LEARNING THE HOPES
FRENCH IN AEHTCA.
PRICES OF WILD BEASTS.
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WONIIiMWJTJIASO.XO
WONDERFUL LUCK OP A MAID
OP HONOR.
ltntmuitlr Marring of MU Mmick anil
l'r.nro 0rr of Ht eilen Tim i:rnt
Horrified Hie ICoyal Court Ht Nlock
holm. One of tlio most romantic murriages
fn roynl ICuropuati circles wus that of
Prince OBcar of Swiden, better known
ns Prince Heruntlottc. to Miss Munck.
one of the uttaches of IiIh mother's
court, and the most slngulur thlnK
ubout It was thnt the young ludy won
hor liUHlmiid by n song. I'rlnce Oscar,
the king's second Hon, Haw the yotum
lady ut her duties nmong the maids of
honor In 1Mb mother's train. None was
tnoro obscure than nhe untitled and
tinportloncd. Hut she had a face that
In IiIh eyes singled her out from ull.
It Hhone, white nnd penHlvc, from a
frnmo of hair iih yellow ns thnt of any
Valkyrie In the Norse mythology.
Prince Oscnr, who knew the folklore
of IiIh native laud by heart, wove
around that face of hers many a d.iy
dream In which thoughts of gods and
heroes were curiously Intermingled
with the reallticH of today, hlH own
hopes and Ills own affections.
Like a Valkyrie, too, Miss Munck
could Hlng a innn'H heart nwny. I'rlnce
Oscar discovered that listening to her
one day when nhe thought Hhu was
ul one.
King and Queen and nil tlio court
were horrified when Prince Obcur pro
claimed thnt he loved Miss Munck and
thnt no other woman hhould bo his
wife.
There wan n great turmoil. The maid
of honor vis admonished to keep her
thoughts and her eyes away from the
Kiug'H sons and Prime O.scar wns sent
on a long voyage, with outers to forget
MIhh Munck iih speedily iih pOHHlble.
Meanwhile her gift of Hong had been
discovered by others, ami the Queen
encouraged her to use It for the pleas
urn of the court.
King Oscar himself Is no mean poet
and muHlclau. At that time he had
composed several bongs. MIbs Munck
studied them and learned to interpret
them with gtent feeling.
Prince Omar returned from his voy
age in much the bamu frame of mind
PRINCE OSCAIL
save that no thought nioro of Miss
Munck than ever befoic.
So matters stood one evening when
the court gathered In the music salon.
Miss Munck wiih commnnded to slug.
She began a song of King Oscar's tils
favorite composition.
Tho thome was a sad one, the music
pitched In a tender minor. All the
glrl'H breaking heart found voice as
nhe Hang.
When Hhe had ceased she had appar
ently forgotteu where Hhc was. Ah a
deep sob was heard all eyes turned
from hor to tho King. His eyes were
Htreumlng.
Appi oaching Prince Oscar he took
blm by the hand and led him to where
tho Hlnger wit. Without littering a
word he joined their hands and left
thorn theie, standing amazed befoio
them all.
Princo Oscnr and his wife tho
Prlnco and Princess Ilernadotto, as
they call themselves are well known
nnd liked nil over Kurope. They are
very religious and often work together
us public evangelists. And ut mien
times the princess' voice rings as
Hweetly in streets and sIiiiiih us It did
In a palace when It won it king's heart.
I.n Ily l.lulitiilni; In One Uur
The unmoor of deaths by ligiuning
stroke in lhUS was ;!l7, and the number
of Injuries 4y. i ho places where tho
proportion of deaths to tolal popula
tion was the gioatoht weio tlio upper
Missouil valley and poitlons or tho
Hooky Mountain icglon. Tho piopur-
tlon of ileathH by lightning In tlio
United States to the total population Is
about five in a million, which In high
er than tho average of most countries.
