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SCIENTIFIC CORNER.
CURRENT NOTES OF INVEN-
TION AND DISCOVERY.
4 Carinas freak or Nature Clorlt ta
lf ! rower- An Invention Which
Mar Hoetore Hearing - Kite 11 .a
Kitraortllnary.
ARMER U. C.
Otis of Lewis coun-
ty N. Y.. own a
remarkable pig. it
baa only two leg
but It differ from
all other recorded
freaks In tnat th
leg ire neither
fore nor hind legs. I
Tbey are placed
aqua rely amid-
ililps like those of duck and a fur-
ther resemblance I given to that bird
by a tall which curl up over piggy'
Wick. Thl biped la a trifle unsteady
iu It limited equipment of leg and
In Ita watery blue eyca there lurks a
puttied expression as though It
mled something but It never falls ti
reach the trough as soon as the other
numbers of Ita family when the swill
pail comes Into view.
ratal (ssee of Mashroom I'olsoelug.
For some unexplained reason there
hsve been very msny deaths this year
lttributable to eutlng poisonous niusb-
rooms. One Is forcibly reminded of
the familiar rule "If you live it s a
mushroom; If you die. It's a toadstool."
As a curlou Incident In the singular
fatality which has of late attends the
u of this edible. It may be related
that a number of experts and dealers
hsve beeu motig t! victims t'nder
these circumstances the ruin ran hard-
ly be said to hold good. Medical sci-
entists are beginning to wonder worth-
er It la possible th.it atmospheric con-
dltlona or the season msy hsve any-
thing to do with the toxic properties
of mushrooms. Surely those who have
dealt In them and been familiar with
them for half a century should be
able to say which were mushrooms
and which wciy not. Hut even thi'
experience was of no avail according
to the arcounts that have reached us
from France. L Is sn undent d furl
thst stormy unsettled and changeable
weather with exceedingly hot and dry
spells following chilly dampness and
humidity have a deleterious effect on
certain forms of vegetation. The sug
gestion thst druggists snd fancy gro
cers keep In their windows Jars con
tali :ng genuine and spurious mush-
rooms might be an excellent one were
It not for the fact that as shown by
the statements previously Tsde per-
son thoroughly familiar with mush-
rrcms through almost their eatir life-
time have died from the effects of some
poison the nature of which has not
been determlnej.
A leWe la Feeble tba Deaf to Hear.
I)y means of an Invention of lr.
Thomas McKcndrlck a noted expert In
!octro-t!erapeutlra of Glasgow Scot-
land. It Is possible for the deaf to
hear music. To accomplish It the deaf
person must dip his hsnds Into a tub
of water. A phonograph Is used for
supplying the mulc. Th srj.i I wsves
are directed Into a regular telephone
transmitter. The transmitter connects
with a scries of batteries under the tub
connecting there ith. The harmony
Is carried to th btaln through the
hands. The principle on which Dr.
McKendrlrk bssed his Idea Is one
which I but little underitood. Water
la on of the best con I net or of elec-
tricity known. l)r. William Harvey
King an electro-therapeutical expert
cf New York who has studied Dr. Mc-
Kendrlck' discovery ssld In the New
Turk Herald a few days g. that the
great difficulty which had always baf-
fled experlmeuters In this line wss that
the batteries used did not produce the
perfect rhythmical vibrations neces-
sary. "We have mails this experiment
with the Feradle battery." said Ir.
King "but to speak technically for
moment the long period of cessation
between tb 'make' and the 'break' de.
atroys the rhythm and consequently
the sensation Is not transmitted. The
European expert has prepared a special
battery the secret of which ha till
retain." The process by which the
rhythm of music I trsnsferred through
the nerve to the nerve center of the
brain I clearly described by Dr. King.
"Tske. for Instance. person who ha
been deaf from birth lie Immerses hi
hands In tb prepared water connected
with the phonograph. The rhythm of
the music Is conducted by th nerve
locally affected to th fissure Holando
la the brain and the mat Ion Is one
it ilraul e.
(ir-catu :!! Is the pleas-
ccd ty iino ho haa at one
lire cxperiei.c
time had normal hearing and ho has
lin in. le deaf from some cause or hu-
n'lu r. If the tune selected Is mo vita
slilrli the sutij's-t has been fam.llar he
n nv easily follow the vr Inr rhaiigci
of t!ie musU. and by the aid of his
Imagination which In the deaf Is un-
i.nut.ly n:. he can th'.n enjoy the
oddly rondiictecl concert nli'icsd is thor-
oiifthly an I.' hi hearing i normal."
