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Show A NOVEL MOTOR VEHICLE. Ons-Whe- el Arrangement Something Lika a Bicycle. Something new in the way of motor vehicle! la a arrangement. In which the driver or rider slU In the center. It la the Invention ot an .Italian, Xlllo Negroni, and attracted much attention at the last automobile exhibition at Turin. The wheel la of ateel, with a pneumatic exterior, and cn the Inside a concentric, frame, which supports the motor and drivers seatt This Inner frame or circle Is moved hy means of smaller wheels set at regular Intervals on the circumference of Its outer edge. The motor operates the vehicle with a friction coupling and chain transmitter, con1th a cog wheel in the necting one-whe- frame, which grips with another cog wheel on the Inside of It As the wheel rolls over the ground the inner frame, holding the motor and drivers seat, by means of Its specific weight mslntalus these in' the normal position, , Steering this new vehicle Is a delicate matter, as the slightest movement of the body of the driver aside from the cester of gravity will upset the equilibrium of the wheel and send It out of its course. The brakes are seif rc ting, and the wheel Is brought to a stop by the Interlocking of the Inner frame and outer circle. The vehicle has not yet been perfected, and may pever be entirely practical, but It Is interesting, and eervlceable In bad weather and over rough roads. Its large curves offering less resistance to obstacles than those of smaller wheels. -- Darkness. Dining In France and Switzerland the latest vogue is to dine In the dark. Dinner begins as usual, but suddenly, to the surprise of the guests, the light goes out and all Is left in darkness. Nothing has gone wrong, and before the guests have recovered from their astonishment the dining room doors open, and shadowy forms steal in bearing a' blazing mass of light. It Is the next course illuminated. Silently the figures come to your side, and In a few moments on every ones plate is, say, your fish, and a delicately shaded light by which to eat it, but otherwise the room remains In complete 'darkness. MCNKEY GOT THE NUT. Hooked It With Aid of Straw and Then Picked It Up. An extraordinary Instance of animal intelligence has recently been recorded as having been shown In the Royal park, Melbourne, Australia. I was watching some monkeys." says Mr. Thomas Hutton of Tynemouth, Is a large cage, when one of To vegetate In a delightful climate, j them came to the front and tried to whose hottest sunbeams are cocled j a which nut reach had been thrown snow and was lying on the gravel path. by breezes blown from Andes exexcitements from all fields, exempt arm Its and the bars Putting through Iren those that as as cept, It perhaps, spring found far stretching possible. bat the nut was Just beyond its reach. natural causes, such as love that la There waa straw on the floor of the the delight of life In Chile. T9 promcage, and, going to the b.ck where It enade In the cool of the evening In evidently expected to find the straw the Garden of Delight," the public leas damaged. It tested straw after garden of the populace, and still later rtraw, discarding one hy one, not to attend the opera, or tertolla as thinking them atrong enough for the the social gatherings In the privata purpose. houses are called, la almost the sols At last it found a satisfactory one, diversion of the Chilean. returned with It to the frorft of the The fair Chilean rlsea late. In descage, and very quickly, with this aid, habille she dawdles about, amusing looked the cut close enough to be herself with fancy work or nothing at licked up." Family Herald. all until sheer ennui drives her forth to seek relaxation in shopping or makAn Cwla Love for Music. ing calls. Then the glossy hair In my suns Junior year at Har- mounts high on the head in heap vard. says John Burroughs, the nat- marvelous to behold. Ehe dons a uralist, it became the custom In May pair of French boots with bee's so and June to give frequent band coni certs in the evening on the steps of University hall. Exactly over the band was a flagpole, fastened at an angle to the building. On the gilded ball of the flagpole there would come and perch, soon after the concert began, a little screech owL After the music ceased and the crowd dispersed the little owl would fly away again. So regijlarly did the owl come witn Ms noiseless, muffled flight that my non came to look for h'm and to speculate how long the band would have to play before be would be attracted hy the music. Many persons saw him, vet he appeared to