SOME FILIPINO CUSTOMS MPRESSIVE CEREMONY DAILY IN THE HOMES AFTER NIGHTFALL. Tlielr Manner of Eating In Not Tory Fleas ant to Witness—The Native Markets Are an Interesting Sight Luxuriant Hair of tlio Native Women. The most Impressive ceremony of the Filipinos is daily enacted at night fall, says the Washington Star. I no ticed It first in the ancient, dirty town of Cavite. The bell tolls in the ancient cathedral, warning the Inhabitants that the night is on. Pedestrians gen erally halt, remove their hats and say their prayers aloud. From every open door the mumbling is heard. This Is kept up until the bell ceases. The writer was a frequent visitor to a Filipino family of the better class in | Cavite. The family consisted -of a mother and her three daughters. I jjk was present on several occasions when the above ceremony was In progress. After the bell stops tolling they would > all stop praying and Immediately pro ceed to their mother, the eldest first, and each in turn, saluting lier, "Bue nos noche" (good night), kissing her hand, which each would carry to the forehead. They then kissed their mother's cheeks, then turn to their American visitors with the salute, but omitting the kiss. The Filipinos In general have violent tempers. The Filipinos, like the Chinese, are ,1100 eaters, and It forms the principal dish at all meals. They eat with their .fingers, which Is not very pleasing to Iwltncss. They all have knives and 'forks In the house, which they pro duce when visitors are present. Like the Chinese, they are also fond of (fatty foods. I have on a number of toceaslons witnessed young ladles eat ing large pieces of fat that caused me Ito have fears for my own stomach, I and I would he compelled to turn my ■A bead away. I I am of the belief that the longer an American studies the Filipino char acter the more complex It becomes. For thirteen months I studied tliem finder many conditions, and when I (left the Islands I was under the im pression that I knew but very little of (tbu Filipino and his ways when not under observation. They do not un derstand themselves and do not care (to, apparently. In the city of Manila |many native jargons are spoken, and they cannot understand each other. |Every province has Its jargon, and were it not for their limited knowledge 'of Spanish they would he unable to carry on a conversation. They resemble very much our West ern Indlnn tribes, which have their tribal language or Jargon, and were It not for the Chinook language, origin ated and Introduced by the old lliul ■on Bay Company, our noble red men would be at a loss for conversation when members of different tribes / meet here in Washington. Nine out often children have revolt ing sores on their bodies, generally on their legs, which leads one to believe that leprosy and other blood diseases are common among the natives. I un derstand the authorities have set aside an Island for lepers, similar to the one in the Hawaiian group. The main trouble will he in apprehending tlio i lepers, as there must he several thous and in the vicinity of Manila. Under Spanish rule there was a large leper hospital in Manila, whei-e probably a thousand of these unfortunntea were i' confined. The day the Americana cap tured the city the officials of this asy lum became demoralized and aban doned the institution. By the time the matter was brought to the notice of the American authorities the place was deserted, the lepers having scat tered all over the city. Many of them were found hogging in the streets. A largo number of them were never cap tured. ijk The most interesting rights of Ma ▼ nila I found to be the native markets. ¥ I would rise about sin the morning, and after a cold shower hath would I . start for a brisk walk through the na tive section of Binondo, which Includes the largest market In the city. Dur ing my sojourn In the city I took prob ably a hundred of these rambles alone cr. >1 never met an American, with the exception of a soldier, occasionally, on guard. This market wan destroyed by the great fires started by the Insurgents in February, 1803. Just as soon as the heat permitted the dealers opened up for business among the ruins, mak ing a startling picture. The products of the markets arc not tempting to Americans, who do not patronize them i except for fruits, eggs, chickens and \ one or two vegetables common to America. They have their fish alive j\ In tubs, but I would not advise any- tody to buy them, as their flesh has a S alckening taste. This Is duo to the water being always warm. In these markets the Chinamen con -duet dry goods stalls. I wondered Iwliy there waa always a half dozen ■Chinese to each of these, and upon in quiry they told me they were com pelled to hand together to prevent rob bery by the natives. An incident came to my notice one morning at the market which assured me that the Chinese precautions were necessary. Several young toughs had taken some mangoes out of a China man's basket and had refused either to pay Ills price or return them. I could not understand their language, hut I cou'.d tell from their excited pitch that a row was Imminent. The Filipinos started to leave with their booty, when the Chinaman blew a BP .shrill blast from a whistle. It did not seem a second before a dozen Clilnu- A men rushed out from a side street, all bare headed. The leader was one of Wj the largest Chinamen I have ever seen. kW Receiving a hasty explanation from H the dealer, they made a rush for the 3L Filipinos, who produced their ill got- (en fruit with alacrity. After several minutes of excited Jabbering, during which no blow was struck, the Filipi nos were allowed to go and the Chi nese disappeared from sight again. The Filipinos try to be very clean in their person and clothing. I believe that they all take at least one bath a week, although I could not see how they derived much benellt. as they used only cold water and seldom any soap. The dirty Pasig Itivor Is lined every morning with bathers of both sexes. The laundry women are also out in force, and it is a sight to see them beat the clothes into cleanliness. They use a flat clnb as remorselessly on a fine shirt as they would on a pair of overalls. All clothes look alike to them. For nearly a year we were at the mercy of these clothes finishers, but now the city has several steam laundries which do first-class work. The Filipino women are noted for their luxuriant hair. I would not call It beautiful, being too coarse. They soak a certain bark in a small bowl and saturate their hair with the solu tion. They told mo they owed their beautiful tresses to this preparation. If this bnrk does contain such won derful properties I would like to see the American ladies of Manila inves tigate the matter for the benefit of their sisters at home. The writer was on the beach near Manila when Admiral Dewey was si elling Fort Malate, previous to the assault by the troops. I was aston ished at the lack of Interest taken by the natives. We were wild with ex citement, but the natives looked on unconcerned. There were several thousands of them living in the vicin ity, but very few were interested enough to walk a few yards to the beach. Many of them had their backs turned from the river. I regard the Filipinos a very moral people when It Is considered what a hard road they have had to travel. A faithless wife Is seldom heard of. and I was told such faithlessness was pun ishable by death. They have some sort of secret society which acts on such cases. Marriages with Americans is not countenanced by the Filipinos, and the few who have taken the step have been ostracised by their people. The first American soldier to take unto himself a native wife was a hospital corps man, stationed at Cavite. He or she made an unwise selection, as the alliance proved to he a total fail ure and they soon separated. Styles do not worry the native belles, as their costumes have the same cut to-day that was In vogue 100 years ago. I rather like their style of dress, which I do not believe will last many years under American rule, as Manila now contains several hundred well dressed ladie3 from America, and the natives will become dissatisfied with their flowing garments and copy after their white sisters. The Spanish ladles of Manila always appeared to me to he over-dressed and very awkward in their carriage when walking, which they rarely in dulged in, however. Their favorite pastime is carriage riding or the Lu ueta after sundown. They always go bareheaded or with a lace mantilla over their raven locks. They greet the occupants of the passing carriages with a proud and haughty stare. The native women arc the most graceful walkers that I have ever seen. They carry their heads as proud a3 any queen. This grace Is inherited and practiced from babyhood. It is an Interesting sight to see a mother going to church accompanied by sever al little girls, all dressed alike, and walking In the same step and with the same graceful carriage. They wear no tight shoes and many none at all. This peculiar gait has been largely acquired by carrying weights on their heads, at which they are exceptionally adept. They can carry immense loads upoa their bends. It is a very com mon sight of Manila to see a native milk wcman rushing down the street with a beer