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Through tha stoppage of Japanese •■aigrette^ to Hawaii sines annexation thoro to aow a call for laborer* to that Island. Tha yoosg laboring man of an •dtoataroos turn baa a chancs to aaa a Uttla of tba United State* and Judgs for blnualf aa to >ta annexation policy.

Tbo young pian of to-day are too fin leky—too mucb given to self-analyst*, ••If-pain paring. Tbabr ahoea and nook' ttea coat piore aacb year tbao did tbo ontlf* wardrobe of their grandfather*. They fool a sene* of degradation In email beginning* and plodding and they wait for sucres* ready-made to come to thorn. Tba young man of to-day cab not bo president of a bank or judge of n oonrt tbo drat week ha it from school, and ho faal* Ilk* th* famous Ell Puseley, that bo ha* "no chance,”

Tba Hon** of Beproeeatatlvea elected In November will doubtless b* th* teat on* chosen under th* praaant appor tlonment of member* to tba various State*. When tha caniua returns are fully mado op, Confrere wlU decide hew many Representative# shall ho al­lotted to web State, and then th* State* will b* divided by their leglelaturei Into district*. Whatever change* th* new apportionment make* In to* State# ns eucb, It seem* certain that the large ettlee wUlgaln eomethlng at the ex

of the rural dlatrtcta.

' Life Insurance men aay that within •in years the grip haa coma into the front rank of causes of mortality. One American sompany bad 28 deaths from

\lt in 1880. in ISM. It had 188, and to evary year lino* from 90 to 40 death! have b**W reported. The medical ox- aadntra add teat th* flfSrea nnderetat* too fa c t Store many death* ascribed to pneumonia, f*r instants, are really canaed by this vicious tafinsnto, which •reins not anty to atHko at on*1* weak- ast point, but permanently to enfeeble She whoto system. Probably the pecu­liar dcprwnon Induced by the disease

to tw*U the mortality Hit.

For month* hundred* of young cou- plre have been rushing off to S t Joseph, Mich., to get married. It doe* not appear that It wa* cheeper to get th* knot tied there than elsewhere to Michigan, which la not aa expensive •Hate aa a rule. But tb* Place got a warn* as a Oratna Green and became a magnet for th* victim* of Cupid. Later there couplet were atartled by tha news that ream clergymen have been taking advantage <d the importunity to earn fee*, and many are baking whether or se t they are really 'WpHred”- or will hare to go through tbo agony over again. In choosing a Gretna Grew It Is evident that lover* should be very careful.

Th* Literary Digest translate* a statement to th* effect that the moat n e w t etariettoi show a decrease of the Mrth rate to every European country, the average deer**** being a par rent, ■tore 180L Thte to n curious tact, and aeaore to show that too Malthusian the­ory tolled to tok# W% account certain w r i t Hon* to natare that tend to pre­vent the everpopuladen of the earth. Far eom* time It fare been known that th* Mrth rat* to France has been n eat- tefaetory. Bet It was ag$ sw - as that every Comity to Bufcopt was to th* samo deeUntog rendition, though to a toss, decree. Tbare la atto an an­nual tocruare of pepelatlcn by birth*, but th* fact that this todreare i* dim! a lahtog to remarkable, became, should It arattavn, re* crisis would be reached and populations begin to d l r r e t - par. heps' htoeaeday** Maw Eeniander may yet hare^tt* opporteany to view Xu-

had declared th* rentrary-ntbat .work- ia g m a eughj not to marry. Tb* reason gtven by the contractor for hie belief wee that wage* Wert too low for labor­ing men to rapport gamin** on. Th* vrrltet cited an Instance where a young carpenter secured work daring tb* summer a t ' |2 a day,' but to winter __ .,could get tettlo or nothlng to dot so th a t ' ^ ho earned only gbont 8800 a year, or leu than | l a day, vrith rant at 818 a month; f 180 a year; street car far* aay 820 for the year; groceries and clothing for the family, however small, would more than consume the remaining 8100.

ijS j ooD-BT, Marjortormy dKitmr H re write often to your B re^m btov w-x* and may beaven Meieyoi) for tod

premiss you have given ma,; Ton little know what It means to ma, who .h&T* felt myteU alone in to* world, to know that there Is cm* heart ta a t ta f la re- eponse to my deep love, and* dear face watching for my return. As heaven bur* me wltnese, you shall never have cause to regret It."

