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(Sjioclal Letter.)
With much the same sort of prldo
which German students take In exhib
iting tlie sears sustained In their col
lege duels the young turn of American
universities aro wont to point to the
Injuries which they encounter In that
terrific college "sport." tho cano rush.
This 1h not n trio of untamed In
dians after a week on the warpath or
a night of the ghost dance. It Is n pic
ture for which three Princeton stu
dents proudly posed after Just, fifteen
minutes of energetic operations some
where near the center of n cane rush.
Princeton's last essay In this line oc
curred one night recently Three hun
dred students engaged In u contest
which, spectators aver, contained more
of the elements of hrutallty than any
prize-ring exhibition of recent years.
Tho fight waged around the historic
cannon on old Nassau's campus, When
it had spent Its fury tho clothing of
fully one-half of the combatants had
been torn to tatters and the faces of
'ome were battered almost beyond rec
PRINCETON STUDENTS
FAMOUS OLD PRISON.
Y)td llallejr" Hcrond Only to l10 Kreinlt
ISiMtlln In llktorjr.
"Old Hallcy," the most famous pris
on In England, and second only to
tho Uastllo In Franco for historical
significance, Is about to be demolished.
This prison, which for GOO years lias
been a terror to criminals, will soon be
pulled down and a magnificent struc
turo embodying nil the latest Ideas In
uanltary Inventions will bo built. In
1773 tho orlginul structure was de
stroyed and on the slto was built a
court house. This, too, fell in the "no
popery" riots of 1780, as readers of
"Darnaby Rudge" will remember, and
tho plncc was rebuilt and enlarged in
1809. So tho "Old Dailoy" known to
Londoners today Is only about a hun
dred years old. It is one of the most
desolato buildings In London and Its
mero appearance has probably pre
vented more crlmo than any other
agency In the world. "Tholr name Is
legion" might well bo said of the cele
brated criminals who have heard their
fate In that historic dock, according to
tho Now York Telegraph. Among po
litical offenders sentenced at tho "Old
Bailey" perhaps the regicides aro tho
most memorable. Out of the. twenty
ono prisoners arraigned In 1GG0 twolvo
were executed, while seven paid for
tholr part In tho execution of Charles
'1. by llfo-long Imprisonment. A tragic
oplsodo In tho history of tho "Old Bai
ley" was tho Invasion of the court by
the Jail fever during tho sessions of
,Mny, 1750. Tho fever obtained such a
hold In the neighboring prison that it
forced a way Into tho court, causing
,tho death of tho Judge of tho Common
'Pleas, Sir Thomas AbneyJIaron Clark,
tho lord mayor and soveral other mem
bers of tho bar and of tho Jury. Theso
plagues were directly consequent to
the lax sanitary laws. Littlo was
known of tho art of artificial ventila
tion. Tho prisons woro In shocking
condition. "Old Ihiiloy" will always
be familiar to those who havo read
Dickons, cspoclally the lovcry of "Bar
,naby Rudgq," "Littlo Dorrlt," "Oreat
Expectations" and "Ollvor twist." Tho
great novelist made a study of Eng
lish prison life, as ho did of English
achools. "Nicholas NIckleby" awoke
tho English public to tho horrors of
thclr'common school system, "Littlo
Dorrlt" raised such n storm of Indig
nation that prison classification, the
greatest need of tho time, was soon In
troduced. As Squcors disappeared bo
foro the stinging pen of Dickens, so
Dennis, the hangman, nnd "Old Dal
ley" becamo things of tho post, nnd
today Newgate Is a model prison. Tho
old building, now to ho demolished,
was rnndo as comfortable and health
ful as tho limited spneo would permit,
and tho now edifice about to ho erected
will bo ono of tho finest In tho world.
MlntuUxn for n (limit.
Aaron Bell, colored, is In Jail in St.
Augustine, Fla., nnd ho gives a pecu
liar story as tho causo of his trouble.
Dell Is n grave digger, nnd whllo re
y turning from his work shortly after
dark on a recent o.vcnlng, ho met Nan-
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ONE FORM OF
A TERRIFIC
'COLLEGE
"SPORT."
