RAILROAD TIMETABLES 'pilE I)ki.a>v a hi:, Si .sqt hii ann a am X SCIII YI.KII.L KAM.KOAD. Time table In effect Dwciubei" 15, ISO."). Trains have I)iilton lorJi-: i >. I!. klny, lla/.lt Bl'OOk, Moclituli. lIiMV. l M■ .i• 11I\i lAnvl. Uoull ami lla/.l iiii .1 i.in-t :■ l r .a, I 15 |> in, ilully except BuuUu.\; ami U ; J am, 3 Jt> p in, buildup. Trains loa\ e DriH< >n 1< >r Ha rw< .oil,< "ran berry, ToinliicUen ami I>i i in:;- i ..i '■> -j a in, |> in, <iaii> except bu inlay; ami .UJ a in, 3 38 p m, buu tlay. Trains leave Diitioii lor oneida Junction, Garwood Koad, lliuui'oidt Itoad, Oneida and Mieppton at 0 UO a in, I I■< p in, daily except buu da>; and 7UI a in, . • p in. Miiuiaj . Trains lea\< lia/ietoii Junction tor llurwood, (.'rarincrry, loinlncki-u and Dei inger at •">'• a in, duil> except buiiday; and 803 am, 433 p in, i rains leave lla/.letoti .1 unction lor Oneida Junction, Garwood ltuad, lliunlioidt Itoad, uneidaand btieppton at 0 n lu a 111, I \ p m, daily except Sunday; and • 37 a in, JUS pin, bunday. Trains leave Deringer lor Toiuhii Lett, ' ran berr\, liar wood, lla/.ietou Janet.- n, l.'oan, Heaver Meadow itoad. Moekton, ua/.< llrook, Kckley, Jeddo ami Drill- nat 3 SIdP m, daili except Sunday; and 957 u in, ou7 p m, bunday. ~ , ~ Trains leave bheppioii Da. i-la, liinubol.lt Itoad, Garwood i'.oad, Oneida Junction, lla/.le toti J unction a :d Itoan at .11 a in, 13-10, 03a p ui, daily except bunday; and UUti a m, J H lload ! 1 bticktOlL nil! I Li •••:.. • and Drilionat •> 25 j> m, daily, except bunday; und 6 Ul a m, J 14 p in, Sunday. Trains leave Uuzleton Junction lor Heaver Meadow Itoad, >t.-vkt. it. lie • k. •> , Jeddo and Urn i • •at • • l, (<'•■> |ilii, daii\, except bunday; and iUU- a in, •.>* p ui, bunday. All trams connect at Ila/.leton Junction wuli clectiie ear:- tor Ua/.i( toil, JeaiiesMlle, Amieii riei and other j oints on the iraetiou Coin 'Trainl'i'iaviiiK I nfluu in . .1 m. H.-vlctoii Junction alt- .'am, and .--lu-H'toii ai Gain, connect atOm-ida J unction with Lclugli \ ullej trains east and w->t. Train icavuia Drill- .1 at 5 a 111 makes con nection at Hen :ei with I'. It. It tram lor Wiikcsbarre, bunbury, Uurrislaug and points West. Tor the accommodation ~1 p a . sciigeisat w.i> stations between Ha/.lcto:i Junction and licr mger, an extra tram win !-a\c the lorimr point ai. J "ill p 111, daily, < xcept bunday, arriv- J"° ,a |,V V'.Tl.lt 1 . b.'dl I'll, Supi-ruitcmleiit. LEIIKiII VALLEY RAILROAD. August 17, 18110. Anthracite eoul a- d exclusively, insuring cleanliness and conilort. AUKANUEMKNT OF !- KN(. Lit Tit A INS. LEAVE FHKELAN L). 6 05, 8 45, 9:50 a m, 1 id, 1 :ir. pm, for Jeddo, Lumber Vard, W'ailuio . M.uich t lumU. Al leiiiown, liethlcheiu, l'liiht., Kastoti and New Vork. for Dritton, Jeddo, Foundry, Lumber Vard, btockton ami Uuzletou. a ;>*. 10 41 a in, d' 4 '• 7U>p m, tor Ila/.le ton, Delano, Malnuioy Cit>. Shcmimloaii, Ash land, Ml. armel, bhaiuoktn and I'of. -\ille. 7 36, 7 58, to 56, 11 d a 111, 515 p in, lor bandy j ltuu. White Haven, GU.-n bumunt, \\ ilkesburre ami i'itistou. SUNDAY Tit A INS. 10 56 a in for Sandy Hun. White Haven, Glen Summit und \ViHcsbarre 11 40 a m amid dip in lor Drilton, Jeddo, Lum ber Vard and Hazieion. p in tor Delano. Malianoy City. Shenaii doah. VVeatherly. Maiich ('hunk, AIU ntown, Philadelphia umi New Vork. A HltlVE AT ITtiSELAND. 736, 75% 9 30, 10 50. 11 54 a m, 13 58, d dO, 515, 646 pm, from Uuzletou, btockton, Lumber Vard, Jeddo ami Drilton. 7 30, 9 30, 10 '.O a m, 3 1) -lauo, Mahauoy < 'it;.. >henai.douh, blciinokin and I'ott nville. 9 30, 1056 a in, 13 58, 6 07, o-'O pin, lroin New Vork, ITiilndoij liia, iJcthleiiem, Allen town and Mauch ( iiunk. 