Nino bundled anil sixty-nix barns,
Hhcds, etc., 735 dwellings, stores and
ofllcci buildings, ninety-live churches
and schools and seventy other build
ings were Htruck and damaged by
lightning, the approximate loss being
about a million and a half dollars, or
tho buildings Htruck, forty were pro
vided with lightning tods, 835 wero
not, and In U32 cases It could not lie
ascertained whether the building was
.provided with rods or not. Nino hun
dred and sixty-four head of cattlo, HOii
horses, thirty mules, 420 sheep and IK!
hogs wero killed by lightning during
tho year. The total value of tho stock
leported killed was $18,257.
Victim of Humility,
PhilanthropistPoor follow! you
nra doubtless n victim of heredity.
Convict Yes, lady! I fell over six now
ancestors that tho lady had Jlst hud
painted, an' that woko up tho wholo
houso und thoy caught mo. Melbourno
Weekly Times.
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TO KILL INCORRICIBLES.
CnllforiiU'n f.eglftliiiure Muy I'iim a Law
to ThU Knil.
The nuthorllles of California ar
ncrloiiHly cosldorlng the advisability of
piiEsing n law making Incorrigibility
among criminals a capital otTeiie.
In other words, criminals, upon being
taken Into custody, will be pi througn
a thorough test by crlm'noingists. nnd
If, In their Judgment, the prboncr Is
totally depraved, ho will tie condemned
to, die. This radical step on the pnrt
of the State of California lb prompted
by the rapidly Increasing crime M
spite of all the laws to Hiihdue and
suppress It. Criminologist i nnd pen
ologists have studied cr'mo and crlm
InalH from every point of view and ev
ery effort has been mado to enact law
that should have a reformatory ef
fect upon those Inclined to commit of
fenscs against their fellow citizens,
and yet It Is admitted that crime, in
stead of becoming less frequent, Is con
htantly Increasing.
According to the plan thnt has been
suggested, the legislature, at Its next
session, will have the opportunity to
push n law providing fo." the exter
mination of all Incorrlglblps. In ca30
hiich a law should pass u commission
would be appointed ic which ca.ss
of this nature would be referred. This
commission would consist of alienists,
criminologist! nnd others whose ex
perience had fitted them for such deli
cate duty, and their decision would hcj
Hnal. In reaching this decision, how
ever, they would have to be guided by
something more than the ordinary
methods of Justice. Of course the con
dition of the pi boner's brain would
play nn Important part In their Judg
ment, for there urc persons cilmlnally
insane whoso removal in this manner
would scarcely he Justified by nny civ
ilized government. A question that
would follow the adoption of such a
novel Innovation In California would
b the proper method of disposing of
persons to be removed from their
sphere of crime. The Increasing tend
ency of popular opinion is certainly
ngalnst the present methods of capital
punishment. It is the general opin
ion that the best means of accomplish
ing this purpose would be by the uso
of chloroform or ether or hydrocya
nic gas. In Japan the government is
considering the ndoptlon of a similar
method of inllirtlng tho de.i h penalty,
but It really matters little whether
one drug or another bhould be adopt
ed. In either ease the result would bs
tho same. The death-dealing fumes
could bo conducted to the cell through
plpeb and the condemned would pass
away as painlessly as If he was simply
falling asleep. In these modern times,
when tho principle of the death pen
altv Is absolute Justice and not re
venge, the more humane tho method
of Indicting this punishment, the less
biutnllzlng will bo it3 ulfceu upjn
the community.
IN THE GOOD OLD TIMES.
Woniiin Wan Ijiri-il !i Tightly Hint
IIr l'iur.ci- llurt.
