GRAVEYARDS OF GOLD. VAST QUANTITIES THAT DISAPPEAR IN INDIA AND CHINA. A Yellow Stream Kvor Flowing Into l.ntti MIIIH Hoarded— CUUHH of the Disappearance of Gold in Other Countries—More Produced Thau Before. Gold for various reasons disappears rapidly in all countries, but nowhere else does it pass out of sight so rapidly as in India and China, says the New York Sun. So rapidly does the precious metal vanish in these two Oriental lands that they have come to be known as gold graveyards. Speaking of this curious characteristic. Thomas Jeffer son Hurley of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, in his recent pamphlet on the gold production of the world, says: "A yellow stream flows into both of these countries year by year. There is no end to this stream; it is always flowing. The money does not reappear in the Indian banks. The soil of In dia absorbs the golden flood just as the sands of the desert swallow the over flow of the great rivers. When it is re membered that this work of absorp tion has been going on with little in terruption for ten centuries, and still continues under our eyes, it is easy to form an idea of the immense treas ures that are hidden in that country. "All this gold remains sterile, and consequently is lost. It is absurd to say that it is brought into monetary circulation or that it passes through the hands of the native goldsmiths. It is disseminated in innumerable places, from which it never emerges. "It is estimated that in the regency of Bombay alone there are 12,000,000 gold sovereigns hoarded. Hundreds up on hundreds of millions of dollars lie in the hiding places of the famine stricken land. All classes are afflicted with the incurable habit of hoarding gold. The splendid maharajahs have become shrewd enough to use banks of deposit, but there is still barbaric dis play of jewelled idols in the strong rooms and of golden vessels in the princess' apartmentß. " 'Even the gods of India,' remarked a writer in the Courrier des Etats Unis, 'are very fond of gold. They whistle for it through the lips of their priests. Obedient to the divine call, it comes rippling from all points, until ft reaches the sacred parnis. It accumu lates in the subterranean passages of the temples, to which the priests alone have access. Thence it overflows and takes its place upon the altars, where it shares with the gods the incense and the homage of the men it has be witched.' "It seems curious that while half the world is engaged in an eager search for gold the teeming popula tions of India and China devote most of their energies to keeping it out of use and circulation." But India and China are not the only countries which absorb gold without ever giving it back again. As a mat er of fact, in all countries there is a tendency on the part of coined gold to get out of sight and stay hidden. This is a subject which has occupied the students of finance in all lands, and there have been many analyses of the different causes for the disappear ance of gold. Yet, with the most in genious explanations, the problem al ways has remained a very nteresting one. Our own treasury officials have given it a good deal of study. Of the vast amount of gold that is annually mined and put Into circula ton, there always remains a heavy bal ance unaccounted for, even after all al lowance has been made for use in the arts, for loss by friction and for what would seem a fair amount to charge to loss by fire, by being sunk in deep waters and by hoarding. Our treasury officials, according to Mr. Hurley, estimate that there is used In the arts annually, in gilding, in elec troplating and similar operations which withdraw gold from possibility of other use, probably not less than $10,000,- 000 worth of gold. Then there is the use of solid gold in jewelry and plate. This in reality is not an actual withdrawal of gold, for it can be remelted and coined. Still, the handling of the metal in the pro cess of manufacturing these articles and the handling of them after they are made is a source of very con siderable loss from friction, under which gold, because of its softness, loses weight sometimes with startling rapidity. It is estimated that gold for these purposes is used every year to the amount of fully $50,000,000. This, with the amount, $10,000,000, used in the arts, makes an annual total of $60,000,000 in these two directions alone. Then there is to be added the uncertain and smaller, yet by no means inconsiderable amount of gold lost every year by Are, shipwreck and carelessness. "Since the resumption of specie pay ments in 1879," says Mr. Hurley, "treasury officials estimate that $300,- 000,000 in gold has disappeared from circulation. The Bank of England is said to bo poorer by $400,000,000 in gold than it was in 1897. France re ports an immense decrease in gold coined and in reserve, and other coun tries have similar stories to tell. An inquiry recently set afoot by our treasury department showed that the holdings tn gold of the national banks on April 26 were $195,769,872. The treasury holdings on May 1 were $426,989,371, the two items aggregating $622,759,243. The estimate for May 1 was $1,043,525,117, which left $420,000,- 000 to be accounted for as held by state and private banks, trust