I
ognition. This picture may convey a
slight Idea of the facial gargoyles
wrought by the architectural experts
In the pleasant melee.
That more serious work is sometimes
done In such encounters was Indicated
in the almost fatal Injuring of Fritz
Wlttlg. Jr., a member of tho freshman
class nt Rutgers College, a f,ow days
ago. Me was In the thickest of the
light for a time and suddenly disap
peared. He was later found uncou
scluus on the Held. A physician said
that he was suffering from concussion
of tho brain. Only the greatest efforts
saved his life. A few nights before this
President Scott stoned a cano rush.
Dean Wlnans of Princeton disapproves
of the rushes, nnd so do most of the
college authorities.
Hut the students' seem Inclined to
continue to Unlit out the noronnlul
sophomore-freshman disagreement In
this way, and to display their Injuries
afterward If they manage to get
about with tho air of mueh-to-be-on-vled
heroes.
AFTER A CANE HUSH.
! cy Gerard, a colored woman, in Now
I Augustine. Upon meeting the woman
no began to beat her, and after the
scufllo that followed tho womnn was
found to bo soverely cut, and It Is
belloved that Boll used a knife. Tho
woman's side of her story has not
been heard yet, but Bell says that ho
camo upon the womnn suddenly In a
dark and lonely neighborhood. She
was dressed in white, nnd as sho ap
proached, Bell says ho thought sho was
n ghost, and becoming frightened ho
made tho attack. It seemed to tnkft
him some time to discover his mistake.
SUBTLENESS OF RHEUMATISM.
J 51 1 Id Can Aro -Not Suw-cttil of living
Horlnui uuil Are Neclprlrd.
It has been known for many years
that tho most fcrtilo cause of heart
disease Is rheumatism. Only recontly
has it been realized, however, that
many cases of rheumatism which glvo
rise to heart complications really run
so mild a courso fliat they arc not sus
pected of being serious nnd aro
neglected. This is especially true in
cases which attack the very young. In
children rheumatism ofton masquer
ades -under tho name of "growing
pains." In Infants It often fails com
pletely of recognition. It has become
tho custom to a lamentable degree to
glvo for It tho coal-tar derivatives, the
various antipyretic drugs, antl-pyrlne,
phenacetiufc, and tho like, besides vari
ous derivatives of salicylic acid. Theso
drugs alleviate tho rheumatic pain, by
benumbing tho nerves; they also les
sen fover. Tho result of their use Is
that patients aro enabled to movo
about much sooner than they other
wise would, and this throws oxtra
work on tho heart, and leads to post
rheumatic heart complications which
may crlpplo tho organ of Hfo. Tho re
cent Increase In tho number of refusals
of risks by Hfo Insurance companies Is
thought to bo duo to this cause. Doc
tors here from many parts of the world
I doprecato the prcsont excessive uso of
theso drugs. Pain Is nature's demand
for rest. To allay It without reaching
Its causa Is to drug tho sentinel who
watches over tho cltadol of health be
cause his footsteps disturb our Bleep.
New York Post.
Wui Joko on til Dor tor.
Colonel Danlol R. Anthony, brother
of Susan B. Anthony, nnd tho last of
the fighting editors of Kanaas, is on
record as tho only man who has had
his aorta severed and lived. In n news
paper feud with n gambler of tho name
of Jennlson, Anthony was shot Tho
doctor told him ho could not live. Tho
wounded man did not say anything,
but bado his slstor good-by and went
to sleep. When he awoko ho asked
tho nuruo: "What tlmo Is it?" "Six
o'clock," replied tho nurse, Tho colonel
chuckled for a raomont; then said:
"Say, there's a good Joke on tho doc
tor, isn't It? Ho said I'd bo dead at
fi:S0." Ho fell asleep again and when
ho awoko tho doctor acknowledged his
mistake
AFTER APE-LUCE MAN.
OEORQE W. VANDERUILT'S EX
PEDITION TO JAVA.
Huge Uurallon In the ltnlnnre If the
rithocniithropiia H llUrovvroil the
Hellof of Million of Chrlntlnu I
Mkelj to lie AfTroled.