Popular revolutlonniy novels mako
a point of describing the tight corset
lacing of the heroines; but wo need
not go bo far back as 177(5 to recall
the tot turn or tight stays, says tho
Boston Heruld. Once tho writer hap
pened to be at a military post near
New York. The colonel's wife was go
ing to a ball In which she was to ap
pear in u new pink silk dress, Doth
her servants failed to mako the lacing
meet. Her husband w.i.. called In and
he, too, failed to draw the lacing to
gether. "Call In your orderly ' ser
geant," said the lady, which was done,
and between the colonel and his order
ly sergeant tho corsage was mado to
meet over the corsets. Iloth wiped tho
sweat from their brows when they got
through, however. A moiu thrilling
Incident of tight lacing wiih of a young
lady going to her first ball. In tho
lacing or her corsage all tho women
of tho household had failed and her
brother was summoned to give his
uld After sonic futile efforts ho wound
the silk lacing around a bedpost, while,
the maid drew the eyelets close to
gether with a button hook. Just ns a
beautiful lit had been secured a young
debutante took a long breath of relief
like that of a pistol. It was 9 o'clock
at night and tho stores weio all closed,
but the brother went forth and at last
got a Hllk lacing at a barber Hhop. In
those days some fashionable) young
men wine a bhorl waist "stay" to
inuke their skirts set smoothly and tho
barber kept a few of the laces to ac
commodate his dandy patrons.
ItmiKfr In it lliilr-l'mnlh
A few dns ago Mis. o. (J. .Sinclair,
of t'arlyle, HI., was reading near tho
stove in hor homo with her head In
clined toward the stove. In her hnlr
bhe woie a celluloid comb, which sud
denly Ignited fiom tlio heat of tho
stove, enveloping Mrs. Sinclair's head
In Humes. She smothered tho Haines
with n quilt, hut before being able to
accomplish this the comb had molted
and burled Itself In her scalp, her hair
having been almost entirely burned.
The parts of tho comb were extrncted
with great dllllculty. Mrs. Sinclair la
In a serious condition.
Tlnink You, Hlr.
A gentleman detained nt n country
rnllwny station ono bitterly cold winter
night went into tho waiting-room,
whoro n cheerful Are wus burning, and
lit a cigar to beguile tho tedium of
waiting. Shortly after n porter en
tered, and the truvoler, pointing to tho
legend nbovo tho mantelpiece, "Smok
ing Strictly Prohibited." said: "I sup
poso that rulo Is not nlways strictly en
forced?" "Oh, no, sir," said tho por
ter, meaningly, "neither la tho ono un
derneath" Indicating another which
rend, "Railway Servants Aro Not Al
lowed to Receive Clratultles." Answers,
SOCIAL BLUNDERS ARE LIABLE
IN CENTRAL AMERICA.
A Vankee Drtiiiiiurr MMtook tlio Min
uter ut I'tilille Instruction for n Col
ored Porter hiiiI Threw lllm Out of
(he Auto Jlooin.
"It takes some time to learn the so
cial ropes In Central America," re
marked a mnn In the banana trade to
the New Orleans Times-Democrat re
porter. "Hnd a stranger Is apt to put
his foot in It. The first time I ever
went Into the country myself was ns
the representative of an American ma
chinery house. There was a good Held
for us In one of the republics, but the
tariff wns prohibitive and I concluded
to go over to the enpitnl nnd have an
Interview with the minister or agricul
ture, hoping to persuade him to recom
mend a reduction. I spoke pretty fair
Ollendorf Spanish, but wns otherwise
green ns a gourd, and as soon as I ar
rived I made a bee-line for the admin
Istiatlon building. While I wns cool
ing my heels In an unte-room, waiting
for a chance to speak to somebody in
authority nnd uscertaln how the min
ister could lie seen, n vorv black, fat
negro waddled In, wearing what I took
to be a Hpeclcs of livery. Ho had
exactly the air of an Impudent, overfed
house servant, and he looked me over
in a way thnt made my blood boll.
