GUESSING.
Oh. Tffa may be a blessing.
But it has it share of gloom,
For it somehow keep you giieaaing
From the cradle to the tomb.
i
ilVTien a little child first glance
' On this world he erica nnd fret,
"jDatwe he knows he' taking chances
On the parent that he get.
THE NAHRABAD
GHOST TIGER
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By CLARENCE PULLEN.
J.0C FOUND the Rnjnh of Bu--
f dhraporc . nt home In his
)3 T o palace. lie received mo
J K cordially enough, but, try
WWT I would, I could not en
list his Interest In the mat
ter about which I had come, lie was
gloomy and silent. Finding he could
not be persuaded to talk, I gave over
the business for the day nnd took my
leave. But before I left the place I met
Ram Abadhur, the hnlf-caste court In
terpreter, and learned the cause of the
Rajah's depression.
"It Is the tiger that disturbs his
ntghness," Bam Abadhur snld. "He
bas appeared In the Jungle about Nah
sabad, nnd there la much talk of him
among the people. He Is a man-eater,
but that Is nothing. Strange reports
liave come to the palace that the beast
la In the likeness of a tiger pictured on
the flag of the old Kehab kings, and
the atory has spread that he Is the re
incarnation of BaJ Kehab. Ills com
ing. It Is 'whispered, means some mis
fortune to the reigning family n death,
r It even might be that which his
tilghness most dreads (this Is very
ecrot, sahib), the return of the old
ruling family to the throne."
Through many traditions I knew BaJ
pCehab, the mighty founder of the
toyal family that had ruled Budhra
Iore for a thousand years, up to the
time, half a century before, when the
Bast India Company installed In power
the new dynasty, which began with the
present Bajah'a grandfather, and I
bad seen In the Viceroy's palace at
Calcutta, kept as a rello. the flag which
from the time of Raj Kehab down to
the last king descended from him had
been the emblem of the Kehab dy
nasty. Its design was a tiger worked
In white embroidery upon a dark-green
ground.
I rode home, and at the bnngnlow
found Khatra Ahab, the shikari, await
ing me In the compound. He was
master of his craft. He knew the
bablts of all the Jungle beasts and
could read the tokens of their goings
and comings as surely as the white
tnan reads the business signs In the
fclty streets. Before I had time to
peak with him I was hailed from the
Verandah by Captain Bent Murdoch,
Dhlef of the Budhrapore police, who
bad ridden with his orderly from Ca
tamhat that morning. After bidding
him welcome I questioned Khatra as
to the truth of the report of a man
dating tiger In the Nahrabad Jungle.
"I have seen hlra," the shikari an
swered. "Watching "from a tree, I
aw him pass not twenty paces away.
On that day he carried off my cousin's
Wife from the rice field. Ha bad feast
ed and had no need to kill, but he
looked at me. Sahib, his color! I
wear by Krishna, he was white. And
tils eyes! The color of a tiger's eyes
In daylight Is yellow, but bis were red
-e red aa the blood smears on his
fowls. When I saw his tracks I knew
them, for I had seen them before,
ftablb. It Is useless to follow him, for
bo Is a ghost tiger. His lair Is In the
baunted city of Nahrabad.1
"Then to Nahrabad we will go for
blm," exclaimed Captain Murdoch,
mho was famous aa a hunter of big
Came. "Ghost or no ghost, white or
triped, we'll wait for him there to
night If lead fails we'll try a silver
bullet. I suppose, major, you can lend
arte a gun?"
"Two, rf you wish," I returned.
Khatra, you know the tiger's path.
Too will guide us this afternoon to
where we shall watch to-night by the
Xiahrabad ruins." .
The tfhlkarl tried to object, but I
Overruled his objections, and he un
willingly agreed to be our guide. The
details having been arranged, I had
time to talk with Murdoch. For sev
aral months he hnd been unusually
busy suppressing the dncolts who, nt
the beginning of the year, bnd stnrted
their annual carnival of robbery nnd
murder in the Rajah's, domlnlnous
He had broken up the principal bnnd
and, so fur as could be known, those
of the outlaws who hnd not been
killed outright were lu Jull awaiting
the trials which would determine
-whether they should be bnnged or
sent to portal servitude In the Anda
mans. One only bad escaped, NadraJ,
their chief, and no search could dis
cover bis hiding place.
' "His death or capture would be
worth more than that of all the rest
of the band," Murdoch said. "There
won't be an end of dacoity in Budbra
pore so long as he Is alive."
