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Miss Florence Warden wrote her
celebrated novel, THE House on the
Marsh" while she was filling an en-
gagement at the Haymarket theatre
in London. The book proved tre-
mendous success and she received a
much larger sum from her publishers
than had been agreed upon before its
appearance. Miss Warden then dra-
matized the story and starred for two
years i'll the leading part and devout-
ed her hours off the stage to writing
other weird and original tales She
had adopted the stage as a profession
simply because she was dependent on
her own efforts for her support AT
first she tried the life of a governess as
the only path, according to English
precedent and example, open to the
young Englishwoman who must earn
her daily bread, and she found it a
dreary enough roand of drudgery to
which starvation seemed preferable.
Her ambition was to write, and the
success of her first efforts enabled her
to retire from the stage, and devote
herself entirely TO literature.-Current
Literature.
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A Pair of Babies,

a pair of babies has achieved great
distinction in Missouri A local paper
says:
I'm a short time all checks issued
from the Office of the state treasurer
will bear an engraving of the famous
Noland twins, Margaret and Mary.
These widely known little ones, as
everybody recollects, cut no small fig
ure in the late campaign, and they are
just as much the pride of the Main
street people as they are of their pa
rents. After winning the first prize
at the baby show at Kansas city last
fall, the reception they received upon
returning home partook Of the nature
of an ovation. The lithograph for
the check is now being prepared in st.
Louis, and soon the cherub faces OF
the twins will meet the eyes of those
who receive remittances from the
state"
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Wealthy jews In Britain.

1t is fact that in Great Britain the
Jews are, taken collectively, far more
wealthy than the remainder Of the
population. Some little time ago fg-
ures were published which showed
that the average yearly income Of the
Jewish inhabitants of London was
9106, while that Of the whole Of the
inhabitants of the kingdom, taken col
lectively, amounted to only f35; THAT
is to say, the Jews are nearly three
times as wealthy as the non-Jewish
residents OF Great Britain. Putting IL
in another way, the Jews form only
one seven hundred and fiftieth part Of
the population, but have between them
one two hundred and fiftieth Of the
national wealth. The following fig
ures'show the matter looked at from a
different aspect:
One Jewish family in every hun
dred has an income OF $50, 600 a year
or more A similar income is only
enjoyed by one family in every 2, 800
among the rest of the population. One
Jewish family in every twelve has an
income Of over s2,500 a year, while
among the Gentiles the proportion is
only one in seventy-five.-Once a
Weak
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Tho Chinese lied.

In its simplest form, the bunk IS
merely n wooden surface supported
by four legs, The poorest people cover
it with tightly stretched clean mat
ting. Tho rich use the Same form, brt
carve the legs and edges into thoL
sand and one delightful shapes, aud
cover the mating with rugs aud mats
until 1t becomes couch worthy Of
ancient Rome.
II is bed that needs no making ul.
that never squeaks or breaks down, Is
never disarranged and can be kept eN
quisitely clean with tho least amount
Of labor. Upon it the mandarin and
daimio lie and read, chat, sleep, smoke
and enjoy life. 1t IS susceptible of uny
amount Of adornment. In summer
pavilion it may be graceful shape of
light bamboo and rattan, while in u
drawing room it may bo an elegant
carved affair in ebony, with royal
robes. Tho Home Maker.
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Cure of Inehriety.

Dr. Elliott, in a recent lecture at To-
ronto, gives the four principal condi-
tons that must be observed for the
treatment OF inebriates TO be success
full. The first is abstinence; this must
be absolute, and on no plea whatever,
of fashion, of physic or religion,
ought the smallest quantity of AN in
toXicant to be put to the lips of an al
coholic slave. The second condition is
to ascertain tho predisposing and exoit-
ing causes of inebriety, and TO en-
deavor to remove those causes, which
may lie in some remote or deep seated
physical ailment. The third condition
is to restore the physical and mental
tone, and the fourth condition is en-
ployment; let the mind of the patient
be kept occupied by attention TO reg
ular work, and the task of reforma-
ton will be shorn of half its difficulty.
New York Telegram.
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Ancient History.

