Yarmouth , England , exported over
272,000 barrels of cured herrings to
the continent during the past year.
Wearing monocles , the latest fashion
for tidies , a craze recently started in
Paris by ladles of the Servian colony ,
la extending to London.
Many thousand dollars' worth of
railroad tickets were under water In
the Union depot Boll your transpor
tation. Kansas City Star.
Gen. Joubert's chair , made of ebony ,
fook horns and hides , and captured
from his laager at Llsabon , near Ly-
denburg , Is now treasured by Lieut.
O6L Urmsion , at Glenmroven , sound of
Mull.
The Worshipful Company of Gold
smiths has presented to the Univer
sity of London the whole of the valua
ble library of economic literature
which It pin-chased some ten years ago
from Prof. Foxwell.
The South McAlester ( Indian Terri
tory ) News relates that-a negro crimi
nal in the Choctaw nation was so bad
ly scared by being arrested that he
turned an ashen gray , and has never
recovered his proper color.
King Edward's proficiency as a lin
guist was strikingly illustrated during
Ills recent visit to Paris. At a private
dinner given by M. Loubet , the French
President read avery formal speech.
TJie King of England got up immedi
ately after and delivered without a
note an admirable speech in French.
German newspapers mention among
the signs of the time a recent an
nouncement regarding Hugo Zu Ho-
nenlohe-Oehrlngen , the first German
prince who has turned merchant. With
& merchant named Schode he has form
ed a company , with a capital of $75-
OOO , for nslng oil to lay the dust in
roads.
M. Premiet , the French sculptor , has
received a commission for a monument
ment , to be erected in Paris , in memory
of the pigeons which carried messages
during the siege. At its commence
ment the institution of the pigeon post
was of marked service , and thousands
of letters and dispatches were sent out
from Paris by this means.
The Rock Island Railway keeps one
of tie largest supply houses in the
United States , In Trenton , Mo. The
Shipments from this "store" are said
to exceed the combined sales of all oth
er business houses in Trenton. It fur
nishes supplies to every point on the
line betwen Muscatine , Iowa , nnd
Missouri river points. Kansas City
Journal.
Secretary Shaw , of the Treasury De
partment , has distanced all endeavor
in beautiful covers for reports to Con
gress. His annual statement was top
ped by an exquisite creation In mo
rocco , with gilt filigree work , as fine
as -bookbinders of the government
could supply. The daintily prepared
pages , detailing Treasury transactions
and policies for a twelvemonth , -were
tied up in equally beautiful red rib
bon , with the loveliest kind of bow-
knots. Washington letter.
David N. Selleg , who has just died
at Northport , Mass. , though blind since
childhood , made a fortune as a busi
ness man and inventor. In 1851 he be
gan In a small way the manufacture of
mattresses. The business growing , he
began to make furniture. He invent
ed now styles of chairs and furniture
and went so far as to design and carry -
, ry out machinery for their manufac
ture. His sense of touch was so won
derful that he could detect the slightest
flaws in articles made in his factory.
The railway across the Andes , , be
tween Chili and the Argentine repub
lic , which was projected twenty years
( ago , Is at last to be completed , the Chil
ian congress having recently passed a
bill for the purpose. The loftiest part
of the pass , which lies not far south
of the great Andean giant , Aconcagua ,
.and which has an elevation of 13,000
Ifeet , Is to be penetrated by a tunnel ,
Iwhlch will serve both to avoid snow
drifts and to decrease the maximum
elevation of the road. The terminals
of the railway on each side of the pass
are now within one day's travel by
mule caravan from one another. This
will be the first rail line to cross the
South American continent.
HER WEIGHT IN GOLD.
An Ordinary Woman Isn't Worth So
Very Much After All.
"Tlie weight of money is very de-
jceptive , " says an employe of the sub-
'treasury. "For instance : A young
jman came in here one day with a
( young woman. I was showing them
'through ' the department , and happened
, to ask jokingly If he thought the girl
i-was worth her weight in gold. lie
'assured me that he certainly did think
jeo , and after learning that her weight
, was 106 pounds we figured that she
would be worth in gold coin $2SG47.
