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duchess, her husbands mother, tried in
every way to ruin her, but could not sue
ceed, for this wild girl was good girl and
her only missteps were against sham and
snobbishness and bars to freedom OF speech
and originality of character.
PRIVATE CIRCUS.
She retired into very small circle of in
innate friends and mingled with the court
as little as possible. She had very large
forest park enclosed with high walls. In
this were bear-pits, cages for ferocious ami
mails. Rare birds sung in the trees and
fine domestic breeds grazed on the lawns. 1t
is said that she could subdue the most saw
age beast with a glance Of her eye and
would walk the grounds with a lion or tiger
beside her, simply holding him by the
name. In the center of the park was
clearing with q race course and also COW
cred amphitheater. A court lady told me
of hearing Her Majesty say many times
how she would have enjoyed the savage
sports of the colosseum, the fights between
wild animals, the great hunts of beast and
men.
Here the Empress would ride for hours,
changing her horses, exhausted from fatigue,
then, becoming more and more excited,
would call her companions to the circus,
where, altering their costumes for more ap-
propriate ones, a performance would take
place never witnessed by anyone outside
this imperial stock company. The servants
were turned out of the buildings. even out
of the park, and the gates double barred.
Grand dukes were the grooms and clowns,
and the Empress OF Austria the queen of
the arena. All this is, of course, the barest
hearsay. For years it was kept SO quiet
that even many members of the intimate
court circle did not dream of its existence,
and it is only during the last few years that
rumors of it have reached the outer world
itself long thing OF the past.
The manners of the Empress are very nat
ural and unconventional and she is very
charitable. Two summers ago she cruised
to England and stayed at fishing village,
living at little hotel over shop.
She could ride all day without fatigue,
sleep on the ground, refresh herself with
bit of black bread and dash of sour wine
at PEASANTS hut and then climb mountains
till her attendants were almost dead with
fatigue. speak of her always in the past
time, for everything is changed now. the
grief over her domestic tragedy has lett her
much broken, she does not care for society
and can desire no diversion from her old
pleasures, she is nervous and trembling.
She has been one of the most individual
women in Europe, but as her greatest powers
were her physical beauty and endurance the
loss of them leaves her most helpless and
unhappy. In her family life she has been a
noble character deeply wronged in many
ways. OLIVE WESTON.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-25
A JUVENILE SOCIALIST.
A Bit of Childish Strategy to Gain n
Coveted Plaything.

\ DIX OF Chiioish strategy TO Gafn n
Coveted Plaything.
Boston Transcript
Somebody who writes sagely about chil4
dren and their affairs says: "Children are
naturally selEdenying." OF course we all
know that Here is an instance: A small girl
OF the Listeners" acquaintance had visit
from two of her young friends, each some
what larger than herself, the other dayo
Both the visitors brought their dolls, and it
was proposed that they make. common pro-
perty of all their pIaythings, including the
dolls, and 60 in Tor general good time,
The plan was accepted by the youngsters
and all went merrily. By-and-by the small
hostess, returning to the member of the
household who had originally proposed the
socialistic arrangements of matters under
which they were proceeding SO amicably,
said, in her most engaging and honeyed-
manner:
Don't you think that the biggest little
girl ought to have the biggest doll here?"
As the biggest doll was known to be thes
inquirer's, this question was taken as q
proof of rare selfdenial on the little girls
part. So the lady said:
''Yes. my dear, that would be very wise"
"And the next biggest girl the next bigJ
gest doll?"
'Yes."
"And the 'ittiest girl the 'ittiest doll?"
eyes"
The child ran away and reported the new
to the other children; and 10
wasn't until later, when the pent-up feel
ings of one of the other little girls gave
way to tears, that it was discovered that
the ''littlest doll' was a superb French ar
which opened and closed its
eyes, and wore a costume got up in perfect
recklessness of expense. The "ittiest
girls" self-denial was rare bit of
strategy.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-25
AN EXCELLENT EXCUSE.
Why a Policeman Allowed william Dockeys
TO Sleep In the Park.