bottlo full of milk bal anced on lier head. Tlio Marquis do Mores. The Marquis de Mores was a strange man, who eame into the West as a fantastic shadow out of another world, and tried to fashion the big, raw coun try after the pattern of things he knew. It was his ambition to found a groat American house in the Bad Lands. He was slain, as ho slew his man In the Bad Lands from ambush, while leading a French military expe dition in Tunis something more than four years ago. His widow now ad vances the claim that he was the vic tim of a conspiracy on the part of certain French Government officials. He Is still remembered In the Bad Lands, where his green mansion stands lonely and weather-stained on the bleak, slant side of a treeless butte, and his abattoir, wlud-hauuted and falling to decay, marks the low hank of the Little Missouri. The acres of unprollfie soil over which he held a lordly sway still bear his name, and cattlemen smile grimly and point out here and there fragments of tlio wire fonces he built. Everybody's Magazine. A ITorelgner*. Ignornticß. The American tourist Is often amused at some of the mistakes made by foreigners In pointing out and do scribing landmarks In the lower buy. On one tx-ansutlantlc liner a big Ger man. who had exhibited during tho voyage knowledge of many subjects, pointed to tho big white lighthouse on Sandy Ilook and said to an Interesting group of friends: "Thut Is the famous tomb of General Grant, close to the sea he loved so well. Tho site was se lected with the battling sen on one side and the peaceful hay on the other because It was so typical of the two sides of his great life, I tell you the Americans are sentimental."- New York Mail and Express. I CHIMNEY TO ABATE NUISANCE.' Difficulties In Construction Overcome is llayonnc, N. J. Indirectly, the smoke nuisance from the Jersey shore, has caused to be erected, in Bayonne, N. J., what is said to be the tallest chimney in the world. Its construction is a result of Congressional inquiry into ways and menus of relieving Staten Island of what has long been a blot on its nat ural beauty, and if this specially built chimney proves a successful solution of the smoke problem it is possible that more of Its kind will be erected along the Kill von Kull. This chimney rises over the smelters of the Orford Copper Works. It is built of brick, and Is 3Go feet high, thirty-eight feet In diameter at the bot tom, tapering to ten feet at the top. The wall at the ground is eight feet thick. To support this immense weight was a problem, as the soil of the site was found to be made ground of little more than oyster-shell stabil ity. The foundation was finally se cured by the use of driven piling, each pile supporting from ten to twelve tons, In addition to the wind pressure, which, blowing at the rate of 100 miles an hour, means a horizontal weight of 100 pounds against every square foot of exposed surface. The gases in the smoke, to be car ried off from the smelters, was an other difficulty to be overcome, since those gases, coming into contact with the hydrogen of the air, form sulphuric acid, and sulphuric acid will attack iron or any brick containing Iron in its composition. The brick used, therefore, had to bo manufactured out of absolutely pure clay, and to add strength to the chimney's construction the bricks were baked in the form of perforated, four-inch cubes. "These perforations," explained a representative of the Custodis Alphons Chimney Company, "allow the brick layers, when building the chimney, to force the mortar into each brick one half an inch from its upper and lower side, increasing the space of adhesion one-third over the ordinary smooth, flat brick. The perforation also leaves an air space Inside of the brick, be tween the two surfaces of mortar, and air, being a good non-conductor of cither heat or cold, helps to maintain an even temperature which Is neces sary to carry off heavy gases." The construction of the lengthy pile of brick took less than six mouths, while the actual building time was about eighteen weeks. The use of out side scaffolding was eliminated, prin cipally because of the cost of so much timber. By means of an elevator shaft inside the chimney, which was built as the wall went up, working space and a hoisting contrivance were com bined In one. The work is now finished, and a large American flag is flying from the top, which can bo plainly seen for miles from the upper bay and the level stretches of New Jersey. The big chimney will bo hitched by means of flues to all the smelters about its base. Its cost was In the neigh borhood of $32,000.