9 JO, 10 41 1110,3:;., ; t-; ~ m from bandy Hun. White Huven, GU i b nutuit, Will.e-barre and SUNDAY Tit A INS. 10 50, 1131 am and 334 pm, from Huzleton, Lumber Vurd, Jeddo and 1 on ton. 11 :>! a m. 3 lo \> m, trom 1). i mo. Malianoy City, bhetuiudoali, Nliaiuokiu and I'ottsville- For further information inquire of Ticket Agents. CiIAS. s. LLL, Geu'l I'., Agent, l'liiht., Pa. . HOLLIN 11. WILBTTK, Gen. Supt. East. Div. A. W. NUN NMM At 11 LU. A 'i I'. A.. bouth lletlileiiein, Pa. i FOREL J FACTS. Mo*t of Qik In \ : '.a's subjects arc , irindoos. ff n Jt:: : 1 • ml mtieli as I . A L : ■ I • f. r ; : ' 1 of for ■ . • . • lm b. 1 • ion % I': rl . A is Hav. L: •in r: , , ; , : f Count It. is 1 (1 •' ■ • c :y on fourth of i Japan, on 1 . tC7 per < nJuixj ears A 1. en v.-;- 1 . :• ••!. ,1 to b. ; ,th bv ! liorscs on an Iri; h ract .• ui <0 recently j while iryii r to ate a jockey who lind fallen. ROUND ABOUT ENGLAND. The ir.suranee upon St. Paul's cathe dral, London, is said to be about $175.- 000. The longest underground thorough fare in Croat llritain is in Central I)er- i by shire, whore you can wall; seven mile; . npoL a road connecting" several coal mines. Every shilling* turned out by the l*i - lish mint shows a profit, of nearly three pence. On every ton of penny pieces taken out from the mint there is a profit ! of £ 362. Although Plenhelm palace is prac- 1 tically the property of the duke of Marlborougli, it is held from the crown on ti jM-culiar tenure — namely, the an- j nunl presentation of a French flag to the reigning monn: h. The dtikes of Wellington likewise pay the same trib ute for Strath fie Id so ye. PATENT IFi . ' right to another pei in tomnnuf clure or sell hi- device within the whole or any part of the United State s. According to the patent laws of Switzerland, work on a | valcnt de\ ice must begin in that country within three years from tin date of the patent. A Spanish patent is stibj eted tr> an annual tax, the amount being assi ssed by government ol'ieials according to their ideas of the value of the de\ Previous description, in a printed pub lication. of the machine or device or 0 previous patent issn d for it will pre- j vent any applicat ion being granted. A Canadian patent covers the prov- j inces of Ontario, Qu< l ee. New I'.runs ■viek, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward's Island, Manitolia arid Ih iti-h Columbia. There is nothing che.-vj) about the \V ar Well footwi ar •-• pt the price, it can't be lower. Try their shoes. j Old newspapers for sale. ' FREELAND TRIBUNE. Es:at!ishod 18S3. 1T HLISHKD EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY IIY TIIE TRIBUNE PRINTING COMPANY, Limited. Officl: Main Stiieet aiioye Centre. A/.//.' till immcu orders, check*, etc., payable to tin Tribune Printing Company, Limited. SI IIS( liII'TIDN HATES: ()nc Year §1.50 bix Mouths 75 Four Months 50 Two Months 35 The dat- which tin- subscription is paid to is <>n the luhlrrlabel ol'cueh paper, the change of which to a subsequent date becomes a receipt lor remittance. For instance: (!rover Cleveland 38June97 limaiis that Grover is paid up to June 38, 1897. Keep the figures in advance of the present date. Report promptly to this office whenever paper i- not received. Arrearages must be paid when .subscription is discontinued. FREELAND. S EFT EM HER It), 1800. The Poverty Problem. Tll ti recent discussion of the ques tion; "Is poverty diminishing?" the (' ntcmporary Review of London points to the difficulty of arriving at uny sat isfactory solution of a most interest ing problem. The journal quoted gives as the only feasible method of obtaining anything like accurate information 011 the subject that which appears in the following: "Economists have never < otne to any close agreement in de fining wealth, and it is to be expected that a corresponding divergence oi meaning will uppear in the converse i rin—poverty. Jn seeking to ascertain what answer can lie given to the ques tion: *Ls poverty diminishing?'it will, 1' iv ever, be most convenient to begin by accepting that view of •poverty* \. hieii estimates it by the quantity of marketable goods represented by tin; income of the poor, or, in other words, by tin purchasing power of the wages of the lower grades of the working ■s. Jf we possessed a system of Mali ties which enabled us to know ctly the variations of weekly in come of the wage-earning