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Show fitss$ssoeoc605SGCDSS5G3oeeoa SCENES AT o Prince Who Devotes His Life to Charity - oscese33oeQeojcscso$oos0 (Special Letter). WAY up in the heart of the great Bavarian Highlands, overlooking and neighboring beautiful spots familiar to tourists, stands the Hotel Kneuth. it is not unlike other hostelries in but nowhere else is appearance, there such a host, and no other hotel entertains guests of the character accommodated here. It is open only in the summer and fall months. host The resident is Prince Ludwig of Bavaria, who married an actress and renounced succession to all royal honors when he found that otherwise he could not wed the woman he truly loved the Baroness Wellersee. In June, July and August royal personages and lesser folk are entertained here, but with the end of the latter month all must vacate. For in September the hotel is given over to Linl wig's brother, Duke Charles Theodore, who devotes it to the entertainment of those he calls his friends. They are about 300 poor artists, struggling writers, own gentry and many others of the shabby genteel classes. They are treated with the utmost courtesy by the duke, the duchess and their lovable daughter. Princess Marie Gabri-ellAgain in May, before the possessors of wealth arrive, the duke entertains his poor friends, all at his own expense. This singular act of hospitality is but one of the characteristic deeds of Duke Charles Theodore which cause his relatives and others of the idle nobility to regard him as a crank. It is the lesser part of his work. When not in the mountains he is busy at his hospitals, of which there are three. In the royal palance at Tegernsee, at Munich and at Meran he treats those whose eyes are sick. More than 3.00U delicate operations have been performed by him, and he has gained even greater fame as an oculist than as a hotel keeper. No charge is made unless the patient is able to pay, and moBt of his work is 'done for the extremely poor. His skill is as great as his charity. Among the suffering people of Bavaria he is regarded as a Bavlor. It'is claimed that he is the only royal personage in the world who has adopted a serious occupation and works for a living as common men do. But the duke is not alone in Ills work. His wife, who is a daughter of the last king of Portugal, is a trained nurse, and she has undergone experiences which would make many a stout masculine heart fail. She is always engaged in her husDands work. Then there is a third person, and in her the patients are deeply interested. The world will know more of her some day. She is Princess Marie Gabrielle, said to be the most beautiful woman in Europe. This young woman, who is Ober-ammerga- u was formerly ab!e to do. because she baa home tasks to attend to. But she 1b often at her father's side, in his operations, nevertheless. The beautiful Marie Gabrielle is the subject of a royal romance. It wui in July, 1900, that she was married to Prince Rupert, heir apparent to the tnrone of Bavaria. Rupert had been wild. His fancies ran to the actresses of Munich and Paris. The German papers told of his escapades. Bavarians were alarmed, for it looked as if this future king was to share the madness common to those privileged to occupy the throne of their kingdom. The warnings and pleadings of his And lo! a million soldiers Shook with their tread the world, A nation roue In the wilderness, A bright, new flag unfurled. He read In his dlm-l- lt study. This scholar In his youth, And. forth from the storied pare. There flushed a gleam of truth; And lo! It touched the many. As a message fresh from God. And the hearts of men grew lighter. As the centuries were trod. forth from the dream and vision. Out from the dim Ideal. Are horn all the ships and the cities. Our darkened souls call real; Fqr bark of each deed we worship. Rack of each plan weve wrought. Silent, yet tilled with power. Stands ths majesty of thought. George It. Iarrlsh. Bo broken-d- e. The Bavarian nobleman who in an oculist, philanthropist and hotel keeper. father and mother, both exemplary persons, seemed to make no impression on him, and Bavaria was downcast at the thought of another Irresponsible ruler, when the announcement came that Prince Rupert and the Duchess Marie Gabrielle were engaged. The good deeds of this young woman were as famous as her physical beauty. She had the qualities desirable in a queen and she would inspire the prince to nobler deeds and better living. There could be no doubt it was a love match and such it has proved. Rupert apparently is a model husband. One day the mad King Otto will die. Prince Leopold will retire as regent and Prince Louis, his son, will become king. The latter is now about CO years old and it will not be long before Rupert will come to the throne. Rupert and Gabrielle have one child a boy named Luitpold Maximilian Louis Charles, who was born last July. I Crockett and the Panther. When Davy Crockett was on his way to San Antonio to fight for the independence of Texas this in the year 1836 one night found