Theyouug man was fond enough of her
| to think that was rather cheap ,
i "Another thing that deceives many
people , " he continued , "is the weight
'of paper money. Now , how many one
dollar bills do you think it would take
to weight as much as a five-dollar gold
piece ? "
On a guess the writer said fifty , re
ports the New York Mail and Express ,
and the clerk laughed.
"I have heard guesses f\ that , " he
.said , "all the way from fifty to 500 ,
and from men who have handled
money for years. The fact of the matter -
, ter Is that with a five-dollar gold piece
on one scale you would have to put
onJy six and one-half bills In the other
to balance It"
The question afterwards was put to
several friends of the writer and elic
ited answers ranging all the way from
twenty to 1,000 , the majority guess
ing from 200 to 500.
Taking the weights of gold coins
and bills given at the subtreasury , It
was figured that a $5 gold piece weighs
.206 of an ounce averdupols. . The em
ploye at the treasury who handled the
paper money said that 100 bills weigh
four and one-half ounces. That would
make one bill weight .045 of an ounce ,
and between six and seven bills would
balance the gold piece.
On the proposition of how much
money one can lift , figures were ob
tained at the subtreasury , where cer
tain numbers of coins were placed In
bags and weighed as standards. For
example , the standard amount for
gold coin is $5,000 , which weighs 1SH
pounds. Five hundred silver dollars
weigh 35& pounds , while $200 in
halves , or 400 coins , weigh 11 pounds.
Two hundred pounds of coin money
of various kinds is made up as fol
lows : Silver dollars , $2,617 ; half dollars
lars , $3,636 ; quarter dollars , $3,657 ;
dimes , $3,615,80 ; nickels , $917 ; pennies ,
$295.61.
In $1 bills the same weight.would
amount to $71,111.
Dan's Wife.
Up in early morning light ,
Sweeping , dusting , setting right ,
Oiling all the household springs ,
Sewing buttons , tying strings ,
Telling Bridget what to do ,
Mendiug rips in Johnnie's shoe ,
Running up and down the stair ,
Tying baby in her chair ,
Cutting meat and spreading bread ,
Dishing out so much per head ,
Eating as she can , by chance ,
Giving husband kindly glance ,
Toiling , busy life
Smart woman ,
Dan's wife.
Dan comes home at fall of night ,
Home so cheerful , neat and bright ,
Children meet him at the door ,
Pull at him and look him o'er.
Wife asks him how day has gone ,
"Busy time with us at home ! "
Supper done , Dan reads with ease
Happy Dan , but one to please ;
Children must be put to bed ;
All the little prayers are said ,
Little shoes are placed in rows ,
Bedclothes tucked o'er litle toes.
Busy , wearing life
Tired woman ,
Dan's wife.
Dan reads on and falls asleep
See the woman softly creep ;
Baby rests at last ; poor dear ,
Not a word her heart to cheer ,
Mending basket full to top ,
Stockings , shirt and little frock ;
Tired eyes and weary brain ,
Side with darting , ugly pain ;
"Never mind , 'twill pass nway. "
She must work but never play ;
Closed piano , unusued books ,
Done the walks to pleasant nooks.
Brightness faded out of life
Saddened woman ,
Dan's wife.
Upstairs , tosing to and fro ,
Fever holds the woman low ;
Children wander , free to play ,
When and where they will to-day ;
Bridget loiters dinner's cold ;
Dan looks anxious , cross and old ;
Household screws all out of place ,
Lacking one dear , patient face ,
Steady hands so tried and true ,
Hands that knew just what to do ,
Never seeking rest nor play ,
Folded now and laid away ,
Work of six in one short life
Murdered woman ,
Dan's wife.
Kate Tannatt Woods.
Bootblack and the Critic.