While the new system of mating the
deaf hear I ?et In lis lnfan y Dr. King
ay that aclmtlst all over the world
hii:ielf Included are working untiring-
ly with the electrical apent. and are
sengulne of esen greater success than
ha already been attained.
HII-V.Im( l.iiranrdlnary.
A great kite ascens.oti was one ot
the event of October at the Illue
Hill observatory. The ascension be-
gan at t 13 a. m.. end ended at o:
p. W. The kite reached and passed
throuRh cloud the fact being duly
re-corded by the Instrument! attached
for that purpose. Th meteorograph
an nent up I.JS5 feet above th level
from rablch It atarted. It took three
tnllM of pit no-wlr a tarry the me-
teorogrwph to Ihl r.rprlslag height.
If
J-.
ihI th pull on th wire Tarled from
twenty to ninety-five pounds. The
temperature at the tart wae forty-iU
degree but Ml to twenty degrees at
the height of S.750 feet. The meteoro-
graph made Ita record In Ink upon ft
.evolving cylinder run by clockwork.
Seven Eddy and two Hargrave kites
were used. These measured from six
to nine feet In diameter. For three
hours the Instrument was mor than
a mile above the surfsce of the earth.
This I the most aurcesnful klt-flylng
experiment ever made and break all
record In th! line.
fines Ran bf Water Tower.
A water clock has beta devised by
a Chicago Inventor. It Is operated by
wster power and the man who de-
signed It says that It will Ml the time
well as any other machine beside
having the chirm of novelty which I
so much admired In these day. It I
small circular box partitioned In
several compartments snd Is suspend-
ed by two strings to an ordinary
wooden frame or barked by a wood
panel. The hour are Indicated along
one side of the frame. The Interior
divisions are similar to those of a
water-wheel and In each at alternate
v.
ends of the rilvlalon. Is a very small
hole. Water is sealed In one compart-
Bent and Is uppermost when the
drum Is at the top oi the panel. It
slowly trickles Into the next compart-
n.eni below It in front and on account
of the leverage exerted by Ita weight
the drum gradually revolves down-
ward. It la rewound to the top when
another Jinrney Is necessary. The
time ran be told by the position of
the Indicator on the uprights.
I'mdartlnn of Arllflrlal Silk.
Considerable Interest attache to tb
process of II. Cbardonnet for the pro-
duction of artificial silk a process
eblcb will soon be In actual operation
both In France and Unat Britain. The
method of production has been com-
pared to thst employed by the silk-
worm Itself who eat th mulberry
leave and after the mysterious In-
ternal transformation emits through Its
mouth an extremely fine thread which
It uses to spin Its cocoon and which we
us.i aa silk. For the manufacture of
th artificial Ilk wood replace th
leave. Th wood Is worked Into a
paste which after being dipped Into a
bath of arid I dried and placed In a
bath of other and alcohol by which
treatment It la turned Into a kind of
glue or collodion. From thia material
the artificial (Ilk Is produced by sub-
jecting It to high pressure In strong
tnetslltc cylinder from which It I
forced Into a series of pipes and la al-
lowed to escape through suitable ex-
tremely minute openings In the shape
of Bo thread.
A Mlmpla Nkaak Tea a.
"A skunk is lae blKicsl loo a tn4
world." says Charles 0. Cappers th
cleverest amateur trapper In Iewlston
Maine who rsn catch a skunk every
night In a flour barrel. All he dues Is
to Incline an empty barrel over a ston
or something that will slightly tilt It
and drop lu a hunk of bread or almost
anything to bait It Along comes a
skunk In the night; he smells the bait.
Jumps Into th tilted bsrrel his weight
tlpa u up and thcr h I and h can't
get out.
Shielding S7 l.lhtan(.
It I reported that an official Inquiry
recently mad In Germany concerning
the cffet of telephone wires on at-
mospheric electricity showed that a
network of such wires extending over
a town tetided to diminish the dsr.r
from lightning during thunderstorms.
Reports were compared from 00
towns of which S60 possessed telephone
systems and the conclusion drawn waa
that a network of wires lessen th
danger In th ratio of 1 to 41.
riertrlewl rarlAeatlsMi af Water.