—-New York Post. llounil to Find Fault. A Court street car picked up alamo man at Harrison street the other day, and in less than a minute it became evident that the new passenger Intend ed to make a kick about something or other. lie was just turning around to face the conductor when that Individ ual moved up three scats ahead and said: "Sir, I do not own any stock 1° this road." "No?" was the reply. "And I am not the manager." . "No?" "Nor a division superintendent nor 1-ie official starter. lam not to blame for open cars, closed cars, fast time or slow time." "Who said you were?" growled the passenger. "I simply conduct this one car to the best of my poor ability, and I can't even jaw the motorman." "Well, what are you telling me all this for?" "Why, sir, I rather expected you'd raise a kick of some sort, and I didn't want to be blamed for what was not my fault." "Oh, I see. No, I didn't Intend to And one word of fault with anything or anybody, but being you've called my attention to it let me say that I believe you'd look a durn sight better with your cars lopped off and your nose turned up at the end."—Brooklyn Citizen. rißeon Flying unci Cycling Scorching. A peculiar side light was thrown upon the methods adopted in homing circles at the Northwich Petty Ses sions recently. Three men were sum moned for furiously riding bicycles at Comberbach, and it transpired that they were scorching along the road to the postoffice with the object of "wiring" the arrival of their birds. The men, who pleaded that the hom ing societies only allowed them three minutes per mile riding time, which was equivalent to twenty miles an hour, promised to abandon the prac tice and revert to foot running, and were fined five shillings each.—Loudon Globe. Dentil Follow<l Quickly. Foxall is a reckless young man. He stopped a friend in the street, and, in a rash moment, said: "Look here, Wiseman! There was an argument among us yesterday as to the way the word 'restaurant' should be pronounced. Some of the fellows held that 'rcst-a-rong' was correct, while others were ready to bet their fortunes that 'rest-a-rout' was the proper pronunciation. Which do you say is right?" "H'm! Well—or those who pro nounce it 'rcst-a-rong' are light, and —er—the rest are wrong," said Wlsj lnan, whoso inquest is fixed for to day.—London Answers. QBEAT VALUE OF TREES A FACTOR IN LIFE BEYOND THE COMMERCIAL ONE. Trees Accomplish i Vast Amount of Work In n I)ay—Their Straggle For Self-Preservation and the l*erpetua tlon of Their Species. ' Most people have formed the habit of talking about shade trees, fruit trees and lumber as if shade, fruit and building materials were all for which the trees were good. Of course the artistic eye looks at them for beauty, the entomologist as harbors for In sects and the botanist for herbarium specimens, but the true lover of the tree thinks of It in its wide value to all living things in the universe. Though trees lack the power of voli tion and -have no nervous system in the ordlnnry sense of the word, they are highly organized forms of life. They accomplish a vast amount of ac tual work in a day and enrn their liv ing as surely as you and I do. Their work is the world's work of the unsel fish kind. They struggle for self-pres ervation and the perpetuation of their species; they return to the soil and to the atmosphere materials loaned them for food; they are altruistic lu provid ing an abundance of fruit for the use of others, they furnish grateful shade to man and beast, are the refuge of birds and insects and add to the beauty of nature. Think of the linden tree on the hill side! In autumn it sets sail its, winged nuts upon the breeze. Blown down the hillside, a few are burled under the dry leaves and the soft coverlet of winter's snows. In March the sun shine seeks them out. Moisture hns softened the tough shell of the nut. The tiny embryo within throbs at the touch of wurnith, turns, lifts a hand, and, creeping through a break in the shell, buries Itself In the ground. It is the instinctive lmby hand grasping a protecting mother, and the kindly stop mother of the Infant tree Is Mother Earth. This first tiny hand is the hold-fast root. Next comes one waved aloft to greet the sunshine. This ten der growth throws aside the out grown nut shell and develops cell by cell into trunk, branch, twig and leaf of the linden tree. Sunshine, warmth and moisture help It along, but the am bitious little tree knows liow to look out for itself as well. Utilitarians consider the trunk the Important part of a tree. The trunk Is a wise makeshift of nature which towers aloft and tries to lift the vital organs of the tree—the leaves—out of