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\ French NnyeliSt's Einuucierj,,.


The assertion that literary mcn know
little about financial affairs hardly holds
good in the case OF l}alzac, the famous
French novelist. lie WAS approached in
the interest of Il Forthcoming book by NJ.
Gunner Balzac agreed to aid the project
oil condition that the work should include
a study of himself and his work, to be
written 10y Yheophle Gautier. Curmcr
agreed. Balzac rushed to the Rue dc Na-
rara, where Guutier was then living, and
offered him the commission, which was ac-
cepted with joy
''lhc price," said Bulzac, "will be 900
francs" Theophile soon wrote the article
and took it himself to the publisher, but
was too modest to ask for payment A
week passed, u fortnight passed. and he
heard nothing more Of the article or of
Balznc. One day Balzac came to sec him,
and said, II do not know how to thank
you. Your article is masterpiece As /
thought ready money might not come
amiss to you, have brought the amount
agreed on with me" So saving he put
down 250 francs.
But" s'id Gautier timidly, II thought
you said it was to be 500 francs OF course
it was my Inistnkc.'1
moi ut ALL" Balzac replied; "you are
perfectly right. 1t was to be 500 francs
But just think II moment. If had never
lived you could never have said all the
fine things you have said of me- That is
Obvious. Without my existence there
would hive been no article; without tho
article there would have been no money.
Very well, l take half the money as the
subject of the article, give you half as
its author. Is not this justice:"
THE justice of Solomon" answered
Gautier, and, what is more, he always
thought so
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WHOLE NO. 111O.

city. There they lay until 1921, when Ed
mund kean, also celebrated English ac-
Tor, caused them to be dug up and rein
TERED under Il monument which lie erect
ed at his own expense.
While The headless corpse was being
transferred from its old to its new resting
place Mr.. kean nbstractcd II toe bone,
which he reyerenccd rs Il priceless souye-
mir. He took it to London and made it an
object of worship in the hours of his maud
lin frenzy. He declared that it would
prove fortune to his son Charles, but it
didn't, for Mrs. kcall, tired Of her llus-
band ridiculous rantings, one day picked
UP the revercd relic and pitched it out of
the window. Aean went frantic over the
loss and said tn his wife, "Mary, yonr son
Charles was worth 10000, now he is {.
beSgar.n The sum mentioned was the
actors estimate Of tho value of the toe
bone.
What there is left of Cookies skeleton,
50 far AS known, has not been disturbed.
The monument erected by Edmund kcan
Ill 1871 was repaired BY his son Charles
twenty-five years afterwnrd, renovated by
y. A. Sothern quarter of Il century later,
and finally restored by Edwin Booth in 1890.
Not many weeks bacl; u poor wretch Of
an assassin named kcmmlcr suffered dcutl.
by electricity in one Of New Yorl's state
prisons, 1t is said that nearly every per
son present at the execution luggcd AWAY
some portion of the mans body or clothes
as Il lnemcnto of the event. The same p;is-
sion for souvenirs has DESTROYED root and
branch the famous apple tree" under
which Grant didn't receive lees siirren-
der, and scattered the furniture OF the
house in which lie did. Were it not Tor
fnr f,.1 4 4
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Wcrpitlr Trees,

A traveller through the forests of Wash
inSton and British Columbia tells of hay
ing seen trees drip copiously during clear,
bright days when no dew was visible else
where. The dripping was 50 profuse that
the ground underneath was almost sltu-
rated. The phenomenon was caused by
the remarkable condensing power of the
leaves Of the fir, and it occurred only when
the relative humidity was near the dew
point. The dripping ceases after 10 or II
o'clock in the morning, but resumes at or
near sunset, In "Hakluyts Voyages there
is an account of Hawkins second visit to
Africa and America, written by n friend
who sailed with Hawkins, III which it is
said that in the island of Fcrro there is II
weeping tree TINT supplies al the men and
beasts of the island with drink, there be-
ing no other available water supply. Fur
ther, he states that in Guinea he saw many
weeping trees, but of II species different
from lint ut Eerro
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day there WIS Il terrible rain aud thunder
storm, aud whcn it was over Elsa went to
the piano and played the widest sort Of an
air that almost brought the storm and it's
music back to me. She will get up on the
piano stool and begin singing softly sotuc
measure, and after hummins it over ser
cral times she plays it. That is the way
she composes. If play sentimental or
lively music it affects her strangely In
fact we cannot play pathetic airs, ns the
tears come to her eyes, and she is much ny-
itated She enjoys herself much rs other
children do, but if she hcars the sound of
music She will stand listenin. with mouth,
eyes and ears wide open. Any ordinary
composition she can play after having
heard it once
The other day Elsa played for Il party of
critics, and showed such remarkable abil-
ity that the musician D'Albert offered to
take her to his home in Germany and give
her thorough musical education Mt his
own expense.
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Still HuStIitlr.


