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Show EABLMADE A KNIGHT CONFERRING THE ORDER UPON EARL OF LUCAN. Ladles la Foil Court Drcu The Vice regal Staff la Glittering- Uniforms aad Sir Arthur Tlrara, ('later Klng-at-Arms, a Striking: Flfare. Gen. George Bingham, fourth earl or Lucan, late colonel of the British life guards, was made a Knight of St. Patrick Pat-rick recently, In place of the late Earl of Caledon. Although Lord Lucan cannot boast an ancient title the barony bar-ony dating only from 1776 and the earldom from 1795 he comes of a distinguished dis-tinguished family, whose historic record rec-ord begins In the reign of Elizabeth. His chief title to distinction, however. Is vested In the fact that he Is the son of his father, field-marshal, the Earl of Lucan of Crimean fame, to whom THE EARL OF LUCAN. he served as A. D. C. in the same campaign, winning there tha decorations decora-tions of the Legion of Honor and the Medjiade. The English Garter, the Scotch Thistle and the Irish St. Patrick are the three most distinguished orders of knighthood in the United Kingdom. That of St. Patrick was the latest instituted, in-stituted, its date of inception being the year 1783. Like the Order of the Thistle, it has always been reserved for noblemen, natives of the country, made worthy of such distinction by knightly actions, great deeds or high moral qualities. It has also enrolled such members of the royal family as it has sought to honor. Previous to the act of disestablishment the installations instal-lations were held in St. Patrick's cathedral, ca-thedral, where above the several stalls are still suspended the helmets and banners of those who held the order at that period. But the church has been divorced by the state, and the ceremony to-day is purely law, and is performed In the castle, in St. Patrick's hall. It is a noble chamber, decorated in white and gold, against which the crimson chair of state stands out In bold relief, overshadowed by the six 'royal standards. From the walls are suspended fourteen banners of the knights created since the secularization seculariza-tion of the order. A blare of trumpets announced the opening of the mediaeval drama, as the Countess Cadogan and a train of ladies, in black and white, came in and took their seats at each side of the chapter table, which was prosaically prosaic-ally covered in blue cloth, and served with blotting pads. Then the national anthem heralded the procession of his excellency, who was resplendent in the blue-deciel robes and jeweled insignia of the grand master of the order, his flowing mantle held up by two Email pages similarly caparisoned. The viceregal vice-regal staff was in attendance, in glittering glit-tering uniforms, and Sir Arthur Vicars, Ulster king-at-arms, who was an Imposing Im-posing and dignified figure in a massive gold-and-crimson tabard and quaint Elizabethan ruff. At the command, "Ulster, summon the knights!" he disappeared, dis-appeared, almost instantly reappearing, reappear-ing, like a quick-change artist, in a circling crimson cloak, heading the knights companions, thirteen in number, num-ber, who, walking in order of seniority, took their 6eats on the left of the chapter table, where was one vacant seat soon to be filled by the hero of the function. The knights were habited hab-ited in their blue mantles and insignia, and, with the staff of his excellency, they made a magnificent tableau. The roll was then called, her majesty's warrant read, and, preceded by the official offi-cial rod of the gentleman usher, Lord Cbarlemont, a time-old official of the vice-royalty, - the Earl of Lucan was presented to the grand matser. who, taking a sword from an aide-de-camp, dubbed the gallant soldier "knight" He immediately retired, to return in a few minutes, summoned by a fanfare fan-fare and accompanied by the strains of "See, the .Conquering Hero Comes." The procession on this occasion was interesting and striking. The junior knights, Lords Arran and Roberts, conducted the earl between them to the chair of state. His heraldic properties prop-erties were severally borne by the different dif-ferent officers of the order. Athlone, pursuivant of arms, led in the pageant, and the banner was held by the Marquis Mar-quis of Hamilton. He himself wore the uniform of a lieutenant-colonel of the First life guards, his medals glistening glis-tening on his scarlet tunic. After signing the statutory declaration, declara-tion, read by the chancellor, he was robed by the senior knights. Lords LIs-towel LIs-towel and Kenmare, to the accompaniment accompani-ment of the prescribed admonitions. When finally girded with the sword, and enveloped in the mantle, a fanfare greeted the unfurling of ' the new knight's banner, and Ulster, in a resonant re-sonant and clear voice, declared his titles, a3 already recited, with the addition ad-dition of his new Investiture. Ulster then concluded the ceremony by rehearsing re-hearsing the dignities of the knights present, each knight rising to his name and remaining standing while the list of his dignities was read. A trying ordeal. The most Illustrious tale was that of the heroic Lord Roberts, who, though short of stature, was second to none in gallant bearing and dignity of mien." As the Victoria Cros3 ended the recital, and the brave soldier bowed himself back to his stall, a cheer rose from the general company, and the ladies clapped their hands and raised their fans aloft Hand Palntad Dresses. ' Printed muslins and silks will not do this year.'