companies, and in safes, tills, pockets and hoards. "A large amount of gold is taken out of the country by travelers. One tour ist agency receives from travelers from SIOO,OOO to $150,000 per year and turns it into the Bank of England. About 75,000 per year is melted at Geneva, and in all a net loss of from SOOO,OOO to SBOO,OOO is indicated. At , the latter figure the total In twenty- | five years would be $20,000,000. Inqutr- ' ies made of 45,000 firms and individu als indicate a total consumption of coin by manufacturers, jewelers, den tists, etc., of $3,500,000 per year. The official estimate of the entire stock of gold in the country was $1,053,518,892 at the begiuning of August last. Mr. Hurley says ihat all the indica tions are that the world's output of gold will continue to increase for many years to come, even over the j vast amounts that are being turned out at the present day. Not only, he says, are new processes saving gold that it was impossible to save ten years ago, but new gold camps are springing into life and old silver mines are developing into gold propositions as greater depth is attained. "We predict," he concludes, "that within the next twenty years Alaska and the Northwest Territory will yield over $1,000,000,000, and that by 1925 they will contan a population of over 1,000,000." TRAILINC ROBBERS WITH HOUNDS. Western KHIIIOIKI IVill liaise Dogs With That lit View. The large number of train hold-ups during the past year has caused all the railroad lines In the West to con sider plans for their protection, and I among these none is more interesting than that adopted by the Oregon j Railroad and Navigation company, writes the Seattle (Wash.) correspond- [ ent of the New York Journal. This ! company has become imbued with tne ! old idea that there is no way to locate a man wanted badly better than with bloodhounds, and accordingly a large number of pups of this breed have beeu purchased and distributed at va rious points along the line. They nave been intrusted to the care of the sever al agents at the points of custody, and ! will be reared with the special view of J tracking train robbers. In fact, a cir- j cular has been issued from the general offices of the company to all agents in , whose care the pups have been placed, giving instructions as to the manner of daily training that shall be given the canines. The dogs are of the very best blood and come from Idaho, where their pa rents have for years done service in hunting down escaped criminals. Their mother belongs to John Ellis, Sheriff of Bannock county. At the time of their purchase, a week ago, the puppies were two months old. There were six of them in all, and af ter being packed in separate boxes they were shipped to agents who were known to be dog fanciers, and their training intrusted to them. This is the first time in the West, so far as known, that a railroad company has invested in dogs. On several occa sions bloodhounds have been used in hunting down train robbers, but in each case the dogs have been borrowed for the occasion. Wherever used It is also said, they have proven a success, as was well illustrated in the hunting down of Tom Arkins, the Union Pacific train robber, in Wyoming a few years ago. Arkins, when he found that he was pursued by the dogs, killed one of them, but was himself shot an hour aterward by the sheriff's posse. The plan to be carried out by the Oregon Railroad and Navigation com pany in the event of a train on their line being held up, is told by John B. I.enning, agent of the road at Poca tello, where two of the pups have been sent to be raised. Mr Lenning was in the city today and in an interview re garding the innovation said: "The Oregon Railroad and Navigation company has gone into the blood houna business, and from now on it will hardly be worth while to hold up any of this company's trains, for the guilty party is more than likely to be caught. , "As yet but six pups have been pur chased, but this number will be in creased as rapidly as possible until a sufficient number have been stationed at various points, so that in case they are needed they can be secured quick ly. "Circulars have been issued to all In whose care the dogs have been placed, and to conductors of trains, instruct ing the latter in case of a robbery to at once wire the two nearest stations having pups. The agents receiving the messages will at once get the dogs ready, and as soon as they can be got ten to the scene by special train or otherwise, they will be put on the scent. In this manner it is believed that, as the trail will be warm, there will be little danger of the robbers get ing away very far before the hounds are close upon their heels." Scored the Surveyor*. A crowd of United States surveyors and allotting agents were recently working in the reservation of the Comanche Indians, surveying, estab lishing cornerstones and getting every thing ready to divide the land in quart er sections. The Indians did not take very kindly to the division and allot ment of their land, and seeing that the whites were scared, they decided to act. The surveyors were all tender feet from Washington. Suddenly, without warning, their camp was In vaded by a yelling, shooting band of 500 Indians in war paint and feathers. The surveying party could not stand the pressure and started out for the settlements along the Texas line, and kept up ther flight, pursued by the Indians, until they crossed the state line. Then tey telegraphed to state line. Then they telegraphed to Fort Sill and tho commander thero sent out a large cavalry force to pro tect the surveyors. The general sup position is that a lot of cowboys and young bucks played a practical joke.