Semi-weekly Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 5 October 1897 — Page 3

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MAD KING'S FREAKS

SOME OF THE WAYS LUDWIG HAD OF AMUSING HIMSELF/-'?

h.vJfc,-c« t"* KxpesalTe Opera at Baireuth—Erilliact T«raonti Used at Night In the Forests. iSsDrirlng Horse* Crazy That He Slight Be

Amnaetl.

-•"If Ludwig II, the young king of Bavaria, was road, ifc was from exeesJVf rnaj•sty. The moDiJrqJi of ono of the smallest kingdoms of the world, bis opinion of filmself was magnificent beyond all dreams of grandeur. Ordinary people were not sufficiently exalted to bo hi# companions.

Ordinary occupations afforded him no gratiflcation. All the chateaus afnd palaces which he inherited when he came t-o the throne wfe squalid for one 60,great. Architecture «nd building were bis ruling hobbies, and he was thus able to gratify the one delusion by building magnifloent edifices, the second by occupying his time In the most extraordinary fashions and the third by shunning society and escaping the Inspection of ordinary eyes, eitbor in bia gorgeous retreats Jir by retiring to one of the more humble dwellings be erected on varieus mountain summits, where a few attendants awaited his unexpeoted visits. Ludwig's mania for solitude took the most unexpected .twists. He enjoyed this own company be3t on those occasions when people whose minds are less phenomenally balanced consider companionship most essential. It was his fancy to have dramatic and musieal performances for himself alone. Unfortunate theatrical managers and indignant musical directors, not daring to resist the royal whim, were driven to waste their talent by providing entertainments. The theater was darkened, the orchestra, the chorus and the full dramatic company were grudgingly provided, one and all detesting the work of putting forth their best efforts for the amusement of an empty housa, save for the solitary figure sitting silent and motionless in the shadow of the royal box. Music Ludwig loved, and many of his wildest extravagances and maddest acts of prodigality were due to the influence of Wagner, his one friend and adviser. It was Wagner who prompted his most transcendent folly, the erection of a huge theater at Baireuth for that composer's glorification. One performance alone entailed an expenditure of £20,000, of which £16,000 was paid by the king, the rest being barely covered by the sale of tickets.

Reared from his childhood amid the most enobanting scenery, Ludwig dearly loved the lonely mountains and the 6ilent forests In which bis possessions were so rich. Delighting to turn night into day, he would order his horses after dark, and the jingle of hie sleigh bells and tbe big crack of the postilions' whips would bring the peasantry to their bedroom easements to see a brilliant equipage flash by, a phantom that vanished in a whirl, of snow dust, a dream of red and gold and blue and silver, and above tbe bead of the silent occupant two crowns glowing with electric light. It was only the simple inhabitants of the Bavarian Alps who ever oaught a glimpse of these fairy like vehicles. The front of one was formed by a gigantic Bhell borne by Tritons, with little Cupids seated on its edge, whose tiny arms carried baok wreaths to the royal ocoupant. The ornamentation of another was so profuse that bat three small spaces were left on the panels, and these were oocupied by delicate mythological scenes pointed by the band of a famous Munich artist. The king's sleighs were never drawn by fewer than four horses. He appears to have been fond of these animals, which he called his "dumb courtiers." But, like everything else about him, they were compelled to suffer in erder to gratify their master's fanoies.

During the winter of 1874 instructions were sent to the royal stables that the 30 best horses they contained were for several days to bo fed on nothing but oats. The grooms imagined they were to be entered for a race. Though a blinding snowstorm was raging, Ludwig commanded some workmen to at once set about erecting a wooden tower In the forest adjoining his palace, and around this tower a gallery was to run. Finally when his plans were matured he stationed an orohestrs of wind instruments near this erection, taking up his own position on tho baloony. In the cornfields near he had scattered here and there drums, kettles and some soldiers with rifles loaded with- powder, and an ordt)r was given that each man should remain hidde® and silent At a given signal tbe horses were led quietly to the foot of the tower. Then the king gave a sign whioh was understood by the leader of the orchestra, by the drums, kettles, trumpets and soldiers. In an instant the most infernal hubbub broke forth. Eaoh drummer vied with the other to beat louder, the trumpeters nearly burst their cheeks, there were powder explosions, shrill whistles and most diabolical howls. The terrified horses broke their fastenings. Mad with terror, they reared, wheeled, zigzagged plunging and kicking, they galloped here and iihere with blood red nostrils and floating mao.es they bolted in all directions to the jeopardy of the orchestra and the terror of the drums and kettles in tbe fields. One by ®ne they disappeared over tbe horizon, white with foam, still snorting nod rolling their eyes. It was days before some of them ware found. Many were picket} up enfeebled, still wild and terrified. Some had Reached the mountains others lifld penetrated the woods or become engulfed in the marshes. His majesty, however, was well amused.

