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AS TO BETTER TIMES.
VARIOUS OPINIONS CONCERN
INQ THE CAUSE.
What ATsii Said by a, Grain Dealer
About the Crop, by n Wall Street Stan
About Capital, and a Worklngman
About Labor.
T WAS a dealer In
grain who said:
"The real cause of
je better times
that have come
upon the country
within the past few
months la the as
surance that all the
crops of the year
will he big, and can
he marketed more
advantageously to the farmer than they
were last year. When the farmers are
prosperous everybody Is prosperous, for
the reason that they spend nearly all
that they take In, and buy all kinds of
goods and Implements according to
their means. Look at our abundant
crops of all varieties of fruits; but, moro
than that, we are to have splendid
crops of grain and corn, and, more yet,
we are to have a heavy cotton crop,
besides good crops of sugar, rice, and
tobacco. It Is the" harvests that tell in
this exporting country; they put money
In circulation; they enable the pro
ducers to hire labor and pay it well;
they promote business activity; they
enliven the manufacturing industries;
they raise the spirits of the communi
ty; they help people to build better
houses, and they make men feel more
liberal all around. Everything depends
upon the crops, that Is, when there is
g market for them at fair prices."
It was a Wall street man who said:
"If times are better it is because money
is abundant and investments are large,
ftlen of means are Investing heavily
this year In everything that promises
a profit, because they feel more con
fidence than they felt last year or the
year before. They are putting out their
money more freely. They are buying
real estate, building houses and stores
and mills, going into all sorts of busi
ness enterprises, Into Inventions, and
machinery, and factories, and coal, and
crops, and all sorts of things. You can
borrow money now at a low rate of in
terest with good security for almost
any undertaking that looks practical,
or even for the starting of a retail
grocery. It is money that makes the
mare go, and when the capitalists
stand ready to shell out on business
principles the times grow better. There
have been millions invested this year
in electrical novelties and trolleys and
bicycles and patented articles, and
millions have been sent to the South
for investment in cotton factories.
There will bo no trouble about the pros
perity of the dountry so long as Us cap
italists can possess that confidence
upon which all the public Interests
are dependent. We can also borrow
millions of capital upon easy terras
from England, where money Is a drug
In the market, so that It is sent to
Argentina, or to South Africa, or to
any other place that wants It."
It was a politician who said that
times were better because of one thing,
and another who said they were better
because of something entirely different.
It was a thoughtful carpenter who
said: "In my opinion the better times
that have come to the working people
are due, In great part, to something
that nobody has thought of, and that Is
the heavy falling off in alien Immigra
tion. So long as poor people came here
from Europe year after year at the rate
of half a million a year, ready to work
for anything they could get, and ac
customed to lives of abject poverty,
It was useless tp expect good times for
American mechanics or laborers. But
during the last two years immigration
haa fallen away more than a half. It
is according to the government reports
that In the year 1892, 623,000 European
immigrants came to this country, or
about three times more than there
were last year, or than there will be
this year. ThU Immense reduction of
the number of foreign labqrers arriv
ing here within the past two years
means that there Is so much the less
competition In the labor market here,
and that the struggle between workmen
to get employment Is not as rough this
summer as it would be if shiploads of
laborers were landed every day at Ellis
Island."
It was a capitalist who said:
"There Is no doubt that the liberation
of capital this year is a cause of the
better times for the community. The
panic from which wo are recovering
was a panic of capital. Capital must
be safe if it is to render public service.
There must be confidence In Invest
ments, If money Is to be liberally In
vested. There cannot be prosperous
times for the farmer without good
crops, or for the laborer without em
ployment, or for the commercial man
without large exchanges, or for the
shopkeeper without a brisk business,
or for the house owner without rents,
or for the capitalist without opportuni
ties of expanding his capital. In the
long run, we are all dependent upon
each other's welfare. It Is a foolish
capitalist who expects to fatten upon
the misfortunes of the community."
The reporter Interviewed other par
ties as to the cause of the better times;
but the various opinions here quoted
give a fair Idea of the nature of all
those that were obtained.
A Folnter for Canvader.
Gentleman Why do you always be
gin to beg on the top floor instead of
beginning at the first floor
Mendicant Well, you see If I begin
at the top floor and am thrown down
a flight of stairs I can keep right on
beginning at the first floor?
A BOWL OF KAVA.
