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Show a solemn warning. GAVE Shah Not Ideal Guest providential Escape of a Darky Urged Him to Prophesy. . John Palmer, formerly Com-wde- r in chief of the Grand Army told this story at the Republic, o( the Grand Union hotel: One Sunday, while In camp near we received word that th RPidan baptism under the auspices of the 0red church would occur on the 11 oclock, and banks of the river at went down. nearly the whole regiment a Tbe river was rushing like and the outdoor baptism was a rUky performance. The first one to wade out and reach tbt minister, who had secured a good buck about twentfooting, was a young As the minister laid of age. years y cold water bio down and he felt the coverinR him he struggled so hard that he dot away from the minister out of sight In a secgnd wert down ond. Tte witnesses were shocked te stillness and were wondering what to do wen about 500 feet down the was seen stream the negros head comii-.i- t up, and as he had struck a sunken tree he kept climbing along, gputtirims out the river water right nd eft, seeking a perch where he could set his breath. Tbi observers, expecting some of thankfulness on his part after ais narrow escape, were shocked a second time when he hollored out: "Gn on, go on up there, but somebody' gwine to lose a nlggah, sure, fore you git froo wid dis nonsense. New York Times. Despotic Ruler of Persia Shocks His Entertainers Gen. mill-itrea- sl ON DAMPER PUTS PROPOSALS Heaped Upon the Bridegroin China. Women are constantly complaining that i ligible men show a most uncompromising desire to remain single instead of selecting a wife. It Is, therefore, a good thing that the same conditions do not prevail In England as in some parts of China, or the probability is that not one in a thousand would ever take a woman "for better or foi worse. In these Celestial regions the bridegrohas to submit to being om-elect dressed up by his friends In any sort of costume they like, and thus habited they iccompany him in state through the streets of the town. Perhaps in that part of the world men are to be married, and everything which can possibly be done to Induce them to remain single until they arrive at a more mature age has to be Indignities om-Elect over-anxio- resorted to. It ii another case of all being fair and war, and no doubt the y as China nan who Is shouting he accompanies his friend knows full well that next week he may be the and so the punishbridegroom-elect- , ment Is robbed of much of Its terror. Womans Life. in lov 5 recent visit of the Shah THE Persia to Lbndon was not entirely an unmixed pleasure to his entertainers. Although Muzafer ed Din is a man of considerable education, his n-- il views regarding Western civilization are in some respects almost as primitive as those with which his father so shocked London. He was not present at the reception in his honor given by Lord and Lady Lansdowne and by Mrs. DArcy, but upon another social occasion he permitted his eyes to rest admiringly on the beautiful wife of a certain peer, whom he drew into the corner and astonished by an extraordinary proposition. The story, which is only whispered here, is that the Shah intimated his desire to increase the size of his harem in honor of this lady, and if the peer was agreeable his Grand Vizier would call around frith a pecuniary consideration said to amount to $50,000. The peer, with humor equal to his diplomacy, is said to have regretted that he could not honestly make the deal, as the lady was afflicted with homicidal mania! When this story got abroad London society was quite willing to be relieved of the responsibility of entertaining Muzafer ed Din. Prince Arthur of Connaught, to whom he was thereafter intrusted, immediately cut out the remaining programme of serious sightseeing, and headed the Shah for the circus. Probably no English child ever more enjoyed his visit to the Hippodrome than did this royal He welcomed the lark, taking off most of the $3,500,000 worth of jewels with which he had dazzled the eyes of society, and exhibiting an almost democratic plainness of attire. With bulging eyes he watched tne great spectacle of the programme. At the critical moment, when a coach and four and a party of bandits ' are crossing the bridge, the dynamite goes off with a terrific crash, and tne bridge with all its occupants topples Into the seething torrent. Muzafer ed Din apHe told plauded like a schoolboy. the Prince that such a spectacle as this must convince any one that England is a great country. Taking his cue from the success of this effort toamuse the Persian guest, Prince Arthur next took him to Max- lady-kille- FOR THE INVALID. Undertakers Signs Calculated to Rob Death of Its Terrors. Death must have greatly diminished terrors for the inhabitants of Rutland cornty, Vermont. From the town of Fairhaven as a center an enterprisifuneral ding firm of undertakers rectors have not yet penetrated that sectian has