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Show ETERNAL C5TY EVER FULL CF INTEREST AND CIIAP.P1 nt. HAD THE MONEY, Inebriated Man Satisfied Clerk Hs Could Buy Ship. Is Washington, as in all other larg9 cities, hotel men see some of the queer, est phasos of human nature. The and artlcs of Monte Fall Never inebriated and People Landscape, Buildings guests are occasionally ot jcoinmya cf Curies. Remarkable ti.s Most Festuccio One of the Interest. To deal with this class often the Old Time "Mistress of the Wo; Id," prerents as tough a proposition as tho boniface has to meet. As a rme the visiting pilgrim at the capital as mild a mannered man as ever cut (Special Correspondence.) a throat or scuttled a snip, yet Cow advantakes who to Rome In Rome It was formerly the custom the visitor and then one proreeds to perpetrate these to witness occasion of the when and tage tne visitors, that strangers It scene high jinks In a way he would not the to Is races forget likely tho lenten ceremonies were over and at home In a century. Easter Sunday had come, set out upon presents. That a King and a Queen perform A case In point was that of a Imadds the Now are scenes. among spectators their jourreyings to other Westerner, who, with his wife that Is changing, and these people still mensely to Us attraction. and had a suite cf fine rooms children, were In the with met spectators be Formerly sovereigns Temain, and are to at one of the best hotels. The Campagna, wandering In the little hill of the shows prepared for them; row recently husband and cities, or studying the quaint customs the people are the spectators, and roy and his wife father went on a spree begged the proprietor te aqd tho showy costumes of the people alty becomes a part of the spectacle which the peoplo go to see. A few watch his guest, as she knew ho carin other more distant sites. It Is scarcely possible to Issue from days ago It was well known that King ried a big sum of money about with any one of the gates of the cite, which Victor Emanuel III. and Queen Helena him. He kept dfinldng to excess are themselves most picturesque rent- - would be present at the races, as on however, and one evening walked up that day the Royal Dolby was run, and to the cashier and annouccd his purhence crowds pressed out along the pose to take his family to Norfolk bv new Appian Way to the racecourse beat "To-day- s boat has already gone, near tho Capannelb on the left of tho fald the employe, "and youll have to road. The route, apart from all other con- wait over another day. "I siderations, Is one of the most Inter- one. guess not, quoth the Inebriated "Im going if I have to esting of the many interesting reads around Rome. Passing out by the buy a steamer, "Maybe you think I havent enough Gate, with the wall beside It to buy one, but Ill show you money still white where the showing patches and forthwith he dived differently," were made of the damage done repairs down Into an inside pocket and, bringIn shells of the Italian the army by Vi, C AttV besieging the city In 1870, you leave ing up a thick leather book, to count out before the eyes of to the right the Porta Aslnaria be'( y the astonished cashier JS6.000 In big tween the two round towers. bills and New York exchange. 'I--Against the sky, the round, It is needless to say he didnt purround tower of other days the tomb of Cecilia Metella looms up chase a ship, hut It took a whole lot In all Its golden glory. Here In the of diplomacy to get him to a hospital, middle distance Is the sacred grove of and when it came to separating him Ilex trees, the successor of a pagan from his wealth more than one man Ruins of the Forum. had to join in the struggle. When he nants of hoary antiquity, ere scenes of sacred grove, changed In little or came out of tho institution at the end Its save surroundings since Interest and quaint charm meet tho nothing of ten days ho was thoroughly sobered, sacrifice of smoke the with mingled eye. It Is not only the landscape, fasthe air around it. Near to It Is the old and said he hadnt the slightest recinating as It Is In lines and varied Church of St. Urbano. which some de- membrance of the crazy things he tried colors, when seen through the arch of to enact. Washington Post. the gate framing It as In a picture, that clare to have been originally a temple to Bacchus, that has only attracts; the people seem to prepare dedicated Things That Never Die. the scene with all the picturesque beThe pure, the bright, the beautiful. longings and surroundings characterisThat stirred our hearts In youth, tic of the country. Tho Impulses of wordless prayer. jg Is to be met There The dreams of love and truth; scarcely a hill The longings after something lost, with, except such a slight elevation as The spirit yearning cry. that of Monte Festuccio. near the gate The striving after bettor hopes of St. Pauls, which is purely artificial, Those things can never dlo. and Is one of the most remarkable The timid hand stretched forth to aid curiosities of this ancient city. A brother In his nood, This hill, as an American poet said A kindly word In griefs dark hour That proves a friend Indeed; .The plea for mercy softly breathed. When Justice threatens nigh; The sorrow of a contrite heart These things shall never die. well-fixe- d He' lie No Need for Reform mndo no resolutions, for his moral nr all rluht, red looks not on the wine when It or brown or while. 