'HI. boy! I said sharply, 'how long
must 1 wnlt here?' 'How should I
know?' he replied in Spanish; 'If It
doesn't suit you, get out.' He chuckled
ns ho spoke nnd his answer so Infuri
ated me that I lost my bend. Jumping
up I seized him by the collar and the
slack of his absurd embroidered trou
sers, nnd propelled him, turkey fash
Ion, through the open door. 'There, you
blark scoundrel!' I exclaimed, 'go and
send somebody after my card!' The lit
tle fat darky wns so amazed he could
not utter a word. Ho simply gasped
and disappeared. Half a minute Inter
a squad of soldiers rushed In and plac
ed me under arrest, nnd then I learned
that my friend In the embroidered pan
tnloons was the minister of public In
struction. I will leave you to Imagine
my feelings. It took three hours of
solid talk from both the American nnd
Hrltlsh consuls to get me out of tho
scrape, and Incidentally I made a grov
eling apology. Of course I didn't cure
to Introduce the machinery proposition
nfter such u debut, so mv trip wns a
Hut failure. As I said before, it takes
Home time for a stranger to grasp the
etlquetto of those 'furren' partH."
A GREAT ACTRESS' IDEA.
Kllen Terry' limit for Her l.lttle
Oraiiiltluuchter.
Hllen Terry has aroused interest In
educational circles, both hero and
abroad, and especially among organi
zations devoted to child study. It
came about through hor making public
hor plnns for her granddaughter, n
beautiful little girl of 4, named Rose
Mnrle Hllen Crnng, says the Philadel
phia Post. "An obstacle to progress Is
belf-consclousness," sho said to a
friend; "It develops In childhood and
unless treated properly Is apt to Inllu
ence a person's entire life. I propose to
have my little grandchild go on the
stage when she Is 7 years old, nnd to
stay there until she Is ns much at home
before n large audience as in her own
nursery. Of coiir.se, Hhe has stage tal
ent, which is an additional reason for
this kind of training. By doing this
she will never bo troubled by self
consciousness. Shu will not realize
thnt she Is ull hands, arms and legs, as
most people do when they go upon a
platform or even walk across a drawing-!
oom. Another point is develop
ing thodrnmntle Instinct which exists in
all healthy children. I tell little Rose
a story and then she tells It and acts It
to me in return. Sometimes she ilnds
points which I have not noticed and
treats them in a way that Is simply
surprising. Llttlo folks uro quick to
appreciate fun nnd will mako humor
out of tho most solemn passages. In
acting IJo Peep, Rose can mako It as
serious as a tragedy or as ridiculous
as a farce, and when It comes to tho
"Three Blind Mice," sho converts tho
nonsensical Jingle Into a melodrama
worthy of Drury Lano In its palmiest
days."
A Ihoiitthth-HM IIhIiIu
Long before the average child under
stands how moisture- promotes adhe
sion between two solid bodies ho has
contracted tho habit of wotting his
thumb every few seconds while turning
the pages of a hook. Tho practlco Is n
most objectionable one. and mothers
nnd teachers shoilld discourage It for
sanltnry reasons as woll as on the
grounds of simple refinement. Fancy
a child suffering from diphtheria or
soino serious disease of the month and
gums transferring the germ-lnden sali
va to the porous paper to ho in turn
carried to the month of tho next one to
perform the same operation' Unhap
pily, It is practiced by older people,
nnd by ninny tan ought to know bet
tor. The hake, for InBtnnce, Intro
duces his thumb or foroflnger betwoen
his lips when ho takes a shoot of pnpor
from a pilo of sheets to wrap tho rolls
or cako that you buy at his shop. Per
haps tho dainties do not touch tho
Identical spot of contamination, but
ngnln perhaps thoy do, convoying
carles or some other taint of Impurity
to tho eater. Tho librarian handling
library cards sometimes forgets him
self In tho samo way; so do peoplo ar
ranging slips of papor and counting
bank notes. Becauso clone Innocently
und unconsciously, tho practice Is nono
the less prejudicial to health and of
fensive to good tasto.