A Polynesian Drink Which I Unpteal
antly Peculiar In It Preparation.
Kava is tho native drink, and Us ubo
and the manner and ceremony of Its
preparation being among the most an
cient customs of Polynesia, it morlts,
I think, a short description. Kava is
an indigenous tree, moro or less plenti
ful throughout the South Sea IslandB,
tho root of which -Is employed In the
manufacture of tho drink. When visit
ors nre present much ceremony Is ob
served In Its preparation. A benutlful
round bowl of dark-colored wood is pro
duced, Its Interior shining with a blue
enamel-llkc coating, caused by tho de
posit of the root. Generally speaking,
the best bowl is the property of the
village, and much care Is taken and
time spent in polishing and preserving
the enamel In tho Interior. Three young
girls with shining white teeth, chosen
usually chosen from the "belles" of tho
village, Bent themselves around the
bowl, each having a piece of tho kava
root. This they proceed to break up In
to small pieces, and, putting them Into
their mouths, chow the dry root until
it Is reduced to a pulp, which Is placed
from time to time In tho bowl. A suf
ficiency having been thus prepared
water is poured In and tho whole mix
ture Is stirred up; bunches of fine fibre
are then drawn through the liquid to
strain out any small pieces of tho root
which may remain. The drink Is now
complete and Is passed around in cups
of cocoanut shell to the-chiefs and
principal people of the assembly In or
der of rank. On my first attempt at
drinking kava I was strongly reminded
of soapsuds; but this unpleasant Idea
wore off after a time. A refusal to
drink, or even not to drain tho cup, is
considered a grave impoliteness. The
solution of tho kava root Is non-lntoxl-catlng,
but, taken In excess, produces
a loss of power In the lower limbs.
Many of the European residents drink
it regularly, but, of course, it is then
prepared in a different manner.
LABOR DIFFICULTIES IN FRANCE
The Strike of 1804 and tho Attempt
to Km! Them.
The French Bureau of Labor has re
cently made a report of the strike sta
tistics of that country In 1894. There
were 391 strikes, In which 54,570 work
men took direct part, and by which
4,407 others were thrown Into idleness,
so that in all 1,002,480 days of work
were lost. The year before there were
034 strikes, Involving 170,123 men. In
1892 there were 201 strikes, and In tho
year 1891, 207. Of the strikes of 1894,
55 per cent grew out of questions of
wages. The workmen were successful
In 21 per cent of the strikes, which con
cerned 25 per cent of all the strikers.
Strikes Involving 45 per cent of the
workmen failed, and 33 per cent of the
strikes were partly successful. There
were 101 appeals to the comparatively
new law of arbitration. Eight of these
appeals, seven by the worklngmen and
one by the employers, were made at the
very outset of the strikes, before work
was actually stopped, and 93 appeals
were made after strikes had already
been declared. The number of appeals
to the law of arbitration by working
men waB 61. Employers made the ap
peal four times, and employers and em
ployed together twice, while the Judge
having Jurisdiction Intervened 44 times.
Employers refused arbitration in 24
cases, and the worklngmen in 10 cases.
After arbitration had been refused the
worklngmen in two cases gave up their
demands without actually having quit
work; a strike was declared once, 21
strikes were continued, and Ave were
ended by the defeat of the worklngmen,
who abandoned their demands. Of 22
strikes begun or continued after arbi
tration was refused, six succeeded,
Beven were compromised, and nine were
defeated. In 04 other conflicts, 05 com
mittees of conciliation were constitut
ed, two in the case of one strike.
NOTES OF THE DAY
It Is estimated that while the' annual
revenues of all the countries of Europe
are $2,980,000,000, their expenditures are
$3,300,000,000.
The county of McHenry, Illinois,
groans over the fact that under the
woodchuck bounty law they have al
ready had to pay out $2,200 and there
are lots of 'chucks left.
The famous old "Blue Store" In Rox
bury, Mass., will soon be torn down.
During colonial times General Warren,
It Is said, occupied one floor of the
building as a dwelling.
The festivities at Kiel gave the hotel
keepers a harvest. As much as $10
was charged for a night's lodging In
small rooms In the third and rourth
rate hotels of the town.
The New York flsh commission has
gone Into the business of raising In
sects for distribution along trout
streams, so that the speckled beauties
may have something to eat.
