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Hayes, ex-Presi?ent of the United States, have offered their old home, known as Spiegel Grove, near Fremont, Ohio, to the Ohio State Archaelogical and Historical Society on condition that a permanent fund of f25,000 be raised, the income thereof to be used for the proper care and preservation preserva-tion of the buildings and the historical histori-cal treasures now contained therein. Spiegel Grove is a wooden tract of - 4 Jr.rr-w?- :j&a&bsm& te-&&3?., j48sr3h WzSii9fm'i twenty-flve acres, near the lower falls ui me namusKy river, auu is a jjuiui of great historical interest. It is an old Indian reservation, and was so occupied oc-cupied for a long period prior to the revolutionary war. Just before the war of 1S12 Fort Stephenson was built and became famous through Major George Croghan's gallant defense of it against the combined attack of naval and land forces of Great Britain under Proctor, and Indians under Tecumseh, In August, 1813. The tract, at the time of the Indian occupancy, was uncleared and much of it boearv. Th-? damnness save a ne- j culiar luster to the soil, and there were j many places where one could see tha J reflection of his face almost as clearly HOAXED A WORLD Andre's Reported Death the Joke k a RchhIhu Pliyglcisiu. If the statement made recently by a St. Petersburg journal is true, the report re-port that Andre and his two companions compan-ions hd been found in a cabin near Krasnoiarsk is tbe result of a huge joke, it is more than probable, since the investigations set on foot by the Russian government have revealed nothing;, that the ill-fated explorer never leached the shore of northern Asia; it is even possible that he is yet alive. The story given out is that a certain Siberian mine-owner, who lived in the wilds of the steppe, wished to decoy o-ut for a brief visit a dear friend of his, a physician of Krasnoiarsk. He therefor wrote to him that Andre and his two companions had come down on his mins, and that although they wished to keep their presence secret for a few weeks, the learned doctor might enjoy their conversation until such time as they should choose to reveal their presence, and then share the honor of their discoveries. The physician, however, smelt the mouse and replied by the next mail that Andre and his two companions could not have come to the mine-owner's house, since their bodies had been found in an old cabin near Krasnoiarsk. Krasno-iarsk. Then followed the description of their supposed death, the details of which, in almost identical words of the physician, the Russian government govern-ment caused to be cabled over the world. For some reason the mail detectives, de-tectives, who open every letter either way, failed to catch the fir3t An4re statement, but did open the report that he had been found by the Toun-gous. Toun-gous. Such, at least, is the version current in the capital of the all-om- BUILDING A Building a railroad in the Soudan is not carried on to the sound of the voice of an Irish "boss," directing a gang of Italian laborers. As becomes the milder atmosphere of the tropics, a railroad in these regions is built to the "lascivious pleasing of the lute," or the African equivalent. The "sofas" are working people, and the "griots" are the musical ones. The "sofas" will not work unless the "griots" play. So every gang of men has Its orchestra. Ta "griots" play on flutes and rude harps the peculiar "ras time" tunes of Africa, and the picks and shovels of the "sofas" go industriously as long as tbe music lasts. Let the music stop, and the work slackens and then fails Ultogether. Fabo a gang of Italian laborers em- lilt S. 4 Jgiiik a ' v Cfc 1,1 - as in water. This excited the superstition supersti-tion of the Indians, and legends hung thick about the woods. These were handed down long after the cause for them had disappeared, and when the tract came into possession of Silas Birchard he named it Spiegel Grove, spiegel being the German word for mirror. Silas Birchard was the uncle and guardian of President Hayea, and he occupied the place for many years. When President Haye3 retired from the White House he enlarged the house and it became the family residence and continued so until his death, and has since been a sort of summer home for the children and their families. Spiegel Grove and its buildings are In a perfect state of preservation, and all the valuable historic effects of President Hayes remain there Intact. President Hayes was a great reader and a man of scholarly tastes and attainments. at-tainments. He acquired one of the finest libraries of American history owned by private individuals, and during dur-ing his public life he preserved all papers and memoranda in an orderly and accessible form. There are precious pre-cious old prints and presentation