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Jo , xph "Marie ."Brezet.. Due-de Beaufort; '; ,fcis .secretary' of..state ' for foreign' af- fairs, M. Isidore Lopez Lapuya, and i:i--l'-;-: -i aw in Paris. But for what? ."Ah!" replies Rumor, "this indomit " ale Brezet. the Garibaldi of Cou ''l.aani, having just extricated his coun try from the yoke of the -tyrant, Is ; "here to seek' the French nation's aid h setting his infant republic on its feetrv - S. Evidently-. Brazil was. "the tyrant," -but one does not seem to remember the -epoch-making struggle by which J , - the "Counanese, under Brezet's . in tfepid lead, ''seem' 'to nave forced her '; to, relinquish her sovereignty over iheir, land. But the fact remains that -im president and his cabinet are here, and that several rather mystify ing interviews with-this -savior of his country have made their appearance'. 'Curiosity led me to investigate . M. -.Brezc. bis government and Counani -jffjiirs generally, and the result is so . striking as tu need -no comment. Be. - it said in.parentheses that the address furnished by the "Chief. of Government of Counani'' 'had come as rather a vhock. for it was in no savory quar ter of the capital. The president's of Scial letter was more reassuring, for it was written' upon a. formidable look ing sheet-headed "EUt Libre du Cou nani," and stamped with .the great real of theinew nation' However, here V" ; ft - OUTCtt A?: wc?f 4, 7&omNeTrfG)7v!TtotforCo(rtw . A ts.the rwalt'of my -representative's in vestigation: - ;An outlying Paris suburb, shabby . CemteeTf-wlth the -genteel left out; a -declassed and sordid .district, skirting the unlovely ' railway, line'; a mean street, untidy, cramped,' unclean; a ' tsojialid tenement, bare, cheap, jerry; sloven concierge in a dark and stag nant loge; dirty., unswept stairs, five flights to climb; 'then a common, un pretentious ttue'tin label, laughable to .tears, -and you have arrived at the oflicial residence of the president of the republic' -sf Counani. ". knock since a .bell is absent and the doer is .opened by a fine breez'y'-figare of 'a man. a conquisita dor fBlllliag the functions of usher. Tall, broad-shouldered, upright as a dart;, fearless; evidently, but looking most sheepishly ashamed of his pres- ent circumstances, t Yes. he will take yoar name, and inquire. Muttered -' question and answer may be heard in an' inner room, and then the word is I-iven to enter. So you shufle through a marro dark passage, another door is keld open for you, and the president and his council of state are disclosed to your astonished gaze. A small ordinary living room, char- acteristic of the usual cheap flat; a floor nncarpeted; newspaper cuttings banging from the walls for ornament; - chairs, no two alike, on each side of yoj on them seated a most extraor- -ai?iily nondescript set of men, in ' every- attitude of wasting time; - 'against the further wall by the soli- . . tary window, studiously closed, two common writing tables, back to back. '.'. . plenteouly bestrewn with exhausted -'.- cigarette lags; an atmosphere of to- tfWMWMWWMMMMMMAM Getf Mania in England. Lady Violet Greville. writing about the golf mania, says: "It has reached ill classes; it has swept England like -a whirlwind and decimated it like a pestileace. H you neither play golf nor bridge, yoa are mot a man; you ' are merely a number. The golf votary believes that life was made for golf. ?ot golf invented to enable one to live. It is an obsession, a madness, an overmastering passion. The ardent golf player forgets his wife and chil dren, "ate easiness, his sweetheart, his comatry, "-while, ae is on the links swie&mg his golf "stick staring at the tee." ..,, Law fer W Sev. E. H. Eckel, rector oi an ispis cojal church in WiUiaawport. Pa and wke is likely to become the bishop of lilt Hi err, will Mt tolerate women vaw'atteM eerriees dad in low cat jpfrB. shert sleeves and wearing bo he. He says they ere not conform ialktjek tmdUmam of 8L Paal and w a kJf"- bacco fog, an odor of smoke many days stele, with an auxiliary force of ill-digested garlic, and through all this, now looking up at you in inquiry and yes, suspicion the president. An insignificant, unnoticeable sort of mam Of middle height, you will ;udge of him sitting. .A sallow, mea ger face, with shifty eyes; a scanty mustache, tortured half upward, and a chin, uninspiring, unconvincing, that gives evidence only of a desire to grow a goatee, or else of several days' for gotfulness of the barber. The only impression of him that remains is of a" rosette in a buttonhole; a rosette that ou take to be of the Legion of Honor until you look again; and even that has to be taken off and laid aside when the wearer ventures into the street. You look round and take in the room and. its occupants again, and your usher, with his bright torpedo teard, ia the only relieving sign in a depressing picture. From the oflicial Red Book we learn, with a good deal of head scratching that the Counani "constitu tion provides for a chief of govern ment, with very extended powers, who is assisted by a state council of ten Inembers and a chancellor, who is the second