ADDS p1 TO HIS LUNCH.
'rhe Tardy Suburbanlte’s Mormying'
Strngglc' with the Restless
.Paper Parcel. ‘
The man in the suburbs had his lunch
neatly tied in a square paper parcel
which did not look its function. He
started from the house in orderly pre-
cision, says the Chicago Chronicle, but
had’ barely turned the corner when he
stubbed his toe and dropped the unsus-
fpicious bundle to the sidewalk, split-
‘ ting the yellow paper and depositing
sandwiches and cake on the ground.
Then the train ‘whistle sounded its
warning note, and in despair the tor-
tured suburbanite crammed cake and
'bread promiscuously into his pockets
and started on a run for the station._
He caught the last platform of the last
car and hurriedly sank into. a seat. When
the conductor asked for his ticket he
m naged to extract the small paste-
lbo rd without showing the contents of
one pocket, but tugging deep into the
other for his handkerchief to, wipe his
heated brow, out flew crumby bread
and stringy ham and cake that looked
as if the frosting had been nibbled by
mice. The passengers smiled. They
,could not have been human and done
otherwise. But the man made no a1-
.lowances for uncontrollable risibilities.
He glared at the offending men 'and
women, savagely thrust back the bread
and battered cake into his pocket and
enveloped his burning countenance in
the cooling pages of the morning paper.
.But there was a look of flint in his
eye that spoke the finish of the home-
concocted luncheon.
THE SWEEPER TEAM.
A Picturesque Spectacle That Is Still
to Be Seen on City Horse
Car Lines.
The sweeper team, always the pride
of the car stable, is disappearing rap-
idly now before the power sweeper of
5the electric and cable roads; butwhen,
fon occasion, it does appear on the few
{remaining horse-equipped lines of the
city, it is made up in the same fine
31512er as ever. When thesweeper team
Efinally goes for good it will trot away
in good form and flying colors, says
the New York Sun.
Thus there was seen the other day on
:a city street car track over which horse
cars are still running a sweeper team
of eight white horses in perfectly
matched pairs and all good- -sizetl, the
wheel pair big horses and the other
pairs tapering uniformly to the leaders,
5but not running down very much, just
enough to give the big team form and
style. The hames of every set of har-
‘ness were painted red, not a glaring
red nor a muddy dark red—it was more
pinkish and transparent—and this nar-
row band of bright color running
,around the black cellar of each white
.horse looked neither gaudy nor out of
place; it gave the outfit just the proper
touch of jauntiness.
The horses were all good steppers and
they moved with a proper pride; the
'big team was of course well driven. It
was not perhaps the greatest team ever
was, but it was something uncommon
slick.
SIGNAL SERVICE.
As' Operated by the Captain and
His Bride \‘l’lien They W'ere ,'
Separated.
The captain had not been long mar-
ried when he was ordered into camp.
The long-expected call had come at last.
To be sure, the camp was in plain sight
of the captain’s residence, which was
some mitigation of the hardship, but
then it was still a separation. and to
lighten their ter1ible condition it w
arr 1nged that the bereaved husband
and wife should signal to each other
often with handkerchiefs. says the Cin-
cinnati Enquirer.
It was on the second day thatthe
young wife was seated on the porch
reading.
“Tell me, Jane," she said. “is Arthur
still signaling?”
“Yes, ma’am," answered the maid.
“Then keep waving your handker-
chief. I want to finish this novel!”
At the same moment, in camp. an ofl'i-
cer from an adjoining company stepped
up to the captain.
“I say. old man,’ ’he asked, “why do
you keep that man out there all day
waving a handkerchief?”
“Oh. it’s merely a bit of signal code
practice for him," he ansv ered. “Say,
I’ve got some good stuff inside.”
The Length of Human Life.
