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MTIEE. BLUE :01P.
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WAS saying -a -visit
to . my fniehds. the
DuraDds.-They "were
a -"-friendly." plain'
living couple who
. lived- in a maaufac-
I'uring town in Ohio,
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-near -the banks of Pay-w.ui wjorK Hard aliuay:
"therLefli-agreat . "I hve already told you. twenty
cottage, a -mere &Ye cen" answered- the "man- in sur
hifd net, ' aimost P"ise; and -Monkey-face worked in'de--h?,ir?Pn
.hv-...w'i!tPri.., fafigably .unUl-Btght, The superin-
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;-aWYftt)Vr-r.eep'ef"'--- - " '- -Undent, amazed anil delighted at the
-.-""-VPuriad's Han'tebo the "marks' b't ch.anSe, paid th boy. tor his work and
.:.h.inelst tori. Jor he had ljpen a lohksmithl-even save Him a dime in advance. afhs
V'i'a':h"isf-ootii;-.and had'-by industrC--nl -wrnt request, as .he said he needed it-jinoaT-rklsPci-hVTtispff-Vililr.urrtir-i"
"That nfght Monkey-face Was again
W:c:jme''-.thB.-pr6prietor. ot-quite.' a"
--insi-t.-niisiness ana. securfia a compe-
' t&sey far" tti?pid -ase..-' -His wife, -a quiet.
'.; .cpntle -creayire, wpcshfpped j.her. hus
jjaj!;.a-ud.:b6th-of .theTai-wor-e on their
-3-.es'"an -exriression. of Serenitr .which
... ieVrbelec)fic6nscience'-a:nd.a-life
".".! 'Sfcaoe - ' .'.'': " "' -
:- '' drAhd- was annroachlnz Vixtv .years
' 'JL a-se;-arid 'his- wife miiFt have been . "The" factory' superintendent having
..CvIItyj'eC In pite-of their wrinkles and ; beJn informed of. the siate of affairs.
f.-isiairs.'taese:t'rjeated each other Ipade -up his. mind- o settle the matter
I "with :an.a-ectiqnate .deference which 'at once, y finding out where Monltey--:-';v.-tsd'.piefeure-;to-behord...-.
'-.-. " face spent his nights, and for this pur-
.-- ;5.Vhhe-."-we-weiTJ-'e"ngaged in-.c'ohrersa- pose watched the-lad as he left the fac-;-.
iioh- just'TJefore -dinner, Durand rose ' tory... - Mr.-. George; in company with
.-'.' .- ajcd -opened-a.-drawer to-take' outspnle'-! one of. the workmen, followed the wan
- ?r4ile which" be-wished tb-show to mev I'derer'at'-a short distance, and observed
;':.:li:eil--a3 turning over-lhe 'contests
Vijf tilcfr-irr it- i-fiiTjh.'? thWt n1irtl
'-.su'ciu".kyght nave Wen: worn.by
". -5i..iiq"u; or an-:infariu fell tothe lloor. i
- mfikPd'tT '.,r, -.,1 r,r,rin thnt .ir :
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.u:aii5:if:-cq'arse lilue linen, .with bits "of
tw&e. i instead ei .ribbons. As I handed
-. i JQ'.him. I aid:gayly;- ...
: -,!Are you-preparing a" baby .basket,
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-I iad.po sooner spoken :tban L're--:
gretti-ijt. for I reccrl'ected at that'mo--"-.ne'frt
JaVicg - heard-. :' that-- ..Ure ti'nly
.".."sbadaw on" my. friend '& life was" the
;Varto?'tlie-jr union beinga. chililless one.
:- .cVr.-"-a.."riirnute;-.Dura'ad made, no repl-r.
. C'.y .' b?v?d- at-..the- 'little .cap aff4ction
'! jtlvis .-ti'iir Ss he.Jaid if carefully .way
- --itfc'ife.'said", .n .a: tone -at sc-zionsiiess'.
."Thut i's a .-souvenir; a'iid -I will tell
-you; how "it-,canie into, my possession..
-.vyun--a- was tourteen .years old, l was
"--i-oiL--Ing In-:a -Ipge1 factory,- and I "had
".-.:. P.nwn-j ot .the.ame age as my -
."5' ivho'Ton. account -of his ugly fea
,. 'taces.. a-e-ni-ik-named aibrikey-face. He
: was a-sly; mischievous urchin very fond
-.flpniHn'giliqyish pranks;;. but n jolly
: '::.f 'y- clp.: anuxfull of " pluck. He was
-.;J'o Ijzj- that he 'would -have been-turned
.1ou t'.'pf -tie" factor', had it not been for
"fh-i iscJn'lgeaQe pf -the' superintendent,
"--n'hy .fiad ievn-afriend of his father, and
."""tealpan interest" in'Hlie boy for. the sake
. -oi-tib'd-a-d'.comrad'e. Monkey-face was
'. -"crphahj-.a-nd the only relative he had
eve j:-- knowh "was the '"-woman who
- braiight-'hini Up-.'a cousin of hts mother.
.This om'a'n,--rrs. Bolton, was a'rude
"'woatnre, wh'b-inafntained herself-' by
- vei-yuig twu or :.Laree mecaaniua as
" lji:atd'e.F5.' 'iter affeoti'on - for her young
..'thai-ge -A-:is"-miuifestei oniy )y blows.
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: --.l.-"siLL KEEP" HER. MYSELF.
.' -I'erhans . if "he "had-, known a narent'S" 1
;-fov."he-.Ayo'irLil Irave-DVeir les perverse.
