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OLtJMBtJSrNEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBEK 2, 1896.
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. "Com, Qaelton," cried Jack Dvcy,
fcantiac lmto my office one morning i
Jac lut, "drop those everlanting pa
pen aad take an hour's rest. I want
ye to go to the opera house with mte."
"Aad for what, pray," I answered,
"hMld I go to the opera house in day
tisse the forenoon at that? Isitare
heanair' "Rehearsal? CerUinly not; it's the
ceaiKfncement exercises of the Girls'
High School, and there is one 'thing,
apec'ally, on the program that I am
anxious for you to hear. Get ready,
It's time to go. It will do you
to see those pretty -girls two
handred and Ifty of them, and listen
to what soe of them have to say. It
will trash the cobwebs off that bard
worked old editorial brain of yours."
sttllssff amaMiteHronhowttwasybaiJ
'JacK'a proposition roused in me a sud
den bat overweening deslrrtr .attend
thvaj rxlux It .". '
those exercises. It,,s2d5r3.-
a change from tJbmted to mttead
'clival
I
evening.
Hsually
Ibi- 8tib, W. M.
. aujuly
bright and tnsph;
I became, nil m fot
I m s W rf r wv
lactic about It as,. ThirteMth
I toaaed aside the "exchange" that I
had been scanning, laid a weight on
y "copy" paper, seized my hat and ac
tually hurried Jack out of the office and
Into the street on our way to the opera
honee. I suppose we are all subject to
' those sudden impulses, but mine aston
ished sae, all the same; later in the day
I came to the conclusion that some
bonencent spirit had moved me.
As we entered the house, where a
large audience had already gathered,
the members of the graduating class
were Jast coming upon the 6tage. This
f Itself was a pretty sight, and Jack
and I found a place where we could see
It to good advantage. The girls, whose
ages ranged from sixteen to nineteen
years, were all dressed in white, with
ast Tarlation enough In material and
trimming to take away the appearance
, of monotony.
Each girl carried a bunch of flowers
la her hand, and wore upon her left
'breast the crimson and gold ribbon of
the class.
, Chairs were arranged in tiers from
the front of the large stage to the rear,
' and the girls entered in two lines, one
from each side. Those that entered
front the right crossed the stage and
passed to the chairs on the left, and
those that entered from the left passed
to the right This semi-military effect
was very pleasing, and made the scene
orderly without being stiff.
When all wero seated the exercises
began, but it is not my purpose to de
scribe them In detail. Jack soon -let
me know why he bad asked me to
come there, and that is what I am go
ing to tell you about. He pointed to
the fifth number on the program, and
said:
"That Is what I want you to hear
Miss Agnes Fan-ell's recitation. She is
n remarkable girl. I want you to sec
and hear her to-day, and then I am go
ing to tell yoa a story about her. She's
a heroine every inch a heroine, with
as gallant a spirit as ever animated the
heart of a soldier. And yet she is one
of the gentlest and most lovable girls
yon ever saw. But wait!"
I looked at the program and saw this:
5. Recitation The Charge of the Light
Brigade.
Agnes Constance Farrell.
The first four numbers of the pro
gram had been given, and then the
principal of the school announced Miss
FnrrelL A fair-haired young girl arose
front the front row of seats and ad
vanced gracefully to the front of the
stage. Her manner was easy and self
contained, but absolutely free from
self-assertiveness; it was tbo manner
t one conscious of her power, but too
dust to make that consciousness ap
parent With n slight but graceful bow to
the mdlence. she began to speak:
BEARING HAROLD'S UNCONSCIOUS
FORM.
' '; Half a league, half a league,
Half .a league onward!
' . All in the valley of Death
-. " t Rode the six hundred.
Forward the Light Brigade!
Charge for the guns! he said;
.. !. ... Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred!
Clearly and distinctly the spirited
words fell from those young lips, .ind
.as the fifth line 'of the stanza was,
' . reached they rung through the house
hike the notes of Cardigan's bugle, as
he ordered that famous charge. Los
. lag all consciousness of self in the ar
dor of her part fired with the glorious
spirit of the lines, she rose to a height
of oratory almost cublime, and held
her audience bound under the spell of
her power.