I. Ion CiiIm Are Almost n UriiR llernutr
li tally Ilred In Cantlrlty.
The Importation of lions has almost
fenced because It Is cheaper and euslcr
to breed them In captivity. Formerly
an Importer of Hue lions could cal
culate on getting $3,00,) for a good
specimen, but today .voting lions bred
In captivity are almost a drug In the
market. The only demand for Import
ed lions Is to keep up the stock of the
breeding ones, or for very large, pow
erful creatures, for It Is noticeable thnt
the tendency In the cage breeding Is
for the nnlmals to degenerate in size
and ferocity. Tigers do not take as
kindly to cage life as lions, nnd they
do not breed so satisfactorily in cap
tivity, and considerable numbers nre
imported every year. Elephants do
not breed well In captivity, not more
than two or three having been bred
In this country, but tho Importations
of these animals arc so large that the
prices obtained for them have dropped
from $10,000 to from $1,300 to $2,300
each. Numerous as monkeys are In
this country, they nre not bred here,
ns they do not brepd well In captivity
They are so easily obtained In the
country south of ti3, however, that
prices obtained for tbem nre merely
nominal, nnd there Is little danger of
their Immediate extinction In their
native countries they multiply so rap
Idly thnt the supply always keep3 well
up to the demand. Among the high
priced animals of today uro the rhino
ceroses. They are quite scarce, and do
not breed In captivity. There nre prob
ably not rrore than half a dozen In
number In this country; all were
bought years ago at good round sums.
Thus the full-grown one in Central
park cost the department $7,000. nnd a
fdnillnr sum was paid for the flue Af
rican specimen In the Philadelphia
zoo. The most recent purchase of a
rhlnocero-, was the full-grown one for
Barnum's circus, whl-h cost tho pro
prietors $7,230. The hippopotamus Iv
another extremely rare and expensive
creature, and the sal's of these Af
rican products are so few that It Is dif
ficult to quote a price for them. It is
seldom that dealers have a good speci
men to sell, and few private circuses
could afford to give the prices thnt
would be demanded. The hippopotamus
born in Central park Is the only in
stance of these nnlmals breeding In
this country. Had this baby hippo
potamus belonged to a private show it
would have made a fortune for Its
owner8.--ScIentinc American.
MARK TWAIN'S DEBUT.
How tlm I'ainoiin FtiiiinitloT llecuinr
"A Literary IVmoii."
Mark Twain's first uppeurance in an
eastern magazine wus made over the
name of "Mike Swain' How It ramo
about he explains in the Century. In
those early days l had already pub
lished one little thing, "The Jumping
Frog," in an eastern paper, but I did
not consider that thnt counted. In my
view a pei son who published things In
a mere newspaper could not properly
claim recognition ns a literary person.
He must rise away above that ho
must appear in a magazine. He would
then be u literary person, also, lie
would be famous right away. Theho
two ambitions were strong upon me.
This wns In 1SGIJ. I prepaied my con
tribution und then looked around for
the best magazine to go up to glory In.
I selected the most Important one In
New York. Tho contribution was ac
cepted. I signed It "Mark Twain," for
thnt name had some currency on tho
Pacific ioust, and It was my idea to
spread it ul' over tho world, now, at
this one Jump. Tho urticle appeared In
the December number, and I sat up a
month waiting for the January num
ber, for that one would contain the
year's list of contributors, my nnme
would be In It, nnd I should be fa
mous, and could give the banquet I
was meditating. I did not give the
banquet. I had not written the "Mark
Twain" distinctly. It was a fresh nnme
to enstern prlnteis nnd they put It
"Mike Swain" or "MacSwaln," 1 do not
remember which. At nny rate, It was
not celebrated, and I did not give the
banquet. I was u literary person, but
that was ull a burled one; buried
alive.
I'opn Murh AHerixl.