Why a Policeman Allowed william Dockeyss
TO Sleep in the Park.
Detroit Free Press.I
At midnight the other night patrolmani
found a man lying on the grass under a tree
in the Randolph street Park, and he aroused
him with:
Come mister, no one is allowed to sleep
here"
''But have good excuse" replied the,
man.
"Wat is it?''
''See that house over there? Well, please
do me the favor to go and ring the bell and
ask if William Dockey is at home.''
The officer assembled the steps and rang
the bell. A head was thrust out of an open
chamber window and female voice de-
manded:
Now, who is there?''
Madam" replied the officer, els Will
liam Dockey at homer"
mo, sir, and don't expect him until.
daylight" snapped the woman, and at
the same moment a bowlfui of water de-
scended on the officers head and half
drowned him.
"Well, said the man on the grass. a.
the dripping officer came up, "you see how
it is, don't you? I'm Dockey. That's Mrs.
Dockev."
81 think see,' replied the officer. you
can remain right where YOU are'
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-25
WHAT MAKES RABBITS GROW.

A Remarkable Fact in Natural History
Discovered by Small Boys.
One day Eugene Fields three boys came
home with big white rabbit which some
neighbor had given them, and the genial
humorist, fearing damages to his books if
the animal was let loose in the house, told
them to dig burrow in the back yard and
put their pet in it. They did so. Next
morning they came racing to their fathers
room.
Papa! papa! Come out in the yard.
we've found out how rabbits growp'
What on earth do you mean, children?'
why, you know we planted bunny last
nlgnt: well, there's whole lot OF little
t91,,, la1Dlts there now: ten of 'em all in one
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-25
TIE Value of Good Roads.

Prof. j. W. jerks, in his Road Legislat
tion for the American State gives some
very suggestive notes on conditions in Illi-
nois. 1t is there found that full load can
be carried on the State roads only three
months during the year. two-thirds of load
three months and half load six months.
Good dirt roads there would reduce the cost
of hauling one-half, and good permanent
roads, If macadam, three-fourths. The de-
fective highways the State now possesses
cost it an extra S15, ,000, 900 for hauling, and
depreciate the value of its farms S160, ,000,-
600. In other words, if it had good sys1
tenn of roads the farmers would be benefited
S160, ,OO0, 900 in the value of their farms, and
save SIS, ,000, 900 annually in hauling.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-25

ployed in connection with that single inter-
est; and If to this number we add 780, ,000-a
number representing an average of five to
the mile-as the number of persons sefn-
ployed in connection with all those indus
tries which are directly affiliated with and
dependent on our railway system, such as
locomotive and car building establishments,
rail mills, etc.. we have total of nearly
,716, 900, or an average Of II to to the mile
OF railroad. Assuming that each of these
would represent a family averaging five
persons, we have an aggregate population
OF 8, $50, ,O00-nearly one-seventh of the total
for the country at large-cf which 98 per
cent are actually dependent on the railway
system for the sustenance Of life.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-25
HOW TO CONSTRUCT A NOVEL.
A Recipe for Making a Love Story of the
Regulation Type.

A Recipe for Making Love Story of the
Regulation Type.
Punxsutawney Splrit.l
A Canoe township correspondent wants to
know how to write short love story. Write
it like all the rest of them are written.
First, let your hero fall desperately in love
with your heroine. Then manage to have
him struck on the head.by pile driver or
something of that sort. After which he
will be carried in an insensible condition to
the residence of her whom his soul loveth.
In about three weeks he will open his eyes
and exclaim: "Where am I?'
And the heroine. who has been nursing
him all the while, will answer in sweet, soft
tones: You are here with me Charley, and
am so glad" Then he rapidly recovers
and they get married. You can put In the
variations to suit yourself, using either ac-
cident or typhoid lever with which to pros
trate your hero. But you must down him
somehow. That is imperative.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-25
Re.PaperinQ Walls.

Prof Kedzie emphatically points out the
danger of leaving on the old paper when re-
papering room. No room with such wall
accumulations of paste and paper can re-
main in a good sanitary condition, and dis
ease germs are likely to be developed. His'
advice is: Peel your walls of all old papef
before applying new paper
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-25
Hygiene.