— Argonaut MOSQUITOES ANO YELLOW FEVER. Further Evidence Tlmt the l'osta Spread The report of the Board of Army Medical officers that yellow fever Is spread by infested mosquitoes is strongly substantiated by the experi ence of southern Louisiana, and It is probable that a memorandum will be prepared by the authorities in the Piney Woods districts of the State and forwarded to the board. It is asserted by those authorities that the disease never spreads beyond the sections where mosquitoes prevail. At Covington, La., only thirty miles from New Orleans, there have been cases of yellow fever of refugees from the coast towns; but the disease hns never spread from them to the inhabi tants of the town. In past epidemics the Piney Woods of Loulsinna and Mississippi, only a few miles from the coast, were considered a safe refuge from the fever, nnd it was attributed to the sanitary influence of the pines, without any good reason therefore. The fact that the mosquito is unknown In thoße woods, save in a few bottoms along the stream, would give a bettei explanation of the absence of the dis ease or rnther of its failure to spread, even when persons already infected with the disease seek refuge among the pines. The report of the Board of Army Medical Men explains what has heretofore been a mystery. The authorities in the Piney Woods towns also call attention to the re markable fact that while ice will not kill the germ, as is shown by the re appearance of the disease after tr.e bitter winter of 1807, it disappears after a light frost. Tills can easily be explained by the mosquito theory, for the lightest frost kills off the mos quitoes, and tlie disease disappears simultaneously with them. Almost "It.'* Fort street cars marked "Delray" make th° circuit of Cadillac square and return west; those labeled "Through" pursue their eastward way to the forest-lined limits. Late at night Bonie conductors have a habit of cutting off corners by backing up on the curve and going back west. This car did that same. It was midnight, and the belated passenger pursued tlio car from the City Hall to the Soldiers' Monument without ever getting a glimpse of the label. Near the monu ment he overtook the car, which came to a sudden halt. The would-be pas- Benger, who was eastward-bound, was going at a 2.40 clip, right down the middle of the track, when the conduc tor, standing near the platform, shout ed: "Back!" "Oh, you're going back, axe you?" said the pursuing passenger. All of the query had not escaped his lips when the car gave a Jerky rear ward motion, catching him rail in the aldermanic tendency nnd tossing him to one side like the lightning express sometimes does to stray range cattle. The startled conductor made the cir cumference of the car in a jiffy, ex pecting to find the mutilated remains of the latest street ear victim strewn all over the face of nature. He was agreeably surprised to see the man standing near the monument calmly surveying the starlit heavens. "Fooled you that time, didn't I?" said the would-be passenger with a chuckle. "Yes," was the reply, "but you were nearly 'it.' "—Detroit Free Press. "Worry and Digestion. The influence of fatigue on digestion is pretty well understood. Scientific experiments have demonstrated the fact beyond a doubt. They have even gone further and shown that fatigue is a disease, and that it is possible to produce the same symptoms in one an imal organization by inoculation with the fatigued serum of another, showj ing that overwork produces an actual poison in the system. Worry if. equally antagonistic to good digestion, another fact that is well known, but cannot be too often reiterated to this nation of worrying folk. A little rest and ban ishment of care in preparation for a meal should become a habit. It means lengthened life and preserved health, as do such other confessedly hygienic habits as proper bathing, dressing and wholesome food.—United States Health Iteports. A French I'euiiint'B Luck. At the last lottery connected with the Paris Exposition, the drawings for which were made just lie.ore the close of the international show, the first prize, one of half a million francs, was captured by a poor peasant, who had never earued more than twenty francs a week. It is interesting to learn, says the London Express, that the winner of the great prize for 1898—a woman— has not yet been paid. This woman won the 500,000-frane prize, hut hud cut off a small portion of her ticket. Now, the law regulating these lot teries Is that the ticket must be pre sented intact. Should it be mutilated in the slightest the winner is barred from receiving the prize until ttfrty years has elapsed! Gunpowder Engines. The i(*u lias recently been suggested that an engine in whose cylinder small gunpowder charges are systematically exploded might be urged to run auto