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ANNE BOLEYN'S CLOCK PRE.
SERVED AT WIND OR CASTLE.
Ju.t I It waa When , Three Cen.
turle" Ago , the FIckle Monarch
Gave It to the Captivator of
HI. Fancy.
In the private apnrtments nt Wind.
lor enstlo mny be Bccn , stnmllng on
a marble pedestal the clock tbnt
Henry VllI. gBYO to the l11.tnted
, Anne Doleyn on the occasion ot
tbelr marriage-the bridegroom's girl
, to the brldo. To-doT the lIttle clock
, looks In no wa ) remarkable and
Iwould bo passed unnoticed liT nn )
ono not knowing Its hlstor ) ' , tor tew
, would Imagine that It was the hea.-
. lured wedding present ot n Queen :
, but at the tlmo It W given , betore a
'third ot the sixteenth century llad
, run Its caurse , It was a girl to bo
enYled , tor wntchcs nnd clockB were
.cldom oyor SCCD In the palaces ot
Iklngs : nnd oucb beauty ao this , dec.
: orated with gold , nnlt ot wondertul
mechanism , W B Indeed a rarlt ) ' .
We enD therefore easll ) Imagine
the otore tllnt In those early da'o ( If
: regal love nnd splendor Anne Doleyn
ot upon this dock , and how cnretul.
y she kept It. The value nnd beauty
'of ' It are perbnps best understood
hen one rocoUocta that. eTen nUer
t 0 downtall ot Its owner and the
, ubsequent rlae ot her several sue.
: ceBsoro , tbe little clocle stl\ \ ! kept Its
-pll1Ce ID WlndBor cnotle. Other per.
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Queen Anne Boleyn' . Clock.
tonal gifts and treasurea came nnd
j'Went ' , but this aurvlvetQuntll at last
U has passed Into the handa at the
flbovo any other timepiece In her pos :
JIIesslon , although she Is the happy
pwnor of BOme of the moat unique
peclmcns of clocks nnd watches In
P1e world.
I The clock atln keeps perfect time ,
nd , as Harrison Ainsworth said of
It : "This love-token of enduring at.
, ectlon remllina the 8ame after three
, centurleo after It waa given the ob.
ect of Henry'o eternal love was 8ac.
t Ced on the csltold. The clocll
tlll goes I It 8hould have stopped
; forever when AJlno Doleyn dlod. "
I EMETIC SAVES A HOTEL.
Caulel Bulldog to "Cough Up" MI. .
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Ing Diamond RIng.
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While Mrs. Gcorro L. Hemingway
a well.known society woman at Wa
Iterbury. C-onn. , who Ia a guest at tht
IGranlto Dny hotel , Short Beach , wal
! vla ! ng with her theroughbred bun
dog she lost a Bolllniru dlamolld rllIl
,
valued at $200. A search ot the prem
/lacs / fJ\l11ng to reTen ! the mlsolng gen
IJohn Speh , the hotel proprietor , de
Iclared that the dOG had swallowe (
. Mrs. Hemingway laughed at thl
Idea , but Spoh pleaded that the Ol
might be k1l1ed , altering to pay I
round sum for the animal rnther thaI
have his enraTansal"7 rest under ss\ :
plclon. Mrs. Hemingway refused.
"Well , then , " said Speh , "malee'th
pup cough up. " And ho sent for ,
physlclan.
When the doctor arrived he toun ,
Speh standing guard over the do (
which W promptly given an eme' '
10. The result was all that could b
desired , and the mlaalng rln was r4
\covered.
I Witchcraft Stili Bellevelf In.
Ha.Tlng lost n largo number of ca
tlo during the last year , and beUevln
a neighbor , thought by BOme ot th
superstllous ! to be a witch , waa caul
Ing him bad luck , J08e h Gottshalk ,
prosperoua Mahanoy Vaney , PJ. . , tarn
cr , recently signed n contract with
woman to give him profecUon fer on
year. The woman la alleged to pOI
soss the power of wltchcratt. Got
shn1k w111 pay her a regular salary tc
her protection. In 12 monl4a he hD
lost , through 81ckness and acclden
man ) ' cows , horses nnd plgo , althou8
hlB barn was n model of oanltatlol
SIBce Gott halk fir8t co.lled In his WI
mlU1 protector the Ulnesa In hi. stoc
'lu& ' : ' ceased.
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GAVE HIM BAD SCARE.