I have never heard anything finer
than her impassioned utterance of the
fourth stanza of the immortal poem:
Flashed all their sabers bare,
. Flashed as they turned in air,
! - Sab'xing the gunners there,
Charging an army, while
All the world wondered!
Flanged in the battery smoke,
Right through the line they broke;
Cossack and Russian
- Reeled from the saber stroke,
. . Shattered and sundered. i-
Then they rode back; but not
Net the six hundred.
The alight figure of the girl trembled
with enthmslasm, her face glowed like
that of one Inspired and her marvelous
watce, sweet, dear aad resonant cat
i. the air like, one of those "flashing Sa
hara." At the close of her recitation
. the andience. nntil then rapt in silent
ssmlrattsc. hmrst Into a perfect storm
. of applanee. I had never seat' or
; a mere brilliant performance.
"Gtsa said 'Darcy, "we can sje I
now. 5That is whattI,wanted-you to
hoar. What-do iy'ou thlnlfof her?"
'She.ie a wonderful girl,V-I an-.wett.."rtmpIyiwondh-fal.What
do
you know about her?"
"I am going to tell you," said Jack.
"It ia a yerxprttty ' little' 8tsrysf herc
ism. but it came near being a tragedy
Agnes Farrell is eighteen years old.
I hive known hetiJor Jour years. She
is one of the brightest girls I ever
saw. Her tastes are intellectual, and
yet she is as far from being a 'blue
stocking' as she could well be. Few
of you editorial 'know-alls' are so well
informed in general literature, philo
sophy, natural history, science and as
tronomy as she is.
"And yet she has her sail boat at the
seashore, and few men can equal her in
ltsmanagement. She swims "like a
fish and is as brave as bravery Itself.
In fact, she excels In all outdoor
sports that girls indulge In, and enters
Into them with as much spirit as she
exhibittdson the stage just a moment
ago.
"But let me tell you the story that I
referred to. Her father has a cottage
J,'e place down on the
J. P. McFann, it is lifted from the main
snccesofal in organizing a ferally placid inlet,
in the city within a few weelelightful sailing
farthest. 7 goes there ev-
"I spent three weeiwlhere last sea-
son, and it was during that time that
the incident happened of which I am
golug to tell you.
"A family by the nsse of Graham
has a cottage near Cr 'Barren's, one
member of which is a boy OBt Agnes'
age. His name is Harold. He is a
great sailor,., too, and his boat, the
Ariel. Is almost as well known for its
achievements as Agnes' Sprite. In fact,
there has always been a sort of good
natured rivalry between them, for
while Agnes and Harold are warm
friends, they would never agree on the
relative speed and other qualities of
their two boats.
"No actual test had ever been made,
for they, did not care to have a regu
lar race; they rather shrunk from the
publicity that a race would give them.
But one dayJn July an opportunity
occurred that neither felt disposed to
decline, and"s'o .they at last matched
their little crafts'" against each other.
"It happened more by accident than
design. Harold had gone out early in
the morning for a sail around the in
let, taking with him only one of his
friends, Sam Colston. Tv.-o hours later
Agnes took her boat out, with her
younger sister. Bertha, as her compan
ion. This was nothing unusual, for
Agnes is so good a sailor that no one
ever thought of forbidding her to go
even alone, if she eo desired.
"The girls had not been but long
when they saw Harold's boat just turn
ing the point of a pretty green, reed-
grown island on the western side of
the inlet. There was a. brisk wind
from the south, and the Ariel was feel
ing its full force as she rounded the
island and turned her prow toward the
north, where the broad unbroken body
of water stretched out before her.
"It happened that .Agne3' boat was
headed in the same "direction, and as
they were now fairly abreast of each
other, though still some distance apart,
the conditions for a trial of speed were
almost irresistible. In fact, they were
irresistible, for Harold presently stood
up in the stem of the Ariel and waved
his handkerchief in a challenging man
ner at the young sailor of the Sprite.