(Spoclal Letter.)
George W. Vnnderbllt, In order to
do sotnethlug of consequenco for tho
hiiinnn race, and Incidentally to provo
that tho moneyed class is not wholly
Indifferent to the ndvancemont of
science, will search Java for tho miss
ing link. The young master of Bllt
moro manor house has selected a bril
liant Yalo student, Mr. David J. Wal
ters, to lead an expedition to settle,
so far as human research may do so,
the moat Important problem that now
confronts tho biologists of tho world
namely: Docs the actual species of
ape-llko men that tho logic of biology
demonstrates to have lived at u re
mote ftcrlod of the earth's history still
exist?
Ernest liaeckol, tho. distinguished
professor nt mo University of Jena,
maintains that this soulless, voiceless,
five-fingered, tailless creaturu Is still
extant amid tho Jungles nnd tangled
forests of Northenstorn Java, and ho
last spring announced his Intention to
set out In quest of this only link yet
missing to complete the wonderful
chain In the theory of man's descent,
beginning with the moncrn, or ogan
Isms without orgnns; advancing to tho
amneba, thence by seven stages to the
skull-less vertebrates.
The .specimen of the Pithecanthropi,
or apo-llko men, that Mr. Vnnderbllt
hopes to And marks tho twenty-first
stage of advancement from tho single
colled monera or protoplasmic germ.
It Is tho one link that must bo found,
alive or in tho fossil state, to com
pletely demonstrate tho new, wonder
ful and startling philosophy of hu
man existence that eliminates a God,
and to clinch what must bo admitted
to bo tho most brilliant product of tho
human brain the theory of develop
ment. Whether It be called Darwin
Ism or Haeckcllsm Is of little Im
portance. Tho doctrine of evolution
owcb Its own development to several
stages, but to Lamarck. Goethe, Hux
ley and Darwin in particular. It has
divided tho Chlrstiau church, it has
mauo a warfaro of science, and has
commanded more serious thought by
the brightest minds than any theme of
tho nineteenth century. Upon the re
sult of tho hunt may depend tho faith
of 1230.000,000 Christian peoplo who
cling to the beliefs of their ancestors.
Mr. Vanderbllt Is a believer, and hns
never wavered In his acceptance of tho
Adamlc theory of creation. But ho
wants tho truth. He Is like the editor
of n newspaper In quest of fncts. Ho
APE-LIKE MEN.
has adopted tho practical and natural
method of doing what Professor
Haeckol wants done. Ho has sent out
u party himself. Mr. David J. Walters
has sailed from San Francisco for Jap
an, whero a special steamer will bo
hired and properly equipped for this
expedition to tho Island of Java. It
Is hoped to render tho projected voy
age of Professor Hueckol unnecessary.
Mr. Vanderbllt expects to find tho
Pithecanthropus at once if ho bo whero
Doctor Haeckcl believes him. If tho
ape-like man Is not In Java Mr. Van
dcrbllt's agent will search the forests
and tho swampy savannas until ho
Is convinced of that fact. Tho Pithe
canthropus must' bo found or dis
missed from tho Held of contemporane
ous existence.
Man began to bo a foreshadowed pos
siulllty when tho, primary form of ape
appeared. Our semi-apo ancestors, if
Darwin and Haeckcl bo right, pos
sessed only a faint rcsemblanco to
tho still llvin , short-footed apes. Tho
tertiary period probably produced
thwn. They "originated" perhaps out
of marsupials, or pouched animals (of
which tho kangaroo remains). Thou
came the tailed apes, but tho narrow
nosed species Is all that Interests the
student of man. Tho tailed apes "or
iginated" out of semi-apes by the
transformation of tho Jaw and tho
changing of their claws into nails.
Most nearly akin to man aro tho largo
tailless, narrow-nosed apes, tho orang
of Alia and the chlmpanzeo of West
Africa. They originated during tho
mloceno period In all likelihood and
developed by tho loss of their talis,
and partial loss of their hairy cover
ing and by tho exco'sivo dovolopsmonts
of that part of the brain Just abov
the facial portion of tho skull.