take no notice of the yard foil of people, but seemed to enjoy the music, as far as his attitude and actions betrayed his feelings, sa much as did any one. Certainly the love for music, so strong in man, must find Its beginning in the lower forms of life." Peculiar Uses of Postage Stamps. soquently tbs gentlemen returned So the hotel, while we ladies were compelled to content ourselves with bread and butter and, I fear, a few regrets audibly expressed. A friend calling during the evening suggested that we have our meals brought from tie cafe a common custom hero pending the arrival of our rook. One haa a set of tine made, fitting one into the other, a wire passing through rings at the sides. The bottom tin contains ooals, and the meats, vegetables, etc., are placed above one another In the successive tins. The strings of tins vary In length according to the magnitude of one's purchase. It was most amusing to me to see men hurrying In every, direction with these tins at the dinner hours. . We managed to live, or rather exist. In this way for a week, all the food half cold and I always had a horrible suspicion that the tins It took me a solid week to think It out, but I did It," said the slimmer I paid the widow up for all girl. he had ever done or expected to do. I'm staying when I'm not called home this way to entertain country cousins, who will insist on coming to Washington In hot weather at a dace up on the sound. Of course, (here arent many men there, and when one docs happen along the widow reaches out and grabs him. l'ui cot daft over men, but a summer land-wap- e Isn't complete without a few, and no compleaioned-doctore- d widow has a right to monopolise them when the supply Is so much less than I he demand. I'm opposed to monopolies and I set out to turn tho widow from the evil of her ways as soon as 1 arrived. I marked out one dancing man aa my share of the loot and began to prepare for war. The widow danced with that man and walked with him and talked with him and held hands in tho corner of the gallery, and try I might I couldn't get a chance to lire a hostile shot. Bathiug lip there is a sort of a side line. We don't make a blowing horn of It. We Just sneak off and take to the water when the tides In. There's no parade alxiut It The widow said that she couldn't bear this way people have of sitting nround on benches In bathing suits, and as soon ss I heard her I knew what made her feel that way. I took her trail, however, and one day a very hot day when the man waa busy writing letters I asked her If she didnt want to take my brand-nebathing suit and go In for a dip. She said shed enjoy it. though as she didn't as a rule care for sea bathing she hadn't brought a suit. Now, a woman without a bathirg suit in her luvvne well, I knew then 1 had th widow's range and could rout her bon-e- . foot ar.i! dragoons. She went off to tho sheltered cove, wher the cathhoufio is. and as soon as f was sure al e was In the water I hurttd up the man and axkeil if he didnt want to go aud ace the widow swim. Cf course le did. ard he said he'd wondered all along why she didn't go in w .First Lathe. Brreuu as Summer season. KIio ink! lier dui'.nlli'ea stand. And four no veumned (rcisiiii. And B:urnn (lie traitor' brand. And every Unit' blowing, Amt every annum Hint' il iwuus. fvriile Through paxiurea suhu, iirli'g sirciigili uniu her hamll I H high one wonders they do not cripple tuv loullsh nearer after the days comfort In slipshod slippers. She sallies forth with stately tread (Solo mon In all hie glory was never sc gorgeously arrayed), ever closely at tended hy a servant, who Is expected to attend to her most trivial needs In the early evening she repairs to the promenade to enjoy a little musle ar a mild flirtation, the latter being confined discreetly to sihs, eyes and possibly following footsteps. Bo pass the days in this land of Indolence for the women days go by monotonous round, year lu and year cut .,-- r As for the men, they emit the mass, which the women always attend, tbelr deshabille covered by the long black; mantua covering, indeed, many omissions as regards neatness of toilet. They attend a little to any business they may have during the middle of tke day, but most diligently to the opera, the promenade and the gaming table for .the night Gambling la a national habit In moat of the swell-ea- t classes of Valparaiso and Santiago the gaming table Is regularly set out and forms the most Important feature of private entertainments, like the baccarat of Great Britain, which some time ago plunged hia now of England into such , Royal Highness ' ter rid water. Even the poorest peons and rrggedeat gamins may be aedn at all hours betting nuclos and centavos (the pennies and nickles of this country) with as much eagerness as the wealthy mine owner stakes his pulden ounces. The tallest gambling that ever came under the writer's observation took place on a steamer plying between Copeapo and Talcahuano, when a man who had recently struck It rich In the Alscama mines lost 890,000 In a single night There Is a law against gambling, but well! In regard to an American wrestling with the mysteries of Chilean house- . Nature, as well as necessity, mothered the Invention of the lathe, the Erst of machine tools. It was built originally between two adjacent large trees near which grew a springy suppling. Lathes like It are used y in some of the Asiatic countries. to-da- with gorgeous landscapes, glowing with color and life, entirely by moans Misers Trap for Burglars. of postage stamps of all the nations In West Philadelphia lives an old of the world. Palaces, forests, streams and mountains are represented, butter- man who la reputed to be a miser and flies flit about in the air, birds of Ike hoarder of vast sums In hia little beautiful plumage perch on branches, house, where he Uvea alone with a snakes and lizards gl'de about, and In- spinster daughter. The old fellow has been visited by numerable animals ' find places here and there. The pictures are most ar- Lurgiars four times in the last couple tistic, In the style of Chinese land- t.i years, but on each occasion the inscape gardering, and already between truders have been frightened off withnine and ten millions of stamps have out securing any plunder. Disgusted with the failure of the police to catch been used. the men who have vlmted his house so Kennel. often, the West Philadelphian ha Traveling set a neat little trap of h!s own. Every night before going to bed he leaves a decanter half filled with wine and several glasses upon the dining room table. The gas Is left burning, so that the wine will not be overlooked. The old fellow has carefully c i urged the wine with a opiate and la anxiously awaiting another burglarious visit quick-workin- g Fish Longevity, According to a recent writer there Is now in the Imperial aquarium of St. Petersburg a pike that first saw the light at the close of the fifteenth century. He still appears to be quite a young fellow, notwithstanding his In English trains there Is usually a centuries and his long activity. The special compartment for dogs. One writer says that there Is nothing very end of the van Is partitioned off and extraordinary In this esse, and he men-- 1 fitted up as a well appointed kenneL tions several fishes in the same aqutr-- 1 icm that are more than 150 years old. Seagull a Good Barometer. .The seagull makes a splendid living barometer. I.' a covey of seagulls Jfnry early In the morning sailors Girf and fishermen know that the day will tAstt .be fine and the wind fair, but If the birds keep Inland seafaring people Simxf' know that the elements will he unNrnSt Of weatherwise fish the favorable. J&n dolphin Is the most remarkable. DurAr W fdtf- ing a fierce gale or a storm at sea the mariner knows that the end of "Xitler it Is near If he can see a dolphin, or Myrr. a number of that fish, sporting on the waves. sea high Mcnument Over Thoroughbred Bull. George hi. Slaughter, a stock grower of Rosswcll, N. M., will erect a marble monument over the grave of Sir Bred well, that thoroughbred which died suddenly of gastritis. He was one of the finest bulls in America, Prolific Rose Bush. Mrs. Edward G. Littlefield of West .and took first prize at the Omaha exposition In 1898. He was purchased Kennebunk, Me., has a crimson ramat the time by Slaughter for 85.000. bler rose bush with more than 100 Mr. Slaughter refdsed 87,000 for the clusters of roses, one of which haa bull. Vrssoma. ' . Street. were never more than half washed, and really all tho food most unmistakably did taste tinny," but If people will visit a foreign country without knowing the language they must take the consequences. After a week of this son cf living, we obtained cock. I jmllc now when I tlilnk of how I was obliged to approach her cnch morning with a dictionary In one hand, money In the other, giving the necessary orders for the day. It waa not difflcult to catch the Spanish pronunciation and the follow Ing dialogues usually occurred: for papas, huevna. beefsteak, (I went potatoes, eggs and beefsteak), to which the servant replies, SI, senoriti muy buen0. (Very well, Mias.) Our man servant wo are obliged to magnificently