laterally covered the surrounding country with roadside signs that must be a never-failin- g source of comfort to the passing invalid. Here is one of them: -- : Undertaken. A second reads thus: Finest Rubber Tired Hearse in the State. And all: : : : , : this is an open invitation to Caskets of Every Design. Open Day and Night i Saratoga Is Track-Mad- . The degree of rapidity with which horse racing has leaped into popular favor this season, and particularly among the fashionable habitues of the Saratoga track, is unexampled. This form of amusement has ever been a predominating one In the annals of American sport and a favorite gambling means for the interchangi- ng of money, but this year the betting mania has laid hold of the people as never before and the amount of money that changes pockets after The Shah of Persia, ims gun establishment Muzafer ed Din was nearly scared to death at first by the rattling crash of the machine guns fired for his amusement. But before he left he swung his royal person into the saddle and fired a round of twelve cartridges with his own hands. His eyes sparkled and his hands trembled with excitement. Ordinarily he is rather a solemn old chap, but with any one who desires to make his eyes twinkle with amusement has only to provide tricks for children. At the Hippodrome, even more than the bandit drama, the sight of his own portrait 'thrown on a screen pleased him. At first he tried to preserve his dignity by holding his hand before his face to conceal his merriment, but, seeing Prince Arthur beside him laughing without a each race is extraordinary. of "I estimate that two millions dollars a day is bet on the races at this track, said a prominent Saratoga bookmaker a few days since. The amount of betting now, he continued, ' Is five times as great as any other year that I have known here. The money does not come from any great plunger or group of plungers, of but from the great assemblages rich men who are willing to bet from $100 to $1,000 on their choices in a race. Balloons. A war balloon, with all its fittings, costs nearly $5,000. The bladders of about 74,000 dead oxen balare used to make a medium-sizeloon. A bladder-skiballoon is far auperior to a silk one. Rente In a akin balloon close almost automatically, and the leakage la of the slight-fas- t Bladder-Ski- n full-size- d d n Papsr Coal In Germany. Paper coal Is a' form of lignite found tnear Bonn, Germany, It splits nature Ally in films as thin as paper. ; In his hands and boldly fumbled among them until Miss Fuller became indignant and cut short the inquisition. Muzafer ed Din showed while In London that he has not lost the taste for ragtime music, which he acquired while listening to American gra phophones in Berlin a few weeks ago. He has purchased several of the machines, which are primed to go off on a hair trigger whenever his majesty hungers for Those Goo Goo Eyes." One of these instruments is a multiplex grand, as. high as a Pullman car and with the volume of a church (Special Correspondence.) HOUGH It was not the year of the Passion Play we could sot leave Munich without making a pilgrimage to Oberammergau. Though it was a warm, sultry afternoon when we arrived, below In the streets men were busily engaged in making counters and arranging their wares for the fair which was to be the following day. Toward evening we took a vehicle and rode through a long valley, where the men and women were working in the field, and up a high hill to see the Stein Gruppe. This is a splendid marble group of Christ, Mary and Mary Magdelene given by Ludwig of Bavaria. The driver then took us farther up the road to see Anton Lang, who in 1900 played the part of Christ. Lang has long dark hair and Is of slight build. As he greeted us and asked us in, his face wore a warm, kindly smile. Not only did he resemble Christ in appearance and dress, made up of a loose blouse and dark overalls, but also because of his home and gentility of manner. He was delighted to learn we were Americans, and explained that he had many friends in our country, and in England. We arrived in Oberammergau Saturday, and Sunday morning before sunrise we heard the pounding of the hammer , and voices below our windows. We saw men and women working at the stalls for the fair. By the time the chimes started to ring everything had been set in order and the men, women and children hasorgan. In Its repertory was a tened to church. Every seat was oc-Wagner arrangement, which the shah sternly tabooed in favor of an cupied; besides many were standing. All the inhabitants of Oberunbroken succession of ragtime tunes. As he heard these tunes every- ammergau are Catholics, and therewhere in Europe, the graphophones he takes back to Persia will long serve to keep awake all the memories of his visit he cares 'to preserve. T1 and the mirrors are of silver, to harmonize with the color scheme. We were next shown into the kings workroom, probably the finest study in the