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THE QUEEN'S DKATIL
WAS ACCURATELY FORETOLD
OY A WOMAN.
Anrt Alt KiiKlni.it I ' Talking of
Mr. Rnlliloi tr of 'hrl1r I'rrdlrlnil
tlm Iay unit tloitr nn.l ue I.iit
At gait.
(London Letter.)
WMlo Urn wounds of moiiriilMK for
the dead queen lmvo not altogether
coftsoil lu thn land and llrltonif uro
lowly and with dlllldilti learning to
My tho "KIdk" "d anecdote upon an
ecdote ntiout her lain m.tJoHty In oagcr-
tv illaxllkanil Olio RtOrV KOCH tllO
in which several of Hit wealthy real
dents of I ho district wero In danger
of being Involved, wna narrowly avert
eil. Now that the event lias Justified
Mrs. ItiitliljuiiQ'fl predictions her fame
linn been renewed and thn
her vliiltH mifl mall bus
even Ub fdimcr remarkable propor
tions. Magistrate White Is ecarcoly
utile to conceal htn chagrin, and nomo
nay ho Is thioiUcncd with Insanity.
Thn noiKhtiorhood defer to Aim.
J Knlhliuiiu In everything and nw ,,UB'
linnu lina been iiromoioa nnu rcewvuu
un Increase of salary.
Mr. Lubouchoro saya ho championed
Mrs. Itnthhono merely to avoid whut
looked llko opprr.Ksnon, thotiRh at tho
tlmo tin had not tho allghtest Idea that
true, ua
Gl
rw?y3SS A TRAMP
1 Jtxidy Irv I Goo?SX.nsBod I
1 Old Asie I 8SKL I
mEwi, &92i)it)ei)6
., (....., ....y n.- , - - i llln lll0IJiiecy would como
rounds couM.loreui.y some ov " ftc.,,irunv i.-' -rtmlta. ha astounded
itwiut tunmiatri fir 11111 nil. il iuiullb i -
him as much an II has any ono ciae,
and while not a believer In clairvoy
ance, lio tnnrcMJea h! Inability to ac
count for HiIh singular occurrence.
In fact, Mr. I.abouchore haa bciU for
a record of Mrs. ltathbono'fl provioitB
mly Incidentally to the queen and
mort, directly to a MrH. Rtuhbunc, a
Indy i cabling In Oheuhlrc, who, on Au
gust 23, 1900. predicted tho vety day ot
Him queon'u death. Not only did Mrs.
Iliitlibomi predict tho very date or mo
..a.... i.. ...1.1..1. !.-. wnrit fnnilft.
majesty would ; . "' "" "" " """-'
I lOKVll.u. ivuu il niuiimicui ........
Public opinion and curi
osity la aroused to a Brent height over
the phenotnenon. Mih. ltnthbouo ro-
11. lu la uuii:
o w.o ue..m ... ... -" " r " ,. ,, ll8 lloforP nlmolutely rcMsoa
now very near and I ran aco tier cioiiu i , , . .. . ., r,.
;... ...i . i. . ...1...1.. ....it.... in ' to exoiclio her remarkable Blft roi
zzz. ;;:-. as- .",. "r..i!:".''r:i
I ... '.9.1 (IT .11111- I "" "n "'.en ii..i.h"- " ---- T
l .......i i ii.. ,i..tnn ..ml rlrciltll-
,.,.n.,' .l-nth. but foretold the precise ' i""""' "" ? ' ""." ".""."
malady of which her
"T.... ....- ... u-ntin.? ' verincatlon.
I Ills qu.iUIU.'.U W.IK iiimni i" o
on the day naiiled, and it ad:
lirtll . i ...... t I I ..tuitl t urlll
. ... e k. -at ... ... ... -v. .-. .. ((m hir no1(i-t ui(1 rotlrng (lomoan.
of KIiik ICdwar.l, who Iuih nmnlfeated
the liveliest curloMlty coneemliiK It.