photographs, pho-tographs, authors' copies of famous nipotent czar. It is possible, however, that both stories, that of Andre's death, and then this explanation of it, originated Ln the brain of some fertile space-writer. Unless, indaed, the Russian Rus-sian newspapers are different from those of the rest of the world. Five Thousand Miles of New Road. The Railway Age, In its latest issue, estimates that 5,000 miles of new road will be built in the United States this year. This means an investment of $150,000,000 and the permanent employment em-ployment at good wages of about 25,000 men. The following are the states which show over 100 miles of line under un-der contract or under construction: Pennsylvania, 160 miles; West Virginia, Vir-ginia, 140 miles; Virginia, 100 miles; North Carolina, 182 miles; Georgia, 146 miles; Florida, 153 miles; Alabama, 109 miles; Louisiana. 144 miles; Michigan, Mich-igan, 171 miles; Illinois, 185 miles; Minnesota, 135 miles; Iowa, 291 miles; Indian and Oklahoma territories, 204 miles; Arkansas, 216 miles; Texas, 108 miles (including 82 miles of grade, most of which was completed last year); California, 175 miles; Idaho, 207 miles; Oregon, 127 miles; Washington, 180 miles. One Man's Views. Frabley What do you think of a woman who attempts suicide because she can't get a new spring met? Maxx She might show her aUicate consideration8, for her husband's finances in sot . other way, it strikes me. PhiladelpL" orth American. Sheep's Wool as a Barometer. The wool on the back of a sheep is a shepherd's barometer. The curlier the wool the finer will be the weather. RAILROAD ployed in the construction of a line of railroad in the United States insisting that "II Trovatore" should be played for them while they worked! In the Sou?an it has been found Impossible to get work out of the natives in the construction of railroads unless music was furnished. Evprv contractor who has tried it has failed. So, to the sound of music the steel rails are penetrating pen-etrating the Congo region and forcing their way through the Soudan. To every gang of forty or fifty men there are assigned two harp players and a flute player. As long as the music keeps up, the black laborers do not seem te feel fatigue. Generally the musicians get tied before the laborers do. The music produced by' these diteeTers of labor wauia n'at b& hpir- books, thousands of volumes of Americana, Am-ericana, seals usd by Lincoln and Andrew An-drew Jackson, Washington's rings.cups from Farragut's flagship, priceless autographs, au-tographs, and paintings of rare merit and historical interest. All of this material ma-terial will be at the service of students and scholars if this plan of the society can be carried out. It is certainly a rare opportunity, such as seldom comes to any state or organization. If the Archaeological Society should be able to arrange for the required fund to care for the property, the heirs propose to return to the house all the rarer relics which, for greater security, have been placed in the Birchard library, li-brary, founded by Mr. Hayes in the city of Fremont, and, if a fireproof room is provided, also the almost priceless price-less "Library Americana," one of the best private collection of books of American Am-erican history in the United States. The only reservation made by the heirs to absolute control and occupancy by the society is that, on account of family association, so long as any of the children live they may occupy a portion of the building as a summer residence if they see fit at any time to do so. HOME-MADE M1RQ1R VELVET. Old Materials and Glaring Colors May Be Transformed. "Miroir velvet is as popular as ever," remarked a fashionable milliner, who is as noted for her amiability as for the style of her hats and bonnets, says the Philadelphia Inquirer. "And it is not always easy to get a good assortment assort-ment of colors, even in large shops. It is well, then, for one to know how to make it herself. The velvet is laid on a smooth pressing board, which is not too thickly padded. A large hot iron should then be passed quickly over it. The iron must be slid rather than pressed, but using full weight all the time. Never remove the iron until un-til it has passed from edge to edge of .the velvet, and always start at the edge, even if It causes you to go over the same part twice, and always press the right way of the velvet. Every woman understands the 'ups' and 'downs' ef cloth and velvet, and you must press 'down' the direction of the pile, and always follow the straight thread of the velvet. When pressing a bias piece the iron must always go slanting from edge to edge, whereas if it is straight you press in a straight line. Ia the factories where miroir velvet Is made they use large rollers the -width of the velvet, which prevents iron marks. When doing