BLOOM6BUKG, i
AMONG THE POETS.
In the Thick of It. j
ay, whither go these fellow '
With hair o very long, ' ' j
Their muscles Indicating t ;
That they are very strona-T
Thi'lr milts nre thickly padded.
With pride their faces glow,
Some objects queer they enrry
Bay, whither do they go?
These rhnps with bulfilng muscle
And I'aderewskl hnlr,
With pads of large dimension!
In clothing that they wear
Why, they're the season's heroes,
Who bravely strive for fame, 1
And proudly they are going !
To play a football game.
Whence come these tattered fellows '
With hiilr so badly torn,
While some, all cut and battered,
Are by their comrades bnrnc?
And hire and there Is limping
A chap with bandaged shin.
And some have both eyes blackened
Where have these victims been?
They've not been In a battle,
Although It looks that way;
Their wounds were not Inflicted
By men In deadly fray.
Ah, no! these tattered fellows,
Some cut, some bruised, some lame,
Are hnroes who've been playing
A Rugby football game.
They don't regard the bruises,
They never shrink at mire;
For laurels they nre striving,
To glory they aspire. !,
They're now the season's heroes.
These chaps of grit and brawn.
Bo call the umbulunces
And let the game go on.
-Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
Actions anil Words,
Here's a sentiment worthy to keep In your
mind,
As you trnvel through life, for It's true, you
will find;
That you're not so much valued by what
you may say,
As by what you may do In a practical way.
For unless you perform what you say you
can do,
Grave doubts will arise that you're honest
and true;
Remember, that actions speak louder titan
words.
Nor would I discourage the message that
cheers,
Or the prayer or the blessing of sympathy's
tears;
They are always In order; they help In their
way
To hasten the dawn of millennial day.
But a little more gold sandwiched In with
your prayers
Would banish more tears, and lighten more
cares;
Though your voice be as sweet as the song
of the birds,
Rsmember, that actions speak louder thnn
words.
-Charles W. Bcarff, in Rural New Yorker.
rinln Snmnnthy Ann.
Twice lucky Is the poet who
May call his sweetheart Rose.
Hl sonnets speak her eyes of blue.
His ballads sing her pose;
A rhyme with Gladys one might pan.
Quite good enough to scan,
But what If your girl's cognomen
Was plain Samantha Ann?
Now, if 'twere Grace or Isabel,
Or May, without a doubt
The muse would weave a mystic spell
And some way help him out;
But Pegasus will veer in fright.
Dismounting any man
Who dares an amorous verse indite
To Plain Samantha Ann.
There's Poe's Lenore and Burns' Jean
For song were graceful themes,
They well might speak of modest mien"
And weave their fancied dreams.
But my sweetheart! Ah, such a shame
To thus Indict a ban
On rhyming lover with a name
Like plain Samanthy Ann.
Roy Farrell Qreene, in Detroit Free Press.
The Voter.
Just before election day the voter's head Is
high;
.Inst before election day he's lauded to the
sky;
Msj smokes the best cigars there are, he's
treated as a knight. '
Hss told to go and heJp himself to any
thing in sight;
;i gets the best attention when he has a
word to say,
.indall his Jokes aroif unny, Just before elec
tion day,
Ittst before election day the voter stands
supreme,
"leatde his power kingly sway Is but an
empty dream;
h him the nation's hopes depend, he holds
his country's fate
Vlthln the hollow of his hand he steers
the ship of state
lut when the votes are counted zitt! his
greatness fades away!
Is's like a turkey that was proud before
Thanksgiving day!
-B. E. Kiser, in Chicago Times-Herald.
Whistle Awnr.
"Yhtstle away, my merry boy,
' Ith happy face and heart of Joy;
f it will help you to be strong,
i'hlstle a tune when things go wrong.
md whistling lightens it for you, .
f e'er your task is hard to do.
Vhetner It be sowing the seeds,
'toeing the corn, or pulling weeds,
'atherlng fruit, or raking hay,
driving cows, whistle away,
ThlHtle a tune, if you can't sing,
nd that should seem the next best thing
hat you can do, perhaps 'twill cheer
he hearts of some who chance to hear.
better to whistle than to pout,
.ind scold and fret, no one can doubt;
: i) keep a merry heart, my lad,
.'.nd thus make other people glad.