style him majordomo" takes charge of the dining room, waits at table and acts as chambermaid. It is a singular fact that the chamber maids of Chile are almost invariably of the sterner sex. Up the one staircase everything must come. The first thing I bear uncomfortably early each morning Is the step of the water carrier, who, w'th unnecessary clatter, brings us two kegs of water, daily, for which he la paid 82 per month. Then comes our bread man, to whom we pay 30 cents per day for what our family of live are supposed to consume; then the milkman, charging six cents for half a pint, and, lastly, but surely not the least of necessary evils, tbe cook, bringing tbe day's supply of marketing and fuel. Sunday Is the day for complimentary visiting in Chile and in case you have a letter of Introduction to Senor and have been recognized by receipt of a card saying he will celpbiate greatly acquaintance with you. and "that hia house and all It I contains Is at ycur service" (a mean- Yu-sen- s o. For her rich, teeming prairie, Clvm up It Kurnored kli.ru. nnd vnry. Though son ion They yield her nuuo nnd mma. All hcra the tin won and graSHua That cnrprt mountain pniwa, Green of -la- f in-,- 1 and then she came In. We made way for her to enter the lathhouse, and aa soon aa the man got one good look at her my bathing' vnit was a little short for her 1 knew tl.e widow was a has been. Stunning looking she was in full dress, but In a bathing suit she wan rlmply paralyzing. If a mosquito bad lit on one of her kneca hed have to use the longdistance phone to let his wife on the other knee know what had become of Mm. She was the bowlcggedest widow In nlno states." Washington Post nni-rstt- 1iirnamu. gniluml Dew drenched in Greciun loro. For her thn start art ahlnlng Their ru din non from the sky. Willi henchmen Bland, hnlmy aepliyra, pining To klxa na they go by. For her the lurk I I rilling Ilia llery rupture lllilng The tlmnrona (loves unwilling To dart tha blua and fly. at Iter call. When fiery flames were roaring. And rumbling at lier door, And hell Itself seemitU pouring Its vitriol on her floor. Phe roused herself reliant Ami purged bet self dellunt Un'tka n mnld compliant Who aella herself for a tor a. The sheavra that sway In slumber And pine for conllug showers, ",e Hooks so vast In number Imt r.rnze through gradual hours, Hlg herds In fertile plnoes. Tha Trisky lamb thnt races. Shy gnxellca of gentle graces. Are hers;. and tender flowera. Hera Is tha gold thnt gleaming Deep down In murky mlrt Lures an the stripling, dreaming, To grasp the wealth and ahlno. All hers tha teaming trensura Which buys tha thoughtless pleasure A'ul leaves the noct leisure Through darkling nights of terror Kite stnggeied through the fray. Through choking minis of error, 8he groped to And the day. And though she often stumbled, Aa sh'k at heart and humbled, Hhe watched her roof tree crumbled, Bhe won ehe won her way. Stand firm, oh gracious goddess. To guard what you have won. The heart beneath your bodice llenla strenuous as' the run. Flushed with the hue of morning, Imperlnl eyed, nnd scorning. The groundling' gibes and warning. Cry you "I Will. I Won!" JAMES E. KINSTRLTJL Registry Division, Chicago Postofltca. To launch tho liquid lino. Ham every brawling river That we Inn all our bind. Whoso kingly heart will quiver And rlxa at her command. At her behest the yeoman The excavations which were begun at Bcnlaaan, on the east bank of tu Nile, som two hundred mllea above Cairo, In December, 1902, have now There have been been completed. discovered and searched In the necropolis extending along tbe face of the limestone cliff 887 tombs. Including that of Sebek Hetepa, 2300 B. C., together with its curious funeral models. Each burial chamber was formed of a recess at the base of a square ehaft, occasionally at a depth of thirty feet, hewn In tbe solid rock and carefully filled in. By this careful means the body of the deceased was preservThis type of ed from disturbance. burial antedates the mummification period; but It was found in the case of two bodies, that decay had been arrested by the wrappings, which Each tomb were found still Intact. contnlred a wood sarcophagus, with the lines of religious formulae and text inscribed upon It tbe orthodox hieroglyphics, and with the head pointing to the north and the painted eyes of Osiris toward tbe east. The sarcophagus was surrounded . Within four miles of the quiet Town of High Wycombe, In Bucks, Is the small Village of Loudwatcr, which p one of the most renin ria lilt sacred ed I fifes now In existv.