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Show r r l ABODE OF ETERNAL m BILENCI. '3 In Conditions Existing ! Prison of Portugal. on tbs ; ..Entombed In a grim out outskirts of Lisbon nro aoron of tbs JffiOBt miserable men on earth. These are tbs Inmates of Portirgai'j deadly .prisons of silence In this building 'everything that human Ingenuity cna (suggest to render the lives of Us prisoners a horrible, maddening torture Is done. The corridors, 'plied tier on tier five stories high, extend from a common center tike the spokes of a bugs wneel. The cells are Barrow tomb-lik- e and witbln each stands a coffin. The prison garb Is a shroud. Tbs attendants creep about In felt No one is allowed to utter slippers. a word. Tbe silence la that of the grave. Orce a day tbe cell doors are unlocked, and the half a thousand in wretches march out, clotbed shrouds and with faces coverod with masks, tor it is a part of this hideous punishment that none may look upon the countenances of his Few of them endure this torture for more than ten years. (Frightful HISTORIC HOUSES Iff ASHlffGTOff. Historic Washington will soon be only a memory. One after mother tbe historic buildings of this town, which have housed men entitled to at least a email niche in tbe ball of Tbe fame, are being torn down. next big square of ground whose buildings are to be rased was where ao lees a personage than the brilliant and combative Henry Clay held hia peace, for in this block was hia home during his long ami brilliant esreer as a representative In Congress, then as a senator, again as representative, and yet again senator. government la order to build t! committee rooms for tbe States senate, to correspond opporlte side of the capitot, the committee rooms of the hotg, being built. This block has a mixture of old and modern a rg ture, and has not ao many hoi great Inti rest, having been lest up than the other tide in early , Those houses which are of 14 Interest, however, are fully a cfe old, and in one or two cases ; it no record of when they werq By all odds tbe most tntea. C O A L' formerly called No. 25 home. II waa known many timet at a fashion able boarding house, which attracted statesmen of all styles and kinds. Somewhere in the early eighties, it was the Erst Washington home of Dr. John Witherspoon Scott, father of tbe first Mrs. Benjamin Harrison, wbo died withtn n morth after bis daughter, in tbe White House. After the death of William Brent, No. 25 became the property of hia daughter Virginia;' who bad married Robert 8. Chilton of tbe state department Mr. Chilton was, after his mar -- AT THE' WASATCH HIKE. Oar coal U ths best (here U for i (team and domestic purposes t fellow-prisoner- COW ADOPTS LUMP A COLT, It and Her Own Calf. A cow owned by John Heffernan, who has a small farm near Danbury, Coen., has adopted a colt a few days old and is bringing It cp along with a calf of about the same age. Tbe mother of the colt, which was a valuable brood mare, fell a few days ago and broken one of Its legs, with tbe result that it was necessary to shoot Ik The expedient of bringing the colt up on a bottle was adopted, but the little animal did not take kindly to this means of livelihood. Mr. Ueffernan found th deoinol lowing ons of his cows contentedly about lha pasture lot with a calf, which la of Its own age. Tbe cow watched over the rwo with Impartial motberUneaa and suckled them both when they notified ber is their own way that they were hungry. The Month of Room. Tbe favorite month for weddings Is June. Interred at Night by Light ef Torch. d x - . $250 x x x 2.00 i Pitrmlzi a Bcsi l:5ntrj. j i J wr ..WEBER COAL CO HOUSES GRANGERS AND JUDGE CRANCH 0000000000000000000000000 THE CHILTON HOUSE. Here also was the former home of the distinguished son-l- law of President John Adams, Judge Cranch of the supreme court, who came from Massachusetts, and it was here that the president and his wife, Abigail Adams, made many vlsMsi to their daughter. Next door to them lived Francis Granger of Suffleid, Conn, postmaster general In the cabinet of President William Henry Harrison, and In the same house hia distinguished father ban lived before him, Gideon Granger of Suffleid, postmaster general from 1801 to 1814, under Presidents Jefferson and Madison. This block of houses, which Is north of the Cspitol, bounded by Delaware avenue, B, C and First streets, has been condemned by tbe of these is tbe house which lai as the Chilton house. No. 225 ware avenue. It Is a tall, yet gray brick house, perched opt top of a high bank like a bald, on a rock, tbe grading of they long after it was built haring k high and dry, and tbe owner? lng to add a basement, and aftfr4d I terrace their front yard. The house was built in 1809 jr level of the street, by William formerly of Virginia, at that clerk of the supreme court H tateky mansion waa beside new house," this latter havinf n put up for renting purposes. 