts of the world.
Not Her Ileau.
Agnes Ho has tho softest brown
eyes! May And did you ever see pret
tier teeth? Agnos And hair llko silk!
May And be Is always as neat as a
pin. Agnes I believe ho Is half hu
man. May Half human7 Why, ho is
tho tondorcst-heartcd man I evor met.
Agnes Whom havo you been talking
about? Mny Mr. Nlcefellow, didn't
you mean him? Agnes Why, gracious,
no. I wns talking about my dear, lit
tlo collie. Washington Times.
The New Poetess.
She Tho latest poetess, is she? Well,
she looks llko a problem in Euclid, all
corners and straight lines. He I think
he's like my last day's fishing, all
angle and no catch. Plck-Me-Up,
LUXURIES FOR DOGS.
WHERE THEY ARE PETTED,
NURSED AND CARED FOR.
Hospital nnd Sanitarium Combined A
Washington Doctor Who llcs the
lleasts Turkish Ilutli unit Performs
Operations on Them.
ITUATED between
Pierce's Mill rond
nnd Zoological
park, upon the
high bank which
overlooks Rock
creek, Is tho new
canine inflrmnry
recently opened by
Dr. Cecil French, a
professor of canine
mcdlclno In the
veterinary department of Columbia
university, Bays the Washington Post.
This institution Is a novel ono and Is
nn experiment In this section of the
country. It is a combined boarding
house nnd hospital for all dogs fortiw
nntc enough to hnvc friends who can
afford to Indulge them In this luxury.
Tho building is ono story high, forty
feot long and twenty feet wide.
Through the center of it is n corridor
extending tho length of tho building
'nnd opening .on this corridor nro
twelvo cozy rooms, five on ench side
nnd two nt the north end. Each of
theso small rooms is fitted up with
hardwood and is heated by hot-water
Pipes so adjusted that the heat may
be shut off from ono nnd maintained
In others ns desired. Tho rooms have a
large window nnd a door opening to
tho "run" or playground, nnd n venti
lator over the door opening on tho cor
ridor. These rooms arc divided Into wnrds
for the occupancy of dogs having con
tagious diseases', such ns manco and
distemper; for Invalid dogs having nll
ments that aro not contagious, Includ
ing nccldents, and for boarders, which
are generally pets left there while the
owner is out of the city. Tho arrange
ment of tho wards is such that the ani
mals suffering from contagious dls
eases aro completely lsolnted from
their canine brethren.
At tho south end of tho corridor tho
operating room is on one side nnd the
dispensary on tho other. This oper
ating room is supplied with hot and
cold water, n zinc-covered operating
table so arranged that all blood and
water Is convoyed from It to the sewer
by pipes. In this room Dr. French
performs nil of his surgical treatment,
from tho nmputatlon of n leg to cnter
otomy. Ho recently had a notable
enso of the latter class. ,
A pot dachshund owned by Miss
Dorothy Rockhlll, daughter of the as
slstnnt secretnry of state, recently
whllo playing swallowed a peach stone
that ho had picked up along Ihe
street. His suffering became Intense
and It wns feared that the animal
would havo to bo shot. Miss Rockhlll
was greatly attached to the little pet.
which, because of his mischievous na
ture, was called "Sin," nnd before con
senting to his being killed she con
sulted Dr. French. The nnlmnl was
taken to the Infirmary and the dlfllcult
operation of cntcrotomy was success
fully performed and now "Sin" Is ns
lively In tho house of the assistant
secretnry of state as over.
Pet dogs suffer much from toothache
and tho extraction of tho offending
teeth 1b a dally occurrence at the In
firmary. A few days ago a well-known
society lady took her little pet King
Charles spaniel to tho Infirmary for
treatment. Tho dog wns blanketed
and carried In her arms as she left
her carrlngo and walked to tho build
ing. Tho owner appeared to bo greatly
distressed over tho suffering of the dog
nnd she begged Dr. French to cure It.
An examination showed that the ani
mal had toothache and when informed
that tho offending tooth could easily
bo extracted the society lady cried:
"Oh, no, doctor, not for the world.
Ho would bo a sight with a front tooth
gone. Can't you fill It?"
Dr. French had never filled a tootb
and is not a dentist, but he knew how
the work should bo done and ho re
plied: "Certainly, madam; leave the span
iel with me for three days and I will
havo him all right."
The society lady departedjn her car
riage and Dr. French an 'hour later
was In tho office of a dentist. After
a consultation tho doctor returned to
the infirmary and the dentist accom
panied him. Tho nnlmal was placed
on tho operating table, put under the
Influence of an anesthetic, and while
Dr. French watched the pulso tho
dentist burred out the cavity, and in
an hour had placed a gold filling In
the tooth, a filling wllch glistened In
the sunlight as perfectly as If it hnd
been in tho Incisor of a human being.
When the owner of the dog called for
him she was delighted with the work
nnd tho feo she left was proportionate
with her delight.
Attached to tho Inflrmnry Is a bath
loom, whero the dogs rccelvo a ihnm
poo and shower bath as often as re
quired. Dr. French has had plans
drawn for a Turkish bath for theso
pots, which he will build In the spring.
He 1b also having an ambulance built
which will be about tho slzo of an or
dinary delivery wagon, but will bo
cushioned and arranged for tho pur
pose it will be put to.
Probably,
A professor from Pittsburg Is going
about the country delivering n lecture,
enttled "How Our Rocks Wero Made."