;;- :-"Oue :a.fiernoon. tae:lad took it into
'"his-hfad to-'run:ayajfc"omthe factory, '
iaird. go nragabondiug about with "a gang J
.--j( '.uile. urchins, like' .himself:-" -As'--they j
. - TrnreVJo'luiarsr-sdowly home'afLer night-
.. faR.'. they iie.ard; to- thpir" astonishment.
J'..tiie.ory of an infant- The'found. seemed j
I'M iu.J.fr'cini'a-Jong.-dirty alley, which
: -opeBPd. on..fie's.tr'eecandat."t.he oihor '
-pnd.-Qf" wh-ioh". was a.dimiy'tlK-kQring
--ll-mp-: After a-short consultation, the ,
...rrfeec'boys.veutnred softly, into the'
;. jflley; :??d.xv of them espied. -bide ;
:;aa- risfc-rr aT:e.bOndle-of rags-,
.--w-h!ch-tr."rs:iei.-and wailed.. He seized-
;5d-of.Jfc ani&te whole-pay .lashed i
HrZ$$. ihi t.hoaughfa're. uiumphaat,
--sfon-ning under "aiamp'to-examino their ,
vip-iW "lx proved .td-te a-babv" girl-.a i
-.t'n- 'v'ksold. -wraDoeil an in'.. '
attire.-a" j'cov'-ii.Ltle innocent whom "a
".". ; w'tcbed". -perhaps-, . desperate, - mother
--h".ad alianifviiled to the chanty of strag-"
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:Sf- "s ' -H ' 'f- r-b" JJ Tne. 011 man. answered: "He have wa
fifjj r-'-j-f-ff.'Si il 4 ' tm T never parted. 1 nen smiling, he looked ,njrt
- 'M :'- ' ""IM ft. "it ll "I at hlswife a?(1 added: "Have we",. my Dlaze'r
' rlJir. -vu-t-T: "stt" !aea. ., , - - ; . ifee.tv
v." v a . - -"j V"-f- VlTrt lti L!i- ' ' a. sraiie(1 ,u reiurn, nut ner eyes I xhe
.-v,Vy-': - .Oxv -1 ,-- . ''rf 1 were moist as sue looKeu at mm, and ,-n .,
- .,iiii -TL2l'-y'?. -.J5-i"yL -.vL unuer ner eyetius 1 saw a lear-urop
- "r4" -.' .. - ? 7' glistening.-
-". "; - "A .cbuil-:if' was- held to decide what
' 'rrGiild Te -donji with the booty, and the j
.; Vc.trag.-ciipors gave free-"play, to their '
-. mischievous. invaginations. One wanted i
:td-'purjth baby "back where they had I
fou3d it; another, to-hide it in an empty 1
"nrlip'e box." which- stbed at -a. grocer's '
'-.door; a'-third proposed to elimb up a
.'secoad-stcry bal'cony ana leave, the
. youngster. "there. -aEd. how' astonished
.'-' the people would be next, dayl But
'.-. Monk'-y-fcK scouted all these ideas,
.-anjd" declai-ed that the baby . must, be
. -ts-kea to a -foundling asylum.
- -- -"Monkey-face's decision was hailed '
'.' wibr ejitlisiasm and he" claimed the ',
' risnrc-to carry the treasure-trove in con- I
.sfderil'io'n of iiis seniiole suggstjon. ;
."."..""JGjve -me the.-'kid." he said. The
babj: h3.d all this time been screaming
:"pieo'usl.y,-but it stopped suddenly when
Monkey-face "tooJc-hpId 6f.it.-and. while"
-as walked fJong with an air of triumph.
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.i it-iixedits"?reat blue-ej-e?.upon his. ugly
-face- an'd"- smiled, at. the same- time
..Jstretchingits tiny hands out .as if to
"caress -himi .. -' .-.-.
-v "-;"5he..is" "laughing" cried the boy in
'deI.ight"".sc"?how she looks .at: mer
""Then a new impulse seized-him.
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-" 1-, " vu' .- ..r 5ii l- unr m !
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:" His "companions .protested indig"
n"a2tlyV "hnt in vara, for. as they well
". kn-w, 3lonk"jar-face had at the end of
..eaeh-arm an argument so strong that it
. would .be useless, as we.U as unsafe, to
'r.joppbse" h-isjwishes" -"
."WThen-"ie--reached nome with his
burden. '.Mrs.. Bolton -exclaimed, furi-;
..mrIy-. " " i
''': "Efo- you tliicli I have not enough, to
f--da.to.:a!l "your Liouth, you lazy imp?
Take.tbat brat to the police-station
Quick how!' Swat! biff! A bos on each
ear showed"--the boy that, she was in
earnest and he fled from the house
'That night he. did riot return, and
tIie next morning he was in the factory
as soon as -it opened, for the first time
his life- "
" MT- i ne wyu.ttmiaiy uj.me
Et?Pef"itendent.--iiow much will you
abst- from his horn, and his cousin
Mrs.. Bolton, went to the factory the'
"next evening," lay in wait for" him and
dragged him ho'me in spixe.of his strug
gles, administering a thrashing on the
way But it was no use: as-soon as -the
"old. woman turned hr back to prepare
supper, the boy slipped out of the house
. aild dl(i nt "return.