Tb purification of water by elec-
tricity I Just now engaging th atten-
tion of s lentUts. Kxperlments show
that bacteria and microbes are effectu-
ally destroyed by electrical currents
and th aster completely clarified but
a cheaper process than that under
ehleh the experiments have thus far
been conducted must be found be fur
electrical filtration ran becomo a com-
mercial success.
la the Ubfdewle I lae.
Illstlugulbbed I hill Hues'. -How
nisny times have )ou been married?
Average American Woman Thro
tines. 1
I). C. 0. And how mir.y times hse
yju been engige.1 in le married
A. A. W.- tih. thirty or more I i
gMesS !
1). C. 0 Ah! And how many time
wi re )ou burn? I
I'lllfiil Igmiraa.-e.
"Tint teacher of ours don't know
putty." claimed Tommy with a tin look
of acorn.
"What'a the matter with my tittle
boy new?"
When I told her that I tackled Jlm-
rrn Tivtter so hard that he had to put
on a subHtertute. she said I orter be
ashamed of meself."
Taking All tb KUk.
. . e a il l ab k.aaa
.ow uioincr. sain me t.oaiou wj
"befor. you g-l down to buslnees. let
u reason together. You only spoil
your slippers and do rue not any
good."
"I'll take the risks en thl proceed-
ing George my son" aald the wise
Boston mother an she took a firm grip
en the slipper.
Over J0 stand ot atVtn nave been
takea from tre.paeJ&a In Yoaemlte
park this year. f
I-J.
V i ;':;;
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HONEYMOON UFN0RTII
THE BRIDE PROVES PROWES3
8HOOTINQ POLAR BEARS.
Shaotlng Ilia Chief IHerrs.oa Daring Iba
Teoioaa Mvalha Warn lha Hoods of
Ira lluld All atlglU -Traahlea Wea by
Valor.
(San Francisco letter.)
HONEYMOON trip
to the Arctic. Of
all the desolate
dreary places on
could Ituaglu to
lake a bride on a
weddlug trip the
polar seas take th
lead but Mrs. Jo-
seph Whiteside
who returned to
'.
5
San Frsnrlsco a
few day gJ from Just such a trip.
iay a pleanr Jouruey could not b
planned h I not every one that can
take such a trip. The husband Is the
aptaln of the steam whaler Belvedere
and early In the spring of Isat year
when th vessel was fitting out for a
whllng cruise to th Arctic CspL
Whiteside quietly turned his command
over to hi :hlef officer aud boarded
the overland train with a 'Icket In his
pocket for New Bedford that home of
whalers. It was from that port that
th Itelveder' master started on ills
first hunt for whales and It was there
that his heart had long been In th
keeping of sweet-faced woman who
bad been hi schoolmate before he ever
dreamed of becoming a blubber hunter.
The young whaler had developed Into
a careful daring and efficient Arctic
mariner and he was given command of
THE WJIITE3IDE3.
t vessel. Then when the Ilelveder
aaa sent to the Tactile to hunt In th
nor prolific seas north of th Alaskan
oast Whiteside was chosen as tha most
apable man to command her of all the
ew Bedford skipper. When h ar-
rived from on ucceful cruise be-
rond th Bering straits and when the
r esse I came Into port a letter was sent
ast to the echoolmate of former year
elllng of tb lonesomeness of th polar
leaa and asking th receiver If h
eould not chang from achooltnat to
hlef mate of th Belvedere. There
a quiet wedding In the quaint little
:hurch of the Atlantic whaling settle-
xenl and when Capt. Whltesld and
al tlf mate came west the rice that
ass showerel on them In the east was
disk en out of the folds of the brides
Iress on the Belvedere decs a tn
essel steamed through the Gulden
Iste and pointed her bows toward th
lorth. Th whaler reached th Arctic
lust as th winter Ice was bresklng
jp. and for three months of the sum-
mer she cruised but with very little
lurcess. Then cane a wlpter of nearly
Tin months when the vessel wss
frozen In th Ice tilth a do-n others
of the whaling fleet at Hersihel
Island. Aa soon as the I -e brok she
wss moving again and before she
turned ber bow for home enouga
whales had been tsken to pxy a Beat
"lay" to her officers and crew.
"It was a delightful trip." said Mrs.
