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TFAAS
Jtfa almut time to ir ke England oa
tlerstaud uwt this ueiulsphero kt not a
rafc-feaK far tor.
T.' are auabla to racall the aamo of
t.t km Mr. Plngre defeated, but bo
rertuiatr made a thorough job of tha
uoSccUtilnc.
Atlanta exposition la now free of
UoW. u U wonderful tbe way the new
aba haa waked up anil proceeded lo
4a feaelaeM.
t"a road to poverty In easy to find,
lint ward to travel. The road to richr
is Lard toflud. but rnxy to travel If you
know how lo advertise yourself oa the
waf.
It In Mid that a tmile of cynical trl
anph opread over New York society on
learning that tho latest oelres to wed
aa Kng!lnbman married one who baa
ao title.
If th" general government doc not
loot sharp the municipal aulborltiea
aton- lh like will, bare thai treaty
wit England abrogated before It baa
aa evoortiinlty lo act.
It alrnoat term oa If there must I
aorae ironrr back of the Hultan when bo
aocorate hla murderera. It doea not
npear credible that be bimiclf would
barter, the Turkey carving.
Tae rottennett of the Turkish em-ah-a
(row center to circumference li at
tasted by every available authority ex
at the aultan, and bin opposing tetl
tony only tends to strengthen the con
viction that tho other are entirely
Hgfct,
Some month ago a firm !n Alabama
etegraphed to a Chicago Orm to buy
t00 bushel of wheat for them. The
letagram plainly read M.000 bushel,
aud that la what tbe Chicago firm pur
hated. Uefore the error u noticed,
however, the prU In wheat dropped,
and tlx waa a Iota or 11,000 on the
deal, which the Chicago firm had to
pay. It tued tbe telegraph company
fur Ue amount and thla week lost the
suae because the claim waa not filed
Ithln the tlxty doya limit. An extra
cipher frequently cauaet great trouble.
At the Ohio State unlvertlty a test
sa made during the till of lmt year,
the result of which was aa followt: An
erdlnary wagon, with a new three-Inch
lire, wat loaded with 1.4S0 pound, the
dynamometer being used to meuture
tho draft. On a hard dirt road the draft
aa !M pound; on a grata field JUa'atJL;.
Itf pounda: on newly plowed I,
aa 7T1 pounds. The draft powf
lease of 1,000 pounds I ISO pountj
therefore I wo fcoraet could dm
aorart rouiu om
a grace sod. Wit hi
aa much la a full H
am, showing i
tbe wide lire,
toad easily on a grace sod. Wlthf
row lire, half aa
a two-horse team
advantage for
lion to which tUey become rollt
jiruQClh. and level tbe road, and I
It belter the more It it used. In
eutllng It Into rut. It well
the narrow tire (!j oa toft ronii
i
Immlgrttlon U, without doubt, on the
Increase, though tbe total for tii? cal
endar year will be smaller than It bat
been In the year when the current of
Ihe pcLtavtlon moxement hltherward
waa at Itt height. For the month ot
ftupteinber the number of Immigrant
waa over 11. W0 In exettt of that for
tWnlember, 1S'.M. while for the nine
montht tho total was nearly M.000 lu
txctata ot that for the corresponding
period of luft year. If the proportion
A IntrvatO which tai to fnr obtained
should cunt I n no during Ihe year, the
augmentation for the twelve months
would be somewhere '.a tbe ni Ighbor
aaod ot T7.000. Tbe Increase In tbe
nlnma "f Imtnlrratlon would seem to
e a reflection of the Improvement of
,,.-,i,,i n.imnn. in th. I nitrd Kt.te.
watib, ha been golug ou for a )ear or
were.
A good deal of myttery iwrlalnj lo
the water level of the great lakee be
tween Ihe United States and Canada.