The tricks Ludwig played on his horses he also iBflicted on his servants. Every one about him was in danger of life and limb. He injured at least 80 persons, and one be killed. It is not to be forgotten, however, that he was mad nnd ought long before this to have been under medical charge. For some offenses bis attendants were confined in the dungeons of his castles for others they were banished to A^merlca. One miserable lackey was charged with booking too ouriously at his ecoentric master. For this he was compelled to wear a blaok mask over bis face for a whole year. Another was simply stupid. He had a seal spt on bis forehead. The king himself paid reverent homage to certain tree, and tUere was a hedge upon which he bestowed his benediotion as he drove by.—Pearson's Maguziug.

ON AN OCEAN LINER.

How Some Travelers Boldly Appropriate tbe Property of Other Persons. Human nature, particularly feminine human nature, is always an interesting study, but especially is ic so on shipboard, where time hangs so heavy. A returned traveler from Europe makes some interesting observations in the Chicago TimesHerald on the unconscionable way some travelers appropriate steamer chairs and traveling rugs. As most peeple know, every passenger on the transatlantic steamers supplies himself or herself with a warm rug to wrap about one's limbs while sitting out on deck in a steamer obair. These steamer chairs the steamship company is good enough t« rent at 50 cents the voyage. Mrs. Adlni Stevenson, en route to join her husband in iioadon, missed her rug one day. Although accustomed to the feminine "pashers" and free luneb workers of Washington society. MM. Stevenson was amaxed at this extraordinary manifestatioa «f hutaan nature. An fcour's search revealed to her the whereabouts of her rug, bat a palite Intimation feat Che user of the robe hod made some mistake and picked up wrong rug, quite by accident, was met with a cool "That cannot be, because taught this rug myself the day before we sailed-" Another intltua that an_ioep«fcon of the would

show Mrs. Stevenson's name written there on was met with an icy stare and a lofty "I beg youah pawdon." It required the authority of tbe ohief deck steward and an enforced inspection of the tag to restore this bit of property to its rightful owner. "The bravest man I know is aboard this ship," continues tbe same writer. "His name is Lester—Andrew Jackson Lester— and he is a rising young lawyer. A woman bad 'borrowed' bis rug. This was tho 6eoond time she bad taken that liberty. She was not only bold in taking, but impudent in claiming tbe rug as her own. This time yonng Mr. Lester set his heavy lower jaw ou inously. 'Madam,' said he 6terr.ly, 'thpt is my rug, and I propose to take it.' 'Sir. if you touch my rug, I will scream for uelp.' 'Madam, you may scream if you like. If you do, I will denounce you as a pilferer.' And so saying Lester pulled the brown and yellow rug from about the form of tbe woman and bore it away in triumph. There were no screams. It was a man's nerve against a woman's, and tbe man won."

BLOT ON BAIREUTH.

G. W. Steevens Says That It Is the English Girl. G. W. Steevens, says the New York Press, who finds a reading public when he says absurdly unusual things, for which he was noted in his American trip, now remarks that Baireuth has one blot on it —the English girl. "She is," he says, "generally unmarried and runs from 25 to 85, with her accurate knowledge, and her impassive ways, and her prim, pale face, and that thin, slow, unmodulated, very high in the head voice! You know the voice. It is not a ohest voice or even a head voice. It is a kind of brain voice', an excellent voifie to sneer in. And how she snedrsl She goes to the theater and comes out and says, 'I wonder why Vogl can't attack his notes oleanly,' and 'Such a pity they made such a muddle of the "Feuerzauber." When she recognizes a motif, she labels It with Its name in an audible whisper. She knows all the scenes by their Christian names, so to 6peak, and talks of the 'Ritt' as if she went out shopping to it. She never laughs —only gives a sort of cough, half disdain, half pity. I bad met some like this, but I did not know there were so many in the world as I saw last week in Baireuth. "I don't like her at all, and I wonder why she oomes. She doesn't look as if she enjoyed it, but perhaps she does in a way, after all. It is a place where she oan bask in her own culture. The truth is that except fce her Baireuth is not a place of pilgrimage at all, but only place of rational enjoyment after a person's own fashion. The German goes there as be goes to oliuroh. It is his duty. Tbe 7reoohman goes to make epigrams to fiwisfc his fingers and say, 'Comme ca.' The American takes it in, with his job shaming patience, as an institution of Europe. The Englishman mostly goes to take tbe English girl. To the cultured English girl alone is Baireuth a high and holy sanctuary. It is the mirror of her own superiority."