Four swarms of bees have taken pos
session of the Methodist Church In
East San Jose, Cal., and it is estimated
that there are at least 300 pounds of
honey between the outer and inner
walls.
Poer playing for money Is not gam
bling according to Chle'f Justice Beatty,
of the California supreme court, or at
leaBt theje Is no criminal act com
mitted in playing the game for money
stakes.
The supreme court of Colorado has
Just decided that the uty council of
Denver has u right to levy a license
tax of $25 a car on street car lines or
any other license taxes it may choose
to levy.
Tests In the use of coke as a fuel for
locomotives In place of coal have been
made by the Baltimore & Ohio Rail
road on some of Its Virginia lines dur
ing the past few weeks and have proved
very successful.
It Is a very common thing for a rein
deer to have a horn broken off and
It Is very easily done. Indeed, by the
middle of winter nearly every reindeer
has lost one or both of its horns or
fragments only are left
THE POO'S ORIGIN.
Some Internum- Fart About Man'
Mod Faith tut Friend.
Although the recent discussion of tho
origin of the dog cannot be said to
have settled the long-controverted
question, there seems to be n decided
drift of opinion among naturalists to
tho theory that our numerous varieties
of domesticated dogs are descended not
from a single species, but from several
kinds of wild animals, as, for instance,
tho wolf and the Jackal. There aro re
corded examples of tamed wolves,
which In gentleness, love for their mas
ters and Intelligence showed a truly
dog-like capacity. With regard to
tamed Jackals, Darwin hna pointed out
that, when caressed, thoy Jump about
for Joy, wag their tails, lower their
ears, lick their master's hands, crouch
down, and even throw themselves on
the ground, feet upwards. When fright
ened they carry their tails between
their legs. On the other hand, it is un
derstood that, whatever animal wo may
consider his progenitor, the domestica
tion of tho dog began nt an epoch ex
ceedingly remote. Tho fossil remnlns
of a largo dog have been found In ter
tiary deposits, and there Is ho doubt
that the dog existed In a domesticated
state during prehistoric times. His
bones are discovered In tho shell-heaps
of Denmnrk and In the lake dwellings
of Switzerland. The dog meets us in
the dawn of history, for such varieties
as the hound, greyhound and watchdog
are depicted on Egyptinn monuments
flvo thousand years old. It is well
known that In Egypt tho dog was
worshiped under the title of Anu
bls, and dog mummies have been
found. There Is mastiff figured
on an Assyrian sculpturo belong
ing to 040 B. C. Tho fact Is often
overlooked that dogs were used by tho
Greeks and Romans not only In tho
chaBe and for hunting down escaped
prisoners, but for war, being armed
for that purpose not only with spiked
collars, but with a coat of mall. It Is
said that Corinth was on one occasion
saved by fifty war-dogs, which foiled
i a night attack of tho enemy, fighting
until all were killed but one, which
succeeded In arousing the garrison. It
Is worth noting that, according to some
naturalists, the Newfoundland nnd St.
Bernard dogs form a group by them
selves, derived neither from wolves nor
Jackals, but from a distinct species of
progenitors. It is a disputed question
whether the Newfoundland dog is in
digenous to North America or was in
troduced either by the Norwegians in
the year of 1000 or by Cabot in 1497.
Bearing on this question is the inter
esting fact that the Norwegians havo
dogs closely resembling the Newfound
land breed. The Dingo dog of Australia
does certainly Boem to constitute a dis
tinct, indigenous species, since it is
now found in both a wild nnd a domes
ticated state In that country, and Ub
fossil remains are associated with those
of extinct mammals.
BERLIN'S PRIVATE POST.
It ltlvnl the Government Service In
Ch'eapaeM.
Berlin has had for some years p;ist n
private postal company for the delivery
of letters and packages, and students
of the postal question are somewhat
astonished to learn that thla concern
rivals the government postofllce In
cheapness and pays annual dividends
of 25 per cent. The private post car
ries a letter ordinary weight within
the bounds of the city at two pfcnnlngc,
or about 5 7-10 mills. Last year the
private post carried 2,250,000 packages.
The company employs 1,000 men nnd
many horses. The private post charges
less than the public post for packages,
circulars, and the like, and does a great
deal of the work for business houses
that In New York is accomplished by
Bpeclal delivery wagons and messen
gers In the employment of tho house.
