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J. .11 I ) V ' , CHAPERON THE aiRLS. MORE PROTECTION FOR THESE YOUNG PEOPLE. Women Should Make Krery Effort lo He Their Daughter' Confidante anil Secure Them for Companions ami Frlenili. OW many glrlB rre meet between the nges ot 13 and 17 who nre going out in company without either father or mother accompany ing them. Either they go out alone or with a young girl or young man as eas ily Influenced as themselves. These young people have an Idea thnt their parents arc growing old and nre of a different generation from themselves, and therefore they neither understand nor sympathize with them, so they seek suggestions from those who they think will coincide with their views and with the times generally. How differently the daughter feels toward the wise mother who has made of her a friend and companion from childhood. Bound up in the love and Influence and confidence of such a mother there will he no question con cerning the useful womanhood of such a daughter." "But sometimes," I interrupted, "one sees daughters that are far superior In moral character to their mothers." "There are instances, of course, .where the daughter would ho better oft had the mother no influence whatever over her," was the answer. "It is shameful that such a state of affairs should exist, and yet it Is true. The mother Beems as greatly pleased over the daughter's success in 'catching new beaux' as other mothers feel when their daughters receive prizes for ef ficient work in school. They proudly exhibit the packet of love letters the daughter has received in one week, and we have only to look out upon the street of any town, from twilight until 0 to 10 o'clock in the evening, to see the result of such training. Young girls dressed In their best arc noticed walk ing up and down the streets, endeavor ing to attract attention or chatting with pome youth upon u street corner. These are somebody's daughters. Are they yours? Perhaps some mothers will ask: 'What harm, so long as there are other girls with her?' But who nre the other girls, and what is their Influence ovqr your daughter? Do you suppose these girls are the confidential compan ions of their mothers, or that they re peat to them one-half the conversation which passes between them and their street friends? "If you have not previously secured your daughter's confidence, however, be sure it will not be given you then; for her timidity and bashfulness will be far greater at that time than ever be fore. If she does not go to you she gath ers a little information from one young friend, a little more from another, and very likely none of it correct and much of it harmful. . "The complaint of the paragraph, I think is just. Women should make every effort to bo their daughters' con ' fidantes yes, and their sons', too." Philadelphia Press. Snliirlr of lEulrra. The president of the French repub lic receives 1,200,000 francs; the Amer ican president, 250,000 francs, while the president of the Swiss republic has only 13,500 francs. Tho allowance of the queen of England and her family is placed at 50,000,000 francs; the king of the Belgians, at 4,000,000 francs; tho little queen of Holland and her mother at 2,500,000 fr"ancs; the emperor of Germany at 11,700,000 francs; the king of Italy at 14,250,000 francs; the king of Spain and his mother at 7,450,000 francs; the king of Portugal and his mother at 3,800,000 francs; the emperor of Austria-Hungary at 23,325,000 francs; the king of Sweden and Norway at 6,500,000 francs; the king of Denmark at 2,400,000 francs, and the king of Greece at only 1,300,000 francs. The Pyramid Limp. "The pyramid limp," as It has come to be called, Is that state of body which falls upon one for two or three days after making the ascent of the pyra mids. One is so much pulled and pushed at the time that little or no Inconveni ence Is felt. There Is no sign of sore ness of Joint or muscle until after one has slept, and then the trouble begins to brew. The second day of that man or woman Is worse than the first; the climax Is reached at the end of the sec ond or the beginning of the third day, and from that time the patient begins Elowly to recover. A Tree Know It Friend. R. M. Kellogg, a Michigan fruit grower, says that a tree has Its likes and dislikes; that it knows Us friends and enemies when they approach, and has a degree of intelligence generally. He believes trees are as alive to their surroundings