- They must - be hand painted and very lovely and unusual designs are the result Let not the unskilled un-skilled amateur imagine that she Is equal to the task of decorating a gown cr parasol, for nothing could be more unlovely than awkward arrangemen of crudi coloring. All sorts of flow ers are used lilies, pansies, popples, roses, .tulips and daffodils In wreaths and borders and scattered over the goods. One can choose one's favorite Sower, and have the design made to order, and It is not liable to be duplicated. dupli-cated. The gown should be cut first and the pattern made afterward, and so adapted to the style in which the dress is to be made. Parasol and fan are designed to accompany the gown, Hand painting Is especially adapted to the decoration of parasols, and In this form will perhaps be more generally used, for unless one Is able to do the painting oneself it Is a somewhat ex pensive luxury. WILL. SAIL TO ALASKA. A girl in an open boat bound from Seattle to Skaguay, Alaska that is the sight which will shortly astonish the natives of northwest and north. Miss Carrie Hope, pretty, plucky, youthful and perverse. Is soon to set sail a funny little three-cornered sail it is too upon the black coast oceanway in search of fortune. If she fail of fortune she will certainly gain notori ety and experience. One can promise her that beforehand. As to the making of the journey in safety, without freez ing the tip off her saucy nose or losing at least one ear by the same process, that Is something which old Neptune may have an idea or two about. It isn t every day in the century that a pretty mermaid comes sailing her way abreast of the salt, salt billows, and Miss Hope is more than likely to be gathered greedily into his green em brace before she has time to say her prayers and wish she had never, never left home. 'Twill be a wildly venturous ventur-ous voyage, this one of Miss Hope's planning. If she should ask any insurance insur-ance man, near or far, to write her out a policy beforehand, he would doubtless shake his head and say: "Not on your life!" If he didn't decline to insure her he ought to be examined by the commissioners of lunacy. Were Miss Hope a scrawny spinster, crabbed and otherwise uninteresting, nobody would be particularly concerned at the announcement that she intended to tempt Providence by such a prank as going to sea in an open boat But Miss Hope is young and youth is always al-ways more or less engaging. She is not attenuated but then her rounded figure will not be in tailor-made evidence evi-dence on that trip. She isn'crabbed; she is merry and light-hearted and ready for all the fun there is to be had in being buffeted about by the elements. ele-ments. She is perverse, because she will not pay the least bit of attention to the "Don'ts!" that are buzzing about her head. Her friends know she'll drown there isn't a ghost of a chance, in their opinion, that she will ever see Skaguay. But Miss Carrie goes right on preparing for the perilous peril-ous journey just the same. She says: "I've made up my mind to go." And when a woman makes up her mind what does it mean? It means "gangway" "gang-way" for her. It means that everybody must stand aside while she passes. Mlsa Hope's home on the water will be a catboat. She is looking about for somebody to help her keep house in the small craft that is to carry her to Skaguay. She wants a girl companion. com-panion. But volunteer sailors among girls are scarce so scarce, indeed, that it looks as though Miss Hope would have none but her own company en route. Sailing is by no means a novelty nov-elty with the petticoated mariner. She was born on Long Island and has had practical experience with nautical matters. mat-ters. But that does not lessen the danger dan-ger of the trip contemplated by the young woman. To sail placid lakes and bays and rivers is one thing. To brave the fury of rolling seas and ocean gales is quite another. If Miss Hope lives to tell the tale, it ought to be an interesting one. Girls have queer notions of things, anyhow. And never before did they enjoy so much liberty in the carrying out of their Ideas. People will say that Miss Hope is foolhardy in attempting such ma- MISS CARRIE HOPE, rine adventures. But no one will prevent pre-vent her. from doing exactly as she pleases. Sklm-MIlk Made CaefuU , A new use has been discovered for milk, and fortunately it is skim-milk that Is-this time in request. - It is wanted to make sizing, to be used by paper manufacturers in the glazing of paper of a fine quality. Heretofore, for the accomplishing of this . purpose, pur-pose, a superior grade of glue, with other ingredients, has been used. It is claimed that a much better and cheaper sizing can be obtained from skim-milk. To prepare the milk it is put into a vat,-treated with chemicals, and heated- until curd Is formed, the curd being then washed, pressed and ground fine, after which it i3 put Into a large drying kiln, where It Is dried In about twelve hours, and 4s put in bags ready for shipment. . Bwlft Clouds r recede Cold Wa Tea. Observations at Blue Hill observatory observa-tory showed that for several days before be-fore the great cold wave of February last, the high cirrus clouds, which attain at-tain an elevation of about nine miles, moved with unusual velocity. On one day these clouds were flying at he rate of " 160 mile per hour. It is thought that measures of cloud mo- tior.s vi:i rlV a- 'in part In weather preilijiiars her r.fUr. t THE QUEEBEST CLUB. A ONCE A YEAR MARRIAGE THINS RANKS. If tha One Belactad Refuses to Wed Ba Mast Resign Tha Mayor of tha City Is President Ba Won tha First Prise. Waukegan, 111., Correspondence Philadelphia Phil-adelphia Times: There is in this city, which is a thriving port situated on the west side of Lake Michigan, thirty-five thirty-five miles north of Chicago, one of the most singular clubs that have come to the notice of the reading public for some time. It is the Waukegan Bachelors' Bach-elors' Club.recently