According to M. 1. H011 Schooling. of
:russels, says Cosmos, there is an old,
rule for finding the length of a man’s
life if the present age lies between
12 and 86 years. This is the rule: Sub—
tract the.’present age from 80 and divide
the remainder by 2; the result will give
the number of years you have yet to
live. This old rule was discovered by
the mathematician De Moivre, who c1111-
grated to England from France in 1805
and became a member of the Royal so—
ciety. The curves given by Mr. School-
ing are interesting to examine. A first
diagram shows the chance that every
man has of living one year longer than
his present age. At birth this chance
is 5 to 1; at 5 years,1119to 1; at 10, 512
:to 1; at _,15 347; at 20.207;'1t 25, 156;
:at 30,120; at 35, 97; at 40, 78, etc. Mr.
Schooling affirms from his calculations
that of 1, 000 individuals of 60 years, 599
{will live to be 70. 120 to 80 years and
f17 to 90; while of 1.000_nonagenarians.
'4 will reach their hundredth year. We
,may add that for men of 65. the average
.expectation of life is 10 153 years.
Soldier-y of France and Germany.‘
Twenty-five years ago France was
able to put as many soldiers in the field!»
as Germany. To-day it falls short by
about 1,000,000 men.
Postal Cal-(ls. .
More than 2,000 different kinds of
.postal .cards have been issued during
‘the last 25 years.
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BLOOD AND TOMATOES.
A Supposed Tragedy That Proved to
Be a. Perfectly Harmless
Mair.
" Unusual excitement disturbed the
quiet of a Philadelphia residence one
:zecent Sunday evening, resulting inthe
hurried visits of a policeman and two
doctors, to the house. Just as the man
of the house and his wife reached the
front step on the way home from
church the door was hurriedly thrown
open and out rushed the cook,
called for “helpl’3’ When she saw her
mistress she declared between sobs that
the kitchen range had exploded and
that her cousin had been killed. The
mistress ran into the kitchen after
sending her husband for the doctors
and found the place covered with ashes
and a young man apparently half-«dead
His head and face were apparently cov-
ered with blood, but it was soon discova
ered that he was still alive, as‘he said
he was only stunned. The housewife
immediately set to work to wash the
man’s head and face to prepare him
for the doctors, but she was moved
to merriment when she found that the
supposed blood was only tomato juice.
In truth the cousin was not injured
at all. The explanation was that the
cook had placed a can of tomatoes un—'
der the grate to melt the sealing on
the lid and that the explosion, which
scattered the ashes and tomatoes, fol--
lowed the expansion of the frozen liquid
in the can.
doctors arrived they were told the
story and joined in the laugh, which
was on the"cook and her cousin.
LUCREZIA BORGIA.
The Prevailing- Conception of the
Historic Poisoner’s Character
Is Falset
“All her contemporaries agree in
vith a sweet joyousness and charm
quite peculiar to herself,” says “The
History of the Popes,” by Dr. ~Henry
Pastor. “ ‘She is of middle height and
graceful in form,’ writes Uicolo Ca-
gnolo of Parma; ‘her face is rather long,
the nose well cut, hair golden, eyes of
no special c0101, her mouth rather
large, the teeth brilliantly white, her
neck is slender and fair, the bust ad-
mirably proportioned. She is always
gay and smiling.’ Other narrators spe-
cially praise her long golden hair.
“Unfortunately, we ‘have no trust-
worthy portrait of this remarkable
kvoman; at the same time we can gather
from some medals which were struck
at Ferrara during her stay there, a fair
notion of her features. The best of
these medals, designed apparently by
'Filippino Lippi, shows how' false the
prevailing conception of this woman’s
character, woven out of partisanship
and calumny, has been. The little head,
with its delicate features, is rather
‘charming than beautiful, the expres-
sion is maidenly, almost childish, the
abundant hair .flows down over the
shoulders, the large eyes have a far—off
look. The character of the face is soft,
of strong passions and rather it denotes
a weak and passive nature, incapable of
self-determination.”
A PARISIAN EGG FORGER.
Many 61f His False Productions Are
Purchased for Scientific
Collections.
egg f01ger, whose false productions are
purchased for scientific collections and
by amateurs, says the Lincoln Daily
News. The man was very clever. A
visitor saw him make a penguin egg
that could not be distinguished from
the real one that served him for a model.