“Good-by, Herbert I ihall pray for yodr safety and speedy return. Take car* of yourself, for (with drooping lid* and aa almost Inaudible voice) you are

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.The day laborer, working, say, 800 days to the year, get* perhaps 8100 more, but must live upon toe poorest of far* If he has a family of Av* or todr* to food, te l us figure for him. His bread or flour wlU cost not Ires than (26 for th* yeabi his meat bid, aay, fOO,- which 1* leu than 20 cent*’ worth a day; potatoes and other vegetable* half a* much more—a total of |115. Add (190 for rent and bow dou the poor man doth* himself, pot to speak of wife and cblldrenf Verily, It le a aertous question whether laboring men can afford to marry. It le not mucb bettor with office clerks to toe city, ealumen to stores, etc. Few of them get mpr* than enoogh for a fair living for themselves, and many can earn scarcely enough to pay board and clothing expenses and can not lay up anything for toe future. Such fact* show the folly of farmers' sons tnd daughter* going to the city to Improve their prospects. At bom* they are euro Of food, shelter tnd clothing of some sort In the great towns their vpry liv­ing I* precarious Tb* superiority of the farmer’s calling Is strikingly shewn In this, th a t however hard the times, however slack th* labor market and low the wage* to all the Industries to |he manufacturing or trade centers, on the farm there le alway* work to be don* that either presently or remotely will pay well for the doing. It may be repairing, making Improvements, shel­tering to* stock or Implements, hauling out and spreading the manure, killing' weeds, trimming the orchard, or any other of th* thouund and on* job* about the farm. There I* always some­thing welting for th* Improving hand of to* farmer who has a mind to work, and Ms work, If lntellgently and faith­fully done, pays every time.

Tb* d s n s a t Gold.

Herbert Lord drew th* beautiful girl to him to a closer embrace, and the last moments of their parting, though silent, were full of eloquence.

Mafjorle had watched her handsome lover a* he mounted the hill. When bo reached the summit he turned, and shestretched out both hands to him t o mute entreaty for Ma roturn; then she summoned her courage and gayly kissed her hand to Mm. He raised his cap, returned her salute, and with head •till bared, disappeared from view.

Marjorie leaded against toe tree and covered her (ace with her hands. She felt a loneliness that she had never be­fore experienced. All unconedoue that their parting had been witnessed, th* young girl sat muslug until she was startled by hearing a voice almost in her ear:

“Why these tears, Miss Marjorie? Surely no one has less cause for unhap­piness than the beautiful Miss GardI ner,”

Marjorie turned and saw before her Thomas Braeme. How she loathed him at that moment! Vet, why? She knew Mm to be lmmenaely wealthy; he was considered a great catch by mammas with marriageable daughters; he was lionised by society; end yet Marjorie In­voluntarily shrank from bis smooth tongue and persistent attentions. She bad once refused his offer of marriage, and this act on her part had been the cause of many bitter reproaches from her family.

When she heard hit voice she drew herself np. end Ignoring his out­stretched hand, replied: "Pardon me, Mr. Braeme, I am not unhappy; and If I were I fall to see how It could pos­sibly concern you."

His eyes flashed ominously, but he controlled his anger and replied:

"Anything that affects you concerns me, Marjorie. No; bear me. Vou know that I have loved you—that I still love you, and I now come for the second time with your parents' approval and good wishes for my success. Marjorie, marry me and you shall have every­thing that make* life worth living. I will be a gpod husband to you.”