I "o all the good you can each day,
;nd as you toll, whistle away.
--Toronto Truth.
He Whistled on the Way,
No deeds of fame enshrined his nam
No laurel wreath or bay;
.'.nd yet he made earth happier;
He whistled on the way.
?hn sorrow frowned and stars wera
drowi ed
Tn stormy skies and gray,
V saw tne light stream through the
night;
He whistled on the wayl
nd even grief found sweet relief
Hope shed a brighter ray,
. At hearts he knew not blessed him
B"or whistling on the wayl
-nd when from life's dark shadow
He passed Into the day
hey wrote above, thin line of love:
"He whistled on the way!"
S L. Stanton, In Atlanta Constitution.
Am Open I.eter to Mrs. Grnndy.
oo4 Mrs. Grundy, potent darnel we hum
bly bow before you;
s jo, who cun make or blast a name, with
trembling we adore you.
' strive to gain your great, good will,
your favor we have curried;
;.' shall we fawn before you till we're fully
dead and buried,
old and young, the high and low, are
all within your keeping,
v-hate'er you say Is law, we know; your
edict full and sweeping,
.ud so with earr.est hearts we pray on
week days and on Sunday,
Vhate'er of others you may say, O, spare
us, Mrs. Orundyl
- JUoa Waterman, la Elliott' Marain
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A FEW VALUABLE RECIPES.
ITlumorous directions furnished with nn
advertisement of n school supply house, j
To Drop Eggs. Let go your hold on
them.
An Inexpensive Pish. A three-cent
tin plate.
Clear Soup. Take two pints of wa
ter; wash them thoroughly on both
cities; pour into a dish or something,
and srir around on the kitchen lloor un
til done.
Touud Cake. Mix up u pound of flour
nnd other Ingredients; place in a "cut
glass" dish nnd pound; bnke in a re
frigerator for half mi hour. This will
be found nn excellent recipe.
Stomach Cnkc or Stomach Ache.'
Line a smnH boy's stomach with green
apples, cucumber, ice water and
peuehe of "emerald hue." Thin is nn
economical recipe and can be done at
short notice.
Ice Cream. Pry a piece of ice in the
sun; wipe thoroughly with a dump
cloth; ktir in some cold erenni or cam
phorated vaseline; flavor with am
monia or kerosene oil; fan until It
freezes ajid garnish with spinach. Tlvls
should be served cold with hot soup.
rium Pie. Make a tough dough;
hammer out a front and back breadth;
sine a dish with India rubber ovcrshoee;
put around ft veneering of dough; fUl
the dish with oough drops; put on the
to)) crust; feather stitch around the
edges and bake in a tinker's furnace.
Calves' Foot Jelly. Get trusted for
a Chicago calf (they have the Inrgest
feet) ; cut oft the calf which can be used
for hash or chicken salad; wash the
feet; thicken with fish glue and a few
drops of molasses; strnin through a
cane-seated chair (rocker preferred);
pour slowly into a blue bowl with red
pictures on the outside of it; set luider
a Christmas tree until it becomes of the
proper consistency.
ASIA AND AFRICA.
The population of Jerusalem ia 45,
000. Of these 28,000 nre Hebrews.
For the crown prince of Japan a beau
tiful palace is being built, with the
frame work of iron calculated to with
stand earthquakes.
Twenty years ago Egypt had hardly
a single good rond. Puring the last six
years over 1,000 miles of good roads
have been built.
Russia's Asiatic possessions are three
times the size of Great Britain's; but
hold only 23,000,000 inhabitants, as com
pared with England's 297,000,000 sub
jects. The authorities in Algeria gave $40,
000 toward fighting the grasshoppers.
In one section 3,200 camels were em
ployed to carry the material for burn
ing over the places where eggs hnd been
deposited.
France's Anti-Tobacco society is go
ing to make Negus Menelik a member.
The society has learned that smoking
Is almost unknown in Abyssinia and
is punished as a crime when practiced.
French explorers have to smoke their
cigarettes in secret.