KIINKST IIirrCHINHON.
earlv next year, on
nary, nnd the c.uibo of her death will
tin iiiU'u1hIu.
Homo MlRiiltleauro waa attached to
Mila Btatenient ut the time by rejaon or
Mra. Itathbono'a reputation for clair
voyance, or second hIkIU. which Iiml
enabled her on nioro than one orca
alon to accurately foretell the moat
Important ovntitii In which her family
and clrole of filiuidi. wpro Intero.sted.
Min. Uathbonn la a youiiR woman,
whose people aio by no meant. In at
flunnt clreuniBtnnrea, but ahe doej not
enRRfl In thn piactlee or clairvoyance
as a profession.
i.. it... inrMiiiti uiini'.i hImi tlvnrf Mia.
Hathbouo haw thiiH won coiihlderabln 'afiecuana or fter acrvanU. Shu was
repute. Mm- itivelatlona eomo to her SI yeara old una walkod with difficulty
euHinlly and without preananRuieut. , when one of her houaemaldu fell 111 at
mid ithe expressly dlsclulms nil ability , Windsor eaatlo and wna conllned to
to roretell events other ..inn such as her bed In a room which was high up
nre (jult uiiMpeeledlv ieealcd to j In the building and could only bo np
l.er In tinier i:ial alio haa accurately ' proaehed by several IllRbta ot atalra.
f.iieiold the date of the dni'li of ' On., of tho eanom. of Windsor pn'-J "'-r
frionds then aiiimrently In robust n visit, ami remaiKeu upon u.u ...
VICTOHIA AND HEH SERVANTS.
i;.n;liiil' ll Mmmrnl. V Uul
Cl.iiniti.y wllli Hit Atttu. 'nl.
It la pei haps not BiirprialnR thnt the
late Queen Victoria waa tiot bothorod
with tho heivant Rlrl problem. Ho
preat waa the rivalry to Ret Into thn
royal hoiiBehold that Its mistress could
have her pick or the best the land ur
forded. Few women, however, no
matter what tholr station, ao won tho
(Athena, On., Letter.)
At the iiru of 7.1 years, Iosan 10.
Hleoklcy, chief Justice of tho Supronia
court or Oeorglu, llnds himself a stu
dent at the University of Georgia, a
Keeker after truth In tho departments
of mathematics and political oconomy.
This In the flrnt tlmo Judgo Hleck
ley hu8 ever dipped from tho unlvoralty
spring of knowlodgo. Rven ut this ad
vanced ago ho thoroughly enjoys It,
and Is convinced that It haa already
been of much benefit to htm.
tiu haa already passed through three
toriiia In college, each torm consisting
of ono whole day, and freshmen, s'oph
omoro nnd Junior cIorsob have Iwon
passed In tho bwlft ruali of tho new
student toward graduation. Unfortu
nately he had to return to his homo
In Clarkesvlllo thin week, nnd thus Ma
eolleglato career wna cut short beforo
Itn full consummation. Hn la In no
way daunted, however, and dcclnroi
that he will come yet again nnd com
plete the studies of his senior courao
and become u full-Hedged alumnus.
Hliicu 189.1, when ho retired from the
bench, Judge Bleckley has boon con
stantly engaged in study. Ho took
up the (ideation of values In order to
solve to tho satisfaction of hla own
mind tho great money question thon
confronting tho people of the nation.
Ho says ho atarte Into the Investiga
tion with little knowledge upon tho
subject, and was a real seeker aftor
truth as regarded that question In par
ticular and nil questions In general.
Tho study of tho money question led
him Into tho study of mnthomatlcs.