Tweg constitute altogether an enormous
treat water ocean embracing 77.450
aquirw aillea. This la an Immeute res
ervoir, and It doet not teem likely that
the withdrawal of 300.000 cubic feet per
atiaiite by the proposed Chicago drain
age rami would materially affect It.
In a rain ot tlx Inches whbh recently
tell over theve lakes, the amount ot
water added to Ihem wat 1.07S.M0.176,
tOO cubic feet It would take seven
years for the Chicago cansl to with
draw this amount of water. There are,
however, pfrlo.tl.nl rises and fall lo
all the Uke which have never been ac
count! for. An old boutman on the St.
Lawrence river that the rlief
and talis ot the river occur in perlodi
vf seven yesrs, the water steadily rlelng
tevco years, and then falling tt stead
ily tor the same length ot time. At pres
ent the St. Lawrence Is at Its lowest
bo. Next year It will begin to ri. and
by IWZ It will be aa high as it ever It
Tbe jury at Flint, Mich., that wat
bilged to remain out all night did not
propose to do It for ao thing. They re
Hitdted the sheriff to tend l' a bushel
t rod tpples. a seek of orang.t, a cask
t cider, a tew sandwiches, a boa ol
je-wlnggtimndafcoxof cigars. They
vtdeatly thought they would re malt
trt for a week."
Tt rvmor that Baraa Bernhardt w ill
raaae la America at one lo atody K
Aaaea't kUUIcal aaatkoda with a lea
te gutting pointer tor Ue Improvement
writ awn art I generally dlh:itv4
CHILimEN OF JAVAN.
MOST AMUSING LITTLE CXtNCS
IN THE WORLD.
tk t Umt Beat ef rult-Tke
Peddlers af tHdlKi nad iu I Hi a
Baslaees Juan at rtaj Tby
Drw la Kakea,
(Japanese Correspondence.)
I1B LITTLK chil
dren of Japan are
without doubt the
tuoat amusing and
most charming lit
tle being In the
w hole world. Tholr
eweotneati, good
temper and pretty
way arc prover
bial. They are
never angry, cry
but tcldoui, and wem to be Ignorant of
ihe very meaning of thn words dis
pute, quarrel or fight, but are tweet
uatured, amiable and gny. The life of
a Japanese baby before It can use Ita
fen U not very bnppy one, for It prac
tlcally tnendt thn first two ytart of It
llfo tied to vorae one else's back. Ita
happlne during that period depend
Ing very largely on that tome one else's
Inclination to continually "move on
Ita little legt are lied tlgbt lo the other
persona back, and a ttrlng passed un
der Itt little arma and round the neck
of lie carrier; thus Itt arma and bead
THE nMPKROR'8 SON',
are allowed free pixy. At tbe poor
mlte't chief auiUM-ment is sleeping and
It hat no pillow or other support, the
ilttio head bangs flrtt on one tide and
then on 'he other, unless, lud-ed. It
falls ttralghl back, and you wonder
every time you tee It why Itt neck doet
not break. Hut It doea not, and after
aleeplng thus for a time, baby will sud
denly wake up aud begin looking
around lo a contented, happy manner.
Of course they cry Nouietimes, but It Is
generally because they are hungry, or
tbe string hat become too tight, or tbe
MihrijM r"CJnjjfV"'l n'lll too long.
ive ao
n tied
n any
la
rbil-
y con-
OiOUO,
i open
but It
by a
knot-
t their
Uuipl.ii in in ii i i i i juthttig
underneath, neither shirt nor chemise,
skirt nor Irouaurt; not even ttocklngt
or shoe. Most often their feet are
bare, but a tew wear a species of Japan
ese wooileo shoes or sandals of straw.
Tbe kimonos worn by tne children are
made of rich silk, often In very bril
llsnl colors, and most magnidcentty
embroidered with strange Japanese
character and tlgo which we cannot
understand, or fl with bird, flowtr,
or huc.a Hg'Te lu t thouiiand color
In tuiuuit-r, wlii-u It h very wirm. the
children under seven or eight years
of age put aside the kimono and wear
for their only apparel a handkerchief
about the waiMt. in winter, mhen mow
r rain It falling, they put on overcoat!