A good giraffe skin is worth from
ten to twenty dollars in South Africa
to-day, and much more in Europe. On
their hunting trips ten or fifteen years
ago it was a common matter for one
hunter to kill 40 or 50 of these grucef ul
animals in one day.
It is interesting to note that the
early Egyptian custom of paying gold
in the form of rings has not entirely
died out in Africa at the present day,
and that English merchants trading
with the Kongo are quite accustomed
to receiving gold in the form of rings,
frequently ornamented with the sign
of the zodiac in relief. "
A LITTLE OF ALL SORTS.
Itaffaellt, the Parisian artist, ex
presses the belief that New York has an
art atmosphere.
The republic of Venezuela contains
500,159 square miles. It is larger than
any country in Europe except Itussia.
The skeleton of a giant over seven feet
in length was discovered by excavutor
at King Hill, Me. The site many yeur.
ago was used by Kicks poos as a bury
ing ground.
The camel, inured to hardships and
privations, does double the work oi a
pair of horses, is tractable and can be
kept in good condition on a compara
tively smull amount of inferior fodder.
According to a London journal, the
number of stamps now current in the
world is 13,811. England has 131, her
colonics 3,843. The United States has
2G8 different kinds, the republic of Sal
vador 272.
The gold output for the Cripple
Creek district for September amounted
to $1,731,000, surpassing all records.
The production of gold in this district
from the time of its discovery in 1891
to date is $02,057,292.
Another blue grotto, like that on the
isltind of Capri, has been discovered on
the shore of the promontory of Sklnnrl
on the Ionian island Znnte. The en
trance Is from the sea nnd is larger than
in the Capri grotto, but the interior is
smaller. Fishing boats can make their
way in when the water is calm.
TOWN TOPICS. N
Baltimore claims the largest negro
population of any city in the world.
An experiment is being tried in Pe
troit of allowing the firemen one "day
off" in five.
A searchlight has been added to the
equipment of the New York (Ire de
partment to help the men in dark hall
ways nnd corners.
Lexington, Muss., Is making prepara
tions for an elaborate celebration it
intends to have April 19, 1!)00, or tlin
one hundred and twenty-fifth anniver
sary of the battle there.
New York want- a museum of "Liv
ing History and Court of All Nutlons,"
to cost several millions, exhibiting con
temporaneous art and manufacture
from every country In the world.
VARIOUS AND INTERESTING.
It is said to be Senntor Pepew's wish
that all women members of his family
should enter professions.
Puring the decade ended ISPS our
shipyards produced only 213,000 gross
tons of ocenn steamships, while in the
same period German yards turned out
850,000 gross tons and British yards
0,080,000 gross tons.
Bused on Bureau Veritas returns, the
world's seagoing sail tonnage in the
Inst quarter of a century hits decreased
from M,lS5,8:n tons to S,'.Kt,7'.m tons, a
decrease of 40 per cent. The decrease
in the United Stales has been at the
average rate.
Through the financial misfortunes of
an old New Yorker a famous art treas
ure, Gerome's "('onsiimmnt umest,"
depicting the rrueifixlon of Christ on
Mount CnJvary, has been discovered.
Art connoisseurs my it is worth from
$25,000 to $.'10,000.
The New York elevated railway sta
tions ore to have slot mnelilnes for sell
ing tickets. The ifppnratus is nn elec
tric niekel-ln-tlie-slot machine, and
there will be four in etieh of the larger
stations. This new scheme will do
away with the expense of having nn
agent nt each station.
A Chicagonn hns been awarded a suit
for five cents which he claimed from
one of the elevnted railway companies.
Tie bought a ticket and parsed through
the turnstile, then waited half an hour
for a train. As no train came, he de
manded the return of his fare, which
was refused. The cost of the suit was
four dollars.
The lack of a label on a bottle of car
bolic acid caused the death of a woman
in Chicago the other day. The nurse
had left for her several bottles, some
of which were unlabeled, and had given
oral instructions for their use. The
lady picked up one of these, thinking it
a liniment. The burns were such that
the woman in the condition In which
she was could not survive.
PERT AND PERSONAL.
John Morlcy and Joseph Chamberlain,
although opponents in polities, in ev
eryday life are the best of friends.