Within the last 40 or 80 years it has been
possible to follow out the subject of hygiene
on fairly scientific basis, and so to Law a
foundation on which TO build structure
which may one day entitle it to place
among the more exact sciences. Two GEN.
turies ago the mortality OF London was 80
per 200; at the present day it Is under 23
A century ago ships could barely keep the
sea for scurvy, while jails and hospitals
were in many cases the hotbeds of fatal dis
eases. Now these conditions are rectifed,
or at least, the means Of rectifying them are
known. Thirty years ago the English troops
at home died at the rate of 20 per ], 900; now
their death rate is less than one-half this.
In our country, although much progress has
been made, much remains to be done. DR..
Billings, in his work for the tenth census of
the United States, estimates the death rate
of the whole country at about Is per 1000
It cannot be questioned that a proper regu-
lation of the universal conditions of human
life throughout the whole country would
reduce this rate to II per ], 200, saving every
year, on the basis of the present population,
no fewer than 365, 900 lives, which are now
sacrificed to neglected filth, with its at
tendant contamination of the soil on which
we live, of the air we breathe, of the food we
eat. and of the water we drink.
The remedy lies chiefly in the complete
removal OF the organic wastes of life before
the beginning of putrefaction, and the ulti-
mate disposal of these wastes by methods
now understood, in such way as to reduc
them to their elements without sucn con-
tamination of earth, water or air as now re-
acts so fatally on the population. The
process would be simple. The adequate
sanitary improvement would involve drain
age and garbage removal, water supply and
some improvement in ventilation. Bydrain-
age is meant, in this connection, the removal
of filth in sufficient currents of water, and
this Is by far the most important thing to be
done. With the prevention of putrefaction
in and about habitations, too, the need for
costly artificial ventilation will be greatly
reduced. 1t may, therefore, be safely as
serted in the light of what we know of i'm |
provements that have been effected by SIM
pie changes of physical conditions that a |
proper application of the sanitary arts of |
the engineer would of itself suffice to save |
us the ], 900 lives now daily thrown away, |
and to multiply greatly the happiness and |
efficiency of myriads whose sickness, though |
not mortal, is grievously painful and inca
pacitating.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-25
Beauties Born in Summer.

New York world.l
1t is a strange physiological fact that
handsome men and pretty women are usu-
ally Summer children" and come into the
world with the flowers and sunshine about
them. Nearly every one of the worlds
famous beauties Of to-day has q summer
birthday.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-25
PREPARED FOR THE p1spArcH.1

lfhhfAhhD Fun DlSfAICH.l
The Teutonic, says the Engineer, is the
finest steamship afoat. This circumstance
would alone suffice to invest her with spe-
cial importance. But it does not stand by
itself, and the conditions under which she
has been built lend additional interest to
the ship and her performance. The passen-
ger trade between this country and England
is carried on under somewhat peculiar con-
ditions. The actual length of the voyage is
2,7S0 miles in the summer, and 1850 miles
in the winter. when the course steered is
more southerly to avoid ice. 1t is just short
enough to permit a maximum speed being
maintained. If the distance was only 1000
greater than it is. no ship could be made to
carry coal enough to run at 20 miles an
hour, and at the same time earn profit for
her owners. No space would be left for
cargo. The passenger traffic between the
two countries is enormous now, and is daily
growing larger. Those who voyage back
ward and forward across the Atlantic have
plenty of money, and are quite content to
pay we'll if they are served well. These
causes have all worked to the same end in
the development of what may be called
express passenger steamers.
The White Star company was among the
first to work for high speed and great COM
fort. The Britannia was in her day the finest
passenger steamer on the Atlantic, and she
still remains an admirable vessel, although
she has been superseded to a considerable
extent by larger and faster ships. The
Cunard company's Etruria was, for a con-
siderable period, the fastest ship in the
world. The Inman company determined
that, if possible. she should be beaten,
ard to this end the company had the two
magnificent ships, the City of New York
and City of Paris, built The Inman and
International company is really American,
and its ships sail under the Stars and
Stripes; but the White Star company is
thoroughly British, and is determined that
its ships shall not be excelled by any other
company in the world. Accordingly two
ships were ordered from Messrs. Harland g.
Wolff, OF Belfast. The first of the two is
the Teutonic. The second, the Majestic,
will be sister ship, and is now receiving
her engines, but she will not be put to work
until next spring. An impression got
abroad that in the Teutonic and Majestic
everything would be sacrificed to get speed.
This is entirely erroneous. Nothing has
been given to get speed. That the Teutonic
is very fast ship goes without saying; but
she is much more-she is strong and safe in
an unusual degree, and has, moreover, been
carefully constructed for special and valu-
able service In time of war.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-25
SAVED BY A WHISKY BOTTLE,
It Was In the Mans Pocket When q Snake
Tried TO Bite Him.