head of the administration. The house of representatives consists ot an upper chamber and a grand council.. Public security is assured by a per manent', force of police and gendarmes, 'and' the republic is represented abroad L'y a "body of diplomatic and commer cial agents in every land." We are then given the constitution in a series of annexes, with the de cree of Uayana Assu (M. Adolphe when he is at home), proclaiming it in force. Everything is thought of, even to the flag, which is red with a white star in the middle. The old motto of "Justice and Liberty" is re tained, while a supplementary trade mark is now added, "Je maintiendral par Ia Raison ou par la Force," which sounds dreadful. A good many people are said to be of Counani nationality, whether they like it or not; and everyone has to be a soldier in varying degrees of intens ity, from 15 "to 60 years of age. There ' are then published several proclamations and protestations, which do not seem to have met with any reply-r-except in the case of an application to join the Universal Post al 'union, which the bureau at Berne respectfully acknowledges, but slily adds that it is impossible to give the information requested until the mo ment when the recognition of the Free State of Counani has been ob tained. There is also a polite intima lion from Belgium that she is not in terested in Counani at present, thank you. Two very important documents are the decrees numbered 43 and 141, v.hlcb, in the name of the people of Counani, give permission to foreign ers to reside there, and even to ob tain the inestimable privilege of nat uralization. The main point of these seems to be the payment of five francs for a passport. It only remains to add that this Red Book is really very nicely printed, and the punctuation throughout is fairly correct. The type, too, is clear and easy to read. It is now time to recollect that, in spite of all this, the republic of Bra zil was still keeping its end up. and h; legation in Paris was still in fairly good working order at the old sign. You go there, just to make sure, be fore allowing yourself to laugh all you want. You have the luck to fall in with a most courteous secretary, who tolls you briefly this: Between Brazil proper and French Texas Fitted for Rice Growing. Baron Masanao Masudaira. a Japa nese nobleman, has been traveling in Texas, which he declares to be a great country for rice. He regards Texas as almost equal to his native country and feels sure that rice can be raised there with good profit. The baron is of opinion that in a reason ably short time many Japanese of wealth and standing will become resi dents of the Lone Star state. He is .anxious that his countrymen shall share in the general prosperity which prevails in this country, and thinks they cannot do better, for climatic and other reasons, than to settle in Texas. Increase Size ef Breweries. In the year 1882 there were 10,921 breweries in Germany, while in 1901. although the production of beer in creased, the number of breweries de creased to 6,74. Since 1901 the de crease in the number has been even store -sserked. The indications are that brewing Is an occupation which 'ft is store prodtaMe to condect ea a aabBi'sntiffl'J.. r itJL BMW Guiana there lies a territory known as Ccunani, after the principal town there. The frontiers here had never been definitely deliminated. but, as ihe country was comparatively bare and savage and of little commercial value, the question was left in abey ance, and the district became known a." the "Contested Territory." and for u long while, indeed, was the happy hiding ground of the convicts escap ing from the penal settlement of French Guiana. In 1895. however, gold was discov ered and a rush took place, bringing the country into prominence, and it was under these circumstances that the French and Brazilian govern ments signed a protocol to refer the question of frontier to the arbitration o;' Switzerland. -A decision rendered at Berne in December. 1900, gave the country to Brazil, and immediately the government of Rio de Janeiro an nexed it to the district of Para and put its administration into due force. Since that time law and order have been definitely established there, and the country enjoys participation in he constitution of the Republic of Brazil. "As for the person who styles him s.elf president of the Free State of Counani" (it is still the Brazilian le gation secretary who is speaking), "he is simply an adventurer. He certainly has been to the place, coming from no one knows where, and but for his timely withdrawal would have been arrested, not for anything so grandilo quent as high treason or tb,e like, but on a police court charge of theft. "He escaped to Paris, where he has got together a band of men like him Keif, 'gens sans aveu,' of no avow r.ble profession, and is now simply trying to get money from the foolish or worse. "Oh, no, he does not trouble us; we take no notice of him; all we have t'one is to beg the Paris police, in the interest of common honesty, to keep an eye upon him and his gang." Another illusion gone, another cas tle in Spain crumbled to dust and ashes