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They haye in England what is called .
"Society for Promoting Industrial Villages"
whose aims are declared by the St James
Gazette to be too vague and impractical.
As the interest in technical education in this
country Is growing, and there Is much
reference to South kensington in the dis
cussion, the following from The Gazette may
be read with profit: "If the society wants
some useful work to do, why does it not set
on foot an agitation to compel South
Kensington to spend on the establishment OF
tschdical schools the money now muddled
away on science falsely 50 called! Tech.
nical schools are the greatest Of all our
wants We have spoken Of the prosperity
of the Swiss watch trade 1t has bsen sue
cessful because Of the, admirable system OF
technical instruction existing in Switzer-
land.
"At fourteen boys school education Is
supposed to be complete. He knows for
eign language, perhaps two; and probably
mathematics up to simple equations. From.
a child he has been taught how 70, use the
pencil Picked boys and girls, when they.
leave school, receive three years training
at the expense Of the state. The first years
work is general, the second special, and the.
third practical Free lectures are given
which workmen and workingwomen may:
attend At fourteen most children have
good little sum Of money in money box, to
which their friends have contributed since
the time they were ,christened; and this
money is expended on the purchase OF to Dis
Ultimately, if lad Is hard-working and
clever, it is not difficult to obtain the con-
fdence of the local banker, with view to
setting up in business All this kind OF
work is much too practical for South Ken
sington. The Current d..
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A Question of Drawing the Line.

About twenty. five years ago, when one Of
the diplomats came to this country he
brought q man cook with him, and this
cook, by the buying Of land In northwest
Washington got very comfortable COM
potency. He had daughter and one Of the
corner butchers of Washington, falling in
love with the girl married her. After mar
riage the butchers shop was carried on for,
some time, when the city suddenly took 9
lump in the direction of the cooks prop.
erty. The butchers wife became wealthy,
the butchers shop was closed and the two
mon began to lead life of elegant leisure. /:
They bought fine house, and the next
thing was to get into Washington society.
They su:ceeIel, am told, Ly the butchers
wife paying 5000 to society queen;p:o-
vided she would introduce her into society.
The agreement was made: the money passed.
Her card was put upon the army Official s
wife's visiting list, and within year or two
the daughter Of the cook and the wife OF the
OK butcher was one Of the leading ladies OF
Washington . A few years went by, and
her position now thoroughly established, she
began to try to dictate as to who should
come into the society Of which she moved
Speaking of poor, but blue blooded family
who had just come to Washington, she SAID:
ono day to Mrs. Admiral Blank, who by the
way is a very elegant and well-bred lady,
aul who has spent q lifetime in society here:
~ don't know about these people Society.
is growing so common. We must draw tho
line somewhere"
"But wh.re@ returned the lady admiral
with smile of sarcasm; "Where, madam,
shall we draw the line! At the sirloin or
tenderloius' The reply of the ex:butcher's
wife is not mentioned -Washinton Cor.
Cleveland Leader
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Tho Political Prime OF Statesmen.

The age at which statesmen reach their best
reputation seems to be between fifty and
sixty, though a largo number become very
prominent before that time, Clay, Calhoun.
and Webster Jumped into national p"omi'
nence very carly in life, and Clay was q
member of the senate before he was thirty.
John Randolph appeared So young when he
was elected to congress that he WIS asked his
age when about to take his oath. He dis
dained to amiwer the question directly, and
referred tho inquirer to his constituents.
James g. Blaine has somc years to live DO
fore he will be sixty. George +. EdmuntlS is
firty-scvcn, and Arthur was younger than
this when he left the presidency. Sam Ran
dali is ffty-scvcn; Carlisle looks ol,ier than
Randall, but he is only fifty, and Tom Reed
and Governor Lcng have made national rcpu-
tatonsat fo:ty-six and forty-scrcn. There arc
fewer mon than usual il this house between
thirty and forty, ard there arc none under
thirty: In many of tho houses of the past
VIC have had congressman il the twcatics,
and GaluSlla y. Grow was only twcnty-cight
when he came here TO represent the district OF
old Wilrlot, the man who made the noted
proriso. --"CalT" IN Cleveland Leader.
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Paticrts In tho County Hospital.