Everybody In Budhrapore knew of
NadraJ, and most people, native or
European, bad cause to dread him. A
bigh-born Hindu, fanatically hating
everything associated with the English
rule In India, his cituies and cruelties
had been Inspired as much by hatred
and revenge as by desire of plunder.
Native mothers stilled their children
with the threat of his name. As be
was atterly desperate, even the Rajnb
felsnself, who favored the English
c Id not be safe from the chance of
svssasslnaUoa while NadraJ was at
Jare.
I asa't think where be can be con
He takes ehanees on Instructor
When at school he firat appear"
And on brakrmen and cor.ductoi
And especially engineer.
Your doubt Veep coming ateady
And they fill your mind with paint
Scarce you get one anawcr ready
Ere you've got to guen again.
Washington Star.
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cealcd," the captain continued. "If he
were friendly to the Rajah I could un
derstand, but bis Majesty bas the
greatest motive of any one for wishing
him off the earth. Do you know that
this dacolt Is of the old royal family
a lineal descendant, It Is said, of Raj
Kehab? If the old dynasty had not
been overthrown by the help of the
English he might be Bajnh of Budhra
pore to-day. We are going to his an
cestral city to-night to wait for the
tiger."
Our preparations for the hunt were
simple two heavy rifles, a haversack
with provisions, nnd a mat to sit on.
We made our start for Nahrabad In the
nfternoon and rode to a little village
at the Jungle's edge, where the people
hnd already gathered the wood for the
Ores which they would burn at night
to keep the tiger away.
Leaving the horses there In charge of
the captain's orderly, we walked along
the bullock path which led through a
dense Jungle to the ruined city. An
hour's walking brought us to a spot
where the path emerged Into an open,
grassy space. On the right, across a
nullah, n ruined wall encircled the face
of an eminence, and a vast heap of
fallen stone rising like a hill within It
was Nahrabad. Raj Kehab's city.
Wild vines and bushes hid the ruin in
places, and a few trees hnd forced
their way Into the open among the
stones of the fallen walls. Here and
there a carved column or stretch of
wall stood In place. Far tip In the
ruins, nt the very top, there rose from
the debris two marble posts, with the
capstones still resting upon them. Here
hnd been the main entrance of the
Rnjnh's pnlnce, and from It a rock
stairway, on which ten men might have
marched abreast, could be traced down
to a broad platform where a gate bad
opened In the city wall. The gate and
Its posts were gone, but a flight of
steps, with the hewn stones broken
and nwry, but still in plnce, remnlned,
leading from the platform down to the
foot of the slope below the wall. Be
tween the foot of the wall and the
nullah, which once had been a moat.
there was a thick growth of Jungle
shrubs as high as a man's shoulders.
With Kbntra leading, we went cau
tiously on until he paused nt a line of
bent and trampled grass where some
large, soft-footed creature had made a
pathway between the Jungle and the
nullah opposite the gateway. We fol
lowed the path Into the nullah, which
was swampy at the bottom. On the
hard ground the tracks were Invisible
to the white man's eye, but here they
were deeply Imprinted In the moist
soil, the great paws of a tiger, which,
no. many hours before, had descended
rrcm the jungle into the nullah nnd
thence up the other side to the foot of
the broken steps leading to the gate
way. "The tiger Is at home," the shikari
said. "If bs comes out to range to
night he w11 pass here. We must
await his coming beyond the nullah."
We went back across the nullah to
chose our places. The sun was near its
setting, and we had no time to lose.
About thirty yards from the brink was
a korlnda bush large enough to shelter
us all. We crawled under this, and
the long, horizontally growing branches,
with their tips drooped to the ground
on every side, made a perfect place
or concealment. Through the lenfage
we cut loopholes from which we could
command the pntfj on both sides of
the nullah and the steps and gateway
beyond. This done, we opened the
haversack, ate our supper and settled
ourselves for wnltlng. The sun had
plunged down behind the ruins, and
soon the blackness of the Indian night
hid the ruined city a hundred yards
away. The very stars were shut from
our view by the overlapping branches
above our heads. We tipped our rifle
sights with phosporua in order tbnt
they might readily be caught In the
(lnrkness, nnd then made ourselves ns
comfortable as possible. There wore
the usual night noises of the Jungle,
and our ears quickened at the rustling
of small animals In the grass about us,
but there was no sound to Indicate that
the tiger had come forth. In nn hour
the round moon came up behind us,
flooding the scene with light, and the
shikari, crouching behind me, touched
my arm.