Tho tme conception of the money Issuo
required a knowledge of ratio and pro
portion. These entered Into every
branch of his study and research and
ufter trying In vain to solve his prob
lem on values to hla complete satisfac
tion ho caino to tho conclusion that
ho would bo compelled to study mathe
matics whenever that sclenco touched
the question ho had under considera
tion. Among tho problems ho was con
sidering was ono relating to tho dif
ferent roots and powers of numbers,
which he called ."Tho Reading of tho
Hoot."
Ho mndo known hla dlllleultle to
Chancellor Hill, whoso summer homo
adjoins that of Judge Hlecklcy at
Clarkeavllle, being aeparated only by
a small fenco.
Chancellor Hill told him that If tho
mathematical raculty or the Unlver
alty of Georgia could bo of uny advan
tage to him In his researches tho pro
fessors would no doubt bo glnd to as
sist him.
Acting under the Invitation or Chan
cellor Hill, Judgo Uleckloy mado up
his mind to attend tho university
WHO. ON DYING, LKFT HER HIS
SOLE HEIFI.
To II r Aiunreinrnt M. HmU llerlf
tu I(ecrlit of a Hni.g lortune of Tn
Tinman nil llullnn (liiml lti-tmDt In
Klnilnr)..
DEATHS OF ENGLISH RULERS,
81 n en thi) Nnrliimi t'onc)ii Vlotsne
!! Taki Many Awy.
Of the monarchi who have rclgneu
over England since tho days of th
Norman conquest nearly ono-qunrtor
of tho number have met violent deaths.
William I was killed by a full from hi
horso; William II was shot whl.o hunt
lng, whether by accident or design U
still ono of the unHolvcd problonm ot
history; Hlchard I was killed by n
shaft from a crossbow while bealoglng
the city of Chnliim, In Franco; Uicbnrd
1 II wna murdered In 1'ontefrnct castlo;
Edward II was murdered In Uorkley
castlo and Edward V in the Tower of
London; Richard HI was kilted on tho
battlefield of Dos worth; Charles I liad
his head cut off In London.
Ullzaboth'a death waa hastened by
remorso that she had ordered tho- ex
ecution of Essex, und her slBter Mary
sickened and died soon nfter tho lass
of Calais, declaring that tho namo ot
the city would be found after death
wrltton on her heart. Tho deuth ot
Edward IPs aon, tho Ulack Prince,
caused tho aged monarch to dlo ot
grler. So, after the loss of hla son In
tho Whlto Ship, Henry I wna novor
aecn to smile again, nnd lived only a
abort time. Henry VI nnd Georgo III
worn ln3uno during tho .latter yeara or
(Omaha letter.)
Mrs. Emma Carglll, ot Omaha, has
cntortalned an ungel unawares.
Prompted by sympathy, she gnvo
food and shelter to u supposed tramp
tho other day, nnd when, n week luter,
ho died In her house sho found hersolf
aolo beneficiary of his oral will, which
meant a snug sum In cash moro than
sho could havo made by kcoplng board
ers in ten yeata.
An oral will Is not valid under tho
Nebraska statutes, but thus far thero
has boon no rlvnl holra to contest her
claim, und tho present indications uro
that uhe will bo left In undlsputod pos
session of her windfall.
Ono evening during tho recent cold
spell a poor old wanderer, bent under
tho burden of his year?, called at
Mrs. Cnrgtll'a home and naked ror u
bed. Ho wna weuk and sick, und hla
fvtv 1 .1 ml m tin tUlllll
.',Y 7 . ,i TiY i,. . iin.i ' H'elr reigns, nnd finally died from what
"I havo been tiylng nil day to lind . ...' ,,.,. ' ... ,
health nnd niiido other predictions al-
,SV
MRS It A I'll HONE
mint an remarkable. It inusi be lioru
In inlnd.lhut when alto made her pre
diction coiiicinlug the queen her ma
jesty wilh, as far us known, lu her
UHiinl health and bade fair to live
many years. In fact, It waa tho con
census of medical opinion that her
death waa many jeara distant.