1--WE get some queer articles here" said
Custodian Sullivan, of the County hospital,
glancing at the great safe in which are kept
tho money and valuables of patients; but
we don't get much cash. As rule our
patients are without a nickel when they come
here. Not ono i'll fivo has as much us fifty
cents, Some havo three cents, some seven,
eighteen, thirty and so on. Occasionally a
man comes in who fumbles around inside Of
his clothes, or if badly hurt or very sick tells
us how to do it for him, and pulls out big
roll. have seen as much as $500 taken off
n public patient Their clothes arc taken
from them, you know, and if worth saving
are kept until they are able TO leave. LII per-
haps majority of cases tho clothing is unfit
Cor use, and is destroyed, and upon recovery
the patient is given suit Of hospital clothing
But how they do complain whenever an
article is not returned to them that they
brought in. have seen old codgcrS raise q
fuss about an orcdc collar button, such rs
YOU can buy six for nickel. Every missing
article suddenly becomes Of great value. If it
was worth ten cc!itS wlicn it came in it will
be worth 81 or IS when the patient is ready
to take it away and it can't be found. In
such cases cotton instantly becomes silk anl
brass precious metal. y good rlany patients
have nothing like gratitude for tho care tho
institution has taken of them and tie treat
mcnt they have received, butgo away curans
tho hospital for rubbing them of an old jack
knife, OF dirty shirt, or some such article,
and threatening 10 suo for damages. Under
our present system of taking care of valuable.
and clothing there are very few missing ar
ticlcs, housh."-ChicaSo Herald Interview.
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HAIRY FAMILY FROM BURMAH.
4 Sight of Eccentric 1nterest-Extra'
ordinary Development OF Hair.

4 Sight of Eccentric Intercst-Extra-
ordinary Development OF Hair.
Among the many sights from distant
countries to be seen in London at present
there is one of eccentric interest, especially to
the ethnologist and the medical man; VIC re
fer to the hairy family from Burmah, which
is now exhibited at the Egyptian hall. 1t is
alleged that Mr.. Barnum had cndearored to
induce the family to leave Burmah for eXhl-
bition some time since without success. This
has been accomplished by the course of re-
cent events in the kingdom of King Theebaw.
In Mr. Crawford's Embassy to the Court
of Ava" he mentions that he saw, at the Bur-
mesc court, q man, 50 years old, with his
whole body, except the hands and feet, covered
with straight, silky hair, which, on the spine,
was five inches in length. AT birth the cars
alone were covered. 1t is stated that at birth
hair several inches in length was found to be
growing from the tympanum of each ear of
this mans daughter. There are two in,livid-
uals the mother, Mahphoon, daughter of
Shway- -Moung, the homo hirsutus described
and depicted in Crawford's narrative, which
Col Yulc quotes in his work on the "Court of
Ava" and Mahphoon's son, Moung Phosct
The latter is accompanied by his wife, Bur-
mcsc woman, Of good-humored appearance,
who appears, as the exhibitor states, to take a
pride in her extraordinary husband. Inc
mother of the latter, who is now blind, is i'll
charge of a young Burmese attendant
Notwithstanding tic strange appearance Of
both mother and son, there is nothing savage
or wild in their manners. Each member Of
the family, it seems, lad peculiar privileges
at that court for three generations. The ab-
sence of molar teeth in Moung Phoset cn-
cages attention, as well as the extraordinary
development of hair, especially Oh tho face,
including the nose, forehead and cars; adding
another example of the observation of Dar-
win, OH tho occurrence of ON abnormal de-
vclopment Of the teeth, There appears to be
no record of any supposed first influence hav-
ing been an agent in the appearance of this
remarkable family's peculiality.-British
Medical Journal.
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A Spidcr-lyeb as II Telephone.