Miss Elsie Pepew Strang, of l'eeksklll,
N. Y., a niece of Senator Chauncey Pe
pew, has received the degree of doctor
of medicine from the Women's Medical
College Infirmary for Women and Chil
dren. C. Oliver Iselin is credited with de
claring that he will no longer undertake
to build or manage a yacht to defend the
America's cup, and his rutirement will
probably be followed by Not llerreshoff,
designer of three of the defenders.
It is reported that cx-1'rcsident Har
rison received from the government of
Venezuela for arguing the boundary
cose, which has just been determined
in l'nris, $150,000 some say $250,000.
Undoubtedly it was one of the largest
fees ever paid, because the interests
were enormous, and there were very
few men in the world who could have
undertaken the argument.
M. Santos-Uumont, member of the
Automobile nnd Aero clubs of Paris,
seems to have solved the problem of
steering balloons. He recently went up
at Vanguard nnd first directed his
course toward the Eiffel tower, which
he encircled. Then he turned off west,
ihough n southwest wind was blowing
at the time, and finally came down near
the Moulin, at Bagatelle, in the Hois de
Boulogne. '
BOGUS ANTIQUES.
In Birmingham there is a flourishing
trade in antique armor made to-day.
China-labeled antique comes from
France, Holland iind Germany, and the
false print is perhaps the commonestof
nil forgeries.
The demand for exnmples of the work
of celebrated old engravers is so great
that several firms are engaged in repro
ducing them. Many arc sold every day
as originals.
Forgers have attempted to copy an
tique silver plate, but their efforts are
usually amiibing. There was once on
sale in Borne a great silver cup, said to
have come from secret excavations in
Sicily. It was ornamented with a cir
cular bas-relief of the Parthenon frieze
In his innocence the forger hnd given
the frieze in its present ruined condi
tion. Nutional museum experts nre fre
quently cuught. For instance, the Brit
ish museum bought a Palissy plate for
. 50 nearly $250. An attendant, dust
lug it, knocked off one of the seals at
tnched to the back of the plate attesting
its genuineness nnd disclosed the mark
of a modern French potter. Two terra
cotta figures of Isis and Osiris bought
for the same institution for $5,000 have
been discovered to be of modern clay.
ARMY AND NAVY NOTES.
Naval experts are indorsing strongly
the project of a national navul reserve,
with four-year terms of service.
The navy yard at Charlestown, Mass.,
is to. have an immense water basin
where hips can connect with the Fitch
burg railway.
. Officers on United States warships in
American harbor conipluin that vis
itors are so numerous as to interfere
with regulur duties on shipboard.
Admiral Crowninshleld believes the
government should maintain perma
nent barracks on shore at this large
naval stations for the crews of vessel
in reserve and for new recruits which
increasing service requires.
At the Charlestown (Mass.) navy yard
recently 100 workmen in the eonstniu
tion nnd repair department were dU
churged beeuuse the government allot
ment for that department was $14,000
less than had been expected.
The appropriation inndo by congress
this year for naval construction is con
sidered too meager by many naval ex
perts, us the demand for refitting ships
for the Philippine service has used up
already nearly oue-hulf the amount.
INDUSTRIAL NOTES.
Perfumes and essences made from
lemon, orange nnd bergamot long ago
made Sicily famous In the annals of the
perfumers.
The United States manufacture ex
tensively perfumes from win tergreen,
sassafras and several other woods nnd
herbs.
Perfumes are made from a great va
riety of seeds, nnd by combining some
of these new perfumes are made, which
resemble none of those pretusly
known.
On the basis ot results of previous ex
hibitions nt Paris, it is assumed that
82.5S8.2S0 people will pass through the.
turnstiles, and it is possible that the
total numJier may reach tio.ooo.oon.
There will be a model American post
office nt the Paris exposition. Ar
rangements have been made with the
French postal authorities whereby
mails for Americans in Pnris will 1
sent directly to this office instead of
going through the regular channels.
The post office will be fitted up with
nH of the modern postal appliance.
Work hns begun on the renovation of
the facade of the Cathedral of Milan.
An attempt will lie made to remove
some of the inconsistencies of style
due to the fact that four centuries were
taken in the completion of the eathe-.
dral. The plnn adopted Is that of
Gulseppe Brentnno, who won the prize
over 120 competitors.