."""J9 ot f lrw- whlcn
ore absolutely Impenetrable, and at the
tame time very light in wi-lght.
Cte very straugu cuMom is that the
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A TKN'-YKAK-OI.D JAPANKSE C.lRU
hair of Ihe children I never allowed lo
grow long. Aa soon at they come Into
the world, their beadt are shaved, al
though often a little luft of balr shaped
Ilk a crown I left on the top, or else
the head U shaved entirely but for Iwo
little patches of hair, one on either lid,
which give to the little wearer an air
thaa which nothing could be more droll.
After they arc about Ave or all yrtrt
Id. tbe balr ot the boy I allowtd to
grow a little, and because It has been
shaved ao often It- ls.wtry.and like a
brush with, very at IS krUtlea At about
tbe tarn tg th hair at the little gtrlt
1 1 allowed lo grow long, and la dressed
la a uoet complicated matner and er
aajented with fancy pin of all
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colore, with bird, atn. Tho work ot
arrauglug the hair U ao difficult thai
It la dono only one a week, and that
they may not dinarrange the structure
when In bed and aleeplng. little Japan
ese girl are not allowed to uho pillows
like ours. In fact, truth be told, no one
Uiero baa a bed. They lie on the
ground, on matt. The pillow of the
little girl and of the women are a
tpeclet of wooden bench moderately
hlRb. which they pi ce under their
necks, and which prevent their bead
touching the floor.
I waa very much aranird. on my ar
rival In Japan, to ( before almost
every house an Immense mast, much
taller than the roof, from the top ol
which floated one or several huge Untie,
red or green, and made of cloth, which
tha wind lnflnted furiously. Very toon
I learned that these fishes Indicated Ita
number of bo t poaaeseed by each fam
ilya ton lo each flub. The Japanese,
oelug great finhernien and flh fancier,
admire certain tpiclea very much for
inntaiicc, the carp, which alwaya swim
up stream, a sign of courage and per
severance, and which baa become there
the emblem of the boy, whom tbey
w luh to see poasrsoed of these qualities.
In spite of their well-known politeness,
the Japanese put nothing at the end of
the mast when they have only girls In
the family. Bhame! cry sbarue, young
ladles, for the unappreclatlve onet who
do not yet perceive the value and the
charm ot your sex!
flitieo we are speaking ot Cshes, let
me tell you that little Japanese children
eat a great deal of Osb, and eat It en
tlrejy raw. Tbe fUhea are kept alive lu
either ea water or rlvei water. In the
kitchen, and Immediately on tlttlng
down for the oral they are ut In small
plws, and without aalt, pepper oi
seasoning of any kind, are eaten witb
the aid of two little stick. ca!!d chop
sticks; for In Japan forks and knives
are unknown. At first thought the Idea
of eating raw fish I very repulsive, but,
after all, do we not eat oyster and
clam rawT Yea, and what I more,
alive. ,
Often in Japan are leen strolling ped
dler who wander about carrying over
one shoulder a long pole, from both
enda of which hang whole ttoree ot
candy and aweeta. A toon aa th chil
dren aee one of these vender, they run
after him lu joyous band and relieve
him of hi load aa completely it their
small pocket fortune will permit Then
too, there are In Japan many baxaar
where toy are aold word. gun, pis
tols, drums, trumpet, bones, menag 1
erlea. All the game howa here are to
be found there, and many more beside.
The dolls resemble tbe little Japanese
themselves very much, and are very
pretty. At Toklo. tbe capital, there l
one quarter, consisting of three or tout
street, which contains nothing but ba
taars for the talc of children toy. It
I the paradise of little Japanese chil
dren, aud nothing In the world can give
them greater pleasure than a prome
nade through the street bordere with
gay shops resplendent with thousand
tad thousand of beautiful plaything
0m
f
a r.inL of FirTnns'.
