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AN INCIDENT.

URarmed and unattended walks the Gar,
Through Moscow's busy street one winters day,
The crowd uncover as his face they see;
"God greet the Gar, they saY.
Along his path there moved funeral
Gray spectacle of poverty and woe,
wretched fedge, dragged by one weary man,
Slowly across the snow.
And on the sledge, blown by the winter wind,
Lay rrde coffin. very rude and bare,
And he who diew 1t bent before his load
With dull and silent air.
The Emperor stopped and beckoned to the man,
"Who is't thou Dearest to the grave 7r he said.
"ony soldier, sire" the short reply,
"0nly a soldier dead"
" Only soldier," musing, said the Car,
SONY Russian who was poor and brave.
Move on. follow. Such one goes not
Unhonored to his grave"
He bent his head and silent raised his cap;
The Gear Of all the Russias, pacing slow,
Following the coffin, as again 1t went,
Slowly across the snow.
The passers Of the street, all wondering
Looked on that sight, then followed silently;
Peasant and prince, artizan and clerk,
All In one company.
Still, as they went, ths crowd grew ever more.
TIL thousands stood around the friendless grave,
Led by that princely heart, who loyal true,
Honored the poor and brave.
-Agnes Mcdonald.
NorK-This incident 10 narrated by lady who wa
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RICH CONGRESSMAN
WHO THEY ARE AND HOW THEY HAVE
MADE THEIR FORTUNES.
rom a Washington Letter.

From Washington Letter.
/ see paragraph floating around the
newspapers to the effect that Senator Hen
~ G. Davis is the richest man in West Vir-
ginia. guess this is true, and. like all the
men in Congress, he did not inherit, but
canned his money. When he was seyen-
teen years old Senator Davis was brake
man on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad.
He was promoted from one position to an
other until he became a man of considera-
BILE importance upon the road, when he
found more iucrative employment as super
intendent of coal mines in West Virginia.
Here he began to grow rich, until by able
management and wise foresight he has ac-
cumulated an immense fortune. Senator
Davis is man Of some oddities, and often
anneys his fellow Senators with the persist
ency with which he pursues whatever he
undertake whether it be an ignus .fatuus
or something practical, but, leaving his
hobbies out of consideration, he Is an ex.
cellent man aud useful Senator.
The rich Congressman are Newberry, Of
Michigan; Morton aud Starin, of New
York Loring and Russell, Of Massachu-
sets; Singleton, Of Illinois. The rich
Senators are Sharon and Jones, of Nevada;
Don Cameron, Davis of West Virginia and
Davis of Illinois Mcpherson, of New Jer
sey, and Baldwin, of Michigan, and, as l
have stated, they all commenced in poor
and humble circumstances.
Senator Baldwin made bis money in the
mercantile business, commencing in small
way in Detroit in 1888, about the time the
late Senator Chandler commenced.
Congressman Newberry made his IN oney
in manufacturing. He has been jack at
all trades, railroad man, a civil engineer,
a lawyer and manufacturer. He is now
President of thirty-five corporations for
manufacturing enterprises.
jude Davis, of Ilhnois, made his money
by wise investments in the early history of
that State.
General Singleton made his in a similar
way.
Morton, of New York, commenced early
as merchant, and moved from New Eng
land to New York just in time TO catch tn,
flood time at the commencement Of the
war.
Mr.. Starin was clerk in drug store
when be was a boy, but got beginning as
a boatman, and now controls more water
craft than any other man in the world.
Sharon and Jones made their money in
mines.
Mcpherson, of New Jersey, in cattle
dealing.
Loring and Russell in manufacturing.
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EvE-ANaELIcAL CORNER,