The Hawbs of New England. In my opinion the sparrow hawk Is the handsomest of his raoe. His baok is bright golden cinnamon, his wings steely blue and jet blaok nnd his tail chestnut, with a broad blaok band. His breast Is beautifully marked wltb chainlike patterns of black spotB. His mate is chestnut above, banded with blaok. Unlike other hawks, the plumage of these birds does not vary with age. They usually make their appearance on some still, cloudy day about tbe last of March and take up their position in tbe meadows. From then until September they are always to be seen either perched on the topmost twig of some tall elm or hovering in the air on the lookout for prey. Their nest is in some hollow tree or deserted woodpecker's hole or even a last year's crow's nest.

I have often tried to account for the seemingly friendly relations existing between the sparrow hawks and golden winged woodpeokers. Both frequently occupy holes in the same branch and sit side by side on top of some tall stub without. the least' sign of disagreement, alIhough, unless I am very much mistaken, the sparrow biwk often attacks larger birds and might easily carry off the young ones when tbe old birds were absent.— William E. Cram in Popular Scienoe Monthly.

Equal to Twenty fire Engines. In St. Nlohokhs Mr. Charles T. Hill writes of New York's "Floating Fire Engines." Speaking of tbe fireboat New Yorker, Mr. Hill says:

At firos in buildings along the river front or in streets near the river tbe New Yorker oan lie at a dock near by and supply 30 effective streams, and, in fact, In capacity she is equal to that number of land engines. If tbe fire Is some distanoe from the water front, immense lengths of hose 6 inches in diameter can be attached to the outlets of that size in the sides of the deckbous^, and by the aid of reducing connections oan be reduced i~) size as the lines are stretched in to the fire until tbey reach the regulation sizes— or 3 inches at the'MbziUip end. She can supply six of these powerful streams effectively at a distanoe of one-third of a mile from her location, and at big fires she becomes a valuable aid to the land force.

The Age of Deer.

Romance has played a prominent part with regard to the longevity of deer, says a writer in Chambers' Journal. What says the higblaud adage? Thrice the age of a dog is that ©f a horse. Thrice the age of a horse is that of a man. Thrioe the age of a man i3 that of a deer. Thrice the ago of a deer isi that of an eagle. Thrice the age of an eagle is that of an oak tree.

This is to assign the deer a period of more than 200 j.oars, and tbe estimate Is supported by many highly circumstantial stories. Thus Captain Mftcdonald of Tullooh, who died in 1776, aspd 86 years, is said to have known the white hind of Loch Treig for 50 years, his father for alike period before him and bis grandfather for 60 years before him. So in 1826 Macdonald of Glengarry is reported to have killed a stag which bore a mark on the left ear identical wl&h that made on all the calves he oould catob by Ewen-Maclan-Og, who had been dead 150 years. Analogous stories, it may be noted, are told in countries on the continent of Europe where deer are to be found in any number. But, alas, the general opinion among experts would seem to bo that 80 years cr thereabout is the limit of a deer's life.

All They Sal*.

The late Professor Jewett, during his connection with Baliol college, had occasion to visit some of the forms belonging to the college near the Scottish borders. One of the leading tenant*, a sturdy borderer of tbe Dandle Dinmont order, was deputed to take the professor round. And a long tramp tbey had together over the bills, in the course of wbloh Jowett uttered not a word, while the farmer was too much 1 stricken with awe te venture a remark, but when the walk was almost done tbe professor was ronsed to speeoh. Looking over a stone wall at a goodly field of vivid green, he abruptly said, "Fine potatoes."

Quoth the farmer, Yon's turmets." Not a word inore was spoken between them.— Heusefceld News.*

Men and Women.

The Wife (during a row)—The villain in the play is always a man. The Husband—-Yc», and it is always a woman who makes him one.—i»ondon

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TERRE HAUTE EXPRESS. TUESDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 5. 1397

THE ROTHSCHILDS.

THE FINANCIAL REPRESENTATIVES OF NATIONS-AND MONARCHS.

