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Show I ftae yard, very line all around. But there Is one thing lacking ' 'Yes?' It Is an Addinless Kden don't you You are so good In everything know else that I should think you would be glad to share these blessing with a hisband 'Are you proposing, sir?' 'la argumentative way. If you can be convinced that you should have a husband I should like to be the man 'Htsband' I have a gardener that ON THE MIDWAY AT PARIS; Curious Side SBows ol tEie Great Exposition, No one has seen it yet, by natives because half tlie native actors have been painting Paris a bright vermilion ever since their arrival The Chinese got into trouble for maltreating a girl Rome of of the Quart ,er d Europe the American In t the dUns are depot, the result of too much fire-wThe troubles er of the Anamites have become classical. It teems with a Bar Every lime you Torn Around. (Paris letter ) The Midway PlaUance fa dead long lire the Midway Plaisanee' When the original street of Calio waa In Its heyday the Paris life of amusement still The Moulin depended on tte night Rouge and the Cafe American were the height of chic, and the gayety of Frcnehl-nes- e the fair was of the The bicycle, the automobile and the new life of ' sport'' changed all that, and the Midway Plaisanee of the exhibition Is stukiugly different from the old street where the weird cadences of the dan--du v,ntre first In the old Jar-diburst upon the world de Paris the 'fin da sleole dance," with Rayon d'Or, La Melenlte, I,a Mome Frmnagp ami La (loulue, waned d Its petthoats as the last gesture of the dying century Helas' the fin de eiecle dance Itself Is dead, and Its divinities have grow stout and heavy. The Midway Plaisanee Is as amusing as ever, only It has chang ed It has grown soberer outwardly. We, who have Just returned from the Swiss village, can bear witness that for Innocent deviltry and the kind of gayety that is agreed to be "Parisian neither the waving skirts of La Mome Fromage nor yet the gauze waistband of La Belle Fatima are essential. Beyond question the mark of the present exhibition Is the pretty waiter girl In hitherto undreamed-o- f profusion. The pretty waiter girl In the Swiss village runs to blue eyes, blonde braids and a smart black corset put on outside. It Is the Swiss peasant costume, and It goes well with yodling We saw three young Americans drinking pink Swiss champagne under the arbor on the summit of Mount PUatus to the sound of their own yodling. while the yellow braids were bobbing in the old-aty- e n lace-edge- cuckoo rloiks for sale t'p lu the highlands they tempt you with pink champagne Now speaking of champagne, this ts another feature of the present exhibition the riotous omnipresence of the wine lit Not to mention the opera comique scenic effects of the wines of France exhibit in the old Salle des Medlines, the son of ternpeiauoe finds himself running up against fizz at evAfter climbing laboriously, ery turn in a diagonal bpiral, around the girdle of the universe on the Immense celes-- t ! & be. one met to beyond the furthered star an American bar! This, by the way. strikes another keynote of 'he present exhibition and its Milway Plaleame the tnstiuellve and practically useful character of Its gajeties It is a globe within a globe, the Inner one and much the smaller Many have asked being our earth why the heavens are represented by a If you were inside It you globe would perceive, not a convex globe, but a concave heavenly vault lit up on every side, above, below, with stars The cential sphere (it will hold twenty people) Is the earth, and It turns over as the earth does on Its axis. Round goes the moon, with double j scene-painte- p- motion; the planets circle around the sun, and the sun seems to be moved round, although It is the sun that moves, stars, nebula, the milky way and fiery comete keep up their apparent motion. When one, climbing around the sphere that Is the earth, begins descending to the south ern hemisphere, to look down on the southern cross, the effect Is startling. For tjhe first time in my life I got an Idea of what eternal space is with no up nor down except In relation to our own little sphere. The d, "zig-zag- m centraITamerican Indians." CURRENT NOTES OF DISCOVERY AND INVENTION, T for Here, In a big building panorama. by Itself, are four simultaneous Instead of one, and a whole panorama circle of moving plot Instead of a flat picture on a sheet The result is an extraordinary ghostlike effect of real life. Imagine the panorama of the Crucifixion or tfet battle of Gettysburg with all the Slum In motion! ha FULLY EQUIPPED. Rleh Widow Fool That It 1 Dumw Mtry for liar to