Husband! At the thought of Thomaa Braeme ts a husband her face grow white and a shudder shook her frame. She answered, coldly:

"Mr. Braeme, I can only answer you t* I did before, end I ask you to aceept toll as final. Vour persistency In this matter annoys me, and I beg of you to

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B u s * to ^ f U to MIsSlsslp M «c*fe*vsre4y --tin D % ad o A M raaQ p jM ^ m b* token%vec hy to* govsnuaret* wttoMClejuJKul p p d k g S t asMy- mM Mr. Xitett MlcHenry. re S t Lbnte. v veteran h u a tllto J r ■oeK ty. I t o » e of rim admtolstreton of the fled* home 1* to to^*o& ed W !A reN *lilt- mute. “Tim twenty years that th* con- ' teen milts back of Cavtdero. He bss tractor wai required to keep twraty-

floar Wt* fkrewn noca and the nleaiint wlu b*: “Oh, from some of to* New itvsd rawng-.these Mil* Ml Ms life, six feet of water flowing thtougb theK-nsrlfnl evrrsnnkns r f rar-* England naper mtUa, I suppose.* And Until to* other day Auetto had begged math past have now expired, t t t '

tor f e i ^ y ?ovw ®e%iirf« IXdrewralAfl roftotten. ' no game larger than rabbits and squlr- »v*ry condition of the contract has JOtoo«tfnm In which thfl|r ■—«*«> It whl surprise the majority of people rel*. No:wv however, he Is tho most compiled with. By the tefms n fH hr '

IgM, , to learn that toe center of the postal talked-of youngster to the country, for recent act of Congress the. governmentfather and Mother Gardiner meat cat<1 Mduatry—to* only place, to fact, around Casadero are some of th* finest aesunie control of the work* hy

Oevetal weeks of each vear at the Lard wber« they i r e nmde-|ls a little,vlllra* uhotsAu tll the state. Haying been re- paying over the Bade estate toe 8500,-S o n w d to ^ radT ng were the t» toe m o ^ l T 4 f l | M l r m l s s l o n to Join a hunting 000 yet remaining of the contract price,praises they sane of their son-Herbert t?WB l* atE ire*,1 k h t j i j i S | « with his father, he shouldered This wlU be done as soon as a purchaseTo MariorisStews* the same—hh* cai- •™3' an army ls hpslly at Ms gun and started by himself down Price for toe plant haa been agreedlant, true-hearted aaUor lal-Boaton work mUtll* th« Mttte Obtofg *h««tt«f “ w t P* elteff ^U^aijysjtture upon .and other details cleared up. «

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cardboard on which lo m*t^ IhjssagM tola way: ,vt | .of ail aorta and kinds are written hy “1 was nrlgMjg aw.fhUhasd . that I all, qoujlitIons Of people. Here the could see a deer,” be said, "when cardboard la ma(te from the .fresh, aU °*-a sudden, after I had gone

What Wa* Dwmrthra by th# Stew To»ki. IV««t eprtice tteesj here It l» cut Into about '*600 yards along tlw crock, C'ensut Knuoisrosorw •- - > the) requisite sites, and bore the cards should I see but a beauty of a

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tog a drink. I had followed the creek

i> ^not ttkelyj’thaf- any| qpstacire" tome In the way a t a jiijkl setrietft as U is provided that the price1' paid for the plant, which ,1s outside the contract price for building the jet­ties, Is to be fixed by arbitration to case of a failure to agree..

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“Papa Is afraid bom* man will marry me for my money. Do you think any-DM Would?”

“Soma men will do almost anything for money.”

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W r a j p a r BTtto m j* I r r i j ig emotofly, B a^re Ms feet re* Bguw ire toi *M Begso whs eonmot bo ariotnten its

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Tbo Deacon—Do yon ever etop to think that each time the clock strike* you afe one hour nearer eternity?

The Printer—Ne; I think I am on* hour nearer p*y day.

- E»«e Later.He bad been tfclbtog and talking and

talking rad talking u t i l the poor girl *a**ao tired and sleepy she didn’t know whether It waa tola week or lest week or com* next Sunday, and to t dock on toe mantel was holding ep Its hands, either in pity or to protest Fi­nally H occurred to toe young m u that ra grenihg coll bad It* Bmtts, at least ts m tatltod* where to* alghta were'notstam & thstong. , -----------

"Blase me,” he exlalmed, starting up nddesly; “It certainly mum be rime 1 was going borne.”

"Oh.” the onto to a ffusd kind of s mmj, ‘fit m w t be a good deal later than th a t”—Detroit Free Pteos.