Judas died in the horrors of a loatl-
some suicide; Caiaphas was deposed
the year following; Herod died in in
fanny and exile. Stripped of his pro
curatorship very shortly afterwards
on the very charges he had tried by a
wicked concession 10 avoid, PLATE,
we;.ried out by misfortunes, died in
suicide and Punishment, leaving be-
hind him an execrated name. The
house of Annas was destroyed genera
ton later by an infuriated mob, and his
son was dragged through the streets
and scourged and beaten TO his place
of murder. Some of those who shared
in and witnessed the scenes of that
day, and thousands of their children,
also shared in and witnessed the long
horrors of that seige Of Jerusalem,
which stands unparalleled in history
for It's unutterable fearfulneSs. =
Earrar
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The Boy on the Wasp.

A wasp is a six legged bird that
lives mostly in trees and under the
caves of barns, and you cannot tame
him; he is too busy Never stroke
his fur the wrong way, for it makes
him mad, and when a wasp is mad /
don't want nuthin' to do with him.
He has what they call a "stinger,
and when he goes out a stingerin'
boys must keep away from him. /
leaned up agin one once when he was
busy, and / jumped, much as feet
Ma had TO put mud pie on the place.
| hit wasps' nest with a stone once,
and the boss wasp chast me clean
acrosst the lot so fast that when l got
over the fence l tore my pants; then
pa he spanked me till / wished / had let
the old wasp sting me.
Some say waSps make honey, but If
their honey is as hot as their stinger-
in | don't want none Pa says the
stingerin' amt so bad at first as the
rekolezShuns of it for few days He
ought to know, cos me and my bro
ther Ike got on the roo and pol1ed
a big nest from the peek down in the
barnyard while pa was mill1in'.-Al-
bany Press.
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apparently got tnelr. cue from the
oIanGaru Un company Great Brit
ain, however, is taking up the idea for
all it is worth. During the first three
months of 1889 nineteen English asso
Citations were formed, with a capital
of over $125, 100000 Most of these
are sham affairs, gotten up purely for
CANNON and fraud Sooner or later
the bottom will fall out of every one
of them; and out of everything of the
kind. If there can be no legal check
on the forpation of such combina-
tons the people who trust them must
suffer the consequences while learn
ing the lesson. The eternal truth re-
mains that legerdemain of any sort
will not turn dollar into ten dollars
without legitimately earning the bal
ance.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
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The noble old church of ST. Nicho-
las, in Newcastle-upon Tyne, has been
caked by the more imposing title of
cathedral only since the creation of a
bishopric of Newcastle, but its exter-
nal beauty, accentuated by graceful
arched lantern spire and the pin
nacles springing airly aloft from the
summit of the grand tower has long
won the admiration of travellers from
London to Edinburgh BY the Great
Northern and North British railways.
1t is one of the finest edihces of the
Fourteenth century in the decorated
Gothic style of architecture Between
1878 and 1876, under the superintend-
ence of the late Sir g. Gilbert Scott,
elaborate restorations were effected in
the interior of the church. rendering
it thus worthier of its cathedral dig
nifty. On a rock commanding the
river and the busy commercial town,
though lacking the peculiar environ
ment of lawns and foliage, which add
grace to other ancient cathedrals of
England, it possesses a conspicuous
grandeur and stateliness of its own. =
Harper's Bazaar.
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EXCESS OF OUTWARD MOURNING.
The Custom of Wearing Crupe for Long
Periods Falling Into Disuse.