1 In this house that Henry Clay, vtd in Washington. And he Is ns only personage known In blstog Traveled Robin Brood. W. 8. Reed, M. D., tells the story of s' robin who took possession of a passenger coach which had been left for several weeks unused St East Thompson. on ths Southbrtdge branch of the New Tork, New Haven A Hartford railroad. The robin built ber nest on the framework of the trucks under the body of the car. The bird bad been seen around tbe car by different employes of tbs road, without their suspecting luti presence of the nest until the car was coupled on and hauled to Soutbbrldge. The mother followed tbe train, and on Us arrival brooded and fed ber young, which were Just hatched. She followed the train back on its return trip to East Thompson, where she again fed and housed tbe young birds. On the second trip of the train. In the afternoon, the bird again followed her young to South-bridg- e and back to East Thompson, where the car was sidetracked and given Into possession of the robin, rent free, until ber family were grown. The distance traveled by the bird in the two round trips was 86 mtlea.-Chrlst- ian Register. the neck, in water as hot as fit M Why Jape Admire the Carp. borne. For a daytime nap th jresi The carp, which plays so prominent should be loosened at the thratjasl a part in Japanese decorations, is also walsL or, better still, the tipei the principal dish at a s should be removed entirely, M Japanese dinner. It is deemed to b when retiring for the qlghL. 4 :&j the dish above all others upon which of hot water with a little a martial c ,.xpung men- who desire a few drops of lemon Juice lsu;t Is fi&vop lte drink of French women, sail Is ss excellent sleep producer. J5au lucres as It is called, takes tbe place a France often occupied by tea here. I n - A funeral attended by unusual dr eumstances took place at Mount Heb-frocemetery, Winchester, Va, at I oclock one night recently, when the body of David A. Fries, whose death ' resulted from exposure is a storm, was laid to rest Mr. Fries was one of the foremost men of the connty. He left directions .'that no minister should officiate at his (funeral, nor should asy religious rites be held. Hundreds of his friends i waited at the house several hours and then accompanied the body to this iCity. At tbe cemetery gate they were 'Informed that the burial would not Stake place until late at ntghL The (body waa placed in the mortuary tchapel, and at the appointed hour the Hot Water Remedy. , pallbearers, carrying the corpse, wend-jeA worn out woman who retires at their way through the cemetery and night or lies down for s few minutes llently Interred the body by the light rest at noonday with a feeling that ot a torch. sleep la Impossible should try the hot water remedy, ssys the Philadel? ' Wortde Oldest Man. phia Inquirer. 8lmply bathe the face I' Is Germany there are 771 persons and temples, the wrists and cords of Who claim to bs 100 years old or mart, tin France there are 21S, la England J146, In Scotland 48, In Norway 3, In Sweden 10, In Belgium C, and (jpete mark t. la Swttserland tbare la not one centenarian, but on the other hand, there are 401 In 8pal, and as many as (75 Is 8ervla. The oldest msn la the world fc said to be Bruno , Cotrim of Rio J nelro, authentic --documents- sbowtai that he la sow In his 150th year. --1 THE PRICES STOVE Watches With Equal Care Over riage, sent to Goderich, Canada, as our commercial agent and remained there for thirty years. From the time of William Brents death the house waa known as the Chilton house and on their return from Canada Mr. and Mrs. Chilton again took possession of it expecting to