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deny Itl”"Neither does that concern you,” she

haughtily replied.In his anger he cried: "And do you

Imagine that I do not know your little game? Ton have met Herbert Lord •gainst your parents’ wishes and many •f your clandestine meetings have been witnessed. A common sailor! Where is your tense of honor that you stoop to low?”

Marjorie was thoroughly aroused by toll attack, and her reply, though ut­tered to anger, carried conviction.

“I will tell yon. My Idea of honor lies to the fact that when a man re sponda to his country's call and Is

j worthy to wear Its glorious uniform, poor man though he be, he bas reached

I a degree of bonor which a rich stay-at- borne can never attain. Listen! Her

I bert Lord Is poor, you are rich; but on* j button on bla coat Is worth more to me 1 than all your plies of boasted gold, respect him, and If he lives to return I shall marry him. Now, if you have one atom of the honor for which you are looking to other* you will never men­tion this subject to me again!”

Marjorie Gardiner turned and walked away.

Every argument was used to Induce her to change her decision, but Marjorie remained true to her promise, and when •he was married a year later It waa a quiet affair, aa befitted the bride’s fu­ture station as too wife qt Herbert Lord.

After a brief honeymoon they-went to fealde to Derwent where Herbert •wood a cottage, At toe station they were met by a smartly liveried foot­man, Who touched his hat respectfully ts Herbert Lord and hie bride alighted.

“Everything *11 right Msrtbfw?”“All light Hr,” with another touch,

•a be led toe wky to an Elegant carriage draws by handsome beys. As-they rolled comfortably along, tired after their joem y, Herbert toWTBosght it time to prepare his bride for toe sur­prise to store for her; so, drawing her to him, be remarked: “This Is rather •sore comfortable; Isn’t ft, dear?"

Marjorie looked at him with a look of unutterable content as the replied:

“Ten Herbert tart I fsar you have, taduged 1m another bit of extravagance aa a windup to oar month of luxurious Hrtog.”

“8m my Ktfl* wife, I can afford to do ■what 1 have dona. I have practiced a

wMcb I hope you will ft too MM to forgive. I am m t suEer you thought me, al-

kn°w bow the other half Uvcs" than Is found to the discoveries made hy a number of census agents of this city. Occupation* that were n«ver known to exist have been unearthed by these questioners, and have given the stu­dent* of odd jobs and unique llvclb boods food fur much thought

For Instance,' a mou’s sole business Is th* making of monstrosities. He turns out sea serpents and mermaids as readily as the tailor cuts a pair of trouser*.

One of the New York.census takers found a professional spanker. Ills ad­vertisement In a Gerrnau paper said: "Unruly and wayward boys disciplined at parents’ residences.”

There was discovered close to Fort Greed* Park, to Brooklyn, a 1 man named Brennei, with a sign reading: "Cockroach killer to the United States navy.” The cockroach killer made his reputation" when he removed twenty-

one barrels of coackroaches from the old, wall-sided Pensacola. He does It with a sort of paste end Is an expert.

Another queer occupation discovered Is conducted by a msn who “calls peo­ple.” His chief customers are those who have to get up at unusually early hour, such as bartenders, policemen, motormen and the like.

The woman whose business It to col­lect corks, and who Is said to make (10 a day, Is another queer one on the long list of oddities. She gathers all the whisky, champagne and mineral water esrks, through a number of employes, and sells them to the firms that orig­inally cut them.

Close to Bellevue Hospital Is a wo­man who sells tmttles. The poor who go to the dispensary for medicines usually fall to take bottles along. The “bottle woman" sells for 1 cent or 2 cents each glass bottles of all sizes, ranging from the half ounce vial to the one big enough for the horse liniment.

Still another odd business Is that of an East Side firm, which Is down In the books as an “ejectment company.” The firm does nothing except get rid of tenants.

Up on Broadway, near B7th street, Is a man whose business It Is to bite off dogs’ tails. He says the animals must be of an age at which their tall* are tender. He doesn’t believe In a knife, because every dog’s tall has a worm In I t and the only way to remove It Is to bite the tall off.