He made the shell of plaster of paris
burnt and glazed. The egg was intend-
ed for a man who furnished eggs for a
foreign scientific collection. These imi-
tations are not diflicult, for among the
real} eggs of most species the re are so
many varieties that even the most
practiced expert could not distinguish
all of'thcm. The eggs of the common
fly-catcher are very cheap. By chem-
ical treatment they acquire a bluish
green shining color, and are then sold
at a very high price as the eggs of the
silk-tail. From common duck eggs are
fabricated the eggs of a falcon, for
which 50 or 60 francs are paid. The
duck eggs for this purpose are given a
silver—green color. Pigeon and wood
pigeon eggs are also transformed into
rarer products of middle-sized birds.
Nightingales’ eggs are difficult to pro-
cure and are therefore very dear. They
are imitated by coloring larks’ eggs
brown. The egg forger was for a long
time an assistant in a natural-history
museum in the provinces.
Prophetic.
The Paris papers are telling an in-
teresting story of a newly-elected mem-
ber of the French senate. M. Bassinet,
like many of his colleagues, is a self-
made man, and began life as a journey-
man mason. In that capacity he Was
employed to renovate the sculptural fa-
cade of the Luxembourg palace, when
the architect, noting his skill and in-
dustry, said to him by way of encour-
‘agement: ‘ Whv. you couldn’t be mak-
ing a better job ’of it if it were wour
own house.’ The young workman
smiled, and is said to have answered:
“One never knows what the future may
bring forth. ”_ He had at the time no
political aspirations, but all the same
he now sits as senator in the building
he helped to‘ adorn. .
' A Young Executive.
Earl Beauchamp is one of the young-
est men who have in recent years been
appointed to a colonial governor-ship.
He is not quite 27 years of age.
. Ever Notice It?
61 The stars on the United States coin-
age are six-pointed, 'while the Unitéd
1 'States flag carries five-pointed stars.
who?
lying in a chair in front of-the range. 1
When the policeman and ,
describing her as singularly attractive, .
3: THE LAND! OF (.1me
There Is Evidence Thu 1‘. Was Who:
Is No’v‘v Called Monomotapa, ‘
Africa.
The Monomotapa. 1egion.
desia, is the ancient land of Ophir. The
;gold mines of the ancients me now re-
idiscovered and the gold ingot molds“
rediscovered in Rhodesia are identical
‘with the tin ingot molds used by the
,Phoenicians' 1n Cornwall It 1s behaved,
says the Matabele Times, that the Phoe-
nicians worked‘ the South African
.mines 2000 B. C. Scripture tells us how
Hiram, the Phaenician- king, brought
enormous quantities of gold, ivory and
slaves for King Solomon, and where
;could all these have been discovered to.
gether, and in‘such large quantities as
ideSCribed in holy .writ, if not in this
portion of southeast Africa? Job’s ref-
;erenees to “gold dust" locate the source
:of Solomon’s wealth in the parts, and
certainly neither the “ivory" nor the
"‘slaves” nor the “apes” of Bible history
came from India, for Africa, as is well
’known, has ever been creditedin his-
‘tory as the‘ivory, slave and ape-produc-
ing country. Further, there is consid—
erable doubt whether any other coun-
Qtry, India included, could at that period
have produced the quantity of gold
:mentioned in Chronicles and Kings.
Scattered throughout the country are
colossal ruins of fortresses, temples of
~,distinctly Phoenician origin, identical
;with the ruins now seen in the land of
‘the Phoenicians and built by the same
race as erected Stonehenge on Salisbury
plain and later built the rounded tow—
.ers of Ireland. Here is the herringbone
style of building, as in Arabia, Sardinia
and the British isles. There, too, are
.the gigantic monoliths, cloven stones
and stone circles, with altars and sacred
‘inclosures.
FORTUNE IN TAPESTRIES.
The Splendid Collection Claimed by
a Titled Organ Grinder in
‘ London.
V iscount Hinton, the scion of English
nobility who has been earning a mod—
est livelihood by grinding an organ in
‘the streets of London, claims not only
.lthc title and estates of Earl Poulett, but
'the furniture and ornaments in the
great halls at Hinton St. George, says
:London Mail.
