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Show V - . -- mimic contests with horses, sl stayed on the .ranches I the ath, west until one daf i when lie SiiWfctd to stumble Into a revival meeting as San dose. Cal. After that he btxa to study for the ministry. He cu&a Cowboy Mullen's Novel Method of Solving Men's Sovils Tpstead qJ load! ns: in the singing of "Heaven Is my Hume, 1 will now Ump Flying l'evil, a j( ious bron.ho owned hy Brother Sail'h " This ts the wy ra""r:'n VU am Mullen, the cow ioy t. cnt'flist how touring the prim it. ci'N--, g.us h s meetings 1 he P.ei Mr Mu!' n combines the art of breaking wild hordes 1 with that of saving wayward souls. He says religion nowadays has to have pome side attraction, and the large crowds that he draws leads to the conclusion that he Is right. He says human nature is human nature, no matter where you find It, and that horse nature Is "plagued human. when you 6tudy the disposition of a broncho. Evangelist Mullen holds' hi meet-lri- gs In the open sir, in places that giveq him ample scope for his equestrian exhibitions. When he appears upon the platform that is his pulpit he is not a very ministerial looking Hk wears a corduroy coat, figure. oh ape," a sombrero, and hlgb-heelboots. The evangelist offers a prayer ark then takes off his coat. The braqchix Is led up In front of Lbe space reserved for the anxious bench,and thehudl-ene- e Is immediately interested. Men and women form a ring atg safe distance from the untamed steed, There is much craning of necks, but the preacher reminds every one that jt is a religious meeting, and that ori must prevail. Then he takes from place on the table beside the Bible a mall rope. He approaches the broncho, which eyes him suspiciously, and sets its hoofs in a manner that shows It U getting ready to buck. Mr. Mullen pats the horse's nose until the animal begins to expect a piece of sugar or a handful of cats. At this point be steps to the table and takes up a baiter that he conceals behind his back, while he returns to the broncho and resumes his caressing man-'ne- r. ed Just as the men are becoming impatient to see some contest of strength the evangelist slips the halter over the horses head The broncho Is taken It casts a reproachful by aurprise. glance at the preacher and kicks vi- has been betrayed ciously. and It snorts as if it would like tp make the second part of the evangelist's program a failure by fixing the preacher so that he would not be able to appear in public for month. But Mr. Mullen is calm and confident He steps to one side of the horse,and, after stroking the animals tail, he braids the rope into it, wrapping the end tightly. Then he produces another rope or two, and the crowd waits pasee him try to ride. In less tiently than ten minutes the evangelist is ready to vault upon the broncho's back. As he takes the baiter and ahonta Get up! there Is much enthusiasm. Men press around the ring-antell one another that the "sky pilot knows his business, and that he ought not to waste his time on persons when be knows what ahe can do with After finishing his feat the horses. evangelist puts on his coat, wipes his heated brow with his handkerchief, and says his topic will be Going to He has a keen Hell at a 2:20 GaiL eye and a pleasant face, and when he opens the Bible to read a few verses Confidence st struction ut ths Moody Bible to preach. But h he of scripture tb re is not a person In found thatbegan mm and worn nare sot, the audit noe who has the haiil.hood to Adverta-mea- ts enyer to hear termons. walk awav b tore the There of texts, qo matter how is fconitl-iin the preachers manner Uonud they happened to be, did lie that forbid' any tr1; . g Ms exbRu-tio- n draw i row da. It as necessary to of what he can do with a horse some human interest outside of 0t has caused people to retpet t h.m l of soul-sa- x ing, and the horsg-tamWilliam Muihn was a Texas cowboy plan suggested itself. It has pitted for years. Noue of his companions on successful and It Is Mr. Mullet's n'' EVANGELIST MULLEN IN HIS the range DE- - GAS JVOV rives Out Undoubtedly one of the most remarkable features of the lari exhibition Just closed has been the multiplicity of curious and novel systems for producing tight lit electricity the extraordinary tlutric lamp that must be lighted with a maU h proved one of the trlun phs of the German suction. In gas Held tic tht portable boxes of a Paris company- have already fount their way into g a ral us- -. Acetylene, that ptculiar i 'vuch d.Siovery and invention. astonished the visitor by Its white effulgence all along the between the now bridge an fh Afreet - 1 i j whispering together over something la the municipal andhouee-tlghtln- g Uns that ts absoiute.y sensational. The contemplates disery or Invention the at the burner of common air uinHuri through the mains air that costs uoth'ng hut the pumping The great qutt,on is whch Is in to ba the ehespe-the bet. Gas and deride light ne ininpunles may or may not have to go into liquidation