A man named Kelly charges $2.R0 for destroying bad trees, a woman Is

. Harlem trains college men for plays, three firms furnish rlean Jackets for

. bartenders and charge them from 60 | cents to |1 per week. Even the women | on the East Side who make a business of lighting fires on holidays are remem-

( bered. tn the list.—St Louis Post Dis­patch.

on purpose, 'cause I knew that deer the gigantic anftocqrmg feat* ofalways come down toward night to drink, but I could hardly believe that my wish had come true so quick. I stepped short and looked at Mm. I though? sure be would Jump Ini) the brush before I could take aim, b it ho

WHittn post*i, caaes xke kadi.State, city, towu and hamlet In the country, and to Cuba, Porto Rico, Hawaii and the Philippine Islauds.

The United States Postal Card work* were located at Piedmont on Doc. 1, 18U7, having been transferred from Castleton, N. Y. Albert Daggett, ol Brooklyn, N. Y., has the contract for the term of four years to manufacture all the various kinds of postal cards required by the government.

The largest shipment ever made from the Piedmont works was on June 18, 1800, when It reached the large number of 24,(XX),(XX). The cards were shipped to various large city postofHceg and to the sub-ageucloB. The sub-postal card ageueles are located at Cincinnati, S(. Louis, Troy, New York and Washing­ton, D. O., aud are technically known as distributing offices, where requisi­tions are filled on orders of the ytauip division and of the third assistant post­master general.

the world, costing la the neighborhood of fioO.OOO.OOO. - and' qiaklng a 20-foot channel out of a stream where there was formerly but eight feet of water. This has made -of New Orleans a port for the largest among ocean-going ves­sels, where otherwise only the smallest of craft could lu ve crogs«d the bars.

J “Th* Eads Jetties, however, while they are up to the specifications of the contract, will not meet the needs ol the future. They are already building vessels that draw thirty feet of water. U Is now, proposed that title goverqjueuj ihall build Jetties In tb* southwest pas* that will make of it a chauuel with water for even larger than 8^-fool draught vessels. The southwest pass has now only about eight feet of wa­ter, the silt the Mississippi brings dowu having filled up eight feet of It sines the Eads Jetties were built twefity years igo.”—Washington Post

HE EATS WITHOUT A MOUTH.

Poit-Nssst Feeding ee Practiced on ■ Touthful Patient.

John Fackenstock, the 7 year-old pa-

didn’t seem to beat me., l’up, my dog, uuderjtood Just the same as If he was a man, Instead of a dog, aud stood ;>er- fcctly still, except tliat he wagged M* tall. 1 guess Pup wns as excited as t wa*, but he had sense and dldu’t spoil things by barking. I lifted my rifle, but my band and arm shook and 1 couldn’t seem to see straight at all 1 was pretty much Beared that the deer would get away, so I lifted the gun again and took good aim. I remem­bered what papa always said about bolding the sight on the point of the deer’s shoulder. Then 1 final. The

‘ nu at ‘he Eaf te,rn, ,, ’l8t1rl''t a <’M>ital, deer gave an awful big leap up &i the

MARRIAGES IN THE ARMY.

Williamsburg, Is taking his meals, ar be has been doing for several day* through his uoslrlls. The boy, whose parents live at (10 Selgel street, wa* kicked In the mouth by a horse, hi* teeth knocked out and his mouth se Injured that he could not take food In the ordinary way, says the New York World. Science stepped In where na-

air, then ran. I guess he ran about forty JumpB down the creek. My, you ought to have seen Pup run after him! I didn’t know I had shot him uutll l ’up caught up with hlui and he dropped. 1 ran as fast as ever I could, and wheu I saw he was dead l cut Ids throat, ’cause that’s the way all hunters do. I like deer-hun/tlng. A fellow doesn't waut to kill qMall and rabbits and bluejay* and gophers and cblpniuuks all the time. If you’re deer hunting you ought to shoot through the heart. It brings the game down quicker aud It doesn’t hurt so much. That's w^at papa says, and he kuoWs.”