Mublehead Man for a TIme Convinced
HII End WAI Near.
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A MarblehN\J. [ a.ss. . bo t builder
namC\1 Cladm\D. who bu n trc:1tl'd :
tor h'Art troubl . , ; ut bd scare Ate
to " , days Puttln ! ; 0:1 his CQ.\t and
, ' ( ' .st h\lItllr : ! at nO < < 1. he st rtcd tor
horn ! ! . H ! ! had no SOOMr t his Tcst
buttoned up when terrlblo buulng
commenced In tbo roton ot the henrL
FCArln" that the end \1'aS nlsb. he en.
tered his homo with 1Md face and
told his wto ! ot his tCI.TS. She hustlec1
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In thtt .Reglon of theHeart.
round and gave him Boveral kinds at
medicine , but the buzzing sUll can.
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tlnued :
At last Cladman anld : "Wel1. It
I'm going to die , I might as wel1 die
In bed. " Delng too III to undress , ho
laid down , resigned to his tate. Think.
Ing a hot poultice would alleviate her
husband's autrerlngs , Mrs : Cladman
unbuttoned his vest and a bumblebee
flew out.
TAKES PLACE OF ICE.
Peculiar Method of Cooling Water In ,
Nicaragua.
When a natlvo woman of ono of the
bro1l1ng hot Uttle villages of InterIor
Nicaragua wants to cool some water
ahe sets about It In a way Uttle calcu.
lated to cool horselt. The average
natlvo woman looka frail and listless ,
but there Is no 8u8plclon at Ustleso.
nesa about her proceao ot water cool.
Ing. She fill a halt-gallon el1rthen.
ware jar about two-thirds ful1. Tho'
jar Is made ot baked clay , and not be-
ng glazed Is partially porous , BO that
It soon becomeB moist on the outalde.
By means of two leathern strapa firm.
ly attaclted to the neck ot the jar the
woman cauaes the Bamo to rotate
awlttly In the air. The mouth la wide
open , \Jut centrifugal action keeps the
water from tlylng out. The endurance
exhibited by the woman Is mo.nelouB.
Wh. . ! e 9vera _ or thlnkB the wat r
la 8ufficlentl ) ' cooled 8h 8tOps the
movement by a dexterous twlat of her
wrist , and handa the jar to the man
who has been waiting to Quench his
thirst. Usual1) ' hq takes a mouthful ,
gulps It down and growls , "Moocha
calora , " which Is 0. native patola for
"wrelchellly hot , " and she patiently
resumes her tasle of deacrlblng pin.
whnols. It Is 8ald by thla process
tepid water can be reducQd to the
temperature of a cool mountain
spring.
WEATHER VANE IS DOUBLE.
New Construction Showl WInd's DI.
rectlon With Greater Accuracy.
Weather of 'wlnd vaocs are'ot verJ
many dllterent patterns. and BOmo ar (
much more scnslUve to gentle al. ,
than others , and are consequentl )
moro accurate In Indlentlng the exacl
'dlrecUon of Batt or ot 'strong winds. }
vane of this deslan , double. as It were
,
Instead of being termed at a Blng11
plato ot thin metal , has two Durtace
tor the wind to strike upon o.t th ,
same angle , and Is , there tore , muc1
more accurate than any moro ordlnar :
pattern vnno. The point at the "al
row" Is reall ) ' only a weight provide <
to counterbalance the vane proper.
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Triplet C lvea.
"A New Hampshlro cow. the pros :
orty ot a Concord man. recently gav ,
birth to triplets , " sllld a veterlnar :
surgeon. "It Is the first caao of th ,
kind In my experlenco.
"For cowo to give birth to twin
Is not uncommon. 'Th fact Is , It I
not much more uncommon than fo
twhi children to bo born. On my fv
ther'n farm , In my boyhood , two cow
onch became the mothers of twl :
cnlvcs In the courao of 11 years.
Dut triplet calve a 18 anothe
thins. S tar' as 1 know It Is nn Ut
heard of thing. I doubt It It ever O (
curred betore , "
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Frog as a Barometer.
A curious bl\romoter used In Ge :
many and Swltzorland conslats of
j r of water with a frog and lIttl
atopladder In It. When the fro
comes out of the water and sits 0
the atopa It Is said to lntnllably for
tell nrJn.
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JOURNAL IS UNIQUE
DIMINUTIVE PERIODICAL PUD.
LISHED AT WASHINGTON.