in anyyse, the honest citizen may hope at last to ome into his own at no d'stant day I first noticed the "fountains of I which the suburbanite sad ths farmer equally with the dweller In cities may; enjoy gas lighting all over hU house. The-- e gas fountains using the word 4a ths French sense- - are long, narrow metal boxes, standing upright, of solid! construction, to hold compressed . Hint by means of rub-j her tub s is W to Incandescent burners by way of movable lamps like1 those that stand on center tables la America. This Is the story of thw fountains; but simple as it' la, how' Is It that no one thought of It before? The gas boxes, sold to the consumer 4. ACT. HORSE-TAMIN- could sw a fractious horte as he could, and he' won much fame tven in Texas for his His fame traveled so horsemanship far that Buffalo Bill heard of him and offered him a place with the Wild West show But the cowboy preferred the Texas plains to a life made up of Travels Half Way Around World to Aarry Her lioVer bejcameh Bnd thousand mtIw must traveled, byltltf GrsJee Mqore, of Glen Falls,. ."I- s- TS'ia order that she may marry., At least that is what she must dd 'If she would marry the man of her choice. There "are others who" would be glad to save her the journey, did abe desire it, for Miss Moore is the belle of Glen Falls, but she must go t Honolulu if she wishes to wed Professor Irwin F. Beadle, tq whom she has pledged her troth. How Miss Moore feels about the matter may be Judged from the fact.' on Tuesday of last seek she started on her long trip and In a fortnight she will be Prof. BeadleS bride. Behind' the trip fa. wytltlVVUUle in the east He started west with a -- there is a deter- mination to rtlake hia fortune" and come back and claim hL bride But "Of Nations. The powerful new Ameriwhen "be reached Jhe west be, found can petroleum lamps on the Quad des himself still unable to make rapid Tuilleriee show that headway up the ladder of fortune, ao "ooal otl Is still to be' beard ffomj he wrote bis fiancee and told her he Ja the exhibition grounds and on the had determined to go to Honolulu and Paris boulevard the alcohol lamps awaited her consent. This waa not with Incandescent gas burners compete long In .coming and a year ago he with the electric light More curious still and full of a vague promise are sailed for the Hawaiian islands. Arriving In the Islands he found a the mysterious psychological and demand for an English instructor In mlnons metallic lamps. Finally, the " ' t . scientists And capitalists of Paris are -- this canned-ga- s company at the ex-- 1 hlbitlon, but they are now doing1 business on the Rue , Aubcr, beside the Grand Opera, and are beginning to extend their business all over Europe, Asia and "America, writes our correspondent It is In the full tourist quarter, snd 1 fancy there have been fewAmerlcans in Paris this summer who have not stood In admiration be fore the simple-lookin- g device dla played la-- those show windows h; 5 rath, require only to be taken home and set up on thrives. Three form the regulation "battery for a pioderate-sitv'- d house, lighting the three rooms which the French light brilliantly, the dining room, the antechamber and tha kitchen. You will In French not often find bedrooms, candles being considered the correct thing. - The company asserts there Is no other Installation of gas .that can be made so cheaply. rs i at Caracas. i distinguished themselves as the Jrhih, Scotch and .English Tommy ' Atkins did, nor had they made a record comparable with the Canadian or Australian contingents. pretty, t at r &he Earthquake romantic story. It tells of a young man who attended school at Oswego, N. Y., and sat at the same form with a bright, pretty girl, a child of S' or 9 years. He himself was 11. The two had always been playmates o . 76,293.320. The people of the United States have atood up and been counted, and tberd are Just 76,295,220 of With the possible exception of-t- ' ' jr.y r J VT AS " ' and Bryanltes and, who are opposed to expansion of any he -- kind, Americans will plume themselves npon their substantial increase, and will be Justified in doing so, tor in ten year they have gained 13,225,-46- 4, or nearly 21 per cent During the century bow closing they hare Increased from 5,308,483 to 76,295,220, and the gain in the last decade is larger than that of any previous decade. To the total the forty-fly- e states .74,627,907 and the seven territories, etc., 1,667,313. i when they grew to be youth and mlsa they became lovers. Friends watc h e d them and smiled indulgently, saying It was only a boy and girl affair and would be outgrown in time as they grew older. But as the years passed they became more end more attached to each other and ere long were publicly announced engaged to marry. This was before the young man had finished his course at college, and he then had no prospects other than the necessity of earning his living by virtue of his bright. Intelligent mind. He was studying to be a teacher and helped to make