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Show .( LASSOING BEARS.. RUSSIA WILL TRY TO REACH THE POLE aa Ice. Breaking Steamer to Start for of Ctplaiing th Big Al-lu Amamiii, 3 A large tumb-- r of bears have been driven out of the San From loco moun talnS'ln oortbeas'ern Arizona by ibt cold, and hare migrated south Into the hilt and canyons around IlLe riv er, afford. ng sport for the cowoy ol that section The manetive-- s of a her1 of 100 bear- - were watched f'om a peak oerlook':,g Blue rDer a few days cgs by a potse of lowooyz i Rawler o,npot''I cf "N'es Wilson Mink West, list is and several otters Shortly before coming upon th d a bunih ol herd thev hail en. five h.ara and fo.ii, but the oth Cowl of feet wbu twice what It would be for aa ocean lfner of her etrength JOJ feet It la when ebe ia In dry dock, however, times aa atrong of thoee of the usual Moat remarkable of all polar expedmoat vmmerclal steel ahlp She could be In many repeita th. ition!, and her bow carefully coucelveil, will be tba one lifted by tackle placed around In twj In that ta to start from St. Pslsrsburg and stern without breaking is thronly ship the middle and next June. In the world that could euivlre au b a To suggest a new method for reachtest. She can run ba.kward as easily feat In a U Itielf the woithy pole ing an be Her prop. Hers aa forward of attention. the most for- Paary and the Duke of Abmrsl with brought short up against their dog iled gen, Nutuicn with hie mldable obutrtution with engines at til- - speed and not damaged by the contact drifting qi ar fated ball, ion. w rtilil .tern to have ex- In short, the Eruiai k comes hausted tha list bt possibilities. But signer, till h was to produce a vessel symmetrically ati ong - unbeatable In every part In tha building of the Emai k tills Idea was kept steadily In mind Speed, bauty and tarrying capfi.ty all we.e As Admiral sacrificed to strength MakamfP-ealto me In explaining this It U Impi ssible to m. ke a ship point that - jbe abfpand-ndreejwtttrh- ' ii oue can beat ace how extraordi- nary a departure she prevent from the accepted linen of ship eonstructlos. She appear , for her bow. trn and aides are all cut away harply to her keel, In the tase of tha the slant L seventy degrees, Most surprising in appearance of all tbs extraordinary features of the vesclU a forward propeller In addition to the three at ber stern. This American Invenfora propeller ta tion which Admiral Makaroff ha. adopt! d Its purpose is to reduce the resistance of the ire 'by sucking away the water underneath it. The device him been found very effective In dealing with ordinary ire, but In the great tlilckncRses whh h are encountered In the Arctic It was discovered to be a rather than an aid, and d well-know- n lw er ewi apcdaDf a ihase Their an fr:-'- ! munition vv to sp. nt on th bear anu hr e iq htim Mariiil out t The roping o bear rope the f.fih a mounts'll J'f.n ami tvin .leer favorite pa urue of the tnrmj (iw boy ami o t ic same time affords a t't-- t of his ac.ii-m- y with the iopc an I ihe sp ed and activity of hie to e the San 1raii lsi o ('broil i 'e He n -- Wf Ul aba Ilea In the water, aba la look In affair, with her blunt. rounded bow, and extraordinary beam the North in June. f eldom thiow ic-hf- fc when tl arimal is wrhm lange hut in the soping of lie ir not only must the iow boy be successful In placing the ruuti the bM x ah draw ll taut lifffo-- c Cu t shakes It off boys followed the r about k, but he the run-- mute ur.lv is occason th quariv tuiouvr' shruabe-y- , arul e.eral ircscjutte times when !r appeared c.n an op'-uso ahou the an they tos cd thThe lP3r as fequi 'ltiv Inal's ms k eihtuinc-.- ! a little slack and. stoppi-nat1y through off the noo-- c W'th h The cowhuvs suffc-e- il Hie paw of losing their animal three lirlats and their temper, hilt thev to Stafford, a small iv.inmun'tv -- - e r in THEfRnACk ffAKmff& V 4 7rzp llMARQFF-- ) ADMIRAL Vice-Admir- al Throwgh A moat remarkable story, ths truth ia vouched for by MaJ. B. R. f Which n street car man, Beldua, tbs End several of his employes, concernn mules Jumping ing two through a small window in th old hcwwt oar stable In Manchester, has fast smi to light. The story aa related by MaJ. Seldea, and sworn to by several of the moat reliable men in hid employ, la as follows: Tha blacksmith, Henry Dwndrldge (who has since died) wsa required to go to