Pu1xsutawney Spirit.I
A gentleman of this place. whose name we
withhold on account of his high standing as
a member of the Corn Cob Club, was saved
from a horrible death one day last week by
whisky. without taking che cork out of the
bottle. He was out on huckleberry noun
tain, and had taken some liquor along as an
antidote for snake bite. He carried it in
bis hip pocket.
Growing leg weary, he was in the act of
sitting down, when a large rattler, which
was coiled up just behind him, struck vici-
ously. Its fangs came in contact with the
bottle, and did no harm. Had the bottle con-
tanned water the result would have been the
same, but he would not have had it in his
pocket.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-25
Electric Matrix Type Machines.

These machines are intended to produce al
matrix from which stereotype plates can be
east directly. Each machine is only 80
inches long by inches wide, and is worked'
on table after the fashion of typewriter.
1t is driven by a current from an ordinary
incandescent electric light wire. An aver
age of % words per minute is claimed as tha
speed of which the machine is capable.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-25
A Smoke Consumer Wanted.

NorrlstoWn HeraId.J
An invention, about to be tried in Pitts
burg, is claimed to produce perfect combus-
tion of fuel, so that no smoke is emitted.
An invention that would produce perfect
combustion of cheap cigar and a rank
cigarette so that no smoke would be emitted.
would be more gladly welcomed.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-25
EVERY DAY SCIENCE.
Development of Atlantic Express Pas
senger Steamships.
PHOTOGRAPHING IN COLORS.
Hygiene Rapidly Becoming One Of the
Exact Sciences.
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL NOTES.

Readers of The DISPATCH who desire
information on subjects relating to indus
trial development and progress in mechani-
cal, civil and electrical engineering and the
sciences can have their queries answered
through this column.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-25
Magnitude Of the Railway Intere.t.

The following calculations will show how
closely interviewer are the interests of rail-
road stockholders and the working classes
ofthe country. five estimate that in the
operation of our railroads there are en-
ployed in prosperous times an average of
six persons per mile of road, it would show
q total, on the basis of our present mileage,
gilmore than 936. 900 persons regularly en-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-25

ONE few thousand
years ago there
lived a very power
full King who had
two daug hters.
One of them was
very old and ugly
looking, while the
other was young
and as beautiful as
the morning star.
All the princes and
noblemen in the
world were in love
with her. From
day to day a long
nrncessinn ofYonng
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-25

departure for the young mans home, where
they at last safely arrived.
The ugly Princess was so mad because she
could not kill her sister, that she locked
herself into the Enchanted Cavern never to
come out again. But nobody ever said that
he was sorry not to be able to see her.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-25
CLEVER LITTLE CARL,
BE Makes His Wants Known Without Dis.
obeyiug Orders.

obeying Orders.
Toledo Blade.I
Little Carl called on a neighbor, and
after inquiring into the health of the fami-
ilY, he asked: "How are your grapes get
ting along?"
They are doing well. Some of them
are beginning to ripen," replied the lady.
"Well, my mamma said I mustn't ask for
any, but if ycu offered me some 1 might
take them.
Of course they were offered.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-25
A NATIONAL SPORT.