ChriHtmas and New Year's Day art
unknown st holidays, but once each
year there It a great children's festival
On that day the baxaar quarter la mag
nificently Illuminated, and the llttii
children gather there and are laden
down by tbelr parents with all the toyi
their little arms can carry.
I have often teen Japauese children
playing la the parkt er In the ttreett
aud have witnessed very funny race
tbe alrongest boys carrying on theli
shoulder little boy who played ti
coachman, au.l o they ran. 1 have also
aeen learns of hoy htrnmsed together,
one In front with two behind holding
him by hi waist, while on th heads
of all three was perched a fourth who
guided them bet he could. Hut It If
not easy to run so, and these teams
of teu come to grief, but the Japanese
are so supple and so nimble that tbey
are very seldom hurt. They are great
gymnasts. In tbe schools more than
an hour each day I spent In exercise ol
thn body. The schools for little girls
and young Indies ai soiurwbat differ
ent. Namrslly they are taught read
ing, writing, arithmetic, history and
KnglUh, but fully half tbe time Is given
to manual labor, such as sea Ing, cook
liiK and Ihe art of painting and em
broidery. All th schools are free, but
the woik of tbe pupils Is sot' under the
dlrortlon of Ihe management, and they
work from eight to ten hour a day.
Tbe little Japan. e boy love to Imi
tate Ihe Americana. I have aeen whole
band ot little fellow amusing them
selves whistling, and whistling Amer
ican Irs. Kour of them had formed
a quartet one day, and with energy
enough lo split tbelr cheek were whit
tling "Marching Through Georgia."
Having heard Americans call ,tbelt
dug by asylag "come heref" they have
apposed that It waa a name, and many
of them bar given II to their dog r
their tat, or birds, which tbey kav
called Comeer."
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A WOMAN OF SIXTV.
AT THIS ASH FASHION FAILS
TO PROVIDE FOR HER.
All (lata Wall Buaaga tain I ha nfllaa
Ara Kaarkaa nd I'aataU Thaa Iraa.
ankers Iiefae a Ha-llf; Carraal
tin,
P TO SIXTT A
well preserved wo
man can mxnago
pretty well, tayt
Mrs. Lynn Linton
In the London
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f n n VCv tl,",,'0 Bno
i' (itii-f; ,n running.
I i 1 i Iknu.h ol tha ll
of the race; and she
makes herself ridic
ulous If she tries to
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keep up with the leaders. Ihit, onlea
he be distressingly stout when she I
not well preserved she Is catered for
by the manufacturers of woven good,
and she hs her ehare In the prettlnc
of fashion and the churins of society.
Her trouble begin when she I past 60.