How the Foundation of the Most Influential Hanfciiif Hons* In the World Was Laid—The JndengasM at Frankfort and the Position of the Jews. v*"

Tbe city of Frankfort owes its importance to tbe Jews and chiefly to the Rothschild family. It is one of the finest cities in Europe and is the riobest city in tbe world for its population, although of late Berlin has taken considerable business away and baa become the oenter of international banking relations. There are still 174 banks In Frankfert to a population of 288,000, wbloh is oofe bank to every 1,300 persons. Some of tbe banks have a capital of 75,000,000 or 80,000,000 marks. Several have over 60,000,000 marks. Institutions like the Rothsohilds' bare a capital that is practically unlimited. No one knows the amount.

The Jews have obtained all this wealth and prominence in spite of ostracism, persecution and restrictions of many kinds. When Anselm Rothschild was born in Frankfort, what was known as the Judengasse was separated from tbe rest of the city by high walls and heavy gates, which were shot at nightfall and kept closed until sunrtae. On Sundays they were never opened. Goethe, who was a native of Frankfort, gives a graphic description of the Judengasse, with its filth and squalor and stenches, to which the nerves of Its inhabitants bad been deadened by long familiarity with tbe noisome atmosphere. The walls of the Judengasse were destroyed by Kleber's army In 1796. In 1878 the whole district WM condemned as a nuisance by the sanltny authorities and cleared out, except a single row of old fashioned houses which date from the fifteenth century and were the homes of the ancestors of rioh and Influential citizens.

The anoestors of the Frankfort Jews came from Palestine, Turkey and Spain to escape persecution In tbe thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth centuries and became the serfs of the emperor of Germany, who aooorded them protection in exchange for a fixed tribute wblob went into his private purse. In 1840 Charles IV, being pressed for funds, mortgaged his Jews to the municipality of Frankfort for £80,000. The sum was never repaid, and thus the inhabitants of the Judengasse passed under the control of the oity council, which selected a swampy and unbealthful spot on the margin of the town where they were obliged to reside and exaoted from them a certain portion of their earnings or sold their labor at so muoh a month. The Jews who controlled their own time and talent paid dearly for that privilege, but were shrewd enough to make a profit nnd advance themselves, slowly but surely. Tbey were not allowed to use tbe sidewalk, but were oompelled to travel with cattle andoarts In tbe middle of tbe street. They were compelled to wear a distinctive dress. Every male Jew had a patch of yellow cloth upon bis breast and every woman wore blue and white stripes. They were allowed only one name.

The man who lived in 52 Judengasse, which was known as "the house of the red shield" because of a sign over its door, was oalled Anselm.

Tbe osjiginal Anselm was a dealer in old coins and curiosities. He married and bad a boy who was called Mayer Anselm in order to distinguish him from his father. He was sent to a rabbi relative to be educated, and afterward got a place in the bank, where he developed remarkable business talent. When his father died, he came home, took his house, his trade prospered, he became influential among his race, gained tbe respect of Christians as well as Jews, and was oalled Anselm of the Red Shield, or Von Rothschild.

But bis fame was only local until be made the acquaintance of Baron von Estroff, then landgrave of Hesse, who was a coin collector, and sent for Anselm one day to make sdme purchases. When the latter arrived, the baron was engaged In a game of chess and could not be disturbed. The Jew stood and watched the play. The baron was checked, it Beemed, hopelessly, and turning to the Jew he said: "Do you play ohess?" "Sometimes," was the answer. "What would you do if you were in my fix?"

The Jew modestly pointed out a move which the baron accepted and followed his advice through the rest of a game that was soon won. After that Anselm spent a good deal of time playing chess with the landgrave, who prided himself on his ability to beat every one of his subjeots. The baron and the coin merchant thus became great friends, and there was considerable business between them in tbe way of loans and discounts. It was Baron von Estroff who sent 16,800 Hessian soldiers to America during the war of tbe Revolution, to fight on the British side, and received a large sum of money for their services. When Napoleon came along a few years after, the baron had saved of It about 4,000,000 thalers in coin, which he took to Anselm and asked him to conceal for him so that it might escape the French army. Anselm acoepted the trust without responsibility, and, as the story goes, dropped the bags of coin to the bottom of his well. The French soldiers took away everything valuable that belonged to him, but the landgrave's money was overlooked.