classes, the ,-roportion of that income which tliey xpeiided upon different commodities and the actual prices paid for these commodities, we should be üble to es timate accurately the quantity of the n< ' snries and conveniences of life a liicli were available for each grade of workers. Then, having affixed the term 1 poverty to all real incomes below a cer -11 level, we could exactly measure the increase or diminution of poverty." While the family of W. S. O'Brien, of West Indianapolis, were watching the • ood wife prepare supper the other c\ ning they were startled by her ex clamation as she drew a handsome gold el ain and seal from a can of tomatoes which she had just opeued. Further investigation disclosed a beautiful gold watch, evidently belonging to a lady ! J he watch was overhauled by a jeweler and set running as merrily as ever. The acid of the tomatoes had given it the color of silver, which was removed with difficulty, and then a name engraved upon the lid was disclosed. The wateli proved to be the property of Miss Cora Roberts, of North Indianapolis, and was dropped by her lust lull while visiting the factory in that suburb,witnessing; the t anning of fruit. A ring which con nected the watch with the chain had ev i lenlly dissolved. The watch is a souv enir, und its reco\ery brought much joy. A new business, established in New York—new at least in this country—is that, of advancing money to prospective l.eirs (-11 legacies. The new company i Is mom yon legacies which are tied up in one way or another,und is doinga 1 i-diin - business. For instance, in a . e w here aw idow possesses a life in terest in <lll estate, her children, becom -1 ig licit, at her death, the company will laiy the children's claim. The company 1 barges from two to ten per cent., ac cording to the age and general health of 1 j rcM-nt incumbent. If lie is too oiing and vigorous, and promises to live a long time, tlie loan is often re fused. 'The city of Johnstown, Fa., which was overwhelmed by t.lie waters of a broken dam May 31, 1869, engulfing sev ral thousand people, is now a hand some and thriving place of 40,000 in habitants, having added 10,000 to its population since that calamity. Johns town lost seven per cent, of its citizens in the raging torrent, and j*e.t it is now one of 1 lie most prosperous cities of its size in the state. American pluck has always been found equal to every emer gency. A 11 an in Lew iston, Me., who had his s i alder dislocated in a runaway ac < ident, was invited into the house by a sympathetic woman who hung the disabled member over the back of u chair, ordered him to take hold of a lower rung and pull, which lie did,only to find that the shoulder had slipped back into place again and that he could go oli about his business comfortably and thankful. tVhen Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.' When alio was a Child, she cried for Castoria. When nho became Miss, she clung to Castoria. When alio bad Children, she gave tbeui Castoria DISASTERS OF THE YEAR. ta Five Months 1890 Acquires a ! Terrible Record. liandrcds of Lives and Millions of Dol lars Destroyed by Fire, Flood and Hallway Accidents All Over tlie Laud. Disaster has been a frequent feature of the current year. Willi but five j months to its credit, IS9G has written a ' record of destruction that will stand. It cannot be surpassed. St. Louis was the scene of the first j horror of the year. Compared with the present black misfortune that rests on j the city it was as nothing. January 3 a great stock of fireworks stored at j 30 North Second street exploded. The ! building and adjacent structures were ruined and some six persons were killed ' outright or suffered such injury they died later. Thirty-two were seriously. ; although not fatally, hurt. Early in February a great storm : whipped the eastern United States ; coast. The greatest loss was to prop erty on shore, as the warning had been I fluttering from signal stations so long 1 I in advance that tlie sailor men had ' j hugged the docks. Four or five vessels I ■ were destroyed. Hundreds of houses and other buildings were wrecked. In ! the state of New Jersey the damage was ! 