Mrs. Rathbone suffered coiialdoiuhly
when ahe mado her piedlctlon con
cerning the quceu'a death, for such
a piedlctlon, na might (aslly bn Imag
ined, waa by no menus popular and
waa received with much opposition. In
fact, tho local Dogberry, ono Whlto,
count nnd the pinphecy Into u apeclea
of treason and waa (or uncoremoulotis-
vulld'a perulinily radiant exprcwslon,
and also mado a half Jocular allusion,
na to the altitude of her bediootn. "I
nm very happy, air." aalil the house
maid. "Today the queen herself bus
been to see me. Her majesty camo
into this room and aat down by me.
Then sho s.ild. 'I have got away from
them nil and como to see you. Do you
know bow I did It? I managed It by
sitting down on eery third stair."
With an old housekeeper at Wind
sor, who was a Methodist, ahe would
bring her knitting and tdt an hour ut
a tlmo talking on questions or the
deepeat moment to them both. Sho
wna perplexed at the old iady'a religi
ous phraseology, ami especially want
ed to know what ahe meant when ahe
apoke of "conversion." The house
keeper was only a good woman and
no theologian apt lu the phruaea of
the schools, and ao she fell back on u
i elation of heia.who waa a minister In
New York, and from him obtained a
book or two which might enlighten
her royal mistress.
RIDOELCY. THE LATEST FREAK.
Un ll.ilU from Kiini.i iiml SprlUE
I'mit Notion It. Co;ii;rn.
Kansas, whence camo the buwhlslc
ercd PelYer nnd the sockb's Simpson,
must now make u place lu Its gallery
of freaka for another eccentric Indi
vidual. Hla namo la Rldgcley and he Is
a Popullut tepiescntatlve in eongreas.
! ltldgeloy sprung Into fame recently
by introducing a nicusuro which ho
I declares la "to regulate commerce nnd
Industry." It purposes that each state
I shall bo represented in tho cnblnot,
i llxes tho rates or railroads at not ex-
DEATH GULCH
ly placing Mia. Itathbone in Jall-atul j cccll,1K om, n,m ,,or mllu nnd Baya m.
but tor this tho prediction would never
havo received the general publicity
that thus waa accorded It.
Justice Whltc'h uttempt to punish '
Mrs. Rathbone waa thus tho very thing '
that brought her Into notice. The at
tempt was a rulluie, of course, theto
being no law In England iiRiilnst
prophecy save the scriptural law that
a prophet la not without honor save lu '
Ills own country. Hut the Ill-advised
utterances of the muglsiratu and his
threnta against Mia. Rathtioun coming '
to tho notice ot Mr. l.abouchei'i that
champion of tho poor ut once proceeu
ed to mukc tho manor u subject of
questln In parliament, with the result
that Mr. Magistrate White was com
pelled to return Mia. Rathboue's mem
orandum or the prophecy und recoil
alder his threntu ot punishment.
Thus having had greatness thrust
upon hor, na It were, Mrs. Rathbouo
found herseslf the object or much ami
annoying curiosity. Thn modest cot
tugo In Cheshire In which tho Ruth
bones lived becntno the Mecca of tho
curious nnd the mercenary, and sho
was besieged with Inquiries of every
Bort, from family affairs to tho win
ning of horse racos. Her mall grew to
enormous proportions to such Indeed
that tho Uttlo postofllco wab itnnhlo to
handle it and tho postman waa worked
almost to death lu his efforts to curry
It.