Whiteside re.ountlna ber adventures
In the eoiy catdu cf the whaler. "There
aa plenty ot excitement and there
wer uo moments of Idleness. My hus-
band and some of the officers of the ves-
sel had their rifles with them and noth-
ing would do but 1 must learn to
hoot. We had shooting tnatihe fre-
quently whll In winter quarter and
befnr th Ic broke up I knew a much
shout a rifle nr of them and could
boot almost as well.
"I have th trophies of my skill as
a uarkswoman and a hunter thst sti-
doin fall to th lot of a woman. There
are two large polar bear skins and my
busbsnd le now having them prepare
aa rugs. W had only been out on the
-rule after whales last summer a few
dsys and the vessel was sltiwly steam-
ing along a great Ic floe when th
lookout sang out that there were three
Urge bear on th Ice. They had risen
from behind a hummnrk only a few
yards from th ship and were looking
In wonder at the vesiwl when Mr.
Whiteside came running down Iruo the
cabin for mc to get my rifle aa ther
was Mg game for me
"l followed him 'i the dock Bi quick-
ly ns 1 could and. takln; rim at the
largest one of the thrre. ser.t a bullet
that rolled nlm over dead. A secon I
hot from a position en the h-e killed
another of the three and so elated was
1 over my sue es as a rifle shot that
I could i; h"!d the Run utiady Icr the
thirl shot and tli last of the three
hears was only wounded lie fell be-
h!nl the lump cf lee o it of s'glit of
the ve.s-1 and pro'e-ted from si.y fur
ther bulWts from my rifle from where
1 stood I silted to go on the ice
after him. I tit my hui-band would not
li t rric siylt.g that th hear would cat
nie uo and that he wvs the only hear
who would claim that privilege pome
of the males went after that t'aird bear
and finally brought It to the vcsnel
with the bodies of the two I had killed.
My lurk In killing these two bears
sermis to bring great luck to the ves-
sel. A tew daya after that we began
to get eight of the whales were
after and by th time th Ic began
to drift into th Arctic and It wa time
f . . . .
of h(m Tbe nirn Um t(J
call m their mascot. But for th
death of our flrt mate who waa killed
during a battle rlth a w hole that cast
a redness over us all. we were a Jolly
party all the time w were In the Arc-
tic and I. for one. am a little sorry
that It a a'l over."
a Mark th Thaaaaad V arsis.
1 have always figured to myself Trol-
lope't novel aa all written on a rung
endless scroll of paper rolled on an
Iron ails nailed up In bis study. Tb
publishers apprjoch to buy so many
yard of fiction; th ahopman Anthony
scissors In band unrolls th scroll and
nip of at th dealred point. Thl
counter-Jumping conception of th
muse prevail with th customer to-
day with the editor wh buy fiction
at so mu-h a thousand words. Carlyl
heaven preserve me from finishing a
book be dlelUl "French Revolu-
tion" to lose llilnd writ It all over
again had the truer Idea when h sug-
gested that the nthor should be paid
by what they do uot writ. But it w
reserved for the libraries to reach th
lamest conception of literature. Their
clients enjoy the privilege of having so
many books at a time a book being a
book. Just as an orange Is an orange.
Zangwell' Without Prejudice.
HOME OF SECRETARY FRANCIS
It Is an lllslorleel aod llaadaoase Mao-
sloa la Waahlugton.
(Washington Letter)
Secretary of th Interior David It
Francis. Mrs. Francis and their family
make their home In the fine old men-
tion built nd formerly occupied by
i'hlllp Sawyer when that distinguished
citizen of Wisconsin was a member of
the I nlted States senate. It Is a mas-
sive. Inspiring house built entirely of
brown stone and la altuated at th
head of Connecticut avenue In th vi
cinity of Dupont Circle. On the right
of the broad entrance Is the draw-lug
room suite. The furnishings of the
rooms ar pretty the prevailing tint
b?lng delicate rose pink. The design
on the celling Is of a graceful rose pat
tern and loose rose leaves are embrol
dered on the furniture as If they bad
fallen from th mass of flowers on th
celling. The design was th notion of
the late Mrs. Granson Whit daughter
of Senator Sawyer.
Beyond the drawing-room I a dining-room
finished chiefly In mahogany
and suggestive of Dutch decorative art.