1 the heaviest. Bridges and buildings of j all kinds were destroyed. Bound Brook, j a small town near the ocean, was flat j tened as if some monster road crusher hud trundled over IL The loss of prop ; erty was great, the fatalities compara tively few. February 10 in Madrid several rest j dents of the town were killed and much j property destroyed by the explosion of an aerolite. The sky traveler went into fragments just over the city with the j deadly destructive effects of many : bombshells. In one factory which was immediately below the center of the ex plosion 19 workmen were killed. Of accidents in mines there have been three In this country marled by grea* sacrifice of human life. In South Car olina 180 men were killed. This was followed by the caving in of a Tennes see shaft which resulted in the loss of 37 lives. Sixty men were killed as the result of a gas explosion in the Vulcan nine at Newcastle, Col. This accident occurred February 10. Three days later 76 workmen in a Grecian stone quarry were killed by the blowing up of the magazine wherein was stored theii giant powder. It was at the noon hour and the men were gathered at the sheds getting their pay. They were crowded and took the full force of the dyna mite. The same day an explosion of gas In n mine in Wales killed 19 men, and 17 more were buried by the falling earth which was loosened by the explosion. A great flood that came down the Oequnhtick valley in Connecticut March i swept away hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of mill property and iiotisus and drowned many persons. Similar floods In eastern New York and other Connecticut streams entailed property losses aggregating several millions. March 23 a cyclone left a trail of death and ruin across southern Illinois. Alton was a heavy sufferer. April 19 northern Ohio was visited by a cyclone. The loss in Sandusky county was great. Few persons were killed. Cripple Creek, the wonder mining camp, was destroyed by fire the latter part of April. On the 25th of the month the fire broke and destroyed nearly all the business part of the city before it was quelled. The damage was about $1,500,000. Four days later the re mainder of the town was wiped out. The t-otal loss was nearly $2,500,000. May •I on explosion of gasoline in a business block in Walnut street, Cincinnati, wrecked two buildings and killed 11 persons. More than 20 were seriously injured. Five days later fires at Ash land. Wis., destroyed five lives and many buildings and lumber. May 11 forests in the southern part of New Jersey burned. The flames swept over groat areas of Cape May and Atlantic coun ties. Houses and barns and live stock also burned, but no loss of human life was reported. The cyclone season opened May 13 with windstorms in Wisconsin und Illi nois. The principal damage was to crops, buildings and animals. In the two states six deaths only were caused by the storms, so far as known. The wind in this section was but a zephyr compared with that which blew at Sherman, Tex., May 15. This was a true cyclone, and in its path was tlie local baseball grounds, wherein were gathered 1,000 or 2,000 people of Sher man and neiprfhboring towns. More than 100 were killed and several times the number were injured. The day follow ing, Scioto, HI., a small town near Bush nell, was wrecked by n hurricane, and May 17 Kansas towns suffered similar-, ly. Snbetha, Kan., was the most heavi ly injured. It was a mass of ruins. Afterward came the windstorms in Michigan, the Elgin and Rockford and northern Illinois cyclone, which had not exhausted its fury in lowa. An other and less extensive cyclone passed over southern Illinois. Thirteen per sons were drowned at Cairo by the swamping of a steamer which lay in the path of the wind. The next day but one St. Louis was in ruins. From May 13 to May 27 it is probable that 1,200 per sons lost their lives in the storms which j have raged in n radius of 450 miles of | Chicago. Tlie property losses will ag gregate upward of $75,000,000. In the cyclone excitement three other disasters passed almost unnoticed. Iliac Island, 111., nearly lost its place op >*e map as n town. Fire destroyed 36 houses and business blocks May 17. On the same day the schooner Ayer and steam er Onoko collided off Racine. Five sailors were drowned. The other day a weak railroad bridge at Victoria, li. C., permitted a loaded passenger car to fall through. Nearly 100 persons were drowned.