But toward none of theso docs the
present search tend. Mf. Vandorhilt
serjts tho apo who has ceased to bo nn
npo nnd has becorao a man! He
directed Mr. Walters to bring back ni
many llvo specimens as possible To
kill such an animal would bo murdor.
Mr. Walters is Instructed to ecok tho
speechless primeval tnnn a typo far
anterior to tho Stone age.
It Is a splendid dream for a man of
wealth, and, If successful, must put
the mint mark or the brand of base
metal upon Dnrwlnlsm forever.
WHAT UECAME OF THE OUN97
Mytrry MitrrountU the Dltntipearaitr '
Cannon hi Hnutli Afrit'
Now thnt tho war In South Africa I?
nearly over It would be Interesting to
know what becamo of thoso celebrated
"long tomo" nnd other big dlogo guns
which rnndo llfo In the besieged cities
of Ladysmtth, Klmborley and Mnf
king so uncnmfortablo for a whllo.
These guns seem to have fallen off the
earth. While tho Hoora worn In com
mnnd of tho railways of the legion
it would havo been easy enough for
them to havo spirited the guns away,
but In the close of the tights tho Brit
ish fell upon tho retreating farmers
with an energy which cut thoni off
from the railways near tho besieged
cities Hint had been so hnnihsed by the
guns. Now, where are tho guns? It
Is 'morally certain that nil tho big
siege guns, which kept people awako
nights at lClmbcrloy, Marching and
LadyHinltli were not carried to where
the remuants of tho Dour army aro
lighting. Neither at Puardoherg, Lady
smith. Klmberley nor Mnfoklng was
ono of those celebrated guns captured.
What has become of them Is ono of
tho problems which Ixml Roberts Is
trying to llud out. It Is not at all prob
able that tho Boers had. u heavier gun
In their siege trains than a llve-lnch
piece. That Is tho caliber of an ordi
nary siege gun. That tlwy did have
guns of thnt caliber or nearly that
seems certain from the accounts re
ceived during tho war of tho artillery
duels between tho llrltlsh naval "four
point soven" guns and the big siege
guns of the Hoers. Tho "flitting" ot
theso heavy guns seems almost Inex
plicable. The nrltlsh bellov.. that the
Boers have hidden them away Homo
where In the vast territory which baa
been fought over and are looking for
them assiduously, but so far without
success. Though the guns of tho Creu
sot pattern aro lighter, It Is said, in
proportion to their caliber that the
older type they cannot be of much loss
weight and In the old type the wheels
of a slego carrlagu uloiio weighed over
330 pounds. Then thero Is all tho para
phernalia which goes with a r'rx" gun,
all weighing heavily. To cause the
dlsnppearanco of all this heavy ma
terial ao that no trnco of It can be
found Is a marvelous pleco of work.
For a whllo "Oom" Paul persuaded
his followers that miracles wero being
worked -or tho hennllt of tho Boers,
but tho llrltlsh novel belloved in a
special dispensation for Mr. Kruger
until they realized th-it they could
not find tho big Blego guns. Tho man
ner In which they vero spirited away
was marvelous. If anyono ehould see
a Boor walking about with a siege
train a sultablo reward will be paid
by General Roberts, provided the Boer
will toll how ho did It.
FIRE WARDENS
Kinplojred to I'ruvunt I'orcut 1'lrc In
Mlnnuiotii.
Minnesota has a law for tho preven
tion and suppression of forest and
prairie Urea, haa regular "flro war
dens," nnd, as a result, tho chlof lire
warden Is ablo to report that thero
wero only ton forost fires In 1890. Theso
burned over 3.C3S acres and damage!
timber to tho extent of only $1,541.