in Counani. Nothing remains, not even Port Tarascon of the immor tal Tartarin. Paris correspondence New York Press. Forgot Name of His Intended. "Lemme see," reflected George San ders, colored, as he stood before Dep uty Walter Ratcliffe's desk in the county clerk's office at the court house yesterday, a perfect picture of per plexity. "Let me see. what is de name of dat gal I'm goin' ter marry?" As the bystanders laughed and made suggestions. Sanders, who had come to the court house for a mar riage license and forgotten the name of his fiancee, scratched his head and made an explanation: "I am plumb excited. I ain't used to all this to-do of gettin' married, and I've just forgot that gal's first name as clean as a whistle." The witness that Sanders had brought with him was not acquainted with the girl's first name, having known her only as "Miss Johnson," and could not help out. Finally, San ders got his bride-elect over the tele phone, and this is what he said: "Say, honey, what is yo front name?" What the reply was cannot be stated, but Sanders hastened to ex plain: "You see, honey, I'm so plumb excited that I've done forgot it, and 1 can't get de license." She told him and he turned away from the instrument exclaiming: "Of course, I oughter have remembered it Mattie Johnson, boss." Louisville Herald. Medal for Chemist. At the annual meeting of the Asso ciation of German Chemists, held at Manheim recently, the Liebig gold medal for distinguished services in ap plied chemistry was presented to Dr. Rudolf Knietsch of the Badische Ani lin und Soda-Fabrik. the discoverer of the so-called contact process of sul phuric acid manufacture. An Uncertain Classification. A carter was shipping some packed furniture at Glosgow quay the other day, and he stood watching curiously ihe next package to leave his lorry. "What is this, now?" asked the stevedore. "I'm hanged If I ken whether it's live stock or a bed mattress!" was the reply, "for I've counted six mice leav mg it since I left the warehouse, and it depends on how mony mair there's left to say what ye'U book it as." Scottish American. Mercury Vapor Arc Lamp. The new mercury vapor arc lamp brought out by the General Electric company is shown in use for photo graphic and other purposes at the St. Louis exposition. An adaptation of this lamp for, general illumination is known as the "orthocrome." Prof. Steinmetz' luminous arc is another novelty In the illumination exhibits. Masons in Gold Mine. Masonic degrees were conferred on June 22 in a gold mine 1,000 feet be low, the surface ot the earth at Rose land, British ClesMa. - . - jpHBBSHak Nv' ?r m agnsdgrg znmmmmmP IMr. Wragg avttes contributions eC any new Ideas that readers of this pertinent may wish to present, aajft weald be pleased to answer correapoaeV ents desiring lnformatioa on suMects Harassed. Address M. 3. Wragg. Wae tsss, town. THE FARMER CHEMIST. The American farmer is learning to apply the knowledge that science has been gathering for his benefit. He knows already that corn of different kinds is wanted by stock-breeders and starch-makers, and he is breeding the grain accordingly. The stock-growers desire maize that is rich in "protein." which is the stuff that- goes to pro duce muscle and blood; the manu facturers of starch require all of that substance the corn can furnish and there is a special demand for corn that is rich in oil. The farmer has been taught to find out, by merely cutting a grain of corn into pieces with a knife, just about what percentages it contains of oil. of starch and muscle-forming stuff. He knows that nearly all of the oil is in the "germ" and the "protein" is mainly in the horny coat of the seed, and that, the interior of the grain, apart from the germ, is packed with starch. A grain of corn, in fact, is a little box of starch inclosed in a horny case. If the thickness of the case is increased the amount of starch it contains is diminished, or vice versa. Understanding these facts, it is easy enough for the farmer to select suitable seed for the kind of corn crop be wishes to produce. By taking note of the size of the germ, he can pick out high-oil or low-oil corn. Low oil corn Is much desired as feed for bacon hogs, inasmuch as ordinary maize contains too much oil for the production of the hard firm bacon which commands the best price in the market. The bominy mills, also, de sire low-oil corn, because the corn oil tends to become rancid and to injure the salable quality of their output Farmers everywhere are talking about "inoculating" the soil in order to get a better yield of alfalfa, clover or other crops. Some of them are actually bringing soil from fields where these crops have grown, to scatter on their own land. Ten years hence such things will be quite com mon. Ten years ago the most farm ers knew that the principle was sound. They used a small quantity of buttermilk from one churning to "start" the cream for another. What was this but "inoculation," since it carried the proper bacteria to the cream and ripened it? Farmers ob served also that where they used ma nure which came from stock fed on clover they had the best "catch" of clover