A correspondent in Rome thus des
criues tho present appearance of the
pope: 'There is no doubt that since I
last baw Loo XIII. ho has greatly al
tered. He Is much thinner and much
whiter than he was n few months back.
His face looks so very small that one
almost fears that should he wear his
miter It would entirely extinguish his
tiny face and head. On the other
hand his eyeH aro bright and his voice
is fairly strong. Ho could not stand
unassisted, or oven walk across tho
loom without the aid of a stick, and Is
nflllcted by a constant, Iriltntlng
cough. His intellect is iih strong ns
ever, and his memory is very clenr and
preciho. Ho is, moreover, quito hble to
attend to business nnd to write his
letters and sign documents. His Inst
hlgnnturc shows no alteration In tho
HrmnesH of his hand, nnd is ns clear
and distinct ns it wns twenty years
ugo.
rutin Llheil llni; Time.
The Boston Transcript tells a story
of a mnn who had a class of boys In
natural history. Ono of tho subjects
which ho took up was butterflies and
moths, and ho told tho children a good
denl nbout tho chrysalides and cocoons.
After ho hnd got the boys well In
structed he showed one of the smallest
of them one of tho cocoons and asked,
"What butterlly Ih this tho cocoon of.'"
Then tho llttlo hoy looked up unci Bald,
slowly und respectfully, "My papa Bays
that ull cocoons look alike to lilml"
3LOOD OF THE CAUL RUNS IN
THE NATIVES.
Why bo Many J'rrticli inmm An lo
He founil Amonc the tle Tlio
Hot Inherit Their Superiority from
tin) Non of Krnr'.
We nre necustomed to look upon the
Boers ns being entirely of Hutch ex
tinction, but In reality there Is a leaven
of French blood among them, nnd, In
deed, there nre French names nmong
them still, such ns Joitbert, Do Vll
Hers, Duplessls, Dtitott, Roux nnd many
others, says tho New York Herald.
Probably there are few Afrikanders
without a mixture of French blood In
their veins. How did this French blood
mix with that of Holland? Through n
colony of French Huguenots who set
tled In South Africa long ago. The
actual colonization of South Africa did
not begin until 1C52, when n small
colony settled on Table bay and at
Cape Town. This colony was founded
by an oHlcer of the Dutch Hast India
company. The population of the young
colony Increased but slowly, and was
probably not more than 400 In HiSfi, the
year In which I.ouls XIV. Issued a de
cree revoking tho edict of Nantes, un
der which the Huguenots had enjoyed
freedom nnd toleration. A cruel nnd
vigorous persecution followed, nnd
mnny of the Huguenots escaped to Hol
land. A proposal was made to send
some of these to South Africa, but the
Dutch East India company feared It
might be dangerous to their Interests
to harbor n lnrge number of French
subjects in their South Afrlcnn colony,
so only a select few of the Huguenots,
nnd such as were skilled in such
branches of ngriculture and other in
dustries as the Dutch settlers were Ig
norant of. were sent over. In nil about
300 souls. Before leaving Holland the
headB of tho Huguenot families were
required to take an oath of fidelity to
the Dutch Kast India company nnd to
promise to conform to all regulations
which might subsequently be made for
the South African settlement. These
Huguenots were undoubtedly tho best
settlers the colony had received, and in
point of numbers they were nearly
equal to tho original Dutch settlers.
They wero superior to the latter In
industrial attainments und the ameni
ties of life nnd soon made their Influ
ence felt In the colony. The rule of the
Dutch I2ast India company was tyran
nlenl nnd corrupt nnd the icsult was
thnt dldlcultles soon rose between the
governor nnd the French settlers, who
on several occasions made a. bold und
more or less successful stand for their
rights. Whenever in the subsequent
hlbtory of the colony principles had to
be asserted the descendants of the
Huguenots have been well to the front.