it at home you have the disadvantage of the small Iron to guard against, but by practicing on scraps you will soon become expert, and find it is a great addition to your possibilities of using old materials and shades that are too glaring. Take a sample of velvet that is apparently not a match or seems too harsh in color; it will be completely transformed by mlroiring. It will change a faded color, and it gives a beautiful white bloom to even the cheapest quality." TO MUSIC. ing to a white man, for it is filled with that peculiar plaintiveness which one hears in the negro songs of the south. To the Africans, however, the tunes seem to be an inspiration. A case somewhat similar to this ij the custom In Cuban tobacco factories. In the b!g room where the Hgarmak- ers work is always a reader. . He sits up on a little platform and reads novels nov-els to the workmen as they manipulate manipu-late the tobacco. Again, on board ship a sailor will work as well agaij? if he is permitted to "shanty" that ie sing a working song, the rhythm ol which keeps time to bis labor. But in the building oi railroads music it a new factor. Cecil Rhodes' "Cairo tc the Cape" road will be lltoraiiy flfef and harped tftrc'tfg'u Afrit. IN THE ODD CORNEE. QUEER AND CURIOUS THINGS AND EVENTS. Strange Cases of Disappearance Remarkable Re-markable Mysteries tbe Police Have Mad to Solve The Mystery of Dreams Training Horses to Face Fire. The Trout and the Ring:. The tale I sing Is a song of spring-, And is true beyond a doubt; The players are Miss Clara Carr, Myself, Uncle Jess and a trout. 'Twas Clara-s vish to take a fish From the bridge across the brook; So I rigged her a line, both strong and fine. And baited her Limerick hook. With a spring and a snap a speckled old chap Snatched the bait and made the line sing; I gave her & shout at the sight of the trout. And Clara dropped her ring. We searched for days, in many ways, We raked and dragged and sounded ; We sifted ooze, but 'twas no use In short, we never found it. Many a tro'jt was taken out Of the pool where the stream was crossed. And opened with care, but no ring was there, And we gave it up for lost. "Twas a year, I guess, when Uncle Jess Caught a big trout on the fly; It was plump and round, and weighed a pound, And he brought It home to fry. His eyes shone bright as he told, that night. Of the ring lost a year ago; On the very spot where hla trout was got. And never found, high nor low. "Now what do you think?" asked he wtt a wink; "I'll bet you never could guess What was in that trout." "The ring:'-they ring:'-they shout! 'Nothing but in'ards." said Jess. Forest and Stream. Strange Cases of Disappearance. The numerous mysterious disappearances disappear-ances which have been reported to the police in the past few weeks in this country recall some remarkable cases that occurred a few years ago in Europe. Eu-rope. One of these the disappearance of a Chester governess bears a striking resemblance re-semblance to a famous case which occurred oc-curred in the middle of the last century. cen-tury. A domestic servant narnsd Elizabeth Canning suddenly disappeared disappear-ed from her home at Aldermanbury about 9 o'clock on the first nirht of. 1753. There was not the slightest clue to her whereabouts, and every search made for her w-as in vain. Special Spe-cial prayers were offered In churches that the girl might return to her home. Four weeks passed, and then, on Jan. 29, hungry and half- clad, the girl knocked at her mother's door. She told an amazing story to the effect that she had been carried off by gypsies to a lonely house, where she had been starved and cruelly treated by an old woman, and at length two gypsies were arrested. They appeared before Henry Hen-ry Fielding, the novelist, who was at that time a magistrate at Bow street, and were afterwards sentenced at the Old Bailey one to be hanged, and the other to be burned in the hand. The lord mayor was, however, by no means satisfied as to the truth of the girl's story, and caused fresh inquiries to be set afoot. The whole town was moved, and the people were split up into "Canningites" and "Gypsyites," just as France is now divided over the Dreyfus case. It created as much excitement throughout the country as the Tichborne case, and ultimately the girl was tried at the Old Bailey for perjury. The gypsies were set free, and after a trial of eight days, in which thirty-seven witnesses on one side contradicted twenty-seven on the other, Elizabeth Canning was transported trans-ported for seven years. But nobody ever found cut where she had spent those four weeks. The disappearance of the Archduke Johann, of Austria, is, perhaps, the strangest story in the strange annals of the Austrian court. There are those who believe the archduke to be alive today, but his fate will probably remain a