"Agnes could not staud that, and she
lost not a second's time in waving defi
ance at the Ariel. s j ,
"'Why, Agnes,' said her sister in
surprise, 'are you going to race with
Harold Graham? Oh. but I'm glad! I
know we'll beat him!'
" I am going to try, at any rate,' an
swered Agnes, 'and settle, once for all,
which is the faster boat, or which is the
better sailor, as you please.'
"And so the long-deferred race was
on at last. Circumstances seemed to
have brought it, and novr that it was
here neither'of the contestants cared to
avoid it: both were confident of victory.
"It was a beautiful sight. The dark
blue water was flecked all over its sur
face with little foam-caps that were
raised by the sweet south wind. For
more than a mile toward the north the
course extended, with no obstruction of
any kind, not even a fisherman's boat
being in view. On each side of them
were little ielands with their rced
grown banks reaching clear down to
the waters edge, thus looking like big
emeralds that had been dropped upon
the sapphire bosom of the inlet. And
over all was the glorious light of a
cloudless, sun-lit sky, touching every
thing with beauty and beaming life.
"Over such a couise sped the two
pretty boats, their prows cutting the
water and sending the spray back
along their glistening keels.
"The boats had now approached
within talking distance of each other,
and each young sailor was bantering
the other, but all the while intent upon
the progress of the race. And as they
talked they steered closer and closer
to each other, until finally the two
boats might hae been covered with
one big sheet.
. "Realizing the danger of sailing so
close, together; Harold said th'at be
would sheer bff toward the west 'warn
ing Agnes of his intended movement
She turned quickly, looked toward him,
lost her grip of the tiller, and hefore'
she could regain it or could realize
what it all meant, the nose of the
Sprite had thrust itself with tremen
dous force into the Ariel and knocked
her over like an egg-shell.
"Harold and his friend were thrown
into the water, which was quite deep
at that place, and they disappeared be
neath the surface like stones. Young
Colston came "up again almost imme
diately andvwas?clinging to the half
submerged;aall6f the Ariel when Ag
nes had brought, her boat about t-nd
was preparing to give aid to her un
fortunate antagonists. Harold was no
where in sight- 3
jJIThebrave-girUUidnoLJiesiUte a
second; she rightly supposed that the
young fellow had become entangled in
the rigging of his boat, and If that
were true,'-he would drown unless
someone went to his rescue. Giving a
few hurried directions to her .sister,
she threw off ber hat aad plunged into
the water where Harold had gone
down.
"The accident had given young Col
ston so great a shock that no help
could be exneeted from h:in Aim:
must save Harold by her own exertleae
or he must perish. She was cool and
undaunted in spite of the trying situ
ation in which she found henelf, and
taking a quick mental note of the sur
roundings, she dived underneath the
water.
"Presently she reappeared, bearing
Harold's unconscious form. Colston
was able by this time to come to her
assistance, and together they got him
on the deck of the Sprite, and prompt
ly began their efforts to restore him to
life. '
"They had a hard fight of it, but
they conquered at last,- for Harold
soon opened his eyes and smiled rip. in
to the face of the gallant young girl
who had put his life in Jeopardy and
then saved it by her heroic action.
"Now," added Darcy, "yon kno why
I admire that young girl so much.
This story has never been told fjefor
to anyone but the friends of the twe
families, and I tell it to you now, Quel
ton, with the distinct anderstaadlag
that you do not tell it with the true
names of the parties."
To my readers I will say that I
could not resist the temptation to re
late the incident, but I have kept faith
with Darcy I have not given you the
real names.
A LMBdry School.
"This Is the' way we wash our
clothes," is a familiar phrase in the
playground and the nursery; it has now
a new and very practical meaning for
the little girls attending board schools
in London. Laundry classes, at which
they may acquire at least one useful
accomplishment, have been established
in various parts of the metropolis, and
according to the annual report of the
school management committee, have
proved thoroughly satisfactory. Dur
ing the year they were attended by
12,262 aspirants to proficiency in the
art of cleansing and beautifying arti
cles of every day wear. There are now
seventy-one permanent laundry cen
ters, and two others are building. Each
school consists of one class-room, with
accommodations for fourteen children,
and is fitted with desks and seats,
thirteen washtubs and ironing tables,
a copper and a sink. The whole work
is under the superintendence of Miss
Lord and Miss Jones. At present there
is a deficiency in the supply of instruc
tresses and a number are beins trained
under the former's supervision. The
salary of the superintendents com
mence at $750 per year, and rises to
$1,000, with a small addition for travel
ing expenses. Instructresses 'salaries
rise to $350.