As soon as the army had passed on and he could do so without being suspected Anselm loaded the treasure on the baok of a donkey and started for England, where he intrusted it to bis son, Nathan, a young mun who had gone to London a few years before and was doing a modest business in shaving notes and in the commission way. There the father and son quietly bought, a little at a time, large blocks of English, Austrian and German securities, which were depressed by the war. Anselm went baok to Frankfort and there speculated with some of the money. It was nine yeara before the landgrave returned. In the meantime bis money bad quadrupled, and Anselm Rothschild returned it to him, with luterestat 6 per cent, whioh of itself amounted to £160,000, a small fortune. At first the landgrave deolined to take the interest, but Anselm of the red shield insisted that he was entitled to it It was a vary profitable investment, for the landgrave told tbe story all over Europe and made his agent famous, so that every king and duke and little potentate who wanted money sought It of the honest Ancelm, who beoame known as "the court Jew."

While tbe Duke of Wellington was in Spain the British governmeat found it impossible to convey funds to him. Anselm undertook tbe duty and succeeded In some secret way In transporting a large amount of ooin from London to the duke's treasure chest in the southern part of the peninsula and made an enormous profit.

Thus was laid the foundation of the most influential backing bouse of the world.—Frankfbrt-on-the-Main Cor. Chicago Record.

CROWDED JAVA.

Twenty-foar Million People on an Island the Siso of New York State. Eliza Rubamab Scldmore, author of "Jinricksha Days," writes* paper entitled "Prisoners of State at Boro Boedor," for Tbe Centory. Itia«p aamnt «f tbe visit of two Aasertaan MHae te tbe vaa» Bud dhiefc rain In tbe middle of i'ava. Miss SddiMft says:

Every few mIlea there wave open red tiled parlMenKtwIfcjPver tbe hl^wiays refuge* tor nwMNMIlMn ftesecSth ing sun of oae^Bsasaa aadC Ue rfeudbnrst showers of tbe Ainy h«7 of tie year Twice we tami ^*ln« 1° groves bosWt thfse miMniisss jili *«r-

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dren and displays of fowls, fruits, nuts, vegetables, grain, sugar, spicee, gums and flowers that tempted one to linger and enjoy and to photograph every foot of the passers' ansa* Tbe main road was crowded all the way like a oity street, and around these passers the highway hummed with voicea.

One oan believe in the density of the population—^4,000,000 people on this island of 49,197 square miles, about the size of the state of New York—when he seea the people trooping along these country roads, and he oan well understand why every foot of land Is cultivated, how even in tbe benevplent land of the banana every one must produce something, must work or starve.' Men and boys toiled to the passer, bent Over with tbe weight of one or two monstrous jackfruita or durians on their bao£s. A woman with a baby swinging in tbe standang over her shoulder bad tied oackllng chickens to the baok of ber belt and trudged on comfortably under her umbrella, and a boy swung a braoe of ducks from eaoh end of a shoulder pole and trotted gayly to the passer.

The kampongs, or villages, when not bidden In palm and plantain groves behind fanoy bamboo fenoes, were rows of open bouses on eaoh side of the highway, and we reviewed native life at leisure while the ponies were changed. The friendly, gentle little brown people wolcomed us with amused and embarrassed smiles when our curiosity as to sarong painting, lacquering and mat weaving carried us into the family circle. The dark, round eyed, star eyed babieB and children showed no fear or shyness, and tbe tiniest ones—their soft, little, w^rm, brown bodies bare of ever a garment 6ave the cotton slandang in whioh tbey ouddle so confidingly under the mother's protecting arm—let us lift and carry and play with them at will.

GIRL AS AN OFFICE BOY.

She Makes It Uncomfortable* It Seems, TFor Women Visitors. Oftentimes a representative of the gentler sex is plaoed in the position of doorkeeper, and the uninitiated feels bis heart grow glad when be gazes upon her face, for be is suro that he will recoive gentle treatment at her bands. If be is young, good looking and well dressed, she cannot bo affable enough, but let his hair be well frosted with tbe mows of Father Time and his trousers be somewhat "fringy," and she will be as indifferent to his appeals as tho young man who formerly ocoupied her place. It Is to one of her own sex, bowever, that she oan be9t display her frigid manners. Let a woman, no n^atter whether ehe be old or young, rioh poor, enter tbe office, and the girl in ohar^Pstiffens immediately, while over the lw» of the caller comes a look of despair, for she knows what is coming. "I wish to see Mr. ventures the caller.

Like ioioles the words fall from tbe lips of the doorkeeper.. "He is busy." "Please take my name in to him." "Ho is busy, I tell you," returns the doorkeeper, Investigating the contents of her purge or examining her nails very olosely. "I am sure he will see me if be knows I am here," oontlnues the caller if she be very persistent.