"See, sahib! Below the wall, to the
loft of the steps."
Just above the tops of the bushes.
between the nullah and the foot of the
wall, a white spot was moving, as it
afloat In the air, toward the steps that
led down from the gateway to the
ground.
"What Is It, Khatra?" I whispered,
but the shikari did not answer. With
puzzled curiosity Murdoch and I
watched the thing slowly skirting the
foot of the wall. It was not difficult
to understand that a superstitious na
tive should see In It the spirit of BaJ
Kebab patrolling the bulwark of his
city.
Up fat the ruins two Jackals, chasing
each other about the palace steps,
suddenly checked their play. pausc4
In as attltuds of listening and slunk
away ont cf view. The shlkatl,
crouching behind ma, trembled vio
lently. Turning our gaze upward,
Murdoch and I looked at the palace
doorway, where a new figure had ap
peared. The capstone on which, by
tradition, Raj Hehab's tiger emblem
stood carved In marble, had In the
daylight rested level and bare upon the
posts. Now upon the capstone, in the
full rays of the moon, white ns the
marble beneath it, the form of a tiger
was silhouetted against the night sky.
For a few long seconds, while wo
waited nnd wondered, It remained like
a statue of alabaster, then in an In
stnnt vanished. It was all very queer
and eerie.
"It Is no delusion; we both saw him.
What do you think?" I whispered to
Murdoch.
"We're here to shoot whatever
comes," the captain answered. "If It
Isn't a trick of Imagination, If that's
the fellow that made the tracks in
the nullah, he should show up next
at the gateway. Ha! what's that be
low the wall, at the foot of the steps?
The tiger can't have gone down there
so soon! It's a man and he's going
up Into the city."
In the excitement of watching the
appnrltlon on the capstone we had
taken no further thought of the white
object afloat above the bushes, until
now, emerging Into the open space at
the foot of the steps, it took form of
the turban of a tall man In native gnrb,
who began to ascend the stops to the
gateway. As his hend and shoulders
rose above the landing he looked
around, bringing his profile Into view.
Murdoch started.
"Khatra!" he whispered, shaking the
trembling shikari, "tell me who It Is
you seer'
"Captain snhlb," the answer came
qulveringly, "it is the spirit of his great
ancestor. Raj Kehab. It Is NadraJ."
The man went on, stepped upon the
landing and stood upright, while bis
shndow, stretching across the platform
before blm, fell upon a square-faced
upright stone, A pale something crept
like a giant snake, then suddenly en
larging enormously, shot forward in a
white streak which gathered upon and
overwhelmed tne tall figure at the
landing. The sound of a man's cry of
alarm was lost in the deep-throated
note of a tiger's snarl, as the two. went
together down to the pavement. A
savage shake, the sound of crunching
bone, heard plainly by us a hundred
ynrds away, and the tiger, rising to
his feet, lifted his head, and with eyes
glowing with opaline flames looked
over his victim across the nollnh as If
In challenge to us.
Our rifles were already sighted upon
him, and we fired together. Through
the smoke we saw the tiger rise Into
the air above the man, fall half way
down upon the steps below, and roll
to the bottom. Before the rattle of
our shots had died away among the
ruins he lay outstretched and motion
less at the foot of the steps, while at
the top the head of the man be had
killed, hanging limply over the edge of
the landing, seemed peering down at
his slayer.
We reloaded our rifles, crawled from
under the bush, and went over to
where the tiger was lying. By the
light of a torch we examined the mys
terious beast which had terrified the
Rajah and his kingdom. Its hair was
milk-white from nose to tail tips, and
Its eyes the color of red-hued irises. It
needed no naturalist to tell us that the
rarest of Jungle trophies, an albino
tiger, bad fallen to our guns.
'I am an old man and have hunted
the Jungle for all my days," said the
shikari, "but never have I seen or
heard of anything so wonderful."
Then we went up the steps to the
landing where the dead man lay. Mur
doch lifted the head the neck was
broken and as Khatra held the torch
down to the upturned face they both
exclaimed together, "It la NadraJ!"