Periods Failing Into Disuse.
We go through great deal of false
sentiment and false politeness IN
the matter of our funeral ceremo-
nies and our mourning attire. In
the youthful days Of our. present
seXagenarians the mark of mourning
"a piece of black Grape around the
sleeve Of colored coat-was reserved
for the army only. Army and navy
officers alone might make this modest
manifestation stand in lieu of the CLOS
sy sables and deep hat bands of civil
ians. There was a howl, as we'll as
a sneer, when these civilians adopted
the military custom, and on the sleeve
of colored coat stitched black band
to denote the death of dear friend or
relation. Howls and sneers notwith-
standing, the custom gained ground,
and is now recognized, adopted and
approved of.
There are many who set their faces
against the excessive mourning of by
gone attire No longer do all widows
even think it necessary to clothe
themselves in Grape, and the life long
obligation of the widows black is at
an end. Those who like to cling to
the ancient methods have their will
and do their pleasure, but those who
do not-those who carry death in
their hearts and do not care to show
it to the world-or those who are not
really deeply afllicted-may dispense
with mourning altogether, if they have
the mind. Simple black answers all
the purpose, and the term for this is
greatly curtailed We no longer feel
that we owe it to the memory of the
dear dead to make ourselves uncom-
Portable, and to spend money on mere
show-on mere signs and symbols
to crafty the watching world. Deep
in our hearts we bear the sacred
image-we keep alive the holy frame.
! We have loved that noble man, that
pure souled woman-the father, the
husband, the glorious brother, the
mother who bore us, and the sister
who was our cradle playmate. We
have loved for all our life; we shall
love to the hour of death. But need
we then clothe ourselves III Grape and
wooden, and mark ourselves "Bereav-
ed" as by a playcard pinned to our
| breast2 Far better and more suitable
aye, and sometimes far more sincere,
too-the undemonstrative acceptance
of the inevitable-the quiet cherish
| ing of secret sorrow-the close con
| cealment of the sacred love. The sor-
row lies there, and we do not wish to
show it to the world as a beggar un-
folds his sore. We do not wish to be
questioned nor condoled with Who
can comfort -us2 No onel What
good does it do us or the world to
flaunt our grief in Grape and weepers
i'll the. face of the curious, the unsym-
pathetic, the criticali TOO much"
or too little" or ''too soon left off, y
or "too long kept ol"-"the fashion
! too smart for mourning or ''the
depth ridiculous for the occasion. ("
Do we want to run the gauntlet after
all our dead friends criticismsl Ear
better the slightest indication that is
possible-so slight as TO escape gener-
al notice-than this which attracts
general attention Duchess of Rut-
land in London Queen.
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How in Stnn an Ernress-

Suburban Resident-See here, sir |
You told me that country place /
bought of you was only thirty-five
minutes from the city.
City Agent-Yes, sir; thirty-fve
minutes by express. You remember
when we went out 10 look at it, the
time was thirty-fivo minutes exactly.
But, confound it, sir, the express
trains don't stop there, not one of
them, and the accommodation takes
about an hour an half"
You and went by express, and 1t
stopped for us, you know"
Yes, / know; but 1t hasn't stopped
since"
1T will stop if you hire pan at
your station TO buy through ticket
for somewhere That's the way I did
the day we went out. New York
Weekly.
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NEW Works. STREET ARABS.
Some OF the Schemes by Which Gamins
Turn an Honest Penny.

Turn an Honest Penny.
The shrewdness of the average New
York street gamin is remarkable. One
day last week two little boys, neither
of whom were over Is years, evolved
this scheme for turning an honest
penny: They stood in the center of
City Hall park, with their hats over
their eyes, with upturned faces, and
heads nearly resting on their backs,
looking intently into the blue sky, as
if some one of the heavenly objects
was visible. Slowly but 3surely
e~edly crowd gathered, and they, too,
looked. Some asked what the attrac-
ton was; others continued looking,
evidently for the purpose of discover
ing something wonderful before ask
ing. Some said il was Venus, but
others said it wasn't. But the two
boys who caused all this sensation
and anXiety-what Of theml When
fully 100 had collected about the spot,
the young chaps announced that they
would give a circus performance. A
space was cleared for them, which the
crowd surrounded. Others rushed 10
the scene, and before the performance
began a crowd had gathered that
would not make a bad showing in
theatre. The boys gave a remarkably
good entertainment Of tumbling and
breakneck maneuvers, which aston
ished the audience and produced no
little applause At the conclusion Of
the circus performance, the boys,
hat in hand, collected money enough
to give them both good time during
the day, and, perhaps, seats at the
theatre that evening.
Another trick came TO the writer's
notice, which, for genuine smart
ness, is rather noteworthy. II may
be surprising 10 the city fathers TO
know that seats in the public parks
are sold nightly, yet this is a fact.
The little boys start out early in the
evening and capture as many seats as
possible. When the young lovers pass
through the PARK and see "A seat in a
quiet and sequcstcred place, and find
the occupant 10 be little boy, some
times two in number, the young man
excuses himself 10 his fair companion,
and, going To the boy or boys, endeay-
ors 10 make "a bargain for the seat,
which he is generally successful in
communicating, though never, it is said,
for less than ten cents, and often
times more. As it gets late in the
evening. and the call for seats is not
So great. one can be secured far fivs
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He Figured il Out.