Marry Again. "Don't know whether it's new or not I heard It down In Bermuda," said the man who recently returned from that There's a rich widow winter resort. living Just outside of Pontiac, according to this story, "and after several elderly gentlemen had vainly endeavored to lure her Into matrimony again, report gained circulation that she was s regular man hater. Finally a wealthy widower from the east, carrying with him the evidences of good living and the heartiness that seeks congenial companionship, visited the city and was soon a caller upon the intractable widow. After he thought sufficient advancement had been made to Justify a proposal he proceeded to feel his way Beautiful home you have here?' 'Yes, I enjoy It? 'Fine outlook, fine trees, tbm Etffl Towm Tbe gigantic Eiffel Tower, which was the great novelty of the Paris exhibition of 1&89, is to be n central figure during the exhibition this yens. The company that owns the tower has expended about $200,000 la adorning It and fitting It up with new elevators, estaurauta, outlooks, and so forth. Tbe height of this tower, which hna proved of some service to ecienae. Is 300 meters, or about 984 feet With the new elevators about 2,000 persona ean be carried to the top each hour. New Aide to Comfort eed I'tlllty lee In Itoelneet OOleee An At- - nrhmenl far Chair The! Fill Lone-Fe- ll Went. of the house cuiimtitee on public lands, la advoiating the piuject of setting aside a certain trait of land In Arizona as a petrified foiest national park. Tbla finest la one of the greatest natural curiosities on the American continent and if properly-eare- d for It will almost rival in interest the wonders of the Yellowstone, the Yoeemite and Mount Rainier reservations The petrified park lies a short distance front the Urand canyon of the Colorado In The trees probably Apai he county grew beside some Inlund sea After falling, the cell structure of the wood In the tree was entirely replaced by silica One of the most ismarkable features of the pai k Is a natural bridge forty-fiv- e feet In width which spans the ai yon Fifty feet of the tree lies on one side, so It Is visible for nearly 100 feet The wood is handsome when poll.-be- Natsrss Wiator As the i chill t of WINNING OLYMPIAN AN That RACE. TboagliU Flatbed Mind of lb (snlrnll "With a of crafty old PhrAanes stout heart and a cool head the rpea can be won In the very last stride. aa4 tbw supreme momwwA t Setayod. Juet ahead a flying figure dances before his dimming sight, and he wonders how feels Phaedo, and whether aught of hie strength has been saved. from the And now a mad shout crowded seats of the Athenians roars forth across The stadium as they see Phaedo In the lead at the very finish. "Athene! Athene!" they shout. "Pallas Athene gives us the race!" The cheers of the little group of Galatians art swallowed up in the great c f, but Ladas needs no applause to nerve hint on. Now, at the wry last, the wan. beautiful face of Is mother Is before him, and he the two, lonely al home, walt-p- g for the outcome of this day, for Altteir glory or for their sham. ready the goat Is scarce three strides gray, and Phaedo laughs with trithe face of umph, when suddenly Uda shoots up even with his. For u instant, that seems hours of struggling, the two waver side by side, asd then with a last desperate effort, tbs boy of Galatia draws away and touches the goal slab, even while the foot of the other hangs above It. With the mighty shout of an assembled world begins the Olympiad of Ladas. after --- Y I n yean ad 40 inches Uolck Tims la Balloon. Three Prutalan officers have mad a quick trip from Berlin to Prague in a balloon They left at 2 oclock la tbe afternoon and came down at 6 oclock, having riven to an altitude Of 10,009 feet during a part of the Journey. The distance between the two cities la covered by an express train la aevea hours. lo Action. Monte Bsldo, between talks Garda and the valley of the Adige, In Italy, was once the center of volcanic action, but in the early part of the present century this activity had apparently Aa Aid for ceased last March, however, an InBookkeepers and office clerks who distinct rumbling waa heard la the are obliged to use a blotter very ofteh mountains, which seemed to come from the Interior of the mountain. Deep fissures formed on the crest, whence hot steam la still ejected from time to time, which melts ell the snow la the neighborhood. The lndirstlns are similar to the preliminary symptoms which preceded the terrible eruption of Mount Tarawera in New Zealand some thirteen years ago, says the Scientific American Bouk-koopo- rant It flash-light- . powerful engine. HwSsrgsowwSI , m LlcM8hlp. A