Nhilo gentleman was watching some
spiders, it occurred to him to try what
effect a tuning fork would have on the IN
sects. Ho suspected that they would regard
the sound just as they were in the habit Of
regarding the sound made by O fly. And
sure enough they Gid. He selected a large,
ugly spider, that had been f2asting on flies
for two months The spider was at one
edge of his web. Sounding the fork, he
touched thread ct the other side OF the
web, and watched the result Mr. Spider
had the buzzing sound conveyed to him
over his telephone wires, but how was he to
know on which particular wire the sound
was travelling! lie ran to, the center Of the
web very quickly, and felt all around until
he touched the thread against the other end
of which the fork was sounding; thcn tax
ing another thread along just as q man
would take an extra piece OF rope, he ran
out to the fork and sprang upon it. Then
he retreated little way and looked at the
fork. He was puzzled. He had expected
to tinl a buNsing fly. H. got on tho fork
again AMI danced with delight. He bad
caught tho sound of the fly, and it was
music to him.
1t is said that spiders are so fond Of music
that they will stop their spinning to listen,
and man once said that when he retired
to his room for quiet before dinner and
played the flute, large spiders would come
on to the table anI remain quite still, run
ming away as fast as their legs could carry
thern," directly he had finished. -Philadel-
phia Call
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Tho whole system Of life i'll the country
tends to make the lower, and even the mid
die, class look up t. and revere the lords. Th;
roads throughout England are I'll, finest IN
the world naculamiz~l in the heart of the
mountains, and kept up il Tie most distant
quarters of the kingdom, bccawaa the aristo
Gratis live far apart, and must Gravel will
ease when they visit each other. The poor
are thus better off through the luxury OF
their masters. So too, the post ii dclivcre'l
daily, or oftcncr, at every hoilsr i'll England
because the gentry and nobility must have
their letters promptly, and again The peasant
and the mi.l,llr-clasS men benefit by tho
necessity. These Things have been mentioned
t. me as advantages Of ulSto@:atic rule. The
people are taught that they would suffer were
the present system changed; and doubtless III
some Instances tho$c who arc dependent
would bc lSs comfortable. Adam Bdacau's
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-08-25
Tho Work Of Party Giving.

The extent to which tho fashionable New
York housewife depends Oh the caterer, not
only for fool but fer nearly everything else
IN the way of entertaining, is growing moro
and moro no,iccahlH. These llsrfrl servants
take all the details Of the work Of party Civ
ing off tho hands of the hostess They lay
the dancing cloth, provide musicians, have
the dancing orders composed and printed,
decorate the rooms, put up the storm anvil
inGS, number the carriages, provide extra
chairs, coat checks, supper and help, and vir-
traliy give the entertainment. All the lady
of the house las to tlo is to walk down to her
parlors and receive her guests when they he
giu to arrive The cost of all this is very
much less than unc would imagine, and the
relief from the din, hubhub and anoyanCcs
that prevail when the house servants under
take the work is dividcd.-Nrw York Cor.
Pioneer Press.
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Pripcipal KCY OF tho I:asti!c.

The principal key of tho old French BaStilo
was recently discovered at Nill"ncuvc r.irrhc-
vcqnc, i'll the department of Yonn". M.
lIciiSanf, who placed it l'rforc the -Archmo'
!ogicn! society of Sens and volch"'l for its all'
thcmicity. related that, after the first attempt
to storm the Bastic, the IncksInith Plancon
WAS asked to r,i,air the damage to the lor'!i.
lie had not yet finished his wor! when the
Bast lie w,lS again attacked, and lie was COM
PEELED to flee, taking the key with him. He
left Paris and settled i'll his native place,
Rigny h FciGu, not far from Nil!,nruvc
rAvhcvcquc. There lie died in ls:i', after
having boqucatiie,l tho key to friend by the
name Of Eerray, il whose family it has re-
mainctl ever since. The key j., OVER foot
long and beautifully worked. Another key
of the B,stiIc, not belonging, however, to thc
principal lock, was presented 10y l.afnHctt" to
Washington, and is still preserved at Moant
Vernon. Transcript. -.--..
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Tho End of the Grcat Eastern.

Tho uses to which tho Great Eastern has
lust been put ore doubtless such as her de-
siSner and builder never dreamed OF. She
is engaged, as may be remembered, to fill
out tho remainder Of her days at Gibraltar
as q coal hulk, and meanwhile she has been
sent from Milford haven, whore she has lain
for dozon years, to Liverpool, in order to
have her engines lifted out
Accordingly, all enterprising clothing es-
tablishment Of the latter town has hired
her during her st,y. A circus is to be put
into ono of her big cable tanks, which is
seventy five feet in diameter; menagorie
in one of her saloons; stalls for wares on
her decks, while the trail OF tho advertising
poster will be all over the ship, and es-
pccially on her huge sides, divided and let
out for the purpose. Certainly the last
stage in tho career of the unfortunate mon
ster. as humble but respectable coal cell
lar, will be less garish than its impending
employm as floating bill board-New
York sun.
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SANCTUARY OF THE HACIENDA
An Old Spanish Custom Which Is Preva-
lent In MexIcc-Widows and Orphans.