Algernon-Arenht you sometimes
bored with young gentlemen callers
who persist in staying too longf
Angelina-No; mamma is acquaint-
ed with most Of my callers and knows
how much time care to waste on
each of them, and she generally man
ages to terminate their calls about as
wish.
Algernon Gust arrived)-What a
capital ideal
Angelina,s Ma quitting her head in
at the. door)--Pray,. do. not hurry.
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HArisian Restaurants

Prices at the exposition itself vary.
A restaurant which you find cheap,
or moderately cheap. one day, be-
comes dear the day after; or perhaps
is cheap in the morning and dear in
the evening The law OF supply and
demand, so precious 10 the political
economist and often SO odious in act
ual life. explains this variability. II
there are few customers they may
have their outlet and wine at reason
able rates. If there are many, they
must pay for the charm of each others
society; and for the competition.
Every restaurant keeper inside the
ratings of the Champs de Mars has
sworn an oath to retire next Novem-
Der with fortune. There is no pros
pect that any one Of them vii be for
sworn. But time and the whirligig
Frenchman have their revenges. Itin-
Grant yenders of eatables and drink
ables prowl outside the ratings and
sell to the thrifty Partisan inside,
who lunches or dimes in this penurious
manner on the grass; the restaurant
man gnashing his teeth as he beholds
the sad spectaclc--Cor. New York
Tribune.
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Worth, the famous French" dress
maker, is native born Englishman.
He is man of striking appearance,
with a rather Scotch type of face,
which is made more noticeable by the
Scotch cap he usually wears. His pa
rents intended him for a printer, but
he disliked to soil his fingers with
printers ink, and decided for the dry
goods trade, beginning in London,
and finally going to Paris, where he
found favor with the Empress Eu-
genie, and consequently with the
fashionable world which she led. NJ
Worth has fine chateau near Paris,
where he is very fond of entertaining
his friends and customers, among
whom a large percentage are Ameri-
cans. Harper's Bazaar.
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Such Pretty Waya,

"Shc had such pretty ways with
her." That was the reason an honest,
hard working man gave for marrying
a girl of whom he knew little else, but
who was really professional biga-
mist, travelling about tho country and
marrying husband after husband as a
matter OF speculation.
1t is the pretty ways of women which
have ruined many man OF every age,
including the greatest Of generals,
statesmen and philosophers.
II the pretty ways come from the
heart 1t is all right. II they are the
result of cold, selfish, calculating art,
woe is to him who falls their victim.
Nothing is truer than that women
are both better and worse than men.
A man could hardly be so bad as q
woman is when she puts on the pref
tiest ways Of the sex for mischief. -
New York News.
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AmbuIances in England.

America has been drawn upon by
England for many devices now in
every day use in various branches Of
the public service, as well as of domes-
tic economy. The latest idea transplant
ed to English soil is that OF the ambu-
lance service for the relief of persons
injured or taken suddenly i'll in large
cities a number OF charitable people
in London who have learned of the New
York system have contributed funds
sufficient TO maintain an ambulance
service for year as an experiment.
San Francisco Chronicle
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The travelling missionary had had q
somewhat varied experience. lie had
been through u rough country, and
his meek spirit had been sorely tried
He had found the spirit OF irreverence
and disbelief all over the land and the
ground was stony. But he left in de
spafr when he struck an old man at "a
railway station in Texas They were
both waiting for train. He got into
conversation with the grizzlcd veteran
Of frontier life. They discussed va.
rious things, and finally the mission
airy asked:
"Are you prepared to diet"
81 guess you've always got 10 b1
prepared in this country. Yes, I'm
prepared 10 die or get the drop on the
other fellows"
II don't mean that Are you pre-
pared for hercafterr
why, certainly. \ hereafteri
Look here, stranger. / was brought
up in ArlIansaw, an | went from
there 10 Missouri, an from there j
came 10 Texas, an I've lived here ten
years. | guess can stand any here
after as may be. San Francisco
ChrOnicle
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FILLING for Nah Holes.

