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Last year tho farmers of the United
States received $185,000,000 more for
their products than in 1899.
If the habit of making these colossal
bequests continues, private fortunes
will become more and more a rublic
snap.
An attempt to prove war impossible
will never result in the abolition of
war. There is, however, a growing
belief that war Is always impolitic.
The convict who has been released
because of his claim that he has dis
coverd the lost ait of hardening cop
per has probably mistaken that metal
for brass.
Many a woman would possibly feel
discouraged did she realize that she
carried from 40 to 50 miles of hair on
her head and that some of them are
burdened with the task of dressing
over 70 miles of hair every day of their
lives.
An international congress is pro
jected, to be held shortly at Berne,
Switzerland, at which an amendment
is to be offered to the Geneva conven
tion, to provide for the immunity from
capture of surgeons and their attend
ants serving on the field of battle un
der the Red Cross. Common humanity
suggests its adoption.
One of the results of the South Afri
can war has been the organization of
rifle clubs in Great Britain on the Boer
plan, to teach every man capable of
carrying arms how to shoot at long
range and to detect objects at long
distances. These clubs are organized
by field cornets, and all members aro
on an equal footing in service, irre
spective of their status in society.
The success cf the recent experi
ment made by a Philadelphia tug mat
ter in towing two loaded coal barges
from the Delaware to Havana prom
ises a growth of the export coal trade
to tho West Indies which is en
couraging. Hitherto the chronic swell 1
off Cape Hatoras has deterred a von-'j
ture of this sort, but, the trip once
easily made, many other towns may he
expected to follow in the wake of this '
courageous Philadelphia captain.
According to the Journal of Com
merce the growth of the cottonseed
Industry lias been in such a ratio that
now the aggregate investment is very
large, and the progress bids fair to
continue. Twenty years ago, in ISBO,
the cotton seed oil mills of the south
numbered 40, with a capitalization of
about $3,500,000. The investment had
increased in IS9O to about $12,503,000.
Today the mills number about 500,
with an aggregate capital of about
$50,000,000.
The growing importance of commerce
on the Pacific is Indicated by the chart
ing of "lanes" for steamers crossing
that ocean. Such lanes have
been established for many years
between Europe and America and
have greatly diminished the risks
of collision. There is still Ganger of
collision of steamers with sailing
ships, especially in tho foggy region
off the Newfoundland coast, but such
vessels know when Ihcy are in one of
the steamship lanes and take extra
precautions to avoid danger. Hitherto
the steamers on the Pacific have been
so few that no official action has been
deemed necessary. authough the
courses usually taken have been fairly
well understood by all shipmasters.
An old dining table at wbldh Prince
Charlie dined when lie marched Into
England was exposed at a sale of
household furniture at MotTnt, Dum
frleshire, recently and was knocked
down at 30 gainings.
During the last half of the year 2'il
textile mills were bull'!, of which 143
were ec:ton. 52 Un): gooilj and 25 |
Needless
is Worry
"What is worry?" Annie Besant
in the Theosophical Review asks this
question and then dilates upon it
somewhat as follows: "It is the proc
ess of repeating the same train of
thought over and over again, with
small alterations, coming to no result
and not even aiming at the reaching of
a result." He who is given to worry
has dwelt on a puzzling painful sub
ject, wishing, but failing to find the
solution of some problem until, held in
this anxious and uncertain condition,
he becomes dominated by the fear of
the anticipated trouble. His thought
current has made for itself a channel
and bis mental energies flow along
this track as it is the line of least
resistance. Held as it were in this
brain-track by the fascination of fear,
his meutul vitality is sapping itself
away and poisoning the blood cells in
his brain. As Elmer T. Gates has
proved by his chemical analysis of
perspiration of the man who is de
pressed, low-spirited and despairing,
he is actually producing a ptomaine
of a certain kind which enters into the
circulation of his blood, and often
physical disease follows. Now how
can we get rid of this worry channel?
By digging another of an exactly op
posite character, made by definite per
sistent regular thought of the kind
opposed to worry. Let a man who is
given to worry give a few minutes
every day to some noble and encour
aging thought. Let him picture the
Divine Self within as a fountain of
strength and peace from which he
may drink refreshment at any mo
ment of need. Let him turn and listen
to the message of his Innermost Divine
nature and he will find himself en
folded in peace that swollows up fear.
If he will persist in this with regu
larity the thought will dig a new
channel and the old one will disappear.