and the flrt miseries of old age are
making themselve felt Then he i
forced to acknowledge that society I
dosing ;a rank against her. and that
her plsee Is narrowing dally. Hhe is
gradually falling out of the running al
together; aud. like the straggler of an
army, la left to solitude and desolation
by the oayslde. No fashions are made
with reference to k?r; and milliner
nd dressmaker refuse to modify the
current cut for her convenience or well
being. When young, fresh face bedeck
themselve like fuxxy-wuxxy on the
warpath, and pile a very monutain of
strong colored ornamentation on the top
of their head, the milliner Insist on It
that the faded carnation aud Iron gray
lock of tbe wor.an pant CO shall be
surmounted In the same slylt. If ohe
plead for something ea outrageous
she i met with tbe smile of superior
wisdom should the go lo a really fash
ionable and "up-to-date" establishment;
nd her modest request Is either loftily
Ignored or answered by a concoction ao
dowdy, no ungraceful, at to be In essen
tial part a rebuke in tibbor.s and an an
of vlndlctlveness in Ian' and straw. Klia
haa to make her choice between tome
thing wholly unsuitable to her age or
something wholly unbecoming to her
lace and figure. Again, another sorrow
In the life of W) odd and over. Past 60
at often as not develops u leaning
toward brombttl and a tendency to
gout, rheumatism, and sciatica, which
healthy youth nel;h-r kno nor ran
comprehend. Healthy youth want the
windows open In all weathers. It can
sit In a croft draft tnd luxuriate in the
freshness thereby created. It goes out
In the evenlnK with tin- wind M.iwiii
from the north to (lie ent. ami Its i urly
lock are grandly Independent of cover
ing, while a slight little nuutle I all
It condescends to cast about ita comely
shoulders. Healthy youth declsrct It
'suffocite" when the window are
shut, but paat CO knows that It alll be
Joan with bronchitis If they are left
open. Hence it requests thm to t
dosed, and healthy youth flounces, re
volts, complains. Ir lndlgm.nl. "This
tweet, mild air give cold'- this delirious
bieese dangerous! bat nonsense! and
what selfishness to nnt them shut
when everyone elw aanta them open'"
Foor past CO fee!s like an outcast liraud
ed with the scorn of all who are rtlll
below that fatal Hue. Hut what I to
lie done? It must dlut ami ba e Its focd
like healthy youth or vigorous maturity,
and a smart attack of bronchitis 1 too
Mg a fine to pay for peace or popularity.
Hence It ha to a-k for those closed
windows, ahlch dig Its grave In public
estimation, and caue It to be qualin.d
with epithets like "horrid," "llresioaie,"
Ill-nature J." "detestable."
ORICIN OF PNEUMATIC TIRES.
Aa Iriih Iturlor Iaenu4 lkraa la I'rs
servs Ills Kirn's llraltt,.
Very fttw of the hundred of thou
suiid of cyclists alio now enjjy the
pantlme of an up-to-date safety shod
with pneumatic tires have an Idea from
what a crude contrivance thoee same
air cushions on wheel have been
evolved. Pneumatic tires were In
vented In lhS9 by J. p. Dunlop. a horse
doctor of Belfast. Ireland. He had a
son who rode a tricycle and who, by his
Indulgence, bad developed a arrvou
trouble. The veterinary concluded that
the boy' disorder wss due role!y lo the
jolting of the wheels, and, planulug to
do away with tbe objections, so that the
lad might continue his exercise, be bit
upon the Idea of putting air cushions
on the wheels. With only such material
as he bad at html for use In doctoring
equine Invalids, he set to work, l ulng
a broomstick it a mandrel, he wrapped
It spirally with linen bandages. Next
he took some rubber sheets and so
lutUined them around the linen. The
ends uls.i he fastened with rubber so
lution. He Inserted a Valve a little bet
ter than a plug tnj putting It on the
wheel started his son away on the
first pneumatic tires. It ss quickly
found that the rough and ready style of
fabric would not hold air. and so au
Inner sheath of pure rubber wu trh"d.
The valve wat vulcanlxed to thla Inner
tube in RUcb a wty that In the event of
any trouble with Ihe valve au entirely
new air theath wa the only remedy.
Flat rlmn were in u.: at the time and
the tlret were fastened to the rim by
a strip of muslin al.lch came ut with
the free edge from the under aide ot
the tire. The ends were wrapped
around tba rim and vulcanised to It.
Tbe linen cwmplervty covered -the rim.
effectually concealing ita material.
Tlrea atii-h a the were used for
couple ofjeara' Tbey weighed from
twelve ! flfteea pound a pair, and a
puncture ra on at them ara about a
aerlout a cottier a a brohea fraakt h
at the rrfewrt tlmo.
wrmmBmmw n , .jaia.. urn aa
for futohr Campaigns.
r "!' Was 'e mm is Ka rr
eaaalltlaa Otal f I-alnlr.
To what tin t Indebted for tbe honor
of thlt call?"