Here is a story that Is being told
about Will'am Winter , dean of dramat
ic critics. Mr. Winter's locks are long
and gray. While crossing City Hall
Park one day last summer he was approached
preached by a bootblack.
"Shine , mister ? Shine ? "
"No , my son , " replied Mr. Winter ,
and then , noting the grime on the
face of the urchin , he added : "I don't
want a shine , but I'll tell you what
I'll do. If you will go over to the foun
tain there and wash your face I will
give , you 5 cents. "
The bootblack looked up at the old
man , sneered at the pi-offered nickel
and said , disdainfully :
"Say , boss , yer better keep that nick
el ter pay fer a haircut. " New York
Press.
An Idle Match.
A man was traveling , not long agot
In the compartment of a London train.
At one of the stations , says Chums , a
German entered the carriage and took
the seat opposite the Englishman.
When the train had started , the Ger
man , seeing the other's cigar , boldly
asked for one.
Although astonished at the request ,
the Englishman nevertheless pulled out
his case and 'handed it to the stran-
er.
er.The
The German lighted the cigar , took a
few puffs , and beaming affably
through his spectacles , said :
"I vould nod haf droubled you , but I
had a match in mine boggit , und I did
not know vat to do mit him. "
His Experience.
Miss DeAuber ( an amateur artist ) _
Have you ever been done in oil , Mr.
Marks ?
Mr. Marks Well , I guess yes.
Miss DeAuber And who was the
artist ?
Mr. Marks Artist be hanged : It
was a promoter that did me. "
Owned by a Few.
More than 2,000,000 persons live in
Manhattan and the Bronx. About 19-
000 persons own all the land in these
two boroughs. The number of prop
erty holders Is 8,000 less than it was
eight years ago. New York World.
Aliens Not Taught Trades.
It has been decided that aliens In .
British prisons arc not to be taught
any trade In the future
OVERPOWER THE JAILER
MURDERERS MAK BREAK FOR
LIBERTY AT UriEYENNE.
Cheyenne , Wyo. , Aug. 10. Tom
florn murJerer of Wil.ie Hackell
sind Jim McCloud , murderer of Ben
Minnick , overpowered Jailer Proctor
Sunday morning , carrried him to the
sheriff's office and compelled him to
open the safe for the keys.
After opening the outer door of the
safe Proctor grabbed T.is gun and a
trerSble struggle ensued.
Proctor -uianaeed to shoot Horn
twice , btu not seriously. After
lighting some tUne , Horn and Mc-
Jloud , hearing persons approaching
in the hall , made a dash for liberty.
A genreal alarm was given and
many citizens with guns turned ont.
The prisoners were soon caught
Jailer Proctor sustained se\eralcuts
ind bruises bub is not seriously
hurt.
There is strong talk of lynching.
Lives Lost on the Sea.
Eockland , Me. , ' \-ug. , 10
Four young men of this city lose
their lives Sunday night by the sink
ing of a gasoline lanuch off Ash Point
eight miles from here. Two of the
party were saved *
The party started out in Bbe launch
lor Pleasant Beach. When off Ash
Point at 9:40 : o'clock , the launch be-
" irue entanged in a fish weir. An
a b rapt was made toturn _ back when
uiere was a flash and the launch
was enveloped in flames. The six
jccupants of the craft leaped . .ver-
board. They were within 1 , 0 feet
of the shore but Holmes and Crocker
were unable to swim. The efforts of
the others were directed toward sav
ing these two , and Crocker nearly
drowned Hills by grasping him
about the shoulders. Both men sank
but Hills finally succeeded in freeing
himself.
Hodges swam thirty yards to a
boat and cutting it loose found that
he had no oars. By this time Veazie
and Hail had half filled the launch
with water , but the fire spread and
drove them from there only refuge.
Veazie started to swim toward the
-small boat and Hodges threw the
rudder toward him but the man
suddednly threw up his hands and
sank. The launch soon afterward
sank first with Hall who was clinging
'to the stern.