ITTBStlTOTS FOR A MOUTH.ture failed, and his life has since been sustained by the method known as poshnasal feeding, or,by forcing food Into:’* t0 *OTeru “ J "He 1? not 1?’ the stomach by passing a tube through 1 *’ve w’10 ’las been converted wag told

es» s l too moat Important clasae* ta the state.

Tb* Japanese do not cure a w b tm novels. Among 27.000 new books prto* ad last year oaiy 402 h i works of fiction.

W bn **m«n tafit of bas- to OMretto Tbama,” m t w stress * * 6 * 1

Tan (rums,"Wife beating, which seems such a

horrible and repulsive thing to Occiden­tal minds, If looked at from the Hln duo standpoint becomos not ouiy allew able, but actually commendable,” saya a missionary recently returned from In dia. “T'he marriages are made so young that the wives are mere children If the mother-inlaw is alive to look after her daughter, well and good, but If not, the husband Is apt to say; "Who

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The restrictive condition* at present to force with regard to the marriage of officer* of the Bnaslan army, says a writer to the Brooklyn Citizen, forbid this privilege under any circumstances to the case of officers under the age of 22. Between toe ages of 28 and 28 years the dot of an officer's wife must amount to a sum representing the mini­mum Income of 260 rubles yearly.

Ou comparison of these conditions with those regulating the same ques­tion In other European armies, it may be noted that to the Austro-Hungarian army the number of officers authorized to contract marriage le limited by a fixed proportion assigned to each grade, and, these totals being reacted, all further marriages must be deferred pending the occurrence of vacancies to tha married establishments.

The Italian army regulations, wMch fix the Income of the fiancee at a mini-1 mum of from 1,200 to 2,000 lire, would appear to be more rational to their J operation. Italian officer*, however,' apply a somewhat liberal interpreta­tion to tMs law, with the resnlt that the number of marriage* occurring underactual provision* does not exceed more ---- -than one-eigbto of the total number, son came backr-Bocbester Democrat »•« »t Bedan to September, 1870), to 50 and the situation had been too much •even-eighth* of the officers being uni­ted-voder toe conditions of the re­ligious ceremony only, and thus expet tog themselves to all the Incouvsrgh eraea which attend a marriage sot r*c- egntaed by dvll law.

nimiur disabilities would now ap pear to be incurred by toe Eusslaa of Beers, and suggestion* have been made by the press ta Rossis tost a general m triou of toe taw ta neessaary. The qussttoa Is assuming more importancefrom i ^ . f ^ that. BMSteB officert, Uf]UBeBt ^ ^ Gutenberg Museum af somber of men, while tt is ealculatigf*tor^tto***v *•£*% been the mat noil • » » • 01 nearly repre- The eonsfitntlonsof the sue- that all toe #orid*s war* are remmnat. for ten year*, carbolic

the nose Into the esophagus.The apparatus consists of a piece of

small rubber tubing, about fifteen Inch­es long, to one end of which is attached a hard-rubber funnel. The liquid food Is poured Into the funnel, the tube Is passed down the nostril to the esopha­gus and thus the food Is passed Into the stomach. It Is rather a hnrd way of eating for a healthy boy, but young Fackenstock Is thriving on It, and If na nnlooked-for relapse happens until bla Month shall heal he will soon be all right again.

A Scriptnral Character.Little by ear-old Clara’* papa had

been'away on a protracted business trip, and her mamma was putting things In order and making sundry preparations for his return. Clara watched her closely for a while, and then observed:

"Mamma, you make as mucb fuss as old Mr. Prodigal.” -

"What do you mean, dear?’

that, as a Christian, he could no lougef whip bis wife. He replied In some sur­prise that there was nothing else to be done when bis wife got In one of her ‘tantrums.’ The missionary promised to try to calm her If trouble should again arise, and wad thanked again and again fof the generous offer. Soon the Uludoo came to bring word of another tantrum,’ and the missionary Imme­diately went to the family abode. At the door he was met by a volley of chairs, pots, pans, etc., while within could be heard the voice of the child wife raised In wrath. He hesitated, and when pressed by his pupil to ‘go In end calm her,! waa Obliged to ac­knowledge his Inefficiency."