world. On one side is an elaborate throne heavily embroidered la gold and decorated with ostrich tips. The writing table and chairs are heavily gilded; the candelabra and the writing set are of solid gold. The latter predominating. Another handsome piece of furnishing is a large mirror, in the middle of which is a clock. Though this room is not especially large, it can be illuminated with 100 lights. This study opens into the heliotrope room which was meant to serve as a place for the king to rest when he tired of working. It is furnished in gray and gold; and the curtain is of point lace. One of the handsomest apartments is the kings bedroom; the paintings on the ceiling and walls have been done with great skill. The one represents Ludwig XV. on his way to Olympia; the other Apollo with the morning star and Aurora. The mantelpiece Is of African marble and on it rest two sungods made of finest carrara. Another feature of this The draperies here, as well as in room is two mirrors made of Meissen, most of the other apartments, are so heavy that one can hardly lift them with two hands. The bedroom opens into the dining room through the rose cabinet. The furniture and the walls are of red satin, relieved by white and gold. The window draperies are of brussels lace. Like all the other apartments the dining room is richly decorated with paintings and heavily embroidered draperies; but the most interesting object is the table that used to be let Wanted Addition to His Harem. care about what people would think, Muzafer ed Din gave himself up to unrestrained amusemenL His suite were astonished. They chatted with each other excitedly, as though doubting the evidence of their senses. Loie Fuller, the dancer, had the distinguished honor of being summoned to drive ennui from the presence of Muzafer ed Din. She performed the serpentine dance, in which rather effects are produced extraordinary with the aid of electric bulbs cunningly concealed in her draperies. The shah was not satisfied with the artistic result alone. With childish curiosity he insisted on Investigating the mechanism that produced the radiance. He questioned the dancer closely, and still unsatisfied, took folds of her Benjamin Franklins Boyhood. When Benjamin 4Franklin was a boy be, like most boys, took to water as naturally as a Newfoundland dog. Benjamin Franklin, you remember, was one of the greatest journalists, statesmen and philosophers in our country at the time of the Revolution. Even as a boy he was always patching up some invention, trying all the time to Improve upon and make things more handy. This habit lasted him all his life. But as a boy swimmer he devised two methods of increasing swimming speed which are -- FAD The Kite Drew Him. of interest to boys of When he came to be an old man he told about his devices in the following words : I made two oval pallets, Franklin said, each about ten inches long and six broad, with a hqle for the thumb, in order to retain it fast in the palm of my hand. They much resembled a painters pallets. In swimming I pushed the edges of these forward, and I struck the water with their flat surfaces as I drew them back. I remember I swam faster by means of these pallets, but they fatigued my wrists. I also fitted to the Shown by Section of New York Society. Pampered dogs, that occupy a prom- A Boys Ambition. Forty years ago John Dunfree of Syracuse, N. Y., was a ragged boot-blac- certain- DOG PARTIES NOW THE Latest Folly inent place in society, are wearing sun bonnets since the last hot spell threatened them with heat prostration, says the New York World. Both pugs and terriers have been trotting contentedly beside their owners, displaying headgear that i3 a cross between a hood, a hat and a bonnet. A keen observer of dog fashions Mother Hubbard the suggests shape as the most appropriate in sun bonnets for small beasts; a pith helmet for a St. Bernard; a jockey cap for a terrier, and a yachting cap foe a dachshund. In Paris women provide their poodles with rubber shoes on wet days. The shoes are very expensive, costing about $5 for a set of four. For once Paris is far behind New Jersey in the matter of tashlons. Mrs. Birdsall of South Jersey, better known as the dog lady, had rubber overshoes more than a year ago for all of her fifteen pets. London has set the fashion this summer of giving deg parties. But one variety of dog Is Invited to each function. Of course the master or mistress accompanies the guest of honor. Perhaps the most interef dng of these parties was that for Pekinese spaniels, given by Mrs. Albert Gray. It was attended by the Chinese Ambassador, the Ambassadress and their suite. A number of charming little dogs were among the guests, and were duly admired by their excellencies. Notwithstanding that the- dog is the best now admitted into society in London, he may not pass within the doors of the libraries of the metropoprejudice lis. As yet, bars him from enjoying life among the book shelves. Game