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Show Here and. There ffl HUSBAND OF GREATNESS. - j Now Vork World. This little incident, which happcncrtS larelv, has cn?t yot a little more lighiS upon" th" deplorable exiting conditioiBi of the unfortunate husbands ot tamouJJ Wvas a warm and sultry day, nnl Winston Churchill, his charming wif and some guests, were en.io ing UiM balmy ' breezes of sprincr upon tMg broad piazza of the novelist s siummW home, when a puffing aud chugying rejLi motor car whizzed up the :arnngi drive. The Churchills hastened down! to meet their guests, nnd Mrs, EdithJ Wharton, the presiding lady of tho bu red car, proceeded to make known tMkj various members of her party as UQjU stepped one by one from tbe pantiujw auto. ,.Jm After the formalities ot lntroductiojrt had been most graciously performed -brl Mrs. Wharton the merry party pfngl ceeded toward the piazza in apparouSl forgetfuluess that yet another nuintro? duced person remained iu the baGKy seat of the car Mr. Churchill, iu great surprise, linW gercd behind and surveyed this quieff and pleasant-faced centlcman with 'm& questioning glance The unknown then stepped quickl out of the car and, approaching Mrjf Churchill, quietlv remarked: "OnU that's all right, Mv. Churchill, I'moaiyj Mrs. Wharton's husband." $fj. A smile of comprehension flashed across Mr. Churchill's face. "Well vou 're just the one T'm looking for-,? lie said, and cordially grasping tti other's arm he conducted him into hiif private den and devoted himself exi' illusively ' to "Mrs. Wharton -s h'us band." while the lady novelist hcrsclflj? and the rest of tho part- were enter' tained by Mr. Churchill's wife, REFUGEES WERE HONEST. i New Vork Trlbuu-?. "p'i lu tho first four or five days afteif the San Francisco fire, when -peonlit? could got 110 money from the bank'sJ'J many applied to the railroads for tick ets ou the promise to pay when th'e, reached their destination, or wheiC they could. They gave written pranK iscs and received tickets to all point'ii iu aud out of tbe State. The olHciHliil took these promises to pay to a2T amount agrregatini $60,000 from neawK ly 1000 persons. It is announced thaiv within live months of the disaster 'ffli less than $33,000, or nine-teuths of th'it full amount, has beeu paid by rentft tauces from the refugees to whonr credit had beeu exteuded. Much pit this came from srateful sufferers wJitff had not- even beeu asked to sign promise to pay. ig EXTRAORDINARY WIND. jj j In i.hc ancient land of Seistau, on th borders of Persia and Afghanistan, aC extraordinary wind blows iii tne sum' iuer. U is called the "Bad-i-sad-.o-bist roz" or wind of 120 days. ColouorSil Henry McMahou, a British exfilorerjfc says of this wind; "Tt sets in at till? end of May or the middle of June anm blows with appaling violeuce aud witlfc little or uo cessation till about the on of September. Tt always blows fr6ni' oue direction, a little west of north? and reaches a velocity of 6ver seve'nQt miles an hour. "t jfri |