We laid the dead dacolt out on the
platform, with his folded turban cov
ering his face, and went back to the
tiger. The threat of death would not
have Induced Khatra to touch the body.
but be held the torch while Murdoch
and I skinned the beast. We carried
the skins by turn through the Jungle
to the village, and, after informing the
people that the tiger was dead, rode
back to the bungalow. With a squad
of police summoned from Caramahat,
Murdoch and I next morning went to
Nahrabad, where, having fully Iden
tified him as NadraJ, we burled the
dacolt chief by the side of the nullah,
at the foot of the old wall cf the city
his ancestors bad reigned.
Our white tiger skin was one of the
year's wonders in India. It bud
seemed pure white In the night, but In
the clear daylight the markings of the
ordlunry tiger could be seen faintly
indicated by clouded streaks, like light
crayon peuellings on the white ground
color. The Rajah was delighted' with
what we had done, and he sent two
splendid emeralds to Murdoch and me
lu appreciation o our service In rlddlug
his dominions of the ghost-like dis
turber of the royal peace. Ho greatly
desired the skin and repeatedly asked
us to name a price for It, but Murdoch
and I held It with the Intention of pre
senting it to her Majesty the Em
press at a convenient time. But we
delayed too loug, for It vanished from
the bungalow one day in my absence.
and no search could recover it I sus
pect that the Rajah and bis priests
could have accounted for its disappear
ance. Held in their custody, they
would regard It as a hostage against
future reincarnations of Raj Kehab,
But nothing we could do helped the
matter, and Murdoch and I bad to re
gard the Rajah's emeralds as recom
pense for the loss of our priceless
trophy. Washington Fost
Aa Iboum From Caralauama.
The Incase of the British FostofSes
from money in envelopes having no or
Insufficient address Is 130,000 or $35,000
day.
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fldtentdre.
STIRRING INCIDENT IN MOROCCO
EEKERS after adventure
n y.l .... . 1 . m
1 HftU V MIS IU1IUIT I'JItl!
I Morocco for stirring Incl-
I deilt. Let thorn merelv la
captured by the tribesmen
who are in revolt ngnlnst
the Sultan, and If they live to tell the
story, publishers will be enger enough
to buy it. They are fairly certain of
receiving courteous treatment. They
may be chopped to pieces na an ex
ample of what the followers of the
prophet can do to a dog of an un
believer, but until that moment arrives
they will live as well as their enptors
Which, if not up to western standards,
is better thnn not living at all. This Is
suggested by the story told by Mr.
Harris, the correspondent of the Lon
don Times, who speaks from experi
ence. His capture and retention by
I he tribesmen constituted almost an
International Incident ns his enptors
desired and his release nfter three un
comfortable weeks was the result ouly
of much skilled diplomacy on the part
of the British foreign oillce.
Mr. Hnrrls is an old baud In the Enst.
Ho hns lived In Morocco many yea is
nnd knows everybody there that is
worth knowing. He' has lived with
tho Arabs of tne Yemen, and escaped
from their desire to kill Christians by,
so to sny, the skin of his teeth. But
his capture shows that ho hns not yet
fully fathomed the guile of the Orien
tal. The troops of the Sultan had Just
burned a vlllnge, and Mr. Harris went
out to see what hnd been done. He
was unnrmed, nnd was accompanied
only by bis Moorish groom. Out on the
plnln he was shot nt, and a retreat
was ordered, when his movement was
stopped by the approach of two tribes
men, whom he knew, who advanced
with conventional signs of friendliness.
They wanted to know whnt the Sultan
Intended doing, and asked him to come
to the chief so that ho might get
messages to carry to his innjesty.
Under promises of snfe conduct he
went, nnd was promptly pounced upon
nnd captured by retainers of Ralsuli,
the chief.
Rnlsull, according to his story, is a
handsome young man, inlld In manner
nnd courteous In mldrcss. Mr. Harris
hnd known lilni well In Tnngler before
he took to tlie hills. He received the
Englishman warmly and told him that
no hnrm-would come to him ns loug ns
tho Sultan mnde no attack. If this
happened ho would sorrowfully be
compelled to kill him. Ferhnps he
would kill him anyway, for by whnt
better means could he embarrass bis
enemy thnn by killing a. prominent
Christian, and an Englishman at that?
This was all said in the presence of
some 2000 tribesmen, most of whom
were flourishing their knives nnd
hangers In a most threatening mnnner.
In the meantime, everything possible
would be done for the comfort of the
prisoner.
They put him in Jnll. It was a very
small, very dark and very dirty room.
When the prisoner's eyes became ac
customed to the darkness, be saw on
the floor the headless trunk of a man.