J him ehter-a.hakery and buy A couple of
1 rolls- np'vt ha tfonf inrn n ,isrV nn
came out carrying a bottje of milk, and
- itheh turned 'his steps toward a lonely.
i .rocni .,..,... .!, j c.?
y-iitu uuui ici . ucm cut; iicu uuu-
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denly his followers saw him
" an alley;, the place. liavlnj
plunge into
IV II H-1 I i ; :i II II U ft II II1II llll Mfa
-face was dimlv visible as he stopped'
before a paling, fronting a deserted"!
cabin,-. The'fiext minute he-had scaled
it-with' the agility of the animal which
"was his namesake-, and entered the
cabin. '
"The two men. determined-to discover
his hidinsrnlace. waited a few' minutes.
and then, cautiously' followed him", and
- - f.riA ?. zl ?ri
wretched . hut which was-illuminated
by- a.
tallow candle stuck against the ..
He .was seated on the floor, and";
- - wall.
gravely pouring milk into a nursing
bottle, and in a corner,, on a bed of dried
, leaves, a baby was. sleeping soundly.
wrapped up in an old blanket-. .
"Monkey-face transformed into -.a
nurse:
" 'What the dickens are you doing
here?' asked the superintendent, throw
ing open the door of the cabin sudden
ly; and the hoy, startled at first by the!
intrusion, soon recovered himself and
answered slowly:
" 'Haven't- I got a right to have a
little sister?' ''
"Then, after a pause, he added grand-
ly "learn twenty-five cents ji dav. That!
is enoiurh for" us Both, and Wdon't ask"!
anv one for anvthine. Here are the I
I -,, T ;nrpnd "for mv own sunnsr " I-
The narrator, paused, smiled softly.
and added:
"The next day" the owner of- the fac- j
I tory, being informed of the matter. 1
I raised niy pay to three dollars a week !
just double." . . -
"What?" I cried. ' "It was vou."
"Ah. .1 have betrayed myself.'" said j
Durand. "Tes." I was the young rascal j
who was in a fair way to become an
i.idle vagabond; and. thanks, to the bine i
j eyes of that little girl. I became a good ! .
workman, and afterward set up for my
self in business. Now. you understand
, why I "kept that tU-tle blue cap; she ha-ij
1 it on when we found her." i
"And what has become of her?" 1
1 eagerly asked.
ATHLETIC YOUNG WOMEN..
'T-,k," Fn-y to
the- Streiitrr, WiiicJi
Il..ime Them.
Many swell sportwomen devoted to
athletic amusements, as yachting,
cycling, rowing, golf, and tennis, have1
adopted the English sweater. A woman
with a nne form shows up extremelv
well in a sweater, which clings to 'the
figure without a wrinkle. Garnet, red.
naVy and royal blue, black and'eream.
are :-ae favorite weaves, some fanc
ami dthers plain aad ribbed. Thev are
put on over head ind fasleairfw-ith
smaI1 buUet b 0Q. fle sh-0lllller..
otherg are ,acrf with -
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the !?", A P ? ?
f e T1d ,the P ?'a S'UCSP
fr abou tbe leb or fiv mPS Jt
the wal3t lme; thls adJ"sts em closely
lo & figure: the sleeves "at the wrista
are" treateji in the same manner savs
New York" Herald. The full-topped
sleeve, which subscribes to the fashion
able craze, 15 stylish. Although thej
sweater has- its drawbacks, there .are
many arguments in its favor, and for
boating, cycling, ashing, etc., it is emi-
nently well adapted. The sweater has
an air of jaunty independence, and is
natty, becoming, and comfortable. The
athletic girls who are fond of wearing
quasi-iaasculine garments have adopted
the sweater with effusion. It is safe
to predict that the wearing of the jer
sey will.follow. ftan which no more de
lightful garment was ever invented.
CuriositW in Cotton.
A han"k or cut of cotton always con
sists of S40 yards. Thomas Honl'ds
.worth & Co. of England produced by
their machinery 'cotton yarn or cotton
thread so fine that out of one pound
weight -of cotton were spun 100,000
hanks, or a thread of 4.770 miles in
Tonon)l CM Anttn a T-- -rr-rtc- --.
1 ?7 v , - luu
hoe to be of. any practical value. It
demonstrated only the perfection of the
machinery. No material admits of. such
fine spinning as does cotton. Messrs.
Houldsworthspun out of one pound of
sea island cotton a thread 1.000 miles in
length, that was quite stroojg enough for
use- lttt unen irn a hank or cut
consists of 300 yards
.. Baby Worth HaTinc.
A Paris shoplifter, recently convict
ed, carried a bogus baby with her dur
ing her predatory excursions. The ia--farit
had a wa face and a hollow leath
er body. It was the thieFs custom to
dexterously transfer purloined artiel.
sucn as gloves, laoes and the like, to thr
spacious baby, hich luually -gaiueu
much in weight during these -little ex-
cursions..
AMONG THE BED MEN.
THE. INDIANS OF WISCONSIN
AND MINNESOTA.
.Thy Arm Gad. Bd. ud IadllTeretttt
Sfostlx Iadifferat AH thm Robsbcc
of th Tribe Ha Disappeared.
HE noble red man,
as "seen from a car
window" in Wiscon
sin and Minnesota,
isn't "a very hand
.some" or a very useful-specimen
of hu
" inanity. -There are
are a' great many
Indians,- and they
are quite familiar
objects at the rail
road stations and other public places, J
where they come from the reservations
or from their" own wigwams on ground
they occupy in fee simple. In a hurried
trip one cannot study up the reason for
this -dreadful lapse in the -Indian's so
cial condition from what he was in the
days when he was making a career-to
t be celebrated by poets and elocutionists.
Lo speaks for himself now, rand there
can be no question but that his exist
ence is far from poetic Six bucks J
came up on the SL Paui-train the other
dayt writes a Duluth correspondent.