end their days there. The house la more quaint and ancient looking on the inside than on the outside. The hall is wide and roomy, according to the fashion of the day and the magnificent idea of hospitality, and the drawing rooms are large, square rooms, with broad window sills and high mantels. The doors are finished with massive, shining brass locks, screwed upon the Inner side, and finished by a huge brass key with a ring at the end. Do You Want Some? Tm DRY GOODS axd GR.OCERJES OmAi CASH BARGAIN STORE high-clas- 1 A Double Demise. I Wall! Wull!" ejaculated, McUb. berty. In the midst of bis perusd of a newspaper which be bad carelessly Bedad! Poor Duffy la picked up. dead again 1 An ut seems to here happened In the same way u it 814 prayviously he has been blown up by a prematoor blasL 01 shut hov thought thot wance wnd hov keen enough to aattsfy him; but tbn, ba always wis wan av thtm felles thot nlver know their own molnds., f Phwat are yea tarktn about" asked Mrs. McLubberty, In some nrprlse. Duffy dead again? ' la ut cmy yes areT v Dlvll a bIL 01 de be radln' ut rolght here In th paper, an'" ; Let me look at thot doctymlnL Pfawy, yes blunderhead, tbla ha paper thot Oi laid out to 1 . pread on tbe shllf! la thot so? Well, ut relives me molnd. OL was sorry to ttnk tv such bad luck happenin to poor Dufy." r COALVILLE, UTAn - L 'feSMWh Good Job Work... New Fad ot Wealthy Women. uvd ci peep! Tbe prevalence of the companion or private secretary, who now seems Indispensable to women of fashion in New York, is emphasized by the sight of the parties leaving dally for Newport from the Grand Central station. In every one of these groups there It the woman companion, who. In charge of the maids, seems to exact from them the same deference they show to their mistress. The place of this woman companion Is that of a friendly equal who stands between her employer and the rest of the world, and he appears to enjoy most of the pleat urea of wealth, with rone of its re Times cEob la fust Cm place where you can get tt at prices that will suit ...All Work Promptly EzcsuJnd sponslbQitles. ffOVEL STLE OF HOVSE BOAT. x mm AT THE GRASS CREEK COAL AT GRASS Va have tha very best Cod (here b Attired for Automoblting. ca tha market (or domestic ctgsra pepesd $O O YiELL SCREENED DOflESTIC ump AKD STOVE a RUED... K 9 9 The new goggles and blanket which are being worn by pet dogs when they go touring. tailor-mad- e Deer Had Frss Winter's Fodder. C, H. Greene of White River Junction, VL, had several tons of bay stored In a bare In a thinly setUed part of East Plainfield, N. H, One of the doora would not close. An of Mr. Greenes visited tbs bare aot long ago and two deer In gwd condition bounded out of the 'door and made for the woods. There were Indications that they had lodged there during the winter and fed upon the Aav. era-plo- now; BQlTliME.oesmiffSsS A fad for living in houseboats has days before the residents ofLos Anattacked residents of Southern Cali- geles were whized about 01 electric fornia. A pioneer In acquiring a home cart. Lumber la high in Jonthera on the water Is J. J. Jenkins, former- California, and labor la evq tigherr so- - Mr. Jenkins decided ly of Pittsburg. tq convert Mr. Jenkins created a novel house- these old cars into houseboat Two cars were placed upo? caulked boat. the demand for whTch baa been so great that It is impossible for the float and converted Into th cosiest inventor to keep up with 1L He de- sea homes. All around Is t veranda. cided to build for himself a house- Across the end of the tiny carsj, boat on the bay at San Pedro, nnd In kitchen, equipped With a st Sing some saw material and about other for conveniences. casting Th remainabandoned cable cars, relics ot the der of the can can be throe nt0 ons w room or separated Into dining room, parlor, sitting room and bedroom. In which latter ts a comfortable bed that .folds up In the walL The dweller in the household on Ess Pedro bay baa many advantages. He can go out on the veranda In the morning, throw a line out and In a short time have a pood mesa of flsh; er he can row ashore and ' gathei clatAs. He is never bothered by the beat and the bay serves for a huge ; bathtub. ! ,x a Than b ca ttb hart a CTCOAL CIUTB FOR LOADED TEAT.3 GRASS CREEK COAL 50. ' k'J 1 ! O - |