To nono of thoso curloua ones did
Mra. Rathbone vouchsafe any Infor
mation, and In tlmo the alegn for
Information aubslded and llfn resumed
Its normal trend. Mr. Ratnbone,
whose occupation na a factor'a clerk,
was threatened by the notoriety thUB
forced upon him, became, however,
itery indignant, bocausu tho iocal gont
rjr and others threatened to discon
tinue their dealings with hla employer
because of his wife's unpalatablo pro
phecy, And at one time n lawsuit
('graphing ahull co.n not moro than ono
cent lor every thieo words. 'Iho hours
of study In achool ahull not exceed
three euch duy and ull kinds of punish
ment nre prohibited. Every citizen who
fitllii to vote at un election ahull ba
prosecuted. Tho aecretary of public
llaheilea la to catch and euro fresh und
Halt llhh to aupply people In all parts
ot the country with the Inhabitants
ot tho deep. A sccietary ot laundries
la to seo to It that tho water lu all
luba will bo changed with each new
lot or clothing. Thero are nlao to be
depnrtmonts or public porlodlcala,
amiisementa, Intra, lectures, comfort,
hotels and baths.
I'erhapa Rldgcley thinks ho la tunny,
but such Ideas might bo moro natural
ly expocted to originate in an luaauo
asylum than In the serious house of
ropieaentatlvea.
A rmlir Nam.
Not counting tho national capital,
thero are forty-four towna and cities
bearing thn name of Washington. No
doubt moro communities would havo
thua honored the memory of the rathor
or tils country but tor the prohibition
ot tho postofllco department of moro
than one pon'tolllce of tho same name
in n state. Thero la In noarly every
state a county called Washing
ton. Hut the moat popular
uso of the name has come
to light In tho pension bureau. In cer
tain parta of tho country a rushing
business la being ilono by nttornoya
In applications for pensions on behalf
of colored soldlors who sorved during
tho civil war. Tho attention of the
huroau has boon called to ono regi
ment in which, according to tho rolls,
twonty-clght colored Georgo Washing
tons served. A single company shows
a membership of twolvo Georgo Wash
Ingtons by the applications filed.
Itiivlno In tli VilloiTHtoiiu thn I'linm. of
Ulili't. Am Fiitiil.
A liivlno lu the northeast corner ot
Yellowstone National park, In Wyo
ming, la known by tboao living near by
aa Death gulch. Grewsomo as la tho
name, It la exceedingly appropriate. It
la n V-shaped trench, cut In tho mount
ain aide, and begins about -"U feet
above Cuelin creek. AlHiarcutly It
forma n natural shelter for tho beasts
of tho forest, us food, water and ahol
ter uro there, but entrnnco to the gulch
menuB death to any unltuul. for tho
poisonous vapoia that rise out of tho
ravlnu are moio deadly than tho bul
leta of tho huntsmen.
Some time ago Charles E. George
and a Mr. Everett, of Haston, vlalted
tho gulch nnd mado un extended ex
nmlnntlon. They declare tho gulch is
a death trap which, whllo different In
many ways trom the rntnoua Death
valley of Java, Is ua certain In Its ef
fect. At ono end tho gulch la compar
atively open and tho wind aweops
through, but ut tho other, where it
forma a rnvlne, tho gasea accumulate
and asphyxiate all unlmala that como
within tho walla or rock. When Mr.
Georgo and Mr. Everett entered tho
gulch tho goaeoua tumoa were so op
pressive that thoy had difficulty In
breathing, yet they entered at tho end
whero tho gulch Is practically open.
They lit n wux taper and found that
when placed moro than forty Inches
from tho ground It wns extinguished.
This proved the oxlatnnco of carbon
dioxide gns.
Tho bed of tho gulch und ravlno was
littered with tho bonoa und sklna of
animals long alnco dead. Thoy found
twenty-threo carcasses of boars, ono
big cinnamon having hla noso between
his pawB, Just ns If ho had fullon
asleep.
Tho two men didn't dnro to go Into
the ravine. Whot oxploratlon thoy
mndo resulted In headaches which
stayed with them for hours and pains
In tho throat and luuga which did not
subside for a long time.
friends, nnd his bualness grew ao that
he had to hire a room and malutnln
there a clerk to attend to the details
or orders and the like. He continues
to do the actual delivering blmselt,
using for tho purpose a bicycle.