harm's way and Into purer air and brighter sunshine. Beneath the ground the strong roots and rootlets have hundreds of eager, thirsty mouths which take nourishment from the earth. Water and mineral matter are carried upward by the process of ca pillary attraction to the leaves In the crown and the branches for digestion and assimilation. A leafless tree stands little chance of living. Trees denuded of their leaves by caterpillars and other mischievous things are de prived of their stomachs and lungs at once. Every leaf on a tree is unceasingly Industrious day and night. Examine the linden leaf—or, in fact, any leaf will do, the truth applies to all—and notice how its surface is spread to catch the sunshine. The under side of the leaf has a different appearance. The tissue is tenderer and a network of breathing pores. A section placed under the objective of the microscope reveals tiny cells filled with a greenish liquid called chlorophyll, which plays an important part in the domestic economy of the tree. When undigested food from the ground has been carried to the leaves the chlorophyll seizes it, and under the influence of sunlight changes its nourishment. The chlo rophyll also breaks up the carbon dioxide with which it comes into con tact, and, liberating the oxygen, sends it out into the atmosphere. Digested food materials are carried from the leaves to all parts of the tree and aid in its growth. Leaves, as the lungs, are necessary in the process of breathing. Like animals, the tree needs oxygen and breathes much after the manner of a human being. Not only is the life-giving air taken into the lungs, or leaves, but it is iuhaled through tiny openings in the bark, just as man and animals transpire through the skin. These tiny breath ing holes are called lenticels and may be seen plainly on the bark of cherry and many other kinds of trees. As the tree drinks water it sweats aud exhales water vapor along with oxy gen cast off from the earlion dioxide. Tons nnd tons of moisture is evap orated from wooded areas. This is another beneficial act. Water vapor in the atmosphere is essential to agri culture. Trees transpire through cracks and fissures in the bark, where the lenticels are hidden from sight. This is especially truo in old trees. From time to time scientists have com puted the leaf area of trees and tlio results have been astonishing. An ordinary linden leaf hns a surface of ten square inches. Multiply this by the number of leaves on a branch and calculate the leafage area of the tree. This entire surface is liberating oxy gen and water vapor day and night. In the arid sections of the West the people are beginning to see that fores try and irrigation are the factors which will count for their prosperity. About 1,000,000 square miles, or more thau one-third of the United States, is forest land. The destruction of for ests lias been so extravagant that the Government has taken the matter in jhaml and decided on thirty-eight res ervations, where the forests will be under intelligent supervision. There l.as been some misunderstanding in regard to these reserves. Although the intention is to preserve the forest md cacoutfa lie growth of young trees, at the same time the land avail able for settlement will be Increased. As forests conserve the rainfall and In fluence the humidity of the atmos phere, newly planted forests will wedge in between farms on the reser vations and farms penetrate the clear ings in old forests. Shcopherders and settlers must be taught intelligent for estry and tree wisdom spread broad cast over the land before the tree re ceives the reverential respect due to It. —L. M. McC., in Chicago Post. California Crowding Castile. Among other Incidents -of "the American invasion" of European mar kets the carrying of California fruits to London and Paris in successful competition with what would seem to be the naturally superior facilities of Spanish fruit-growers is not the least astonishing. Paris is not quite COO miles distant from Valencia, the great fruit-ship ping port of Alphonso's fruity king dom. Yet, says a Valencia paper, "California oranges, peaches, apples and peal's reach Paris, after travers ing 0000 miles, in a more attractive and appetizing condition than ours." It goes on to say: "We can compete with America only by employing her methods—lmproved cultivation, harvesting and packing, cold storage and rapid, safe transpor tation. Castile was once called the granary of Europe, yet we have lived to see foreign wheat, after paying heavy transportation taxes, protective duties and an adverse premium of thirty-five per cent, in exchange, com peting with our home-grown cereals. Shall we live to see American oranges competing with ours on the Valencia market Itself?" And so it goes all along the line. American ingenuity and "hustle" are compelling the steelmakers of Britain and the fruit-growers of Spain alike to admit that they must imitate us to save their trade.