That was a cheerful beginning, nnd
Mr, Harris's feelings were not quieted
by the remnrks made by some men
who a little later came in to remove
the corpse. The Intimation was that
soon there would be another In the
tame room, and of a giaour. For nine
days he was kept in this room, lie
got, In quantity, all he wanted to eat,
except once, when for thirty-six hours
there was food for no one, and, save
tor a few kicks and slaps with slippers,
be was not misused. He was not
allowed to change his clothes or to
wash his face. Every evening at sun
down he was taken out to have a con
versation with Ralsuli, who kept assur
ing him that possibly, but not prob
ably, bis life would be spared. Once,
s an earnest of this, he was taken
down to a gully to see the mutilated
body of a Moorish soldier, who had
been captured, and Jokingly assured
him that a few days might see him In
tho same condition.
At the end of nine days, on a hot,
moonless night, he was put on a mule's
back and tnken up Into the mountains,
where he was the captive of a tribe
friendly to him. Thero he remained
for twelve days, lu great luxury, as
compared with what he hnd endured
at the hands of Ralsuli. He became.
In a sense, one of the tribe, shaved
his bend and adopted their customs
generally. It was a very pleasant
vacation, nnd would hnve been thor
oughly enjoyed hnd not thero been fbe
very uncomfortnblo reeling thnt should
tho negotiations fall through be would
bo put out of the wny with smnll cere
mony. In tho end he got his release,
although It almost led to bloodshed
among tho tribesmen, nnd with great
ceremony was conducted Into Tuugler.
Thus ended the ndvenlure, which
merely shows that the Balknns hnve
not ft monopoly on the exciting Inci
dents of tho modern world.
A NIGHT IN A KING'S TOMB.
Writing of somo of the many old
places in which she hns slept during
her travels around the world, Jesslo
Ackenuan cays: While traveling In
(lint most Interesting section of India,
Cashmere, I heard of a wonderful
tomb of some ancient King, and wus
urged not to leavo tho country without
seeing It. It was about a day's journey
from whero I was stopping, nnd I
started on tho trip our- morning lu a
govorumcnt in it (British) with a native
guide, who also acted ns Interpreter,
and n coolie driver. Expecting to re
turn that night, I took neither-bedding
or baggag. Winter was just setting
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In, and men looked wise as we started
that morning, predicting all kinds of
unpleasant weather. The road was
abandoned during the winter, because
it led over a great waste, nnd no pro
vision wo mnde for travelers. Fifteen
miles from our destination an accident
befell our horse. Dnrkncss was fssl
gathering. The only possible refuge
was the King's tomb, which we hnd
stnrted to see, so we decided that the
only thing to do was to walk the d
tance. I hnve always been fond of
walklna, but I cannot truthfully sny
that I enjoyed that nftect'-inlle tramp
through the cold and darkness. Reach
ing the tomb at Inst, we decided that
It would be best for me to tnke up my
quarters within the tomb, the guide
rcmntnlng with me, while tho coolie
walked to ft village some miles farther
on In search of another horse. It was
dark beyond description limine the
tomb, nnd when the footsteps of the
coolie could no longer be henrd, every
sound, save one, died away on the still
ness of the night. I made my way
cautiously to the farthest corner, grop.
Ing along against the wall of the tomb,
thinking to tnke whnt comfort could
be hnd from so miserable a situation.
No sooner hnd I settled for tho night
thnn I henrd the most weird, unearthly
sound thnt ever pierced Inimnn ears.
The uncanny plnce bnd suddenly taken
on the atmosphere of life. There was
a sound of rushing of wings that froze
the blood In my veins. My heart
seemed to have stopped beating. Sud
denly I discovered whnt It was. A
horde of horrid- bats hnd awakened
from their lethargy and simultaneously
started on a tour of Invc'.Igntion.
Bats are ugly creatures. I would
rather have sixteen active babies all
clutch my hair at the same time than
surrender my locks to one sportive bnt,
especially of the Inllan variety. Their
wings and shrieks became a rhythm to
which my tired senses kept time until
bleessed slumber came, and the morn
ing brought a pnlr of fresh horses and
a coolie laden with breakfast for two.
The Housekeeper,
SAVED TnE GOLD.