They got on at White Bear Lake and
i - r .
t 0t 0ff 3' Snake
River. These sound
like, dime noye names but V1' are j
! perffctIJ s.traiS&t. Both are stations
! on tne ac ram ana uuiutn roaa. -in
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six braves looked like
almost
any other
ISMl
::,;", six Indians you. can see "up here. TheyJ h -"-". - , .7. .UU"L .u """
Monke Uouldat draw a remark from aai-on;oxards and odfeand ends tnat have
Monkey, ..,. . ,on,,, Tw!TOll,i P on the lake side of the
uut a su-auger or. -a tenuenoot. ine
terff man. whose knowledge of. In-
n.,a "i te nortnwest is mamly con-
nn-ed to the impressions made by
watha-" woul(1 be saddened by a
Hia-
con-
! temP'ation of :them. Here were six
descendants probably of some chief "in
! " Iad of the Dacotahs." whose prin-
i c,pal business in life just then seemed
?rrrr';
; botUe o a compound of alcohol and
uiause -mer.
it is against tne law. so I am told, to
sell fire-water to" the red "man, so the.
cute aborigine has evolved the idea of
dealing in alcohol "used in the arts."
This can be bougl.t at one store. At
another shop he .buys the orange cider"
which, mixed with the aleohol, gives it
a- nne rose water aspect" and a fairlv
agreeable taste. The Indian makes the
mixture as soon as he gets the "ingre
dients', and the result is a dose, in com
parison, with which Jersey Lightning is
3.laiPJ-v a rop of cold water. When
"igled "P ith the proper proportion
ot lQdian, the result is truly appalling.
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In s Particular case the bottle was
in charge of a strapping big fellow
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PCI.1T .
with rings in his ears and- the slas:
marks of old wounds on his- face. He
s. dressed in a straw nat. a flannel
some white- man's last year's
and cheap striped trousers. His
.-ere first encased in. stockings of
six pair for a quarter kind, and then
pair of beautifully embroidered
moccasins. The bottoms of his trousers
were wrapped tightly around his legs,
above his ankles, and held there by the
tops of his stockings. Then he .wore a
belt, and from underneath his blazer,
at the back, peeped the "pointed end of
a big leather knife sheath. The knife
I was there, too, he told me. but no on--
in the .r isk'ed him to show it-every-body
believed him.
It was a sight to see these degenerate
sons of ha .'forest going down before
the great American train boy. The In
dymsiiad money, tthe' train boy wanted
IjJ and he got it. He sold them clears,
cigarettes, onmges, chewing gum. some
thing of -nearly everything- he had -n
fact. andvhen the train pulled in at
Snake .River one of them had almost
bought a fifteen cent edition of a pockr
speHet. The iee-way of one more sta
tion would have found the Indian in
possession" of the speller,-and the boy
with the red man's fifteen cents, and I
"have no doubt but that all hands would
have been the . better off . for the ex
change. But that the Indian may. occasionally
develop is unquestionable". Let me tell
you of one whom I met here. He is a.
thorough-bred Chippewa named Joseph
Roy. of fine physique, and a thorough
gentleman, too, so the neighbors say.
He has property worth $20,000, lives-in
a good house, is able to speak French.
English and German besides his na
tive tonsrue. and he can read Latin. Of
course he is one among ten thousand,
but still his case shows that there are
good Indians besides dead ones. Like
most of the" red men here. Roy is a
"Ionian Catholic, and he observes with
great punctiliousness all the ordinances
of the church. The priest who minis-
1 ters to the congregation here, which is
I most largely made up of Indians, ad
dresses his people first in Chippewa and
afterwards in -English.
One of the curious sights of this conn
try, although yon meet with very few
Duluth people who have ever seen it.
is the Chippewa settlement over on
Wisconsin Point. The point is the
Wisconsin end of a long tongue of land
which parallels the south shore of Lake
Superior, from the "nose" of the lake
for eleven miles east, starting opposite
L Dulutfc. It is formed of sand piled up
by the wash of the lake on the upper
side of the strip, and the drift of cur
rent from the SL Louis and the Ne-
madji rivers on the lower side, and it is t
bounded by Lake Superior, therefore, t
and by Superior and Allonez bays. .
These bays constitute the finest har
bors oh the lakes so they tell you np
here, although one "doesn't need to be
told that there is an essential difference
in the cost of maintaining' an expen
sive breakwater and just letting na
ture do the work in her very complete
jand very inexpensive style. Ingress Li
I had to these harbors through, the "En-
rLlfflFaBBi 'r!n5Si5BJJ 1
try, which also divides. the tongue into
Minnesota and Wisconsin" points, the
one on the east side of the Entry being
known as Wisconsin Point and the one
on the west as Minnesota Point
From" ttuiuth the easiest way to get
to the settlement Is to go down, to Con
or's Point ferryj cross over in the
wheezy little" steamer to West Superior
re-embark in another car, which takes
you past the whaleback barge works
where the Christopher Columbus, of
World's Fair. fame, was built and on
down Tower avenue, named-, by the
way. for-a distinguished Philadelphia
r financier. "Jealous Du'luth real estate
men say" of" the place andits population,
"the town of West Superior lies on both,
sides of Tower a-venue; so dp the peo
ple." Eventually the street car lets you
out at a point near to Nettieton Slip,
where-boats are available. It looks like
a half mile down to Allonez Bay. but if
the wind-and the wash of the Xemadji
are right, it's about four.- It is worth
the pull, though, -to beach a boat in a
quiet spot along the shore of Allonez.
where the very atmosphere fs pregnant
with reminiscences of the arly French
explorers, and where "great, tall pines
emphasize the apparent remoteness of
the spot from the rest of the world.