—Chicago TimesTleralcL CHA.Vii iU.M COY ATHLETE. Has a Recur. I for \\ a Iking and Running That !h In broken. All the famous utlilctosof 1 ho present I day were heard of when they were bir children preparing for the academic 1 course, but none of them has been so ; prominently heralded as Gilbert White, j the eight-year-old son of Dr. White, who conducts the Berkeley school, where young men arc prepared for col lege, and where Gilbert is in attend a nee. This athletic j'oungster, says the New York Recorder, is an excellent example of the muscular young American, and gives promise of being a famous mu.-i CHAMPION 8-YEAR-OLD ATHLETE. some day. He is possessed of all the characteristics of his father, who is one of the learned men of the day. Lit tle Gilbert is a most ambitious young chap. Gilbert developed a strong liking for athletics long before be bad reached his sixitli year, and grasped every oppor tuiiity to develop his body. lie was particularly fond of running and walk ing, but, as a matter of fact, he tried his skill at everything. It was not until last year that he was brought before the public, tlie occasion being the in door games of the preparatory classes of the Berkeley school, held in the la tier's big gymnasium before a large crowd. Master Gilbert was entered in nearly every event and was one of the youngest competitors. lie secured first place in the one-quarter-mile walk, de feating boys three years his senior. The latter performance encouraged him, and he trained diligently for the indoor games which were decided re cently. At the latter gomes Gilbert se cured two firsts and two seconds. In the one-quarter-mile walk lie again met lads much older than himself, and had to be. content with second prize. He won the potato race, an event which necessitates a great amount of strategy. The sack race resulted in another win. and in the roller skating race he cap tured second place. Gilbert's favorite distance is 10') yards, and next year lie hopes to take a conspicuous part in the junior inter scholastic championship race at that distance. lie is a steady runner and has excellent motion; he will be very fast, when lie is fully matured. Gilbert has recently shown great speed as a bi cycle rider, and is also nn excellentmn sician. Last, but not least, lie is editor in chief of a children's paper published in the interest of the Messiah home. THE ARTFUL DODGER. Appropriate Name Given to a I.nzy Home That Flayed Lame. Some horses arc as lazy as some men, and perhaps it would be equally true to say that some liorses are as cunning us some men; but not many ever combine the two qualities of laziness and cun ning better than one whose perform ances are chronicled by Lady Barker, lie was one of her horse friends in Ne\: Zealand, christened Artful Dodger. This name was given to him on ac count of the trick of counterfeiting lameness the moment he was put into the shafts of a dray. That, is to say. if the dray was loaded; so longasitwas empty, or nearly so, the Dodger stepped out gayly, but if he found itatall heavy he affected to fall dead lame. More than once, with a new driver, this trick had succeeded to perfection, and the Dodger found himself back again in his stall, with a rack of hay before him, while his deluded owner or driver was trying to find a substitute in the shafts. In order to induce the Dodger to art Ids part thoroughly a drayman was one day appointed whom the horse had never seen. The moment the signal