seed. Here is another case of "inoculation," for we now know that the manure contained the special bac teria which affect the growth of clo ver. So science is now making these things clear showing the why of the how, and enabling us to do at will many things which we formerly guess ed at. Knowledge of these things grows like a snowball when it once fairly starts. THE VALUE OF TREES. In many parts of our country farm ing would be impossible but for the trees, such is their influence upon the streams. They regulate the water supply, and their tendency is to pre vent both floods and drought; they supply fuel, one of the greatest neces sities of life, and furnish the lumber for the building of our cities, rail roads, ships and a thousand other things, without which our present state of civilization would not have been possible for ages if at all. This is why we should be careful of our forests which are fast dwindling away in many sections. This is why we should legislate against sheep-grazing in the forests, and against all other practices which tend to cause forest fires, and why we should try to pro tect our trees from their natural en emies1, such as landslides, floods, in sects and fungi. And it is well to bear In mind the fact that we cannot replace in fifty years a tree which we can destroy in an hour. "Some time ago I suggested that, taking one year with another, it may be good practice to thresh out of the shock and this for the purpose of saving grain, because there are too many farmers who know so little about stecking that if they would save their grain they must thresh from the shock. If grain is well shocked there will be less loss bar ring bleachine than if it be poorly sucked. I nearly always suck my grain. There is in my neighborhood a number of farmers about twenty who have organized themselves into a ring, so to speak, and they get a machine and it goes the rounds. The threshing crew is permanent and they know where they are to go each day. ft saves Gathering hands and by the time they are through the help is all paid back. I have been watching this crew and I find that they have been more successful in saving their grain during a series of years than the few who stack." THE SHOW RING. Judicious advertising is just as Im nortant as eood breeding and feeding. Show-ring advertising is good when a breeder has the skill to put his ani mals In good form to win, but quite oiten a good breeder does not quite reach the standard of good careful fMxlinr that makes winners: but even If successful in the show ring, unless printer's ink heralds his success, but few outside of a circle of friends ever become aware of what he has pro duced. It will usually be found that those who say that "farming don't pay," are those who do not use "brains with brawn." . Their tools and machinery are badly used, or left to stand In the weather: their live stock is unpro tected; their fences and gates aaff buildings are out of repair. Of coarse, with such management, farm ing, nor anything else, will pay. Keep your horse feeling good by food aad care and be will store repay you for the little extra jm give alat ' iWw ! '- t THE FARMER AND THE FAIR. It Is during the months of August and September that most of our sUte and county fairs will be held, and it is every farmer's duty to attend the sUte fair If possible, aad If not. his county fair; and to take part in mak ing it one of the best. We look upon these annual gather ings as educational. Here the farm er can meet his brother farmer, the one who has made a greater success in the growing of crops, breeding of stock and handling machinery, and gain much practical knowledge that he needs. You always find the wide awake, progressive farmer at these gatherings, and you owe it to your self, as well as your family, to take an outing. So attend the fair this fall, and if possible go prepared to stay several days. Do not just rush off on the train and spend a few hours; Uke a tent and let your fam ily have some recreation, and you will have time for gaining the Information that you need, as it will Uke oaver al days to go through the different departments. The Iowa state fair will be during this month, and will give a splendid opportunity for those living in this state to attend one of the most pro gressive and up-to-date sUte fairs in the country. Care must be Uken at this time not to allow the pastures or meadows to be grazed down too closely. The roots of the plants need some protection during the winter, and this can be best secured by allowing a fair growth in the field that frosts will kill down and make a mulch, which will serve as a protection to the plants during the winter. BETWEEN THE PLOW-HANDLES. What man In alt the Universe of God Has better right to look aloft and say "I'm partner with the Lord, I turn this sod To feed His hungry children day by day." With all His nlentltude of sun and rain. And whispering winds from out the ar dent South. He needs the whistling plow-man's cheer ful strain And sinewy arm. to fill each waiting mouth. Who plows a field says to despairing souls "Hope is not dead, look up and see the sun." Who plants, believes