brought into prominence prom-inence by the singular experience of its first president. Dr. W. W. Pearce, now mayor of the city. Some years ago Dr. Pearce offered a prize of $50 to the member of the club who should first become the father of twins. The prize was won by Dr. Pearce himself and this queer instance of a man winning his own prize, together with the novel nature of the competition, has called general attention to an organization that is one of the most unique in existence. exist-ence. The Waukegan Bachelors' Club was incorporated under the laws of Illinois Aug. 18, 1891. The incorporators of the club were: Dr. W. W. Pearce, J. A. Carman, A. Lloyd Logan and J. S. Shute. It is an organization of men banded together for social fellowship and enjoyment. Contrary to the inference in-ference derived from the name, all members of the club are not bachelors. Originally they were, however, for bachelorhood is a first requisite for membership. The right to marry is given to the members by special elec tion, one being chosen every year whether it may be his own desire to enter the realms of matrimonial bliss or not. There were seventeen charter char-ter members and none but those elected elect-ed to do so has ever broken the solemn sol-emn and fraternal vow of single-blessedness. single-blessedness. The club is composed of the best professional and business young men of the city, the limitation of membership to twenty-five being the only disagreeable feature in the minds of the young men who longingly longing-ly desire to become bachelors. To have provided by the constitution that members should never marry would have been to attempt the impossible. So, in order that the salt in the club life might not lose its savor, with each succeeding year it was decreed that one member should be elected to make some woman happy or miserable as the outcome might be. Cupidian vows do not destroy the love each one has for his alma mater, and at the club he is as much of a bachelor as his unmarried un-married brethren. The annual meeting of the club is Its red-letter day. Great anxiety over the election is manifested in the city as well as in the club, for on that day the fate of some bachelor must be set tled. During the supreme meeting the balloting is always a solemn affair. Occasionally sharp politics are brought into play and votes are bunched for a particular man, but oftener the vote is scattering, and after the ballots are counted some unsuspecting man discovers dis-covers himself suddenly thrust into a sphere of matrimonial necessity. With him it is a case of tie-up or lose the claim to bachelorhood a paradoxical situation. The end of an election is always the time for an elaborate cele bration. The victim for many of them take the mandate in the spirit of one victimized is banqueted and made the hero of the hour. Thus far all who have been elected to renounce a life of single-blessedness have succeeded before be-fore their year ran out in convincing local or distant belles that they are among the handsomest and best of men. Members who have been elected elect-ed to matrimony are J. P. Hull, W. E. Warden, T. H. Durst, Dr. G. H. Sly-field, Sly-field, C. E. Shultis. Dr. Percival Pearce, Dr. W. W. Pearce, W. I. Lyon and E. P. Bidlnger. Several years ago Dr. W. W. Pearce was the choice of the club. Soon after election day he made a trip to Boston and brought home the intellectual bride who recently presented pre-sented him with twins. The occurrence occur-rence was doubly interesting, inasmuch as the mayor won his own medal, which he says he will always be proud to wear. The mayor's brother, Dr. Percival Per-cival Pearce, was elected to be mar ried in 1895. The summer had scarce ly passed when he led to the altar Miss Jessie Cooke, daughter of Homer Cooke, one of Chicago's leading attorneys. attor-neys. He met the young lady while rusticating at the club's summer retreat re-treat at Third Lake, in his own county. coun-ty. Last year R. P. Bidinger, a leading shoe dealer of the city and township assessor, was the chosen one of the club, and he married before the end of the year. Another election in recent re-cent years was William I. Lyon, who found a lovely bride in Poughkeepsie, New York. He is the son of Hon. G. R. Lyon, a leading member of the Illinois Il-linois legislature. No club Is more patriotic than the Bachelors'. When war broke out with Spain the patriotic spirit of every member was aroused to the highest pitch. Most of them were prosperous prosper-ous men with business on hand that they could not leave, yet all recognized recogniz-ed the fact that they should be represented repre-sented In the conflict for Cuban freedom. free-dom. Accordingly the ballot box was resorted to, and a representative was elected to serve In the ranks of the United States .army. W. C. Parker was the choice. . He joined the Illinois cavalry, Troop M. The present officers of. the Bachelors Bache-lors Club are Cyrus Blodgett, president; presi-dent; Arthur Smith, vice president; Theodore Durst, secretary and treasurer; treas-urer; Dr. Percival Pearce,. chaplain. The headquarters of the- club are at Third Lake, in Lake County,-111., where their summer house and beautiful grounds are situated. . .The "Old Maid" is their famous sailboat, known as the champion all over the string of lakes !n that vicinity. The greatest depth to which a ship has been anchored Is 2,000 fathoms tonsiderably more than two miles. BUILDINGS FOR LARGEST KITCHEN IN WORLD. Built by George IV at Windsor Castle In 1S2& The last of the works of the much-maligned much-maligned George IV. to be mentioned here is the enlarged and improved royal kitchen (at Windsor castle). It stands perhaps the largest single kitchen in the world on ground