was given to start, the Dodger, after a glance around, which plainly said: "I wonder if I might try it on you?" took a stop forward and almost fell down, so desperate was his lameness. The driver, who was well instructed in his part, ran round and lifted up one sturdy leg after the other, with every appearance of the deepest concern. Thus encouraged, the Dodger uttered \ groan, but still seemed determined to do his best, and limped and stumbled a yard or two farther on. It seemed impossible to believe the horse to be quite sound; but the mo inent had come to unmask him. ITis master stepped forward, and, pulling first one cunning ear, on the alert for every word, and then the other, cried; ! "It won't do, sir! Step out directly, ' and don't let us have any nonsense." | The Dodger groaned again—this time from his heart, probably—shook him- i self, and, leaning well forward in his big collar, stepped out without amur- ; mur. A l arder Full of Dainties. Foxes are devoted parents, like all of the lower order of animals, and the way j they provide for their young is some- I I hing amazing. It is related that one j fox in Scotland had developed such ! a marked fondness for lambs that efforts hud to be made to find her lair. After a long hunt the men succeeded, and in the den five young foxes were found. They found also a store of food calculated to last a long while. There | were lambs, rats, curlew, plover, ducks, j partridges, and, most astonjshing of all, . 76 short-eared owls. All the game was | :Icad, and the hunters soon dispatched i the young foxes, and also Mrs. Reynard, i * hen she approached her lair. BOMBARDIER BEETLE. Supplied Ly Nature* with H Strange Vfcapon for Protection. Of creatures inhabiting the land the bombardier beetle certainly has the queerest means of defense. When pur sued by an enemy he discharges an ex tremely volatile fluid which is secreted by special glands and which lias the curious property of turning into a cloud of light bluish smoke. Some say that this smoke blinds the pursuer for a tune, others say that it only confuses him. If the first discharge is insuffi cient the bombardier can repeat it as many as 20 times, but he usually es capes before carrying the bombard ment to this length. Of sea creatures, the globe fish, or puffer, uses the most extraordinary means for protecting himself against or escaping from his foe. In a quies cent state its body is somewhat thick, and flattened on the under side. As such, he would make a nice mouthful for a good-sized enemy, but when he finds that he is about to be seized he pumps water into himself until lie swells out into a globe from 12 to 15 inches in diameter, and at the same time erects a multitude of short, sharp spikes, and so becomes a very awkward mouthful. Sometimes, even in this state, lie gets within the jaws of some large enemy, and then lie suddenly col lapses to his original size and swims out, leaving the jaws to close on notli ing—Philadelphia Press. DOG CATCHES FISH. HUM the Reputation of Having Never Lost a Victim. William Clnwson, u fisherman of South Pjainfleld, N. J., is the owner of a dog of whicli he may well be proud. The animal, which looks like an ordi nary cur, is possessed of an Intelligence far above that of other animals of his species. The dog has become one of the most expert fishermen in the vicin ity, and lias the reputation of having never lost a fish. Mr. Clawson and the dog work in company. Arriving at the stream, his owner will get the lines ready, tlie dog watching with more than ordinary interest, and when everything lias been arranged to the mutual satis faction of the two the dog will watch the water until he sees that a fish has taken liald of the line, and then he will assist in landing it Put it is when liis master goes gigging that the dog is in his element. Nearby Mr. Clawson's pluee is u bridge over a small stream In wliioh are a number of carp. It is Mr. Clawson's liabit to stand on the bridge and let down a line into the water, which is so arranged that a fish in passing will run his head into the loop prepared to receive him, and so get caught-. The moment that the fish is caught the dog does his work. Leap ing into the water, he grabs the strug gling fish and brings it in safety to the shore, and he has never been known to lose a fish caught by him in this man ner.