Surgeon-Gencrnl Sternberg hnd a
pecnllnr experience at tho battle of
Bull Run. Just before going In be was
approached by an Irish sergeant-major
of his regiment, who banded him a bag
of gold coin weighing three or four
pounds. "Doctor," said the Irishman,
"I know I'm to be kilt enthlrely, an' I
wnnt you to take care of this money
nn' see thnt It gets to the nuld folks
nt home In ould Ihrelnnd." The doctor
hnd no time to remonstrate or mnke
any other arrangement, for the Irish
man dropped the bag Into the surgeon's
lnp nnd hurried awny to his place at
the bead of the column. All through
two bloody days Dr. Btornberg cnrrled
thnt bag of gold with his surgical In
struments, nnd It was a burden and
embarrassment to blm. He tried to get
rid of It, but be couldn't find any one
willing to accept or even shnre the
responsibility, and he couldn't throw
It away for the sake of the "ould
folks at home."
Toward the close of the second day
the surgeon was taken prisoner. He
lost his surgical Instruments and his
medicine case, but clung to the gold,
and making a belt of bis necktie and
handkerchief, tied It around his walsl
next to the skin to prevent Its confisca
tion by his enptors. During the long,
hot and weary march thnt followed,
the gold pieces chafed his flesh, nnd hll
wnlst beenme so sore and bilstered at
to cause him Intense suffering, but hs
was bound thnt the "ould folks at
home" should linvo the benefit of thnt
money, nnd by the exercise of great
caution nnd patience managed to keep
it until he was exchanged with other
prisoners nnd got bnck to Washington,
Hero he found his regiment In camp,
and one of the first men to welcome
him was the Irish sergeant-major, who
was so dcllghtod to lenrn thnt the doc
tor hnd snved his money thnt bo got
drunk and gambled it all away the
first night. Washington Star.
CLIMBING MOUNT nOOD.
An excellent wagon road lends from
the Wlllamett valley to within five
miles of the summit of Mount Hood.
To reach the top Involves much toil
some climbing nnd no small amount o(
dnnger. Despite .these ubstnclcs, the
penk hns been ascended by thousands
of persons, and only one fntnl accident
In making the descent hns been re
corded. Thnt occurred two yenrs ago.
Although the air Is extremely rare nnd
tho temperature low, a number of per
sons have passed the night on the
topmost crest.
From the summit the scene Is ont
of Indescrlbnblo grandeur and beauty,
Here you are lifted above the clouds
so far awny thnt the world lies reraots
beneath tho eye; cities land towns
shrink Into Insignificance. Vast Indeed
Is the panorama outspread to view.
Forests, mountains, plains, valleys and
streams grow Indefinite nnd unsubstnu
tinl like a subdued picture floating
In tho sky. An all-pervading sense of
the unreal tnkes possesslou of the soul
Above the ethereal strata of'the cloudl
you can gnze down upon them. The
cloud effects nro wonderful. Looking
In all directions, you fancy your eyes
nre ranging over a vast, shoreless
ocean. Vet there is a wildly tumbled
and tossed aspect that the sea, even
when shaken by tho most furious
tempest, does not assume, Whllo the
boundless stretch of clouds remind you
of the vehement sen, yet tho fleecy
masses seem far too light and airy for
the limitless waters of the Tactile
with Its fnr-reachlug waste of waters.
-J. Mayno Baltimore, In Sunset Maga
zine. tTae of Snuff la Unite States.
The aggregate weight of sauff con
sumed In tho Uulted States for one
year Is 18,000,000 pounds. Snuff tak
ing Is Increasing In this country at the
rate cf sir per cent per snnuia.
HOUSEMAID'S KNEE.
IThy This fttrance-floonillns; III
Itagea In Kngland Only.
Housemaid's knee is a painful dls
arder nnd one very difficult to cure. It
Is a huge and sore swelling of the
knee Joint; it attacks the housemaid
only, and It Is due to this young wom
an's protracted kneeling upon hard
floors while she scrubs.
In no country but England 1 the dis
ease to be fouud. There, In great
oumlx-rs, limping housemaids, victims
of housemnld's knee, bobble to nnd fro.
A surgeon explnlmd yesterduy why It
Is thnt only English housemnlds get
housemaid's knee.
"The English." snld the surgeon,
"nre unprogresslve. They won't adopt
new Ideas. In every country there l
a class of women, called housemaids
technically, who do nothing but scrub
floors. By scrubbing floors they make
their living.
"Take the American housemaid.
How does she scrub floors? With a
long-handled brush, standing erects
"How does the Herman housemaid
scrub floors? With n long stick to
which a scrub-cloth Is ntlixed. She,
too, scrubs standing erect.