Opposite the dining-room Is an apart-
ment Caloked and furnished In lb
style of th orient and called "th
Moorish room." It Is on of th most
gorgeously decorated rooms In Wash-
ington and is used a a ballroom. A
great orchestrion command th big
staircase In the hall at Its bead and
I used to plsy Interlude between th
dsnres. I'pstalr th sleeping apart-
meuts are many and luxuriously fur-
nished and. Indeed the entire house
Is one ot th finest within and without
In the capital. Mr. and Mrs. Francis
Intend to participate freely In th so-
cial life of Washington this winter and
HOME OF FRANCI3.
with ex-.Senator Sawyer'a houe they
are amply equipped to do lu Tbey
hate rented the house furnished and
have found It necessary to mk fsw
additions.
Hate Tbey a LaaaaageT
It I becoming th general belief
among natural'! that all living crea-
ture hav tome communication with
each other at least to th extent ot
making their want feara etc. known
to other ot their species. A writer on
ant recently Investigated the matter
as far a thoa Interesting little Insect
sre concerned. He saw a drove of anta
of a small black variety which wer
apparently moving to new quarter.
those going In a certain direction all
carrying egg or sick and helpless rela-
tives while those moving In th op-
posite direction appeared to have Just
deposited thlr burdens and to be Just
returning for another load of "house-
hold effects. "
They had evidently finished their
work Judrlng hy the le'aurely way In
which they ao.ild frequently put their
head. together as though chattering
shout their new quarters or some other
Inti renting sul.Ji ot It being a ques-
tion lu the tinttirulli.fs mind whether
they were really talking or not. he hit
or the experiment of murdering ono of
th"lr n'tmter to see If the ot tiers would
pin snd t' 11 what had happened lie
says-
"Th eye-m Itnessea of the murder
hastened and laid their head to-
gether with every ant they mt where-
i.pou all would torn nnd scamper away.
No more ants pasted along
that path during the day."
farts Alwut the Maa.
Here Is th last publlatuj descrip-
tion ot the tun from the pen of Sir
Robert Hall: For every acre oa the
surface of our globe there are more
than IO.OoO acre on the surfsce of th
great luminary. Every porllon of this
Illimitable desert of flame Is pouring
forth torrents ot heat It has been esti-
mated that If the heat which I Inre.
ssntly flowing through any single
square foot of th sun's exterior could
b collected and applied to th boiler
of aa Atlantic liner rt would product
atram enough to sustain In continuous
movement engine of 20000 horee
power thus enabling a large ship to
break the record between England and
Ames lea.
'ellfit' lV' I!
MAN OF GREAT NEIiVE
CROSSED NIAOARA FALLS ON
BLONDIN'S SHOULDERS.
Tbl Tbrllllng "tory Karalla Of
Loewtloa of Oos af th rrlarlpals la
t'btrwco bear U. CaUor? Mw si
Aad Blaa.
(Special letter.)
II IC fact that Henry
Colcoi i baa
an art tu-
Chlcago re-
muit won
derful tory of tba
nerve possessed by
him and rop-
w alker named Won-
dtn. It was la Ult
that th two msn
naiud i:rd to
cro Niagara fall on a tight rope
Blondln to walk and carry Colcord seat
ed In a chair on hi back. Tb bank
of th river were crowded with nn
eager and Intensely excited crowd anx
lously awaiting tb tlm whea th
nen should start. Despite th hubbub
of the people the roar ot th watr
below the river ".weeping on to the
rapid and f.ianv other thine that
make a man of ordinary nerve tremble
the two men of "Iron" perfected ar
rangement to cross from th Ameri-
can side. The atari wa made the ro
swylng to and fro. and each te
eerned on step nearer ur death
Hlowly down the awful declivity of
that single rope tb step of Blondln
picked their way with no sound from
tb assemblage watching him and hut
human burden th Iron-ucrved Amerl
ran except wbtre a ob shook om
woman's lips th sunk fslstlng to
th ground. Slowly th tep nard
th bottom of th deflection. Colcord
had been obliged to descend from Blon
din's txck to rest himself so grest was
the strain on lit arm end ahouldera
In keeping his wlut on the shoulder
Muscles tf l);i;iJla. This descending
and ascending was a terrible nightmare
to the onlookcn. The fear that despair
bad lelzrd upon one or the other of tb
men laid cold hauds on lb heart of
hundreds and at last the one great
emotion In every human heart of that
silent mass of spectators was a a
prayer fur their safety.