him on the banka of the Navasoia river and bis horse broken with fatigue. What happened at thla point we'll let Davy tell. Near the margin of the river a large tree had been blown down, and I thought of making my lair in its top. While beating about the branches I heard a low growl, as much as to say, 'Stranger, these apartments are al- ready taken. Looking to see what sort of a bedfellow I was likeiiy to have I discovered an enormous Mexican cougar some five paces away. Kays of light darted from hla large cyea. One glance satisfied me there was no time to be lost. I fired. The ball truck him on the forehead and glanced off, doing little except infuriate him. He sprang at me again, and I drew my hunting knife, for I knew we must come to close quarters. He seised my left arm and began to tear the flesh, when I thrust my knife Into bis aide. He let go. "Smarting with his wounds, he came at me again, and he pressed so dose that in stepping backward my foot caught In a vine. I fell, and he was on me like a nighthawk on a Junebug. He seized my right thigh since the hinder part of his body and, was toward my face, I grabbed his tail with my left hand. With my right I stuck my knife into his side, and summoned ail my strength to hurl him down the bank of the river. He FIND GOLD IN VERMONT. resisted. At last I worked him to the Rich Deposits of Ore Said to Have very edge and he lost his balance. He fell, but he dragged me with him. Been Discovered. has been to "Fortunately, at the bottom of the known Although gold exist in sections of the Green Moun- bank I found myBelf uppermost. I tains in Vermont for many years, un- aimed a desperate blow at his neck. til the last year it was not discovered He struggled a few moments, and mat it could be mined in sufficient then his loosened strength told me I quantities to pay for the cost of bring- was saved. "I returned to the treetop and made ing out the ore. Recently, experias comfortable a bed as a myself ments were conducted quietly in the man need ask for. Next mornReads-borweary of of the neighborhood villages and Wilminton. in Bennington ing fifty Comanches joined me, and county, and the result is that rich some of the warriors discovered the ore has been discovered. Speculators body of the cougar and began skintraveling under different guises ex- ning it. The chief noticed how many amined whole tracts of barren farms stabs were in it, and when I told him and thousands of acres were leased of my struggle, said: 'Brave hunter, for mining privileges, until at the brave man and wished to adopt me present time rough pasture land con- into his tribe, which honor I declinsidered of little value for the last cen- ed. tury, has taken a sudden rise with A Party Trick. the opening of spring in the last few is Here a party game or trick, weeks and operations which resemble in magnitude the mining interests of which, while it does not rank as one the West are springing up. A num- especially intellectual, nevertheless it ber of companies have been formed, offers a nice diversion for the time. First begin the conversation with and gold mining plants are being some special person present In a casplaced in operation along the mountains. bordering the upper portion of ual manner, and then have it lead on the Deerfield valley. The interest in to their strength of mind or power of the field of operations is increasing, resistance. When you have them most and soon there will be a number of deeply interested make the remark large mining corporations, which have that you can compel them to move the best available sites under lease, in from their seat without touching them. Naturally they will contradict this full operation. boast. Then slip off about two feet and look them steadily in the eye, PARROT FOILED BURGLARS. never allowing your eye to leave theirs Pet of Berlin Jeweler Saves His Owner for a second. In a few moments they will become so tired of sitting still Much Loss. One morning during the past winter and so uneasy under your steady gaze a jeweler in Berlin was awakened at as to get up of their own accord and an early hour by his pet parrot, who change scats or move further down had entereil his room and was vocifer- the settee. When they do this, of course, you have become successful in ously persuading him in guttural German to Hurry up and shoot the rob- your party trick. bers!" The tradesman hastened to How to Make a Lasso. act on the advice of his feathered or ranger of the westNo cowboy friend, and. arming himself with a re- ern of is any account without plains volver, descended to the lower rooms, a or "rope, as It is generally lasso, bura masked encountered he where called. It Is a much more useful glar, whose operations ho had oppor- article than a revolver, and the catThe reiterated tunely Interrupted. prefers expert ropers to cries of the parrot attracted tne atten- tle king shots crack any day. tion of the police, and the thief was Lassoes can be liought in any town The arrested. grateful jeweler gave west of Kansas City, and a fair article a grand dinner in honor of his