It waa Mrs. alary Ellen Rlckrtla who
spoke. Una held In her hand the card
of Mr i. Samantlia Jcuklnson, which had
just been laid on her dsk by the office
girl, for tbo card waa followed almost
Inttantly by tbe entrance of the person
whose name It bore.
There was really uo necesalty for tho
use of the card, cither, for the two had
frequently met.
Mr. KlcketUt wu the candidate fur
Congress oa tbo llepubllcnn ticket,
while Mia. Jenklnnnu waa the Ik-mo-cratlr
nominee, t'uder tbe circum
stances it was naturel for her to be
surprised at receiving u call '.'rom he
opponent.
"I came Is ere you on a small miner
of biiKinens," replied the inltor.
"Pray proceed."
"I have learned from good authority
that your manager are bent upon a
campaign of personalities, tnd that they
Intend to give to the pre certain slan
derous gossip about iuo Intended to lu
Jure my candidacy."
The speaker paused, and Mis. HU k
ett sa'd Interrogatively:
"WclIT"
"Well," echoed Mr. Jmkiiuon, "we.
must keep personalities out of the cam
paign." "We must, must wr?"
"We must."
Mi. Itlcketlt sneered.
Mrs. Jenklnaon waxed wruth.
"Look hrre. Mry Ellen Hlcketls."
she exclaimed, "don't you dare to turn
up your tnub nose tt me, now."
"Samantha Jenklnson." retorted Mrt
Rlcketts, "my nose tt not a tnub. and
don't you dare to presume to dictate
what my managers shall or shall not
do In thlr campaign."
"We'll see about that. Mary Kill u
Hiikettt, you were engaged to my bus
band in your )oiiugrr Ijs, a good
many yesrt ago."
'Ji m not nearly at old us you. I'd havi
vou know."
You are!"
"I'm not. yotl ttirnltltig thiiiR!"
"You nre!"
"I'm not!"
We will paiu ;ha! point, but I want
to lay that wbeu I married my hu ibuni
II your lo Uf.er were still In r.l
possession, and t have them now."
"You spiteful thing!"
"Many u good lauich I've had ovei
tin m. What pi rfevt goose you were!'
"I Just fiatc )ou. so then V
"And I merely wish lo add that on
tbe very firs! publication uf a personal
Ity about me In yn-.ir neaspaper orgam
I shall print lu tbe hally Ilugle every
single ono of your niuahy, Ijekadaltici
eputli. Ui v on uiiderv.ar.J?"
The tuo Muium y'.in.l i.: i .u h o'tn-i
a half minute, aud then Mrs. Sam.inthi
Jrnklnsun wi;U!re. leaving Mis
Mary Kllm Ki. ki Its ilee p In Ihouxlit
The itmpHlcn a conduc ted without
ny prsiialltlcs.-llarpr' Itaar.
THREE CREAT ACTRESSES.
The Ara Sarah lUraharSI. lUUns
XlaJjxka aa Mraaara !.
There are perhaps only three llvln
actresM-s now in active life lo woou.
the title "great" would be applied by
common connrut. Time are Sarai
Herohsmt. Helena Modji-aka and Kle
onor Duxe Jana mchek, alas! al
though still upon the stage, belongs t
the past, while Ka Terry, with ull
her dainty skill and radiant charm, hat
not )et reached tbne heUhts to whirl
genius alone can aspire, l'aib of them
excels In M'uys peculiar to herself
Ilernhnrdt after carrying off all tin
laurel. cfTirc l In the irtlfldal and de
clamatory school of Freii. h tragi'dy, bat
devoted her maturest power to the II
lui'ration of the iiiom violent paalont
concelvalii by morldd Imagination
Her achievement In this direction bnvt
lieen extraordinary, and lu-r dramatii
genius rnunot bo disputed, but tome ol
her latest triumph have been won lu
deflanre of most of the laws of natnrt
and many of the rule of truo art. Mod
Jeiika, if less potent In th Interprets
lion of the fierce t emotions than hei
Kren. h rival, need fear no eomparltor
with her In poetic tragedy; while In tht
Held of iMH'tlc comedy she Is unrivaled
Her performance uf Juliet, Rosalind
and Ophelia are almost Ideally brauti
ful. Kleonora Puse, whoe fame hsi
blaied up with meteoric suddeincs. li
pre-eminent above all actress of fcei
time for versatility, that rare gift ol
Impersonation still rarer among womei
than among men, which can conceal tht
real beneath the assumed identity with
out resorting to the common rxpedlenti
of theatrical disguise. The phrase that
uch or such a part waa assumed b)
this or that actor Is beard every day
It Is a convenient, conventional am
meaning expression. In the rase oi
Duse It I ueej rorreetty and aignlliei
just what has happened.