Too Nnmerous to Mention.
"Did you ever notice that almost all
these misers reported in the papers are
single men?" asked Mr. Watts.
"Yes," answered Mrs. Watts, "mar
ried misers are too numerous to bf
worth mentioning."
When Ite Looked at the Bill.
Tic I vish I had beeu Noah.
Sbe Why?
He I'll bet no seal wou'-l have been
allowed to board tho ar't. Clevelxid
Leader.
NOTES OF THE DAY.
Missouri' cattle are conservatively
valued at $28,000,000.
Sportsmen are shooting bass in the
Potomac. The water in thr river is
low and clear.
A poor North Carolina farmer turned
up a gold nugget on his farm, and has
since refused fabulous prices for his
lands.
Save in the Ottoman empire, Persia,
Arabia, Siam, China and the interior
of African countries, slavery is now
extinct
Some generous farmers of Milford, N.
II., sent 500 bushels of apples to Bos
ton for distribution by the associated
charities among thepoor people of that
city.
Two old men of Madison, Ohio, have
been going to the polls together for six
ty years. Now they are each eighty
one years old, with but a month's dif
ference in their ages.
Amoret, Mo., people put in their leis
ure time digging holes in the ground
in different parts of the town where
tradition locates various pots of gold
coin buried during the war.
A Philadelphia woman, who is the
mother or three charming little girls,
recently received a birthday present
bearing the following inscription:
"Dear mamma, this gift is presented to
you by your three children and your
one husband."
Wad Bishara, the leader of the derv
ishes, was wounded when the English
took Dongola. As he was carried out
of the range of fire he exclaimed to
those around him, "Allah is against
me!" and decided to evacuate the camp
during the night
POPULAR SCIENCE.
Generally epeaking, we say that the
curvature of the earth amounts to
about seven inches to the statute mile:
it is exactly 6.99 inches, or 7.962 incher
for a geographical mile.
Lightning is zigzag because, as i
condenses the air in the immediate ad
vance of its path it flies from side to
side in order to pass where there is the
least resistance to Its progress.
Scientists say that no negro has ever
tamed an elephant or any wild animal,
though negroes frequently perform
with wild animals after they have been
cowed into submission by white men.
Snow appears white because it is an
aggregation of an infinite number of
minute crystals, each reflecting all the
colors of the rainbow; these colors,
uniting before they reach the eye, cause
it to appear white to every normal eye.
A sun dial made for London would be
useless for either Paris or Edinburgh.
The altitude of the pole star varies
with the latitude, and hence is greater
at Edinburgh, and less at Paris than at
London; and as the stylus must always
point to the polar star, the angle it
makes with the dial plate must vary
witt the latitude.
Dr. Burton Ward, according to the
Medical Age, declares that there "ia
one infallible symptom indicating
whether one is sane or not. Let a per
son epeak ever so rationally and act
ever so sedately, If his or her thumhi
remain inactive there is no doubt
insanity. Lunatics seldom make un
of their thumbs when writing, drawls-
or sslutiasv"
A QUEER PROCElia)INfif
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UNIQUE CEREMONY RECENTLY
PERFORMED IN CINCINNATI. ":
Married to m Pretty Spirit Bride
Storms, A Driiidcd EettitiatMt, MadoT
ttatopjr by the Most Astonishing Wear
diag Ever Heard Of. -
THE marriage of a
disembodied spirit,
a woman, and a
U man who is still la
I the flesh, is by all
Lk dasnansaV jtf1 Iha f ntrca.9fr
nuptial event n
many years.