Rooster Rides Aloft The resources of the milliner seem to be inexhaustible. The game rooster hat is the latest thing to make Its appearance on the streeL It is a safe Inguess (for no man would dare to the that these things) into quire rooster hat comes from Paris. The head of the bird looking exceedingly saucy and very much alive, protrudes from a sort of turban dingus, the whole creating the impression of a live rooster jammed into a fancy wedding cake. L1NDERHOF. fore attend this one house of worship. They have kept the old Jewish custom of the men sitting on one side, the women on the other, with the children flown in front. The music was beautiful, consisting of a full choir, a rich organ and a violin Their voices are well orchestra. trained. If the traveler who goes to Oberammergau be interested in the perfection gained in French art he must visit Linderhof, one of the palaces of Ludwig of Bavaria, which is only a few hours from Oberammergau. The grounds near the palace are laid out in gardens enhanced by artificial cascades and fountains. In front is a large gilded fountain repporesenting Flora in a sition. Opposite is a high terrace, at the foot of which is a statue of the king, halfway up a beautiful bust of Marie Antoinette and on the summit a temple and statue to the goddess of beauty. On the other side of the palace is the Neptune group and above a large cascade with rich arbors. Though the environs of Linderhof are magnificent, the interior of the palace is more beautiful. Entering the vestibule we were attracted by a bronze equestrian statue of Louis XIV. In the adjoining hall is a large vase Sevres Queen representing Esther before King Ahasuerus;- - this was a gift to the king from Napoleon - half-reclini- Almost as Bad. You have no Educated Egyptian wonderful hieroglyphics in your country, sir; no mysterious inscriptions, no undecipherable times of an ancient literature whose secrets the wise men of the world have tried for ages to discover, and of which they are still the concerning as unenlightened meaning as ever they were. Tourist No; we havent any of those things; but brightening up weve got our railway time tables. She Does Not Flirt The one girl In the world who does not understand the art of flirting is she of the Philippine Islands. She is womanly and interesting, extremely gracef- ul, as straight as an arrow and always picturesque, but seldom pretty. A girl becomes a young lady at 12 or 13; by 35 she is probably a grandmother, but even at the advanced age of 50 she is still supple and graceful and picturesque. The type of beauty of all the Pitciflc Islands Is the same. The skin is yellow or brown, the hair straight and shiny black, the eyes soft and lustrous, and the teeth white The girls are modest to the last degree. skirts four-foote- d : : Undertaking As It Should Be Lives of Simplicity and Luxury Found in Strong Contrast in Bavaria in London to-da- PLEASANT Cottage and Castle Kindness of Edward Everett Hale. Some of the Boston boys have formed an Edward Everett Hale baseball club. They wanted uniforms and got up a raffle to raise the price. They asked Dr. Hale to take 50 cents worth I do of tickets. He wrote back: not like to subscribe to what seems to me a lottery. But I inclose $5 for the uniforms. I am much' pleased that you formed the club and that you gave it my name. Unique Gift to Library. A lady recently offered the New York Public Library a remarkable consists of 1,000 menus, each gift It different hotel or restaurant a from China, Some are from Hungary, The donor stipuRussia. and Japan kept lates that the menus are to bedesire sealed until 1950. as it is her that the coming generations may see what their ancestors ate. Beauty in a man is rather irritating. There Is so little of it to go around that It seems pure wastefulness to bestow It where It is not needed. down into the kitchen, for the king never permitted any one to serve him at table. The handsomest room in Linderhof Is the mirror room, done In the most perfect roccoco style. The color scheme is blue and silver harmoniously reflected by many mirrors. The furniture Is of rosewood, covered with gold made more brilliant by the candles at night shedding their soft lus- to-da- soles of my feet a kind of San dal? but I was not satisfied with them, because 1 observed that the stroke Is partly given by the Inside of the feet and ankles, and not entirely with the soles of the feet. The other device Franklin told of I amused myself In this fashion: one day in flying a paper kite, and, approaching the bank of a pond which was nearly a mile broad, I tied the strings to a stake, and the kite ascended to a very considerable height above the pond while I was swimming. In a little time, being desirous of amusing myself with my kite and enjoy at the same time the pleasure of swimming, I returned, and, from the stake the string with the little stick which was fastened to it, went again into the water, where I found