mystery. He married an opera op-era singer in London, in spite of the fact that he wa3 a nephew of the reigning reign-ing emperor, and set sail from Liverpool Liver-pool for South America, in a ship which he bought and christened after his wife. The vessel was reported from Montevideo, but since that time nothing noth-ing has been either heard or seen of the archduke. He has disappeared into in-to space, and although repeated searches have been made by order of the Austrian emperor and the Hungarian Hun-garian government, no news has been received of his whereabouts since, many years ago, his ship was seen at Montevideo. His mother, who died not long ago, believed at the time of her death that her son was still alive. The circumstances surrounding the disappearance of Sir Arthur Curtis, a Hampshire baronet, are very peculiar. He left England with a gold mining paity bound for Klondike, and disappeared disap-peared from the camp after some trifling tri-fling dispute about the cooking. He left the camp on foot, without food or weapons, at a place fifty miles from any other habitation. A thorough search was made, but no trace could be found of the missing baronet, and Lady Curtis has obtained leave to presume pre-sume that he is dead. But it is quite within the bounds of possibility that the baronet may walk Into his house one of these days. Training Horses to" Face Fire. In the British army the four-legged recruits are drawn up in a ring round an instructor who fires a pistol. Some take the flash and report very quietly, and these are soon passed on to severer trials, while the others have lesson les-son after lesson until they are quite convinced that there is no danger to them, and before long you might fire a 7-pounder within a yard of them and they would hardly 1 look around. After this they are 1 taught to face fire that is to say, to ! of Infantry, blazing away with their rifles, and to charge batteries of quick-flring quick-flring guns. Of course, only blank cartridges are used, and so to a trained horse going into battle for the first time there is no difference between be-tween the harmless thunder of the maneuvers ma-neuvers and the death-dealing storm which sweeps over a battlefield. The poor brute only learns what the differ-enot differ-enot really is by bitter experience. When smokeless powder came into general use it was found that in many cases horses which would face the smoke of guns using black powder without flinching flinched and shied at the flash and roar unaccompanied by smoke. Continental opinion Is somewhat some-what divided as to the moral effect of smokeless powder on men and horses, but tbe general conclusion seems to b that in -daylight It Is not more terrifying terrify-ing than black powder, although some bold that to see men ad horses struck Sown by an lnvisfbTs agency - must necessarily be so. But It is generallj agreed that the use of smokeless powder pow-der at night has a much more disturbing disturb-ing effect than that of the old powder, because the flashes of the guns, unob-scured unob-scured by smoke, are a great deal more vivid. The fear thus inspired can, however, how-ever, be overcome by training; but there is another fear which must. Id the nature of the case, be felt for th first time on the battlefield, and thai is the often uncontrollable terror produced pro-duced both in men and horses by the whistling of bullets and the screaming and banging of shells. Some authorities authori-ties have, indeed, t-aid that since the introduction of smokeless powder and the great Increase in the range and accuracy ac-curacy of weapons, it would be Impossible Impos-sible to keep cavalry in hand under the fire of modern artillery, but this is probably ar. exaggeration. The Mystery of Breams. On an occasion during the civil war I dreamed that I was standing beside a road when there came marching along it a strong column of prisoners with guards, at intervals, on the flanks. I a.-ked one of these guards who the prisoners were and where they ad been captured. He informed me that ihey had been taken in an engagement with the enemy on the day before, and that there were nineteen hundred of them. I then asked some bystander what day of the month it was, and was tolj that it was such a day of a certain mouth, some six weeks later than the dale of the dream. The whole dream was extremely distinct, and it made a strong impression on me. I related it to a number of my comrades com-rades within the next few days, and then thought. of It no more. Six weeks later, on the morning of the very day that had been mentioned in the dream as the date when the column col-umn of prisoners had passed before fiie, I was on picket two miles distant from the point where I had seemed to be when I .saw them. It was soon after breakfast, and I was standing by the side of