that He who suns controls Shall bless the labor thus in faith be gan. Kings of the Earth are they who plow and sow If. in that work they do their very best. No need to envy poor rich men who go About their greedy quest but crave for rest. Sweet sleep is given to him who tills the soil. And sweeter peace of mind, because he knows That no man's poorer for his fruits of toil. Ingathered from the bounty heaven be stows. EUGENE SECOR. Farmers in the Southwest have been too intent on growing and selling raw material, when they should have been studying how they could use their raw material in producing more finished goods. Raising cattle and cattle feed and selling both to the feeder at raw material prices is bad from a busi ness standpoint It Is the same with all feed crops, and all sorts of live stock. There are but two methods of disposing of feed crops. One Is to feed them out and sell the resulting beef, pork or mutton. The other method Is to sell the feed to some one who is anxious to convert it into high priced finished food products. In this case the feeder makes more money than the farmer. DAIRY CALVES. When raising calves for the dairy it is not necessary that they should be fed whole milk for more than a week or ten days. They, however, should always get the first milk (colostrom) of the dam, as this is necessary for starting the bowels and the digestive functions. Gradually reduce the milk by adding skim milk, so as to leave off the whole milk en thely and substitute skim milk when the calf is three or four weeks old; by this time they will begin nibbling second crop clover hay. supplemented with a little oats or bran. Flax seed jelly may be added to the skim milk, commencing with a Ublespoonful at first. Remember that more calves are killed by overfeeding than all other causes. Feed regularly three times daily until the calves are four to six week? old. Always feed milk at blood heat. How can we progress in farming unless we have the figures to show the cost of production? Let the farm ers who have produced the largest crops on the fewest acres without decreasing the fertility of the soil come forward. They are the men we want to see and question at the institute. Perhaps a premium for the lowest cost of production would be good. Would not this be of more val ue than to award Mr. Smith a pre mium for the largest accidental pump kin? WHAT IS A FRUIT, WHAT A VEGE TABLE? There are several suggested differ ences between a fruit and a vegetable, though the dictionaries do not admit any. A fruit is the seed of the plant that bear it; a vegeUble is some part of the plant itself root, leaves, fruit It is suggested that vegeUbles grow Under ground, aad that, as a rule, they are cooked before they are eaten; but that fruit may be eaten without be ing cooked. Every fanner boy wants to be a school teacher, every school teacher hopes to be an editor, every editor would llketo be a banker, every bank er would like to be a trust magnate, and' every trust stagnate hopes seme day to owa a farm aad have chickens and cows aad pigs aad horses to look after. We end where we begin. If you cat the seeoad growth of clover for hay, do not allow it to reach that stage of bloom which was permit ted before the list catting, as the seeoad growth of clover should be eat before reaealac fall bloom. - ..7rrrfc.s:-.. - PERMANENT FARM HOMES. The ambition of a great majority of our western farmers Is to get their farms paid for. and enough money ahead to buy a home In the village, where they expect to retire and take life easy. This. I think. Is not as it should be. The fact is these retired farmers, as a rule, do not Uke the comfort they expect and are ver little help to the village. A man with any ambition is much happier employ ed than Idle, aad lives longer. The farmer that expects to leave his farm at some future time, gener ally puts very few permanent im provements on the place while there, and lets it fall into decay when he leaves it. He will see plenty of ways for the income of his acres to be used in his new home, and will forget, as a rule, that consUnt repairs have to be made in order to keep up the farm. Brother farmers, think twice before you leave the farm. Remember you have palled the load up the hill when you have the farm paid for. and that the level road is- before you where you can have many more of the com forts, yes, and the luxuries of life now. than while you were paying for the home. Take the money you would spend on the village home and put it on the farm in the way of permanent Improvements and conveniences and it will make the home so pleasant and comfortable that you will not de sire to go to the village. Secretary James Wilson is author ity for the sutement that the famous "Irish bacon" for which the aristoc racy of England has been paying fancy prices and for which no substi tute would be accepted by them, is grown in the United SUtes and made up in Chicago. The genial Sir Thom as Lipton. be of tea and yacht fame, is charged with being responsible for the deception and it is not to be sup posed that he has been practicing this bit of commercial deceit with pecuniary loss to