It happened In
Cincinnati. The
bridegroom was
Dr. Stevens, t a'
realtbr AasttaUaw physfehx and Sit
ghostly bride was his sweetheart of
forty years ago. There is an uncanny
flavor about the tale of marriage of
the living and dead. Here is the story
two eye-witnesses tell:
To W. R. Hearst, New York Journal:
Mrs. Helen Fairchild came here and
held a series of seances at No. 520 West
Eighth street. After attending several
seances, she told me that some impor
tant event would happen soon, and she
would invite me and the doctor, Sbe
said a physician from Australia met
her in San Francisco and attended sev
eral of her seances, at which a beau
tiful spirit always materialized, in
whom she recognized a former lady
friend in England. They had been
engaged to be married, but she died
before the marriage could be cele
brated. Mrs. Fairchild left San Francisco and
arrived here, en route to her home
further east. The gentleman followed
her here and insisted on having se
ances every day in the morning. Hi3
name was Dr. Stevens, his fair lady's
name Emma.
At one of the seances he attended
Miss Emma materialized and consent
ed to a spirit marriage. Dr. Stevens
accordingly made preparations by buy
ing flowers, and asked Mrs. Fairchild
to provide a couple of witnesses. Mrs.
Fairchild wrote Dr. and Mrs. Slossen
to call at 11 o'clock a. m. Wednesday.
No other invitations were issued, and
the only ones present were Dr. Stev
ens, Dr. and Mrs. Slossen, Mrs. Fair
child and her eldest son, who acted
as master of ceremonies.
Dr. Stevens seated himself a short
distance in front of the cabinet, and
Dr. and Mrs. Slossen were seated near
him, facing the cabinet. Young Mr.
Fairchild also sat near. Mrs. Fair
child, as usual, wound the music box
and stood herself in tb room, outside
the cabinet, waifcfng bae'e and forth
by us. The day w.io .eau.iiui. .ind tno
sun shone brightly in through the lace
curtains of the room. Every move
made was plainly visible. They waited
but a moment, when, with a noiseless
tread, a gentleman, dressed a la mode,
stepped out of the cabinet. There was
nothing ghostlike or uncommon in his
dress or manner.
Mrs. Fairchild announced the gentle
man as Dr. Rush, the former dean of
the Medical University of Pennsyl
vania. He soon began to address Dr.
Stevens on the appropriate subject of
marriage. He must have talked five
minutes at least before he turned to
the cabinet and took the fair bride
by the hand as sbe came from the cab
inet, dressed in the white bridal ar
ray, with a long lace bridal veil de
scending nearly to the floor, being held
in place by a wreath of roses on her
head.
As she approached Dr. Stevens he
handed her a beautiful bouquet of
flowers, and as be stood by Dr. Rush
requested them to join their hands.
The ceremony was brief, but impressive
ana as soon as the benediction was
pronounced the company waited for an
invitation to greet the bride, but she
turned and smiled sweetly. She kissed
her husband and Mrs. Slossen, and
grasped Dr. Slossen's hand.
This proceeding occupied five min
utes, wnen she bowed gracefully, ana
the groom led her back to the cabinet,
which sbe entered and disappeared.
Dr. Rush then bowed, and, going to
the cabinet, also disappeared. The
groom conversed pleasantly with those
present, and we then left.
Dr. Stevens was a etrotg, hale man,
about sixty years old, of medium
height and white hair. The bride was
seemingly eighteen, slightly taller than
the bridegroom. Mrs. Fairchild left
the city shortly afterward. The mar
riage was not made public until re
cently. A friend of Dr. and Mrs. Slos-
hearing of it by a chance cos-
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porter, it thus gained its first pub1
licity without our authority or concent
; New York Journal.
MUD WASHES.
Society Girls Have a New Scheme
for
Bcaatlf jlae ThesBselvcs.
The old proverb that there is noth
ing that has not some use in Ue world
If only we knew what It was has been
verified again. This time the discov
erer was the girl who has returned
from her outing at the seashore or in
the mountains. The bugaboo of the
summer girl's season is the tan which
she brings back to the city with her.