as animals, and that their sensibilities must be touched to gain the best results. He has made a life long study of fruit trees and fruit grow ing. He exploited his theory at the Joint convention of western Michigan horticultural societies in Grand Rapids the other day. Society. What Is the difference between so called good society and the despised low society? Simply in the manner In which they express their mutiny against God. Rev. Dr. Rlker, Wheel log, W. Va. MWaW CONTENT WITH A QOLD MINE. Btrutton, the Crlppts Creek Miner, li It Wan a Itacer When It (lot Started Taking Life Kay These Day. I on the Way. From the New York Herald: Ono ot "Did you ever hear of Flnnegnn'a the richest of the Crlpplo Creek gold mulo?" queried Charley Maun, door mine owners is a miner known to ell keeper of the press gallery of the house as "Old Man" Stratton, who, until a ' of representatives, to a Washington few years ago, was a poor, hard-work- j News mnn. "Ho was probably tho ing carpenter. He went to Colorado do- greatest mule ever foaled. He could termlned to make a lucky strlko If it trot a mile In 2:40 If you could control were possible to do so. He made the strike and tho claim ho located yield ed ore which ran from $300 to $400 to the ton. At one time ho accepted an offer of $150,000 for tho mine, and received $10,000 cash down. Then came tho financial denresstons of 1893 and tho . i it . i. .... nrvi.l M,,i.' i CUIUIllCl ILMl UlIUUKIl, UUl VIU .hum Stratton had the $10,000 and used It to develop his mine. He was soon tnk- Ing so much out of his mine that he illil Vnnxv ivlinf n (In with If. lie Was a millionaire now, and when he began to think of tho hundreds ot thousands of dollars he had In bank nnd of the thousands that were coming each day from the mine, ho, said to himself: "I must go slow: If I do not look out I will go crazy." And then this singular man came to an odd conclusion. Ho did not want his money in the banks, nor did he want the bother of Invest ments. And so he has gone ahead and pushed his drifts along tho veins and run shafts, and, as tho phrase Is, "blocked out the ore." To-day he has $2,000,000 or $3,000,000 worth ot "ore In sight," and probably more. Ho does not know how much there Is himself. Ono day a man enme to him and said: "Will you take $10,000,000 for your mine?" The old man replied: "Do you happen to have a million in your pocket?' ' The man said: "No, but I guess I can get It." Then Stratton added: "Well, if you would give me ten times ten million, nnd put a million In gold down to bind the bargain, I wouldn't sell. If I had the money I wouldn't know what to do with It. So long as it is down in tho mine no ono can take it away from me, and I can tako It out as fast as I please." And so this man sits in an unpre tentious little office in Colorado Springs and looks up towards Pike's peak, Just beyond which lies the Independence mine, and gently dreams of the day when, If it pleases his fancy, he may take a million dollars from the depths of the earth between tho rising and the setting of the sun. A Feathered Prodigy. Ellas MIdklff of Hamlin, Lincoln county, was in Charleston the other day and proposed to the State Histor ical and Antiquarian society that If it would send a taxidermist to Hamlin the society could secure a monster bird of a kind never seen before by any one In West Virginia. Tho feathered mon ster is described by Mr. MIdklff, from measurements taken by himself and W. W. Adklns of Hamlin, who killed tho bird at tho mouth of Vannatters creek, with five bullets from his rifle, while hunting deer on Monday. The bird Is 7 feet 4 inches from tip to Up, 4 feet from tip of bill to tall, flat bill 4 inches long and 3 Inches wide, some what similar to that of a duck, web feet, covering nearly a square foot of aiea each; neck 10 inches long, legs about 11 inches long and about Vj inches through below tho feathers, plumage dark brown, relieved on the wings and breast by light blue shadlug. The bird when first seen was circling high in the air, but came down very quickly nnd alighted In tho water, where Adklns got a good shot at It, crippling Us wing. Adklns attempted to capture the strange fowl alive, 'but it was so vicious that lie could not get near It without killing It, which re quired five bullets. Baltimore Amer ican. ERRORS ABOUT WOMEN. The mother of Corlolanus did not In tercede with her son to spare Rome. The story has no better foundation thnn that of