An energetic young man with taste for
newspaper work succeeded in obtaining
employment on one of the New York dai-
lies. He had said that all he wanted was IL
start, and he was us busy MS buzz saw
thereafter. One day II friend stopped him
in his impctuous chase after fame long
enough to nsk him how he was getting
along. "Oh, l am doing splendidly," the
young man answered with enthusiasm
Have You written anything YETI"
'Yes, indeed have. wrote ten col
umns and II half last week: NIL good stuff,
toa."
THAT is good. am glad to know that
you are doing SO we'll. Your last weeks
work must have paid you pretty WELL"
No, not SO very WE'LL" said the young
writer hesitatingly; you see they have
not printed any OF my. matter yet."--New
York Times.
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ASBESTOS AND ITS USES,
a Queer IIiucral That Serves Not a rev

Queer Niiucral That Serves Not I, Few
Vegetable Iscs.
"llcreis y towel that is vcrwashed and
yet IS always kept cle;l!,f said {: chemist to
reporter, ltanding to him ut the same
time what appeared to the eye and touch
to he nothing more nor less than an orGin.
my piece OF co"rse cotton towcling
What sort of laundry do yo,, send it
to:" was the natural query.
This kind replied the man of science.
going over to the corner of his laboratory
and stuiIing the towel into IL small stove
that was burning brightly there for chem
ical purposes.
u understand" snid the visitor. "You
never use such II towel more than once"
y GU are very much mistaken there, (" re-
spondcd the chemist. II use such towels
almost forever and they almost never wear
out.n ''|'' = " e'''
With that he lifted off the lid of the
stove again and took out the towel with
the tongs. dipping it in cold water, and
then handing it once more to the news
paper man.
w by, exclaimed The latter, "it is not
even injured, What is it made of..'
1t Is made OF rock, answered the chem.
ist; but a very peculiar kind of rock-so
peculiar indeed, that the ancicnts supposed
the stuff OF which this towel is woven to
be OF 4. vegetable nature They used to
wrap bodies that were to be burned in
cloths made Of the same flax like sub
stance in order to keep the ashes from be-
ing lest among the charred wood of the
funeral pyre.' m5@5
"l'ut what Is it callcd.'
H.. "Iou have uftu! heard Of it under the
name Of asbestos, though very few people
apparently have any notion Us tn what it
really is. Enormous deposits of it exist in
Canada and elsewhere. 1t is Il form of a
very hard rock called llurnblcnde, and is
found i'll str;ita Of II iibruus consistency
readily diyisible into silky strands rcsem-
bling flax This likeness has given it the
name Of earth flax You can see for YOUR
self from this towel how much it looks like
vegetable fabric when wlyell. An asbes-
tos towel may be used for pretty nearly the
same purposes as an ordinary towel, and,
when iti dirty. all you hive to 10 is to
throw it into the fire and rake it out after
little While perfectly cleau.'t
.l. is asbestos used FOR any other purposes
ntlese days%f
oh, !rs. Il is employed for roofing ma.
teriAl, boiler felting, l,aprr stock and III
the iaiNing Of tircprOut paints for stage
scenery. Alsp clothes for Grrmcu and
"!ov"ts tn handle red Not iron with are made
Of IT, Sometimes the mineral is found in
thin sheets Of intcrlAcrd tibcrs. Known as
mountain leather Elsewhere it's not in
frequently procured i'll Chick shpcts, and il
thai condition is called mountain CORK
~ Washington. star.
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He Saved Something,