mobiles. Possibly the people who pro posed the plan were led to do so by the explosions of a gas engine. How ever, the scheme is not at all new. Ex periments were made with gunpowdei In stationary engines years ago, bul they resulted lu an unsatisfactory way. ft Is not clear how such an englns would be any improvement on elthei steam or gasolene. On the other baud, It is probable that it could nut be mads to work so well. For the Woman Who Sows. The deft-flngered woman who evolves smart creations in her own sewing room should make a note of the fact that a big bow or chou of j silk or gauze to fasten the bolero in the centre of the front is the smart est caprice of the moment. Even the little corsage coats sent out with the tailor frocks are finished in this way. She might also make a memo, of the fact that the skirt and bolero effects that are so attractive in cloth and spotted silk are made in one piece. Swathed corselets are also arranged upon a foundation, which, in some cases also serves to keep the little vest and collar in place. Spinster Marks. Every has had difficulty at one time or another in distinguishing married from single women. In Eu ropean capitals hereafter a distinc tion is to he made, to the end that embarrassing mistakes may be avoided. Hitherto the only distin guishing mark between the married and the unmarried woman has been the wedding ring, of no particular consequence at evening functions, where, with the exception of dinners, a woman's hands are never uncov ered. Now all is changed. Coiffeurs in sist that madam must wear her aigrette on the right side of her head, mademoiselle on the left. If ma demoiselle desires to enhance her beauty by a flower instead of an aigrette, let her have it by all means, tucked In with seeming artless grace, but let her make sure It is the left side of her profile she studies while arranging the effect, lest later on she be accused of endeavoring to seem that which she is not.—Philadelphia Press. Oratory for Womnn. The establishment at the Syracuse university of an additional prize for excellence in oratory, in the contests for which women alone shall be elig ible, Is a departure, and, it seems to us, a wise one. Critics of our mod ern methods of education for women are pointing out that so long as the lives of women must he different from the lives of men, it seems plaus ible that their training for life should permit differences; and if this is true Increasod opportunities in coeduca tional colleges for development of the two classes of students in the lines most suitable to each are to be welcomed. The women's oratorical prize, the first institution of the sort at the uni versity, is a step in this direction, md it is a particularly significant step, because in oratory, above all pther forms of competition outside of ntheltics, the talent of a man and the talent of a woman are difficult of :omparison. Perhaps this may be lead to fur ther variations of the sort. To some laymen interested in pedagogical matters it appears that the law of evo .ution points distinctly in that direc tion.—Syracuse (N. Y.) Standard. Tip. for Girl., Never allow men to hear you ma ign your own sex. They never trust i woman who does it; they suspect ler of envy and of bearing false wit less. Be a bit blind when "not seeing" Will save some one humiliation. Don't affect cynicism. Woman is Ihe daughter of Smiles not of Ineers. Be a Joy maker—in a quiet Fay. Don't be afraid to show apprecia tion of what your male relations do tor you. Remember men are natural beauty worshipers. Be careful to look as Well as possible, and above all be ieat. Cultivate housewifely talents. They *re not spectacular, but they make man's life worth livng, and he knows it. Get rid of your mannerisms. Some women "sniffle," some giggle, others interrupt, and a vast number nag. The last habit as a home-wrecker is supreme. Whatever else you lack, you need a well trained voice. Loud-speaking, loud-laughing women are repulsive to all sorts and conditions of men. Cul tivate low tones.—Philadelphia Rec ord. Two Winter Frocks. Sharp contrasts are to be seen in the fashionable shops these days. The airiest of frocks are exhibited for midwinter wear, too, and the fur riest, cosiest of wraps and suits are shown in the same rooms. As for the furs—they were never more lux urious, and let us hope will never be more expensive than they are this year. Two frocks shown in a Fifth av enue shop are typical of the season's extremes in fabrics and fashions. The first was an airy affair of mauve taffetas; the skirt was tight fitting over the hips and fell in a double flounce. It was trimmed with several rows of very narrow Irish lace inserting. The bodice had a deep ceinture of black velvet brought through a fantastically chiselled gold buckle. There was a bolero arrange ment of Irish guipure over mauve gauze, and a waistcoat of antique cream silk fastened with big gold buttons. The near neighbor of this dainty creation was a gown of gray frieze (and the cuatumcr called it "frize," as the Irish do). The short coat was heavily braided, military style, and had a dark gray velvet collar. The skirt opened at the side over an un derskirt of gray velvet. The original feature of this gown was the enam elled