—Cincinnati Enquirer. NEST IN A POCKET. Wrens Establish a Cozy Habitation In n Queer Place. Afler rending about the English spar lOWS that set up housekeeping on the elevated railroad structure, one of our girls—Mabel Taylor, of Greenfield, 111. —writes about the doings of two funny little wrens. One day they spied an old coat hanging in the corner of the back porch. It belonged to one of the farm laborers who wore it only when 'the weather was chilly. Mrs. Wren thought it would be a good place to live, and Mr. WHERE TWO WRENS CHOSE A HOME. Wren quite agreed with her. So they brought straw and strings and built a house in one of the pockets, making It as cozy a little flat as anyone could ncsirc. When the wind blew the old coat would swing gently and rock Mr. and Mrs. Wren to sleep. Put chilly weather came and the ♦armer wanted his coat, lie went to take it down and he found the nest. Of course, he hung it right back again, and now there arc little wrens peeping out of the ragged old pocket.—Chicago Record. Oyster Vunqulubes a Crow. The strength of certain bivalves, that •• f the mussel, for instance, is notorious, and an interesting incident in this con nection was witnessed some time since on the beach of Oxford, a little village in StiiTolk, where there are oyster beds. A predatory crow, when the tide was out, had pounced upon an oyster which had opened to feed, and, inserting his ; I eak, prevented the mollusk from clos ing. Corvus triumphantly sailed aloft j with his prey, but his flight was of short \ duration, for the "native" tightened its ligaments, with the result that the J c row, suffocated, came down speedily, and, what is more, lie never got up again. NMICII In a Doorway. Inside the porch of a doorway cf a house in Jesmond, England, a pair of grcybirds built their nest. The passing in and out of the people residing in the house did nol seem to disconcert the "happy couple," who helped themselves to some featlmrs placed at their disposal. The grey bird, or song thrush, often chooses a singular place as a nesting lite. _ ROYAL TELEPHONES. All tlio Palaces of Europe Provided with the Instrument. Victoria Was Very Reluctant to Adopt the Invention, Hat the l'rlnce of Wales and Kmperor Wllllaiu Are Alore Lp-to-Date. Now that Queen. Victoria has at length permitted the installation of the telephone at Windsor castle, Osborne house and Balmoral and Buckingham palace, there is not u sovereign in Eu rope who does not utilize this instru ment for communicating royal and im perial wishes, as well as commands to subjects and officials. Even the pope, who has lately decided that, while a con fession may be heard over the telephone, the priest cannot use the wire for the purpose of granting absolution, has had a receiver installed in his private apart ments, by means of which he often com municates with the Propaganda Fide, which is situated on the other side of the Tiber, and ut a considerable distance from tlie Vatican. It is generally his valet, Cintra, who does the talking over tlie wire for him, but be occasionally speaks fiver it himself, and only ilie other day, when a Jesuit priest was taken suddenly ill during a private au dience, the pope rushed to the little red-lined booth and personally called i up the Jesuit college, i King Leopold is enabled, by means of | the telephone, to communicate with his ministers ut Brussels, without leaving either his palace at La ken or his marine residence at Ostein!. When, a year ago, ; the little king of Spain was prostrated i with the measles, and secluded at one I end of the huge palace at Madrid, the queen regent was able to hold inter • course with him, located in a distant j wing of the edifice, not only daily, but