"How does the French mnld scrub
floors? Why, with a footbruMh, never
kneeling for nn Instant.
"But the English housemaid, kneeling
In the old-fashioned wny, scrubs with
a bnndleless scrubbing brush, the same
ns she did 100 yenrs ago. Hence she
Is only too prone to limp about her
work a victim of housemaid's knee,
the English servant's bane."
The Loreni Method.
Conservatism In using the Lorenz
method Is nt the present time most ad
visable by American surgeons. There
hns beeu crented such nn alnrmlng In
terest In the operntlnn by the news
papers that there is dnnger that opera
tions may be undertaken by the un
skilled nud the procedure be brought
Into disrepute. The conditions that
limit the choice of cases fit for the
operation should be most carefully
studied. It cannot he forgotten thnt
even In the hands of one so experi
enced nnd successful ns Lorenz him
self only about one-half the operations
are successful. It Is, moreover, the
opinion of some thoughtful men thnt
tho operation with the knife may Anal
ly prove prefernble, even lu patients of
six years nnd less. It Is also to be
remembered thnt the primary success
In getting the hend of the femur lulu
Its socket still leaves the greater part
of the work, nnd often the most diffi
cult, to be cnrrled out In the long nnd
delicate manipulations and care re
quired after the enst Is removed. What
ever method mny dually gnln prece
dence In practice, nothing lint hnrm
enn result from hnste and recklessness
on our part in undertaking operations
in ill-advised enses. If to (his should
be added the misfortune of a poor
operation, an over-revulsion will fol
low, and progress will more thnn ever
be sadly delayed. American Medicine.
Railing Alllgntora. .
A New Orleans correspondent writes:
Tho departure by express to-day of two
cages of small alligators to Hot
Springs, Ark., disclosed the existence
at that place of au alligator ranch for
the purpose of raising alligators for the
market, and that another alligator
ranch, owned by the same breeder, Is
In operation in Florida.
The bunting of alligators has almost
exterminated them In Louisiana and
Florida, nnd It is evident that in a few
yenrs the wild alligator will be extinct.
In view of this and the great demand
for alligators for zoological depart
ments, an effort Is being made to ruisu
them by hand.
A considerable part of this year's
hatchings, Instead of being mounted,
Is being sent to (ho Arknnsns nnd
Florida ranches, and raised for the
market.
It Is a slow process, but It Is thought
that the alligator will become so much
more valuable when the wild ones nre
killed off that It will pny to raise
then). 1'hlladelphla Record.
Her Little Joke.
They were In the studio. Artists'
trappery and bohemlaii paraphernalia
were placed about the room with
studied carelessness.
Heavy tapestries and portieres
choked the walls. Costly statuary,
mediaeval firearms, poulards, yata
ghans, and priceless and historic ar
mor were ranged Idly about the room.
Seated on a heavily upholstered di
van, eyeiug the American heiress at
work on au Intricate landscape, was
the Duke.
"Bub Jove," ho ejnculatrd suddenly,
"do you know. Miss Mlllylus, I'm
wrapped up In you and "
"Huh!" interrupted tho wealthy
maiden with Yankee snrcnsin. "I don't
see why you should be wrapped up; I
bnven't bought you yet."
. The Duke sat dumbfounded, wonder
ing whnt there was in her remark to
cause n smile to break out over her
sweet visage. New York Times.
Th Tacoin. Seattle DUpute.
It is reported that the courts will
have au opportunity to decldo whether
Tucoma or Rnluer is the proper name
for Washington's famous mountain.
Au advertising solicitor, who must
have been woefully ignorant of the
local Interest in the name of the moun
tain, attempted to collect pay for nn
advertisement of a Tucoma man, while
his pamphlet captioned the mountain
as Mount Rainier. He now realizes
his mlstuke, but can be comforted by
tho thought that he might have cap
tioned it Mount Tacoma and attempted
to collect the bills for bis Seattle ad
vertisements. The result of such na
error is appalling to Imagine. The ad
vertising man may win out on his
suit, but the verdict will not chunge
the name of tho mountain, so far us
it Is used by the Tuceina people.
i'ortland Oiegouian.
LABOR WORLD. .
Over 175,000 persons nre employed ltt
mnklng cigars in Germany.
The Brewery Workers Association
bas a membership of 3:1,000 members.