There, when a birch bark canoe is'
pulled far up on the sand, nothing is
needed .to complete the picture one's
fancy conjectures up save real Indians
and sure enough wigwams.
I.t is somewhat disappointing then to
see Frank Sky and his wife and his
gun: Frank is a thoroughbred -Chippewa,
of moderately good understanding
of English, but as an Indian., and as "a
feature of that landscape, he is out of
harmony. His tepee is built of store
point; inside he has a small stove with
a pipe to carry the smolte out." instead
I of being mindful of alt traditions of
Indians by building his fire on the
1 floor and having a hble.cut in the roof
I by which the smoke could- escape. A
, little further over is "the cabin of Joseph
! Lemieux. a half-breed French-Cana-
d;
uiuu. Lemieux s neaaauarters ar -a
lors, but hardly" "more elaborate in their
workmanship. The two places are the'
Widener and Elkins mansions of Wis
consin Point. Lemieux" talks no Eng
lishonly Canadian French ami Chip
pewa. His wife-is a Chippewa and talks
that, language, so he. gets along with
ber all right, although an eastern Penh
sylranian, whose linguistic-attainments
wpre confined "to an imperfect acnuaint-
r r acce with English and Pennsylvania
iJutch, would naturally have some dilfi
culty in making himself solid, with the
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COTTON MILLS IN JAPAN.
-ImirUhinc Indnstry Built" Cp During
the l'at Flftren Yr:jrv
Lotton manufacturing in Japan is
.'he growth of the last fifteen vears. X'nr
a cotton mill", with, one exception, "of
those now in operation was in opera
tion' prior to ISfaO. .There- is now run
ning in Kagoshl'ma a mill of 3,030 spin
dles that has been in operation since
lS$o. In 1SS0 and.lSSl an era of cotton
manufacturing was inaugurated by th
erection of 14.000 to 15.000 spindle mills.
In 1SS2 a 61.200-spindle mill was "put in
at'Osaka. - This mill is the largest ever
erected in Japan. There are two 30,-000-spindles,
one at Tokio apd the other
at Osaka. The latter location is the
principal manufacturing, center in the
empire. Nearly, .if not fully, one-half
of the cotton spindles are "to be. found
there. The co.tton mills at Osaka are
reported as paying average annual
dividends of" IS -per cent, the highest
having been 2$ per cent and the lowest
S per cent. Not more than about ten
years ago thepeople depended almost
wholly upon" foreign products of factory-made
cotton fabrics," while now
na- over a fourth of this demand comes'
from fo'reign sources. The Cotton .Spin
ners" association of Japan is the most
reliable source of information, and that
placed the number of spindles in 1S94
at 355.265, yet the Yokohama Chamber
of Commerce placed the number in
1S93 at about tJOO.OflO. Between these
two authorities we put our estimate of
500,000 spindles. The cotton mills of
Japan will never be able to spin from
the native. cotton very fine yarn. The
cotton is not suitable for anything but
for the spinning of coarse, yarns.
Still Huh the Onler on rile.
School Commissioner Cary of Mil
waukee has for several days been beam
ing acknowledgment of a good story on
himself, which he permitted to leak out
because it would have been, extremely
selfish not to share it with his asso
ciates. He is a flour and feed merchant.
The other day an order for oats and hay
came to him by telephone, and. after
jotting down the 'items,, he absent
mindedly shut off the patron before get
ting the address for the delivery of the"
leeu. .oung ais mistaxe ne qmemy
opened the line and asked: "Who is
this for?" The reply "was: "For. the
horse, yon fool!" Cary still has the
order on file awaiting a claimant. Ex.
Cheao and Coopicnoai "Want Ad.
In the streets of Paris the other day
a novel mode of advertising his needs
was adopted by a workman in want of
I employment. He had written in a good
round hand on a sheet of paper "I re
quire a situation." This he had placed
upon his hat and he might have been
seen walking quietly 'along with his
head slightly inclined so that the pub
lic at large might conveniently read
his candid declaration.
Six Day ot Awful Svfferiat.
George Corden, a lad of Dowagiac,
Mich., disappeared. He was found six
days afterward in a swamp.- He had
fallen in a lit and had Iain all the time
in the water. He was alive, but will
probably die.
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Head, aad a ImMb' Tall.
Quebec special: The latest Canadian
sea serpent story shows a change of
habitat on the part of the monster.
From Black lake, on the south" side of
the St Lawrence, the source of the re
ports has been transferred to Lake
Wayagamack, situated between the
Lake St. John railway and the St Mau
rice river, and well within the region
visited by so many -American anglers
wery summer.. The truth of the last
report is vouched for by L. E. Roy.
who is well known in scientific circles, I
and by two guides, Mercier and March
eterre. All three are regarded as well
worthy of confidence. The. three men
say that while fishing in the lake,
large - bubbles rose to the Bur
face; the. water, became foamy; and then
"there appeared at the- center of the
troubled- expanse- an enormous snake
like head" Thiswas followed soon by
a long sinuous body," fully three feet
in circumference and seventy-five feet
long. Mr. Roy stopped .fishing.. Al
though the canoe w'as some 200 yards
from the monster, the occupants cpuld
discern plainly the open mouth, the
gHttering row of teeth, and the vicious
eyes. The creature evidently was dis
composed by the presence of the canoe,
for it" immediately gave vent to a series
of hissing sounds, reared its crest, and
thrashed the water with its tail. Mr.