the tables dally to examine and replace all shoes that bad become loose or keen lost while the mules were at work. Os the occasion referred to a new sheep, above, he had purchased skin apron, which the mule. had never sees, and when land ridge went into the stall without warniocre of them, "Bot," became alarmed at the sight of tha leather and leaped through th open wtndow to the ground outside. MaJ. Selden says he came In about this time, and upon learning the cause of the excitement, ordered the man to go tack Into the stall, and when he atart-e- d tha mule reared up and was about to repeat the performance. He feared ths mule might not be so fortunate ta the second Jump and told the man to com out of the stall. The well-know- full-grow- e, says MaJ Selden, Jumped through a window th same (lie on bs opposite aide of the stable, and aa ter as he could discover, upon eloae examination, neither of them received She slightest touch. He say tracks vere plainly visible on th outside landed and rher the Ret" mule mad an effort to turn and again face the window, she being still haltered to a scantling on the Inside. The halter bain, four feet long, was attached to feet above the S beam four and Win-flofloor on which the mule stood. opening, one foot nine inches by two feet six Inchee. Trough, two feet wide, top of trough to floor, two fett 11 Inches. From bottom of window till So ground buliIde7rourTeetaevea tnohe. Maj. Selden naya "Bet" was elected from 42 mules owned by th Richmond A Manchester railway company, on account of her size, as a regular tug, to draw car up the hill from Klnth and Cary to Ninth and Main streets, and would weigh about 950 pounds. SWEDISH CARVINQ. WMlrk tk irtUsna f Ilag lf w mii Dmta K The dominant Crate for originality work baa reached over the seaa and brought hack some quaint fta la tk way of basket, carved Is fancy ornaments done In Sweden. They are truly pretty In their rustic simplicity and bright, bold colorings, and the In the Jargonlib phrases which non of us understand give them an added importance. Baskets are by far the most conspicuous In thess collections shown now in the fancy-wordepartment of alt leading shops. They are of the broad-epltn- t order, with no pretensions In ornamentation In their original form, being square, oblong or round, with simple handle and highly varnlehiid over th gtyly painted designs., th Inscription running along tha plain top edges. Th coloring In th design la mostly elear, vivid green or red, with fin black llaea at th edge In real or simulated poker work. Beer atelne made of this decorated wood ar quaint and ornamental, and If lined with soft, padded and scented odd '"receptacles' for the silk mad many little thing which go to complete the toilet accessories of an woman. Other forme of this woodwork are In the shape of the odd eat little boxes, presumably Imitating utensils of common housework, but now offering themselves for Jew'These1 els, pen, pins and what-noespecially the baskets can be very easily copied by staining the spaces for the design, edging them with black and covering the whole with a double coat of clear varnish. For darning or scrap basket nothing could be prettier and In the rush of preparation for holiday gifts later on they will make most acceptable gift. Fern or palm pot are very pretty set ,ln such or boxes of almpl yellow pin may be brilliantly painted for the earn or similar purpose. St. Louie k t. baa-ket- a, Globe-Democra- My. cr W?oufH7 a AND H13 ICE BREAKING V GREAT JUMPING. Mag-mul- MAKAROFF vee-se- er Afraid of Apraa Small Window. fuvnocA the Ermaek Is not ra strong as I should wish her to be. although she ran charge anything smaller than an iceberg without danger of serious Injury." At that time the Erniaik had Just returned from a voyage of 200 miles through the frozen Arctic, She had cut her way through eoitd Ice fourteen feet In thlekneae. andthrmigh heaped up or "humraoi ky" lee of more than twice that depth At that time her commander was superintending a few alterations Inl, tended to fortify the walls of the and this year she la being still further strengthened, eo that by the time she le called upon to undertake the supreme test of polar navigation, next spring, alio will be aa nearly perfect as human Ingenuity and skill can J make her. It la worth while to take a glance at the construction of this unusual vessel to form an estimate