Some business houses save large Bums
annually by making use of the private
post.
The capital of the concern is not
large, for Us 25 per cent dividend was
made last year from net profits of about
$100,000. It has been suggested that the
great European capitals should have
like private posts and establish an in
ternational exchange for letters and
packages In competition with the Postnl
Union. But the laws of most European
countries, like those of the United
States, secure to the government a
monopoly of business strictly postal.
Sumner Clever Iteply.
When the Prince de Jolnvllle was at
Bathur3t, many years ago, he was re
ceived by the Royal African Corps,
black troops officered by white men. He
attended a dinner party, wherein mu
lattoes appeared 12 full evening dress,
low bodices, lace handkerchief and
fans. Afterward, dining at Washington
with Charles Summer, tho great aboli
tionist, the prince amused himself by
telling about his Bathurst dinner, and
asked Sumner whether he had ever
given his arm to a negress. The princo
awaited his answer with some curios
ity, to see whether he would dare an
swer In the nfflrmatlvo before tho
American ladies, who were quite sen
sitive on the color question; but he got
out of It very adroitly. "My dear
prince," said he, "in every religion each
man has his own share of work. I
preach and you practice. Don't let us
mix the two things up together."
American Cotton Fuctorle.
Tho southern states havo now near
ly one-fourth of the cotton factories
of the country and tho great increase
of this Industry In that section dur
ing the last few years gives rise to the
belief that at no distant day the seat
of the cotton factories will bo as close
oh possible to tho cotton fields.
Know thyself! If you can't g!t the
requisite Information, run for office.
BAPTISM OF HIS SON.
SOMETHING THAT NICHOLAS II.
MAY SEE SOON.
Ceremonies at the Christening Anoint
ment Vflth (Ml from Coulaiitliio.1
Ilaby Or mill Duke Shown Without
Clothe nt Unit Public Knni linn.
HE young Czarina
of Russia Is super
intendelng Just now
the preparation of
a layette, and all
the world Is Inter
ested In the ex
pected advent of an
heir to the Russian
throne, says a re
cent cablegram.
13 1 a b o rate cere
monies always surround the birth of a
royal child In Russia, perhaps more
conspicuously thnn elsewhere Tho
christening, according to the ritual In
tho Greek Church, must Inko place as
soon as possible nftor tho birth. Tho
baby's christening robes aro marvels
of tho needloworker'H art. Tho first
godfather, who is always a high and
mighty person, gives the child a gold
cross lnlnld with Jewels, and tho god
mother provides the llttlo whlto shirt
which is used before tho ceremony Is
completed. Tho occnslon requires gifts
from all persons connected with tho
court. These gifts are often the toys
most likely to amuse n tluy infant, al
though many nro suitable for a grown
child. Other gifts may be lands or
Jewels.
At the christening tho child Is carried
In the nrms of Its godmother to the
church or chapel. A crowd of royalty
and nobility, glittering In brilliant uni
forms, and gala toilets, fill the body of
the church and stand grouped round
the front. Tho priests wear magnifi
cent robeB with gold crosses, and sacred
banners arc borno be'tore them. Two
deacons carry a portrnlt of Christ or the
Virgin Mary.
Tho godfathers give the priest nine
wax candles, which nro lighted and
fastened across tho foijt. Tho priest
incenses the godfathers and godmoth
ers and consecrates the water with
many ceremonleB. Then a procession
Is formed round the font by thoso tak
ing part In the ceremony, each ono
bearing a lighted wax taper. Tho
nnmc of tho child Is given in writing
to the priest, who puts the paper on an
Image, which he holds on tho child's
breast, meanwhile saying a prayer.
When the priest asks if the child for
sakes the devil and his workB, the god
parents turn their backs to tho font to
show their horror and aversion to the
question and answer, "yes." They
again face tho font, and tho priest
takes the child, which is quite naked,
and, holding It by the head, bo hta
thumb nnd finger stop tho oars, ttlps It
three timet) In tho water, pronouncing
the words: "I baptize thee tn the name
of the Father and of the Son and of tho
Holy Ghost."