the road at the fire, talking to the officer of the picket, when an aide to the commanding general came riding rid-ing down the road. He had been a schoolfellow of our officer's at West Point, and reined up v. hen be recognized recog-nized his friend. He told us that he had good news, that there had been a sharp engagement with the enemy the day before, and that our people had captured nineteen hundred prisoners, who had just pa.ssed the headquarters that morning on their way to the rear. New York Post. A Stenographer's Feat. From the London Telegraph: Concerning Con-cerning the stenographic prowess of the late Thomas Allen Reed, whose death was recorded in these columns yesterday, a correspondent sends a curious anecdote. The late shorthand writer was once on professional business busi-ness in Liverpool, and stayed In the same hotel as Charles Mathews, the actor. The latter had appeared in "My Awfui Dad," and after the performance per-formance he strolled into the smokin room. Having heard of Mr. Reed's ex-pertuess ex-pertuess as a note tuker Mathews challenged the reporter to jot down certain parages from the character of Puff in Richard Urinsley Sheridan's ' Critic." Recu expressed his willingness willing-ness to have a try. Mathews, who was one of the best "patter" speakers on the stage, began to gabble the lines with startling rapidity, and the other strained every nerve to follow him. When the test was finished Reed, whose notes, despite the terrific speed at which he had been writing, were of neat and legible outline, merely inserted in-serted a vowel mark or two and handed hand-ed them to an assistant who was called into the room, and who transcribed the characters with but few mistakes backward! "I should hardly have thought it poiible, Mr. Reed!" wrs the astonished Charles Mathews' comment. Long-I.lved Prime Ministers Speaking of Lord Salisbury, who entered en-tered on his 70th year February 3, the London News says for a British statesman states-man he can hardly yet be considered an old man. He is younger than Sir William Harcourt by some three years, and he has colleagues in his cabinet who are his seniors. Moreover, measured meas-ured by the duration of the life of tha queen's prime ministers, his career should have still many years to run. The cares cf otfic seem to be favorable to longevity. Peel's career was short by a tragedy, and Melbourne did not live to a great age. Other of her majesty's premiers, however Lord Aberdeen. Lord John , Russell, Lord Palmerstor., Lord Derby, Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Disraeli, all exceeded the allotted al-lotted three-score years and ten. Lord Salisbury is one of the oldest members of parliamfnt, having entered the Commons so far back as 1853 as Conservative Con-servative member for Stamford. E.argtt Cemetery iu the World. The largest t-eiuetery in the world is at Rockwood, Australia, the extent of it being 1,400 acres. It was originally original-ly 2.C00 acres, but was reduced, owing l to COO acres of it being banded over to a large benevolent asylum. About I 200 acrfs are already occupied with the bodies of 100,000 persons of all nation alities. A railway runs through the cemetery, having two mortuary stations, sta-tions, at which the friends alight and follow the remains to their last resting place. The greatest city of the dead in the world is at Rome, viz., the Catacombs, Cat-acombs, in which no fewer than 6,000,-000 6,000,-000 human beings have been buried. These Catacomb, are underground galleries, gal-leries, which extend for miles in all dV rections.and it has been calculated that if the galler. s of the largest could be extended in a straight line they would reach more than 200 miles. To Carry Walking Sticks, The fashionable woman now wears a signet ring and soon will carry a jeweled walking stick. The signet ring Is a very fine, narrow band, with a simple plate cf gold, on which the monogram of the wearer is engraved, Our gradmothers wore these and many The extremely little watches now so popular are worn in sleeve links. Hat pins in contradistinction to the "watch-lets" "watch-lets" are assuming greater dimensions and are cf;en of great value, being decorated with precious stones. The leaf of tbe thestnut tree has replaced the four-leafed clover worn last year. It is found as a corner ornamentation on the large pecketbooks and cardcasee now used, and it shines, fashioned ln gold and precious stones, on the collar col-lar or belt of elegant costumes. Hardy. Dolly I told Mr. Nicafellow that bet Reggie two kisses that our Iub vould win the race at Brighton. Delay Wall, wasn'-t he shocked? Dolly N'c; I let-Mm hold the stake. Tft- 'Ckfefc Eh after bss a btotber. Jam who la a sheriff In Illinois. RAN ON THE ROCKET. I HERE IS THE WORLD'S OLDEST i ENGINEER. He Recently Celebrated nis