In the late '30s It was a man with
n French nnme. Peter Retlef, who
raised his voice In protest ngalnst tlio
action or the British authorities in
connection with the emancipation or
the South Afrlcnn slaves and the na
tive question In general. This protest
was followed by the migration of about
(1,000 colonists Into the desert und this
migration led to the founding of the
Transvanl and the Orange Free State.
HORSE-RACING ON THE STAGE.
Anliimln Hun on Wliut Mty He fulled
TreHilinlllt.
In racing scenes the horses do run nt
full speed; they run, however, not on
.the fixed stage, but on what may be
called treadmills, which keep the
horses In front of the house for longer
or shorter periods, according as they
are moved quickly or slowly, says Cas
sell's Magazine. A picket fence, placed
between the audience nnd the course,
not only makes thi scene more realis
tic; it also hides the mechanism of the
treadmills. This fence has contributed
In nnother way to add to the effect by
being moved in opposition to the di
rection of the horses, nnd so lending
to their npparent speed. As to the
hounds made by the footfalls or horses
to be heard as though passing outside
tin interior scene they aie reproduced
by the dried hoors of dead horses, or
wooden lmmltntlons mounted on bun
dles and hammered against surfaces
of btone, graved, sod or whatever the
occasion may demand. They nro also
more elaborately manufactured by re
volving a cylinder with pins protrud
ing from the Biirface. Those pins are
arranged like the spurs on tho hand
organ roller, to Imitate trotting, gal
loplug or walking when struck against
other substances. If tho sound or n
carriage Is to be added to the tram
pling of horses.wheels uro run on sand.
llnrciiiiiin SnnrcM.
Of gorgeous swouls which are not so
much weapons aa hettlngn for precious
stones, tho most valuable In England
Is said to be the one presented by the
Egyptians to Lord Wolseley nnd val
ued at C 2,000; but this sum Is com
paratively llttlo for a bejeweled sword
If the value of tho sword brought over
to Europe by tho late Shah of Persia
on his first visit namely, 10,000
can be taken as n standnrd of what a
dlamond-hllted weapon ought to cost.
Thoso who can recall that wonderful
snbro will be somewhat skeptical nbout
the existence of the Oaikwer of Bar
otln's gorgeous blade, which Is suppos
ed to be worth more than twenty
swords of equal beauty and value to
the Shnh's; but It Is populnrly suppos
ed that tho diamonds, rubies and em
eralds with which It Is thickly Incrust
id brings up its value to about C220,
C00, which at 1 per cent leprcsonts an
iv.i'omo of almost !,000 a year and
I'euders the possession of such n sword
Ho'mothing more than u mere luxury.
Chamber's Journal.
HOW A CLAIM PAID.
One Wny of (Itfttlnir Money Wlthont
1'a.utilnK It Out
"There nro more ways of making
money off a claim than panning It
out." said an Alaska miner who had
some luck with his pick and shovel.
"For Instnnce, I knew of a man of
menns In the Dawson district who had
n claim which had failed to be ns pro
fitnble us expected, and he didn't know
Just what to do with It to got hla
money back, until he hnd devoted
considerable thought to It. And It
wns simple enough when he know how.
He quietly went to the gold commis
sioner and nnnounced that ho wished
to pay his ten per cent royalty on the
product of his claim for a year, which
was $t'i0,000. The commissioner ac
cepted the $C,000 royalty and gave him
the usunl receipt, stating on Its fnco
what It wus for. with the number ot
the claim, location, etc. Then ho
'waited patiently about,' like Mary's
little lamb, and one day in the course
of htimnn events, an Englishman carno
along looking for n good thing for
some people who had money to spend.
He asked Mr. Blank, nmong others,
whnt he hnd to sell, and tho smooth
gent told him he didn't know exactly,
but he would show him his goods.
They looked over several claims that
were practically unworked, and then In
u casual way, Mr. Blank showed the
Engllshmun his icceipt for loyalty on
claim so and so. 'And you Know, he
said with a wink, 'that n man Isn't
pnylng roynl ty on nny more than he
can possibly help.' The Englishman
wns right on to that little gnme, ot
course, und he sized up the $0,000 re
ceipt, looked over the claim In n gen
eral way and ended by buying It for
$130.000." Washington Star.