It seemed as If tb steps would never
begin the ascent to the Canadiuu bank.
At tb center was the naked space ot
4 fact of rt'pe without the steadying
effect of any guys. And here til
thrilled wltb lutenae horror to e
Blondln itart to run on the rope. Col-
curd told nie afterward that b noticed
that Blondln seemed to lose bis balance
at the central portion of the rope and
started forward on a run to recover his
equilibrium. He reached th nearest
guy after a run of almost 4u feet and as
be put out hi foot to steady himself
the guy parted. The guy on th oppo-
site aid broke at th sam time and
Blondln was compelled to run another
20 feet to tb next guy befor h recov-
ered hi balance.
Colcord' position was an awful
strain on mind and body. II must
way a Blondln swayed however ag-
onising It was to be tottering to an
apparent plunge Into the roar of water
below. He did not shut hi eye dur-
ing th trip but looked up down and
around at sky rtver and th hushed
mob of spectator.
Th roar of the watera eemed to
grow louder and mora angry aa th
acrobat Beared th Canadian chore.
Would the; make It after all? Tb
bore wa black with people pushing
to th very verge of the cliBs. eager
to drag ther.i up to safety. Another
tep and another. Cqlcord had de-
scended thi time to rest hi tired
(muscles and each time tuany ot lbs
HENRY COLCORD.
people turned their brad away not
daring to w lines his climbing up again.
Half an hour had passed. To thus
who looked on It seemed as a long
long day heavy with dread and hop
deferred ilckenlng lu the fear that th
next step would be the last and that
the frail strand would swing tvnantleaa
over th roaring gorg. Women faint-
ed by (core. Men cried out and oaths
and tears were th strange accompani-
ments of the wildest sight that ever
disturbed the majesty of Niagara.
Three minutes wore and lb men
were almost at tlio edue of the Cana-
dian shore. Here Colcord cautioned
Blondln: "Unik out for Ihe.ie people;
they are cra?y wlfh excitement now."
In two minutes nun they approached
the veige and one tliall. With tears run
ning down his fare re.n hed over Blon-
dln' shoulder nnd ilrajtKcd Colcord
over lo the solid ground spying: "I
wouldn't Uk at anything like that
aaiiin for ii.ihhi.ooo." The crowd went!
wild at the success of the uudei taklnK
and the men got to their hotel nearly
...(fixated by the admiring throng
wbl.h pressed about them. Chord
wrote . 1.1a autograph for lmln. until
they had paid him nearly one thousand I
dollur for signatures. I
(Irlgln of the lllryrle.
The first pcdo-mublle mschlne pro-
pelled by the muscles was Invented by
a physician named Dr. Richard In ot
aWut 1(11)0. M. Oxanam If we may be-
lieve E. Oauller'. "Hecreatlons Mathe-
niatlque rt Thysiqucs" tell us that a
fw years previous to ItiSM there had
appoand In Paris a kind of carriage ot
sedan chair which was propelled by a
sirvant who sat behind and used hit
feet. The smull wheel covered by a
eort of box and attached to a pole sup-
plied th motive power of the vehicle.
Note and Qurlea.
Wben a little man la lifted up very-
body find out that he la little.
m m.
1 1 opened
L II dlo Id
h5 O call a
THE NAZARETH HOUSE.
roar Tlasa II Waa Mlraealotuly Mora
Through tba Air-
On May 10. Hill th house of Naxa-
reth In which Jeaua and the Virgin
Mary bad lived was miraculously sev-
ered from lu foundations born
through the air and deposited on the
hill of Tersatto. In Illyrla. aay the
Saturday Hevlew. Here It remained
for thre year but oa Dee. 10 1294. It
was again miraculously removed by th
Virgin herself and th holy angel
thi time Into Italy and set In the
midst of a wood belonging to a certain
lady Lauretta. In the neighborhood of
Ilecanatl. Owing however to the con
stant violence of robber who attacked
th pilgrim flocking to thl sacred
spot on a morning In August 1295 the
house wss again mlrecalously removed
through the air mile farther Inland
till It rested on a cultivated hill th
Joint property of two brother th
Count Stephen and Simon Rlnaldl tie
Antlcl. For a time all ent well but
these brothers overcome by a delre of
gain aroiued In them by th rich offer-
ing of th pilgrims began at length a
violent qusrrel aa to which on of them
t aa the owner of th ground; and the
acred building being In danger of de-
filement through fratricidal bloodshed
wa a fourth tlnaewupernaturally born
off and finally planted In lb middle of
a public road belonging to the oom-
mutiof Ilecanatl crushing down In It
descent aa wa i!!covred In 1751 a
certain prickly both by th roadside
and covering over eotne acorn shells
a snallshell and a dried nut. Almost
Immediately the authorities hastened
to surround the holy house with a brick
wall for tb purpose of support. Inas
much as It had no foundations but th
sacred walls would never adhere to the
new ones and brok asunder so far that
a little child coul.l ps between with a
light In hi hr.d to show th people.