The chrism, or bnptlsmal unction,
which Is called the seal of the gift of
the Holy Ghost, immediately follows
baptism. In performing this ceremony
the priest anoints the child with holy
oil; on the eyes, In order that It may see
only good; on the ears, that these moy
admit only what Is pure; on the mouth,
that It may speak as becomes n Chris
tian; on the hand, that it may do no
wrong, and on the feet, that they may
tread only in paths of virtue. At the
end of this ceremony, the shirt, which
the godmother has provided, Is put on
the child by the priest, who says:
"Thau art as clean and as clear from
original sin as this shirt; thou art
baptized, thou art sanctified, thou art
washed, In the name of tho Trinity."
The croBB, which has been given by tho
godfather, the child Is under obliga
tions to wear all its life. If this cross
Is not found upon the child at death,
the priest says to the godparents, the
child may not have Christian burial,
even though he be the son of a hundred
kings. A particular saint Is also as
signed to the child, whose image he is
charged to cherish with special devo
tion. Holy oil, or chrism, which is used at
loyal baptisms, coronations, and conse
cration of churches, is prepared with
elaborate ceremony. There Is a copper
vase, overlaid with pearl and called the
alabaster, in which Is kept the original
oil sent from Constantinople when
Christianity waB Introduced Into Rus
sia. A few drops are taken to prepare
the chrism nnd are replaced with other
oil, so tho quantity never decreases.
Wine, roses, lavender, balsama. and
spices are mixed with the oil.
Forty days after tho birth of tho
child, Its mother, the empress, Is
churched, and tho Infant 13 received
visibly Into Christ's church by the giv
ing of Its first sacrament. When i'jo
royal gatc3 are opened during mass,
the deacon appears with the chalice.
Tho baby Is carried to the steps, and
tho priest coming forward, puts a drop
of wine into Its mouth with a spoon,
saying: "Tho servant of God communi
cates in the name of tho Father, the
Son and the Holy Ghost."
There is no such ceremony as con
firmation in the Russian Church, but
the child continues to receive the sacra
ment from its baptism, twice a year, at
Easter and on its saint's day, until It Is
7 years old, when It Is brought to tho
confession on Good Friday.
The social functions attendant upon
a birth in the royal family are very
elaborate. They last several days. All
the riches and magnificence of tho court
and nobility are displayed. At night
the illuminations transform the capi
tals. Lamps nre removed from the
street posts, and In their places shine
illuminated stars and circles. All
house fronts, roofs, and chimneys are
outlined with lights. The trees are full
S3
:m, m
Of?
uf festoons of Chinese lanterns, nnd
from every limb hung globes of glass
In red, yellow, blue, and green, each
formed and hung so as to resemble
fruit. The houses of the nobility are
ablaze with light, nnd everywhere ap
pear tho. burning monograms of tho
emperor and empress.
On the day the child dons its first
shoes tho Czarina gives 300 or 400 pairs
to be distributed among the poor chil
dren of St. Petersburg. Thcso are or
dinary shoes, of course, not a bit like
the royal baby's, which aro of whlto
lenthcr, embroidered with gold.
The nurse of n royal Russian child
is nlwiiys gorgeous in her apparel. She
wears n rich velvet skirt with two broad
bands of gold round it, a blue velvet
apron, also trimmed with gold, n bodice
of black velvet, fastened with silver
buttons, and round her neck a golden
chain. This Is the dress for ordinary
days. For Btnto occasions thcro are
other costumes oven moro elaborate.
CANADA MUST WAIT.
She Must llttlo KtiRlttud'a Vlcnsuro In Hint
lliiinlllnttnc Fashion.
Tho people of Canada aro finding to
tholr cost what an nnomalous position
they occupy among tho nations of tho
earth when It comes to looking to Groat
Britain to press their claims upon
foreign powerB with which she dare not
or prefers not to qunrrol, says a Quebec
special. In the dominion parliament
last week tho circumstances under
which Canadian Bhlps wero seized by
Russian war vessels In 1892 were
brought again up by one of tho op
position leaders, MY. Davles, to tho at
tention of tho government. Tho ves
sels wero tho Carmelite and Willie Mc
Gowan, which wero seized on tho high
seas nnd confiscated, tho crows being
taken to the nearest Russian ports,
treated with great Inhumanity, and left
to shift for thoniEelves. The value of
tho two vessels and their cargoes was
$50,000.
Ho quoted from the report ot tho
Russlnn commissioners appointed to In
vestigate the seizures, which found that
the Bolzuro of the Carmellto was legal,
though in hlB (Mr. Davles') opinion
there was no evldonco of Illegal scal
ingonly surmises and suspicions.