—New York World. Strange Ileunion of Brothcis. A remarkable reunion has been ef fected between two brothers in Henry County, Indiana, after a separation of nearly half a century, during which time each thought the other dead. Barton and Jabez Guyer lived with their parents in North Carolina. In 1852 Barton left home to make his way In the world. He went to Texas, thence to Mexico, finally returning to Texas, where he located. He wrote his brother repeatedly, but received no reply to his letters nnd gave him up for dead. Jabez never received any information from Barton. He lost all trace of him, and likewise mourned him as dead. Barton enlisted in the Confed erate army, and served until peaco was declared. Jabez later on moved with his family to Henry County, Ind. Iteeently a relative of the family learned, through a conversation with a traveling salesman, of a man named Barton Guyer in Ilarrisburg, Texas. A correspondence developed the fact that he was the long-lost brother. Barton came on to meet his brother.— Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. Dcntli to the Fly. 'Tis sad but truo that picturesque means of discouraging flies, such as window boxes of curtain flowers, fancy wire screens, etc., are not as ef fectual as one could wish on a hot summer day. Mignonnette is sup posed to bo disliked by the pests, but it does not keep them out of rooms where it Is placed, and wire screens are usually more trouble than the flies themselves nnd "strain" the air to vanishing point. Some people ad vise eucalyptus plants In all the rooms, others washing the windows, etc., witli a strong solution of sassafras or quas sia; while all picture frames, etc., which flies haunt, should be well washed in onion water, but, though at times palliatives, these are not per fect cures. An old-fashioned but ef fective destroyer is said to be a tea spoonful each of cream and brown sugar well blended with half a ten spconful of freshly-ground black pep per and left about the room on plates. —New York Commercial Advertiser. Taclflc Turn* lied and Fresh. Following the earthquake shocks that visited the Pacific coast the other day, a peculiar phenomenon has de veloped in the waters ct' the Faeitic. Within a distance of sixiy-iivc miles along the Los Angeles County shore line the salty waters, heretofore clear and of the usual greenish color, have become a terra-eotta red. This color lino extends off shore for several miles and is so distasteful to the fish family that they have gone far into the ocean to seek clear waters. At night this colored sea water gives off a phosphorescent light, and as the long lines of waves roll, toss nnd strike the beaches they cast a reflec tion that enables one to read average print. At certain points along the beach the water has turned sweet. The theory is advanced that the earth quake opened a tissue off tlio coast that forces fresh water and colored matter to the surface.—New York Bun. What Is t% Newspaper? It is a library. It is an encyclope dia, a poem, a history, a dictionary, a time table, a romance, a guide, a political resume, a ground-plan cf the civilized world, a low-price mull urn In parvo, says the Newman (Ga.) Adver tiser. It is a sermon, a song, a circus, an obituary, a shipwreck, a symphony in cold lead; a medley of life and death, and a grand aggregation of man's glory and his shame. It is, in short, a bird's-eye view of all the magnanimity and meanness, the joys and sorrows, births and deaths, the pride and poverty, of the world. SPIES IN PRISON. Talnable Information From a Felon'c Confidence. It might ho thought that when the police have arrested a criminal and obtained for him a suitable term of imprisonment their interest in him lapses for at least so long as he is safely incarcerated. But such is not always the case. Sometimes the po lice arrest and get convicted a man who might be able to give them tiiost valuable information concerning other crimes and criminals; and there is no time at which a felon is more frank than when in prison, and no person to whom he so readily eontides his deeds in the past and plans for the future as a fellow-felon. In France every advantage is taken of this, and detectives are sent to prison—becoming for the time com mon jailbirds—for the express pur pose of meeting criminals and obtain ing their