A household with baby is founded on a
rock.
A new lace is painted 10 peacock feather
eyes. t.-
Ruby beads and yellow pearls are the Ia.
test novelties in beads.
Miss Nelson has played $50 tines and
made $50, 900 SO far this season.
A Nevada ball report says: miss
was full Of eclat-the eciatest lady pres
ent.''
General ]. e. B, Stuart's widow has been
elected principal Of the Virginia Female
Institute at Stanton.
The latest novelty in dress goods is ecru
cotton, thicker than the heaviest unbleach-
cd muslins Of last summer, and with baye-
dere stripes of bright blue, scarlet, yellow
and black.
Stylish light cloths for ladies' spring ul
sters and surtouts are in broken plaid, in.
visible plaids, tiny checks and the irregular
mixed tints produced by mixing the color.
in the wool.
"And must leave thee, my dearest An
geline?" "Yeth, dear Gusthv. you had
better take turn with NTH Thimpton, iuth
to keep people from talking. You can
come back, you know.
When couple are pronounced man and
wife they think they are married. Pro-
nounce them woman and husband and they
wouldn't think so. Why not? II the one
term is consistent the other must be.
A Paris letter says that the airy lace, sat
in and ribbon muffs have proved so pretty
an addition to the toilette that they have
established a position in the ball room,
where they are carried in the hand or sewn
to the dress.
The story goes that Collette, the fifteen
year old daughter whom Alexander Dumas
has proudly introduced into society, and her
sister Jeannine, aged twelve, recently ex-
pressed themselves to lady questioner as
follows "Whom do you wish to marry ?"
asked the lady of the elder of the girls.
81 wish to marry an IDIOT" she replied :;
"and the trouble is am sure to meet some
day or other greater idiot than he, aud
perceive that have been too hasty in my
choice" "Don't be alarmed, sister," re-
Joined Jeannine "you will never meet a
greater imbecile than the man who will
marry you,"
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SHOT WITH A PAPER BAG.--Dr. Thos.
Fl. Andrews, OF 1ll7 Spruce street, Phila-
delphia, was awakened att o'clock in the
morning by thief, who had entered the
house in the afternoon on the pretense OF
having business with him, and then hiding
in the cellar after the servant bad left hin
alone in the parlor. On going down stairs
the physician saw tho man moving eau
tiously in the hallway, and, being unarmed'
was in . quandary as to what course to
pursue. Seizing an ordinary paper bag
and initiating it with his breath, the N. D.
stole close mp to tho fellow, exploded 1t
with his hand and pounced on his man.
The thief. supposing himself shot, pleaded
p,te,usly for mercy, but the doctor held
him tight while servant rushed out IN
search Of an officer. Before the policeman
arrived tho burglar, after desperate strug-
gle, broke away from his capsor and nane
his escape through the open door.
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DRAco's LAWS.


Please give short sketch of Draco's
laws.
Ans.-Draco was the author of the first
written code of law at Athens, which he
is supposed to have published in the 4th
year of the seth olympiad, 63l B. c. lie
was of distinguished birth, honored for
his severe manner and his large experience
in public affairs, and the people of Athens,
prey to anarchy, besought him to give
them code of laws. The system which
he proposed linked together civil and moral
duties. He took the citizen at the moment
of his birth, prescribed the manner IN
which he should be nourished and educa-
ted. followed him with directions through
the different epochs of life and fattered
himself that he should make men free and
virtuous. The penalty of death was to be
inflicted for almost every crime. The
slightest offense, he said, deserved death,
and he knew no punishment more severe
for the greatest. So violent a code could
not last, and within thirty years Athens
was again in anarchy. Draco died at
the elimination of his glory upon the Isle
Of Egina.
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4 NEW CEREAL.
SOMETHING THAT WILL GROW ON THE
ARID PLAINS OF THE WEST.

The widest circulation should be givei
to the fact, stated on the authority of th
Kansas State Board of Agriculture, that
cereal new to that locality will grow on thu
arid plains Of the West without irrigation
The grain is variously called "pampes rice, '
"rice corn" and " Egyptian corn" ant
is thought to have sprung from seec
brought TO the United States by the Men
nonites, who came from Southern Russia
The kernels grow in a tuft like that on the
top of sorghum. Each one is something
smaller and rounder than grain of wheat
and is inclosed in " shuck or indepeDd-
ept capsule. The berry can be eaten
ground into -four or cracked like wheat, OF
whole like rice, OF used generally like any
other cereal. The meal resembles that oi
Indian corn, and In color Is intermediate
between the yellow and white varieties. A
chemical analysis shows that its percentage
of starch, fat, dextriDe and sugar, which
produce heat and fat in the animal organi-
zation, compares favorably with that Of
Indian corn, wheat, rye and oats; and in
Its contents of flesh forming albuminoids
it surpasses al! Indian coins, and ranks
with wheat, rye and oats. The small per-
centage of cellulose, or nearly non-nutri-
tious woody fibre, is remarkable. The stalk
makes as good fodder xs corn does, and a
few acres will furnish family with fuel
for q winter-a consideration OF the first
importance in that nearly treeless country.
1t was planted and there was no rain for
five weeks after planting. and yet the corn
terminated. II stood the rains equally
we'll, and finally it yielded sixty 6O.pound
bushels TO the acre. 1t is moreover worm
and grasshopper proof. The Board Of
Agriculture prints a mass of letters, which
place these facts beyond question, and
their significance is of the first Importance.
From New Mexico to the British line there
are tens Of thousands Of square miles
500, 900, 900 acres according to reliable
estimate-which it was thought nothing
but an expensive system Of artesian wells
could reclaim to any better use than pastur-
age, and now comes this African plant to
furnish food and fuel to this vast country,
besides crops for export, whose value it
may yet be impossible TO express in nine
figures.
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A Rule OF War.
indianapolis Sentinel.