Horntlus. Pocahontas did not save the life of John Smith. It has been ascertained that this worthy man was the most able-bodied prevaricator of his century. Fair Rosamond was not poisoned by Queen Eleanor, but, after a long resi dence as a nun in tho convent of Gad stow, died greatly esteemed by her as toclates. Queen Eleanor did not suck the poison from her husband's wounds, as she did not accompany him on tho ex pedition during which tho Incident Is alleged to have taken place. The hanging gardens of Babylon did not hang, nor were they gardens. They were terraces supported by arches, anil overgrown with trees. They were erected for the amusement of a Baby lonian queen who had come from a mountainous country. The seige of Troy was mostly a myth. According to Homer's own figures if there ever was such a man as Homer Helen must have been at least CO years of age when she first met Paris, and even In the heroic period of the world women at that ago were a trine "passee." Sappho, tho poetess, was not a wan ton beauty, nor did she throw herself from tho Leucadian cliff to be cured of an unworthy love. Tho latest investi gations prove her a respectable mar ried woman with a large family, which she reared with as much care as a Greek matron usually gave her children. Mary Stuart ot Scotland was not a beauty. She had cross-eyes, and to save the trouble of having her hair dressed cut it off close to her head and wore a wig. When, after her death, the exe cutioner lifted her head to show It to the people, tho wig came off and dis played a close-cropped skull covered with gray hair. FINNEOAN'S CRAZY MULE. him, but there wns the rub. Ho un questionably carried, on tho dam's aide, race horse blood. When 1 Inno cently purchased him about ten years igo, I knew nothing of his past record. The truth Is, my father wanted a mulo lo work In a treadmill, and I purchased him at an auction sale. One day I wanted to go to tho Plmllco races In comnanv with a friend of mine, and aB no norse waa nt nnml we pntched up nn oltl harness, borrowed an old, rnm shacklo gig and started for tho track. The mule drove quietly enough nnd seemed entirely devoid of guile. When wc drovo up to the Plmllco gates wo found a lino of hacks In front ot us. Tho driver ot one of tho rear hacks happened to look back as wo drove up, and after making a careful Inspection of tho mulo suddenly shouted to his companions in front ot him In n loud voice, 'Say, boys, hero's Finnegnn's mule.' Then began the greatest stam pede you ever saw of tho hacks. Why, they fairly fell over one another In get ting away. Subsequently I ascertained the cause of the stampede. It appears that the mule was well known In cer tain quarters of Baltimore, nnd waa known as 'Finnegan's crnzy mule. He had a habit, when owned by Flnnegan, of jumping on any vehicle In front of him and destroying the snme. No ono had been able to hold him when excit ed by racing him on the road or track, so that for driving ami racing purposes he had, In other hnnds, become prac tically worthless. When 1 learned his history I put n rubber bit on him, In stead of tho cruel bits with which ho had formerly been driven nnd which lacerated his mouth to such an extent as to make him uncontrolnble. When I got him in shape I matched him against some of tho fast trotters In Bal timore. If he felt just right nnd did not get mad, it took a good trotter to beat him a mile. For some reason or other, however, he would not repeat heats. Ono mile was as much as he could stand, for when he was brought out for tho second heat ho would In variably bolt tho track, and no man was ever found strong enough to con trol him when in one of his crazy fits. Myself and friends won a pot of money witli him In single heats. He had ns pretty n trotting action as any ono eared to see; splendid knee action, nnd how fast he could put 'em In when he wanted to! His reputation extended to the surrounding country, nnd I sold him to some sporting parties In Nor folk, Vn for $500. He subsequently won some races In fust time for a mule, and certainly was a wonder. Ho was the only fast trotting mule ever pro duced that we have any history of." "o Water In tho Sun. Professor Janssen, tho astronomer, has recently made a visit to the ob servatory on the summit of Mont Blanc, to make sure that the new telescope which had been carried there Is unin jured. He took the opportunity to search in tho spectrum of the sun for evidences of water in