parrot, is manufactured for shIo, but tbe exwhose timely warning had protected It pert roper makes his own rope. his property mu) iTui.a'ily eis lif. may come in bandy some day to save 1 o Princess Marie Gabrielle. hsr father's chief .wist ant and who, in simple frock, with nurse's apron, cuff, collar and cap. bathes the aching head and cheers the fainting heart, was reared to believe that the charity which helps others to help themselves is the best thing in the world and in all her service to the poor she endeavors to put this thought into their minds. Her work is far superior to that of the him! nurse, for her heart is in it. No service of tnc sick room Is beneath her dignity, and no patient oo common ior her tender care. Latterly she has done less work than ilia his life, and he wants to bo sure thst The King. Its drew for a mo'nent oat of the (trlfa. it is made properly. This Is the way That man with the earnest face. he makes it: And dreamed anew a dream of power. An he paused in the market place; first, the rawhide is cut in thin And lo! all those years before him trips as long as inissible aud half Grew luminous, and unrolled. tanned with tie hair on. Then theso Till he bull: u mighty mansion, strips are soaked and stretched over And his vaults o'errsn with gold. a block. They are men braided into is He sot there alone In his chamber. rope, care being taken, of course, to And mused thro the evening dim, the strands as tight as possible pull A chosen man from the people. When the riata (lasso) is made it And a vision came to him; should be burled for a week, ten days, or even a fortnight, in the sand. It takes up moisture front the ground without getting hard. Soaking in the water won't do, nor wi!l anything else, so the old ropers say, except burying it. When the riata is dug up it should again be left for a time stretched over a block, with a weight to hold it taut. Then the hair should be sandpapered off the outside, and when the riata la greased with mutton tallow and properly noosed is ready for use. Every roper who pretends to take care of his apparatus will bury his riata aud stretch it every s;x or eight months. With these precautions a a lasso is practically everlasting. It can't wear out, and a herd of rattle could hardly break it. A Joker Among Birds. The biupjay is the most persistent practical joker in the feathered kingdom. He will conceal himself In a dump of leaves near the spot where small birds are accustomed to gather, and when they are enjoying In their own fashion will suddenly frighten them almost to death by screaming out like a hawk. Of course they scatter in every direction, and when they do so the mischievous rascal gives vent to a cackle that sounds very much like a laugh, flf he confined his pranks to such jokes as this, however, he would not be such a bad neighbor to birda smaller than himself, but when he amuses himself by breaking the egga in their nests and tearing the young to pieces with his bill he becomes a pestilent nuisance, and they often combine their forces to drive him out of the neighborhood. They do not always succeed, for he is as full of fight as of mischief, but a severe conflict teaches him that they, too, hare their rights, and this Induces him to mend his manners. thein-seive- e 8hadow Portrait Scrap-bosWhat fun it is to have a shadow of our schoolportrait scrap-hoomates! You will never know unless you get to work and make one. You can make two kinds by rutting out the inside of the shadow and pasting on to black lining, or you can cut out the outline and paste on to a square of black cloth. I prefer the former. Arrange your light so as to give the very best shadow, and hang on the wall a square piece of light brown paper. Trace very carefully, slowly and accurately, and ime tbe same rare when cutting it out. It is great fun when you have a number of portraits to have pasted in your scrap-boosome friend look through the book and try to guess who is who. k. k k See if You Can. for five minutes without moving, if you are blindfoldYon can't stand ed. You cant crush an egg when placed lengthwise netween your hands; that is, If the egg Is sound and has the ordinary shell of a hen's egg. You cant get out of a chair without bending your body forward, or putting your feet under it; that is, if you are sitting squarely on the chair, and not on the edge of it. You cant break a match if the match is laid across the nail of the middle finger of either hand and pressed upon by the first aud third fingers of that hand, despite its seeming bo easy at first sight. Health. Animals and Music. violinist, Herr Baker, has recently tested the sensitiveness to music of each of ths animals In the zoological gardens of Germany. The Influence of the vloli:i was greatest on the puma, whose moods changed rapidly as the nature of the music changed, becoming very much excited and uervous when quicksteps were played. Wolves showed an appreciative interest; lions and hyenas were terrified; leopards were unconcerned and monkeys curious. Good Times. An eminent JEWISH FUNERAL. Hebrews Excited Over the C u i ':J gt a Venerated Rabbi. scores took Most extij.iin!!: sry place in Tunis jo.derday on tho occasion of the burial of Mouchl Berrebl. the laic Grnrd I!abbi of the Jews of the protectorate, says a Paris dispatch to the lAindon Telegraph. Hebrew triuliiiors are kept to the letter of the law fu Tunis, especially aa regards iYiieruis. About 5,U)i) Jews of all clrss s throi god round tho funeral ca:, crdcavo.'irg to touch the body of the dead dignitary of tbe syna-ir.