buttons, squares, reproducing the kings, queens and knaves of play ing cards. The price of these but tons alone would buy a fairly good dress from a fairly good dressmaker. —New York Commercial Advertiser. Arts and Crafts for Country Women* The women of the historic town of Deerfield, Mass., have been busily at work several years, in their spare time, learning the secrets of the fam ous and beautiful blue-and-white em broidery, the knack of weaving mar ketable rugs, and of fashioning use ful and dainty baskets from palm leaf. An exhibition of the fruits of their labor is held every year, and a market is found thereby among sum mer visitors and people of the cities for the product. The workers, many of them, natu rally have their eye upon the cash returns—which, by the way, make a pretty showing. But to the outside observer this is recognized as one of the minor blessings. The woman who loves beautiful things and is in terested in the world's progress, but is kept closely at home by the daily routine, finds in this work not merely pin money, but an outlet for her tastes and aspirations. She lives out her larger self, artistically and social ly. How few people in the world, country or city, have their eye trained to beauty and their hand to deftness, as God intended they should be trained. Fortunate indeed is the community which develops the latent skill and taste of Its women and gills in useful arts and crafts. There is a town in New Tork state where Elbert Hubbard, humorist and sage, keeps scores of womt.it and girls busy decorating and binding books and weaving rugs. A young woman in a New Hampshire village is build ing up a lace industry, if we remem ber rightly, which promises to be ex tensive. What can be done in these places can be done in others. On the eco nomic side of the question, let us drop a hint right here—there is a grow ing demand in the cities and large towns for the best hand work iu va rious lines, as an escape from the cheapness and the monotonous uni formity of machine-made things. This is true of preserved fruits and vege tables, as well aB of fancy work, fur niture, and a score of other things. The time and the ability to supply the demand' often belong to the farmer's wife and daughters. But it is the other side of the problem we would emphasize—the immense val ue of such occupation in enabling women to live out their natural Belves, and be that part of the world of art and industry which nature in tended them to be, while fulfilling their duties as home-makers.— American Agriculturist. Boauly of Cnri'lnge. Writes Cousin Madge In London Truth: About a month ago some one wrote to Truth over the signature "A Lover of Beauty," drawing attention to the— "Ungainly walk of nearly all those most beautiful and exquisitely-dressed ladies, as fair as can be, who fre quent Hyde Park after church on Sundays. Beautiful as they are, it must be confessed that most of them waddle or slouch rather than walk. Few—alas, very few!—have that pos ture or bearing which is essential to gracefulness and far more attractive in woman than the costliest of dresses. The truth I find to be that they have never yet learned to walk. Would that they could see their sis ters in Calle, Florida, Buenos Ay res! Then It would bo realized by them that their gait is deformed in com parison to that of their Latin sis ters." I am afraid there is considerable ' truth in this accusation. I have ! often noticed how very few English girls can manage to hold their heads up without looking self-assertive, keep their shoulders flat without looking stiff, or hold the chest well 1 forward. And very, very few have ! a thoroughbred action about the knees. It is delightful when one comes across a girl who sails along with absolute grace, holding her shoulders back, her chin up but not I out, and hor elbows in their natural j position; not squared hack in the j queer fashion of the hour. Look at ] the fashion plates! There you will ! see the elbow position that makes every woman look out of drawing. It is not pretty. Is it? The human elbow was never intended to project at the back of the waist in this curi ous way. Almost all the, figures in fashion plates are drawn with the body, from the waist upward, at an angle of 45 with the line of the low er limbs. I fancy that much of the ungrace- ! fill walking is caused by tight lacing j anJ tight boots. A girl we know, j who used to stutter along in No. 4 shoes, was advised by her doctor to I walk four hours a day in order to counteract the ill-effects of a sluggish liver. To manage so much pedes trianism she had to wear No. 5 shoes; j but if this was a disadvantage it was j amply atoned for by the improvement j in her walk and carriage. She no | longer stutters on her feet, but gets j over the ground in splendid style, ! with "the gait of a goddess," like the heroine of a modern novel. Very Little Bpsr, "My parents may come between us," she faltered. "If they do," he exclaimed, hotly, "they must be pretty small." And he pressed her still closer to his \ manly breast.