Roy oTderedhis men to return to camp:
Bending to their paddles, they made
the little "craft spin toward the. shore,
The serpent rushed after them. When
the canoe grated on the beach Hoy
hastily, disembarked. He ran. to the
log camp and secured his rifle. Taking
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I after shot at the reptile. One shot
only seemed to take effect As it struck
the serpent, it gave a louder hiss than
usual and sank out' of sight The lake
near shore soon after became discolored
with blood.
Rov and the suides re-
rtoy anu me guiueb re
mained watching for hours, hoping that ( ery morninff although he has reached
the dead body of the .monster would an age when "many men retire from
rise to the surface. They were doomed j active life. - He says .that In his
tn riisinnnintmpnt Th InriVlpnfr hia ' option both hlsfather and grandfather
to disappointment., ine incident nas couId have Deen saved if pink Pills had
given rise to great excitement .among j been obtainable at that time,
the scattered people of the .St. Maurice Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale Peo
region. and 'some of "the older inhabi- I PIe contain all the elements necessary to
.. , j . , ' give new life and richness to the blood
lulus recall legemis.oi. igng ago wcea
Lake Wayagamack-was believed- to be
the home-ox a water demon.
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EXECUTION AMONG STORKS.
A Female rierced to Doath for Hatch.- j
. in:? a oo ' Kgg. ' . j
. A" remarkable story comes from Ber- j
lin. Germany. Two storks built a nest
upon a chimney of a" mansion, the I
owner of which' finding nn ot ,-n tv,Q
nest, took it and put a goose's egg in
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its place. The female stork hatched
the egg, much to the anger of her com
panion, which circled three or four
times around the nest and then flew
away. For -some days the female stork
fed the young goose, and a)l went well
.until the morning of the- fourth day,
when the inmates of the house were
disturbed by a loud clamoring. The
noise preceded from nearly four hun
dred bird's,. which were standing in a"
compact body, apparently listening to
the harangue of 'a solitary- stork stand
ing some "twenty yardi off.- After a
short time he retired, and another took
his place and addressed the court, and
in this way the proceedings continued
until -aoout ll n the forenoon. Then
the whole court rose simultaneously in i
.i.c: "i auu 6avc luna msmai snours.
AH this timp th.e female stork was sit
ting in the nest, trembling with fear,
which perhaps was not altogether" .un
warranted, for suddenly the whole com
pany of storks flew toward her, headed
by one, presumably the injured hus
band; he struck her violently three or
four times,-knocked her out of the nest
and- killed her. He next "turned hia at
tention to the unhappy goslln, which
he likewise killed, after which the nest
was destroyed, and the storks flew
away,- no doubt perfectly satisfied in
their own minds that the law had been
vindicated and justice done."
POPULAR SCIENCE.
Prof. Emery E. Smith of California,
has-succeded by experiments in cross
fertilization in producing an entirely
new violet, highly scented and of great
beauty.
Lake Superior is In danger of losing
its distinction . of being the largest
fresh-water lake in the world. African
explorers begin .to" think Lake Victoria
Nyanza is larger.
A trade journal says: Molasses as a
food for cattle In Germany is in great
demand, and the dairy interest has
been stimulated by this by product of
the sugar factories.
Prof. Holden of Lick Observatory
writes that before the art of photo-.
graphing the moon can be carried to
greater success there must be plates of
greater sensitiveness and finer grain.
One of the most remarkable features
of earthquake pulsations is their great
duration. The originating earthquake
may last but a few seconds, while the
ground at a distance may rock gently
through. a small angle for hours.
Alfred C. Lane writes that ten miles
above the earth' the cold is far below
zero, while ten miles below the surface
everything is red hot. This latter is
not so certain. It is thought by some
that the heat of the earth may be
wholly due to the absorption from the
sun. and so may decrease after a cer
tain depth has been re'ached.
That steam power is still, and will
continue to be for an indefinite period,
the greatest artificial force, and con
sequently the greatest:, competitor of
human labor, is argued by an English
writer, from the standpoint that, as
estimated in England, a horse costs ten
times as much, as steam power, and
human labor ninety times as saucA.
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(From the Herald. Boatoa. Mass.)
Like a thunderbolt frcm A clear sky
a stroke ot paralysis came to Mr. Frank
T. Ware, the well known Boston auc
tioneer and appraiser, at 233 Washing-
ton street. He went to neu one mgnt
about six years ago seemingly in robust
health. When he. awoke his left side
was stiffened-by the deadening: of the
nerves. The Interviewer sought out Mr
Ware to get the facts. He gave toe in
teresting -particulars In his own -wayi
"The first shock cam very suddenly
while I was asleep, but It was not last
ing' In Its effects, and la "a few weeks I
was "able to be about. A few months
after, when exhausted by- work and
drenched. with rain I went home in a
very nervous state.' The result was a
second and more severe shock, .after
which my left arm and le were prac
tically helpless.
"My grandfather, whe was a soldier
In the Revolutionary War. and lost an
arm In the struggle for American Inde
pendence, dled-nnally of paralysis. My
father also died of paralysis, although
it was complicated with other troubles,
and so I had some knowledge of the fa
tal character of the disease which Is he
reditary, in our family. After the sec
ond shock I took' warning, for, in all
probability, a third would carry me off.
"Almost everything under tne sun was
recommended to me and I tried' all the
remedies thaf "seemed likely -to do any
good, electricity, "massage and special
ists, but to no effect.