Tho wholo number of prairlo fires the
samo year was 34; acres burned over,
24,010; dnmago dono, $4,8GC. Tho chief
diniculty that has beon found In the
application of the lawn to save Minne
sota's flno forests arises from tho fact
that peoplo do not llko to report
against a fellow-townsman or neigh
bor, and tho mnchlnery of tho law, is
not cxteuslvo enough to depend upon
Its owh workings Independent of tho
co-operntlon of tho peoplo. Minnesota
has about 3,000,000 acres of Idlo land
woll adapted to tho growtli of plno, and
a consldorablo part of tho roport of tho
chief flro warden Is dovotod to show
lng that such taking over of theso
lands for this purpose by tho stato
would bo profltablo. Ho refers to Ger
many's experlenco slnco Frederick tho
Great introduced forest or treo cul
ture, and shows that tho value of the
10,00.0000 acres of forest land in Gor
many land unfit for agriculture Is
$700,000,000, or equal to tho assessed
valuation of property In Minnesota.
Chicago News.
UluicuYT Tinm Uravf ICnnoeli.
A story has been going tha round'
of tho American nowspapers to tho ef
fect that tho city of Glasgow ia so well
managed that tho citizens havo been
relieved of thrco-fourths of tho taxes.
Inquiries aro constantly directed to
tho corporation of Glasgow asking for
details of tho means by which this has
been accomplished. Tho truth of tho
matter Jb' that whllo Glasgow corpora
tion' has many industrial ont3.;irif.cc,
It Is a fixed prlnclplo that tho profits
made on theso shall in no case what
ever go to tho relief of tho tax rate?.
Tho profits go toward Improving and
cheapening tho particular product of
tho particular Industry In which thty
aro made. Our taxes remain not par
hapa so heavy u3 those of tho majori
ties of cities, but heavy enouch to
keep us in mind of them, RoDort Mao-
Intyro In Chicago Record.
llHthtnh Growing NmnPer.
Tho change in the slzo of tho bath
tub 1b ono ot tho recent phenomena of
Now York's growth. This valuablo
and chcrlshod adjunct to civilization
dwindles daily In slzo, and as tho de
mand for bathtub grows dnily moro
Imperative in New York, thero secnw
a probability that It will sorao day
reach tho proportions suited to a ball,
bedroom. Now York Sun.
HE CUJIES IDIOCY.
WONDERFUL ACHIEVEMENT OF
A FRENCHMAN.
A Human Alniiitrottlv Converted Into n
l'erfect Mun He lljt AkIoiiI.IiimI the
NrlriitHtt of ICurnpn tltli III I'tintuiin
cul Work.
(Special letter.)
Doctor llournevllle, the great Frouch
psychological hpeclallst, lias, It Is
claimed, actually succeeded In discov
ering nn unfailing cum for Idiots, nnd
Is doing phenomenal work In amelio
rating the condition of abnormal In
fants and adults.
The tosults ot thin humanitarian's
work In the Medico-Pedagogical Insti
tute at Vltry, Franco, Is the all-ab-fiorblng
topic In medical clrclua on tho
continent. The wonderful results of
his cure have gone tho round of tho
press and of magazines during the
past mouths. As similar enterprises
havo been suggested and attempted
from time to ttmu for the thousands
of unfortunates In the United, States'
a description of Doctor Uonrnevlllo's
labors will no doubt prove of Interest.
It mattets not whether tho patient
was an Idiot or malformed at birth or
whether unfortuuatu circumstances
made him nn Idiot In adult life, Doc
tor Ilournovlllo will take him and by
his rigid methods engage to euro him
nnd mako him a useful member of
society.
Doctor Uourucvlllo Is noted especial
ly for what he has done for Jacques
Menod, a boy from Marseilles, 10 years
old. It Is dlfllcult to Imagine an ug
lier monstrosity than young Jacques,
even now after six months scrupulous
treatment. Jacques looked like a wild
gorilla when ho was brought to Vltry
last winter. Tho mouth was abnor
mally large, tho saliva dropped In gen
erous quantity over tho thick, sensual
lips. Ills hair grew over his forohoad
almost down to his eyobrows. Ho was
ever groaning and grumbling nnd ro
fuscd to walk or stand up, so that ho
had to be carried all tho time, though
thero was nothing tho matter with his
logs or spine. Jacques was oven low
er than the npc In that he would not
stretch out his hands to seize his food.