our great lumlnnry. He found no such evidence. The very rare and dry air through which the observa tion wns made, at the top of tho moun tain, gives this negative result much value. But It cannot be said thnt there Is no water In the sun; only that none has yet been discovered in Its constl Uitlon. Tho Croat cut Structure. Tho largest structure on tho earth, when compared with the size of the builders, Is tho nnt hill of Africa. Some of these mounds have been observed fifteen feet high and nine feet In diame ter. If a human habitation were con structed on the same scale it would be more than seven miles high. JUST STRAY BITS. The estimated cost of the Suez ennni was $40,000,000. Its cost when opened for traffic was nenrly $92,000,000 and nearly $40,000,000 has since been spent In deepening and widening it. Tho foreign immigration to United StateB for the last year was the smallt since 1879. The total number of ar rivals was 25S.53C. The present royal family of Russia began with a certain Michael Romanoff, who was made czar in 1613. The longest novel In the English lan guage Ib probably Samuel Richardson's "Clarissa Harlowe." To make a piano sound like a banjo place a slip of paper the length of a keyboard between the hammers and the Ivories of the piano. Tho notes when struck wil give the same sound ns i banjo, says an English exchnnge. Did King Solomon Import horses from Spain? A noted Spanish archaeologist, Lopez Martinez, and a German man ot letters, Leo Anderlind, nre sure bo did. Both these men say tho horse went from Europe to Asia, instead ot vice versa. Horse fossils found In Spain date from the prehistoric pprlod, long prior to the Immigration of tho Aryans, 2,000 B. C. The merits of the Iberian horses, fa mous 3,000 years ago as now, were sure to be known to the wisest of men, nnd the convoy of horses from Spain to Palestine wns not difficult to accom plish by the sea route. Moreover the sum stated In tho Old Testament to havo been paid to King Hiram for temple building materials Is stated by modern appraisers to bo eo excessively largo that It Is now supposed to include tho price ot the thousands of horses Solomon possessed. THE "LADY'S" MAID. IS OFTEN OVERWORKED AND RARELY APPRECIATED. Mr, .lolin II. llockefeller Ilai a .lewd Vi'hoae Value It Not' Ciidnreatlmated Mr. Cnrneltn Vnnilrrbllt (lite Her Maid Utile Trouble. TYPICALLY well mnldetl woman la Mrs. John D. Rock efeller, who, no matter how simple her costumo may be," said nn admir ing person and cap able critic, "bears the Impress ot an artist's hand upon her, from tho crown of her sleek head to the tips ot her Irre pronchablo cnrrlago shoes. Such a maid Is worth her weight In wnges, and could get It whenever she chose to leave her present employer." The nearest rival of Mrs. Rockefel ler's maid Is Mrs. Crugor'n fommo do chnmbre. She Is n f unions French woman, n particularly capnblo hair dresser, and her chief recommendation to her lndy Is tho quality most highly esteemed In tho smnrt maid, of under standing her mistress' moods. These Intelligent servants quickly learn to study their employer's nerves nnd tem per. They know when, to sootho with sympathy, when to cheer with a bit of flattery, or placate with a llttlo well timed gossip. But don't for n moment think tho ladles' maids lives are spent only In pretty trifling over the mistress' toilet and accepting scoldings or careless confidence. Ot the latter they do re ceive a good deal, but any ono who has visited In the smart houses can see that tho more wealthy and fashionable tho woman they servo the harder and I more trying their work. For example, Mrs. Frederick Vundcrbllt's maid, in town or in Newport during the season, must make and uumnkc complete toil ets for her mistress ns often ns five times a day. No Icsb than sixty gowns nre constantly to be kept In apple pie order, five or six hours of sleep out of twenty-four Is nil tho maid catches, and she Is hold accountable for every valu able In her charge. Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbllt, on the contrary, gives her maid very llttlo trouble. Sho practically makes her own toilets, and the attendant Is never allowed in the room till sho is ready to have her gown hooked In place. The mother of tho duchess of Marlborough, unlike her sisters-in-law, keeps two maids, and both of them Irish girls that sho had specially trained for her uso, and Mrs. Phoebe Hearst characteristic ally has chosen for her maid a Swedish girl who speaks flvo langunges. Now Mrs. Wlllinm Astor, tho most considerate and gracious lady In tho world, Is a genuine heroine with her servants. Only sudden death or equally implacablo matrimony hns ever robbed her of her maids. No tir ing woman ever waited up for her un til after 11 o'clock, nor suffered rebukes for any passing whim, and" they tell n pretty story of a country houso lady's maid, n poor over-worked thing, who was detailed to aid this distinguished guest In dressing for dinner. Awaiting the lady's arrival in the bedroom, sheer exhaustion overcame watchfulness, and down among tho divan pillows tho girl fell asleep. A glance nt tho pale face was enough for tho kindly lndy, who quietly made herself ready, turned the gas low, left a consoling tip In the sleeper's hand, went softly out of the room, and It was only by way of the servant's hall that the Incident came to light. Hiii lllxrlillfited limnnlly. The following story Is told of John Brennan of Stevens Point as a crim inal lawyer. The story goes that a farmer who had killed his wife in tho northern part of tho state 3unt for Mr. Brennan to defend him, offering to deed him his farm if he would take the case. Brennan wanted his pay in ad vance and so tho farmer made over the property to him. The murder was n most brutal and cold-blooded one and Brennan knew that there was but one plea that might save his client from a life sentence and that was Insunlty. The trial was one of the fiercest ever fought In a Wisconsin court. The at torney for the defense occupied a whole day In his closing address to the Jury and the effort was a masterly one. The jury found tho man insane and he was sent to Oshkosh. Once there he Im proved rapidly and In a few weeks was discharged. His first act was to sue Brennan for tho recovery of his prop erty on the ground that he was Insane at the time he deeded it. In the face of his own argument that tho man was insane Brennan could do nothing and the farmer won the case. Brennan has blacklisted insanity as a defense for murderers. Milwaukee Journal. I'overty to Wealth. The advanco corps of wealth and busi ness ability that is moving through this country is recruited and strengthened and made up by men from tho ranks of poverty. Stewart, the "Humboldt of Merchants," and Henry Clews, tho "Shukespearc of Bankers," are world renowned geniuses who forged their reputations and successes on the anvil of self-reliance and energy. Rev. C. A. Oakes, Reformed, Kingston, N. Y, Saloon and Treaion. The saloon Is n chronic offender. Chronic violation breeds contempt of law and leads to efforts at nullification and rebellion. In essence it Is treason. Rev. W. C. Snodgrass, Newark, N. J. JEALOUS OF STRANCERS. They Seek to Hide Pome I'arta of the Kternul City from the Vulgar (late. It seems to be a part of the real slm- ll wn8 "me Ior uie nSni cierx to re pllclty of tho ltnllari'Lntln to put on a nort for ' 1Ie "d t appear, says quite useless look of mystery on nil oc- I wrlter ,n tnc Buffalo Express. The caHlotis, and to assume the nlr of a con-1 ,,n.v cltrk "" fileePy aud anxious to Bplrator when buying a cnbbage; and Bet )lom('- But. coura. h couldn't more than one great foreign writer has 'lcpcrt hln Pst- e 8tootl tor lw fnllon Into ilin -rrnr nf 1.i.1lvlne tho llol,rB' Still tllO night Clerk Came not. Italian character to be profoundly com- plicated. Ono Is apt to forget that It needs much deeper duplicity to mrtln tnln an appearance of frankness under trying circumstances than to make a mystery of one's marketing nnd n pro found secret of one's cookery. Thero are a few things which the poor Italian more dislikes thnn to be watched when when ho In buying nnd preparing his food, though he will nsk anyone to shnro It with him when It Is ready; but ha Is almost ns prone to hide everything else that goes on lnsIdoltls house, un less ho hns fair warning of a visit and full time to prepare himself for It. This Ih perhaps not entirely a race peculiar ity, but rather n survival of mediaeval life as It was nil over Europe. There am pretty clear Indications In our own literature that the ladles nnd gentle men of 200 or 300 years ago did not like to bo caught unprepared by Inquisitive visitors. Tho sllkB nnd satins 111 which they are portrayed would not have lusled a lifetime, as they did, If they hail been worn every day. Ah for the cleanliness of those times, the less snltl about It tho better. In Rome there was a