new lightship of novel design is soon to be moored in the stormy witters of the dreaded Diamond Shoal off has been found imCape Hatters, possible to place a lighthouse there, and the lightships moored on the spot have, one after the other, been torn from their fastenings Tbs new ship la to be propelled by steam, and furs to be nished with electric displayed from her masts, 50 feet above She will be anchored on the water. shoals with strong mooring tackle, and in case she la torn loose by s gale can take care of herself with the aid of her is Bieaktwsb The Ingenuity of architects and bulhlers Is sometimes severely taxed to provide for the comfort of the dweller In lofty apartment house. In New York City plans have been died for a gigantic building of this kind to stand on Fifth avenue, and to be Connected n restaurant across with a the street by a tunnel, finely fitted up and lighted, whereby the occupants of the apartment house can go out to their meals In all kinds of weather t without the necessity of putting on hats. The only drawback sppear to be that they are limited In their choice Of a restaurant. well-know- Blonoerapborg Chair. Stenographers' chairs, made with special regard to the comfort of our office assistants, are nimble-fingere- d that is, good chairs are. expensive, The business man and his stenographer ave been looking for a long time for some appliance wblth can be attached to an ordinary office chair, and which, at the same time, will give bark-achsupport to the user, and prevent which, as you know, is the bugbear of the typewriter girl A new pathas been put On the ent back-remarket which Is illustrated herewith. i it i wiiriwa tiinnftft biijijmii tt vuucutrfl 1 e, st some haggling" 1 bought the lot for tuFuJnrjnft croOjtedtiess "New Orleans Times- J MINNESOTA JUDOE ARRESTED. for $4 they weighed altogether some- Democrat. ix-iof o Spy iu Jpau "i They Are Mot Wholly Free from On le thing under a quarter of an ounce. I Haled Into Court hay A Traveler. Rural Free Deliver Trolley In a tonveisation the other "It Is a common Impression that the was so disarmed by the apparent simday with New England will soon bave rural &;e friends in Minneapolis, Central American Indian Is singularly plicity of the Indian that I never Judge to a examine the said nuggets closely free delivery of mall by electric cars Caaty, late associate chief Justice of thought honest and free from guile," I reached Port Cortez, and then Some farmers and other residents In Minnesota, said he remembered traveler who came up on the last until with needed a second look to See the northeastern baiiana boat, "but don t you believe a of Massachu- anything but pleasure an experience part be had in the .quaint little Japanese word of that story--i I recently .made a that they weie not gold at all, but evi- setts and the adjoining New Hampmuleback trip to the Olancha district, dently a sort of brass Alloy. A few shire territory have taken the initial city of Modje, when he was on his way days later I learned from an engineer steps in this matter, the Idea having to China a few months ago. He was in Borthwest Honduras, my particular who came down from the Guayape dis- occurred to them a few weeks ago, suspected by the the look a at take to purpose being , military authorities famous old placer diggings on the trict that my Indian friend was boast- when they first received an electric car of being a Russian spy sod subjected so ing that he had stolen some yellow service In place of the stage coach to great annoyance and humiliation. Quayape river. I spent a week or In the region, and was especially incomposition metal' bearing from a which formerly ran between Exeter His account of the affair was that he waa a passenger from terested in the native Indians who live stamp mill and melted up a fragment and Amesbury. Should this experiModje bay. Havhome-mad- e clay crucible. In that ment prove successful rural free de- ing unlimited curiosity and considerlong the banks of the stream and lb a of sort Introhe a as his handsome nug- livery by electric cars would be able time, he went ashore and found way who regard the placers produced family pocketbook, from which they gets. If he had put in tbe same amount duced In other parts of New England. much to interest him. He became enthusiastic, and determined to see all help themselves as they please. When of labor at the placers he could easily Shut not thy purse strings always that could be, seen. Finally he wana household needs anything that can- have washed out $20 worth of gold. dered Into a not be hunted or fished In other That's what 1 call a natural appetite gainst painted distress. Lamb. parklike