1 Roes to any clubs or stays out late at nlsht, For poker, euchre, whist, or brlJg h doesn't' care a mite. lie never smokes a big cigar, a pipe, or cigarette, Tobacco holds no sweet and soothing charms for him as yet lie never go to races, flirt with maidens bold and gay. And so he didnt need to turn a new leaf New Year's day. lie doesnt a charming fellow, persevering, shy and coy. My bouncing, dimpled, rosy, smiling, little baby boy. He la i to get lift the latch, and, In fact, he did not raise It That operation be had per Electrify In the Eame manner a formed to win the approbation of hu thick piece of paper, a postal card for man beings; but to do It as an orlgl example, and you will spe that as with nal effort to please himself and gain scaling wax, glass, sulphur or resin a purpose of hi 3 own did not occur to this card can attract light bodies hs canine brain. Dr. III11 Invites otb (small pieces of cork, etc.). Balance ers to repeat this experiment on ania cano on tho back of a chair and toll mal psychology. any one In the audience that you will make It fall without touching it, blowFeathers from a Handkerchief. To produce feathers from a hand ing on It or moving tho chair. silk All you need to do Is to dry the kerchief, hand a large cambric-ocard well before tho fire, rub It vigor- handkerchief to the audience, and Inously with your sleeve and put It close form them that It contains feathers; to one end of tho cane, which will of course they will state that It does follow It as Iron follows a magnet un- rot. Express your surprise and ask til, having lost Its equilibrium, the for the return of this handkerchief, and at once produce the feathers you cane will fall to the floor. stated were In the handkerchief, which on It, and you will not be able rid of It, r An Amusing Pastime. A little pastime ror It can hardly You Allowed. All Are Five Rubs be a trick may be .performed called A simple but amusing little trick Is to rub out twenty marks In five rubs, with five wooden toothpicks, and will stopping every time on an odd num-be- r. ' This little diversion Is particularly leulted to reces3 time at school, where the blackboard Is handy, but It may also be done on a slate. First, you make a row of marks, one .under tho other, and number them, as jehown In the accompanying picture. 'Then you challenge those who are watching you to do the rubbing as has been sold, letting an odd number be the last one every time, five rub3 to complete the task. Now, unless you have somebody In the company who Is wide awake and quick wltted, they will all begin to calculate how In the world they can 'begin at the top and succeed In doing what you have proposed. Some boy, 'perhaps will take up the eraser, and confidently rub out the first marks, stopping on five, for that Is an odd number, he will say, at.d therefore all light Then he will bl gin to get puz-sle- d for the next five sharks will take him to ten, which Is' not an odd number, and he will try to find a way out of the difficulty. Perhaps he may give it up In des pair, and tbon some one else will try It, only to give it up likewise. But see how stmplo it Is! No one of the company has thought of beginning to rub at the bottom. Instead of 1 ...ll, . - .( - ' X i 1 r r , 4 , ; j, . v . , tij. S r . ' 'T ; V " Z . a i- n J t: rr-. 1 Not 80 Simple as It Looks. at the top. So when you begin there and rub from mark 20 to mark 17, and then go on and rub from 16 to 13, from 13 to 9, from 8 to S, and from 4 to 1, the onlookers will feel as If they tad been sold at a very low price. Various Kinds of Pies. What pies are very conducive ta sleepiness? PoppleB. What pies were considered very annoying In olden times? Harpies., Whaf pies do school boys usually dislike? Copies. What pies consider themselves quite swell? Chappies. What plea might bite you? Fupplee. What plea might we sit unuer? Cano-pie- you do by having previously purchased three or four feathers from some of the military equipment warehouses Before entering the room to begin your entertainment you take oft your coat, then, holding a couple of the feathers In each hand so that they will fail toward the side of the arms, put tho coat on again; this Is easily done, as the feathers squeeze up to a very small compass. Being thus equipped, after receiving the handkerchief, you throw It over one hand and the cult of the coat, and with the other hand draw out the feathers from the