-s ir. The crush was enormous, and as tin- body bad several times fallen o:: of its place the police took charge o. he funeral, urd in strong force es-ted the car to the cemetery. Here fiti fit r trouble arose, as a lot of people v. anted to throw earth into tbe lOloH-taswhich was to be placed under the head of the grand rabbi in bis tcail). The jxilice succeeded, with - n e great difiii-uiiy- , and vitli the gravediggers, rhiv.nl. was or.rigi.e l to in preserving order, help of fifteen voluntary the body, in ita white tabor, from the car and the earth. Before it was e.rried down there was a final rush of people, who wanted to kiss the stroud. Many also struggled to descend into the grave for the purpoBe of salmirg the corpse for the last time, but they were driven back by aheer force. During the bprial, which was quickly owing to tbe crowds, women in the cemetery pierced the walls. air with their The explanation of these extraordinary scenes is that the Jews of Tunis considered that their graud rabbi had died a saint, or, as the phrase la among Cat holies, in the odor of sanctity, and that whoever helped to carry the body, kissed it, or even tonrhed the shroud of fine linen enveloping it, received pardon for sins committed and promises of heaven. c heart-rendin- g 80ME FACTS ABOUT LONDON. The British Capital Is a Big Town Beyond All Question. A child is born every three minutes and a death is registered every five minutes. The city contains over 700 railway stations, nearly 800 miles of railway line, and eleven railway bridges span the Thames. Dally l.OOO.OCO persona travel on the underground railways, and 2,500,000 in 5,000 omnibuses, 7,000 hansoms. 14,000 cabs, and 7,000 tram cars. Thu total population Is between C, 000, 000 and 7,000,000, Four thousand postmen deliver letters weekly, walking a distance equal to the circumference of the globe. Sixty thousand letters are written a day, consuming thirty gallons of ink. Ten thousand miles of overhead telegraph wires almost shut out the smoky canopy which spreads above tbe London Btreels, and the number of telegraph messages received in London last year was over 6,000,000. Ninety million gallons of water are consumed daily. Correspondence St. Ixrnis Post-Dispatc- h. The World's Sheep. According to official reports the wool industry of the world has undergone a marked decline within the past few years. The number of sheep in Europe has decreased 40,0(10.000 or 19 per cent, in ten years. In 1873 there were 25.ooo.ooo sheep in Germany; in 1897 the number was only 11,000,000. Since 1880 Spain has decreased her sheep holdings by 50 per cent. Hungary, as compared with 1870, has only of a supply. The flocks of Great Britain. France, and the rest of Euroiic, Russia excepted, are not increasing, for ail available land has been utilized for years. Russia is the only old world country which is increasing its sheep supply, and even there the increase is not rapid. It is said that the Australian flocks are falling off rapidly. In Argentina millions of sheep were destroyed by the floods of 1900, and the natural inf crease has not more than overcome the depletion. In the United States there are fewer sheep than there were ten years ago, but it Is noticed that the numbers are again slowly increasing. one-thir- d one-hal- In Sydney, Australia, in the best houses, the kitchens are on the top floor, and the cluthr-- are dried on tha Schedule for Friday. Teachers often find the developing'' process discouraging. A young minister, seeking to impress the beauties of nature upon his class of East Side boys, had been describing the gradual unfolding of the springtime, Pausing impressively at the end of his speech, he asked: Now tell me, boys, in your own language, what comes in the spring? "The rent man! quavered a pathetic little treble. Again the developer's enthusiasm was chilled when urging niton his pupils the imitorlance of attendance upon the Friday evening exercises. "Remember, children," said tho pastor, our church is open on Friday as well as on Sunday. On Sabbath lay we have tho reguis' uotuiug and services. uiih a evening blandly ex pci taut luuk 'urnnl do wu have on Friday? :r Fresh fish. roof. boys. Thia Should Be Read Quickly. "H. B. V. writes to remind us of the creature called the woodchuck and proceeds to supply us with the following riddle: "liow much wood would a woodchuck ch&ck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? The answer of course Is: As much wood as a woodchuck would chuck If a woodchuck could One must read it quickchuck wood. ly to appreciate the humor. ! Judg'. |