It interferes with her wearing of even
ing gowns. And she will go to almost
any extreme to accomplish that result
in a hurry. The latest wrinkle of the
city gitl is mud. Plain, dirty, sticky
niud. The idea is by no means new,
.but itIs the first time that society has
as a whole accepted it as a skin beau
tifier. Swamp mud or the mud from
the bed of a stream is the best. The
j Ekln should be thoroughly cleansed
and dried until the skin feels warm
and perspiration has started. Then
apply the mud thickly, taking care to
keep it from the eyes. It is especially
necessary that care be taken to cover
all portions of the skin alike, as the
smallest patch of uncovered skin is
likely to stand out with disagreeable
plainness the next morning. The
feeling of the mud on the face, is not as
unpleasant as one might afc first sup
pose. It feels much as a coating of
vaseline or cold cream would and its
beneficial results are much greater. The
hands are treated the same way, except
that it is advisable to wear an old loose
pair of gloves to prevent the mud from
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THE REMARKABLE SPIRIT WEDDING.
being rubbed off during the night. The
idea of the mud wash is arf old as his
tory. The old Romans knew of it and
it is very probable that Cleopatra used
the prescription to enhance her charms.
In the west mud is a panacea for pois
onous bites and stings. And the rural
The idea may be distasteful to a great
The idea may be distastcfu Ito a great
many people, but it is the fad at pres
ent and has many devotees as cocial
fancies always do.
A Curious Afrit an I ly.
.The most wonderful creature of the
insect family is a South African fly
called the tsetse. The bite of this fly,
which is not larger than a common
honey bee and of very much the same
general appearance, is certain death to
the horse, the ox and the dog. This be
ing the case, it is almost impossible to
cross some of the South African des
erts; because the animals used on such
journeys for carrying the water supply
of the party belong almost invariably
to either the ox or horse species. Liv
ingstone, the great traveler, lost forty
three oxen on one trip from the effect
of the tsetse's bite before he became
aware of the actual cause of the trou
ble in the herd. One remarkable fea
ture of the tsetse is its perfect hnrm
lessness to the human family, a probing
into a man's flesh by the insect's other
wise poisonous proboscis causing no
more inconvenience than would the
sting of a swept bee or the bite of .
mosquito. As the leader vsil naturally
infer from the numerous times we have
referred to the "bite" of the tsetse, its
poison is not. inserted by a sting but
always by the proboscis, which con
sists of a lancet, weil protected by two
external shields. Horses, cattle and
dogs bitten by the tsetse soon show
symptoms of brain disorders which ter
minate fatally within any time from
an hour to ten days. St. Louis Repub
lic. The Dedicates tnd Their Dos.
Recently there has been much dis
cussion as to who among Parisian la
dies owns the most beautiful dog. The
prettiest terrier certainly belongs to
the Duchess de Chartres; the Marquise
de Ia Valette's greyhounds are cele
brated and Count Horace de Caoiseul
possesses a splendid Newfoundland.
The Duchess d'Uzes has a splendid Datk
ish dog and Mme. Standish owns a wolf
hound of great intelligence. Gentle
woman. Enlightened at Last.
London Household Words: An old
Scotch lady, who had no relish for
modern church music, was expressing
her dislike of the singing of an an
them in her own church" one day, when
a neighbor said: "Why, that is a very
old anthem; David sang that anthem
to Saul." To this the old lady re
plied: "Weel, weel, I noo for the first
time understan' why Saul threw his
javelin at David when the lad sang
for him."
RUSSIA'S DISPENSARY SYSTEM.
aieaopoly of the Sale of Spirits by the
Crown.
The extent of the system of Monop
oly of the sale of spirits by the crown
in Russia Is described by our consul-
general at St. Petersburg in hfe last
report, says the London Times.