At Vincennes, last year, they wanted
sham battle as one of the features of a SOL
diers' reunion, but experienced no little
trouble to find an officer who would consent
to lead the rebel troops. At last Captain
Lewis, rather than see a failure, consented
Col. Denny led the Federal forces. The
fight was long and loud but at last the
rsbsls were victorious. The rebel chief in.
sisted that the surrender should be 'fm'
mediate aud unconditional THAT they
should march to prison quarters.
aThat isn't IN the programme" replied
Co. Denny.
81 don't care blank for the program
me, it's the rule of war;" answered Capt
Lewis, land you must march or I'll bayo-
net you-you arc prisoners" The rule OF
war was carried out.
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POETRY.
AN AMERICAN SKETCH.
His heart is all OF English oak,

His heart is all OF English oak,
His trowsers nil Of English kersey,
He always rows the English stroke,
And yet he came from North New Jersey.
He docks his horses flowing tails,
He drives an English cart. with Buttons;
His beard fs like the Prince Of Wales,
His eye-glass is like the Earl Of Mutton's.
His satin scarf Is Oxford blue,
And cut away his English coat is,
And when he speaks, Oh, English, too,
The difficulty In his throat is.
liz calls his cousins dresses frocks,
And rides upon an English nag
To hounds, although the English fox
Is started from pudding bag.
]. Edmond.Jones he writes his name:
And yet, II You'll believe me, sirs, he
Was known as Jim Jones when he came
Some years ago from North New Jersey.
-Scribner's AonLilv
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permitted in cases of necessity, but the
practice OF baptism by sprinkling gradu-
ally came In spite Of the opposition Of
councils and hostile DEGREES. Tn Council
OF Ravenna, in 1911, was the first council
OF the church which legalized baptism by
sprinkling By the choice of leaving it to the
officiating minister. 8. 1t is very difficult
to show any real connection between the
baptism Of John and Christian baptism,
further than the general relations which
all the actions of the forerunner must have
bad to that Of the Messiah. We know very
very little about the baptism of John and
all attempts to describe it ara founded eith-
or upon conjecture or upon it's identity ~ ID
the baptism 81 proselytes. i'spss' sa,a
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INTERVIEWING AN ACTRESS.
how REPORTER DEPARTED FROM THw
ORDINARY METHOD.
Boston Post.