"Poltal Information" Hal No Sub.
Icrlptlon List and No PaId Ad.
vertleemenhl , Dut It III Widely
Circulated and Read.
There Is a 11tUe newspaper pub-
:1she < 1 In WashIngton wblch mo < 1eltly
InrI ! no claim to havlnft the largest
circulation In the clly , or , In tllct , to
any circulation at n11 , neUbor docs
It aasert that as nn ndvertlslng mo.
dlum Its calumns will be round of value
to our merchants , for no paid adver.
tlBements nre received , yet It goes
right on coming out every week ahd
doing buslncss at tbo snme. old 8tand.
'l'he Dame at this unique nnd dl.
mlnutlve periodiCAl , as there are but
two or three 1I1ee It In the United
Statcs , Is Postal Intormatlon. and It
Becp the light every Saturday In the
city Ost offico. Postal Information Is
aearcely n renr old , and though Its
exchange 11st can bo counted on the
hand , and It has no. purchase price ,
It neverthcles Is a thriving youngster .
In the field at Washington journal1sm ,
nnd Its managers are not worried over
the ever.prescnt QUC6don ot a bona.
fide , guarantccd. paid clreubUon.
Some time ago n small approprla.
, tlon was obtnlned. and a plant'suffi.
clently large to get out a fo11o eight
and a hnlt by eleven Inches was In.
ptnlled In the basement ot the regia.
tratlon division at the city post office.
Every Saturday Postnl Information
"gocs to press , " being run olt on a
smnll electric motor press and set up
a day or 80 previously by ono of the
employes of the oillce who under-
tands the work. While some of Its
( matter la "alan ding , " yet much ot It
s new weekly , and attbgether It
: presents a very amart and up-to-date
appearance.
"We have found thlo UtUe paper of
much service to the officers and em.
'ployes at the Washington city post
, office and Its statlona , tor whose bene-
JIt Poslnl Intormo.tlon la publ1shed , "
.sald an , official of the city peat offico.
"We run olt wee1ely about 160
, caples , dlatrlbuUng them among the
employes of the office where they
, may be ot ready access to all em.
; ployoa , and sending caples to the va.
jrlous s18Uons throughout the city , the
: respecUve employea In these statlona
.belng expected to read It weekly.
! It may be used by the poBtmastcr to
: convey certain notices and orders at.
; tectlng the service In the city to the\r \
: attentlon.
"Washington Is now one of the largo
; er poet offices In the service , having
: Incorp rated the various towns within
: the Dlotrtct In Its jurisdiction. wltb
ten named statlona , halt 0. dozen erse
, so lettered statlona , 64 numbered s18.
, tlona. doing a business of aboul
' $1,300,000 "annuaUY and ranklne
: thlrd In tbe per capita \1110 of th (
ImaUs. It aa n re lmeat at. mplo'el
numbering about 1,300 In all.
"Very often the employes of otbe1
.post officell wish to aacure transter tc :
Ithe Washington city peat office , anc
jvlce Tersa , and where , these appl1ca
itlons come to our notlco wo Inserl
jparagraphs In Postal Intormatlon glv
'Ing the name of the c1ork , the pos' '
office at which be or she may be sta
tloned and the grade and Balal"7. AnJ
.clerk who may be Interested may theI
address a communication to the post
maator , and frequently the exchang4
a etrocted. These requesta for trans
fer to our office come from all eve
the cduntry. and we have on file nov
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ono trQm as tar south as Pertsmoutb
Va. , trom Doston , MaDs. , on the nerth
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, .nnd I.lnc01n , Neb. , on the west.
' . "All oltenaes committed by and pen
alUes Imposed upon employes for III
fraction at the. . rulea l.Te also glvol
wcckly , na tbey aervo as r.emlnder
to the enUre torce , as In the Inatance
; of carriers being derelict In reporUnl
, tor duty or for failure to record timE
.All recent fraud orders Issued by th
; department agnlnst Buch concerns ar
Iweckly enumerated by name and ac
, dreSB , etc. , and wou1d.be moneyo ( )
'der purchasers and tbose who woul ,
Bend registered letters to ouch firm
are warned by the postal clerks. AI
orders of the Postmaster General an
bls assistants which It 10 desired t
; clIll to LIla attention of our torce ar
'also publlahed.
"A almllar little folio of postal It
tormatlon Is publlahod In Phllade
phla , Po. . , under the title of the Pas
, Office New8 , and the New York offic
geta out another along the same line
which Is cnlled the Official Circular.