The system was first introduced in 1893
in the provinces of Perm, Ufa, Oxen
burg and Samara, and war extended
from July 1. 1896, to Bessarabia, Vol
hynia, Ekaterinoslav. Kieff, Podolia,
Poltava, the Taurida, Kherson and
Tchernigov. To these provinces tho
system has been applied, with eome
modifications, which local peculiarities
and conditions have necessitated. The
modifications consist principally in the
acquisition by the government of corn
brandy from small brandy distilleries,
whereas in the four eastern provinces
such purchases were confined to large
distilleries. Moreover, brandy distilled
from grain and potatoes will be ac
quired by the government in preference
to that obtained from the residue of su
gar made of beet root, the brandy dis
tilled from which has a peculiar taste,
which renders it rather unpalatable.
It would appear that the sale of Scotch
and Irish whisky, gin, rum, liquors and
other spirituous drink3, excepting wine,
beer, porter and mead, cornea under
the operation of the new liquor sale
monopoly law and that it will rest with
the ministers of finance and interior
to issue or withhold licenses for the
sale of those to private individuals.
The ordinary corn brandy, or vodka,
of the country in its various forms is,
under the new regulations, sold from
shops and depots maintained by the
government, which, however, as in the
case of spirituous drinks of foreign or-
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lowing private dealers, such as grocers,
etc., to sell vodka, and the right of do
ing so will be granted only to persons
who may be considered thoroughly
trustworthy. From July 1, 1897, the
monopoly will be extended to the prov
inces of Wilna, Vitebsk, Kovno, Minsk,
Moghileff and Smolensk, and from Jan.
1, 1898, a further extension of the sys
tem will embrace the provinces of St.
Petersburg, Novgorod, Pskov, Olonetsk
and Kharkoff. "It is too early yet to
form a positive judgment whether the
monopoly of the sale of spirituous bev
erages by the government has answered
financially all expectations. But the
first essay in its application to four of
the eastern provinces of the empire
has proved so satisfactory in general
effect as to justify the gradual exten
sion of the system to other parte of the
empire. This gradual extension is now
in progress."
KiC Prenipeli'H Throne.
King Prempeh's throne, footstool
and umbrella, which were captured by
the British force dining the Athanti
war, have been presented to Queen Vic
toria. The throne, an elaborately
carved armchair, apparently of Eu
ropean construction, is studded with
numerous round-headed nails. Tito
footstool is of barbaric design and the
voluminous folds of the deposed west
African monarch's great umbrella are
adorned with a curious device. Ex
change. The- Vile.
The 7M bleman's ancestral pile
Has crumbled to dc-ay,
But still he has the pile of hi3
Wife's papa, U. S. A.
Detroit Tribune.
POLITICAL MAXIMS.
When the wicked arc put in office the
devil can rest.
A wrong principle is as wrong in pol
itics as it is in religion.
Backbone is needed in politics as
much as it is in religion.
To license the saloons is to ask God
to let the devil stay loose.
The man who rules himself is a king
whether he wears a crown or not.
Men will fight for their politics who
wouldn't raise a finger to defend their
religion.
A politician can see no more of the
public good than he can see from the
public ciib.
To favor any kind of wrong, knowing
it to be such, is a vote for the devil to
rule the earth.
The man who don't believe in excite
ment during a revival will shout him
self hoarse whenever things go his way
in politics.
It was while Saul was bunting for the
asses that he was called to be king, but
he made an ass of himself after he bo-
came king. Ham's Horn
WINE LABEL SWINDLERS.
Clever Device Which SurrrsMaUy De
reive Wlae Bayers.
"If people who follow 'brands' and
makers' names knew of half the swin
dles perpetrated with labels they'd be
astonished." said a celebrated English
wine merchant to exchange reporter.