_ These include one of the finest private
collections of tapestry in the world—
itapestries bearing the design of Paul
'IVeronese and other great masters.
awhich are renowned for their beauty
land value throughout the world of art.
There are 17 of these splendid tapes-
1tries at Hinton St. George. They are
all of the renaissance period and were
‘made about 1570. Some of them have
"the Poulett arms wov en into the fabr:.i(
‘As many of these splendid possessions
iof the Pouletts me as much as 20 feet
iin length, it may be 1eadily understood
gthat they occupy a great space in the
' ’halls.
These tapestries are valued at £ 1,000
Ieach. That is theiravcragc price. Con-
=noisseurs assert that several tapestries
- in the collection are worth £3,000 to
irresolute and gentle; there is‘no trace : £4:000 93011-
. They are all in splendid
condition, and if Viscount Hinton gets
them they will constitute perhaps his
-n1ost unique possession.
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SOME BIG FEES.
‘Europcnn Physicians Sometimes 0b-
A CUIIOUS account is given by a Paris -
concspondcnt of the discov cry of an,
tnin Fortunes for a Sin-
gle Operation.
European physicians have
made fortunes by single operations.
Dr. Thomas Dimsdalc, a IIertfordshire
specialist, who was summoned to St.
Several
_ I’etersburg in 1752 to vaccinate Empress
Catherine IL, received $00,000 and a
pension of $2,500 a year. A certain Dr.
.llutler, who had obtained a worldwide
reputation for his operations in lithot-
omy, received a lakh of rupees (then
forth $50,000) from each of six Indian
rajahs for releasing them from their
:pains. The late czar of Russia paid Prof.
Zacherine, a noted specialist of Moscow,
175,000 for two days’ attendance. Dr.
Gale, of Bristol, received a check for
$250,000 for curing a certain prominent
nobleman of a diseased knee. Dr. Gale
Yowski, who traveled all the way to
.Tcheran to attend the son of the late
shah, received $35,000 and his expenses.
Sir William Jenner received a baronetcy -
‘and $50,000 for four weeks’ attendance.
at the bedside of the prince of W’ales.
Sir Morell Mackenzie received $100,000
for attending Emperor Frederick. Per-
haps the most extravagant fee of all,
however, is'that of an English army
surgeon, who charged an Indian rajah
$50, 0-00 for one prescription i119. simple
case of rheumatism. -
Belllgei-ent Crabs. ‘
The most savage specimen of the crab
species is found in Japan, seeming .to
dream of nothing but fighting, to de-
light in nothing half so much. The
minute he spies another of his kind
he scrapes his claws, together in rage,
challenging him to the combat. Not
a moment is wasted in preliminaries,
but at it they go, hammer and tongs.
It sounds like two rocks grinding
against one another as their claws rat-
tle against the hard shells. The sand
flies as the warriors push each other
hither and thither until at last ‘one of
them stretches himself out in the sun.
tired to death. But he does not beg
for mercy or attempt to run away.
only feebly rubbing his claws together
in defiance of his foe. That foe comes
closer, and with his claws trembling with
joy at his victory the conqueror catches
hold 'of one claw of the vanquished
crab, twists it until it comes off and
bears away the palpitatin'g limb as a
trophy ‘of his prowess. Such is a bat-
tle between warrior crabs.
Gave Up the Job.
The Swedish com pany which was go-
ing to raise the sunken Spanish war-
ships at Santiago has given up the task.
Those Swedes will know better another
time than to undertake what Ameri-
cans can‘t do.
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WHEN A. WOMAN FEELS om.
It’l ‘When Herr Growing.‘ Grandson-
First Pays Her Fare on
the Clix-s.
Mrs. Jomesandlllrs. Smith met on. an:
Illinois Central suburban train, home-
ward bound from-a morning of shop-
1ping. Mrs. Jones- is 35 and a mother;
Mrs. Smith 65 and'a grandmothemsays-
the Chicago Inter Ocean. >
“My dear Mrs. Smith,” said Mrs.