His business gives him n fair living,
nnd It looks aa It he might extend It.
Ho la pei Imps thn only laundry brokor
lu town.
shelter, and they all turn mo away
because they think I've got tho small
pox." As there was a peculiar rash on tba
stranger'n face Mrs. Carglll could easi
ly believe this.
"And I am 111," ho continued. "God
will rownrd you, my good womnn."
Having nothing but tho stranger's
word that hla ailment waa not small
pox, Mrs. Carglll took him In, gavo hint
a lmit nn thn 1 ounce' nnd Bitch light
nn..rllr.n no tin UTiu ntltfl tfl take. MOURNING COLORS
.... . . . - ......! .............. !
men ne nnnneu nor u im.tc ..vu.. , Virtoo ComiirlM Wunrn Illurk
In u soiled newspaper nnd tied witu a ,
In theao daya would be called paresis
Charles II, Henry VIII, Edwj.nl IV and
Georgo IV hastened their deaths by
tho dissipated and sensual lives thoy
lived. Only two monarcha died of that
great national scourge, (Miisumptli n
thoy wore Edward V and Honry VII.
Queen Anne'a death waa due us much
as anything else to ovei feeding. Only
two monarcha, Henry VI anil Georgo
III, died nfter long illucsues.
greasy Btring. It looked much llko a
pnekago ot old lettcrn.
"Keep this until I get well," he said,
"nnd If I never get well If I ahould
die keep It always."
This was the x.tranger's will.
Placing tho package on a window sill
the incident, for the time bolng. passed,
from her mind.
During the next few days tho pa
tient apoke but little, but Mra. Carglll
managed to glean from him a few
facts. Shu learned th.U hid nr.mo wua
M Not
the K milium of Sorrmr.
Though black la the usuul color lor
mourning, tending to typify tho gloom
of night "when all men Bleep.' yet
King Edward ordered purple nnd bliok
for the roynl mourning for his moth
er, and In some nations various (unit
to u HtrntiGfi) colors nro used, Tfty
South Sea Islanders tir black anu
white stripes for mourning, cxpretwivo
of gloom and hope. In Ethiopia th
color for mounting la a guijlah brown,
signifying "tho earth, to wh'c.h nil men
J. W. Myera, and that he waa 70 years Hhnll return." In Syria and Armenia
....'.' .... . . ultv hliin tci worn no nwiiirnlni for trie
old. He had never married. From his
brothera and Blstera, of whom ho hud
six at tho time be left Connecticut, ho
had not heard iu thirty-two years, nnd
DEATHS OF LAST YEAR.
Wor, Fuinlno nml lVntllinr" MaUu u
I'mrful Itoronl.
War, mmltto and pestilence havo
done their ahnro, and porhapa moro,
the paat year lu reducing tho popu
lation of tho world, aaya the Chicago
Tribune During 1899 tho principal
MRS. EMMA CARGILL.
ho bolloved they were dead. During hla
early manhood ho had been wild, und
later had kept much to himself, hav
ing lived for the last five yeara tho
life or a recluse on his homestead near
sky blun is worn ns mourning ror the
deuth of n lelntlvo, and la Rtippnaeil
to express tho belief that the dead icr
son baa gone to heaven. In Perata
palo brown la the color- typical or
' withered leaves. Puiple nml violet
have been used for mourning ror car
diuala and ror some klnga of France
Moat people are nwniv of the fact
that tho Chinese wear while for their
mourning, but It Is not ao well known
thnt white hus been used us u color of
mourning In England and Scotland
Henry VIII wore white for Anne Ho-
leyn, und Maty Queen of Scots wore
white aa mourning color nfter the
death of Dnrnlev. Aa Henry cut o
Anno's head, and Mary la supposed to
have catibcd Damley to bo blown up,
they may have chosen whlto ua the
court mourning ror the dead ones
with iv wink of the eye. Hut still It wax
an admitted English olnr for mourn
ing if uny ono chose to adopt It. Aa
late as forty years ago in some parts
of England it waa tho custom to wc.u
whlto hats at the funerals of yoiniR
people
mtlltnry operations were confined to j Lamar, Iowa. When sickness camo ho
tho Philippine Islands, tho Soudan and
South Africa, and tho losses In killed
und wounded from these and scatter
ing sources were 48,Hil. Last year tho
principal operations wore In tho Phil
ippine Islands, South Africa, China
and Colombia", and from these tho re
turns of klllod nnd woundod are aa
rollows: Chlnn, 90,913; South Africa,
5H.008; Philippines, B.C21. and Colom
bia, 5,070. Tho returns from China rep
resent not only the resulta of collis
ions between tho Chinese nnd tho nl
lies, but nlso tho drondtul massacroa
which preceded and followed tho out
break In various parts of tho empire.