where royal kitchens have stood from time immemorial. George IV. it was who in 1828 gave it its lofty roof and top-light ventilators, its splendid clock let inta the stone walls, and its generally medieval me-dieval appearance. At the other end of the kitchen is fixed an immense and venerable smokestack, whose origin or-igin is lost in the mists of antiquity. One of these annually has the honor of roasting her majesty's baron of beef. The hot-plate table in the center of the kitchen measures no less than 14 feet by nine feet The batterie de cuisine, in its brilliant array of glittering copper, cop-per, is large enough to cheer the hearts of a small army of gourmands; and to show its office is no sinecure, one may mention that it has to make an annual visit to the manufacturer for restoration restora-tion and repair. Lady Bloomfield says of this kitchen in 1842: "The fire was more like Nebuchadnezzar's 'burning fiery furnace' than anyth'ing else I can think of now; and though there i3 now no company at Windsor, there were at least 15 or 20 large joints of meat roasting. Charles Murray (comptroller (comptrol-ler of the household) told me that last year they fed at dinner 113,000 people;" Pall Mall Magazine. CURRENCY. Visitor (In Brooklyn) "Does 1 the trolley line lead to the cemetery?" Citizen "Yes, if one isn't very care ful." Life. It is estimated that there are 250,000 women domestic servants in London, and that 10,000 of these are always out of situations or changing their places. Downtrod Never write letters, my boy, that you'll regret in after life. Dewtell You speak as from experience? experi-ence? Downtrod I do! In early correspondence cor-respondence with her who is now my wife, I signed myself "Your obedient servant." Independent. Sarah Bernhardt says that to train her voice she adopted measures like those accorded to Demosthenes. "All day long," she says, "I kept a rubber ball in my mouth so as to be able to open wide enough, and when alone in my room I did nothing for hours together to-gether but repeat 'ti di. ti di. ti di.' " The grave of William Dawes in King's Chapel burying ground, Boston, Bos-ton, is to be suitably marked by the Massachusetts Society, Sons of the Revolution. Dawes was one of the two messengers, Paul Revere being the other, who were sent by Warren on the night of April 19, 1775, to warn Lexington and Concord that the British Brit-ish soldiers were coming. A bronze tablet giving this and other facts is to be unveiled on his grave on the coming anniversary of his exploit. Counterfeit Nickels. A lot of counterfeit nickels made their appearance Monday at the United Unit-ed States sub-treasury at the custom house. From the number received it would indicate that these counterfeit pieces are in general circulation in Baltimore city, and are said by treasury treas-ury experts to be the best executed Imitation Im-itation of the genuine which has ever made its appearance. The counterfeits bear different dates, one mold being 1884 anu the other 1898. The 1884 specimen Is particularly good, the only noticeable defect, and that only discernible dis-cernible after close scrutiny, is the figure 1 in the date. In color It is a shade lighter than the original of the same date. The nickel of 1898 also closely resembles the genuine. In weight both nickels are a fraction Llighter than a genuine coin, and to the touch they are somewhat oily. Baltimore Sun. Flretraps In Cities. Greater than the danger from fire in places of public resort is the danger to the small lodging houses and overcrowded over-crowded apartments and tenements. Many of these are located over cellars used for bakeries, and the upsetting of a pot of hot fat or the kindling of a spark in the tinder wood in these cellars means an instant conflagration, with imminent danger of suffocation to the people in the crowded lodgings above. A number of appalling disasters disas-ters have occurred under precisely these circumstances, and yet we understand un-derstand that tenement-house bake-shops bake-shops continue in business, and that no additional safeguards have been provided for the poor families residing resid-ing in them in New York and in all other large cities. Leslie's Weekly. Timid Credulity. "Now," said the soldier, "I give you credit for being a brave soldier " "You needn't," answered the Filipino Fili-pino prisoner;."! don't deserve it I persist in certain bellicose habits, but as a matter of fact I'm worse i-ian a man who is afraid of his shadow. And as I think it all over, I can't for the life of me understand how those leaders lead-ers managed to keep ns scared half to death for fear we would be captured cap-tured and fed." Washington Star. What I-ed to Blows. The Judge "How did this disgraceful disgrace-ful street fight begin?" The Prisoner "It was like this: Peter and I were boyhood chums and I hadn't see him for ears. I greeted hinvwarmly, and said he had grown big and stout while I was away. He told me I looked the picture of health. So, one word led to another till we soaked each other good and hard." Blade Use of Ilia Time. ' Corporal Conway of St Joseph, Mo., who spent last summer at Camp Alger as a member of the Fourth Missouri, is likely to be benefited in a financial way as a direct result of his experience there. He Invented a garbage crematory, crema-tory, which he has ' recently secured a patent on, and from which he antici pates good cash returns. PHILADELPHIA'S GREAT EXPOSITION. FOX-HUNTING PARSONS. In the days when fox-hunting parsons par-sons were no uncommon in England a century pr something less ago one such clergyman boasted that he hunted three days In the week and shot the other three, and could walk any man in- the county off his legs. Of another sporting parson this story Is told: He gave instructions to the clerk to give out at morning service a notice no-tice that there would be no service in the afternoon giving his reasons, for the private ear of the clerk and not for publication; but the clerk made the announcement as follows: "This is vor to give notice, there be no sarvice to this church thi3 ar-ternoon, ar-ternoon, caus' maester is a-goin' over the moors a stag-huntin' wl' Sir Thomas." 