—Phiadelphl* Record. I ! AMERICAN CIRCUS IN CERMANY. Not m Workman Wont to the Fartorfea oa the Dy It Came to Town. Alx-la-Chapelle is a busy roanurae • turlng town in Germany, close to the Belgian frontier, on a little tributary iof the Meuse Kiver. It has nearly 100.000 inhabitants, and its numerous advantages make it a very busy and ■ thriving city. Its sulphur and thermal I springs originally made its fortune, for Charlemagne was so pleased with them that he made the place the capi- I tal of his empire, and though the town | hall now occupies the site of the mar ble palace lie built, the chapel that he | erected and In which he was buried I still exists as a part of the cathedral. | Nearly 30,000 visitors flock to Alx-la j Chapelle every year to tnke the wat ! ere, but the springs are by no means I the only source of prosperity. It has j large elements of wealth in its coal, i lead and zinc mines, in Its roetal- I working establishments, and in its | cloth mills and manufactories of needles and pins. A large part of the people work in the mills. Late in September last the inhabit ants of the busy town had a new sen- I sation. It was an American circus, and curiosity was aroused to the high- I est pitch by such advertising as the I people had never seen before. The j interest in the billboard display and [ in the circus itself when it entered the j town with a great blare of trumpets was so great that Consul Brundage thought it worth while to send a re port about it to the State Department. The art display on the billboards was : a revelation to everybody. The tbrlll ! lng and marvellous scenes to be wlt , ness under the canvas were depicted ] in the most expansive and highly col ored style of American circus art. Nothing like the magnitude and stun ning character of this bill-posting had ever been seen in the town before, and the free show given on every dead wall was the talk of Aix-la-Chapclle for a fortnight before the circus ar rived. Thousands thronged around the circu3 grounds when the big wag ons and tent hands arrived, and the way the rings were prepured and the tents erected caused even more aston ishment than the spectacular bill boards. In fact, by the time the canvas door flap was turned back and the ticket seller was ready for business every body in the town had taken a hand In advertising the great American show. There was no work for the factory hands that day. Not a workman went to the factories, and every spindle in the town was idle. "At every per formance," writes Consul Brundage, "the tent was full. The vague antip athy felt by the people for the United States has been turned to respect and j awe. The people now say: 'Any thing is possible to Americans.'"— New York Sun. House of Commons Customs. Members of the House of Commons are not allowed to refer to each other by name in debate. The only member who is properly addressed by name is the Chairman who presides over the deliberations of the House in commit tee. On a member rising to speak in committee he begins with "Mr. Low ther," and not with "Mr. Chairman," as at public meetings. When the Spenker is in the chair, the formula is "Mr. Speaker, Sir." In debate a member is distinguished by the office he holds, as "The Bight Honorable Gentleman, the Chancellor of the Exchequer," or by the constit uency he represents, as "The Honora ble Gentleman, the Member for York." Some make use of the terms, "My Honorable Friend," or "My Ilight Honorable Friend." In case of family relations the same form is usually ob served. Occasionally "My Honorable Relative," or "My Right Relative" is heard, but "My Right Honorable Father," or "My Right Honorable Brother,'' though no doubt I allowable, liaß not been hitherto used. I —The Nineteenth Century. The Prince of Wulea's Income. i J The truth is that from the moment i of his birth the Prince of Wales has i been splendidly rich. He was born, as the Irishman would say, with sixty, thousand a year in his pocket, and from that day to tills the Duchy of Cornwall has yielded him that magniii j cent sum. At twenty-two the Prince I married, and Parliament gave him I Marlborough House and a wedding I present of 140,000 a year. That too, j lias come to him regularly since lSti3, | year In and year out. In 1880, when the Prince's family ran away with ills money. Parliament once more came to his aid and nearly doubled the grant he had received since 1803. From 1889 the Prince has been relieved of the anxieties of n father for the tinnu cial welfare of his children by a spe cial grant of £30,000 a year which comes to him in quarterly instalments of £9OOO. So that the public income of the Prince is £130,000 a year. That is what it is worth to be Prince of Wales.—Temple Magazine. Work of the (Jerry Society. The records of the Gerry Society show that there have been received 129,675 complaints, involving the cus tody of 305.799 children. Of these 50,- 800 cases have been prosecuted, with 47,455 resultant convictions, while 83,- 980 children have been rescued and cared for. During the year 1899 more than 3000 cases were investigated, with a saving to the city of SBI,BO-1, at the yearly allowance of $lO4 per cap ita. Further, the society collected in the same year the sum of $9090.75 from parents whose children hnvo been committed to institutions. This money has been paid over to the city fund for the maintenance of public charities and institutions Ainslee'a Itagaiine.
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