Nine columns of the hypostyle hall
of the temple of El-Knrnnk. nt Thebes,
have fallen. The temple of El-Knrnnk
is one of the most magnificent temples
of ancient architecture in the World.
The hall measures 170 by 320 feet. The
stone roof was originally supported by
134 columns, the tallest of which was
nearly 70 feet high and 12 feet in di
ameter. It was built by Setee I. of the
nineteenth Egyptian dynasty.
AFTER-DINNER TOPICS.
For after-dinner topics of conversation
the following questions have been voted a
prize. They nre considered "sensibly hu
morous" and have Just claim to that title,
though some of them ore serious enough,
Bonictimes.J
Whut advantage hns the new woman
over the old ?
Are heroes or heroine the more to be
ndmired?
Is it an easy matter to "spot" an old
bachelor in n crowd?
Poes reading love stories make ladles
more Inclined to flirt?
How would you cure n man who stops
too much at his club?
When Is an apology a crime, and
wlieu is it merely a blunder?
Is it better to marry for love or for
riches, or for a compound of both ?
When a man has offended a woman
should he admit being to blame or not?
What means should be adopted to
bring u bushful man to the "sticking
point?"
Why do old bachelors and old maids
give their preference to lodgings where
there nre no children?
If n husband be a few days absent
from home should he bring his wife a
present on his return?
If u cross wife commences to scold
her husband is it n good policy for him
to commence whittling?
Should the husband occasionally re
main ut home to look after the children
and leave his wife free to go to the the
ater? Supposing you had a few friends
whom you knew to be downcast, how
would you entertain them for an hour
so as to make them give a good hearty
laugh?
ENGLISH AFFAIRS.
London holds 03 per cent, of its po
licemen for night duty.
There are, it is estimated, about 5,000
doctors in London.
Manchester, England, has opened
lodging-house under the control of the
city to accommodate 300 men.
A good English authority estimate
that $1,000,000,000 foreign capital Is
now operating in Russia in manufactur
ing, industrial, steamship and other en
terprises. The leasing of Covent garden in Lon
don by the opera syndicate entil 194S
include everything except one box and
two 6talls. These the duke of Bedford,
owner of the property, reserved for his
own use at any performance in the next
49 years without the payment of an
entrance fee.
Although Chatham Is 60 near to Lon
don little has been heard of the great
magazines for explosives which the ad
miralty are having erected at a cost of
ubout $730,000. The magazines will be
some distance from the royal dockyard ;
and the further the better, for, however
cureful the precautious agninsH acci
dents, the danger is always, there.
These new magazines will greatly facil
itate the dealing with large quantities
of ammunition and the consumption of
ammunition for practice purposes only
is increasing at an amazing rate,
BETWEEN TRAINS.
A little snuke is as apt to bite us a big
one.
Love is blind, but vain regret has good
eyesight.
Tlit; miin can never do what the boy
might have done.
All philosophy is a failure when the
philosopher has the toothache.
The goose that lays the golden egg
generally belongs to a fool who kills it.
The more poetry a man has in him the
more It tries him to set up stove pipe.
If every horse with a fuult were
knocked in 1 he head, nobody would ride.
No man fuils for lack of talent. The
thing that floors him is lack of purpose.
Women jump ut conclusions, but the
philosopher get there on his hands and
knees.
When ft man Is starving It is a waste
of breath to talk to linn about the
chemistry of bread. "Ham's Horn
Drown," in Indianapolis News.
Tempered with Merry.
"Ye. I was drunk, your honor," the
prisoner said, "but I've been pretty well
punished already. 1 had $00 when I
went out on the Mrort, nnd a lot of
gamblers got hold of me a.nd swindled
me out of $.vs."
"Under those circii;nstaiues," re
marked his honor, with a sympathetic
cough, "the court Is disposed to be
lenient with you. The fine will be two
dollars." Chicago TrilMn.
A HrHnii Cnse.
I.nto one evening doctor received
n note from a couple of fellow-practitioners,
saying: "Pray step across to
the club. Wo arc otic short of n game
of poker."
"Emily, dear," he 1hc;i paid to bis
wife, "I am celled iiwny again. It ii
pcars to be n very serious ciisr, for
there nre two doctors already in attendance."-
Tit-Bits.