Ere long he will find that whenever his
mind is free from labor, his thoughts
will flow unbidden into the channel of
peace and power which will shed a
restful atmosphere around him, felt
though perhaps not seen by all who
are near him. Mental energy will
flow into healthy nourishing channels,
Increasing not sapping his vitality and
The Care of Glo-Oes.
Nothing looks worse than soiled
gloves, and as they are an expensive
Item in dress they require careful
management. A lirst-class glove out
wears half a dozen pairs of cheap ones,
and at the same time looks well until
It is finally discarded. Cheap gloves,
however, have their uses; expensive
ones should never he worn in wet
weather or In hot rooms or in theatres,
where tho lieut will cause the hands to
perspire, for when a glove is once
stained by perspiration no amount of
cleaning will make it look well again.
For such occasions cheap gloves arc
far more serviceable. To clean
chamois gloves put the gloves on your
bauds, and wash them as if you were
washing your hands, in warm water
and white castile soap: wash until
they are quite clean; then take them
off and hang them in a warm place to
dry. Kid gloves may be cleaned In
the following manner: Put a little
fresh milk in a dish, and a piece of
white castile soap in another, and have
convenient a clean cloth folded three
or four times, and a small piece of
flannel. Place the soiled glove smooth
and neat upon the cloth, and dip the
flannel into the milk; then rub off a
good quantity of the soap on the wet
fiannel and commence to rub tho glove
•lownward toward the fingers, holding
It firmly with the left hand. Continue
this process until the glove, if white,
looks a dingy yellow; if colored, until
it looks dark and spoiled. Then lay
It aside to dry, without rinsing out the
soap, and the glove will, when dry,
V 2 XdJafer Keeps Men A.li*Oe
It is no secret to medical men and
physiologists that there is a great deal
of nourishment in water. Even 'hat
which is sterilized contains enough of
solids to keep a human being from
death for a long time. During a pro
longed fast the loss of weight is un
usually rapid at first and decreases as
time goes on. Death ensues when a
certain percentage of the loss has been
reached, and this percentage varies ac
cording to the original weight. Fat
animals may lose half their weight,
thinner ones perhaps two-fifths, a man
or woman of rather spare build, weigh
ing 143 pounds, might, therefore, lose
about fifty-five pounds before suc
cumbing. Children die after a fast of
from three to five days, during which
they have lost a quarter of their
weight. Healthy adults, however, have
fasted fifty days when water has been
taken. A German physician reports
the case of a woman aged 47 years,
who fasted for forty-three days, tak
ing Water freely. - She lost forty-four
pounds of 143 pounds and died from
exhaustion.
A High for the Old Innkeeper.
There are times when the frequenter
of the great caravansaries would, for
a little, step out from the glare and
bustle and take his ease in the old
way, in some place where there would
be r.o crowd, no obsequious servants,
no extravagance in dress, no gilded
furniture, no office encumbered with
tags and trunks ar.d choking with
cigar smoke, no gaudy bar no arc
lights, r.o clanking steam pipes or
grassy furnaces, no dining-rcom where
are is supposed to cat in state, and,
It Is An Ejxsy
Ma.ttcr to
Drop It.
worry is a thing of the past Thus
may we learn the secret of rising
above troubles and pain until they si
lently steal away.
Georgia's Glnnt Sycamore.
Dougherty county now lays claim
to the champion big tree of Georgia.
It was discovered several weeks ago
by employes of the Red Cypress Lum
ber company who were engaged in cut
ting timber. It rears its head from
amid a thick swamp where hardwood
trees abound, and to this is due the
fact that it was not discovered sooner,
-.lis giant of the swamp is a syca
more. It is on a little knoll, and ex
cept in seasons when a great deal of
rain has fallen its trunk is not reached
by water. A foot from the ground its
trunk is forty-four feet in circumfer
ence. For twenty feet above the
ground the body of the great tree is
round and symmetrical, but at that
point it branches into four sections,
any one of which would make a giant
tree if standing alone. The four arms
of the big sycamore do not spread out
as would seem natural, but reach sky
ward, almost perpendicularly. The
tree is pronounced by all who have
seen it a curiosity, and places "in the
shade" all the known trees in Geor
gia.—Atlanta Constitution.
Washington SWOPO at the Senate.