. Real Fondle s'pel/lng. /
Fonetlc 8pelllng seems to be gall
Ing In popularity everywhere , and th
announcement that the reforms waul
bo adopted In the distrIct governmcn
probably had'much to do with the pia
followed by 1\ dusky "cltlzeness" (
Wl110w Tree alley In making app1\c \ :
tlon to the commissioners for a certal
poslWon. Her letter speaka tor Itsell
"District Comolslona ,
"Dear Sir I noticed that you a
might be knedlnG 80mo tom all hel
nnd not nowlng weather you all ha
Ingased Bome aile or not I thought
would nsk you all It It could bo po
alble to a10w me the ple sure as
wont work this will be my first tlm
r working out anil the reo.son I ha. .
, . not my mother keeps a lIttle store I
willow tree court and It has kept m
Quite blur unUl now and It la BO men
stores o.round In this court unUll
makes blslnesB very dull , and I al
married and have two children 1
pervlde far and I can I'lvo ' : you tlJ
best reptashlon trom good blsnel
cltlersons I hope you all will holyp ot :
ho wonts to get along amest.-
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SAILORS AND TH IIWIRELESS , "
Ornclal. Now Keep ClolO Tnb on Vel-
.els' M ments.
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All sorta at thlncs enn be turned
to nil aorts at uses , and nn additional
illustration In thlo line was given when
, vlrell'ss telegraphy was used to help
out the building at the lIouge an
Senate office building nenr the Capl.
tel , Mr. E11Iott Wooda. the BuporlnJ
tendent of the Capitol , and who hM
charge ot the construction at the two'
new office buildings , la regarded liS an
expert In wireless telegraphy. There
Is ono of the finest wireless plants
In the UnJted States In tbe Senate
laboratory , nnd the relations between
this plant , which la Mr. Wood a' , and
the regular plants Is cardla1.
There wao a much wanted cargo ot
stone tor the House office bulldlng
missing. It waa needed to ftet up the
B Btreot trent at the buildIng and It
was known that It had lett Now York
and atarted down the coast. There had
been bad weather and there was no
telling hat had 'happened ' to the flotilla -
tilla and. no way ot gettinG at It out
at sea. So the wireless 1)la:1t was
called Into roqulaltlon and with tho'
aanctlon ot the Washington nav ) ' yard
station , messages were sent to nil of
the naval plants along the const where
the stone cargo was l1ke1y to be
sighted. Henlopen , Cape Henry and
the other points were a11 notified to
leeep a lookout tor the stone cargo Rnd
report to Washington It It were
sighted. .
Cnpe Henry wo.s the firat to pick It
up and reported that the boat had
been having trouble w1t.h the weather ,
but was then olt tbe capes. Sure
enough , next morning the boat
reached Washington and the build. ,
Ing waa going on merrily.
Orders have been Issued to the
captains ot the atone boats herentter
to set the International algnal when
they nre passing the wireless stations
on the coast and Mr. Woods will thorc-
by be able to keep lab on the vessela'
movements all the way from New
York without going out of hla office
on Capitol Hill. And the captain and
crew won't be able to put In at any of
the canst ports tor a Quiet rest and
a apree ov n If the ) ' want te nnd as
they l ave been known to do In tlmee'
past. Truly the wJreless 1a ml hty
source at trouble to the ooc.tlmo Independent
dependent sea-taring man.
SHOULD BE IN CAPITAL.
MOlt ApproprIate Place for Hadquar-
tere of Patrlotlc , Orders.
"All the aoldler and other patrIotic
organizations In this country Bhould
h ve their headquarters In Washing.
ton , and eventually they will. " This
statement was made y Capt. Edward
Trenchard , of the A.rmy and Navy
club nnd the Aztec c1ub , betore the
national encampment committee at
the United Spaqlsh War Ve eran.lf. . at
the Hotel Regent. Capt. Trenchard
wns Introduced' to the assemblage by
Capt. Orville G. Victor as one who "Is
Intensely Interested In soldiers and
their socleUcB. "
Continuing , Capt. Trenchard ald
that even tbough' tbe national com.
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mandera of patriotic organlzatlona be
elected from the states , there should
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be a grand centrol otructure erected
In this city In which headquarters at
all the associations could bo located.