Hills succeeded in swimming to
the small boat in which Hodges had
found a refuge. Fisherman later
put out and rescued the two men.
It was discovered today that the top
of the gasoline tank had been left
open.
They Spared None.
Constantinople , Aug. , 9. Late
dispatches from Hiliml Pacha , inspector
specter general of the reform move
ment , announces the insurgents in
large numbers in the district of
Cilsuri Vilayet of Monastir attacked
the village of Djivarek.nearKastoria ,
and massacred the inhabitants , in
cluding women and children , and
then furiously attacked neighboring
villages , taking many captives , some
of whom were burned alive.
Some Greek peasants were also kill
ed in one of the Karas of the vilayet
of Monastir , and in the -vilayet of
Okhriria insurgents likewise attack
ed some Mussulman villages.
They everywhere displayed , rige
and ferocity and the Mussulman in
habitants were greatly terroized.
The government is taking every
measure i oisible to suppress the lis-
ing. Eight more battalions have
been ordered to the vilayet of Mona
stir. M. Maurocordato , the Greek-
minister , has made representions I o
.the porte in behalf of the Greek sub
jects.
Mr. Rostkovski , the Russian con
sul at Monastir , it turns out , wa
murdered Saturday morning by
'
Lapite ( a member of the Tuikish
police ) , who was on duty outside the
consulate. The assassin was arrested.
.Said Pacha , the grand vizier , and (
Tewfik Pacha , minister of foreign '
alfairs , called on the Russian ambass-
; i ior M. Zinovief , and expressed the
o -ernments deep regret o\er tie
occurance.
Would Not Be Put Off.
Sioux City , la. , Aug. , 10. Prof.
If. L. Crowley , while teaching school
at Alllen , ] S"eb. , paid attentions to
Miss Lucy Fegley. Last week he was
married to Miss Anna Shipley of
Battls Creek , his home. Wllen they
passed through Allen on their wed
ding trip , Miss Jb'egley boarded toe
train and sat down by Mrs. Crowley ,
declaring she was going to partici
pate in the bridal tour , She took a
room adjoining theirs at the Oxford
hotel. Before the bride and groom
she tried to take arsenic.
Woman Fatally Burned.
Springfield , 111. , Aug. . 11. Mrs.
Taylor Greening , aged sixty-four ,
wife < * f a proas iweet feme ? and old
settler of this ocunty residing east
of Leami , died this morning as the S1
result of injuries received from being si
vburned. She was riding in a spring sisi ;
wagon with her husband and smoking
>
ing a pipe , whhh she put in her
pocket without first cleaning it out.
.Her dress became ignited and she o if :
fatally burned.
rr
ASSASSINATION
PROYOKfcD CZAR
Ruler Jfldij-navit at Killing of
Russian Consul at
Monsatir.
MUST PUNISH MURDERER
The Czar and Sultan Exchange
Telegrams.
HATED BY THE TURKS
The Latest Report Says That the Russian
Consul Insulted a Guard Who Did
Not Salute Him and Struck
H m WLh a Whip.
St. Petersburg , Aug.,11. The czar
has demanded the exemplory punish
ment not only of the murderer of
tloe Russian consul at Monastir , who
was killed last week by Turkish
gendarmes but of all the military
and civil officials in any way respon-
sibe for the crime.
The assassination of the Russian
consul at Monastir , M. Rostkpvski , '
the second murder of a Russian
consular official in Macedonia with
in a few months , has created ir-
tense indignation here. In reporting
the occurance to the foreign office
the Russian anbassador at Constan
tinople telegraphed August 8 :
"The Russian consular atMonastii
has fallen the victim of an atrocious
crime. . The grand vizier and the
Turkish foreign minister have come
to me with expressions of regret in
name of the sultan. Ferid Pasha ,
the grand vizier , iof jrmed me thai
the assassin was agrendarme , named
Halim , and that he will be subjected
to the severest punishment , and thd
vail of Monastir will be removed
from his post. "
In reply Count Lamsdorff , the for
eign minister , telegraphed to the
ambassador August 9.