John Quincy Adams under date of
November 10, 1824, wrote in his diary:
"Mr. Crawford (secretary of the treas
ury) told twice over the story of Pres
ident Washington having, at an early
period of his administration, gone to
the Senate with a project of a treaty
to be negotiated and being present at
the deliberations upon it. They de
bated it and proposed alterations, so
that when Washington left the Senate
chamber he said he 'would be damned
if ever be went there again.'" There
has nover been a President present at
such deliberations since, and this inci
dent probably largely determined tho
dignified forms of communication now
existing between President and Sen
ate. —National Magazine.
loolc nearly new. It will be soft,
glossy, smooth and elastic.
The llomo U Still Useful.
The application of electricity to mu
nicipal transit everywhere released
from one form of service n myriad of
horses, and it looked at one time as if
the price of that useful quadruped wero
going down almost to zero. But the
Boer war created a new demand for
horses and mules, no less than 125,000
having been shipped from this country
alone, the export still continuing. With
all the forces of competition, urban and
extra urban, arrayed against him, there
is always something left for him to do,
and he is a live asset in the world's
market, at least till further notice. —
New York Tribune.
Grnduate* of American Colleges.
"The graduating lists of the Ameri
can colleges this year show an Increase
of 25 per cent," says a well-known
Philadelphia educator, "and it seems
probable that the Institutions of learn
ing will have more than their usual
quota of students next fall. Education
is beginning to make itself felt in the
commercial world. In other words, it
is now on a practical, everyday basis.
The demand for college men in all
branches of business, as well as pro
fessions, is gradually increasing. The
notion that college education unfits
men for business is no longer seriously
considered by the up-to-date man of
business."
at the whim of a terrifying head
waiter, to be company for people one
does not care for; and especially where
the hill at the end of a week would
not take away one's income or his
breath. There is, in fact, a chance,
especially at our summer resorts, for
a new innkeeper, who shall be the old
innkeeper in a modern and friendly
guise.—Saturday Evening Post.
Almost Marriott to Wrong Man,
What would have been a rather se
rious complication was averted by the
presence of mind of a bride at Towson
a night or two ago. To the best man
was given the honor of escorting the
bride to the altar, while the groom fol
lowed with the bridesmaid. Whether
the groom and his best man forgot
their positions or both went into a
trance is not known. They did not ex
change places, but stood, the best man
with the bride and the groom with the
bridesmaid, as the clergyman began
the ceremony. Then the bride realized
that she was about to be married to
"the other man" and objected. In a
moment or two she got things straight
ened out and the ceremony proceeded.
It was a narrow escape.—Baltimore
Sun.
Format of America.
For nearly three centuries an In
creasing army has been chopping away
at our forests. Yet more than one
third of the area of the United States
is classed as woodland —oyer 1,000,000
square miles.
When the fight begins within him
self a man's worth 'vomething.
COOD POPULAR SONCS SCARCS.
Great Hits Few Noivailnys, Although
Music Publishers Aro Hustling:.
"It is singular, but true," said a
music publisher, "that there are very
few big hits in popular songs nowa
days, that is, songs that have reached
tho million mark in - sales, such us
'After tho Ball,' 'Annie Itooney,'
'Daisey Bell,' 'Down Went MeGinty,'
'Two Little Girls in Blue' and 'Com
rades.' Mapy songs published since
then have been very popular, to be
sure, but they cannot be compared
with the old-timers.
"Many dealers have asked me the
cause of this, but thus far I have been
unable to explain it satisfactorily. It
Is all tho stranger when you tako into
consideration the fact that there are
more singers and better facilities for
pushing songs than in former years.
"l'ears ago a good song would force
itself upon the market At present a
publisher lias to humor IJio singers nnd
do a lot of hustling. Some of the tcfp
liners require pay to sing songs. In
the old days they were only too glad
to get a good ballad. To cater to the
whims of tho singers n publisher must
have at least three pianos in his estab
lishment, employ expert players and
vocalists to teach the songs, print
professional cards and do a thousand
other things. Y'on see the competi
tion Is keen, nnd if you should hurt
the feelings of auy singer, especially a
man or woman of reputation, you will
have considerable trouble ih making
your songs popular.
i "Publishers have to take a lot of
| chances, too. For instance, to popu
larize a song you must have slides
made for stereopticon views. This
costs quite a sum. One publisher spent
SIOO to take pictures for a set of
slides for the song 'Sing Again That
Sweet Kefrain.' He had to employ a
troupe of colored minstrels, a band
and a hall. Fortunately the song made
money and he did not lose anything.