Eighty-Fonrth Eighty-Fonrth Birthday He "Drove" the First "Iron Horse" Between Liverpool and Manchester Also oil the John Bull. Edward Entwhistle. who has Just, celebrated his eighty-fourth birthday ftt the home of Mrs. Tnomas O'Dea.Ws granddaughter, ia Des Moines, Iowa, has seen the greet railroad systems of the world develop from their very beginning. K was the first railroad passenger engineer. Despite his age he is hale and hearty and looks confidently confi-dently forward to sever;'.! years of life. Mr. Entwhistle as a boy of 14 held the throttle on the first trip of the Rocket, Stevenson's pioneer engine. Edward Entwhistle was born March 2i. 1S15, at Tilsey's Banks, Lancashire. England, and while a mere boy was apprenticed to learn the machinist', or. as it is known In England, the engineers' trade. The Rocket ws br-ilt in the shops In which he was employed, and the interest which he took in the machine ma-chine attracted i he attention of Stevenson, Ste-venson, who recommended that he be permitted to ride on the engine on its first trip over the Liverpool and Man- '. tsf 7zr EDWARD ENTWHISTLE. Chester lire, for which it was constructed. con-structed. Youni; Entwhistle made the trip and on the return journey he held the throttle. Thi was the beginning of his career as a locomotive engineer. He ran the Rocket for two years, making mak-ing two round trips a day between Liverpool and Manchester, a distance of thirty-oi.e miles each way. The work wore on him and he was obliged, because of nervousness, to resign. Stevenson then secured for him a place as second engineer on one of the duke of Bridgewater's coasting steamers. steam-ers. He came to America in 1837, and became engineer on the Troy, a Hudson Hud-son river steamer. Soon after the engineer en-gineer of the famous John Bull locomotive loco-motive was injured, and Entwhistle took his run. In 1844 he went to Chicago Chi-cago and at different times held positions posi-tions as stationary engineer, lake steamer engineer and locomotive engineer. en-gineer. He went to Des Moines In 1856 and became engirfVer of a flouring mill, a position he held fo.- twenty-two years. When Mr. Entwhistle visited the world's fair in Chicago he spent nearly near-ly all his time for three days standing beside the Rocket, which was on exhibition. ex-hibition. He is a remarkabl.- modest man, and did not make his identity or his connection with the engine known. He even pledged the members of his family not to "give him away," but he derived great pleasure frsn gazing gaz-ing at the pioneer locomotive and comparing it with the modern machines ma-chines which were on exhibition in the same building. The picture which accompanies this sketch is from a photograph pho-tograph taken about the time of Mr. Entwhistle's visit to the world's fair. A CITIZEN 'OF THE WORLD. Years ago, in London, two ragged, barefoot boys started out In life to make a fortune. Their paths ran in the same direction. Both became famous fa-mous as miners, and their names grew to be a power in the Kimberley diamond dia-mond fields. One the world called him Barney Barnato died a victim of wealth; the other, William J. Partridge, Par-tridge, took to rambling and today his face is familiar in every civilized country. coun-try. Mr. Partridge has devoted his life to mining, and no one understands the business better than he. His properties proper-ties are situated in South Africa, New Queensland, Australia, and Alaska. He has driven his do team over the frozen lakes of the Klondike district, and again fell prostrate from the heat on the moonstone flats in the Gulf of Carpentaria. Mr. Partridge numbers among his W. J. PARTRIDGE, friends Cecil Rhodes, Li Hung Chang, reserving always a good word for poor Barnato. Flash Measured. By means of a photograph made with a vibrating lens, scientists have calculated cal-culated the time of a lightning flash. It comes out one-nineteenth of a second. sec-ond. The calculation is based upon the multiple image in the photographs and the rate of vibration of the lens. The time applies, of course, only to the particular par-ticular flash that was photographed. Bath Robes Made of Paper. Bath robes made of paper are now manufactured. The kind of material used resembles blotting paper. Whole suits are made of this paper stuff, including in-cluding coverings for the head and feet. One advantage of the fad is the cheapness of such a garment, making it possible for the poorest person to own one. Alligator Flesh. Travelers who have experimented are unanimous in the declaration that the fish of either an alligator or a crocodile croc-odile Is extremely tender and delightful delight-ful to the palate. It la very white. Salvation'B free, but it's probablj because the attention of the trust promoters pro-moters has not been called to ft. i BplwM lk Jm m iM |