himself. The same authority also claims that the "Irish hunter" used by the fox-chasing no bility of England is an American product and that certain dealers in Chicago make a regular business of picking up all the horses with the proper conformation that comes to that market. As fast as a shipment Is accumulated, it is sent to Ireland, where the horses are trained to jump ing and performing other necessary feats by professional trainers, and then sold as "the rale ould thing." In spite of official denial, we always suspicioncd that we furnished Eng land with all her mules used in the Boer war, but few of us ever dreamt that the "hunter" that made England famous was our own production. It is well that we know of these things, and from now on we will make a reg ular business of it, and pocket all the profits instead of dividing up with middlemen. SELECTING THE PULLETS. As your young stock grows, select from all the broods the very finest, strongest and most vigorous pullets to keep for winter layers. Size, strength and vigor have so much to do with egg production that one should ttudy this continually in the flock and train the eye to see the best egg pro ducers while yet undeveloped. Save au such for your own use; never part with them unless you have more than you need. After they are selected keep them well under your own eye and select from all these the very best egg producers to lay the eggs from which will grow your future stock, and gradually in this way you will gain in egg production. The best hens are the ones that lay the largest number of eggs that are of fair size, good form and finely finished. Such eggs sell the best, usually produce the best and have the best value In the market. The farmer who drives his work will have his plans for the season well matured before the time is upon him, and will then be prepared to per form more promptly each operation just at the right time. If we master our work, instead of allowing it to master us, we will not be compelled to go through the season pressed at every point. PRUNING SUMMER ROSES. Crimson Rambler. Prairie Queen. Baltimore Belle and other summer blooming climbing roses should be pruned just after the flowers fade. In pruning be careful to cut away the older growth, or the branches which produced the late crop of flowers. Do pot remove the- vigorous growing shoots, which will bear the clusters of bloom next season. Cutting away the growth sUrted during the spring and early summer will injure the plant and may cause its death. If you can secure one. it is well tc remember that an alfalfa pasture foi ihe hogs will put size, bone and vigor into them and probably do more to render them immune to attacks of hog diseases than any other one thing. OXEYE DAISY. The daisy is most troublesome in pasture and sod land, but is not much seen in well cultivated fields; conse quently when any seeding down !s done it should be to clover, and again plowed up after the one crop is Uken off, which should be before any daisy seeds have matured. The daisy will give no trouble north of a line extend ed east and west on the northern border of Missouri. While trying to make a farm pro ductive one should also keep a close watchout for making it a home. His wife and children are there continu ously. He owes it to them to give it all the comfort and beauty he possibl can' afford. There is ever so much mere than money in it There Is more content to the wife, and it is a necessity ia keeping children on the farm. Mea who use their credit to obUir uaaeceaeary things wUl usually come to the time when they will be unable to use it to secure those which arc A SULTAN'S WEALTH PROFUSION OF GEMS OWNED BY TURKEY'S HULER. In Value More Than Sufficient te Pay the National Debt ef the Country Monarch Lives in OrienUI Splendor. A party of American tourisU saw the jewels ia the sultan's treasury re cently. The royal throne of Persia, captured by the Turks in 1514. about half the size of aa ordinary bedstead, aad the footstool accompanying it. were covered with beaten fine gold, and the entire surface of each was thickly studded with precious jew els, chiefly diamoads, emeralds aad sapphires. There were also some pearls, rubies and other minor pre cious stones. The estimated value of this throne aad accompaniments alone Is $20,000,000. The turbans, official' paraphernalia and arms of the former sultan are also there, glittering with enormous pre cious jewels of every kind in every part The throne of Suleiman. II. is also there, resplendent with the most valuable of precious jewels There is also a writing desk or secretary or ordinary size of the same character, and hundreds on hundreds of other minor objects, or public and private character, made of the finest materials, most perfectly, and deco rated in every part with the same kind and quality of most precious jew els, from a finger ring and a pipe to ? saddle, sword and scepter. For. example, there are many cof fee, tea and other drinking sets, made of gold, porcelain and a variety of other fine materials, beautiful in form, style and workmanship, whose decora i.ve figures are worked out In a pro fusion of the most