The doorkeeper raises her eyebrows In tbe most exasperating manner, then with a sigh of utter weariness languidly rises from her seat, adjusts the plaits in her skirt, returns to her desk for her handkerchief, then remembers that some papers need alteration, and finally, when tbe caller is almost reduced to tears, she leisurely makes a second attempt to follow out the request made, and when Bhe returns and gives tbe requisite permission to enter it is with the air of a queen bestowing a royal favor.—Chicago Inter Ooean.

An Interesting Hnap snot.

Snap shot photographs have not Infrequently added valuable facts to the stores of science. They are able to detect and analyze motions too quick for the eye to follow. A recent instance of the application of photography to settle a disputed question in natural history is an experiment made on a voyage from British Columbia to San Francisco by Mr. A. Kingsmill.

A large albatross had been following the steamer and keeping paoe with it for several hours, and the wonder grew among tho watchers on shipboard as to how the bird was able to fly so swiftly while apparently keeping its wings extended without flapping thqrn. As this is a common manner of night with the albatross, the explanation pss been offered that the bird takes advantage of slight winds and air currents, and so is able to glide upon what might Re called atmospheric slopes.

As tic albatross sailed alongside of the ship, about" 15 feet away, Mr. Kingsmill snapped his camera at it and obtained a photograph whioh astonished him and his fellow Voyagers.

The photograph revealed what no eye had caught—the wings of tho albatross, each somo 5 feet long, raised high above its back in the act of making a downward stroke. The explanation naturally suggested 1ft that more or less frequently the bird must have made a stroke of this kind with ita wings, although the eyo oould not detect the motion, and that the camera chanced to be snapped just at the right moment.—Youth's Companion.

Journalism In Japan.

"Journalism In Japan" is the subject of an interesting artiole by a Japanese in The Revue des Revues. The writer, Mr. Salzau, for several years settled in France, has brought out on the stage Japanese plays turned into French. The founder of journalism in the Land of the Rising Sun was a chemist—that is to say, of the pharmaceutical order—named Kis-hida-Chinkau, who issued, some 25 years ago, a periodical sheet to spread the praise of his medicines. It came out twice or three times a month. Politics he was forbidden by law from touching, but in order to make his circular more Interesting he introduced into it society paragraphs and sensational polioe casee, j»nd even serial stories from national legends. Still journalism languished in Japan till the introduction of modern printing pressses, when it fast beoame prosperous. Kishida-Chin-kau was, however, ruined hy competition. The Japanese have now upward of 400 dailies, costing a half penny or a penny, and something like 800 reviews or magazines.

Not Dirt Cheap.

Visitor (from tbe east)—Your premises seem remarkably clean. Where do yon throw your garbage?

Western Kansas Man—I dump it in bole In the back yard. "That's a handy arrangement." "Yes it's rather handy." "And when that bole's full I presume you oan easily dig another." "M—yea, but that hole won't be full for a long time yet" "Cheap way of settling the garbage problem, too, isn't itfr" "M—no it ain't so thundering cheapi"

Pretty deep hole, is it?" "Yes pretty deep. Fourteen hundred and sixty feet I had the impression once that there was coal oil or something at the bottom of It. I reckon we're going to have snow. Wind's straight from tbo northeast."—Chicago Tribune.

Wouldn't Work Kowadays.

The Egyptians had a very remarkable urdinan«Tro prevent persons from borrowing imprada&Uy. An Egyptian was not to borr»w W&tfcpot giving to bis creditecsta pledgs body of his father. It was daemed beth an impiety and an infamy not to redeem so saored a pledge. •V person who aied without discharging that duty was deprived ef the cueteaaaiy honors caM to the dead.

THE VIRGINIA REEW,

Jnst as in past colonial years, $#8 When, to the music's flt»Hc petft, S'i^Tlie happy maids and cavaliers

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While aoftly (lows the candlelight Adown the dim wainscoted hall Upon the silver, shimmering bright,

Ol antique candelabra tall, In merry eyes it coyly peers. The love lit glances to reveal Of happy maids and cavaliers, oi

Who dance the old Virginia reel.

Clad in a gown of ample flow. Coquettish patches on the fsce, With powdered hair, as long ago,

And quaint and pretty air of grace, Each tripping maid with lightsome treat, In dainty shoes, most ljigh of heel, With eyes that laugh and up tossed head.

Glides through the old Virginia reel.

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Danced in the old Virginia reel. si# ... —Ella Brainerd Peck.