(", suyi Government Building. the 1 ondon Daily News. It is a subbrick building, with curious, slight In- legless phrase, hy the way) vou may stantial keeping, I can give you headed windows, and a quaint round, be his received a call and cordially by sight into my own. We engaged rests on the top at turret little open cook, who promised faithfully to come wife, who will serve you with tea and our entertain yon to the best of her abil- one end of the church. It bears littlo on a certain morning, no resemblanco to an ecclesiastical predecessor's man servant nettner of ity until midnight, recardless of the or but tbe exterior Is fashstructure, whom spoke a word of Ecrilsh. while host's absence, for ho is rarely at ioned like a paper mill; while the we, unfortunately, were e.ually Ignor- home after sunset. Ladles are seldom attended home Interior has been likened to a cabin ant of Spanish. We took possession type. on the day appointed, tu., "a la Fris- hy anybody but a servant, no mattrr of a ship of the co." no cook appeared. There was what the hour, os In Chile it would Unlike other churches, it dops not aphave a name. If It ever had nothing In the house bet groceries be considered very bad form for the pear to now passed Into obscurity. ha It ore. eoi'we and bread, as at the mon wire man of the bouse or a man was built In JL This ui'ir ue unablu unable to buy anything, this, with us. oft times pleastraiir. tbe to speak ant duty. language or bg right smack the bathhouse. The widow in the water peddling around nnd when sle saw nn the look she ice form all over the pave n:o I'd-- ' rasa. She tried to get ua to go lir.rk to the hotel find get her comb i tat shed forgotten, but I told her she could use the one I had in the bathhouse. She tried well, she tried vu ry way she could think cf to get us to go away, hut I waa bound I'd alt there until that widow came out of sat as if I'd been the water, and i.aucil down. I knew ehe couldnt my In the water forever, because the tide gn-- s rut thde and youd have to bo a clam to bide when that happens. h:he siurk It (mt till you could hear her teeth chattering half a block off It front was rut Into her gnrilen gracious I'nur all U:n sons of men. Her nimble bull nre apucloua, (truer Is her diiidoin. Iter snoring soul la rlialntlM, Jlnr silvery shield I stainless, tier reign Is soft and pnlulesa. And bouuty la her gem. maiden Cnlm as some lilgh-bnr- n In her hull. Her robes of alula arrayed In. tthe murshals one and all. tier blow la trunk and fearless, hrnrien all the cheeriest, Fn'r L'hntelalua oo peerless r-ess- ( I'Gth'ng. Wo went down and eat Will rise and front the foCman, As illil the stubborn Human When licuiuiii allowed hia hand! lilc-es- On a City In The monks at the Hospital of St. Jean de Dleu, at Ghent, have In their leisure moments decorated ' the walls Got Even With Widow with a large number of little wooden models representing river and salt Ing boats, a granary, a group of pep sons baking, a man brewing, a man leading an ox, a girl carrying a brae of birds In her hands and a basket on her head. Notwithstanding the extreme age believed to be four thou sand years of these curious relics, they were found to be in a remarkable state of preservation, the oarsmen In the galleys leaning upon their oars and the palrt still bright and clean. The ceremonies attending the Intel ment of a woman were slightly dissimilar, the departed lady being pro vlneJ with a basket of toilet requisites. These curious little models were buried In accordance with the nncient IVyi'ii-irclignus rites. In order to irmiifo tho departed ore with the necetr.urles fur future life. One highly l.it-rting dicovcry was made in the runrse of these excavations an iirt of tin; mo tern weavcxaci. I'liU'iti-ring rei-.- ? used in the mil! at Wigan, the only difference being tint I!"' siiich m "itiaiB of 23uO P. r. u - I cinr t"i,th li!st.'id of steel. l Fiii-lai:'- I'. ii'ids t!:r." i.koa tuci'o were vi:!.:i.'" i.r the nunil-fi'.-ii-of ji'.n:i r a. id a cumber of h.iniis wire oniidnyi'd. Ono (if the c per il jlii-r-pud Ills wife ur:' rbl.;i.'d I!.:,: t'le lU'vi.s'oii made for c.f i be people wa 0 i'it"'.i! i 'n !): IT.--- '. i in ii. ro i.r'. 1 r!i.i fo l.iviil cd resolved n a lurch. This they ao t ii'iu,.'"i:ii?, in ihi-- curdiriJy i!,udii:o'.i declares the tc:iinr!.(i!ii d pyn and un-o- n l(!xi:i::(li ni c'.r.iac r of the edifice may he aUribulH to tho special avocation of tiio founder, who hoped thus to 'immortalize his business! Th church will soon he restored, when It Is proposed to make It look more Ilk s house of prayer than a paper nxIIL London Dally News. thn |