that, lying on my back and. holding the stick In my hands, I was drawn along the surface of the water in a very agreeable manner. Having then engaged another boy to carry my clothes around the pond to a place which I pointed out to him on the other side, 1 began to cross the pond with my kite, which carried me quite over without the least fatigue and with the greatest pleasure imaginable. I was only obliged occasionally to halt a little In my course and resist Its progress when it appeared that by following too quickly I lowered the kite too much, by doing which occasionally I made it rise again. The other boys of the neighborhood soon copied Franklins Invention, and it was not long before whole fleets of young fellows were cruising about the pond. However, Franklin excelled them all, for he so manipulated his kite as to get the full force of whatever wind there was, much to the chagrin and astonishment of his playmates, who could not see why they never won the Impromptu races which took place almost daily. ket And he was. Blessed is the boy who has a high, ter. definite aim. He may not climb as high as he inIf it be through contrast that we obtain the keenest pleasure, there is tended, but his mental and moral no more fortunate way to visit this fiber will grow strong in the climbing. Never laugh at a boys ideal if it wonderful palace than after having spent a few days in the humble vil- is honorable. It is the divinity that stirs within him! It differentiates lage of Oberammergau. him from the crowd which has no ! ideals worth having. Paderewskis Inspiration." Besides, if the boy is of the DunPaderewski, when told by Her or Wright type and you poke fun free Princess Victoria, at his ambition Royal Highness, he is likely to make most perhaps the accomplished musician of all the members of our royal you out a false prophet family, that he was surely inspired, Mahogany Hunters. answered: In Central and South America the Your Royal Highness will, I dare revenues of many districts depend say, be surprised when I tell you that on the skill and activity of the maI remember the day when I was quite an indifferent player. I was deter- hogany hunters. Mahogany trees do not grow In groups; much less are mined, however, to be what the world there whole forests of them. To fell calls a genius, and to be a genius well knew that I must first be a a tree Involves the work of two men for a whole day. On account of a drudge, for genius and drudgery algrowth near the base of and thick, thorny ways go band in hand. Genius the tree, a scaffold Is erected around Paderwiskl is spoke exacitedly It, and above this, at a height of from drudgery thats what ten to fifteen feet, the tree is cut, so genius is. I at one time practised the best part is really losL The that after after day day, year year, till I felled tree Is then freed of branches became almost insensible to sound hauled on a rough wagon by oxen became a machine, as it were. Now and Paderewski is a genius, says the to the nearest river, where rafts are made and floated down. world! Yes, but Paderewski was a drudge before he was a genius! Butterfly Trick. Get a bottle with a wide opening The Little Busy Bee. and close in with a cork in which When one thinks that any bee that a glass funnel is Inserted. Close all walks out of Its cradle, pale, perhaps .crevices with shellac. Fill the bottle but perfect, knows at once all that is half way with water, in which you to be known of the life and duties of drop the two powders to a a bee, complicated as they are. and Seidlitz powder. .Tne belonging carbonic gas comprising the knowledge of an archigenerated tries to escape through the a nurse, a ladys funnel. But by placing two or three tect, a maid, a housekeeper,' a tourist agency small balls, made of cork, in the funand a field marshal, and then com- nel, the gas can escape only a little at pares that vast knowledge with the a time, as one or tne other of the lithuman baby, who is looked upon as tle balls will keep the opening of the a genius if it gurgles goo-goand funnel closed, until the pressure of tries to gouge its mothers eyes out the gas becomes strong enough to with its finger, one realizes that the force the ball up. In such a way a boasted superiority of the human Q brain depends largely on human vanity. London World. : -- three-quarte- o roc-coc- Japanese Great Fish Eaters. The Japanese eat more fish than any other people in the world. With is a foreign innovathem meat-eatintion, confined to the rich, or, rather, to those rich people who prefer it to the national diet Gift to Harvard University. Charles Eliot Norton has given ta the library of Harvard university several volumes once the property ol Ruskin, which contain many marginal notes in Ruskins own hand. written by a spiritual hand. Here, you can read it! Of course the handkerchief has been prepared before. The object, One day he sat down on the steps which has to appear later, is placed of the Pike block in that city to eat on the handkerchief, and the latter his lunch. folded as shown in I a, in such a way The janitor emptied a pall of dirty that the larger part (1) overlays part water on him from an upper window. 