place and against the august personage of a words, that has to be bought at the representative of the mikado, a tore the women sally out with their military officer A STATE HUMBLE SECRETARY'S HOME. and of proceed high degree. Without hateas, or wooden bowls, offering any to wash as much gold as U required for explanation the officer unceremoniousla most needed, and Is supposed to give secure metal The hustled the purchase. they ly the judge off to the mili- Instant relief to that tired feeling. It in that way Is usually In The form of tary court and charged him with bc-1- D can be attached to any chair, and it in the minute grains, hardly as Urge as the It costs but little, will doubtless prove employ of the Russian government The newa spread and tbe very popular. head of a pin, but occasionally they court room soon filled with natives. find little nuggets, and that brings me to my story. The day before I left I Furthermore, a mob outside suggested How Bird Hgr waa at the principal store of the disIn order to expedite matters that the Mr. L. M. Loomis, the California oror be the to trict talking proprietor, prisoner executed first and tried nithologist. who bas been studying the afterward. The Judge was arraigned 'tlenderos,' when a typical Cflancha Inof bird migration on the Paand pleaded not guilty. He asked for question dian shambled In and sat down on the cific coast, concludes that those which a change of venue to the captain of be ha observed shape their course by floor. I attempted to question him the steamer, where he could prove he about the diggings, and presently he Jandmarks, and posseae no mysterious wai w American. The motlon waa untied a corner of Us neckclotli snd superhuman faculty for determining showed me three small fantastically Although tbe Transvaal has for some secretary, for instance, live in an un- denied, but after walking him over the direction, such as some persons have shaped nuggeU, which he said his wife time been a very wealthy little repub- pretentious cottage at ''Pretoria, the territory he had traversed during the imagined that birds are endowed with. had lately found. It ocurred to me lic. many of its leading officials are accompanying Illustration showing tbe day t 11 oclock at night they allowed When fog prevails the birds are behim t dPart, hungry, mad and cold. modest little home of this high they would make Interesting souvenirs men who live In very humble circumwildered and lose their way. In brief Chlesgo Chronicle. mounted as scarfplns or bangles, and stances. Ur. Reits, the Transvaal state Mr. Loomis thinks that bird migration - Aut e one-quart- d Volcano lloniw twenty-nin- experiments at Rothamsted, England, it ts shown that In tha winter months more than half of the amount of rain that falls penetrates into the soil and becomes available for the supply of springs, while In the summer only of the rainfall la absorbed by tbe soil Tbe maximum quantity of water in ihe soil la at a depth of about 1 lrrl-slstlb- le blue-blac- k Immensity extends all around, underneath as well as above. Then the great Saint-Saeorgan booms the music of the spheres. It was well to have put that bar there " The and the "rollo" books are not in it with thla exposition for mingled - Instruction and amuse-e n t. After the trip around the is there the ped milkmaids, while from crag to universe trip the world. and crag the fleet chamois (read goat) around this skips after the biscuits of the charit- in various forms. The Tour du able Down in yonder village you are Monde Itself is a theater on which importuned by yellow braids with pass scenes from every country, acted smokes and dunks' 1 havp a parrot that swears like a pltute and I have a cot that stays out all nigh! What in creation do want wllh a husband?'" Detroit Flee Press Through the ttoj. Though Phaedo has flashed past the laboring leaders, right at his heels comes the rapid footfall of the Galatian boy Clearer and clearer It sounds, mn as he will. Kvery faculty and fiber In Ladas mind and body Is concentrated on keeping unbroken tbs long, swift stride that Phraanes has taught him, which eats up the ground like fire With elbows held well In, and swinging arms that lengthen every stride, he wastes no breath shouting invocations, says St. Nicholas. A single slip or falter will be fatal now, with the goal distant but a few short lengths, and as his limbs weaken under the terrible strain, the strength of his will sustains his flagging muscles, and still the flying feet spurn the loose sand with never a break iu their motion. takes one from Havre to the harbor of Down deep within himself Ladas feels New York. yet remaining an lota of reserve power. The