long period during which not a single aqueduct was In working order, and It was a trade to clear a supply of water out of the Tiber from a portion ot tho yellow mud by letting It settle In reservoirs, and to sell It In the streets for nil household purposes. Who washed In those dnyn? It Is Bafer to ask tho question now thnn it would have been then. Probably those persons washed who were tho fortunate owners of n houso well or rain wnter cistern, nnd thoso who had neither did not. Perhaps that was very much tho same all over Europe. It Ib certainly to tho credit of Trastevere thnt It Is not n dirty place to-day, by Italian standards. HE HAS FITS FOR A LIVING. Daniel llvnn Can I lino Tlum In ,IHII Now If Ho Witnt to. Brooklyn detectlveH say that Daniel Evans, 19 years old, with no home, Is tho greatest "fit fakir" they have met professionally In the course of n long and varied experience, says the New York Tribune. He has been pretend ing to "Inko fits," they say, with a reg ularity and perfection that has gained him lots of money from sympathetic persons, but which nt last led him to jail, where to-ilny he languishes under the nupervlslon of u "minion of the law," who nervously watches Daniel tuiimj ivtin;jiun u.llliuj Evans In case ho should "tako a fit" there. Evans Is tho young man who has been visiting hotels nnd churches, where ho had (It 8 nnd fits and fits. After ono fit he would hnve n collec tion taken up for his benefit nnd then he would sek another field and hnve mother lit. He worked this novel schonio In vnrlous places In New York city and Brooklyn; in the former city nt tho Fifth Avenue hotel. In tho lat ter at the St. George hotel and at other places. After each simulated lit Evans would collect money to pay his fare to Fresno, Cul., "where his poor old father lived." He did this at the St. George a fow weeks ago. Ho went to the Grace Methodist Episcopal church, Seventh avenue nnd St. John's place, and had a lit and a collection In the middle of the Sunday evening sen Ices. Last Sunday night he went to the First Reformed church, Seventh ave nue and Carroll btreet, and had a fit Where. Tho Rev. Dr. James M. Farrar, however, thought that Evans was hav ing fits for value received nnd that his schemo was a fraudulent one to gain money and sympathy. So after Evans had called at the "Dutch Arnib," a club connected with tho church, Dr. Farrar informed Detectives Reynolds and WeUer, who arrested young Evans. Cnllfornlu Oranges. California orange growers believe that this coming season Is going to be an unusunlly prosperous one for them. The crop Is not only lit line condition, but Is very much earlier than usual. The navel oranges, grown In northern California, were on the San Francisco market as eurly as the second 'week in November, and the southern California crop will be remurkubly early. The growera figure that thero will be no competition with California oranges in the east this year. The failure of the Florida crop will glvo them practically a clear field, they say. The California crop is from one-third to one-half as large again as It was Inst year, and If the expectations of high prices are real ized an orange grove will be a bonanza this year. Make Ouod llendlng. A large nun bcr of unpublished let ters written by Jean Armour, Dickons, Scott, Bron, Thomas Moore, Beetho ven. Haydn and Weber were recently found among the papers of the late George Thompton, a lawyer of Edin burgh. They are being published by the niasgcw Evening News. Iluili .Money. Robbie Say, pop, that typewriter oi yours got a dandy valentine this year, didn't she? Bingo Do you know who tent it? Robbie Well, if you'll give me a dol lar, I'll keep quiet. Nut au Karly Illrd. That much celebrated bird, the lark, Is quite a sluggard, as it does not aris until loug after the chaffinches, lin nets and a number of hedgerow birds have been up and abou GOOD EXCUSE AND IT WENT. Night Clerk'a ICxplanatlon or Why Us MlMttl Iliii "Rpell." Thtn lhe lny c;lork telePuon.ed for the boss to come down, Tho boss came, marveled and stood watch until 7 o'clock In the morning. Then the missing man came In, sheepish, but de termined to know tho worst. "How do I stand?" was his first re mnrk. "Tell your utory beforo I decide." sternly commanded tho boss. Whereupon .the delinquent unfolded this strange tale: "I went home at the usual time this morning and got to bed. I rather overslept, for it was 9 o'clock In the evening when I awoke. It