The following method Of filling up
nail holes ia wood is not only simple,
but said 10 bo cifectual: Take fine
sawdust and mix into thick paste
with glue, pound il into tho hole, and
when dry, it will make tho wood as
good as new. Frank Christin, Jr., in
Stoves and Hardware, says he has fol-
lowed this for thirty years with unvary-
ing success in repairing bellows, which
is the most severe test known. Often by
frequent attachment Of new leather 10
old bellows frames the wood becomes
30 perforated that there is no space 10
drive the nails, and even II there was
the remaining holes would allow the
air 10 escape A treatment with glue
and sawdust paste invariably does the
the work, while lead, putty and other
remedies al WAYS fail.
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An exciting adventure in which a
big rattlesnake and Jesse Grigsby, of
Grizzly canyon, occupied the chief
roles occurred near the home of the
latter Jessee was strolling around
the hills, when he stumbled upon a
huge rattler that at once assumed hos
tilities, and striking at the intruder
his fangs became entangled in leg
of his trousers, and there lie hung.
About that time Jesse thought Of some
business he had at the house, and
being in something of a hurry, he
started home on the double quick,
without taking time to release his
snakeship 1t was a close race be
tween Jesse and the rattler For one
half the distance the snake was in the
lead, and the other half Jesse would
pull ahead, and thus they had it until
the house and assistance were reached,
and there the serpent was killed 1t
is quite safe to say that neither jesse
nor the snake ever made any better
time over the same distance Lower
Lake Gal Press.
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pursueu almost mnnJerrupVcny, rooa
is neglected, and the claims Of exercise
and sleep are but imperfectly admit.
ted. Two hours exercise i'm the open
air, daily, is probably minimum and
might r'udontly BE- exceeded. The
brain worker must live sparingly
rather than luxuriously; he must pre-
fer the lighter classes of food to the
heavier, and he must be very prudent
in the use of alcohol. Tobacco and
tea arc apt TO be favorites with him.
and their immodcrato use may require
TO be guarded against II is nice
question whether lac needs more or
less sleep than other mon. Many men
of genius are light slecpcrs, probably
in some cases misfortune, but there
seems some ground for the notion
that moro than a moderate indulgence
in sleep is unfavorablo to successful
mental effort.
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The PeopI. OF bulgaria.

In 1887 tho population OF Bulgaria
tants to the square hlometor. The
population Of the principal compunes
was distributed as follows; Philippop-
oils, a3,412; Sofa, 30, 1885, Rustohuk,
27,19s; Varna, %, ,256; Shumla, 29,-
l6l; Slivno, 20,s93; Zagora, IL, 6,o39;
Tatar Bazardjik, 1859; Nidine, IA
772; Plovna, 14,807; Sistov, l2, 4ss
Silistria, IL ,4i4; Tirnova, II ,5l4; and
Custendjs, 10, $50 inhabitants. AS ro-
CARDS nationalitios, the population of
1857 was composed as follows; Bulgar-
ians, 2,3e6, $50; Russians, 1905 Ser
vians, 2,i42; Turks, eo7,slb; Greeks,
5s,83S; Jews, %, $40; gypsies, 6o, 29i;
Germans, 2,2i5; French, ~; ind ps0,-
OLA persons belonging TO other nation.
alities Science.
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4 Boys Ingenuity.

Croton, Comm, boasts of a boy who
is full os pure Yankee ingenuity In
the past he has been obliged 10 rise ip
tho morning about o'clock aud fcod
a horse which is kept in the barn near
his place of residence. Finding this IA
little too monotonous and irlxSome he
invented way in which he could
fulfill his mission and enjoy blissful
rest simultaneously. He arranged n
small box in the upper part of tho
barn directly over the manger in such
way that by pulling cord tho box
was tipped or dumped, dopositing the
grain in the feed box. The other end
Of the cord was carried through the
window of his room and attached N
the bedstcad. Boston Herald.
DICKENS AND FORSTER.