We meet many peculiar characters in
this world | ran across Il man oncc-and
he was Il man of Intelligence and !; man of
splendid family, wealthy and all that
who lost lis wife, and who, in telling me
OF liiS bereavement. said:
We'll, will save something out of the
wrcck can wc&r her stockings. Sec
here" and he rolled up his pantaloons.
Sure enough, there were wo,ncns stock.
lngs of fine texture and reaching away
above the knee lie proceeded to explain
that he had bought her several pairs ut $.
each just u week before shc died, but She
had never had any use of them, and he
would have to wear them out, though he
WITS sorry he had bought them.
The idea WAS SO funny that it was all |
could do to keep from laughing right out,
MS the saying is, but the man was so very
serious thHt repressed the inclination to
do so told him it was sad, but as Ion.
IT'S he could save something out of the
wreck by wearing his dead wife's hosiery
he WIS not in such Il bnl fix, but still he
could not see tlla ludicrous side of his mar
rttive.-'St Louis Globe Democrat.
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Story of an Intelligent Cat,

\ New Hampshire physician sends me
the following cat story. for Which he
vouches
Among other queer tricks Dick will
take off my glasses very carefully with his
paw, hold them with one claw and survey
them with great apparent interest.
1.-The first time he did this was one night
when he had been mapping and reading.
lie is great pet, and going to him bent
over without indicating by any motion
my meaning. and said gently:
Dick, if you want to go to bed take off
my glasses
lie Immediately reached up paw and
took them off as deity as though it were
an old habit. Thinking this IL happen so
put them on and made the same request
in different words, with precisely the same
result. After one more repetition he
yawned and plainly intimated that was
enough. h."-Philadelphia Times
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Fresh Huuurs for Columbus.

An agreement has been made by the
republics of South America to unite in the
erection of a colossal monument to Column
bus. The site chosen is rock at the en-
trance to the harbor of Rio de Janeiro.
Under the new regime Brazil has abol-
ished all decorations and orders created by
the empire and established an "Order of
Columbus" to which patriotic natives and
deserving foreigners may be admitted.
The Inauguration of the monument is to
serve as IA festival of frntcrnization among
the South American nations''
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Drew II Long ,.reat,. and cne,re,,,