"TTio.nnlv htnsr T found that helped"
t m.a ... t TTrtiitnM ctnli. Pi11s nml'T
. verlIy bVe that It It .hadn't been for
those pills I would have been dead
years ago. '
I XyaeX
arm i3 not as strong as .the other and ny
left foot drags a little, as the paralysis
J had the effect of deadening the nerves.
'But I ean still walk a . nood . distance.
easil and m- general-.
health la snlendld. I am really over sev
enty years old, although I am generally
taken to be twenty years younger.
"The Pink Plll3 keep my blood In cood
condition, and I 'believe that is why I
am so well.
' Mr. Ware has every appearance of a"
Perfectly healthy man. and arrives at
nm ,mr.rTxr nH- .vY,t oVinct v-
ana .restore snatterea nerves. Ane may
' be had of all druggists or direct by mail
from, the Dr. Williams' Medicine-. Co.
Schenectady. Jf. T.t at 50 cents per box.
or six boxes for $2-50.
CURRENT NOTES.
Possibly it would be as well to letthe
Japs do the missionary work in "China
for a few years. They understand the
i business. Kansas City Journal.
. Some one has said that the medical
' profession divide humanity into two
classes: the poor whom .they cure, and
the rich whom they . doctor. Tid-Bits.
, "Music hath charms," she said to her
country cousin.. "Hit can't charm me."
Iwa3 his reply, "fer I've got a -"rabbit
foot In my pocket." Atlanta Constitu
tion. "Ah,"-said the jovial friend .of the
j man with" the" valise, "going for a little
rest, are you?." "No." was the reply.
with "a hurried glance at the time table.
"I'm going away on my vacation.'.'
Thomas B. Reed is witty, aj this will,
testify: ".'-'I am riding- for my health.'
"e sai(I t0 tae interviewer,
eood deal run down when I
T'was a"
got" my
wheel. Now other neonle are. Ex.
- "Madam." said the pale-faced wan
derer, "madam, I am a roamer "
I "Well." remarked the mlddle-azed
I lady, "aroma is. I guess, the" polite way
iof expressing it" Indianapoli3 Jour
Inal. " - -
- Mrs. DeFashion, about leaving the
children! party "Marie!" Nurse Girl
"Yes. ma'am.". Mrs. DeFashion
' "It's time for us to go home. Which
of these' children Is mine?" Philadel
phia Telegraph.
"What is- the greatest difficulty you
encounter In a journey to. the Arctic
regions?" asked the Inquisitive. man
"Getting back home," was the prompt
reply of. the professional
explorer. i
Washington Star.
Edison s. definition of electricity i3 a
mysterious fluid about which nothin
;is
known." This is an old definition of
water.in Kentucky, but it does not fol
low that water, and electricity are
Identical. St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
"Do not let others kiss you indis
criminately," says the Boston Herald.
No indeed. We are bound to exercise
some care In this matter, even though
we make swarms of people angry.
We've got to do It Kansas' City Jour
nal. MOTHERS OF GREAT MEN.-
Schumann's mother was .gifted
in
music. . -
Bach's mother had a marvelous ear
for music
Gounod's mother was 'fond of paint
ing and music'
John Quincy Adams said: "All that
I am my mother made me."
Raleigh said that he owed all his
politeness of deportment to his mother. ' L'
Goethe pays several tributes in nis
writings to the character of his mother.
Wordsworth's mother had a -charac- .
ter as peculiar' as that of her gifted
son.
Sydney Smith's mother was a clever (
conversationalist and very quick at re
partee. Abraham Lincoln said: "All that t
am or hope to be, I owe to my angel !
mother."
- Von Ranke's mother was literary,
and the author of several essays and '
other works. . i
RELIGION AND REFORM.
In 1S94 the production of wine In !
France was 1,031.000,000 gallons,, while
In the United States it amounted to but .
25,000.000 gallons. . I
The W. C. T. TJ. Home for Women at
Eau Claire, Wis., has been established
eight years and in that time has helped
143 young women.-to a better life. -,
Bmeen or tne samoaa group of
Inlands have been evangelized entirely ,
Tsy native missionaries. The drink ,
traffic is, as usual: the greatest hind-
ranee to their work.
iw tinnsuaa vocate notes
that
the town of Duham, Me., with a popula
tion of 1,253, has furnished 30 Metho
dist ministers, and how many of other
denominations It does not know.
Finland has demonstrated that spirits
are not necessary in cold countries, '
having become practically a total ab- 1
stinence country. This change has !
been effected under local option ana ,
PHINCB FERDINAND'S-DILEMMA.
A Tottarlaa- TarMM aad Sat
ly riwr- to Sotlafc It.
Our readers do not-need la' we told
that v have never entertained mmj
exalted regard for "the Coburger:' We
confess, however, to -have thought ae
had mdre worldly wisdom, if aot good
feeling, than .he has seemed to show
himself possessed of during. the last few
days. Prince Ferdinand is. still at
Carlsbad drinking the waters which, he
refused to. the "ailing and persecuted
"Maker of Bulgaria." It. Is difllcalt
enough to imagine what his highness?
means by. such conduct. ' Is it callous
insensibility. td the tragedy which lias
been., enacted before. his eyes, and for
which" he is morally responsible.- or
simnlv that .incomijetence" to under-"
stand what the situation- demands
which seems to dag the path of Bour
bon. prin"c"? Surely it" is not coward
ice? One .can "hardiy-imagine" 'a crown
accepting the throne of Bulgaria, 'But.