THE* SACK BLOCKED THE AVENUE.

But Until tbe Contents Freed Itself No One 2ared Interfere. An incident which aptly illustrated the averseness of the average New Yorker to getting tangled with things of which he knows nothing occurred on Sixth avenue, near Twenty-eighth street, the other day. A two horse truck, in which there was nothing but a harmless looking croker sack, was going slowly down the car tracks on the avenue. Suddenly tho croker sack appeared to become imbued with life, and with a bound it was off tho truck and in the middle of the tracks, while the driver, unconscious of his loss, continued on his way. As the sack struck the ground it began to leap and spring about, emitting no sound, but doing a regular "ghost dance" that could not be equaled for agility at least. The driver of a down town car reined in his horses with a whoop as he came upon the Chiug. As ho put on tho brakes, ho yelled a warning to the driver of an approaching car, who pulled his horses to thoir haunches, and they, terrorized at the queer object on the roadway, began to dance and snort.

In a moment tliore was a circle of rearing horses and curious men and women surrounding the mysterious dancing croker sack. All pressed a"round, but pone ventured too close or offered to touch it. "What is it, driver?" anxiously inquired one of a group of staring women as she craned her neck from tho car. "It's the dlvil, I believe, to be sure, mum, or it's a divll of a thing, anyhow," answered the driver as be reached down from his safe peroh and gontly poked the sack with his whipstock. As he did sa tho, sack gave a leap in the air which made the bystanders start back in affright and the horses to rear and plunge again. As, it fell the string tying the mouth broke, and out from tho sack sprang a highly indignant and badly frightened black, curly Newfoundland pup. The crowd melted away shamefacedly liko snow before the spring sunshine, and the pup's owner, who had returned, secured his pet. It all happened in a minute or two, but not a soul had dared to investigate the contents of the jumping sack.—New York Tribune,

BURGLARY IN 174b.

Ho Wonder a Reward Was Offered by the Suffering Citizens. The protection of property, real and personal, in this city in 1745 was less thorough and less systematic perhaps than it is in these days when the maintenance of the police department costs $6,000,000 a year and the value of property delivered to the preoinot houses and to the property clerk at headquarters Is more thau $760,000 a year, but whatever tbe looal arrangements were for the protection of property, tbey were, if tbe statements of tbe local chronicles of the city are to be believed, inadequate in the case of Patrick Phegan, A resident New Yorker, who offered a reward of £3 and all reasonable eharges for the reoovery of property taken from his residence under the flagrantly indefensible conditions following, as recited by Phegan in a proclamation addressed to "the good people of the king's colony:"

Whereas about IS o'clock on Saturday night last one Timothy Long, jeyner, aged about 40 years, has a dent on his upper lip under his right nostril, a scar on his right cheek, is about 6 foot high, wears a blue coat, a black crape jacket, alight colored wig, company with Thomas Powle, a lusty young man, be longing to the garrison of New York, with the aid and assistance of Judith, wife of Patrick Phegan, the undersigned, did rob the said Phegan's house of several sorts of goods (the said Phegan then lying dangerously ill of a violent fever and sickness), among which were a good feather bed, a chest with sundry sorts of goods, a teakettle, a frying pan and many other things.

As may be seen from this, Patrick and Judith were engaged in what in theoedays would be described as light housekeeping, but the traditional affectiob of many weak members of the fair sex for a sold tor in uniform led to a larcenous partiality fur Powle, a Tommy Atkins of the city garri son. Phegan's recital of the details of the robbery and the personal appearance of thf male conspirators against his frying! pan and teakettle doe9 not inolude a description of the wife of his bosom, Judith, but his apparent deficiency is supplied In the second half of the proclamation, whioh is as follows:

The said Judith is a thin, lively woman, with hazel eyes, a small scar on her face wears sometimes a short scarlet coat, at other times a long black cloak, and has taken her non with her, aged about 4 years, a handsome, lively boy, with his hair cut off lately, only a

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little lock behind. Whtwoewr www the said persons so that they may be brought te justice will have £9 and all reasonable charges paid by PATRICK PH*OAS.

It is not stated whether Long junior, Powle, soldier Judith, the tuio, lively woman, or her san, with his hair out, wns apprehended by the local constables, but It is evident at least that Mr. Phegitn recovered from his fever and violent sioknexs, and the action of Judith seems to have relieved him from any possible charge for alimony. Pbcgan was a grocer, and in nn old copy of one of tbe local "newspapers there appealed this bulletin, over his signature, one year after the departure of Judith:

Wd hope all our kind customers as am upwards of one month In arrears will think that it is now a good time to discharge the same as the weather ^continues to be very severe and tbe gTocer is but illy provided to stand the brunt of along winter if be have many scores."—New York Sun.