Mo had to be fed llko an Infant and
then almost by Torco. Ones his eyes
were attracted by somo bright object
In the room or garden ho would sit
TYPICAL PATIENT AT VITRY.
and stare at It for hours, nor could ho
bo Induced to fix his attontlou olso
where. If left to himself this wretched
bolng would surely porlsh from starv
ation. As if by u miracle from heaven Jac
ques hns been put In his right mind
and In a few months will ho sont homo
entirely cured to his happy parents In
Marseilles. Ho Ib now learning tho
carpenter's trndo and ho will bo ap
prenticed as soon us ho returns homo.
How has all this been accomplished?
Doctor Bournevlllo says that ho has
not uttered a harsh word to Jacques
nor punished tho boy nt any tlmo for
disobedience or transgicBslon of dis
cipline. First, thero was a wcok of
patient observance of his peculiar
form of Idiocy nnd a dally examina
tion of tho malformed organs. Ho was
fronted as at home, fed with a spoon,
convoyed Into tho garden in u rolling
chair, loft to mutter and staro at will,
and at night carried to bod. His uurso
In nil details gavo him maternal caro.
In tho caso of Jacques, Doctor
DoRruuvillo determined that massage,
followed by a special gymnastic course,
was tho best treatment, for his diag
nosis rovcalcd that his form of imbo
clllty was traceable mostly to nn Im
perfect development of tho facial, man
ual and pedal lineaments and other
peculiar deformities contracted beforo
birth and permitted to becomo aggra
vated by Ignorant nursing. Electric
and medicated baths wore also pro
scribed by tho doctor.
It was weeks beforo Jacquos could
stretch out his urniB and months be
foro ho could stand up without assist
ant. As to feeding Jacques his fond
ness for cortaln delicacies was Boon
ascertained. Theso wero finally given
to him nt ovory meal, but only when
ho would reach out his hands for
them. Curious musical instruments
attracted tho patient's uttention. The
only tlmo when ho was known to smile
was when tho doctor would play on hla
violin. Jacques soon learned to walk
from his room to tho farther ond of
the garden it ho wanted to bco and
hear the doctor play,
After three months Jacques fed him
self, could walk and talk and dress
himself, Then began a slow courso of
gymnastics, whllo Doctor Bournovlllo
loft nothing undone to reduce tho ab
normal facial formations by massage
and tho montal restoration by tho
pestalozzlan method of Instruction.
Tho latter mothod conslsta In object
lessons, tho Garden and tho etroots
and tho rooms taking tho placo of
bonkii.
W p Say
A DESERTED VILLAdn.
Counterpart of the fluce Drrrbl bj-f
(lol.lnmlth.
Did you over read Goldsmlth'n "D
acrted Vlllngo"? Did you oror sur
mise, after perusing It, that Its coun
terpart could be discovered in tills fto-;
ahead, up-to-date, brand-now country?,
If not, thou pay n visit to Attains, N. J.
Years ago, before tho birth of tho ma
jority of our readers, this town was a
nourishing, booming placo; Iti fac
tories hummed with the whlrrlnrf of
tho machinery, there wore night u
well as day shifts, and tho glaro pro
duced from tho former ns tho molton
Iron was ladled from ono roccptaclo to
another could bo perceived tor mile
around. At that epoch Iron wan worth
fKO per ton, railroads and steamboats
woro In their Infancy, rails woro in
request, no that the foundor of thl
town found IiIh undertaking n prosper
ous one, Hays tho Brooklyn Eagle. It
Is truo thnt the oro had to bo carried
somo distance, but tho selling prlco of
tho manufactured article permitted of
heavy transport charges, and Mr. Al
laire nnd his work people waxed fat
Wages were not ns good as thoso paid
to-lay. but, on tho other hand, living,
expenses wero raoro rensonablo, nnd It j
Is aafi) to predict that both employer,
and employes woro hnppy. All tho'
Iron entering Into tho drat ocoan-golng ,
steamers was cast in this village, but
aa time elnpsed now and nheapor meth
ods of mining tho ores wero discov
ered, nnd consequently aa values re
duced so the prosperity of tho village
departed, and tho proprietor of th
works discovered his Inability to com
pete with new-fangled methods, or wna
perhaps too consorvatlvo to employ
them. Ono by ono tho foundries closed
down, and about fifty years ago the
outerprlso was abandoned definitely,
lenvlng thn proprietor surrounded by
his brick walls and machinery. From
thnt moment decay only has marked'
time there; first tho mnchlnory wa,
sold for whnt It would realize, after
ward doors, windows In a word, what
ever would bring grist to tho mill.