Ho predlctc < l that there wou1d be
J Buch a conaummatloD , and requested
.
i. the Spanlah war veterana to puah the
project along. He Bald the war with
Spain had produced great and lasting
i. results , and gave the American peo-
I , p10 "an Imperial reputil1c" wlth territory -
ritory beyond the aea.
" 'l'here cannot be too many patrl.
otlo associations , " declared Capt.
Trench ud In conclusion. "They arc
the great leaven of true Americanism
and are destined eventually to aave
thla country. " .
Washington Landmarks for Sale.
Love ot home In the tull accept ,
ance of th word , Is not a distinguish
Ing Quality ot mercan womtn ; , It recent
cent rea1 estate dea1s In Wnshingtoll
and Its vlclnlt ) ' serve as alt Index. Tht
great-granddaug ) ter of Francis Scotl
Key has just Bold the ancestral hem (
of her fnmlly to a tro.ctlon company
tho.t It mny bo pulled down for th (
building ot a station. Mrs. Sheridan
widow of "Llttlo Phil , " sold the house
which was presented to the warrlO1
by the gratetul Amerlco.n naUon , fOI
the reason that the locality 19'0.11 get
" Unit untashlonable and she wished tc :
move turther west. Selling the homel
of dead statesmen Is epidemic and tht
houses locally famous through thell
occupancy by Senator 'Quay , the Key
stone sto.te boss , by 8enlilor Wlll1an
McMillen , ot Michigan , and b ) ' Robert
ort R. Hltt , of Illinois , I\re all on thl
market. The widows of these Ulus
trlous men all deslro other domiciles
Expert on Army ClothIng.
Prof. W. E. Franco , editor of thl
Phllado\phl \ Textllo SchoolJ and ant
of the world's recognized experts It
wools and woolen tabrlcs , for a yea I
past haa been pmploycd to p II UpoI
every bolt of cloth altered army ot
ficors for clothing contract8. He II
called to Washington or Bent to othcl
centera ot army supplles whenever I
new clothing contract la bOlng filled
With critical eye and dert touch bt
paases upon the uUlIty of the prot
fered cloth and the - Quartermo.stol
goneral's depo.rtment accepts wlthou' '
Q cetlon his judsment. For a tlml
contractors endeavored to have hln
removed , but without auccess. Thl
reault of Dr. France's work Is tha' '
- the army Is better clothed than ovel
botore.
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SOME NOTABLE LANDMARKS OF
THE COlJNTRY.
Under TheIr Spreading Branches
American HIstory Has Been Made
-Old Elm at Cambridge Stili
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Standing.
The Elm tree at Phllndelphln , under
which William Penn made his fllmoua
treaty with 10 trlbea at barbarians.
The Charter Oak at Harttord , which
preserved the written guarantee at
the lIbertiea of the colony of Connec.
Ucnt.
The hugo French Apple tree , near
Fort Wayne , Ind. , where Little Turtle.
the great Miami chlet , gathered his
wnrrloro.
'The Elm tree nt Cnmbrldge , In the
sbade of which Washington first took
cammand ot the continental army , on
a hot aummer's day.
The Tulip tree on King's mountain
battlefield , In South Carolina , on
which ten bloodthlraty torles were
hanged nt ono time.
'rhe tall PJne tr o at Fort Edward ,
N. Y. , under which the beautltul Jane
'McCrea W 811Un.
The magnificent Black Wn1nut tree
near H .ver8trnw , on the Hudson , at
which Oen. Wnyne mustered his
forces at midnight , prcpZlralory to his
gallant and successtul attack on
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Stony Point.
The grand Mngnol1a tree 'hear
CharleBton , S. C. , under which Gen.
Lincoln held a council ot war prevIous -
ous to surrendering the city.
The grent Pecan tree at Vlllere's
plantation , below New Orleans , un.
der which a portion of the remains
; ) ! Gen. Paclcenham was burled.
The Pear trees planted , respectively -
ly , by Gov. Endicott of M ssachu.
/letts , and Gov. Stuyvesant at New
York , more than 200 years ago.
The Frenchman's Oak , or Emancl.
.patlon Oak , Hampton Institute" Hamp.
ton , Va. , under which the slaves at
this region first heard rend President
lnc01n's emancipation proclamation.
The Ello't Oak , of Newlon , Mass. ,
under which the apostle , John Ellot ,
taught the Indians Christianity.
The old Liberty Elm ot Boston ,
planted and dedicated by n. school.
m ter lo the Independence or the
zolonle , and the rallying point for
patriots before , durIng and atter the
revolutionary war.