temptation Is almost By far the most novel of these panoto make his effort now, now rama effects, however, la the device of the clneorama an application of the to end the suspense and decide the cinematograph, or blograph, to the race; but to his mind come the words e, we ed Imagined themselves cheat ed by the French manager, so ore morning Sunday they tied this man hand and foot to a Then each post Anamite step pod gravely past him, spit at him and nlm calmly told what he thought of him. Of this Tour du Monde series of panoramas and dioramas the greatest I is, perhaps, the mareorama, of which a steamer trip have already written round the Mediterranean, where the boat rolls and pitches, where It comes up night at eea, and where the sweet shores of the Riviera glide past the view from Marseilles all the way to Alexandria. The Panorama Transat-lantiqua show of the same kind, habit wolved by education and ! herltance and owing ita origin to the s failure of food In winter. Is a SCIENCE ON A PatrlHod Foroat. Mr. Latey of Iowa, the chairman they Mked. This is our mountain, was all that they yelled down to us. The Swiss village Is the biggest sideshow, and Mount Pllatus Is Its biggest feature, yet Its ascension is no more laborious than dragging up six flights of your Paris mansard at night, and Its scattered arbors and bosky nooks, with thtflr expectant nymphs, have all the From many a cosiness of home life wdoden mountain, covered d with canvas, the gay youth of the various nations yodle to ach other across verdant valleys, enlivened with lowlns kin and red-li- ' at winds. "How do you like the midway? NOTES will welcome a clever little aluminum blotter holder that fits on the Thumb and wrist and makes It practical and convenient to write and blot with tha same hand, thus saving time and labor In posting, billing, etc. New blotter sheets can be readily attached whea one la used. I hr onto Doom of QshtiUra In tbe district of Mernel la Ger. many the natives are becoming renowned for their misuse at rahoaftas mAira remecnea. 'The ether drinkers are plentiful there, and the quicksilver habit la very common.' Borne of the men take doses of from five to thirty gramme of the slippery stuff, and boys are said to begin tbe habit with five gramm Installments. Continued Indulgence lead to serious chronlo blood poisoning, and the result la fatal to tbs victims. Tbe national health officers are investigating the matter, and' will recommend that the sale of quicksilver in that district be pro- -. hlblted absolutely. M Baeeat larallMa Large nails can be rapidly pulled by a new implement, having a long lever fitted with a claw at one mid, a yoke being mounted close to the elaw to support a roughened disk, which le journaled eccentrically, forming a fulcrum for the lever. . An Oklahoma man has patented a pair of shears which are provided with double cutting edges, the blades being in cross section and attached to the handles In such a manner that either pair of edges can be brought Into position. To protect thread from soiling a new spool Is formed of two disks, having their central portions in contact, with (he peripheral portion hulaed Outward to form a central reel on which the thread Is wound through. the slot between the outer edges of the disks. An improved clothespin Is formed of two equal sections Joined at the head by a spring cap, with k steel spring located midway between tbe ends to allow the' split portion to open a short distance when pressed over tbe line, which laefea see tha grip and prevents . the pin splitting. Fishermen will appreciate a new reel which Is attached to a ferrule fitting on the end of the pole, with a drum inside on which the line is wound, a lever being pivoted inside tha grip to be pressed by tbe thumb and wind up tbe stack line automatically. By using s new 'coffee pot attachment the steam le made to pass through the grounds, a metal tube being secured to tbe end of tbe spout and extended through tbe lid to the Interior. with a cloth sack containing tbe grounds fastened to the Inner end of the tub. . A new counting device for registering tbe score in domino and other games has am upright easing. In which two shafts are Journaled with numerical disk on the shafts and a lever to rotate the disk Indicating tbe standing of each side and ringing a bell et tbe end of the game. seml-clrrul- ar spring-controll- ed , taamM Rook lag Stwa On a piece of land In Old Lyme, Conn., Is a rocking stone of tha fol- lowing dimensions: Around the atone north and south, 2? feet 7 Inches! east and west, 24 feet 10 IncbeeJ Thin Immense stone Is so delicately poised that one man can rock it from four to six inches. r- ; |