To-day nothing remains of lta former
grandeur hut falling walls, rootles
buildings with luxuriant vegetation
growing Insldo; tho old drug store!
whoro modlclno was formorly dla-'
penned for tho inultltudn Is now the,
postoftlco, run by a decrepit indlvldunt!
whoso coat unfortunntoly contains lit
tlo of Its original material; ovorythlnjrj
bespeaks ruin nnd decay. Tho brook
still swings along Its uotay channels
sunkcB aro to bo seon sleeping nenr by,.
apparently littlo fearful of bolng dls-t
turbed, tor tho old town Is (load and
thero In no clinnco of resurrecting It
unless somo rcal-estato boomer Hhould
happen to got In his lino work. 'Uncei
recent years thero has, however, iprung1
up within the walls, almost, ot the)
ancient tiuiuilngs an excellent hotel,
where good cheer can bo found nnd,
thanks to tho surrounding townB, thoj
proprietor has littlo need to complain,
nor do his visitors go awry dlssatlsflod.
Tho descendant of tho original foundor
still resides In tho midst of his father's
former groatness and, surrounded by
tho old desks which did sorvlco more
than threo-qunrtors of a contury ago.
ho probably rumlnntcB nnd raises vis-.
Ions of whnt might have beon It onlyi
his father had kept up to dato. Al
together, everything hero Is most In
teresting, and nny one residing wlthlni
n fow miles ot this vlllngc would be',
amply repaid tho troublo of visiting 1L
Kept Comfnrttlile.
Ono would almost wish to bo a fish
when tho hot summer winds blow, and
especially a fish in tho aquarium at,
Uattcry Park, Now York. Tho offi
cials thero havo mado arrangements,
thnt add greatly to tho comfort of tool
fish durltiKtho warm weather. Somei
of these Inhabitants of tho aquarium'
require cooler water than that pumpodl
from tho harbor, although that suited
them well enough In winter. Tho wa
ter Is therotoro cooled for thorn dur
ing tho hot weather. Thero is one
croaturo In tho aquarium for whlcht
tho wntor must bo heated all tho year)
round. It Is a littlo West Indian acal,
tho only ono thnt haa been successful
ly kopt'in captivity. It was caught
with oleven othorH In tho waters ot,
what Is called "Tho Triangle," off the'
coast of Yucatan. Tho others all dlod,
but this ono was saved by extraordin
ary enro, and tho authorities are natu
rally proud of It.
Clilneno finery.
Pel; In should be an intorostlng sight
when tho faBhlontlblo men who hare
lied from tho European troops rotuim
ugnln to tholr houses. Thero will
doubtless bo many lamontatlons when,
they learn tho worst and find most of
their cherished habiliments missing.
Tho allied olllcers aro said to havo pur
chased all tho most gorgeous furs and!
fashlonnblo embroideries from the
looters at a great auction sale, hold for
tho benefit of tho troops, and doubtless
will send them homo. They will tnea
graco European homes nnd curio estab
lishments and the Chinose duds will)
havo to get another supply or else
modify his taste for tho splendid and
costly garments which dollghtcd Pe
kln. IJndon Mall.
Itleotrlo Maohikvrjr In Hwx1.
Up till now electric machinery ha
been manufactured In Sweden only oa
a small scale. A Swedish company baa
now been Incorporated, however,
which will build a comparatively large
establishment tor tho manufacture of
electrical machinery. Tho factory wlU
be built In tho northern part of the
country, at a placo called Ludvlka.
whoro thoro Is availablo water power,
The company has a cnpital stock ot
302,000, and will in the beginning: om
ploy 400 persons, but intends to devel
op tho business so as to furnish em
ployment for 1,000 workmen. -Frank
Woodward In Chicago Record,
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