The Burgoyne Elm at A1ban ) ' , N.
Y. , planted the day Burgoyne was
brought there n. prisoner.
The Ash and TUlip trecs planted at
Mount' Vernon by Washington.
Sequola-Patto Alto , Ca ! . .
The lofty Cypress tree In the Dls.
mal swamp , under which Washingt.on
reposcd one night In his young man.
bood.
The Cary tree , planted by Allco and
.P1ioebe Cary In 1832 , a largo and
beautiful Sycamore 8een from the
HomUton turnpike between College
Hill and " ount P easant , HamUton
ounty , Oblo.
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Created a Scare.
Uncle Hezeldah was very much
rUod.
"These here HO ton galll make me
tired with their big words , " he confid.
ed to the man who was painting a
sign on the fence.
"What now ? " asked the latter.
"Why. the ether , : morning that Bos.
ton niece of n ne rushed In the din.
Ing room and said there was an ' 1m.
pecune' out In the yard. Everybody
, got jOscnred , the children cried , the
COOK upset the dishes and I srnbbed
the shotgun. I thought sure Bome kind
ot a wild beast had escaped and get
In the yard , because 0. circus passed
along the road the day betoro. I tell
you I W oxpectlng to hear a blood.
curdling roar and aeo shining teeth ,
I nnd . I just wabbled In my boots' . "
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I algn palnter.
; "What did I aeeT Why , nothing. In
the world but a poor , halt.trozeD
trnmp who WIllS looking tor a hand.
. out. Ho wna what that Doston g
had called ' ' " _
. nn 'Impecune.
Those Courte us Doni ,
"I rend In a southern newspaper
about the passengers who hllli from
Georgia , " remarked n traveler. "Per.
sonally , I have never met the simon.
I pure Georgian , but I know a sot of
'men that can beat even them tor po-
'lIlencaa. They are the hlgh.class
, Spaniards who are accustomed to
Itrnvel1ng.
"Just watch n man ot that type and
you will find ho Invariably baWD to
, the rest ot the passengers upon enter.
Ing and leaving a car. Such extreme
courtcsy Impresscs the rushlns , push.
_ Ing American ( 'rowd ns a sare pass.
I port to an Inmno asrlu11I. 'I'ho Slmn.
lard , tor his lmrt , Is ( 'onvln ed that
J the nolso and bustle " . ,111 land the
. American ontlngont' the same
place , and In splto ot ridIcule he
perseveres In hla habit ot bowlng.-
N. Y. Presa.
VIctim of a Confidence Game.
Uncle Josh , tresh from' Up creek ,
had been Inspecting the tamlly Ice
box.
"Henry , " he 8ald , "you told me you
was glttln' artificial Ice. The Jellel
that lIells It to you Is toolln' you. I'VE
looked at It , and tetchod It , and It II
ain't real Ice. by sum , I never aa'fi
. any ! "
At a Doctor's Club ,
"Carvu ! ! . was that operation you
performed on old Hunks successtul ? "
"Successtul ? .Yes : singularlY so. "
"Slngularl ) ' ? Then he's reco\'orlng ,
, Is he Tit
Good In All Dookl ,
No book la so bad but that somethlns
ml11 bo learned tram It.-PUny.
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MINERS IN THE KLONDIKE.
QuIet , ProvIdent and AnxIous to Get : . \
Aw"y al Soon as POlSlble. ,
Lack of wnter la tbo great drawbnck
to mining In the Yukon , says Leslle'a.
Weekly. There Ie I1ttle rain during'
the summer and the miner must depend -
pend upon the m'eltng ! Bnows to swell
the strenms tor his Bummer alulclng.
V11Iagca have sprung up 'near ' the- .
creeko and living Is a sll de higher'
than In Dawson owIng to the extra.
freight. Sending souvenrr peat carda.
tram these points becomes an expen.
slve remembrance , as the plain uncolored -
ored ones aell for $ I.5O a dozen. Tho-
picturesque swagger miner of Cripple.