A throng of spectators witnessed II
thrilling rescue Mt IL railroad crossing in
Jersey City one Wednesday evening. A
train was running ut n lively rate when II
woman with II baby carriage attempted to
cross the track in advance of it. A young
girl who was with ller trppetl and fell be-
nenth the tracks over which the train was
approaching. Henry Flcigauf and War
rem Kennedy sprany to her rescue. Flei
gnuf reached her first, and, us he lifted
her, he slipped and fell against Kennedy.
The latter, however, seized the girl nnl
rolled out OF the way of the train, pulling
Fleigauf along. The passing ears just
grazed Fleige..;. but lie escaped injuries.
The crowd cheered the rcscuers when it
was able to draw II long brcath-Philadel-
phia Ledger
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duty and honor For this reason he was II
power in Neyadn, and went to Iii. era, I
universally regretted.
Mr.. Stevenson was born IN Ontario
county, \, T., Feb. %, Is2G In 1883 lie
went west, and was one Of the first to ar
rive on the Comstoek He purchased Il
half interest il, the first quartz mill erected
in Nevada, and for the remainder of his
life WAS engaged in mining and milling
He served three terms in the state senate,
and thrice took part in National Rtpubli.
can conventions as Il delegate The inter,
rcnt w;sS 1T Oakland, Cal
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and pupil of the Conservatory of Music
Mt Boston. After the completion of her
studies she spent two years in Europe,
travelling throughout its length and
breadth, and visiting the farther east.
She is u splendid linguist and very accom-
plished. She lives in Hyde Park. the aris-
tocratic residence section of the city, in a
palatial home
There nrc many pretty debutantcs anx-
iously looking forward to the gayeties of
the winter Among the most beautiful of
this seasons buds" will probably be Miss
Mamie Deyol, daughter of Gen. Deyol, the
collector of internal revenue for the KAN
sas City district Miss Devol is the happy
possessor of the qualities that attract and
retain friends, and brilliant social success
is undoubtedly before her.
Miss Cora Warner is the daughter of
Maj. William Warner, ex-congressman
ex-commandcr of the G. a. R. and a lead
ing Republican politician. Miss Warmers
debut was made, therefore, in Washing
ton, and she came to her home in Kansas
City after delightful winter there. She
is rather tall and has willowy figure
and large black eyes that sparkle like dia.
monds when lighted up in conversation.
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gay society circles of the west.
a constant friend and companion of Miss
Warner is Miss Ada Nave, Il beautiful and
accomplished girl, who rumor has it, will
grace Kansas City society for the las, time
this season, and then reign us queen in IL
home OF her own
Miss l.ora Bullene is the daughter of the
Hon. L. b. Bullcne. She is very tall, II
striking looking girl, with distinguished
manners. Her features are regular, com
p'cxon brilliant, eyes dark, shaded by the
largest of lashcs, and eyebrows delicate
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TONI! OF GEORGE FREDERICK COOKE.
The tooth is no longer than those doing
service ut the present day in the jaws of
ordinary men, while the life sizen statues
of the god represent him ns towering forty
feet above his worshipers while in n sitting
posture AS long us the natives can recon
csle the disparity between tooth and statue.
hcwever, it would be cruelty for any scof.
fer to SOW seeds of doubt in their satisfied
minds
It must be admitted in this connection
that the rage for relics of the famous exists
in America lis well us elsewhere. One Pc
culiarly' shocking example has to do with
the death and burial of George Frederick
Cooke, II ferrous English actor, whose ca
iaer was cut short ut Boston by dissipation.
lie died in September, 1872, and the doc
tors mnde an autopsy, as they said, to dis
cover the nature of hisdisease. One of the
surgeons, named Francis, cut off the poor
fellows head and kept it. Some years
later, when Hamlet" was on the boards
at the Park theatre, the property man
found himself without skull for use in
the graveyard scene. lie applied to Fran
els, who loaned him the skull of Cooke!
The mutilated remains wore given sepul-
ture in St. Paul's chrSchyard, New York
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ly curved. She is always cowncl in cx-
1uisite taste, marked by an Individuality
that charms NJ once.
Miss Mamie Drcnnou's beauty is of
kind that portrait docs not do justice to,
as the play of her features and a complex
ion as delicate rs the blush Of the peach
constitute her chief charm. Miss Dren-
non is Of medium height and Of very
graceful form. Her large brown eyes have
au expression of innocence that appeals at
once to the best qualities of the sterner
sex. Miss Drcnnon is beautiful Mt all
times, but evening dress is particularly be-
coming to her. @. ,
Miss Maylne Chapel Is The daughter Of
Mr., Phil T. Chapel, banker and capitalist
and cNstate treasurer. She is an artist Of
much expression and an accomplished
girl. SIZE is Very fontl If horseback riding,
and never looks better than in close fitting
riding habit and tail lat. ,iasbing along "a
smntc'! animal that seems proud Of the
burden it bears
Miss Nellie McGee, who is soon to wed
Mr. William Nelson. has been considered
one of the beauties Of Kansas CITY ever
since shemade her debut, two years ago,
Miss Mctec is Slightly above medium
height and has dark hair and eyes
Mrs. i4atllrop l3lillinc Is listed amou.. the
most beautiful Of the young married lasiip.
Of Kansas City At theatre, reception on
bail she is always marked for her exquisite
style, carriage and dress. SSllris tall and
magnificent looking, aud wears l.ar golden
hair like y crown ups, her hetul Her eyes
are large aud of deep s,nti tender blue Her
complexion is as 'tcar perfect :s4 Il csk,.
EleNion could be. She is IL dream of lowell
hess.
Miss Carrie Smith is one without whom
4 list Of the beautiful girls of Kansas Civ
would be incomplete. Miss Smith has
features rs clear cut as Il cameo profile,
and hair and eyes as Black ;is an Egyptian
night She is slender rather tall and as
graceful us Il flower. Her face brightens
and lightens with changing thoughts, and
rs smile chases smile over her lips and ewes
and checks her beauty sparkles rs Il droI,
OF dew in the early lish. Of the s,ubeaui
l.. y HOBART.
BISHOP LOUGF,lIN,S JtJBtI FF
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cHlcAGo's MUSICAL PRODIGY.

Her Name l., Elsa l'rcidt, and She l.,
but Five Years Old.
Elsa Breidt Is credited with belHs The
musical wonder Of Chicago. S'hcs the >
year-"la daughter of Julius I'reidt, n ici,
cler Three years ago it was noticed that
Elsa sang the airs that any one might lie
play ing at the piano She learned to play
chords with great ease and showed herself
Capable Of c't"rSlng parts Of airs correctly
Then she essAyetl the violin with succcss
y year ago she began to compose or I'M
proEise. Her mother said receLtlyt cone
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4 Big Clock.