enough money upon his graduation to claim his bride and csre for her. 4 But ts the end of bis college-lif- coo-trib- the schools. He applied and range e a cheese.,' The slice 'or the mountain Mfiual Mowntala. In Jamaica there is a mountain, be- thrown off covered 1,000 acres In its tween Kingston and St Thomas In the fall, burying bouses and herds and east, on the south side of the Island, flocks and thirteen persons. Which bears the name of Judgment mountain, or Mt. Sinai, because' or the TfftfffrapH Wlm Oft Tired. which occurred " awful catastrophe wires get tired; this is Telegraph In ther In 1692, by an earthquake. most recent observstlons of the of the district of St Andrew only one pne work better on Mon dentists. A They mountain house waa'left standing. some 4,000 feet high waa cloft perpen- day than on Saturday, knd an expert dicularly for S00 or 1.000 feet from the declares that each wire ought to hive smoothly cut as the house- on whole day rept every three summit could cut down through weeks. knife wifes " "I- - - waa ap- pointed to a position and by the Judicious investment of his little capital he obtained a start on the road that has already led him to a competence and which he expects will eventually make him one of the richest mes in Hawaii. So he sent for his fiance to Join him, and told him be would arfoe thelemmeiHate-marriage.- - 1W Lons KnsagaMnt The police of Cincinnati stats Urn there are two lovers In that city whe have been engaged to be married for the last fifteen years. This postponement of the fateful plunge, however lsjjot due to the prospective bridegroom being a laggard in love; still lees la It due to the bride proving unduly coy. The simple explanation is that no time has occurred durlsg the above period when they were both Out of prison at the same time, j ' ' I - , ' .. THE CITY OF CARACAS. ' f Caracas, Vencxacla, waa again visit- damage to property. There ed by a severe earthquake last week. seven terrific shocks In succession, and Fifteen persona were killed and many the residents of the city wers terror-stricke- n. others injured. Great damage was Pres Wen .Castro and bis done to buildings,1' including the Panfamily slept for several nights under theon and the ehurcbes. The United tents In the Plata Bolivar, and all the States legation was badly damaged, churches and theaters were kept closed . but all the Occupants escaped unhurt for s week. President Castro, who leaped from a balcony on the second floor of the JLenSonv V" alumalia, government house, had one leg brokThs scene enacted In London's streets en. Mr. William Henry Doveton Hagupon the occasion of the arrival of the gard had a narrow escape, the second s "home from floor of the British legation having City Imperial Voltmtee-fallen upon him and buried him In the wars were a disgrace to the largthe debris. Reports from the Interior est city in the world and the one bow that the effeefirot the earthquake which, hag claimed, jq be fees! protect-- . ere widespread. The disturbances ed, eaye ths Chicago Tribune., Many war felt as far as the region of the social reformers have pointed to the ' Andes. There were many wonderful London" police as su organization can which maintain order without the scapes. Caracas has twice been shaken by use of physical force, and have held arthquakes In recent years. In the IF up as an example to American pomiddle of November, 1896, a severe licemen who are In the habit of nsing disturbance occurred at midnight their elute as persuaders. Perhaps There were two distinct shocks There the shameful and disgusting scenes was a panic In the city and most of on Monday night would have been the Inhabitants fled to the open places. prevented had the London police used There was BtUe damage done, how-ove-r, their clubs and used them vigorously. So far as the feceptloa of the returnand no lose of lifa The city of Caracas, which has fre- ing troops was of s patriotic characquently suffered from earthquakes, ter It assumed extraordinary dimenwas visited last July Vy a series of sions only because they were London seismic disturbances, which did great aoldlera. They had not particularly -- i ' I. Prince Christian tcior. r A dispatch from Pretoria announces the duath from enteric fever of Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstei. eldest son of Hel-cu- e the Princes of England and a grandson of Queen Victoria. He was born in 1867, and was a major in the Kings Royal rifle; He Joined the King's Royal rifles twelve years ago, and - saw great deal of war . servlet-' He -to- ok-pert In the Ashanti expedition, .. which brought heavy sorrow to the queen prinee Christian through the dealq Victor, of her aoa-l- a bsr, Prince Henry of uatteuherg, and was promoted lirrvet-,jj r in recognition, of his servkes. H? was i Oradur-ma- n with the Latterly he served with hi roqiaicnt in Ireland. He was 35 yearsjjf age. n, -- s,ir The emperor of Austria always used to send the late king of Italy annually a present of 10,009 bhked Havana clgara j |