'But stranger announcements even than that were sometimes made during dur-ing divine service," says the author of "Kings of the Hunting-Field," as he introduces the following stories: On a certain Sunday, a man posted just outside the churchyard gate, with six silver spoons stuck into the band of his hat, shouted at the top of his voice: "Plaize to tak' notice. Thalse zix silver spunes to be wrastled vor next Thursday at Poughill, and all gen'le-men gen'le-men wrastlers will receive fair play." The man then entered the church, went into the singing gallery and hung up his hat with the six spoons where it was visible to the greater part of the congregation. . At another church, while tie clergyman clergy-man was reading prayers, a man walked in, shouted, "I've got un!" and Immediately withdrew. Every farmer and laborer who possessed a gun soon followed him, and in an hour or two brought to the village inn the fox they had shot Spirituality was in those days at a very low ebb, and some clergymen cared more for sport than for the example ex-ample they set to their flocks. Bishops Bish-ops tried to discountenance hunting as a clerical pastime, but the law did not enable them to remove the offenders offend-ers from their livings. Doctor Phlll-potts, Phlll-potts, Eishop of Exeter, who called to account several sporting - clergymen in his diocese, met one of them at a friends's house. "I am told, my lord, that you object to my hunting," said the clergyman. "Dear me, who could have told you so?" answered the bishop. "What I object to Is that you should ever do anything else." Aesthetic Curl Papers. Woman has at last found a way out of the difficulty of making a fright of herself with curl papers. Doing up one's hair on retiring has always been a perplexing problem to those who eschew hot irons, for even in the sanctity of isolation one does not like to feel herself a fright. With a due knowledge of feminine caprice, some enterprising manufacturer has sent out-a curl paper which ties around the desired curl with a dainty bow of ribbon, rib-bon, so that when the bang or pompadour pom-padour Is arranged for the night, the head looks as if surrounded by a halo of pretty ribbons and floating ends. Half the horrors of a fire in an apartment apart-ment house are thus done away with, for the harrowing sight of curl papers has always added to the other terrors in no small degree; sleep walking can now be as graceful as a scene from "Macbeth," to say nothing of one's own feeling in being well dressed In curl papers which is said to give the crowning touch to woman's self-possession. Truly, the manufacturer of ribboned curl papers should be canonized canon-ized if there is any gratitude in the feminine breast. An Impertinent Tenor. Brignoli once agreed to sing a solo at St. Agnes' church, New York city. He came in late, and, after divesting himself of many coverings, tumbling over music racks, and exasperating the choir by trying his voice, he came to the conclusion that he was ready. By. this time, however, the sermon had commenced, but Brignoli, unabashed, leaned over the choir railings and tried to attract the attention of the preacher by shaking his head and gesticulating ges-ticulating with his hands. At last he called out in a voice which was audible audi-ble for some distance: "Me ready for ze sing! Stoppa ze preach! Stoppa ze preach!" And the priest actually cut the sermon in. order to accommodate the impatient tenor, whose voice now rang but with such fervor as to thrill the worshipers and justify the sacrifice. sacri-fice. National Review. Novel Picture Frames. Picture dealers have betaken themselves them-selves to architectural effects in their search for novelties In framing. Very quaint and attractive little frames they are,, too,' with their Doric, Ionic or Corinthian columns surmounted by the appropriate architecture, looking like a miniature fireplace and mantelpiece. The dealers in Boston, true to the spirit spir-it of erudition which prevails there, have adapted the Egyptian arch to their uses, and the small columns are covered with cuneiform hieroglyphics. These make very charming frames in dark wood for the photographic reproductions repro-ductions of the decorations in the Boston Bos-ton library, which are so popular now. A series of these pictures framed in a series of arches makes a pretty panel. Turkey Native to America. The turkey was first discovered In America,-and was taken to England In the early part of the sixteenth century. cen-tury. Since then it has been acclimated acclimat-ed in nearly "all parts of the world. TO BE HELD DURING SEPTEMBER GUARDING BANKS. Kxtraordlnary Frecautiaas to Kaka Watchmen Vigilant. New York Sun: Some people think that time locks, burglar alarms and steel-barred windows, with a. watchman watch-man awake or asleep inside, and the police outside, might afford protection in plenty for a bank. A visitor In district messenger office the other day found that bank authorities do not hold to this opinion. The vlsitof noticed when he entered the office that the manager seemed to be watching the clock with great solicitude. Without With-out any warning the .young man Jumped up from his desk, grabbed his hat and dashed out. The stranger's curiosity was aroused, nd he waited nntii the manager came beck. "What was the matter?" he asked. "The