Adding to tho above the totalB from
other pnrta of Aala and Africa, and
rrom Mexico, Vonozucla, Hulgarla and
Moiocco, the total la 133,753, as com
pared with 48,101 In 1899. Epidemic
diacusca wcro not ao destructive ot llfo
na In 1899. Tho returns for plague are
but 20,907, a decrease ot 230,000, whllo
cholera deaths uro put ut 60,000, an
lncreaso of 58,000. No accurnto estlmato
has been made of tho number of vic
tims of tho Indlun famine. Tho official
reports, bo far ns known, foot up 600,
000, but tho actual uumbor probably
greatly exceeds this.
convetted bis property Into money and
btarted for tho city, intending to go to
a hospital, but observing that hla mal
ady was likely to bo mistaken for
smallpox ho ulteicd hla plans. llv
dreaded the pest house, ho said. Ho
wanted to "die like a Christian," bo
avoided the authorities und mado u
liousc-to-houKc canvass In quest of a
good Samaritan, whom ho nt last found
in tho person of Mrs. Craglll.
On tho ucventh day nfter hla arrival
at tho Cnrglll homo J. W. Myers died.
Mrs. Carglll notified tho corouor, and
whllo alio was gathering bin effects
preparatory to a lomoval ot the body
ll4 Drltlni; Aivujr Trnilr.
It is strange that tho hotel and res
taurant men do not stamp out the
tipping evil in their own Interest, say
n Now York paper. The local patron
age is worth a great deal or money to
the hotels; yet they uro steadily driv
ing It nwny by permitting tho tipping
abuse to exist to a ahamoful extent,
Supposo a bachelor, for Instunce, cats
three meals a day in a hotel, lio must
glvo the waiter nt least 10 centa each
time, and from thnt up. Thirty cents
a tiny mrana ?109.50 a year, and It Ifl
sufo to Bay that any regular patron ot
a hotel, if ho bo what the waiter would
call n gentleman will pay in tips at
leaat $200 a year. The aamo man can
onjoy nny ono of n dozen good cluh
In the city whoro tho duea aro $50,(1
year, nnd whero tipping 1b ubsoluaely
sho chanced upon tho greasy paekago forbidden. Club waiters nro paid llb
on tho window sill. ' oral salaries and uro not allowed to ac-
Sho toro It open with n lunguld In
terest, which soon gave way to a thrill
of excitement, for tho parcel contained
$1,000 In treasury notes 100 $10 bills.
Out of this sum alio paid tho old
man's doctor bills und funeral ex
penses nnd the remainder alio has do
paslted in n bank. Sho says alio hopes
no holra will present themsolvos to
claim It, as sho wants to uso It In tho
education of her little daughtor, 8
yeurs old, who haa displayed consider
able talent in music.
Oil it IIuiIiim. lriTe KiicoMtu.
One young mun in New York In pro
paring himself to enter college has
boen forced Into an odd bua"no3s. Find
ing hlmaelf faco to raco with tho neces
sity of earning a living while ho wont
on with hla atudlea, ho obtained em
ployment for two hours a day aa a
waiter. This earned him hla mcala,
says tho Herald, but ho bad to cast
about for clothes and lodging.