LAMPS AND THEIR VALUE.

The? Are Ltn Injurious to the Eyes Thaa Other ArttAolal U&hU. Even young eyes Buffer by the use for reading or working of flickering gas. Tho lamp flame is steady, soft in celor and grateful to the eyes. Formerly the clumsy student lamp was the only really reliable one for reading, bnt the "lamp craze" has evolved a multitude of new patent burners, all of them good and all of thexn reasonable in price. For a oouple of dollars one can buy an excellent lamp complete with green porcelain shade. For three or four dollars a really handsome one may be bad. Whatever tho quality, in shapo tbe reading lamp sbould be lew, with a good broad base, so tbat it«tends securely.

There is no one article in the bouse, excepting perhaps good beds, tbat oan give as much solid comfort as lamps for reading and working by. Every grown member of the family should j#ssosso«e. There should be one of extra lighting power on the children's study table, the library and sitting room tables.

We all do without many things that would add to onr comfort in life, not because wo are obliged to do so, but from lack of knowledge or thought. It is not wise to coddle oneself, to search for new wants, to make new necessities which anchorus to one place because wc cannot be comfortable elsewhere, bnt a personal lamp is a sensible luxury or indulgence, and the sooner it becomes a neoessity the better is our prospect of oontinued good eyesight, not to mention the splendid revenue of oomfort enjoyed through all the evenings of our life.—Ella Morris Kretachmar in Woman's Home Companion.

A Good Exercise For the Back. A good exeroise for the spinal musoles consists of the following movements: Stand erect, with the feet together, and rise upon the toes then gradually sink down by bending tbe knees until the thigh and calf are doubled upon each other. The trunk should be arectall the time and ecpeclal attention paid to tbe spine, keeping it straight. If a person will rewova the clothing and hang by the arms, all tension is removed from the spine, and A second person can determine if the spinal curvature can be removed or not If, when hanging in this position, the spine is straight, there is no reason why it eannot be cured, but if it is crooked when hanging there is little hope of doing more than keeping it from growing worse, and this is very ir+ortant. In tbe department of medico gymnastics in a large, gymnasium this is the way they examine snob cases. A teacher says, "Any movements whioh do not present any resisting fores (meaning apparatus) can be safely taken to benefit slight spinal curvature."—New York Ledger.

Speed on Typewriters.

A typewriter who writes accurately from dictation at the rate of 40 words a minuM for an hour is a good operator. One who writes 60 words a minute for the same time is better. One who writes 60 rrorda a minute is excellent One able to average 70 words, spelled and capitalized correctly, is an expert. One capable of writing 80 wordi under those conditions professionally classified aa a "lullah." On« sufficiently skillful to strike off 90 words, following thoee requirements, is a "lullah XXX," and one able to average 100 worda is star operator of the first quality. And there are at least three typewriters In New York oity who oan make a "oentury run" of that sort in an hour. A comparatively small number of typewriters are adapted mentally and physically for very raiiid work, and not 1 in 60, as operator! go, ii nble to averi.^o 60 words a minute from unfamiliar maMer. By this is meant 3,SOU words, properly speUed, in one hour. Forty words a minute is probably not far from the average rate of speed in this city.— New York Sun.

Gentlemen In Court.

At an assize court tbe late Justice Maultf was engaged in passing sentence an a prisoner when one of tbe officers of tbe court annoyed him by crossing tbe gangway beneath him with papers for members of the bar. "Don't you know," cried the judge, severely addressing the official oolprit, "that you oug^t nover to pass between two gentlemen when one of them Is addressing the other?" Having thus relieved •his mind, the judge proceeded to pass sentence of seven years' penal servitude oh the other gentleman.—Household Words.

A Tampa (Fla.) barber has Indented a portable shampooing basin for whioh he has refused (6,000.

So it necessitates our doing a two days' trade in one, Today we will offer some extra bargains in silks for one day only.

All silk Roman stripe silks for Waists, good quality, worth $1.19 at 6gc. Changeable Taffeta silks, all shades, worth 75c, to go as 59c.

Fancy brocade silks, good styles and quality, worth 50c, at 39c.

Plain and China silks, all shades, worth 39c at 23c. These prices are for today only. Watch for further announcements of our grand Millinery opening.

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