sleeve; the feather resuming Its original bulk as to entirely misguides the looker-o- n One feather its previous position. produced, the handkerchief Is thrown carelessly over the other hand and another brought forth In like mam ner, which can be repeated three or four times without causing suspicion. Ask a Teacher to Explain Thfs. Get a tube of any length, of an inch In Internal diameter, and cut a round piece of card Inches in diameter. Make board 2 a hole In the center of the cardboard and insert one end of the tube in It, but let the end of the tube just come to the other side of the cardboard and not protrude beyond It Now cut a round piece of paper the same size as the cardboard, place It on the cardboard and the other end of the tube In your mouth, and try to blow the paper off the eardboard. ou may safely offer a handsome reward to any one who will succeed In doing It Tell your teacher about It, and ask him or her to explain It to you. three-sixteent- afford plenty of amusement to the little folks, and, perhaps, not least bo because the clement of fire Is involved In Its performance. Fasten five toothpicks together as In the accompanying diagram. It will be found that they then fora a framework which may be handled without Its falling apart. Care should be taken in making this framework not to break the toothpicks, for the success of the thing depends on its elasticity. Then make the figure of a little man out of cork or any other light material, and place him on one of the corners of the framework, as, for In stance, about where the letter B Is shown on the accompanying diagram. Place the framework, with the little man in his proper place, on the rim of an ordinary tumbler and then set fire to the toothpick end C and D. When the fire bas burned the toothpicks at their point of Intersection there will, of course, be nothing to counteract the force exerted by the rest of the framework and the whole affair wilt shoot up Into the air, the little gentleman being thrown several feet as a result of the terrible catastrophe. Can Dogs Think? Dr. Alexander Hill, master of Down Ing College, Cambridge, England, has been trying to solve experimentally the problem, "Can dogs reason? An exceptionally Intelligent fox terrier was taught to open a box, by lifting the wooden latch of Its door with his nose, and whenever onlookers were present he did this regularly. In hla absence a hot grilled bone was placed In the box. Arriving on the scene the terrier smelt all around the bax, seeming to know that It contained meat, and evidently eager to get 1L Ills previous training, however, was without effect He seems never to have reasoned. "The way to secure the meat la to Making Wax Flowers. Drops of wax falling from a lighted candle on cold water assume the form of little cups which closely resemble lilies of the valley, if each cup as It floats Is pierced in the center by a thin wire, pushed to the other end of the wire, and all the little wires attached to a stouter one with the smallest flowers at one end, you have a fair Imitation of a flowering stalk of the Illy of the valley, w hich has a realistic effect when put In a vase with pointed leaves of green paper. riwvAjALrwijjvvvvuLrLrL PUZZLE PICTURE. Here Is a Brain Exerciser. reader has kindly awarded Twelve Rings Puzzle," which, says, can be guaranteed to mystify average the he the for good quarter a - i s . , t Aim I. Ft. i i Ji ' U I- - -- : tr f, ; Vi jt . ;, . ;-.. Wv H.r: rt - : - '3- -- y cvA L j J! . II - A .C-- IB.1 . . Trajina Column. of It, la formed "of vases, urns and been saved from destruction by being converted to Christian uses. The jars, the shattered relics of a far-of- f For the historian It is one of church Itself, apart from Its origin, time. the numerous problems which the has a wonderful Interest on account study of Roman antiquities presents. of the very early frescoes with which As Ampere notes, people cannot stop It la adorned. to discuss seriously the tradttlon which On tho left a tall tower rises In the reports It as constituted by the frag- lino of the aqueduct of Pope Sixtus V, ments of tho vases containing the and Indicates a site which Is historitribute which the nations subdued pre- cal. And then the road dips, and on sented to their conqueror, Romo. A tho right two tall umbrella pines raise more probable and bettor founded ori- their gloomy head Into the sky; and gin for It has been discovered In late on tho oilier side of the road the ruins years by the excavation of the grain of tho Clnudlan aqueduct great stores and other receptacles In tho Im- huge arches, on whbh tho water of The broken the hills around was brought In trl- mediate neighborhood. vases were piled up hero Into a hill. Enrico Drcsscl has studied tho signatures of the persons who exported the grain and oil and wine, which signatures were Impressed on the vases near the handles, and has reconstructed the story of this "Monte." This hill la ICO feet In height, and Is close upon a mile In circumference. If you ascend to the wooden cross which stands as a sacred sign upon Its summit, your stops will be amid broken pottery. Tho wholo hill, and the plain for a considerable distance around It, and the soil far henenth the present leml, are all formed of broken vases. The building against the side of the f hills Is the residence of wine makers, ard Into the sides of this sfrangi-lA ! f. formed elevation wlno cellars open, where the wines of Roman princes and ?1' nohtes were kept cool and fresh, Here f 1. oro may dream of the pant amt consider rurloiisly who held the vases and J ' . , who drank the wine that these broken fi shards once held. Tho plow that you si 0 in ufo today j In tho Roman Iampncna seem to have underm-rno ilmngr since the) Ruins of Tetvplo of Saturn, eyes of the great pm t rested upon It j' umph to Rome rise n;;aln:.t tho sky, exemplar nineteen centuries ngu. It be and the most pathetic f fits the desrrlpMon he ha given of It; the ruin ttmt abound In tho Cam-png- , and there I no reason to doubt that Its na. And n the tiuveler advances Immutability will continue when many the ami sadness of the of the newer discoveries now In vogue sceneprnretulntss bonio In upon him. The ,vtll have pus sod Into oblivion, place la filled with recollection; There I emrroly any other amuse- every step accompanied by a name ment or occupation that attracts so llluskrloua in hUtury or luminous la many observers as a horse race; and legend. j' i i, ; 1 1 Can Yju Find Hsltn'a Othar Dog? - TO v: l r, j llpt The cruel and the hitter word. That wounded as It fell; The chilling want of sympathy We feel but never tell; The hard rcpulre that chills the heart, Whose hopes were bounding high, In an unfading record kept Theeu things shall never dio. .,r-- yv V- - - !l.v l::. - ' J A Vl- - j On The memory of a clasping hand. The pressure of a kins. And all the trifles, sweet and frail. That make up loves first bliss; If with a firm, unchanging faith. And holy trust and high. Those hands have clasped, those have met These things shall never die. iHJ i if : of an hour. The problem U: How can tho above square be Into four equal parts of simi lar shape. so that each part shall contain threo of tho rings? Tho solution ahull appear on this pago next week. Having Fun With Electricity. a dry day ruo with a bruuh or with the hand a (hln piece of paper; It will beronio electrified In a short lime and adhere to your hands, your face sad your coat as If it had glue t p; per con d w . What plea are noisy and mischievous? Magpies. What plea prance around the water? Kelpies. What pies are placed upon the table but never eaten? Nappies. A - .? I.ot nothing pass, for every hand Must find some work to do; Lose not a chance to waken love He Arm and just and true. So shall light that can not fade Beam on thee from on high. And angel voices ny to thee These things shall never die. Charles Dlckent J Novel Method of Blackmail. As a personal experience an Eng llshman offers the following: ."By tt grace of the czar foreigners are allowed to live and trade In Vladivostok; but the governor con deport any per son or persons he thinks fit at twenty-fou-r hours notice, no reason given This power, which Is absolute, hu somo curious results, and proves large source of Income to tho goI was much surprised one vernor, evening at the serious effect produced by what I thought an Item of mere Tho governor bad loral gossip: But I been lorlng heavily at cards. altered my opinion a llttlo while after when a Russian official came Into the office and remarked, In substance, If not In actual words, Youro Jones 4 Co. Ah! turning to a list in hi hand, the governor Is raising a subscription for a bust of the czar; you are down for 1,000 rubles, lay up. The money was paid and promptly. But the bust bas not yet arrived. Russell Sage's Jest Only on high occasions does permit himself to Jest. Ordinal lly his habit Is what the late Joseph Cook made so much of as the "soul'a laughter at Itself." But when ho ' get In a dig at the expense of a great nabob of the financial world he doc so In the most sardonic stylo. Ills chance rnmo last week with the departure of Mr. Morgan for Europe, which- - as renders of real estate no will recall had been preceded by the 4 e f 7 & sold his troubleaomo Park avenue fiats. Thus spake Undo Riiscll: "So, Morgan ha gone, hey? And he ha disposed of hi Interests In thono Park avenue flats? Well. I don't know about the fiats on Park nvonuo; hut Ill bet you a doughnut nghlntd a d ublo engle tlmt ho ha mrt patted with libs Inteiewt lit the flots o'nJ Wall Street." New York Mall Express, a I Canine Intelligence, Pete "Do lumberyard gang had jl yellow pup well trnlncd." Jimmy "Dot so? Pete "You bet. Why. every tiff dey'd tie a can to his tnll ho'd go to Kelly an' bring It bark full beer." e, on dir tin Jet 9 4 I ) i i f 1 |