Abaal I Ha Aa-iartraa Wkclnaa.
Klla llepworth Dixon, an Kngliel
writer. Informs the KngiUb reailers ol
Ihe lAdles' Plrtorlal that in bleyrllns
"the American ladles would appear It
affect a particularly manly costumi
with tight lii-ecthe cad flyaway coat
Kor whit the American young woman
pleases lo do she does, and there Is ni
ono at least of the other sx who It
audacious enough to say her nay. tit
may grumble and sniff in hit offices sic
club, but the American father and hut
band It too well brought up to permit
himself an opinion at home on any
thing which concerns hi womankind.'
aa Rar Ufa Baag .
"Didn't you think that tha toprana
sung The Mistake of My Life Havt
lieen Maty with a good deal ef ftellai
thla mornlngf
"Tbera la so , reaaea ' wy tht
bouldat: tbt' bee married itm
ilsea."Truh.
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IT BROKE HIS HEART.
Jaa MrCaasbaa Caald, aevl
Hla rH.adt fall ! '
Jam MeCaughan was borU-d t-f
oently In rarkvlllo. L. i.,
lived many yaiw. Ho waa ono oa t
most familiar figure lu tho hardw f
biidneaa In NewTork. and hla "
ha left a gaa-whTih will bo nolloed k
rowfully by many hardwaro nvta f
liked him, with hi breexy l Vn
joviality. -Jim MeCaughan, mayor
Parkvllle," a U hardwaro mea call'-o
him, had almost a monopoly U U"r
trucking bualneat tor the hardwire
men. He began fifty-two year ago
and gave tuch reliable service that fin
ally bo bad a prosperous buslnesa. H
became rich, but remained the
folly old man, and went from o&Vw t
ofllre ever- day with a jolly ehoat ef
welcome, a new Joke or a funny elury.
Kven the most tlald men became to a
customed to hit visit that Ihey would
have missed him had be failed to ap
pear. He waa at open-handed aa he
was jolly. Many clerks found him a
friend lu need. His generosity tnd hi
truthfulntw. for be iwora by hi
friends, were proverbial among Ibow
who knew him well. A abort Mmn aftr
l man whom he trusted and respected
fur year proved faithless. He bur
rowed 13,000 and failed to repay It.
When the old man found that bl trust
had been misplaced he teemed to br-K
down all at once. He grew older vul
bly. They used lo sy lu him. "Cher
up, you have a pile of money, you don't
mind a lot like that." but he aald tha:
it waa not the money, but Ihe knual
tslge ibat a man whom he had liked so
well bad proved falthlewa. -j tell yuu.
boy," ho said a few day ago, "the
ttlng bss broken my heart. It' going
to kill me. I don't care a hether It d ies
or not." lie became 111 I. at week anil
died Wednesday. The business Di.-n
ho knew him and knew the cirrum
nances say he died from a broken h -a't.
He served lu the late war, and amuamg
itorle are told of hla prank. Amm
othsr thing, when on picket d'lt
once, he Industriously "borrow s '
loaves of bread that were b-lng bsiml
for the officer and carried them ti :h
hungry privates.