:, Brooklyn man, Mr.. Bisland, of the
iirm of Bisland e. Holt, of the New York
Stock Exchange, is said to own the biggest
clock in this country. 1t is in the office of
the firm, on Wall street. 1t is four feet
across the face, and the second hands are
,is lar apart rs tho hour hands on an orsli-
nary timepiece. This really remarkable
clock was made bya youth who is not q
years old, and is said to keep excellent
timc.;-Brooklyn Eagle.
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Well, SOME timeago one Of these tooth
pnliers sold his collection, aud he Iitmn-
den ntplar passed into the hands Of Il man
Who, having nothing else to do, wrote u
pamphlet about it, Naturally some other
equally unncchpied member 0f the ''upppr
clawses'f printed Il reply, denying The a,,.
thenticity of the relic To settle The tlues.
tion il is said that the poor skeleton was
again unearthed and subjected! to the
scrutiny Of an ltl.stumst, who decided be
cause Of he width Gf the Nip bones, that
the person who owned it in life was a wo-
man, not Il man, Hilt ttte sturdy Britisher
who has the tooth still stands hy his be-
lief that it once helped lnasticate the food
of the hero Of Chalgrove. The row over
the nifair has oi,scared temporarily other
controversies equally important to the free
born Engliahiaan-s'lch us the question
whether King Charles knrlt at the exc
cutioner's block or lay prone before it, and
the fully rs monentOUs question about
the site of the Waterloo ball Regarding
the latter nooted point Sir William Fraser
has battled long in favor OF Il brussels
granary, while his opponents who like
wise know it all, declare that he Sound
OF revelry by night" came from a convent
hospital in the Rue dies Ccndres
Meanwhile the more credulons and
therefore more happy antiquariCps of Cey-
Ion bow down in worship before Il three
pronged hollow grinder that orlamcutcd,
long ages ago, the sacred mouth Of Bud,lhu
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A Prince Sued by u subject.

While travelling in Russia and Germany
not long ago Prince Victor Emanuel, heir
to the crown of Italy, desiring to avoid the
pomp and ceremony Of official visits. as
sumel title which it seems belonged to
one of his fathers impecunious subjects.
The real owner of the title is now suing
his prince for damages.
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tie Seventh congressional dist rict sent
hin 10 Washington rs a representative.
He was twice reelected, and held his seat
MS II member until the adjournment some
days ago. While in congress he was chair
man Of the coinage committee, and IL
member of the bunking and currency aud
the agricultural committees. His marty
friends say that "he is well fitted to carry
on the steps to be taken toward Il Pan
American currency and to be of material
service to farmers and other producers in
building up trade with I3rnzil"
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known MS Duryee's zouavcs, and gave them
their "baptism of fire. Mt Big Bethel.
After being promoted to the rank of brig
adler general he participated in the bat
ties of Cedar Mountain, Thoroughfare
Gnp, second Bull Run, Chantilly, South
Mountain and Antictnm
While on leave OF absence his brigade
was given to another general, and because
OF this Duryee resigned in January, 1868.
However, he received the brevet of IL
major-general ut the close of the war In
1872 he was appointed police commits
sioncr for New York city, IL position he
held with credit for many years In 1881
lie had II stroke Of paralysis and from
that time on to the day of his death re-
manned IN invalid 1t is said of Gen, Dur
yee that during the war lie never ordered
any one to 10 where he feared to lead. As
result he received half dozen terrible
wounds, some of which failed to heal He
was given n pension OF 500 per month,
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"When You Have Good Thing Take It,"

y writer in . western mining journal
says that Il standard Subject of discussion
in mining camps is the opportunities that
lave been missed by those among its leni-
Zens who made great strikes, but failed to
realize thercfrom and lie states that when
you lave il good thing take it" is devei-
oping into Il prorcrb among miners. He
gives several instances in illustration of
his point, and among them is that of II New
Mexico miner who held $2p0,oOo mining
stock based upon properties in !. district
that is now practically unknown. The cN-
citement ut the time referred to, however,
was ct red heat The miner was offered
$4,000 for his wealth of paper. but he
passed. EIc sold out ten years aftcrwarl
for 5000 and then made first class trade
In those days. moreover. mining exchanges
were more reputable than they are now
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The Lrl,lnr of Tho Eircmeu.

Frank p. Sargent. widely known in labor
circles us the head Of the Brotherhood of
Fircmen, rules over 3Si lodges. Formerly
he was photographer in Vermont, after
that Cnitel States cavaryman serving
in Arizona and then II fireman on the
Southern Pacific railroad He is snitl to be
in very comfortable circumstances.