precious jewels, diamonds, sapphires, emeralds and rubles, the edges of the cups, mugs or tankards, as the case may be. being embossed with diamonds in such 'a manner as to make them complete circles of glittering splendor. To enumerate all the priceless. ob jects which the sultan's treasury con tains would require a small library of books. Suffice to say that our party of tourists- was of the opinion, ex pressed then and there, while viewing the treasury's contents, that what we saw with our own eyes was of'suf fcient value, in dollars and cents, to cay off the entire Turkish debt.".and that such an exhibition ot splendor was a sad commentary on the general status of the people there, a large part of whom lived in abject squalor and want close to the very doors of the treasury. Oriental splendor as experienced and illustrated by the Sultan of Tur-1-ey is no myth, but a distressing real ity, indulged in at the expense of his wretched people. Wherever he is there are the same lavish and expensive luxury and splendor. His palaces and all they contain are of the same costly character,constructed of the finest materials, of most beautiful style and artistic design and finish, and every where resplendent with jewels of all kinds, where they can be artistically used to enhance the effect; even some of the palace ceilings, beyond reach,' are decorated In figures worked out in precious stones. The Rector's Blunder. This is a verbatim report of a con versation that took place in an upper Broadway apartment one Thursday afternoon about six months ago: "Is this Mrs. So-and-So?" "It is." "I am the assistant rector of the Jericho church. "Oh. yes. Won't you come in?" "Thank you. I saw your name in the registry and have been trying to find time to call on you ever since I came to the church, but somehow I could not get around in this neighborhood until tcMlay. But I think I know your children. Your son sings in the choir, does he not?" "Yes." -And your little girl is in Miss An derson's Sunday school class, I be- lieve?" "Yes." "How old are the children?" "Willie is fourteen and Mamie is nine." "Well, well, anybody would think your children were older than that." And he doesn't know to this day why that woman has stopped going to church. New York Herald. Not Suitable for Two Ministers. One of the most esteemed of the Texas Methodist preachers was Rev. John De Vilbis. Another minister, on his way to San Antonio, once stopped at the home of Mr. De Vilbis to enjoy his company for a few hours. Finding that his host also expected to journey to San Antonio on the fol lowing day. he concluded to remain ... li t.o ttiov miflrht trav- over wnn mm -w el together. To acquaint his waiting friend with the change in his program', he tele graphed: "Will come to-morrow with De vilbis." The message delivered, to the amazement of its recipient, read: "Will come to-morrow on the Devils hns." New York Tribune. The Missing Treasure. I know a man who has marble halls nerXA'S m-S; stalls. Sgow'herlhe is P" And mere is mc - v . But he hasn't you. my boy. Vo master lays down rules for him But he hasn't you. my boy: No ofniVfwtM or wish or whim i nuffcred to oerthrow nw P'""- . YVwlththe ioy that are thta man s Is one great woe he hs to bar. No child Is given to his car And I have you. mybo Young Girl Trains Butterflies. Miss Mabel Adams Ayer of San Francisco has succeeded in training Dutterflles. At first the idea aeema almost absurd, but to see the way uiiut Aver handles ner pei Se most nature thing in the world. I." speaking of them Miss Ayer said: "WhT it doesni seem t - o to me. They are just like any other trained pet. They have their likes and Suke. and they are really lovable little things, when you come to know them." Harped en Same String. When Richard Mansfield was Intro duced to President Roosevelt atthe WUe House he said: "Mr Prejd- dnt. I " Mr. Roosevelt at the 2e moment exclaimed: "Mr. Mans- Hmi " "The l's have it." grave- y remarked a mutual Wend and wither of the famous men knew just whether to laugh or be offeadeo. i ' Cotton Eachame fer "veraee!. The designs for a big aew Cotton exchange for Liverpool have beem accepted. THE ODD CORNER Knewa All Aheat Rases. An a Jockey he's a wonder aad he r jver makes a blander. He's a master hi the asdMe aad a . rides a perfect race. Every common pout of vantage he can -turn to good advantage. And It's readily admitted he's a master -mfad at pace! He can seise oa every loophole, he can. squeeze right through a knothole. And he'd never meet disaster while ho -"" -. . thus was gaining ground. - , . And hed make the poorest hones sfla:'-.--.-. around the devious courses ---.'. in open-eyed amazement at the sudden - "- : speed they'd found. At the start he's ever ready and hi" "..---' nerve Is keen and steady . "'--.- Ami he coolly sets about his task with And his calmness wonlt diminish: "be.lt" r. whatso'er a finish. :. -."".. He just goes and gets the money la a ' ,:'. most convincing way! .,---. -.v-."-V JIe"8 a brilll&nt aa a rocket and--ho,. '".:" - uuugro every - pocaet And he'd turn into a victory-a palpablov '"--"'.V "!.-'. . "--:. r. ? defeat - - ; .- y ;. T-":?