Death Rate In Battle.Of the fifteen decisive battles of the

world, the average death rate In the nst five of them (of which alone rell- ible statistics are preserved), was about S5 per cent, ranging from 20 per cent,

asked 1^* BrtUsh l0M »t Saratoga, to 47 per '

CLAIMS A $160,000,000 ESTATE.

Wisconsin Luster to Sue for Property , of Sir Francis Drake.John A. Daniels, a lawyer at Racine,'

Wis., Is reported about to sue the Brit­ish government for an estate valued at (150,(XX),(XX). He claims to be a direct* descendant of Sir Fraqcls Drake, the famous English navigator ot^he six teeutli century, and Becks to recover the estate which the adventurous seaman

JOHN A. BAR1SI.S.iefL without providing for Its disposal, and w hich has ever, since been In the Court, of Chancery. Similar suits have been Instituted, heretofore, for other sgtates. Daniels, however, claims that bla case Is clear. He claim* * right to the property through the kinship of Ms great grandmother’s family to that of Drake. DuhIcIb has spent a good share of the last ten years In bunting over the musty records of Plymouth, Mass., and Orange County, New York, for proof of his title.

her mother. “I never heard of Mr. Prodigal."

1 "Oh, yes yon did, mamma,” was th# reply. "Don't yon know the Bible tell* •boat whst a fuss he made when bis

and Chronicle.

IIb Honor o t

It hsi been decided to establish at May core a permanent museum to con­nection with, of rather as toe oatcomt" of, the five-hundredth anniversary of the birth of printing. In addition to tola an International Gutenberg society la projected, and ought to be a-raeceta.

tent, the loss of the Swedes at Pultowa. Of other great battles It Is difficult to lx toe average death rate, though It may be estimated At pboat 20 per cent The rate* Mage from b.ff (the 'German

E n o ch A rd en D p to D ate.The comedy of Enoch Arden up to

late has lately been acted at Rome. About 6 o’clock one evening a funeral procession of the third class was seen passing down the Via flavour. On the funeral ear a wreath of flowers, and pendant from the wreath the, cere­monial ribbon with Inscription; "To my regretted and adored husband.” Be­hind the hearse a lady In deep mourn- :ng, weeping profusely, two lady sup­porters on either side, and thereafter some thirty assistants. Suddenly, how­ever, a Jupiter Tonans, a middle-aged Roman citizen of Imposing proportions, approached the widow and addressed her with winged words. "Tell me, madam, hew long have 1 been dead?” The widow, says the report, stood pet­rified, and one figures to oneself the lurprise of the assistants. The de­based husband, who was go very much ifive, was removed by tbo sergeants, aud the sad procession went Its way. The simple explanation was, of course, the usual one. The legitimate hus­band, disagreement and divorce, andthen the "husband in' the sight of

1 heaven,” now deceased, and referred to by tbe ribbon on the wreath. But

iSppuse No. I had seen what was “In the slgbt\>f heaven his own fnneral”

per cent; the Brltlhh loss at bloody Al- tor hlm.-I'all Mall Gazette, buere. As a matter of fact, thing* itand very much as they used to do, lave thalt the slaughter, when tt does

Agreat batfll IhwBfcff a * quick-Bring guns can be brooght into effective nse

Suicide Statistic*.Dr. Whltcombe, of Birmingham, En­

gland, ha* published an analyst* of 890 1ST xffifirtre TMrrtarve c*me *nd<x

bis persons! notice during tbe past fewwin probably Increase the rate *&**■ 0a She Nhole, It appears that (

largely, but tote remslte 'te'ljepteved. mTt PreteT ” *“ *>“«*<*.,< *Senerel statistics prove that since tbe ®e*ns of quitting tbe world. Womes

The grand ducal government at Betas- Trojan war, 8,000 years ago, not «,*tar, ‘■*rel* *esort t0 hanglng^and never to Darmstadt at Mayenee has alreidj gle year haa elapsed In wbieh totue’waff' •boottog; tbeypln theft faith |o drown- 4tme much toward making toe eatab- has not caused toe killing of a targe ,,n *- Tbf number of poisons need wt*

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