The I r pn rdonntile I'nrt.
It It pMtlns "found out" that Is really the
curs
Of onr wrnnc. for It can't be dmlid
That !ic rat In the trap may be rot a. bit
worre
Than the one that Ih on the outnldo.
Klllott's Mure.Bltie.
hard o ti:k fa tn sr.w
Pot (aged six) Mamma, if I get mar
ried will I have to have a husband like
papa?
Mamma Yes.
Pot And If I don't get married will
I have to be an old maid like Aunt Mar
tha? Mamma Yes.
Pot (after a pause) Mamma, it's a
tough world for us women, isn't It?
Sketch.
A Short Story,
Fido was small, but dreadfully brave.
As every ono knows, for one day
He barked at a Rrent big railroad train,
And the railroad train rnnnwuy!
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
A Clond's Golden Lining,
Ilenpeck There is a man that hns'
my pity nnd envy simultaneously you
see his wife is one of the most noted of
naggers.
Friend Now, where does your envy
come in?
Henpek Well, you see he is as deaf
a a post nnd cannot hear a word she
says. Judge.
I.lvlnic 1 1 to His Principle.
"I tell you, sir, the tarring and feath
ering of that miserable scoundrel was
nn unpardonable outrage!"
"Why do you speak so warmly?"
"Because I'm vice president of the so
ciety that opposes the use of feathers in
personal adornment!" Cleveland riain
Pealer.
No Hope for Him.
"Then you cannot be the sunshine
of my life?" asked the young man,
with the insistence of one under a
fixed idea.
"No," replied the lady detective,
softly, "you know I am a professional
shadow." Indianapolis Journal.
When to Fly Utah.
First English Sparrow The legisla
tures are offering rewards for our
heads. Aren't you scared?
Second English Sparrow No, I
shan't worry until they call us game
and pass laws to protect us. N. Y.
Weekly.
Ilenlly nrinnrkahlr AVomnn.
"What is there so remarkable about
her?"
"Why, she' a woman who never
kept house in her life, nnd yet she
doesn't think she could settle the servant-girl
problem." Chicago Post.
Hot Cuiupnlijrn.
He I went through the fight with
that man.
She In the Spiinish war, I suppose
you mean?
"Oh, no; in a church choir." Yon
kers Statesman.
Not to HI Tnatr.
Wlggs Skinner has just returned a
book he borrowed.
Jiggs Pidn't he like it?
Wiggs Yes. Why do you ask?
Jltfg You say he returned iu
Town Topics.
ITntl Nnpport.
Judge The charge against you is
vagrnncy. The ollicer says you have
no visible melius of support.
"I's got a means ob suppo't, jedge;
but she done took sick an cain't do
no wasliin'." Judge.
, .
In Oklahoma.
Caller Is the editor in?
Office Boy Yes, but he can't Bee
no one to-day. Ho left his gun ut
home. N. Y. Journal.
or Coarse Tliey Will.
Grandma Ah, my deur, the men are
not what they were 50 years ago.
Ethel Well, granny, you know, 60
years will change any man. Tit-Bit.
The Fluent Trnle.
"Who Is that man over there who
talks so much?"
"He's cither u college professor or
a barber." Chicago ltcenrd.
A Difference of Opinion.
Juck Ah, Mabel, you are the apple
of my eye.
Mabel That' funny. Gecr-ge say
I'm u pencil. K. Y. Jouruul.
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RAILROAD 'RUMBLE-
Borne of the underground railroad
In London cost as high as $3,205,01).')
mile.
Officers of the street railroad com
pany in Denver estimate the daily nr.
orngc loss of the company, through
tho competition of the bicycles, at
$5ii0.
The railroads use l,3r,174 cars, of
which 3:1,505 are assigned to the pas
senger service and l. IS, SCO , to the
freight service. Of tho total 43,7.13 nrv
used by Hie companies owning them.
The Wiigncr-Pullnian Palace ear
combination is an important event ia
the railroad world. The Pullman com
pany was organized in 1H07 to operant
n service of sleeping and parlor car?.