Boston Post.
May be the reporter didn't know how to
interview an actress, and may be that's
why he had so much trouble. Having sent
up his card and being admitted to her pres
ence. he stated his business and she said
languidB:
lin sorry you've come don't fancy
you n.ws. q er men and hate being inter-
view d."
Maybe he knew this was just sand for Of.
feet, and that she wouldn't miss the inter
view for heap, but he replied: .r
s" Oh, well, then, wont trouble you.
Sorry intruded. Good day."
However, she got to the door first and
and said:
"Oh, now you're here, I'll oblige you.'e
And he answered
"Oh, no; wouldn't trouble you for The
world"
But it won't DO very much trouble"
"Well, never mind don't care partic-
ularly about it,"
But, in fact, 1t will be a pleasure. |
only objected because reporters always ask
the same questions and then don't print
just what you say"
"Well, III try and do better than that"
and they seated themselves. Then he asked:
How did you celebrate your thirty
fourth brthday?'
"Eh Pumping up-"what do you
mean sir? You're mean wretch to ask
to ask sucl q question ~
Steps on her lapdog addresses the dog,
'Drat your pelt, ge; out ~ Then she OBJ
served him writing and aJked what he was
doing. He replied:
~ promised to print exactly what yon
said, and l have taken down your very
words" About the dog Yes"
"Gcedness gracious! You wont print
that 81 will" "But that wasn't
meant to print" Cant help it," "Oh,
but it won't do! Youl.musn't begin the
interview now"
"Very well. Which do you prefer as an
dvertisement-being robbed of diamond
runaway with by hack or having divorce
suit ?"
"Sir, IL don't do such things. meyer
heard such questions"
az promised to try to vary the list you
said had become so monotonous. Do you
shave your head ?"
"Sir; of course not. Are you erazy?"
"No, nam. Which IL your favorite
liquor%
"Do you wish to order some sent up?
OF course you won't say In the paper that
ever take anything"
"Look here, madam. I was TO print
just what you said"
"Bnt don't want you to-
cit must be DONE"
"well, then, II you don't ask me II the
audiences every where are A. enthusiastic
as they are here, and what do with all
my bouquets, and H. don't feel that | ought
to be in boarding school instead OF ON tho
stage, az am SO young, and IL dent find
it very embarrassing to have all the men 30
madly in love with me, and several bank
directors committing suicide because |
won't marry them If you don't ask me
those questions won't say another blessed
word. So, there. And il you print what
I've SAID I'll sue you for libel"
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FAsrEsr rRorrINa REc,

FASTEST TRoTTING RECORD
What is the fastest trotting time on rec
ord, what horse made it and over what
track? ...
Ans.-The best time and fastest two
consecutive mile heats were made by St.
Julien, 10 harness, at Oakland, CAL, Oct.
25, 1879, in trotting against time TO beat
Rarus' best time, 2:13i. St Julien made
the first mile in 2:123 and the second in
2:l5i.
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KING CETYwAYo.-Unhsppy King Getty
wayo is confined in narrow cell, and only
permitted, to walk on the ramparts accom-
panied by sentinel. The parapet of the
wall is high above his head, SO that fight
by this means is impossible. while the poor
fellow kas grown 80 stiff and unwield!y
from confinement, change Of habit and diet.
that 1t is as much as he can do to keep
himself steady on his legs during the long
and dreary promenade upon the stone
pavement, with the two military guardians
dragging their slow steps behind him. He
is most desirous to cross the sea and SEQ
Queen Victoria, who, he believes, will en-
tertain him sumptuously, and punish the
soldiers who have destroyed his mealie
fields, burned his kraals, and killed bis
young msn.-N. =. Sun.
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A PRECIOUS DoLLAR.-C0l. Phineas
Adams, Of Manchester, N. H., who has in
his possession one Of the most valuable col
lections of coins owned By single indi-
vidual in the United States, recently sold
from it silver dollar Of each year from
tho date Of the first coming for $l,5OO- In
cluded in the lot vas dollar bearing the
date OF 1904, for which be paid $500. and
Of which there are only fiye more in exist
spoe.
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Woop CARVING. Wood carving is an
industry which is carried to considerable
perfection among the Germans, and II is
fostered BY the establishment OF carving
schools. particularly in districts where the
wood used for the work-the Spanish wal
nut the finest and best walnut the Germans
have--is plentiful. Eighty OF these carv-
ing schools exist ut the present time in
Germany, and 80 In Wurtembarg; but 90
much importance Is attached to the results
which have flowed or are expected to now
from these institutions thar the number OF
schools in Germany Il to be increased 70
200.
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The Old Curiosity Shop.
Queries and Answers in the Chicago Inter -oce.