bank wat:hman -s testing me," , he j said, and t.en went on w explain the system. At every hour ami half hour the watchman iaelde the bask fusaed a button that rang a bell in the Messenger Mes-senger office. This hwtton was at the rear of the bank. At a quarter before and a quarter after the hour he touched a button in the front of the bank that rang a bell in an entirely different messenger office. The manager man-ager of the telegraph office took down the time to the minute when the bell rang. If the bell at the back of the bank failed to ring within five minutes of the hour or half hour, it was the duty of the manager of the office to make all speed to the bank. When he got there he must actually see the watchman and speak to him. If within five minutes after reaching the bank he did not see the watchman,- he was to call the police. If the manager failed to go to the bank promptly when it was his duty to do so, the watchman must report him, receiving a reward therefor. The object of having hav-ing the bank connected with two messenger mes-senger offices was to lessen the possi- L billty of collusion between the watch men and the managers. But this was not all. An outside watchman was also employed. lie was the regular special watchman who was employed by the property owners of the neighborhood. neigh-borhood. It was his duty to meet the inside watchman at the front door every hour an-d then to go to the back door and meet the inside man. Then there were burglar alarms on every window, door and vault door. The stranger went to a bank officer and asked him whether all these precau tions were necessary for the detection of robbery. "Not for detection," he said, "but for prevention. The burglar who tries to break Into this bank at night is insane. He has not the slightest chance in the world, and he knows it. Then, too, we are sure no fire can gain any headway in the building build-ing while the watchmen are kept so thoroughly awake. Of course we are fireproof, theoretically, but we do not even trust that." Magnetic Disturbance. The Russian province of Kursk proves to be one of the most remarkable remark-able areas of magnetic disturbances yet known. M. Moureaux reports that the differences between theory and observation are so great that it is not possible to draw Isomagnetic lines, and the magnetic force is as great as it would be in the immediate vicinity of the magnetic poles. The dip of the needle ranges from 48 to 79 degrees. At two points, about 450 yards apart the declinations are minus eleven degrees de-grees and plus forty-five degrees, and the variation at two places about a mile and a quarter apart Is from minus thirty-four degrees to plus ninety-six degrees. Nothing near the surface to cause these anomalies is known to exist. ex-ist. Cloud Pointer Sent to Kentucky. On account of the very late spring and of his stake engagements. Cloud Pointer, that promising full brother to Star Pointer, has been sent to Ed Geers, down in Kentucky, the 1st of April instead of June 1, as his owners, own-ers, the Messrs. Tltley of Chlcaro, Pa., think this will greatly Improve his chances for a very successful campaign. cam-paign. These gentlemen, who brought out Star Pointer (1:594) and Hal Braden (2:07), certainly have a third great prospect In Cloud, he being be-ing of the very best conformation and possessing the best feet and legs ever seen on a Hal horse. The fastest mile Cloud has been before leaving Pennsylvania Penn-sylvania was 2:30. What's In Name? Mme. X. had been married to two brothers. After the elder one died she was wedded to the younger. The painted portrait of No. 1 hangs in the public art gallery. She stood before it weeping gently, and was asked sympathetically, sympa-thetically, "la he a member of your family?" "Yes, yes," she replied, between be-tween sobs; "he is my poor, dear brother-in-law." Zlmbabye Ruins. Dr. H. Schlichter, in a paper read before be-fore the Royal Geographical Society of Great Britain on Rhodesia, announces his belief in the great antiquity of the Zimbabye ruins. He puts their date at 1100 B. C, and asserts that so early the Semetlc races of the Red sea, Jews, Phoenicians and Western Arabs had colonized Rhodesia and worked the gold. Bow Colds Are Caught. Most of the catarrhs, sore throats and other forms of cold are contracted from the want of proper ventilation. It is possible to catch as bad a cold in a close, Ill-vntilated room as in a cold, draughty one. Pure air Is the surest preventive of cold, as of many other diseases. Medical Record. W 11 hem's Uniforms. The German emperor, when receiving receiv-ing foreign representatives or military attaches . of foreign powers, . always wears the uniform of the army of the country the visitor represents, and sometimes during a levee he will change his uniform five or six times. AND OCTOB EE. CHISPA , THE TOBEBA. Morals are as surely a resultant ot climate and location as the flora or fauna itself, and there is nothing more elastic. A single code may reach from the Atlantic to the Pacific, so what wonder if, at the end, it is somewhat some-what attenuated. This may have been the reason a certain young Bostonian's rigid code could not stand the strain of Chlspa's charms, and yet quien sabe? Pletro had no code at all, and neither could he withstand the lovely torera. And Chispa herself, she loved her own sun-mocking eyes and wines-and-olivea skin, and when the bull lay dead at her feet she received the salvos of applause that rained upon her with an almost childlike grace, much as the scarlet poppy receives the sun and showers from heaven as her own Inalienable In-alienable right and droops and die3 without them. But Chispa, withal, was a woman, so she loves some one else, too. Oh, it is so sickening to