Canada's claim In regard to that ves
sel was, ho contended, n porfectly good
one. Tho finding of tho commissioners
In tho enso ot tho Wllllo McGowan was
that the seizure was Illegal. Tho seiz
ure of the Aerial was also pronounced
Irregular, nnd the Russian government
declared It not Indisposed to mnke
reparation for both vessels. The Cana
dian minister of Justice, Sir Charles H.
Tupper, In reply, admitted that the
Canadian government's power was
limited. It was keeping tho case nnd
nil its material points fully before tho
British government, and he made tho
further humiliating admission that
there the power of his government end
ed. Tho Itosobery government, before
going out of office, had assured him that
they wero pushing Cnnada's clalmB as
far as possible, but tho minister of Jus
tice frankly aBBured the house that he
was at his wits' end to appreciate nny
grounds of delay either In this case or
in tho settlement of Canada's claims
against tho United States by the Amerl
cun government. He did not know nny
further powers the Canadian govern
ment possessed for promoting greater
expedition.
BACTERIA IN CLOTHES.
Dr. Eoltz Found IICO Thriving Colonic
In a fitncklnv.
Carlylo gave tin the philosophy of
clothes; now Dr. Seitz, of Munich, gives
us their bacteriology. On examining
a worsted stocking he found 950 thriv
ing colonies, while on n cotton sock
thero were 712. Both these articles had
been worn, but no Information 1b
vouchsafed as to tho personal habits of
tho wearer . Thirty-three colonies
were found on a glove, 20 on a piece of
woollen Btuff and nine on a piece of
cloth; none of these articles had been
worn. On n piece of cloth from a gar
mant thnt had been worn n week there
were 23 colonies. Of the micro-organisms
found on articles of clothing rela
tively few were capable of causing
dlseaEe. The pathogenic cpec!es wero
almost without exception staphylococci.
In one cu:e, however, Di. Sellz found
the typhoid bacillus in articles of cloth
ing from 21 to 27 dajB, and the otapny
loeoccus pyogenes albus 19 days r.ftcr
they had been worn. Tho anthrax
buclllus found In clothes was still viru
lent after a year, 4The microbe of ery
sipelas, on tho other hand, could not
bo found after 18 hours, nor the cholera
vibrio pfter three dnya. Dr. BeJtz stud
led with special care the question
whe'her In tuberculous mtbjecta who
swciiied profucely tho bacillus wna con
veyed by the ptrsplratlon to a piece ol
linen worn for lome time next to the
skin of the chcDt. Tho Inoculation of
two guinea-pig, however, gavo na
tive result.
Slcnt In the Ut'Kert.
Signs in tho desert, indicating the
trails and giving directions as to the
nearest springs and wells of frosh water
are to be eroded by Arizona and Cill
fornta In the dosolato regions on either
side of tho Colorado river, where so
many tragedies have occurred through
miners and others losing their way or
dying from thirst. The signs are high
poles of gas pipe, with big squares of
sheet iron at the top and are painted
red, as that Is the color that can be
seen the greatest distance in that
region. The lettering will tell the dla
tance from point to point and the lo
cation ot the nearest water holes.
Obvluusly True.
He They say there's no end to Mrs.
De Smythe's Jewelry.
She I guess that's true ahe has two
rings and a bracelet.
STANFORD'S ONLY SON.
The Chlhl In Who Honor the UnWet
ttr of California Wa Founded.
No prince or potentate, no founder of
a nntlon or emancipator of a race, was
over honored with eo magnificent a
monument as thnt which Is being erect
ed to perpetuate the memory of a 13-year-old
boy nt Palo Alto, about thirty
miles south of San Francisco, on the
coast division of the Southern Paolflo
railroad. This child, the eon ot Lelaud
and Jnno Lathrop Stanford, died soma
years ngo In Rome, while he was mak
ing a tour of Europe with his tutor.