There are other things to contend with,
too. such as lawsuits, etc. There was
a dispute over the ownership of one
song, for Instance. After fighting in
the courts for some time one of the
firms concerned compromised by pay
lug the other S2OOO In cash and the
costs of the suit."—Clevclahd riain
Dealer.
Girls Who Over Hnrtl Work.
Young girls in Japan are employed
to perform a task which cannot bo
done in tho same time and with the
same ease by any other body of work
folk in the world. They are engaged
at tho different ports in loading tho
largo steamers with coal. The coal
barges are swung alongside the vessel,
from stem to stern of which are lmng
a series of platforms, the broadest
nehrest the base and diminishing as
they rise. On each of these platforms
a girl stands. Men on tho barges fill
baskets containing about two buckets
of coal each, and pass them to the girl
standing on the lowest platform. She
passes them to the girl above her, and
a continuous and unbroken line of
baskets pass into the vessel from 10
in the morning until 4 in the after
noon.
Tho girls will handle from sixty to
seventy baskets of coal per minute,
and over 1000 tons of coal a day.
This really arduous toil they perforfn
as If it wero mere play, for they keep
up a running fire of jokes, and their
laughter Is continuous. They often
.break Into a song, the notes of which
are clear, melodious and stimulating.
—■Chicago Eecord-Herakl.
Eatlnjf I.ocusts.
The Filipiuos in Manila are haying
an unexpected feast. It came to
them like the innnna to tho Israelites,
being furnished by a swarm of locusts,
which recently flow over the city. To
these people the locusts are a great
delicacy. The Insects are served dry
or In a pot-pourri. They are also
made into pies and cakes, and in some
instances ground into powder and
steeped in liquid so as to make a bev
erage. At times catching the insects
becomes a very profitable business. In
Manila and the other large cities they
sell at $2 a sack, gold. These sacks
hold about a bushel. When dried tlie
locust can ho kept indefinitely. Tho
natives never eat the grasshoppers
green, but they eat them In every
form, dried or cooked. They even car
ry them In their pockets and eat them
as they wonld candles and other con
fections. When dried the locust is
nice and crisp, and tastes something
like glngersnaps. Some eonfestlonera
dress the grasshoppers In various
ways, serving him up occasionally
with chocolate trimmings and coats
of sugar.—New York Fost.
Have Yon Met Till. Woman?
Her husband is all right—but he is
so fat!
Iter little boy Is all right—but he is
growing so spindling!
Her home is all right—but the paint
is too light!
Did she like the last lecture at the
club? Liked what he said very much
—but his hair was cut so short —like
a prize fighter!
Her new tailor suit is all right—but
Mrs. Zyz lias lier coat a trifle, the
merest shred, longer, and it's much
better! -
Her new hnt is elegant—but if that
ribbon was a shade darker, now !
Boston Herald.
An Immigrant'* Progress.
Fifteen years ago Joseph Haaga ar
rived in Buttcs County, Kan., with
five cents in his pocket. Ho went to
work for a farmer, with whom he re- J
maiued five years, saving something,
from his wages eacli year. At the end
of that time ho started farming on his
own account. Tc-day lie owns five
hundred ncres of land, and has it
stocked with a fine herd of cattle. A
short time ago he went to El Dorado
.to bid on another half section of laud,
which he had lire money to buy.
The S\rcolet Tiling.
Beneath a small window
A dear little bird
Kept singing this song -
(And I heard every word):
"Oil. sweet are the berries,
The red and the white.
And sweet are the crumbs
That you gave me last night;
And sweet to the squirrels
Are nuts in the wood!
But there's nothing so
As a child that is good!"
"Oh, jam is much sweeter!"
Said dear little Nell;
"And there's treacle and honey
And jelly as well.
Here's a big piece of bread
And some crumbs for your tea.
Don't you think these are sweeter
Thau Maggie or me?"
But Robin made answer
As loud as he could,
"There's nothing so sweet
As a girl that is good!"
—Round the Hearth.
The Cat and Rut.
The following incident I was eye
witness to. I came into one of the
work-rooms where a plate of food for
the cat had boon left on the floor.
Upon the plate of food was a large rat,
seated upon its haunches, eating squir
rel-fashion. Lying with her nose al
most against the plate was the cat,
with eyes fastened upon the rat.