-1- .: ut there's no one "keeping- cases'-', on- V : V.-"--'- f--.:.:.y- ". this Jockev'a nerfnt nn-m- ... T" --- -? "- '-ZL ' - " But For the trouble is he rides them front -c "s grana stand seat. New York "Sun!-: - Falkland's Plague ef There appears to be. an- excellent opening for a new Industry, ia' -the: Falkland islands. Gov. Grey'wtlsoa reports that.aa agitation l oafoot to induce the government' to undertake the diminution of the-wild ".hut in;-;s' reality much too tame" that he does not. sympathize The farmers meaatlm this deadly work' themselves, paying $2.50 a hundred for -the upper.- beak as evidence of slaughter:" aad. it is suggested' that'from. lOO.OOO tOlSO.--"-000 geese, representing grass" for'20..V t00 sheep, aright with advantage W. ' destroyed annually. .. -.-:;"-:..- ---...-.-;-.-, - But the' governor polhts out tkaf-tiie.: .' uative goose is excellenl-.'eatlngaaj.-'.; thinks that - commercial: ;eaterprl8e.v$': might preserve 'from "waste " about '-' ; -. " millions. pouadsf of food and thVUgtK'c!:"'' ilass. down. which. thls:laagkter.' &twv"-: '. videa :, f- ; - .-."..-.-.-:..-.-;? -;...,: .This;, is to' say atf hlng tk0'.fmit-:-Suantity- of eggs which- ar-.. broke - -.-.' veariyl-Stray Stories.'-? '.'"-. ;-D:-V - Judgo Got Bask His Wallet -.:; s-.$ - While sailing down the bay- la'.kw'VS. ';:-. "; cat boat .the other, day. withJt parly, ; judge: Stackpole' lost -his" wallet' Wer- : board; uear..Riverhead;'-L. .1. - It-had-, about $35 in ft. The -loss" wasp aot .dls''; covered until' some rtime later. ;whea;.. 't came floating along, while-. so"me-tf he party were in-swimming..-' A- few;" of the. bills in the pocketbook - had!, loated away! -" Otherwise, all." -of-the'-; money was "recovered. "The person .' who discovered the wallet and money--boating along with the' current' was considerably surprised. At first it was. thought that the bay must' have more", money in it than fish, and the other : members of the party made a scramble', to get hold of some of the "riches that '. appeared to be floating right into their':--open arms. Their Joy was' short-lived," " however, for the judge quickly disco v-; ered with his keen legal eye that the money belonged to him. '' r Prehistoric Dentists. Herr Reiser, a German dentist whose hobby is palentology. from a study of a number Of prehistoric skulls holds that dental troubles were largely prevalent among the. peo ple of the stone and bronze ages, the incisors being in 'many cases worn away to the root. The "dining-room furniture" of primeval man. says a" medical paper, was. in fact, in Herr Reiser's experience, as scanty and' dilapidated as it is in his civilized descendant. He says he has found traces of filing von teeth which he examined, from which he infers that there were dentists in prehistoric times. A Phosphorescent Lake. There is a small phosphor esceat lake in New Providence Island, which proves a great attraction to visitors It is 1.000 feet in length and 300 feet in width, and a row upon it at night discloses a scene of great beauty Each row boat is accompanied by two boys as out-swimmers, and. as the boat is shoved off from the shore, these swim out by its side as in a cloud of phosphorescent fire. At the slightest disturbance the water is lit up like molten silver, and when an oat is lifted out of the water, the falling drops are like blue-tinted pearls, and each movement of the boat makes light enough to plainly show the bot tom, as the water is excessively clear. Hen Died of Broken Heart A Plymouth Rock hen hatched out four ducklings about six weeks ago at St. Catharines, Ont. Her counte nance wore a somewhat surprised ex pression when she first gazed upon he web-footed brood, but she cared for them with maternal instinct. But the hen's appetite failed, and the look of surprise grew into one of disgust aa the ducklings grew. The strain was too much, and the other day. with a last look at her charge, the hea top rled over and died, undoubtedly from a broken heart. Tramp Really Was Hungry. A tramp was arrested at Ludlow. Mass., who claimed to have beea four r"ays without food. The kind-hearted officer took the famished man to- a restaurant, where he ate a meal which fer the quantity of food coasumed 'teats all known records in the town. The meal Included ten large slices oi bread, about two pounds of meat' tour large pieces of pie and six dough nuts washed down with four cups oi tea. Ancient Watches Still Keep Time. A jeweler in Boone. Iowa., has a collection of watches and clocks that date back hundreds of years aad still keep time. One watch has a diamond set gold works and silver case la dated 1538. 'A 1685 watch bears the trade mark. "Gray's. Bead street. 1685." A clock is dated 1687. aad there are two very old clocks haviag wssd ea works ia his store for repairs. All keep perfect time. Lemon Tree Worth Owning. Mrs. A. C. Wellman of Brookliae, Vt., recently picked from her lemoa tree a lemon weighing thirteen aad a half ounces aad measurlag twelve Inches one way and eleven laches the other ia circumference. The lemoa has beea growing fourteen months. 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