confidence. It is also done, less frequently, in this country, and from time to time the police secure In this way most valuable information which could not be obtained by any other means. Scotland Yard, London, has a staff of detectives who form one of the most mysterious bodies of officials in the world, so mysterious that not one person in a thousand knows more about them than that they exist. They nre employed in cases where absolute secrecy is required. They never make arrests, they never give evidence in any court—in short, they never do anything which would imply that they have the remotest connection with the police. Yet they execute most im portant duties. So close is the secret kept that none of the ordinary staff know by sight or name any of this mysterious body of detectives. They nre totally unknown to each other; Indeed, the probability is that the i only person who is acquainted with them and could say how many there are is the head of the Criminal In vestigation Department. It la these men who, among hun dreds of other difficult and danger ous duties, have from time to time be come jailbirds and worm themselves into the confidence of criminals whom the police believe could render very valuable information. For a famous thief-catcher to attempt to disguise himself in prison-dress and insinuate his way into the trust of thieves would, it is manifest, be the sheerest ctupidity; prison dress is about as bad a disguise as anyone could possibly assume, and clever rogues make it one of their first tasks to learn the per sonality of every Scotland Yard de tective. But the jailbird who at labor yearns to say something to someone else .ban the members of the prison staff, and blabs out that he wants a pal for a job he means to work when he gets out or some other equally interesting Item of information, may, for all hr knows or suspects, be whispering in the ear of a Government spy who is living like n felon simply on the chance of eliciting the information then being freely accorded him. Detectives often have put before them clues and other matters the 6ourco of which they cannot conceive, and not a little of It is supplied to tlioir chief by innocent men who wear prison-dress and eat prison fare be cause it is a part of their duty. Ignorance or the Newly Ilich. TTo still need a training school to teach the very rich how to use the trappings of their wealth. In front of a famous store in Fifth avenue there stocd recently a luxurious carriage with n coachman and a footman on the box. Both servants, but particu larly the footman, were models. Thj twner of the turnout came out of the shop, walked to the carriage, and opened the door for herself. The foot man never moved. She gave an order to the coachman; still the footman sat like one of the Pharaohs, except that he kept his arms crossed, which they did not do even when laid out to be mummies. Finally the woman stepped into the carriage, shutting the door for herself, and the equipage whirled away without any sign of life having been given by the man beside the coachman. The explanation was that the owner of the carriage, who had re cently attained to riches and also New York, heard that It was the proper thing to have two men on the hox; so she had them, and kept them there! She probably classed the second man v -th the crest on the carriage door, as an ornament of a certain significance, but no practical use.—New Y'ork Post. Fxtenslon of Chautauqua Work. The Chautauqua movement is stead ily extending its influence and scope of work. One of the most remarkable of the reading circles is located in the prison of Stillwater, Minn., where, for the past ten years, it has exerted a no table influence among the convicts in the regeneration of life and character. Active circles have also been carrying on the work for years in the Argen tine Republic, Chile and the Hawaiian Islands. Jamaica in the West Indies, Yokohama, Japan and India report large new circles. Chautauqua read ers are also pursuing the courses in Mexico, Venezuela, Portugal. England, France, Germany, Finland, Alaska, Porto Itico, Cuba and the Philippines and other foreign islands and coun tries. Last summer over 120 Chau tauqua assembles were held in thirty four different States and Territories, the attendance at which aggregated a million of people.—Guuton's Magazine. A Snake Chase With Fox Iloumlp. Willis Adams's fox hounds chased n black sunk > on Skaggs Creek, over a mile nud captured It. The hunters were disgusted when they came up with the hounds to find a dead snake Instead cf a fox.—Mt. Vernon (liy.> Signal.
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