2 as shown in II. Ill own this block some day, said At the performance the slip of pathe lad, and Ill fire you. per containing the question is placed, The other day John Dunfree, the on an I and the handkerchief Is rolled millionaire contractor, bought the up, beginning at R. When rolled up Pike block, paying therefor $225,000. altogether, give it one more turn and It Is in the center of the business district and has been a landmark in Syracuse for many years. the objectionable Unfortunately janitor is dead and the millionaire cannot fire him. Boyish boasts are not always to be taken seriously, but John Dunfrees made good. Ill be governor of Indiana some day, said young Wright when his companion hodcarrlers working on Indianas state house made fun of him because he carried a book in his poc- r, Descent From the Cross. (Passion Play.) III. Walking through the hall we were shown the Gobelin room, which derives its name from the paintings that resemble Gobelin. In this room especially are to be o noticed the mantelpiece with two vases and a marble group with Louis XIV. as the central figure. At one end is a gilded piano with organ arrangements; and above it hangs a beautiful mirror. The carpet as well as the draperies are white and gold. The Gobelin room opens into the yellow cabinet The walls are made of carved woods veneered with silver. The ceiling decoration represents the four continents and four elements, with small pictures of the twelve signs of the zodiac. The paintings Jin this room are especially worthy of attention. There is also a collection of pastel portraits of the most noted men belonging to the courts of Louis XTV and Louis XV. v The furniture let the rim of the smaller half of th handkerchief lay on the table, while you roll the rim of the larger half back, until the hidden answer comes forth. f pit-a-p- at Dear little voice,, high and clear. Ring like a bell In the sleepers ear; Small hands pluck at hlg tousled head Daddy oh, daddy, get out of bed! Keeping the rules Its all a game Out they patter as in they came; But somehow the song moves rather slow As down the passage and off they go. And It's oh, for the years that have passed away. And the feet that pattered at break of day! Now they are heavily-boote- d feet. And they tramp and stamp In the bus? street. And some of them seemed to tire ot fun, So they wandered away till they met the sun; But he sends them sliding along his beams, To patter again In your morning dreams. Make Most of Gifts. Personality has done wonders with both heredity and environment. It has made moderate gifts accomplish, marvelous things. Men with moderate gifts, by patient and persistent application, have put jo shame th splendidly equipped, who have indflfe lently frittered away their patrimony. Out of the most untoward surroundings men have found their way to the The boy grandest achievements. from the log cabin has outstripped the boy from the palace. The barefoot boy has outstripped the boy of pampered indulgence. The plodder has outstripped the genius. The tortoise has passed the hare. . Whether a man be richly endowed or moderately endowed, his success will on the use he makes of whatdepend God has given him. Independent. money. part of the gas escapes, the pressure is relieved, and another ball closes up the funnel opening. This will keep on until the gas is exhausted. Oracle In the Handkerchief. Dont talk at the top of your lungs. Parents arent always deaf. Dont spank the baby. Leave that to other hands. Dont try to read novels and go to school at the same time. Youll miss the good In both. Dont call your little brother harsh names. He may grow. Dont eat green apples unless you have taken lessons in high and lofty : First Japanese Womans Statue. Kindly write a question upon this Japan's first statue in memory of strip of paper. We will see if the a woman was unveiled recently at spirits will favor us with an answer. near Kioto. I place the Blip with the question contortions. Shtjo-Nawat- caught robbing his safe while asleep, concealing the money under a carpet ' Pattering Feet. Something's beware, beware! Something Is climbing the bedroom stair,. With here a stumble, and there a slip. . Into the passage trip, trip, trip! Tripping bright on the passage floor, , ; Up they come to your bedroom door; Never was music half so sweet As the patter of tiny feet. Dont for Boys and Girls. Dont slam doors. Locks cost , Robbed Himself While Asleep. Adolph Reinarch, of Vienna, was , upon It on the handkerchief and roll it up, hiding the slip in the inside, until a small margin of the rim is left I roll it back again, and' see we have the answer to our question. From Grandfather.' the The same girl that stays speaks of were on trees. herei Diary of a |