did not take me long to discover that both my wife and my trousers wore missing. My wife I could account for, because she had told me sho wns going to a mas querade party at her sister's house, which Ib out Cheektowaga way. But what had becomo of my trousers? I. couldn't think until I happened to re member that I didn't know tho charac ter my wife Intended to represent. Evidently It was a male character and that solitary pair of trousers was now forming-part of her disguise. I swore for an hour nt her thoughtlessness, but that didn't bring back tho brceks. "We have no very near neighbors, and, anyway, I was ashamed to scream for assistance. I thought of ringing for a tall messenger boy and borrowing his pants, but unfortunately there is no call In our house. So I had to worry nnd stew until daybreak, when my wife and trousors came home. She had won much ndmlrntlon In the char acter of Teddy, the bootblack, but I hnven't had time yet to tell her what I think of her. I was so anxious to get down here. Now," continued the night clerk, "how do I sand7 If you firo me I'm going to hoof It to Oklahoma and get a divorce." "Well, John," said tho boss, "I havo been thinking hnrd things nbout you all night, but your story Is too good not to go. I think the best thing I can do. considering your general faithfulness, Is to raise your pny tho first ot the year, so you can afford to own two pilrs of trousers at a time." BARITONE AND DONKEY. ,liuuliig Interruption or a Concert by a Long-Kurcd VocnlUt. From London Tlt-Blts: Mr. Clifford Hnlle, son of the lato Sir Charjes Halle, said to the writer: "I recollect a funny thing thnt occurred In Port Elizabeth, o,.ti, Aft-ii.-i M'liim t wns travollnir l .wi.wi . ..., ..... - through that country as a .baritone singer. Tho town Is rather provincial, and the poundmnstcr never considers that he has any duties to perform. The hall where I Enng was In a portion of the village where donkeys, goats and other domestic nnlmalB hold mostof the available space. Tho night was warm and the main entrance was loft opon to' permit fresh air to enter. 1 had al ready sung two or three numbers and was announced to render n ballad well known in that part of the world, en titled 'Thou Art Passing Hence, My Brother.' It is full of sympathy and feeling, and nB tho audience seemed to be alive to my work I did my very best. The orchestra was reasonably good and I had the audience pretty well under control. The conclusion of the eonj; contains the words, 'Brother, brother,' and Just ns I reached them and my voice wa3 dying away and everybody seemed spellbound, a full-grown donkey stuck his head In at the door and brayed, 'Yo-haw-w-w! ye-haw-w-w!' seemlugly In answer to my words. Tho audience went into convulsions and tho applause I anticipated was turned Into howls ot mirth. We had to stop thero and con clude the programme. The violinist went all to pieces over tho Incident, and walking up to me with his bow In his hand, said: 'I say, Hallo, If you ex pect to make a Buccess of this South Af rican tour, you miiBt keep your relative? away from the front doorl' " An Old Colonial Illockhouie. Among the attractions of the town of Bourne, Mass., are two historic cel lars. One was dug by the Plymouth colony and the other by the Dujtch trad ers. These cellars Ho side by side and the btructures built over them were filled with goods so necessary for tho comfort of the early pilgrims as well as the Dutch. The pilgrims needed manufactured goods such as the Hol landers had for sale and the Dutch re quired productB such aa" the colony could supply. Gov. Bradford, In his diary, states that this block house was built aB early as 1C27, only seven year3 after the landing of the Mayflower. St, Louis Globe Democrat. Charity. r It may be charity for Rockefeller and Carnegie to erect living monuments lu the shape of universities and libraries, but It Is not the highest type, for their wealth is gotten by doubtful methods. It Is unchristian for moneyed men to 6eize large pieces of property and profit by the Industry of others without out lay themselves. No man has a right to get a monopoly on anything. Rev T. W. Williams. (Iris Carry Cane. A New York society girl sprained her ankle and was obliged to walk with a cane. A lot of other girls thought it a fad and now tho lovely creatures are clumping around town with canes all their owney owns. But, say, don't this eort of business give you a sensation ot nausea?