"His majesty has received a tele-
giam from the sultan expressing his
deep regret at the death of the Rus
sian consul at Monastir. When 1
submitted your telergaph to the em
peror his majesty gave orders that
yea should not confine yourself to re : .
ceiving explanations from the grand
vizier but should make the most en
ergetic demands on the Turkish gov
ernment for full satisfaction and im
mediate and exemplary punishment , '
both of the murderer and of all the
military and civil officials on whom
responsibility for the audacious crime
may fall. "
According to the report made by
the officials now in charge of the Russian - -
sian consulate at Monastir the mur
derer is a gendarme. The consul
asked his name because in defiance of
instructions , the gendarme did not
salute him. The gendarme thereup
on fired several shots , mortally
wounding the consul in the head and
hip. The horse drawing the carriage
in which the consul was riding re
ceived two bullets and shots were
also fired at the coachman.
Constantinople , Aug. 11. Tbe mur
der of the Russian consul , Mr. Rost-
kovski.bas caused intense excitement
here and is the sole topic of conver
sation in the streets , cafes and public
resorts. The general believe is that
the incident is bound to considerably
aggravate the already serious situa
tion in Macedonia and it is felt that
it will undoubtedly encourage th §
Bulgarians to support the insurrec
tionary movement , which is spread ,
ing rapidlynotably to the southward
of Monastir.
According to mail advices frorr.
Muuastir dated August 5 , the insur-
4 nts who recently occupied the lltt'e
town of Krusbevotwenty-three miles
no'tli of Monastir numbered nine
hundred. They killed the narrrison ,
consisting of fifty-two soldiers and
binned the government buildings and
then hoisted on a hill overlooking
the town a red flag bearing on one
side a lien with the inscription ,
"Death or Liberty , " and on the
other side the words : "Courage
Brethren. " The rebels were still in
pissession of the town when the let
ters were sent off.
Practically the whole country north
of iMonastJr is in revolt. The Turk
ish official reports state that fresh
bands of revolutionaries in consider
able numbers have cro-sed the fron
tier from Bulgaria during the last few
riays. The local Bulgarian officials ,
however , deny this and declare that
the strictest watch is being kept
ilnng the frontier.
The vali of Monastir has been dis
missed and Ilussien Hilmi Pasha ,
formerly governor of Yemen , Arabia ,
Jas been appjinted as his successor.
Lightning Kills Two Horses.
Ravenna , ! N"eb. , Aug. 11. During
in electric and rain storm , lasting
ibout forty minutes. The latge two
itory frame barn of A. Hemhinnev.
iix miles ncrtheast of Ravenna was
truck by lightning and burned. Two
f his choice and bighly'prized horses
vere also struck and killed.
The. structuie was at once a she I
flame entailing a loss of $2,000 o.
nore , with § 1,000 insurance.
WAS LIKE A DEATH TRAP
SHORES BURNED OR SUFFOCATED
IN PARIS TUNNEL
Paris , August 11. Ei * --nu.i
bodies have been recovered and the
death list probably will exceed one1
hundred in the underground railway
disaster which occurred here last
night.
The accident , which occurred on
the electric railway , assumed the
proportions of an awfo.1 catastrophe
during the early hours tediy , whea
more than four score bodies of the
burned and suffocated victims were
removed from the subterracean pas-
saga. The work continues and iudi-
cations are that the death list will ,
perhaps , exceed five score.
The scenes at the mouth 01 the
tunnel where the victims were
brought forth were of the moat
heartredinng description crowds of
weeping men , women and childrei ,
struggling forward in an effi rt to
recognize tdeir missing relatives and
filends. Most or the victims are
from the middle and working classes
as the trains were carrying them
home from their work.
Although the accident occurred at
8 o'clock last evening , the officials
and firemec were unatle until early
this morning to descend into the tun
nel owing to the blinding clouds oZ
smote from the burning train. Fre
quent attempts were made by volun
teers , whom it was necessary to
rescue , half suffocated , and they were
carried away to the hospitals.