PRESENTIMENT
Of h rhylrln Tolil Him Kmotly What
W Wnntetl.
"Like everybody else." said a Ken
sington physician, "I have presenti
ments: but my presentiments come
true oftener than other people's. Here
is a startling case In point that hap
pened last week: A woman, in the
middle or the night, sent for me. Her
husband, a dangeroiibly sick man, was
hiccoughing. The hiccoughs were vio
lent, and the patient was weakening
visibly under them. Well, I went there,
and I worked hard over him. but, do
what I would. I couldn't stop his hic
coughs. At daybreak he died. Then
I came home. That evening tho woman
sent for me ngain. Now for the pre
sentiment. On my way to make this
second call I fult absolutely sure that
on my nrrlval the woman would say
she doubted ir her husband was quite
dead, and wished me to set hor doubts
at rest by an examination of tho body.
I grieve to say also that I hoped tho
man was quite dead, because. If he
shouldn't be, the error would damage
my reputation. I got to the house,
and the woman's first words were
'Doctor, won't you go upstairs and see
If John Is positively dead?' That re
quest, which I had so surely expected,
together with my wicked dread of tin
man's being alive, upset mn so that I
burst Into an Idiotic laugh und stood
there guffawing in the woman's face.
Heaven knows what she thought. Then
I went upstnlrs mid came down tre
mendously lelleved. because John. I
grieve and at the sumo time rejoice to
aay. wnb quite dead after nil." Phila
delphia Record.
A STORY OF "BACK-ACHER."
Hill Told 'Huery Wlmt He Wan Ootoe
To Do.
An Indian correspondent of "M. A.
P." tells a lltle Htory In reference to
the restless activity of Gen. Gatncre.
He was In command of a district in In
dia and there had been n field duv.
This, with Gataere at the head of af
fairs, means a good deal mote than it
does with the ordinary general. There
were long marching, forced marching
and mimic hill warfare in full Held or
der, and Tommy sweated for hours.
How mnny miles hud been covered I
will not attempt to say. Some allege
twenty, others 120. but anyhow tho
long day was at an end. and disheveled
and footsore, the troops marched back
into camp. 'Twas then I heard this
delightful little dialogue: "Tired.
Bill?" said a private to a comrade.
"No," unbliishlngly came the reply.
"Well, Bill, seeing as how It's all over,
I thinks I shall Just drop Into the can
teen nnd have a quart of ale. What
n i e you going to do. Bill?" Thero wns
n pause. "Do, 'Enery?" said tho clust
hegiimed Tommy. "Well, 'Enery. I a
shnll Just go and 'nve a bit of a wash
nnd then I think I'll go for a walk "
Tho tale went round muny a tablo In
the land of exile.nnd no ono who know
Gatncre failed to laugh outright when
they heard it. Tommy thinks tho
world of Sir William, however. His
only objection Is that "ho does mako
'em work." wherefore hath ho been
nicknamed "Back-ncher by his men.
Mr ARUImt MUcKKBiiutlon.
Marrluges between persons of negro
descent and whites nre prohibited and
punishable In Alabama. Arkansas, Cal
ifornia, Colorado, Delawnre, Florida,
Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky,
Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Ne
braska. Novnda, North Carolina,
Oregon, South Carolina, Ton
nessee. Toxsts, Utah, Virginia and West
Viiglnla, Marriages between Indians
nnd whites nro void In Arizona, Novn
da, North Carolina, Oregon and South
Carolina, and between whites and Chi
nese In Arizona, Nevada, Utah und Oregon.
miner.
"You Bay he's stingy?" "Stingy!
Why, he's so stingy he wouldn't even
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ten a joke at his own oxpenso."
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