An OlQ spanish custom winch ~ Tror6e
lent In Me1ico-Widows and Orphans.
Every hacienda, whether rich or poor,
has its own church Of more or less magnth-
cence, which, to the curiosity hunting tour
ist, is perfect treasure-trove of charming
ugliness. Each private sanctuary pos
sess ses its own "Holy Family and as many
saints as the good cathedral IN the City OF
Mexico; while candles are constantly burn
ing upon its altar, which Is piled with vo-
tive offerings Of fruit and grain-for every
peon is devotedly pious and superstitious to
q degree. In those exceptional instances,
where the millionaire owners live upon the
estates. their immediate families are some
times numbered by scores This is par
TALLY due to the prevalence Of an old Span.
ish custom which virtually obliges gentle
men to provide for all their destitute female
relatives, and to shield them and their off,
spring from contact with the world
When @ Mexican lady is widowed, fam
lily council is Immediately called, her male
relatives and those of her husband charging
themselves with the education of her sons,
and the care Of herself and daughters quite
as matter of course Though the widow
and her grown-up daughters may be &C
complished as well as poor, nobody dreams
of the possibility Of their doing any thing.
toward supporting themselves, and the prof
fered aid is calmly accepted as an hereditary
right Even II the widowed mother is
healthy she can by no means be independ-
emit Custom, which here rules with iron
hand, prescribes that the entire superin-
tendence of her property and the education
of her children shall be delegated to her
male kindred, and unless she is really an
aged woman she must reside with her rela-
ttyes. E,
So thoroughly are Mexican gentlemen
imbued with this idea of womanly depend
ence that they do not regard the care of
any number of bereaved families as an un-
just burden, but, on the contrary, when a
man niarries te virtually contracts to be-
friend all the female kindred Of his lady
love a1i to provide for them II neod "a
This sort of knightly courtesy makes matri,
mony serious matter, and perhaps ac-
counts for the number of eligible bachelors
with which Mexico abounds; but, bandinage
apart, 1t is beautiful custom, and strong
proof Of the innate chivalry of Mexican gen.
tlemen is found in the fact that the estates
of widows and orphans are administered
with scrupulous honesty. Fannie B. Ward
in Kansas City Journal
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Story of JUDGE Hnvis' Cr!anity.

"Wc uSc'l to lau III not ~ little at tn" story
they used TO tell ol the Judges !"lclIcSS under
all circumstances, sail al Oil friend. lie
was at friends lnusr one time, the story
runs, in which the = WAS Il double door, one
side of which opened upon tho st;ilS leading
to the sitting rooIl, Will" the other opened
upon the cellar stairs The Judge, desiring to
90 into tic sitting room, o."nrl the wrong
door and went crashing into the rrl!ar. The
p"nrla nf thr kol,s' thought he must h"drrad-
full. h,lr., but he politely sail {" iEr lady of
the house: Madam, | alu afraid I've lrni;cn
some Of your crNks '-Bloon!inston Bullc-
tin
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braces herself, turns her great bcseechins
eyes I'D to the women above her, and falls at
their very feet. The Indian butcher appears,
throws OF Ills lcggings, and bestri,lcs her WITH
naked brown legs and thighs. He opens her
throat with short knife and cuts out the
tongue, lie pierccs no artery or large vein,
and the poor, tongucless beast dies slowly
She lifts up her head, stares around again,
md tosscs about wcalily in mute agony The
half-nakcd slaughterer goes Oh with his work.
and the COW is partly skinned some time be-
fore she dies. 1t is all so near that the ladies'
have an excellent opportunity to see every
step of the proccSs'-SiouX Agency Cor.
Boston Herald.
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Tho ,Ioutb of n Greut Whale.