wben necessary the truth of thl ep-
aratlon.
ROYAL HOROSCOPES.
What the I'laaeta T'" ' " t'harae-
Irrtstlea of lam'l III lluler.
One of the London paper ha been
figuring out the horoscopes of various
Kuropesn rulers by means of physlog-
ncniy viewed In the light of the planets
says the New York Journal. Kaiser
William for example. Is described as
being active running. Inventive un
scrupulous reckless of danger ungov-
ernable ot temper and oblivious o? sin
With such a fine assortment of charac
teristics there cannot be the slightest
doubt that their pc ssessor would make
one of tb most eucreesful bandits or
hlghwsymen that the globe ha ever
se-n. King Humbert of Italy Is almost
the reverse for be Is said to be of the
"baj.py lunarian" sort Jewloi and
afraid of dealh. M. Felix Faure. the
president of Frame say the star. Is
overfond of tb table but has much
corunmn sens. He msy go to prison
eventually however. The Indication
re drawn from a ttudy of at. Faure's
cranium. In edition to th dictum ol
Jupiter Mar and Saturn. Tb riar Is
of th "Venuslan type." and th outlook
for domestic broils In bis own family
la extremely good. He Is Instinctively
honest easl'y U'd. but not courageous
and I' Is quite likely thst he will end
hin day In exile if the stars do not
lie.
Wpalled.
Mr. Totter (of Texas who has beer
scalped and wears a wig. springing
from th barber' chair and producing
a gun) -I'm goln' ter shoot your dog-
Kutied hid full of hoiea. Terrified
lUrlier W-b-a-t-' the matter? Mr
Totter-You have spiled a t'i wig by
smearing it all over wltb lie. Tsiw
Sittings.
I aklad.
"Thev say that large ears are a slgt
r? generosity."
"1 gnoi U'a o" admitted Vr C ilns
qilicje. "They would seem ta Indi-
cate some wirt of aslnlnlty." C.ncln-
nail Ene.ulrer.
Mataeally.
Mra Q. Rloait) - I Si you thoae
two children Elicneier and llorenee
r.ext dir? Mrs. C. Ciaist Oh. ye
Ebb and Flo hav been running In and
out her for aosie time Wsablngtos
Times.
WORTH KNOWING.
The first telegraph wire waa hang
In 1S16.
An average (lie rocoanut produce a
pint of milk.
A grandson of Gsrlhaldl la a proe-
perlng druggist In Rome.
Zola say he likes the blcycl for
the forgelfulness II bestows.
Th discoveries of sliver and gold
ore In Newfoundland have led to
gnat speculation In mining.
Convict Tm In here for ha'lng
five wives. Visitor llow ar you en-
Joying your liberty ?-Ixndon Figaro
By a recent order Boston policemen
are prohibited from leaning against
sny upright object during working
ti'iurs.
Victoria. Australia hss turned on!
".62 ounces of gold during the last'
nine months nn Increase of 31.001
ounce over last year.
By the recent- self-denial week $11.".-
ooil was raised ! the Vnlted Kingdom
alone toward the funda of the Sulva-
Hon Army being t.'6H) In advance ol
Inst year.
i on room of Mjllne (vntral
iroad gen. ral office are employed
of Jur.h Manley. . nephew
of Arthur s. nJ Uew
ihomas II Reed
. ' ' '... . .
uriiitnii; ii-iua inn iiai oi u re r-producing
countries airordlng to the
trado report for 1S3J. Just published
with l.:o:.13:.074 gallons an Increase
of over Jl.0ii0.0o0 gallons over 1S9J.
In th opinion ot the best-Informed
authorltle. Shanghai will becom tb
great central manufacturing point ot
th TaclAc coast even surpssslng ulti-
mately Osaka In Japan.