of the pow-which she can master for her battles with the Ice tba newest silicme le unique ne well a bold la design. It contemplates neither using nor avoiding the ice that forma the great banter bi hire the goal times as strong a those of the usual of all polar rescan h. It Is nothing less than a plan to break a path through this encircling- roue of lea "With the strongest and strangest ship that ever was built. The plan is a Russian one. It was originated by a dlstlnguluted Russian klakari If, commander, f tha Imperial navy. It will be undertaken by a Russian ship, the famous Krmurk. It will be carried ut with Russian thoroughness and nobody need be greatly surprised If Ruiais wlna the coveted honor for which the representatives of many nations have striven the distinction of being the first to reach latitude 0 degrees north. At tha very beginning it may he aald therefore, that the Ermaek la no ordinary v easel. She la extraordinary In every respect Her aides art fifteen Malta QR t. Lard ( hambarlala Haas flf, The English LordChamberlals recently refused to license the production of a play In which the character a of Pllatt and Mary Magdalen appeared. Only three or four year ago a a license waa refused Dr. Dallla." Samaon et although opera the plot of the opera had little or noth-- . e. ing to do witk ihe old. .test.vment It being In treatment practioperatic cally like any other-Frenclove story. Indeed, the hint was, it seems, thrown out that if the title were altered to "Samuel and Jemima.' there might be no difficulty, a suggestion which greatly angered the com .poeer. Rossini's "Mose In Egitto"had a very similar fate. When It waa produced In England at the Klngiv after Her Majesty theatre in 1822 th libretto had to be entirely altered and the title became "Peter the Hermit." When It wa revived at Covent Garden In 1850 it was called "Zora," all biblical names being suppressed. Th Lord Chamberlain of 1S4T waa so oar- Salnt-Saen'- nar--ratlv- STEAMER. therefore, when the Ermaek start on her vojage tonanl the pole It will he unshipped and stored on board. Inside, the vessel is as unusual as U In her external !h appearance, She ha a double skin throughout, the outside one composed of steel plates an inch and a quarter thick, and the Inner one of a boat halt thti "thickness. She has a double fleck also, and even a double set of cabin skylights, so that the really Is two ships, one InThe two closed within the other. walls of the veeeel are firmly 'braced by steel supports, and the spaca be4 tween them la divided Into watertight compartments extending entirely arotind the ship. Although the largest of her class, the Ermaek le not remarkable for sixe when com- pared with some of the Atlantic Teasels, having a displacement of about 8,000 tom, but the ta a brawny antagonist, for tbs possesses a driving strength of 10 000 horse power distributed between four Independent en. gines. ths mountains with four skins and a wonderful a count of a herd of AnCow ooys from the ions bears hillb are contemplating :i rodeo and are withering fm a bg heir hunt. Li'tle ammunition will la- - taken along, for tee cowboy, as u title wh atixips to thoot a bear is regarded n. no better than who revel in 'pot shots," and tie vaquero w up t,r returns wltboir i having oin ressfnlly roped siveral bears v.ill be in tltsgi.oc THEORY OF MURDER. ' treatment nr Snlnias an Index Inatlnrt. Ai cording to an lligenius stntiat'-- i lan who has been ut work on the miIi-j: ever 6l;.ce the uwsarslnation of King Humbert of Italy, the gientcM d number of murders Is likely to b? in that country in which am mal are treated with the moat cruelt. He daims too that comparatively few murders are tomitted 'In those rjmi-Iric- s In which societies for the pro,1! . tlon of animals fiouribh. Out of every million inhabitants, he save, there aro in England and Ireland oftly-ai- x In Germany, 11; in Belgium. 14; In France IS; In Austria. 