A, more remarkable sight than tho mouth
of a great whale recently stranded OH the
coast can hardly be imagined The tongue
would have heen Il large load for druy of
tho largest i:e, aad several men conld havo
slowed themselves away in the enormous
mouth. Tho tip of the upper jaw formed a
curious and shapely "bonnct" Complete
drawin.s of this whale and the only l'erfe"t
ones that have ever been made can I've found
in the library of any. OF the scientific so
cieties Of San Frapcisco.-Sab Francisco
Letter.
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y new spc"i~ of boTwupi from South
Africa has just M"A Described by Sir Jnai,Ii
Hooker, under in" hntami.i'l name of Ell%u%
Macowana i; l. is in considerable qn!nti-
ties and is suitable for cngravc.s Uses, it may
prove a vH!naIlH addition to the diminishing:
supplies of Eurorcan boXwC"l. When st;,-
sunctl without cracking the wool is valued 1T
two ccntj cutie inch.--ArEanslw Traveller.
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THE REWARDS OF JOURNALISM.
Tho Bulk OF Journalists Receive Moder-
ate Salarics-DyIng in Poverty.

ate Salaries-Dylng In PoVerty.
An insurmountablc objection to journal
Ism, as to every order of composition, is that
it is not progressive, financially. The novice,
if accented at all, will be as we'll paid, con-
sidering his liability to added responsibilities
wife, children and the rest-as tho man OF
ripe experience and maturity; indeed, he will
be better paid. The bulk of journalists OF
long experience, oven in New York, where
their compensation is higher than anywhere
else, do not receive s., 800 annually. How
far will that go toward supporting family1
Most of them are exhausted after fifteen
years or so Of continuous service, and their
earning capacity is in danger of retrograd-
ing.
When fairly worn out what Is their pros
pccta They are privileged to die at their
own expense. Their long service has UNI
fitted them for any other business, and their
circumstances are desperate indeed They
have been unable to save anything; they are
not pcnsioned; they have broken health and
poverty for reward. Who knows of sal
aried journalist who las gained even tho
most modest independence by pursuit OF his
profession? Tie position, too, Is always pre-
carious; he may lose it ut any time from no
fault of his own. His Destiny Is i'll the hands
of the managing editor, or any controlling
stockholder, who may object to the color of
his eyes, or the curvo of his nose, and dis
charge him therefor. The press may bc FREQ
its liberty frequently runs into lcensc-but
he is often Little less than a serf. The history
of journalism is marked by the graves Of
journalists, dead from anxiety, annoyance
ard overwork by or before middle age
Nevertheless, Journalism is tho least unre-
munerativc aud unsatisfactory of any form
of manuscript making. Outside writing is
altogether worse. and cannot bc loag fol-
lowed by persons ayers, to incurring obliga-
tions or chcrisliing prejudice i'll favor of iv-
ing.-Junius Henri Browne, in Tho Forum.
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A Big Chunk of Alum.

The largest crystal of alum ever pro-
duced weighing over eight tons, has been
sent to tho Edinburgh international exhibi-
lion from the Manchester and Goplo alum
Morls
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Breaking End News In Bararin.
of l,r-on Linz ha.

The Bavarian idea Of gently breaking bad
news is peculiar. When King Ludwig conf
mittel suicide the court chaplain was depu-
tizcd to convey tho sad intelligence to his
mother. Tho chaplain hunted up text III
the Bible suitable to the occasion, and having
oi,:a:.;.@l an audience with the kings mother
real the taxt She seemed to rather enjoy
it, wherrupon he read it over, again. Thcn
she looked puzzled, whcreupon he read it tho
third time. and the attendants who knew tho
king was dead, began to weep. The royal
lady tl,mblol both mentally and physically.
she faint,rl away, and the chaplain consider
atay wi.iulrpw.-KalSas City Journal.
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Satan's business goes on wilout any trouble
ter dc ole rascal, but it peer like do crfairs o.
dc I.aw,l has ter be allus tended to. DE weed
grows wiout work, hut lie cotton has ter 10
rloycl all' Lced d--ArliaIsaw Traveller.
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..aIi, Aristocratic in Bearing, and Eccen-
trio In Nj nIanner-Possessor of India Ink
Marks Referred to In the Trinl-ISnew
Family Secrets.