When I made a slight noise the rat
went away from the plate and walked
slowly to an opening under the door
and disappeared. The cat, with eyes
fastened upon the rat, paw under the
door, came back to me and mewed.
This seemed strange, as the cat is one
of the finest ratters I ever saw, and
has destroyed many a rodent since I
saw the foregoing. Was the rat a
hypnotist? Or did he tell the cat
something?— Good Housekeeping.
Place the Rnttou in the Right Place.
Sirs. McLean, a young Scotch moth
er, had great trouble to keep her two
year-old hoy from running into the
streets of the village. The little wom
an wns greatly terrified lest he should
he trampled by horses.
She had just returned from an ex
hausting run after him and wns clos
ing the front yard gate when the old
teamster, Donald McTavish, a good
home disciplinarian, by the way, drove
along on his way home.
"Oh, dear," said the little woman, "I
have such a time to keep this hoy out
of the streets. lam discouraged. What
shall I do, Mr. McTavish!"
"What have ye been doing, Mrs.
McLean?"
"Oh, I first buttoned the gate, but he
soon found out how to open it. I put
the button higher out of his rench, and
In a day or two lie found how to climb
up to it. I hid the box he climbed up
on, nnd he found another. I then put
the button as high up ns it would go
on the fence, and now he gets a stick
nnd opens the gate. What shall I do?"
"Ah! my leddy, ye dinna know how
to do It. Tut the button on the boy,"
replied the old Scotchman.
Two Klml* of Knrs.
Aunt Iletty had away of looking
Into the children's rooms after the
folks had all gone to bed. She did this
to see 11' the little ones were comfort
able.
It was summer time, nnd one night
her nephew, Charlie, who had come
from the elty on a visit, was tucked
away in one of the little beds upstairs.
Charlie was not asleep, and Hie sight
of Aunt Iletty coming in with a
llghtpd enmlle in her hand made him
open his bright eyes wider.
"I hope you are not ill. my dear?"
asked aunty, going close to the little
white bed.
"No. indeed," said Charlie, smiling.
"I'm listening to the noise. It's a nice
noise, though," he added, thoughtfully,
for fear ills criticism of his surround
ings might offend. This, by the way,
was Charlie's first visit to the country.
Aunt Iletty looked a little aston
ished. "Why. It's as quiet ns enn be,"
she said. "Perhaps you have been
dreaming. What kind of a noise did
you think you heard?"
"It goes whiz, whiz, cheep, cheep,
.oheep-l-ty, cheep-l-tj-, and buzz, buz-z-z,
all the time," said Charlie, imitating
the sounds that he heard.
Aunt Hetty smiled. "Ah, these are
country noises, Charlie. Numberless
little insects live in the trees and
shrubbery, you know, and they are all
astir now. You will get used to the
sound after a while, and not notice it."
The next day some one referred to
the noise that had kept Charlie awake,
and this made Cousin Mabel laugh.
"To think of a city boy talking
about the noise of the country!" she
said. "I'm sure where you live it's
rattle, rattle over the stony pavements
from early morning till late at night.
I wonder how you can sleep at home."
"I don't believe I ever hear the big
noises," said Charlie, with a puzzled
air.
And then Aunt Hetty explained
something that no one else had
thought of. "Charlie has city ears,"
she said. "He is so accustomed to the
rattling, loud noises of the streets that
lie doesn't think of listening to them,
but here in the country quietness he
hears everything. Mabel and the rest
of us have country ears, so we don't
hear the noises of the insects at night;
or rather, we don't notice thetn be
cause we hear them so constantly.
Yes, there are two kinds of ears, and
it is good for those with country ears
to bo told how many noises there are
for them to listen to. Some of these
noises are musical, and all of them
are interesting. Suppose we try for
awhile to hear country noises with
city ears."—Youth's Companies.
CATCHING TIGERS.
Powerful Steel Traps Which Securely Im
prison the Beasts.
Capturing tigers by a novel method
is now being adopted in Sumatra and
Is proving almost invariably success
ful. As soon as a tiger's hair has been
found, natives are employed to con
struct a wooden fence nine feet long
and four feet wide a short distance .
away from it, and in this Inelosure is
then placed as a bait a dog, which Is
tied to one of the fence posts. A nar
row entrance leads into the inelosure,
and, there, deftly concealed under
earth, leaves and houghs of trees, is
placed a strong steel trap, which is so
designed that any anmial that places
its foot on it is certain to be held cap
tive.