-why is the prince not at least going to
Stambuloff's funeral?. If hfs -absence
does not point to a. lack of-moral if not
physical ciMirage"; ft-is not easy to say
whar. does. " . -
Perhaps his head is tnriied-by the re
ception of- the '"Bulgarian deputation"
a't Peterhoff. A pretty scene that is,
.:s the s"e"mi-ofliciaI Vienna Press says.
"Suinbulaff murdered, and the.Metra-.
politan Clement posjng'as the 'repre
sentative of Bulgaria 1". Does Prince
Ferdinand ' really" think, .that" recent
"e.ven(s"haye given him a stronger hold"
on" the sar and' Prince Lob'anoffL and
thnt--'hey me;in ta "recognize", hini?
All the' signs' "go to show - that he is
":"--p"y tn lose liis throne first". A few
7"'2rs since" -Lord Salisbury '"declared
rhatin tho.jrha'racter of the Bularir
."ns we look for one of: the greatest
suarahtcr-s and securities that the eastern-
qnefltion will" ultimately" be solved
in the manner which best suits .the
hones Of all .who' value 'hii'man- h'appi-
-ness. civilization and progress"."- and".
l-ar- -principality had. around her a
friendly Great Britain .-and Austria-Hungary-,
a well-disposed Germany." a'
by no" -means inimical - Porte, and a
Russia powerless for-mischief- -At the
present 'moment Austria-Hungary is.
disgusted. Germany- indifferent; the'
Porte." Greece and. Servia'-irritated.
Crat Britain indignant -and" Russia
dangaro'us. "and to - cope with, this
"threatening situation there is now no.
-I Ssambuloff. If Prince Ferdinand Is'-at
."ease in-contemplating .'the change" that
( has taken' place, "how .singularly deep
.1 this deep young man mu3t ber
ORIGIN OF. THE .HOT TO MALE-
.Mirkv. Ksftlnlna to sna:r Flnaerty ta
0eneaf of the- Name.
k Snag Finnerty was a-lad with srphilo-
! popk:ralmind and a- broken tooth, says
New York World. It was this "busted
I toot." .as he called -it. that gave him
j this pretty ."little" pet. name of -"Snag""-
i Thv were standing on-acbrner'one day
wlien a hot tom'alg man .passed. "I
.wonder." said Snag, "whatever made
' "en call dem tings tomales?" "Don't
j yen know-?" sked Micky:. "Naw! Nor
i yon don't needer." "Yes." I does, and
' rH tell yer if yer- wants to know. D5
' know Cully Flynn?" "Yep!" -"Weil.
i Cully was er goin" up der Bowery one
; nisht wid hia gal and-she said she was
hungry. Cull had der price, so h gets
"ray-and says. "come on,', and drags-her
( inter a restaurant and sits her down ter
a table". . Cp comes der waiter and says:
. "What d'youse want.? Der gal's name
was Mollie and she says she wants er
niee hot sausage, an' er cup er coffee.
Cull says he wants a cold' sausage an' er"
!. bottle of. beer. . Der mug wants to git
1 dat order straight so he says: Mist say"
i that agin." So Cull says: 'Der hot to
-Mollie .and der cold to Cully seel Well
he .goes away saying to hisself : "Hot
ter Mollie cold' ter Cully' so 'at he'll git
it right. When he comes back with It
i he says:' 'Here's yer. hot ter Mollie.' "
j "Sure? Aw go on."
"Dat's right: so ever .since dat tjm
tfcey calls 'em hot" ter mollies.-
""Say."' said .Snag.; "-I'd like ter jist
carve my initials into one o. dem' hot
ter . "mollies right now talkin about
patin qllus makes me hungry." And
the pair- disappeared around the. corner
in search of something to eat. ' . ' -
riuuilIe Arijumi-nt.
Between the "passenger-offices of the
Xoshville. Chattanooga &-St." Louis rail-
way and the freight jlpot there Is- a.
,. little spot of green sward that the pub-
; lie has few opportunities of -observing:
! A tall fence shuts off the view, from the
' street, so that it is-bnly when the large
"gate has been Jeft open through mls-
take that passeraby "set a.chance.tb see
the little park.
Several days azo the gate was sta'nd
' ing open and two countrymen who
happened to be passing stopped for.a
, closer inspection. "-
i. "What, do you suppose that's for?
1 said one.
"Don't know, unless it's .'where the
the railroad grazes its .stock, was the
eply. .
"Pshaw: railroads -don't hav
stock." said the other in. disgust.
no
"You bet" tny do," said tl com
panion, "because I read in. a paper
about them watering their ?rc-k. and-T-guss
-stock has got to eat as well as
drink." ' .. - -
-. R.Tt"i-r ;n riMji.
Two sons of Erin were observed "yes
terday gazing intently 'at the towering
height of the Jackson; building.
i "111 tell you what it is. Pat." said
j one, "I'd rather fall up than down. If
I was on that roof."
"Well. I hadn't." replied' Pat." '"for
if I fell down I'd know. I was going to
land somewhere, but if . I fell up the
devil only knows- where I would
sthrike." - ' .
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A, th? ". thn?e. -.
There do be oniy wan way to get
tne DPsht av borryin ncichbors," said
Mrs bolan. "An thot is to move."
..Hov the Kafferties been callin on
XPZ again?" "
"The'y hnv. An' itV the wan that
Qwns Yh .ut jnsn.s thot hov to be goin
f widout 'em. - In the winter they borry
the cookshtove an
come over fur the
chistl"
in summer they
loan av the oic
Police Justice What's the ' charge
against this man? Policeman Im
personating an officer. "What did he
do?" "Ke walked up to a street ven
der's stand and took a handful of pea
uma." Chicago Racard.
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