almost hourly, over the wire. Queen Victoria, however, is so ifltra eonservative that it is most difficult to get her consent to any modern innova tion, and it was only two years ago that she permitted the installation of elec tric light in the stnte apartments of Windsor. Previously electricity, as well as gas. had been uncompromisingly barred from her private apartments. Yet it is almost impossible to aggregate the importance of thus placing the vari ous residences of the queen in telephonic communication with London, ns far an transaction cf official business is con cerned. Until now, whenever the queen was desirous of consulting one of her con stitutional advisers upon any point, or when any cabinet minister had some matter of urgency to impart to her majesty, the unfortunate dignitary had to travel all the way from Windsor to Balmoral—a 24 hours' journey—or to t )sborne, which entailed a sea trip across the stormy Solent, very often for the r ako of only ten minutes' talk with the sovereign. Then, too, Lord Salisbury j ml even Mr. Chamberlain, both of them I usy men, have had to spend a good (leal of their time explaining matters to the queen in writing, the library t Buck ingham palace containing many vol limes of letters such as these written to the queen by her various ministers through her long reign of well-nigh no years. Henceforth the queen will be in a position to be consulted by her min isters at a moment's notice, which will greatly simplify matters. In tlie same proportion that the queen is old-fashioned in her views, in her sur roundings, in her manner and in her ap pearance, so is the prince of Wales up to date. Marlborough house and Sand lingkam are fitted up with telephones and electric lights, in tlie most approved style. Should the prince survive his mother, his advent to the throne is like ly to be marked by all sorts of innova tions, which will have the effect of sim plifying the present intricate manner of conducting the business of stnte. In (his respect he resembles his nephew, Emperor William, of Germany, whose predilection for the telephone is a source of disgust to the various gov ernment officials at Berlin. There are instruments in his library and working room, as well as in a number of other of the imperial apartments, and he is all day long engaged in ringing up one government official or another, or else talking with his friends and courtiers jver tin wire. lie seems to find the same pleasure in calling up the various gov ernment departments over the tele phone that he does in alarming the vari ous garrisons at night time, being evi dently under the impression that by so doing he keeps the officials strictly at tentive to their duties, anil convinced that if not the eye, at any rate the ear, j of the emperor is upon them. Although it may flatter the pride of the telephone people at Berlin to have the emperor among the subscribers of th system, yet he gives them far more trouble than any other subscriber. For I when he telephones to any of the gov- I crnment departments the operators at the central office are under the strictest orders to abstain from listening to the conversation.—N. Y. Mail and Express. Withering. "I hab de pleasure ob announcin' dat Candydate Moses Wintergreen am anon- ! ymously 'lected to membahship in dis club," announced the president of the Blackville Social club. M Yo' mean 'unanimously 'lected," Mistali Pres'dcnt," corrected a member. "When de pres'dcnt of dis club de ziahs any information or advice from yo\ he will let yo' know, Jabe Jaspah." | retorted the president, loftily. "You'd ought to know, sah, dat 'unanimous' an' 'anonymous' is synonymatic pahts of speech, sah!"—N. Y. World. Fortunate Tide. "There is a tide in the affairs of men," said the man who hnbitucßy quotes Shakespeare, "which, taken at its flood, leads on to fortune." "Yes,"*replied the man who had mar ried an heiress, "I remember the tile that led to my fortune well." "What tide was that ?" 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