Attn minutes after three o'clock
Sergeant Ahrcns , wearing a respir
ator , succeeded in making the
descent. He remained seven minutes
and brought the first information to
the effect that corpses were strewn
all about she roadway of the tunnel.
Then he collapsed and was taken to
the hospital. Twenty minutes later
firemen fvrceft their way down
through the tunnel station at Menil-
montant and returned soon after
ward with seven bodies , two men.
two boys and three women. These
persons bad been asphyxiated , as their
positions showpd they had been grop
ing through the smoke that filled the
tunnel , seeking a way to escape when
they were overcome
The work of bringing up the bodies
went on steadily after that under the
personal direction of Prefect of Police
epine , who summoned a large reserve
force to hold back the surging crowds ,
ncluding the relatives of the victims.
Long lines of ambulances were
nought into requisition and the
bodies were carried to the morgue.
After daylight the crowd around tbea
'
intrance of the tunnel increased to'
enormous proportions , obliging the
police to form a solid cordon , through
which they admitted only those seek-
ng to identify their relatives among
he victims. The failure of many
nen , women and children to return
home during the night gave many
the first news of the disaster. Fathers
and mothers came hurrjing to the
mouths of the tuunel to try to find
their absent ones.
The corpses from this death angle
soon swelled the list until at 6:15 a.
in. Prefect Lepine placed the num
ber of victims at forty-five already
recovered , while the steady 61e of
fireman bringing bodies continued.
At the station of Les Charonnes
the same scenes of death and despair
had been enacted. The accident oc
curred midwav between the stations
of Menilrnontant and Les Charonnes
so that the work of salvage i roreed-
ed from both ends of the tunnel. In
addition to the blinding sruolce the '
tunnel belched forth a terrible heat
as one of the cars were burning
within.
One fireman suceeded in throwing
several'Streams of water in the di
rection of the wreck , while some
fireman and military engineers , at
great hazard , pushed on inside the
tunnel. They brought out two
bodies , and soon afterward three
more. The latter were faborers who
had almost suceeded in reaching the
exit when they were overcome and
suffocated.
Further on the firemen stumbled
upon a terrible mass of bodies. These
were the passengers of the burned
train. They had leaped from the
coaches when the fire broke out. and
groping through the suffocating
c'cuds of smoke , sought the exit at
Les Charonnes street station , but the
tunnel makes a sharp turn near the
scene of the disaster , and at the
angle the11 entire mass of humanity ,
apparently became tightly wedged.
Tbe panic which took place at this
point in the dark subterranean pas-
age must have been terrible.
Brakeman Loses Foot
-
Pattsraouth , Neb. , Aug. 12.
James F. Roby , a Burlington brakeman -
man , met with an accident at Glen-
wood last night which resulted in
the loss of a portion of his right foot- .
The train had backed on a sidetrack
to pick up a stock car , when Roby
slipped in some manner and get bis
foot caught in some manner under
the wheels , He was brought to this
city soon after the accident. It was
fo-ind necessary to amputate the foot
FOUGHT FOR BEN BUTLER.
Fifty Cents if He Won and 25 if
Lost He Got the Fifty.
| - "When I was a boy in Lowell , just
after the war , " said a Musssichusetts
man , "I met Gen. Benjnmiii F. But
ler on the street one day , and foliow-
ing him was a boy who was yelling ;
(
'Old Ben Butler ! Cock-eye Butler ! ' and
' dodging and running whenever the
I general made a motion to catch him
or strike him with a stick.
I
" 'Son , ' said he to me , 'I'll give you
fifty cents if you'll thrash that boy ;
but I want you to thrush him good. '
" 'What do I get if he licks me ? ' I
asked , for as a Yankee boy I wanted
all there was in It.
" 'A quarter if he whips you , and
fifty cents if you -thrash him. Now ,
give It to him good ?