THE COLONEL WAS MEAN
fee a Mlg tl.a N ftar4 a aaisll
Uaaia with Hla r Itrk.u
J-rom th Chicago Tntiuinv i'ol.
Ill.iuk waa k big. pompous man. u it
behoove on" to be who aHplies t a
military title without Ihe draab k of
a military life. He was alasy oiling
pwple' attention to his marked fiia:
resemblance lu James C Itlalne, "tne
greatest man. sir. this century aa I thU
onntry have p'odini-d." And pt),n!-ll-naturrd
peop'e, that l-thout it tl.e
,'olonri bad a vivid Inuiln.itiou Tbre
urn- a prodlgalitv auout bis phy:ii
that one somehow eipiHleJ to -' re
peated In the co ouel's cliaMoter. And
to hear lb colonel bold forth fna Use
end of the boarding house tahl jrev
which he presided, Ihe uuohU:i.-Je,
boarder would never have douhtej that
inch a reasansble ripettslion woull be
t alucd on closer acquaintance. What,
then, in this uusiiphlstlcatej aura
urprise lo hear tht doughty ( ilonrt.
vlilently In a high good humor aith
himself, say one day; "Well. I eirned
my far downtown today. " That the
rulonel would toop In earn a n. kle
waa remarkable; that he should l--i
af It was Incredible. "You see," (eo--eeded
the man of mi liary anplr!; n.
'I went down In the carette. (ieflng "
In at Schiller street the mretts
empty, and I went any up to the front
and bought six tickets for a quarter.
One I dropped In the box. Then aa the
rar filled up I was exceedingly u-ful
to thjie who eat farther down. 'pitting
their fares up and depositing iVhu
An exceedingly polite man thy n'l
thought me. And ao I am. so ( am.
Hut instead of dropping their nt :tt
n the box I dropped my tickets In until
I had used up my Ave ticket and cun
OHcated five nlcklea. I had regime!
ny quarter and paid my fare. After
that I was not so polite. I let people
Irop their nlrk'e Into the chute wnirh,
lie company provide for that purvjae.
wful nulanui-e, that chute. Hut it
lot my business to play conductor if
he company's too mean to hire aay. '
tnd the colonel called tor another cup
if tea. and the unsophisticated one
tasped to think of the sraalln4 ot
which inch greatness wit rspahn.
VVMla Pkiaa Biaek Ara I'asklaaaMa.
Women who And linen collar chafu
tnd irritate th aklo ot their neck are
now wearing with the Norfolk ja-ket
and open collars ot their cloth cDttuoir
the white pique stocks. These t x-kn
are nothing more nor less than au
extra long four-ln hsnd. which U put
twice around the neck before leMng
tied. There it a little knack in lng
them, which at first It difficult, tml
when conquered givet delightful re
sults and is vastly more comfortable
than a stiff, high collar and tie. Whit
tles nre the beet for thl etyle, ai the
white against the nerk I more tn-mi-ing
than the dark colon.
liarllr aa a NMlr.
Kven the phylloxera cjnnot n md
the amell af Spanish gsrllc. Ml I""
fenimr Oranada ya that Ihe villas of
Valor. In th Alpujarraa, used ! et
port large quantltlea of garlic to Mex
ico and Ihe I'nlted Hlate. Of (Ate
year tbe demand haa fallen off. the
farmer being left with their crop on
their hands. One farmer took It Into
hi head to use hi spoiled gjrll)
manure tor bl vine, which were con
sumed by tha phylloxera. The plant
rame up clean and atroeg. with ao trace
of the disease. Last winter hut alb
bora Imitated him, with the re
tutta.
tlaaw'l aie aJa.
'Jonaa la a chronic candidate. To
Of eertaln knowledge b watfaoilog
thirty year aga."
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"la tk war." AtUnu CiHlt'ioa.
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