A Lincolnshire (Kngland) rector
writing In the London Time ssys he
has an Incomo ot exactly 11.000 a
yar. and thl rr he baa paid I"1)
out ot It tn rate and taxes.
Tlague and peatlience n addition
to famine are Impending over Brit-
ish India. The have been 431 caa)
ot bubonic plague with !J deal! ao
far Is Calcutta and Dombay.
THE JOKER'S CORNER.
WIT
AND WISDOM. ORIOINAL
AND SELECTEn '
n Laagbed lllaHir leb-Th K.y l
n. araoiaaiwn Johaaya JaaUw.
Whew lha Wal.rsi.l.M tllo.-.Hh9
Draw th Llae-All II HaaU llud.
BAW U. rcftllr
tl and
mil
By th bookstore
hef.
Till long I W.h(vj
I wight enjoy
A pltioh of wit
myself.
T h more I
fLLfJ" watched the
more he
laughed.
Till tear rolled down bl cbMNeav
II aeemed quite lull enougn oi i4
To last him forty week. I
When weak with mirth be kid
book
Bark on the ehelf again
And left the place In very truth
The happiest of men
Being myself a trifle blue
I paid my last poor dollar
And bore the volume safely home
1'reparrd to scream and holier.
he 1
I read It through. Aloe no mll
In all that book I found;
At tint amsied then quit enraged.
With oaths my teeth 1 ground.
"Who waa the fool who laughed eo
hard
When reading thai? " Thl lur
Cast at th bookman. "Oh." aald be
"That wa th author air!"
Key ta lbs omblttalloa.
Teacher Wher are Joy heal ift Hu jm
happiness to be found?
Tommy-In the d!rtlonry.
As' le Hatahraeloa's stlaea.
Now Leah del noisy katydid -Uoutln"
up a tree.
An' de watahmelon'a ripen' all
aroun'.
He orter be a-sWplu Ilk d hoary
bee.
W'en d watahnif lon'a ripen' all
aroun.
I heah d lunesome whistle ob d
wblppoorwill.
D big muo' moou's a-tallln' dow?
ahlnd de hill.
And de boot ol i-hootln' on d ol'
rsne mill;
An" de watahmelon'a ripen
aroun.
II
A possum an' a raccoon a-eettln' on
a rail.
An' de 'simmons am a-rtpen' all
aroun'.
De raccoon pow'ful haughty 'cause he
go a han som tail.
An' d 'simmons am a-rlpen' all
aroun'.
Den de possum dim' d 'slmmon frsp
hi tall aroun' a llm'.
An' h shout down te d raccoon still
a-startn' up at him
"Wen you want ter shake a 'atmmnn
tree I'm yo' Jim;
An d 'simmons aa a-tallln' all
aroun.
De win' ain't mo' 'n whlspln' la dt
shadder ob d hill.
An' d bin grape a-rletea' all
aroun'.
Dab' a nlggah wd a milk can a -us in'
roun' d still.
For ri llquah am a-leakln' on d
gmun.' j
I mohnln: eta' am shlnln' fo' de
brekla' eb d day.
Good mohnln' mlstah red foi yo alnt
got long to stay
Dah'a a muffle-footed nlggah (win' ter
chase de fox away
Fer de chicken am a-rooa'la' all
aroun.
Kb Drew th l.la.
Mr. Rich (proudly) My daugh-
ter I think It advisable that you enter
th matrimonial state. I hav there-
for rhuaen that you should marry
Adolphu Frederick de Tlssp. Mar-
quis ot Hlgby. Count d Milleon. etc.
Daughter ood heaven mother!
Would you hav your daughter a big-
amist three time over?
tlobaay's Jeatoasy
Johnny Mr. Llghth-ad my slstet
treat you better than she doe me.
Mr. Llghthead-Why do you think
ao Johnny?
Johnny I heard her tell mi aha
gives you lot of taffy but she never
give me any.
All It Woala Hold.-
Mis Coldcal-llav you a plctdro ol
your fiancee Mr. ChamplelghT '
Chqlly Chumplolgh No. 1 carry er
portrait In my head.
Ml CoWal Ohl A miniature; 1
presume.
Too Caa Neve Tell.
Mr. Denbam Do you think hi
would marry that girl?
Isenhara I don't know; t married
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