"Why, 1 know a man, a former engrav
er, who can forge the brand of any
wine in existence. This is his sole oc
cupation, and workiug in league with
him is a clique of rogues who buy up
quantities of empty wine and cham
pagne bottles from hotels and restaur-
J ants. Some of this gang have beeu
wine merchants' assistants and under
stand bottling, and they fill the bottles
with a low priced but drinkable port,
claret, champagne, etc., and affix clev
erly forged labels of the meet expen
sive brands, bearing the nsmes of for
eign growers. Not only arc the bot
tles peculiar to each grower used but
they even procure the proper gold "and"
silver foil from France, and as to corks,
they know where to find a cork cutter
to the trade who will supply auy shape
and kind required. Seals are easily
imitated by taking an impression and
putting cobweb3 on port wine bottles
is an old dodge. They plant these spu
rious wines at certain restaurants and
clubs, the wine buyer 'standing in.' I
know more than one high class res
taurant where these imitations are con
stantly sold to people dining there as
genuine brands. So perfect are the
forged labels that a military officer ac
tually paid these sharpens over $500
for some Madeira worth $50 which they
advertised as dating from the battle of
Waterloo. A very well known noble
man, too, was victimized over some
pretended wine to the tune of $1,000,
and I could give you the name of a big
firm of wine merchants swindled for
nearly $15,000 (a few bottles of gen
uine wine being procured and opened
for the men to taste), and dared not
prosecute, for it would simply have
ruined their business were it to be come
known that they had hundreds of false
ly labeled wines in their cellars, some
of which they had even resold to their
customers."
PICTURESQUE SIENA.
Kbe Is the Typical Gothic City ut Tus
cany.
Siena, like a true daughter of Rome,
is throned superbly upon many hills,
but the wolf and the twins watch over
a medieval city, and the ancient Col
onia Julia Senesis holds higher than
any other Italian town save Florence,
the double symbol of church and state
in the middle age3, the towers of the
cathedral and of the public palace, says
Scrlbner's. We have seen the city in
many phases, under black clouds with
hail stones, shiuinc in the stormy,
struggling eunlight against the sculp-
turns nt Pflnp fiflia ana the ram-
streamlets rushing down its steep
streets; and we have seen it set like a
town in a missal border against a still
Hat blue background cf sky; we have
seen it from the terraces of the Osser
vanza rising above its walls, which
overhang the Intermediate valley, and
from distant southern Monte Oliveto
its towers of the Mnngia and the cathe
dral dwindled to mere pin points. We
have strolled through its narrow streets
at all times and at all seasons, have
blinked at the dazzling facade of the
Duomo in the glare of noon and lin
gered in the great Campo when it lay
white and still in the chill moonlight.
We have watched the gray, bleak hills
on which the town is pedestaled turned
to freshest, tenderest green; wo have
climbed the slopes of the olive orchards
and looked through skurrying snow
flakes at the ramparts rising above us,
and from every point from without her
gates and within her waifs, from the
towers above and the valley below Si
ena makes one impression only upon
us: Etruscan town, Roman colony as
she was, the middle ages set their seal
upon her and she is the typical Gothic
city of Tuscany, almost Italy.
Ancient Work in Iron.
The use of iron in architecture is not
so new as people are accustomed to
think. At Delhi is a forged iron col
umn 60 feet high. It is 10 inches in
diameter at the base, and 12 inches at
the top. Its weight is estimated at
about 17 tons. From records extant it
is reasonably certain that it was al
ready in existence 000 years B. C.
Her Retort.
Mr. Fussy "I don't see why you
wear those ridiculous big sleeves when
you have nothing to fill them." Miss
Fussy "Do you fill your silk hat?"
Standard.
WISDOM.
Money Is the pick-lock that never
fails.
Where there is no money there is nc
devil.
Scatter sound literature, and the
harvest will come in due season.
The more you praise a man who
don't deserve it the more you abuse
him.
Bicycles seem to have taken the place
of brass candlesticks for wedding pres
ents. A weak constitution can be
strengthened, but a weak set of brains
can't.
Everybody In this world wants
watching, but none more than our
selves. One of the hardest things in the
world is for a man who is stuck up to
get down.
The top round of the ladder is an
imaginary one; nobody has ever
reached it yet.
A wise man is never confounded by
what he can't understand, but a fool
generally is.
I am no herald to inquire of men's
pedigrees; it fcufliceth me if I know of
their virtues.
It is not always necesary to tell the
whole truth, but all that you tell
should be the truth.
There is no subject on which so
much arrant nonsense has been writ
ten as on that of money.
There are now 140 cooking rooms
connected with London schools, for
instructing pupils, and 39,000 girls are
receiving instruction ia culinary and
Btbcr domestic affairs.
THE OLD RELIABLE.
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