Stationary engineers nre ndvocatlng.
ft movement toward tho establishment
of a stck benefit fund.
Public school teachers at Toronto,
Can are talking of forming a union,
for the purpose of improving wages.
Eight thousand men employed on the
river front at New Orlenns, La.. were
recently locked out 1 the steamship
companies. The ordinary man's wages In ."acto
rles In Germany nre from ten to tweiva
and one-half cents an hour, or from L
to $1.25 for ten hours' work.
City letter carriers at Omaha and
rural free delivery carriers throughout
Nebraska are preparing to mnke a
strong fight for Increase in compensa
tion, based on tho cost of living.
A plan has been suggested In Eng
land for the erection of p. Danutnrluia
fer tho reception of tuberenlofls pa
tients on terms thnt would be within
the means of the working classes.
San Francisco, Cnl., Street Car Men's
Union hns determined to take care of
its own sick nnd Injured members. A
fund bns been established and I20X
per month will be added through at
fifty-cent monthly assessment.
The Brotherhood of ralnters, Decor
ators and l'nperlinngers hns shown the
most phenomenal growth in the past
eighteen months, 40-1 new unions hav
ing been chartered and 33,0(10 men
added to the ranks. The membership
is now nenrly 70,000.
According to the Lnbor Commlsw
Btoner of Michigan, (here hns been aa
increase In the membership of trnilo
anions In the past year of over 40
per cent. ' Wages have been Increased
over fourteen cents a day, and forty
per cent, of the unlous have shortened
the hours of work.
CAPITOL IN HONEY.
Ont of Colorado's Exhibits at tho fit.
Louis World's Fair.
A miniature fac simile of the atfttf
wpltol -building, 24 feet in height aoA
the other dimensions In pro portion,
sonstructed of honey, of which ovar
:wo tons will be used, Is the latest
plan of the world's fair commission
m-s to advertise the resources of Col
rslo. This state will produce orar
(,000 tons of honey this winter, and
lext spring and 60 tons of that baa
llready been promised to the world's
!air committee for exhibition at 8t
Louis. Colorado Is noted for the qual
ity and quantity of her honey, and it
a estimated that she furnishes nearly
me-quarter of all used in the United
States. At every exposition since the
Chicago fair Colorado honey has car
ried off all the prizes. The matter waa
taken up at the meeting of the auxil- .
lary agricultural board yesterday after
soon and thoroughly gone into. All of
the members were enthusiastic over
Iho plan, and Commission in Chief
Paul Wilson was instructed to go
ahead and arrange the details for pre
paring the miniature building aa soon
s possible. The State Agricultural
College of Fort ColllnB will have
sbarge of the Irrigating farm of 40
acres that Colorado will use, and the
Itudents will show a model farm In
jperatlon, growing all kinds of agrl
tultural product
ARMENIANS ARE LOYAL.
MHaslonaHss Repudiate Statement that
They Fired American College.
H. MJcnaelyan, of Pittsburg. Pft-,
write concerning a recent statement
referring to the attempt alleged to
have been made to burn the Euphrates
College in Harput, Armenia, In which
It waa said that Harput baa alwaya
been a turbulent place, and the Ar
menians could easily be persuaded to
further the ends of the enemies of
Turkey by attacking the American in
terests at that place; also that there
Is not much doubt the Armenians fired
lire college for the sole purpose of
making trouble for the Turkish govern
ment. On reading this Mr. Michaelyaa
rote to the American Board of Com
missioners for Foregn Mission, Bos
ton, which more than any other au
thority In the United States would be
In a position to know, to ask If there
was any ground for a statement of
this kind. In reply he bam received a
letter saying: "We have never heard
such a report, or even heard it sug
gested on the part of missionaries or
others, that the Armenians bad any
thing to do with the burning of the col
lege buildings or any sympathy with It.
We have never had suon a thought.
They have alwaya been loyal to ns,
with very few exceptions, and we ap
preciate It"
White Colonists of Great Britain.
The figures representing the white
population of Great Britain's colonies
will surprise many persons. The Im
portant on os are Canada, 5.525.000;'
Australia.. 3.800,-000; South Africa.
873.000; New Zealand. 815,000, which
make a total of 11,075,000 persona.
There are, however, says the London
Times, 20,000 white neraons now go
ing to the colonleeMo settle each
month as a reau'.t of bard times in
A perfectly satisfactory artificial
gutta-percha is being made in England
under the Qentzach patents.
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