The trap Is of recent invention and 1
consists of strong steel plates and
equally strong springs. When it is set
the plates form a sort of platform, and
as soon as the tiger which has been 2
lured thither by the dog sets his foot ■
thereon the springs are released, and
the cruel steel grips the legs and holds
It fast.
Powerful as a tiger is, he cannot free
himself from such bondage, and as
those who have set the trap are never —'
far away he is In a short time either
killed or securely caged. At the same
time the dog is released, and, indeed,he
could not he removed from the inelos
ure ns long as the trap wns set, since
this instrument, strong ns it is, never
theless is so delicate that the pressure
even of a dog's foot would release the
springs and cause the animal's leg to
be crushed in a twinkling.—London
Telegraph.
The Tonic of Succcsit.
The exercise of the highest faculties
of the mind is not only stimulating,
but creates the highest character.
Perhaps there is nothing else which
has such a magical effect upon the
brain, tile nervous system, the whole
man in fact, as the consciousness of '
achieving that on which his heart is
set. There is a wonderful uplift in
feeling that things which we take hold
of will move. Achievement nets like
a tonic on the whole system, u quick
ens the circulation, stimulates the
digestion, and enlarges hope. People
who have been Invalids for years,
whom no medicine or physician could
help, have frequently been entirely re
stored to health, by suddenly hearing
some good news, or unexpectedly com
ing into some good fortune.
This shows that the mind is master,
that the body nnd Its functions are
good servants, and that the thoughts
are reflected in the physical mati.-
Success.
Swiss Town to Abolish Fuel.
The town of Davos, writes a Swiss
correspondent, is considering a bold
scheme for the abolition of all the or
dinary forms of fuel. It is proposed to
erect an extensive electric plant at the
confluence of two large mountain tor- w
rents, whose united waters will supply
the necessary motive force. A large
firm of Swiss electricians has been
studying tile problem for over a year
nnd has obtained the concession of the
forces of the torrents alluded to. The
same firm has bought out new eleetric
heating and cooking apparatus especial
ly designed for the scheme. The first
cost of the installation is estimated
to he 8,000,000 francs. Already elec
tricity is not only used for lighting
and motive power, hut is adopted in
many villas for cooking and heating
nnd in one of the largest bakeries. The
idea is to do away with all contamina
tion of the air by the use of fuel.
ITootleas Monkey-Faceil Owls.
Three owls that appear to be part
monkeys have been found near Ked
Bud, 111. Two of the birds are now
in possession of Phil Offerding, a ho
tel keeper, and are viewed with great
curiosity. The owls are two mouths
old now, and so far have shown no A
signs of feathering, and this adds to
the monkey likeness. They have
large, staring eyes like the owls, even
the beak being depressed, but the fore
head runs hack like that of the mon
key. The hoot which lias made the
owl well known Is absent. The vocal
powers of these monkey-l'aced beings
are somewhat impaired. They remain
silent unless disturbed, when they let
out a hiss like that of a snake. They
were taken from a nest in the woods
near Ked Bud by George Carpenter.—
Chicago luter-Oeean.
One Fuir of Gloves For Two Men.
Mr. A. E. Bundle, of Cougress
Heights, visited the District Commis
sioners, escorting General Charles E.
Hooker, of Mississippi.
"General Hooker," remarked Mr.
Rnudle, "wnS a gallant Confederate
officer. At Vleksburg a eanuon ball i
cut off his left arm and at the same A{
time blew off the head of his servant, ™
who wns kneeling by his side. A
Union officer iu the same battle, who
shall be nameless, lost ids right arm
during the same siege. In after years
the two officers became close friends,
ys one of them lost the right arm and
the other the left one, they send each
other the odd glove every time either
purchases n pair of gloves."—Wash
ington Post.
Falil 8 ;.- ,000 For a Itug.
Every time J. Pierpout Morgan goes
abroad, says the New York Times, he
makes it a point to acquire a number
of valuable souvenirs of the trip. This
time, besides a number of rare paint
ings, including the famous Gainsbor
ough portrait, lie has purchased for
himself a Persian rug, probably the
rarest of its kind in existence, for
which he paid Si!, 000. The rug meas
ures ten feet six iuchcs by nineteen
feet, was made of Persian "silk In Ta- I
brig, Persia, and was woven by Mo- r
hammedan friars 150 years ago for a
shall. The time required to weave the
rug was sixteen years.