We don't know how the professor made
his, but lmagluo it must have been
teaching achool. New York Adver
tiser. The teacbors In the public schools ot
France number 136,800,
HE LOST HIS WIFE.
Adventure! or u M.wi lu n lllg Dry
(inoils Store.
"I'm Just going into Blank's for a
minute for a veil."
"Hump! well. I'll step across tho
street into tho saloon to get my boote
blncked."
"All right, dear; and If you Hhould
get your or your boots blacked with
in n mlnuto or two come to the laco
department to find me."
The bootblacking operation occupied
a couple of mlnute3, observes tho Now
York World, nnd the husband plunged
through the constantly Bwlnglng doors
of the storo Into tho arms of a floor
walker. "Whnt can wo do for you this morn
lng, sir?"
"I want to find my wife."
The floor-walker looked puzzled.
"She's in tho lace department."
"Oh, yes, sir; elovntor to second floor,
cross the mnln hall, through the Bhoe
department, then up one short flight in
to tho nnnex."
It took him ten minutes to got thero
nnd when he did" his wlfo wns gone. He
wns directed to turn to the waiting
room, the lost property room, tho in
formation bureau, and, flnnlly, after
moro than hnlf nn hour's search, ho
found her In the restaurant with a cup
of chocolntc and an evening nowspapcr.
"Oh, hero you nrc. What a time It
took you to get your shine! Now, be
fore we go to tho steamship office, I
wnnt to go for n minute to the book de
partment "
"You'll come with mo this very min
ute," ho said, "or Aunt Lou may swim
to England for nil I care."
She went.
THE CARRIER PIGEON.
An Kxptnrcr's Wlfo Cheered hy the
Mrstiigo Thnt It Brought.
One day a wonderful bird tapped at
the window of Mrs. Nansnn'H hmiRn nt
Chrlstlnnln. Instnntly the window was
opened and the wife of tho famous
arctic explorer In another moment cov
ered tho llttlo messenger with kisses
and caresses, says tho Philadelphia
Times. Tho carrier pigeon had been
away from the cottago thirty long
months, but It hnd not forgotten tho
wny home. It brought n noto from
Nnnsen stntlng that all was going on
well with him nnd his expedition In
the polnr regions. Nnnsen had fasten
ed a messnge to a carrier pigeon and
turned tho bird loose. The frail cou
rier darted out Into the blizzardly air.
It flow liko an nrrow over a thousand
miles of frozen waste and then sped
forward over another thousand miles
of ocean nnd plains nnd forests, and
one morning entered the window of the
waiting mistress and delivered tho
message which sho had been awaiting
so anxiously. Wo boast of human
pluck, sagacity and enduranco, but
this little cnrrler pigeon, In its horned
ward flight, after an absence of thirty
months, accomplished a feat so wonder
ful that wo can only give ourselves up
to the nmazement and admiration
which must overwhelm every ono when
the mnrvolous story is told. Mrs. Nan
sen's pigeon Is ono of tho wonders of
the world.
Wult Whitman tho Man.
In n recently published book, entitled
"Wnlt Whitman, the Man," Mr. Thomas
Donaldson deals nlmost wholly with
the personality of the Good Gray Poet,
and completely shutters tho belief held
by many thnt ho wns n moral and lit
erary outlaw, reeking with tho atmos
phere of the beer collar, feeding on the
adulation. of hlB ndmlrers, und rendy to
accept their charity on nil nrroHinnn.
Says his biographer: "I know him
when he was cnpable of evil, had he
desired to bo or do evlj, and in nil that
period I found him to be n man of hon
or; Just, brave nnd slmplo in all world
ly thought nnd nction. Ho loved hu
manity, while holding himself aloof
from close contact with it. Suffering
appealed to him. Sickness invoked his
aid. He regarded poverty as a dispen
sation ot nature, and never turned the
cold shoulder to Its appeals. Ho did not
claim that the world owed him a living,
but only asked that it permit him to
make ono for himself. To this end
in health ho worked, and when out J
of health he worked. Distinctly and """
emphatically ho wbb not a mendicant,
a beggar, a loafer or a useless mouth.
He was at work always, ovon when
work to him was mental and physical
torture."
lloth Indignant.
Chumplelgh (to Miss Blowbud) The
fellah who sold me the horse said he
was a thoroughbred, but como to find
out he's no moro a thoroughbred than
you aro. Er a oh I ! Brooklyn
Life.
FOUND IN NATURE.
Tho timber wealth of tho United
States gives a yearly product of over
'lvObo.odoIOOO,' or more than twico tho
valup of, the output of tho mines.
Tho leaf of tho cocoanut treo is near
ly thirty feet' long. 'A slnglo leaf of
tho parasol magnolia of Ceylon affords
sholter for from fifteen to-twenty per
sqns. The synapta, a water Insect, is pro
vided with an anchor tho exact shapo of
IhADA 11UA1 hv aVttnn T-. ..
lu """ "' !. uy means of it .
tho Insect can hold Itself any pos, Xf A
lion ii iiuoirva.
The lightest known wood Is that ot
the anona paluBtrls of Brazil, which Is
mucl) lighter than cork. Tho heaviest
is tho iron bark of Australia, which
weighs ucnily 100 pounds to the cubic
The river Tlnto, In Spain, possesses Jrr
extraordinary qualities, it hardens ll
and petrifies tho sand of Jt8 bed nnJ
if a stono falls in tho stream upon an.
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