read about it described In our Puritanical English adjectives, but go there yourself, get the smell of blood in your nostrils, the blaze of color in your eyes, the shouts and shrieks of the people and the blare of the band in your ears, feel the waves of exultation surge over you until they overwhelm you and sweep along with them, and you suddenly find you are a cousin german to Tul-lia Tul-lia or Krlemhilde. The deep, bright blueness of the southern sky bends over its favored children as if it would banish from them every shadow of seriousness or care, and must be gratified by the gorgeous gor-geous pageants they flash back in return. re-turn. The Plaza di Toros is undoubtedly undoubt-edly the most brilliant picture the all-beholding all-beholding sun looks down upon in all his course. Being out of doors the effect ef-fect is somewhat tempered by the atmosphere, at-mosphere, and yet at the first glance the brain almost reels under the glare and glitter of color. Tier upon tier of colors strong, crude, primary hues at that stretch away from sol to somber, purples and reds, blues, yellows and greens, that express, to the onlooker, something of the rudimentary nature of these people. The brilliant rebosas and gay serepas put Joseph's coat of many colors to shame, sparkling eyes and dazzling complexions, embroideries, embroider-ies, spangles, flowers, buntings and flags, everything. In short, that is gay and attractive combines to make the scene intoxicating till the whole noisy, reckless, gorgeous concourse reminds you of nothing so much as a rainbow. I) .VI A SUDDEN RECKLESS IMPULSE SEIZED HER. sunset and a thunderstorm combined. com-bined. Two bulls had been killed already amid wild applause and wilder excitement, excite-ment, but as the matador was a man the keen edge of enthusiasm was held In abeyance till the lively Chispa should take the field. Fresh sand was sprinkled on the arena, flowers, bonbons bon-bons and coins were showered over the erstwhile gory scene, and the smell of blood was soon mitigated by the heavy scents' of the fans that fluttered flut-tered through the air. And fair and fitting was it all for the little torera, the flowers, the music and the applause ap-plause as she stood serenely in the center of the ring. The wide sun-mocking sun-mocking eyes wandered along the lower low-er tiers until they met and clung so long to the horror-stricken eyes of the New Englander there was only an instant in-stant left to catch a reassuring dart from the faithful Pietro before the toro was led In. Amid a fanfare of trumpets, a moment of breathless suspense, sus-pense, then a tremendous crash of applause, ap-plause, the great black beast bounded into the ring. The capeadores and banderllleros stepping high in brocade and spangles, the mounted picadores stiff in tinsel embroideries, lined up and saluted the presiding officer of the day, but Chispa is the bright particular partic-ular star, and as long as she can keep the field she may. With a careless recognition of the eager multitude over her, she made a little mock courtesy to Senor Toro, and grasped her saber with the same aim assurance the Girton girl grasps her racquet Even the great black beast could not be utterly insensible to the fair young creature who defied him, and at first seemed disposed to regard her insults as merely the indiscretion in-discretion of her thoughtless youth. But the crowds grew eager for the combat, and the tiny silver ankles twinkled about as the little wisp ot girl flirted her red capa in his tace, menaced him, goaded him, thrust at him like some small fiend, until his dignity was quite outraged. Still the bull remained sullen; what could he do? The spirit of Spanish gallantry was in the air. The crowd had applauded ap-plauded itself hoarse, and now began to groan in the slowness of the game. The torera grew reckless. With a shrug of her glistening shoulders she stepped to the center of the ring and challenged the populace, then marched straight up three steps, two steps within with-in reach of the lowered horns and bloodshot eyes. The ; crowds above her arise in a body and stamped and shrieked, and eried: "Brava, brava, Chispa! Brava, little lit-tle one! Stick him! Stick him!" While Pietro's voice wa3 loudest ot all "Finish him, Chispa! Finish him tow!" as he realized her danger. "Oh, God!" groaned the Boston man's fair young soul within him as he made for an opening somewhere anywhere. One wore step! The little brown hand, deliberately -poised her saber to make a fatal thrust, then at the sight of the Boston man's white face, a sudden sud-den reckless Impulse seized her, and she tnrne4 and slashed the sign of a cross apon tha glossy black forehead. The crowds -vent dumb. Several toreros leaped the wall, Pietro at their head.. The sand on the arena flew In clouds, aa if a typhoon had struck it :he sennd of a little stifled cry arose bove the hoarse bellowing of the toro. aad when the clouds of dust finally cleared away the little spangled figure did not rise. And after the now thoroughly thor-oughly infuriated beast was finally despatched de-spatched by Pietro's hand, the damp curls, bound with the gay flowers, still lay in the dust, but the eyes were luminous lum-inous and the breath came fast "Tell Pietro he almost saved me It was my own fault Tell him good-by and tell him it was him I loved all the time. I've always been true to him and I'll never " The words came in gasps now, and the sun-mocking eyes were growing dim. "And the senor from Boston tell him tell him the same." San Francisco Fran-cisco News-Letter. REMARKABLE STORMS. Dlasasters on Land and Sea Around New England. An interesting review of great storms in New England has just been completed com-pleted by A. E. Sweetland of the Blue Hill observatory and issued as a bulletin bul-letin upon the great storm of last No- vember and upon the cold wave of last February. The November storm was found to be the most disastrous in the records, in point of lives lost and property destroyed, at sea. Among the remarkable storms recorded may be mentioned the following: Nov. 17, 1798, a heavy snowstorm began, lasting last-ing three days; Sept. 23, 1815, a gale caused Immense destruction on land and sea, the damage in Providence, R. I., alone having been estimated at $5,000,000. In December, 1839, three storms wrecked over 300 vessels on the New England coast. On Oct. 2. 