Queries and Answers in the Chicago Inter Ocean.
JAMES LANs's DEATH.
Can you tell me where Jim Lane. of
Kansas, came to his death and how he kill
ed himself?
Ans.-He shot himself with pistol OF
July |. 1865, while at Fort Leavenworth,
on leave Of absence from the Senate, on
account Of deranged health.
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Blanks for Sale.

n, We have In stock the following Justices
oanks, adapted for any township or county
~ Montana, and In conformity to existing
ave. Avs. The following are the prices:
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TIL. an assortment is ordered lesser quan-
ss,as ss Inan one hundred viii be furnished at
po.s 1AeAs Cash must accompany order.
Age VIII be prepaid. Address,
NEW NORTHWEST
DxxH LoDaY.
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The FUTURE OF SMoKING.-I shall not
live to see it, but fifty years will not elapse
before smoking IS permitted everywhere.
Smoking carriages will be no more needed
on railroads Than reading carriages. A per-
son, whether in church, or in law court,
or in drawing room. will no more ask for
permission to smoke than to breathe. No
one accustomed to the smell of tobacco OBJ
jects to it, for it becomes imperceptible.
Every one, consequently, should bring up
their children in an atmosphere of tobacco
smoke, so as to accustom them to it from
their earliest childhood. If were blessed
with daughters l should seek out an Irish
nurse for them and insist upon her smoking
every day in the nursery certain amount
of the strongest tobacco from short clay
pipe. In after years my daughters would
not render themselves Objectionable to the
male sex in general, and their father in
particular, by declaring that they could not
endure the odor Of cigar or q cigarette.
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NEWSPAPER DECISIONS.

l. Any who takes paper regularly from the Post
Office whether directed to his name or anothers or
whether he has subscribed notis responsible for the
payment
2 II person orders his paper discontinued he musl
pay all arrearages the publisher will continue TO send
until payment IL made and collect the whole amount
whether the paper Il taken from the Office not
s. The courts have decided that refusing to take the
newspapers periodicals from the Post-oice
ing and leaving them uncaled for pra acia evidence
Of intentional fraud.
Papers ordered to any address be changed 10 anoth.
er address at the option Of the subscriber
Remances by draft check money order, or registered
letter, may be sent at risk Ali Postmasters
quirsd 70 register letters application.
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conkling as q Man.
Philadelphia Times.

Personally, Mr.. Conkling is a perfect
type Of physical manhood. His abstinence
and temperance in all things lave given
him a wonderfully perfect organism. s., Az
10 bis younger days, SO now he avoids the
designations of society. He rarely goes to
dinner parties, and when he does he never
drinks any wine. He trains almost like an
athlete; is scrupulous in his neatness; is a
thorough master of fence and an, expert
with the gloves. Few men twenty years
younger are better gymnasts. In Wash
ingtou be lives very quietly at Wormley' g
Hotel, where he receives very few callers
who do not have business with him. He
avoids the contact of his fellow-men, and
seems to court the mystery of which have
spoken at the opening Of this letter. He
loves a good horse as we'll as be does Gen.
Grant, and is better judge of one. He
drives to aud from the Capitol in light
buggy, but he never drives in the public
throughfares. He never drives down
Pennsylvania avenue; but takes one of the
side streets leading more directly, If more
obscarely, to his hotel. He does not like
newspapers, and the correspondents in
Washington, as rule, fear, return his
dislikes. He seems almost like a figure
that has stepped out Of history public
man, and nothing more, useful to the State
in many ways, and untsinted with personal
dishonesty, but with less of companion
abeness and the gentle courtesies of life
than any other man in the public service.
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CINDERELLA's SLIPPER.

Who is the author of cinderella ?'
Ana-We have lately come upon an ar
ticle published in an ancient number of al
Irish magazine, which throws mere light on
this tale than we have ever seen before. and
points to Charles Perrault,a French writer,
as the author. At the accession of Fran
ces H., husband of Mary Queen of Scots,
Paris was involved in continued broils by
the struggles for precedency between the
confraternities of the drapers, the MERGERS
and the furriers, 10 which the furriers final
ly triumphed. Two centuries ago furs
were SO rare, and therefore SO highly valued,
that the wearing of them was restricted by
several sumptrary laws to kings and prin-
cesses. Sable, in those laws called vair,
was subject to countless regulations. The
exact quality permitted to be worn by per-
sons Of different grades, and the article Of
dress to which it might be applied. were
defined most strictly. Perrault's tale Of
Cinderella originally marked the dignity
conferred on her by the fairy by her wear
ing slipper of vair, privilege then con-
fined to the highest rank of Processes. An
error OF the press, now inveterate, changed
vair into verre, and the slipper of sable
was suddenly converted into glass slip
per.
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SPRING COME.

NorK-This incident 10 narrated by a lady who vi
living In MOSCOW when 1t took place.