Cr ek , Crcede and Tonopah Is not.
found here. The cost of getting "In' "
Is heav ) ' , money Is not always easily-
made , and the winters nre bitter c0111
and d preaslng on account ot the long'
darkness. So the miner savca his.
earnings until ho reaches n more con.
genenl clime. To be sure , there nro-
meIJ on the creeks who drink whiskey ,
-and the hardest hind at whlakoy-
and gambling gocs on : yet , on the-
whole , the llondlke miner Is a Quiet , .
provident Indlvldua1" who devoutly . ,
hopes that the gold fle1ds are not.
to 'be his permanent home. /
A man who works for n company- -
or Individual mlno owner receives.
tram tour dollar" to six dol1ars a day
and his board. Ma y of them do their-
own cooking and l1ve In cablna near-
i the creeks. FJap-jacka ( pan cnkea ) , .
bacon and coltee are their chlot diet
durIng the winter , and In midsummer-
It requires a dexterous hand to turn
the fiap-jaclts bctor9 the mosqultoos.
can settle on the unbaked side. Tho-
old.Umer who has seen the Ice como-
and go Is known as alour " dough , ' ' '
and these men nro the arIstocrats or
the camp. The newcomer , or the man
who spends his winters outside , la nl-
ways , known as a "cheechako. "
If people In the states knew how letters -
ters trom home are appreciated by tho-
cabin dwellers of the Yukon they
would send some message every day.
I ho.ve Been miners sit In trent ot their
cabins and read and reread old tattered - ,
tered lotters. At some particular passage -
sage their taces would light up with
a 8mne and the entire letter would
be gone over again.
Talk It Over with Your Wife.
There are thousands ot. fam111eIJ '
homelesa or living In poverty and l
wretchedness to-day , who could have
been living In comtort , In good homes , . j
It the husbands had confided their ) I
business affalra to their wlvcs , says \
Success. \ :
"Tomen are very much better judges
ot human nature than men. They can
detect rascality , deception and Insincerity -
cerity more Quickly.
I. know buslnesq men wbo would
never think at emploYing a manager
or superintendent , or 0. man for any
other Important position , or It choos.
Ing a partner , without managing In
Bome way to have their wlVt s moet
the man and get a cl ance to estlmo.te
him , to read hint They Invite the man -
whom they are cCJnlllderlng tor an ,
Important position to their home tor
dinner , or to 8pend a Sunday , betore
deciding. They want the advantage
ot that marvelous feminine Instinct
which goes ao directly and unerringly
to Ita marlc.
I ha.ve known of several Inlltances
"here a wlte had cautioned her hus.
band against having anything to do
with a man with whom he was thinkIng -
Ing ot going Into business , but the
husband Ignored the wife's opinion as'
silly and disregarded he : advice to his .
great sorrow la.ter , as the man turned
t. !
out exactly aa the wife had predicted. .
Doctor Struck It Rich.
A wealthy New York banker , while
visiting his parents In a small lown ,
was stricken with tever. For three
months he W confined In the old
homestead , dutifully attended by a
fond mother and a very zcaloua doc. .
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The banker recovered alow1y. One
morning he decided that fresh air
would do more for. him tban medical
environment , end In a short time he I
was enab1ed to dismiss his physician. .
When the doctor'a bill nrrlved' the I
banker atudled It very closely. A few
moments Inter the mother saw her son I
go to the woodshed , procure an ax :
, and begin hewJng at the hitching :
post , which had stood In front ot the '
house tor 60 years. I
"Frank ! " she Bhouted hytorlcn11y ! , I
believing her son In another delirium , :
"what are you doing ? " I
"You'll have no turther use tor It , " 1
chuckled the perspiring bnnker , "here-
nrter the doctor will come ID an au. '
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Struck Trouble at Once.
SC'nr < , ely hal the Russian Immigrant .
I ! 'et his foot on the soli of the ? -ew
World when so nds of n dire con lct
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as alled his ears ,
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"What Is It ? " he asked. "Hns a revolution -
elution broken loose here , too ? " \ I
" 'Vorse , " answered his tormer
neighbor and compatriot , who had met
him at the steamer dock , as with
: blo.n hed lips he hurrIed him to a
place of 1I00fety. "It's a gang of root.
I ers for the Glo.nta mobbing an um-
. plre-Chlcago ! Tribune.
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, Pathos.
; "There was n great deal at pathos
In that play you put on last /leason. "
"Yes , " answered Mr. Stormlngton
Darnes , "and what Is particularly un.
L tortunate , most ot It was . In the bo '
omce. "
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, The Long.Sufferlng.
"I am golns to learn to play on a
horn. " _ . \
"Gee ! Yon must bave a wonderful )
; bellet In the patlenco of ) .our nelch.
bors.-Houston Post. ' .
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