In Nidwalden it was for time prohibited
by law as too dangerous, but the prohibi-
tion Is now obsolete. In 1853 it was first
introduced as a national sport, and since
then it has constantly grown in popularity.
That it is not without danger may be in
ferred from the fact than no less person
than Dr. Kroenlein, President of the Uni
/. versity of Zurich, and one of the best known
of living surgeons. was engaged by the
Zurich Turner's to be in attendance during
their two days swinging contest with the
short-haired, bull-necked sons of the Alps,
who had come down to take up their gauge
of battle.
Swinging is distinguished from ordinary
wrestling in that. in the former, contestants
cannot lay hold of each other as they please,
but must begin by gripping hold of each
others short-hose, made, for the purpose, of
stout brown linen in the form of bathing
tights, and worn over the ordinary pants.
The victory consists in throwing an oppo-
nent upon his back so that both shoulders
touch the ground. In this trial of strength,
the mountaineers with their wonderful en-
durance and brute force, undoubtedly have,
in the long run, the advantage over the
trained and agile turner's of the cities. In a
match between the two last year the proper
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-11-01
CREATES COMMENT
Patrick Egan Proposes to Intro
duce New Milling Facilities
in Chilli.
taken as an indication That
He Intends to Profit by
His Mission.
An Innovation on Diplomatic Meth
DDS That Will Probably Not Be
Allowed by the Secretary
of State.
Eean Has an Eye to business.


WAsHINGroN, Oct. 26.-No little com
ment has been created in portion of
the diplomatic circle and among the at
taches of the department of state by the
receipt of marked copies of a Valparaiso
paper of recent date containing a speech
delivered at a convention of millers by
Minister Patrick Egan. In this speech,
after dwelling upon the fact that mill
ing in Chilli seems to be as yet but in its
infancy and that radical improvements
in methods were necessary, he an
nounced that he had decided "to order
from the United States machinery and
~orkmen like those used in his establish
ment there in order to make known
the progress realized in that important
industry" This is taken to indicate
that the ex-lrish leader proposes to turn
his mission to advantage and go into
the milling business on his own account.
This would be somewhat of an innova-
tion on diplomatic methods. and one, it
is believed, that would not be regarded
with perfect equanimity by President
Harrison or Secretary Blaine. The
newspaper article in question Is writ
ten in that vein peculiar to
South American journalists, and it
is possible that the American minister
to Chilli has been Incorrectly reported,
but it is at least certain that future de-
velopments will be awaited with inter
est in the state department ''lf Mr..
Egan proposes to go into the milling
business in his new home" said an un-
der official today, land if such ster
were allowed to pass unchallenged it
would open up field of unlimited
possibilities. We might hear OF
our minister at Berlin going into
the legal business or of our consul
general at London, starting news
paper under the auspices of his Office
and so on ad libitum. 1t would result
too, in diplomatic posts being sough
after by business men, instead of by
1 those engaged in the professions, as q
present. Probably, however, Patrici
Egan is only going to do little philan
thropic work. We shall see"
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-11-01

An opportunity for the extension of
woman's field of employment has been
suggested in New York, where it is pro-
posed to employ women as ushers in the
theatars. The matter has not yet re-
ceiyed any serious attention from man
ayers, but the plan is favored by many
prominent actors, especially those who
have seen its operation abroad. In
Paris the ouvreuse, or female usher and
box opener is regular attache of every
theater Her duties are precisely those
of the usual American male usher,
though in some cases she may be in
ter that is here done by men. If the
plan is success at the theaters of the
French capital there is hardly doubt
of its success here. The Paris theaters
are the best managed in the world and
the audiences are the most exacting.
If women are employed in this work in
Paris it is conclusive evidence that they
are fitted for it. Outside those actually
on the stage as professional actresses
the theater has given very little direct
employment to women, but there are
doubtless places which they might fill,
unless, perhaps, the smallest connection
with the stage would inspire them with
an unconquerable ambition to tread the
boards-when they would become an
awful terror TO every manager.