"I made for the boy , who was about
my size , and In a second we were mak
ing the fur fly. We hadn't been at it
long enough to give any idea of the
outcome when one of the two or three
policemen the town then had grubbed
the pair of us and marched up off to
the station house , which was but a
half square or so away. The general
followed , and after the charges were
made against us he said :
" 'How much' collateral do you want
to release this boy ? ' Indicating rue , 'I
know his parents and will send him
home. '
" 'Five dollars will be enough , gen
eral , ' said the man in charge , which
the general put up , and I left the sta
tion with him.
" 'Now , as your attorney , I think you
had better go fishing to-morrow , ' said
he. 'Go early and stay all day. Here's
your fifty cents. You didn't lick him ,
but I believe you would. '
"I took his advice ; the case was
called the next day , and my recog
nizance was forfeited and I heard no
more of it. The other boy got off with
a lecture , I believe.
"Ten years after that , while Gen.
Butler was in Congress , I called on
him , brought myself to his recollec
tion , and through his good offices I
obtained a clerical appointment which
I held for several years. " Washing
ton Post.
Monkey's Can't Throw Stones.
The recently published story of the
British soldier In the Transvaal about
monkeys throwing stones has raised
the question as to whether the tales
of travelers are true to the effect that
those animals sometimes pelt them
with stones or cocoanuts , says the Salt
Lake Herald. Waterton , in his "Es
says "on Natural History , " writes :
"Monkeys know nothing at all of the
combined act of moving an elevated
arm backward , and then , while bring
ing it forward , to open the hand just
at that particular time when the arm
can impart motion to the thing which
the hand has grasped. Thus man , at
a distance from you , can aim a stone
at your head and break your skull.
The monkey can do no such thing. . '
Sir James Brooks says , with refer
ence to the orang-outang , that he never
observed the slightest attempt at de
fense , i'
"Wallace , also talking of the orang
outang , declares that he has seen him
throw down branches when pursued.
"It Is true he does not throw them at
a person , but casts them down vertic
ally ; for It Is evident that a bough ,
cannot be thrown to any distance from
the top of a lofty tree. In one ease a
female mtos , on a durlan tree , kept
up for at least ten minutes a continu
ous shower of branches , and of the
heavy splned fruits , as large as
thirty-two pounders , which most effect
ually kept us clear of the tree she was
on. She could be seen breaking them
off and throwing them down with ev
ery appearance of rage. "
Taine's Advice to His Sisters.
When Taine was a professor at Nev-
ers he ended a letter to his mother
with the following "few words" to
his sisters :
"Do not concern yourselves about
your acquaintance with all kinds of
'technical details and with some tech
nicalities In geography , physics , etc. ,
which are repeated by the accom
plished parrots In boarding schools.
Merely learn the orthography , the
arithmetic , the essential pan of geog
raphy. Denend for the rest upon your
reading , conversation and reflection.
The end of education is to open the
mind , to acquire ideas and to accus
tom one's self to search for them.
Studies are but the means. A woman
has not to pass an examination before
coming out ; she is not questioned at a
party about a date or a chemical solu-
tiontion. Provided that she has ideas
about things in general , that she can
follow a conversation on any subject ,
that her judgment is sufficiently free
and wide to hold her own on questions
of morality , of conduct and religion
which are discussed in her presence ,
she knows quite enough , and the
wisest man can enjoy conversing with
her. A conversation which is an ex
change of ideas pointedly expressed is
perhaps the greatest pleasure which
can be enjoyed , and from the time
we begin tO'th'nk we have it without
much instruction. The only examina
tion a woman must pass concerns
dress , deportment , dancing and music ,
and I see that you will succeed in it
-atisfactorily. " London Athauaeum.
Unnecessary.
"And who is this Miss Smith that
lives across the street ? " asked the vis
itor.
"Oh. I never talk scandal , " hastily
remarked her hostess.
Of ARC at 26.
A Russian does not become of aga
until he is 26.
Naomi was 580 years old when
finally secured a husband. Truly
erytLlng comes to those who wait.