The company owns and controls about
500 cars, which are operated over I?l,
r.n miles of railwny in the I'nititf
States, Canada, Mexico and in some
places in Europe.
A 26-mile railway for the Philip
pine waa recently packed in the hold
of a steamship ut San 1'raneisejK
Everything needed for the railroad
was sent except the tics which wilt
be obtained in the islands. It is sairt
that the railway will be used to ex
tend the 30 mires of railroad now con
trolled by the .Vmcrlenn troops. TW
engineering corps will build the
bridges, etc.
The work of cutting down the
grades on the Chicago division of the
Baltimore & Ohio Rail Bond hn.t lv-e
begun and most of the heavy work
will be completed by spring. The gen
eral plan contemplates nn IS font
maximum grade from Chicago to JW
timore, except over the mountnirrv
w here helping engines hnve to be nscA.
The reductions will cost about J.10V
000, but will allow an increase of near
ly :(0 per cent, in train loading wise
they are completed.
CONTINENTAL CONCERNS.
The crown prince of Germany be
comes of age next May and will hut
as his sepjirnte establishment the old
cast !e ut Potsdam.
There is much French and Bclgiat
capital invested in the principal rail
way lines of Spain, while England owct
many of the shorter lines, and is aiw
ajt the head of the mining interests.
Germany will soon have new postagt
stamps of one, two, four and live
marks. The styles are to be closely
modeled after the si.e and style of flie
United States Columbian stumpt of
lh93. The engravings show nation
events.
Hungarian peasants like to have a
good time when somebody die. A
wealthy farmer at SzabadUa recentlr
left 1,500 acres of land and a large sunt,
to his nephews. In his poekets were
found 0,0110 fibrins in cash. This sum,
it was decided, he had set aside for a
sump; nous funeral; so the bells were
kept ringing two days, and everybody
was royally entertained.
A "curatoriiHii" for eye troubles ex
ists in St. Petersburg, which sends com
missions through the country district
for tht purpose of giving free treat
ment and advice to those among the
peasantry who are suffering from af
fections of the eyes. The report for
the year 1S0S states that 33 of those
opht halmologicalexpeditions were sent
out during the year to certain parts of
the empire.
PLAYS FROM NOVELS.
Plays are now being given founded
on "The Choir Invisible," "The First
Violin," "Vanity Fair" nnd "The Tale
of Two Cities."
John Pryden once tried to make a
piny troni Milton' "Paradise Lost,"
und the awful result is one of the;
things best forgotten. '
Also It is rumored that the stage
will soon ce plays made from "Itich
ard Carvel," "When Knighthood Was
in Flower" nnd "David Harum."
it was prophesied that "Trilby"
staged would be a failure, whereas it
brought in so much money thut a rusli
began to stage other novels, a rutk
which still keeps up.
Successful plays have been mad
from Stanley Weymun's novels, An
thony Hope's, Hardy's "Tess," Barrie'
"Little Minister," Twain' "Pudd'n
Head Wilson" and others.
It is said a big sum of money hn
been paid for the stage rights to "Mr.
Dooley," though how a play can be
made, from these detached bits is hard
to see.
Tho fact that in modern days the
plays made from "Hubert Elsmere"
and "The Quick or the Dead" were
failures ha not kept ambitious dra
matists from trying to put others oa
the stage.
FLORAL HINTS.
Criuums. These bulb should be set
about half their depth In soil.
Hardy Hoses. The hardiest June-flowering
rose I have any knowledge of is
the Persian Yellow. Any florist can
furnish iU Better defer planting until
fcprjng.
Cinerarias. Plant for winter flow
eulng should be grown from seed.
These are much preferable to old plants,
us they are strongerin every way. Seed
ling plants may be obtained at all the
leading florist.
Sword Ferns may be propagated by
division of the roots, or by rimners,
which will root when they uome in con
tact with the soil. The new Sword I' crn,
Bostoniensis, i much like the old va
riety, except tluat. it has longer fronds.
It requires the same treatment.
Wintering Geraniums. Old plant
can be wintered in the cellar. Some
hang them up "by the heels" along the
celling. Others crowd several into a
box and give no water after they are
placed In the cellar. Generally the tops
die off, but the roots will have enough
ntality to produce sprouts II the
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