Jones, “how well you are looking I-
declare, you are the youngest-looking
woman for your age I know. It seems
that you have taken off several years
every time I meet you. Have you dis-
covered the magic fountain?"
“My dear,” replied Mrs. Smith,.“you-
mean well and I’m obliged to you, but
I feel an old, old-woman to-day.”'
“Why do you emphasize to-day?”
“Well, it’s this way: I started to
come down town this morning feeling
as gay as a girl of 20. At the station
I met my grandson. He’s only 13, but
he’s as big as some men. I suppose the
,sight of him should havesobered me
.and made me realize what a landmark
.I am, but it didn’t. And I kept on feel-
ing young and frisky until the con-
ductor came a10ng.”
“What on earth did the conductor.-
have to do with it?”
“Why, that boy pulled out his com--
mutation ticket, handed it to the con-
ductor, and said, as a matter of course :'
‘1‘wo.’ Goodness knows I felt old
enough when my eldest son paid my
fare for the first time, but when a.
woman gets so aged that her grandson:
pays her fare she’s ancient, sure
.enough.” » ,
BANKS HAVE USE FOR MONEY.
“fay in \Yhich BlgF’innnclaI Institu-
tions Manage to Pay Dividends .
to Shareholders.
Many people wonder how banks use
all the money deposited in them and .
how they manage to pay interest there-
'on and yet come out at the end of the
year with a.- big profit on the business,
says the New York'Telegram. '
What they do is trade with the money.
‘To the depositor they pay between one
and two per cent, but the money they
lend“ brings them in three, five, six,
seven, and even eight, per cent.
For instance, they give loans on all,
sorts of securities, such as railway de-
bentures, government stock, public
company shares, dock warrants, bills
of'lading, etc.
They also - lend money on the se-
curity of houses and land, but not to
a great extent, as repayments are
slow.
\Vhen a couple of substantial business
men or farmers or professional men
back a bill the bank often lends without
any security at all; but now and again
they have heavy and ruinous losses 011
these loans.
All banks, however, have large sums
of money constantly lying idle, for they
must keep sufficient cash at the various
branches to pay checks, and even to be
more or less prepared for panics. Still,
the difference between the one or two
per cent. they pay and the three or
eight they receive on millions of dol-
lars leaves them an immense profit on
the year’s business.
THE CUBAN GOLD MYTH.
There Is Nothing on the Island
“’lilch May Be Dignified by
the Same Mine.
If we
er 01 go to the bucks on Cuba for our
information we shall find that the min
erul resources of this island include
gold, silver, mercury, lead, antimony,
copper, chrome, iron, manganese, pitch,
bitumen‘and even coal; but when we
come to look f01 piactical metallic re-
sult s commensurate with these varied
mineral 1"esou1ccs we shall be disap-
pointed. says the Engineering Maga-
zine. ‘
The gold fiction is the most time hon-
ored“; for the original Spanish settlers
expected to find rich gold mines in
Cuba. According to their historian
much gold. was taken from this island
at the beginning of the conquest, but
.it seems probable that most of this was
:t taken from the chiefs or caciques of the
Indians and very little from the ground.
El Viagero Universal, Madrid, 1797,
says: “Some of this metal (gold) is
still found at, Ilolguin.” Whenever the
:cxistcnce of gold in Cuba is discussed
.this “mine" at Holguin is invariably
brought forward. It is true that some
work has been done at this point and
;a little“ gold has been extracted, but
there has never been any systematic ex-
‘ploration, and there is nothing there
which may be dignified with the name
of amine. fl
Chinese Railway Loan.
LONDON, May 8.——The Peking corre-
spondent of The Times says: “The ne-
gotiations for a loan of $2,000,000 for the
Tien—tsin-Chin-Kiang railway, under
Anglo-German control, have been suc- ,
cessfully terminated."
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a eeable medicine. and is recommended by
p ysiclans generally. Remember, it cures
constipation.
Celery King is sold in 25c. and 50c. pack-
ages by drugglsts and dealers.
listen 10 the \ oice of the dim m-'
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every package, fOr the toilet, bath,
and nursery. Both are guaranteed
par excellence by the worl‘d‘bwide
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