1841, a storm did much harm to the fishing fleet, 57 persons being lost from the town of Truro, and many others along the Cape Cod coast. On Oct. 7, 1849, a bark went ashore on Minot's ledge and 143 persons were drowned. April 16, 1851, Minot's ledge light was carried away, and great damage was done along the coast. Jan. 17, 1867, a great snowstorm caused large loss of life around Boston, from people getting lost in the drifts. A depth of five feet was reported from Dorchester. There was a brief, but violent, storm Sept. 8, 1869, that damaged trees and houses around Boston. The "blizzard" of March 12, 1888, effectually tied up the railroads of New England for five days, causing much suffering and deprivation depriva-tion from people caught away from home in depots and stalled trains, that were all but inaccessible to help from the outside for three days. The storm of Jan. 31, 1898, shut out Boston from communication with the outside world for two days and impeded travel for five days, but caused no great loss of life. The storm of Nov. 27, 1898, wrecked 141 vessels along the New England coast, and 455 persons lost their lives, including 175 persons (estimated) (esti-mated) from the Portland, which was lost with all on board. There was great destruction of property along the shore from the high tide acting with the gale, and a remarkable feature feat-ure was the great fall of snow so early In the year. The graphical records of the storm elements, which form a large and the most valuable part of Mr. Sweetland's paper, show, aside from data on the direction, which affects af-fects speculation on the site of the Portland's destruction, a record of unusually un-usually long-sustained high velocities of wind. From soon after midnight on the morning of the 27th till 3 p. m. the wind was never below 45 miles an hour, and from 4 a. m. to 1 p. m. it was over 60 miles an hour. It blew 65 miles an hour and over from 5 a. m. to 9 p. m. Boston Journal. Described In a Word. The members of the Flemish Academy, Acad-emy, of Anvers, recently determined to frame a word which would be readily intelligible to all. who understand the language of Flanders and who had ever seen a horseless carriage, and the result was that after much deep thought they framed the following word : Snelpaardelooszonderspoorweg-petrolrijtuig. Snelpaardelooszonderspoorweg-petrolrijtuig. This euphonious word signifies "a carriage which is worked by means of petroleum, which travels fast, which has no horses and which is not run on rails." This is, from one point of view, a fine example of mui-tum mui-tum in parvo, but it may be questioned whether one extraordinarily long word is preferable to half a dozen short words. The Flemish people, however, think differently, and the academicians of Anvers have been highly complimented compli-mented by them on their linguistic skill as seen In this unique word. European Signs. Notes from a letter just received from an observing American who noticed no-ticed these signs on a trip from Liverpool Liv-erpool to Naples. In Liverpool a sign reading: "Shaving, Id.; shaving, with clean water, 2d." In the Anglo-American bar, at the Grand Hotel, in Rome, the popular American drink thus masquerade on a sign: "Handsome Cooler, 1 lire." Travelers on a train from Paris to Rome were informed by placards that "Travelers may not put their heads and hands from the window win-dow in case of accident." To what straits a nation with no W in its language lan-guage is reduced Is shown by theatrical theatri-cal posters on the walls and fences about Naples which stare one in the face, reading: "Teatro Mercadante, Etc., Etc., Etc., Amletto. 5 atti., etc., etc., G. Shakispare." Shades of the departed William! New York Times. Petrol lam In New York. The time-worn vices of morpho-mania morpho-mania and alcoholism . have been to some degree superseded by "petrol-ism," "petrol-ism," which is described by physicians who have treated patients for it as "a grim novelty, almost without parallel." paral-lel." The taste for petroleum, it Is said, grows upon the tippler until It develops into an irresistible passion. Physicians who devote themselves to the various forms of dipsomania have not yet had an opportunity to study the full effects of petroleum, and their views as to its cure and future are somewhat divergent But the consensus con-sensus of opinion is that the victim of this new habit is sad and melancholy. The mineral oil does not temporarily stimulate and encourage like alcohol or morphine. To Convey Irony. In the opinion of sagacious French writers, all languages lack an important import-ant character a sign to emphasize irony. A question mark (?) is often used for the purpose, but it does not cover the ground. Alcanter de Brahm, a French author, is agitating the matter mat-ter and promises to supply the missing symbol in the near future. World's Product of Slate. Great Britain produces half the slate quarried In the world, France and the United States a little less than one-quarter one-quarter each. Production in the United Unit-ed States hs recently increased, owing to the demand for export. |