23. in Hungary, 6L la Saln K.1 and in Italy. Si These figures, he maintains, are Just what tnghf be expected, lu no countrv, he says, ere animals treated with more klndnets than in Great Biituin and with moe cruelty than in Italy, and the treatment accorded to them In the other rountries may fairly be gauged according to the number of murder committed in each At the same time this statistician, who Is a German, and an Influential member of the Berlin Society for the Protection of Animals, admits that climate is a considerable factor in this matter. r niinal e tom-mltto- forty-elght- j -- inur-derer- tlcular that he even refused to license Meyerbeer' "Roberto 11 Diavolo,'1 although In an Imperfect form It had been plajed In English under the title Th of Demon; or, The Mystic His objection was only Braneh." overcome by the Intervention of royal duke, who wished to see Jenny Lind make her Ixtndon dehut In th principal part The list, given Ip th Era Almanack of 18S8. of nlnetees plays, license for which was refused GEMS OF SHAH. between 1851 and 1885, includes betides, of eourst, Jack 8heppard" rmk'S.Ssureh lias tbs Mast Valnabla "Camille, and with such Callaatloa aa Karl h. place a "Th Htbrew Son (Joseph Tb shah of Persia has more prg- and hit brethren) and "The Triumph clout atones than any man ip the of th Jewish Queen (Esther). In hi palace at Teheran he world. $10,000,000 worth of them in a keeps TW Pear mt SSIbirh. glass Jar and loves to let the almost Investigations recently made by a priceless gem trick's through h s medical committee in Edinburgh shew fingers. that the poor oT that Hty are quit as His crowns anil his' thrones are mar-vel- a well fed si thoee In the large town of Thof oriental magnificence Great Britain or America. The com- Kanjanlan crown is shaped iike a mittee regrets that the old diet of poflower pot. with the small end open rridge and milk of.the laboring classes and the other closed, having at the has been given up for tea and bread. top an uncut, flawless rtthv as big ns It also point out that white bread as a hen's egg. Two Person lambskin an energy producer is better than caps are adorned with splendid s1- brown, and that much remained to be grettes of diamonds, and theie are don to instruct the poorer classes of gauntlets and belts Innumerable the population as to how their food with pparls and diamonds, the should be properly cooked it menhandsomest being the Kanjanlan belt, tioned that the dietary In Scottish about a foot deep, weighing about poorhouse U of a very Inferior kind eighteen pounds one dazzling mass and not at all adequate. This state- of diamonds, pearls, emerald and ment has brought a hornet's nut o', rubles. Drinking bowls studded w.th denials about the doctor's ears from Jewels, swords, one or two of which poorhouse managers and official of are worth a Quarter of a million each th local government boards, and, if epaulets of diamonds anil armets so these are to be believed. It would apcontrived that the brilliant vtf'olv sclnti1-latlopear that all but the tramp claaa and keep up an have not at all a bad time of it r seem to realize the wonder aa food la concerhed, when they are by Aladdin's lamp in the rive rwetdent to these inetitutn us )f. a. The first place among the gem beGilbert, (n Chicago Record. or longs to thw famous Draya-i-NuRea of LigV, sister diamond to the Kohlnoor. It is an inrh and a half Otrt t HongsrUa Maitaiitt. s Count John Falffy of Bud.ipsst, has long, sn Inch broad and notified the premier that he Intend ta of an Inch thick. give a large estate and castle, the War HoriN from lrotanii. whole representing a value of more Irish statistics lately iseued show than '8,000 .tk)0 crowns (JiiOSOOO), for' war miu-- t have the. purpose of fuund.ng.. tMtiarthipa that the Transvaal av ilv on the equine firetty-hedrawn for poor Hungarian students at tha resources of the green isle. The uum high schools. The count thp horses and mules in Ireland In use of the Jtropmy till his after 1899 1 gi'cn at 610 41a. while in 19H) which It will pass into the hand of 597.641. a deersas the etate. The castle he wifhea to be it had gone down to 12.774. The fall'ng off was altoof a a place of residence for preserved by the profcBsors and any deserving tQ. gether in horses, these being dent whom they may choose during 13,223 than in the previous year. MuUs the school vacations. The count la In on the other hand, had increased by his 71st year, is a bachelor ani has 548, which seems an extraordinary thing, os the demand fbFth'm for been conspicuous In furthering the mllLary purposes was also very acof art and science And SWryDisteSSltig JWitdtifflT of ttie Skin and Scalp Instantly Relieved by a Bath with eeml-biblle- And a single anointing with CUTICURA, the great skin cure and purest of emollients. 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