It occurred to him to ask somo of
hbj acquaintances to glvo him tho com
mission of doing tuolr washing. Of
courao, ho had neither time nor skill
to do tho actual work of washing and
ironing himself, but ho found others
to do thla and merely undertook as
middleman to collect and deliver tho
clothlug, taking n modornto commis
sion for hla pait of tho work.
Ho plonsed hla customers so well
that they recommended htm to their
William's Idea of a Monari't.,
Not long ago an Araorlcau proroasor
attonded a reception In tho roynl pal
ace given by the kulaer to au ussocl
ute of scientists, at which William ap
peared In tho gorgeous robes of roy
alty precodod by llvorlod chamberlains
bearing the crown nnd insignia. It waa
a most Impressive display, and when
the professor enmo uwny he said to a
friend: "I am a republican to tho
backbone, but I believe that if mon
archa aro necessary thoy should be
mouarchs to tho last bit of gold luce,
Just ns William Is kaiser." Tho next
day this friend had nn audlonco with
tho kaiser, nnd In tho course of tho
conversation told him what tho Amor
lean professor had said, "That Is ex
actly what I bolleve," ho said; "Dora
Pedro ot Hrazll illustrated tho folly of
trying to bo a republican on a throne."
Arliorm's 1'lne Fnret.
Arizona la supposed to bo almost an
unbroken desert, but In reality It
has the largest unbroken plno forest
In tho United States, covering an nron
of ovor 8,000 square miles. This timbor
is usuully found ut un altitude of bo
tween 5,500 und 7,500 feet. Tho total
quantity of pine timber fit for sawing
purposes within the boundaries of tho
territory amounts to 10,000,000,000 roet,
which can aupply the needs of a pop
ulous atate for more than a century.
cept gratuities.
Thousands of good people huvo been
driven away from their hotels and Into
clubs within tho paat five yeara, and
thousands moro will soon go unless
the hotel and restaurant managers
mnke similar rules to thoso which pro
vail In tho cluba.
Ireland sends annually 44,000 tons
of ocga somo G4O.OOO.O00 In round
numbera to .England nlono.
rrrutrnil for nuli.y lit.).
It Is aald that tho Empcior of Ger
many has about $4,000,000 Invested In
Amerlcnn railroad bonds and that tho
empress has Invested $500,000 In gllt
odgod American securities, Thn Czar
of Russia haa, It la said, $0,000,000 In
vested In Amorlcan railroads, King
Oacnr of Sweden Is said to havo mado
money out of American breweries, nnd
King Georgo of Greece haa been n very
successful craln oporator.
Ti the World' UinortlnK Nation.
The great distinction of standing at
tho head of tho world's exporting ra
tions bolonga to the United States,
proof of thla bolng found In tho UK
urea of tho calendar year 1900. The
total exporta of domestic merchandise
from tho United States In tho calendar
year 1900 woro $1,453,013,059, thoso
from tho United Kingdom,' whleh has
heretofore leil in the raco tor thla dis
tinction, woro $1,418,348,000, thoso
from Germany, $1,050,511,000, and
from Franco $787,069,000.
In 1875, tho domestic exports of the
United States were $407,203,737, thaso
of Gcrmnny $607,096,000, thoso or
France $747,489,000, and thoso of f
United Kingdom $1,087,497,000. To&y
tho United Statea stands at tho head
of tho list, tho United. Kingdom sec
ond, Qermany,, third .and , France
fourth.
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ill. 'tii b i..iiilnirtf.
Dlvlirr
Thoro are bu&Vw.iUvofceB,.fri'Can'
ado only 17 In iV w'hole Dominion
In thirty-two years 'Thoro has not
been a dlvorco lu Prince Edward !
land, population 100,000, In thirty
years
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