His father nnd mother almost deified
him, nnd dedicated one of the largest
fortunes that man has ever accumu
lated entirely to the education of other
people's children, who from this time
on forever are to render homage to hlg
name. Everything Is preserved as ho
left It. Tho room he occupied In the
great villa, which has sheltered so
much wealth and luxury and gnyely,
haB novcr been disturbed. His play
things llo as he placed them when he
stnrtcd away for a few months ot pleas
ure. A toy railroad that was latd
across tho lawn and through tho shrub
bery to amuso him and give him a
practical knowledge of tho occupation,
ot his father, and thnt which ho was
expected to follow, still Ilea there. Ita
rusty rnlla aro pathetic witnesses to a
memory that must not be erased, and
a shed Is pointed out in which the tiny
enrs and locomotives, which cost thou
sands of dollars, arc preserved. His
crude cabinet of curios, marked with
hlfl boylBh hand, Ib the nucleus ot a
$1,000,000 museum, 8,500 acres of tho
best farming land In America, the finest
Btock farm in the world, with seventeen
or eighteen high-bred horBes, 8,000
acres of vines, valuable real estate In
the city ot San Francisco, thousands
of througbred cattle and personal prop
erty, which has been Inventoried at
$18,000,000 for taxation, but 1b believed
to bo worth much more, haa been placed
In the hands of a board ot trustees, who
aro to erect a university to be called
by his name nnd lend tho Influence ot
tho child In shaping tho character and
developing tho manhood nnd the wom
anhood of generations that aro to come.
His bones lie In a stately mauBoleum
erected In a conspicuous place upon tho
campus, and those of hlB father wero
lately placed beside them with great
ceremony nnd Borrow. A nlcho re
mnlns for the mother's casket, when the
donth angel calls her name. Then the
great bronze doors aro to be sealed, the
key Is to bo melted, and the dust that
Is sheltered by the massive wallB Is to
llo undisturbed until the last trumpet
sounds, for tho Stanford family will be
oxtinct.
CrnvtM Hold Court.
Dr. EdmonBon assures us that In tho
Shetland Islands tho holding of crow
courts Is of very common occurrence.
Ah a rule a hill or field 1b selected to
act as a courthouse and tho session
commences. The proceedings aro con
ducted in any way but silently, though
as to the exact mode ot procedure,
whether counsel are employed or a Jury
impaneled no ornithologist has been
ablo to Inform us. All Dr. Edmonson
tells us Is that after a great deal of
cawing the whole court falls upon the
unhappy prisoners, nnd they aro
promptly exterminated, after which
the court rises and tho crows disperse,
each to his own district.
Woman' Greatest Charm.
I nm quite Bure that men regnra
"Bweet simplicity" as the greatest
charm in women, nnd especially In
girls, writes Ethel Ingalls. This does
not mean simplicity in the simpering
sense, but an absence of that affected
air of boldness and mannlshness which
has lately been assumed by too many
really lovable girls. Then, too, sin
cerity In expression Is one of the char
acteristics that charm men. To be Bin
cere and candid the girl in society need
never be abrupt nor self-assertive.
.literally Correct.
A teacher in an Aroostook, Me.,
school was hearing her elementary
class In physiology the other day.
"What's the first step toward the di
gestion of the food" she asked. Up
went the hand of a black-haired little
fellow, who exclaimed, with eagerness:
"Bite It off!"
CURRENCY.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
In erecting scales at Its Pottsvllle (Pa.)
yard that will weigh half a dozen cars
at a time, going at full speed.
During the first half of the current
year 201 new textile mills were built In
this country, ugalnst 116 In the first half
of 1894. mostly In the southern states.
Professor A. E. Wright says that all
our Ideas of color can be explained by
the assumption of three pairs of con
trasting colors white and black, red
and green, and blue and yellow.
The American copy of Poe's "Tam
erlane" now sells for $2,500, and It lifts
boen bound tn a $500 cover. It was re
cently owned by a firm of publishers
who would probably have charged Poe
at least $500 for printing It.
At Savanna, 111., a man stepped on
the Burlington passenger train just as
It waB pulling out, and asked an old
man to change a bill for him. The
latter pulled out a roll of bills and a
$100 note was displayed, which th
stranger grabbed and jumped from thfr
train.
The Frenchman who proposes to set
out for the north pole In a balloon ar
gues that the polar circle Is an Ideal
place for an airship, as the temperature
Is even, the earth unobstructed by vege
tation, the daylight uninterrupted for
six months, and electric discharges
rare.
Major John writes In the United
States Magazine that while he was em
ployed between Port Said and Kan
tara he saw the waters of Lake Men
zaleh "driven beyond the horizon" by
a violent wind, so that the natives
walked about where the day before they
were fishing.