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with comfort. Such deliberate isolation, and
at so great cost. has been attributed to conve-
nience in fishing But since they used canoes
and nets, both pertaining to the open water,
they had to go out from their dwellings, and if
so why not live on shore and go out from there?
Protection from wild beasts has been given as
a reason, but that could as well have been
accomplished living on shore, by means of
stockades.
Defense from hostile attack seems to be an
inevitable inference, and it is an interesting
historical fact that such a settlement on Lake
Prasias in Thrace successfully resisted the army
OF Darius and so escaped being carried captive
into Asia. With none but the weapons then in
use such position was practically impreg-
nable.
VILLAGE IN SAFETY.
The picturesque fact is that it was not q
stronghold par excellence. but Villages vii
lage set in a position Of safety, where the avo-
cations of life were pursued in peace. The
fortress primitive though it be) lies hidden
beneath the fact of isolation from the firm
land. where tribes march and ambuscade, while
to the eye is presented only scenes and Incl
dents of quietude.
1t Is this that finds graphic expression in the
lake abodes and characterizes their archi-
lecture. The genius of the times is in them.
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"SOInefipnp -

When "sometime" comes then we shall taste the
Joys for which we long,
The shadows will be sunbeams and each sigh will
be song;
The sweet dead hopes we cherish so and in our
breasts entomb
Will all come back to live again and I'LL our hearts
with bloom.
The dreary wastes of desert sand will blossom az
the rose,
And every brook will babble sweetest music as it
flows.
Our hungry souls that now exist on Just the meager
CRUMBS
Win then sit down to princey feasts Of love when
sometime" comes.
When 'sometime" comes then all the year will be
glad, sweet June,
And ali the music Of the world win be in perfect
tune.
The paths we tread will lead us on through bios
sOmed-scented dells,
And we shall listen ever to the chimes of fairy
bells.
The thornicss roses all the day with dewdrops will
be wet,
And joys viii come untangled in the meshes of re-
Our lives will hit as gayy as the Wild bee when it
huns
Its drowsy song from honeyed flower to nower,
when sometime" comes.
When sometime" comes then all the world will be
dream OF truth,
And We shall feel once more the charm and inno-
cence of youth.
And sing the glad, sweet songs we sung in those
We played in careless joy nor knew the weary
thoughts of men.
And all the friends we hold 30 dear-she ones who
viii ali come back to greet US from the happy long
ago.
The girls with dolls and dishes and the boys with
Wen see them all together once again when "some-
NIXON WArRRNAN
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Baron Hirsch.
Paris Letter to the New York World.


An arrangement had been made with DR.. Son.
nenfeld, the director of the Barons Bureau de
Renaissance, So Rue de Belle-Chasse, Paris who
promised to secure this interview with the
baron in London, and fortified with a note TO
NJ. Furth. Baron de Hi-sch's secretary. the
correspondent was to meet him at the Abe
marie Hotel. Piccadilly. When the correspon-
dent called the baron was engaged with a yis-
itor. few moments and | was admitted 10
his sitting room. 1t is on thu second floor of
the hotel, with the two windows looking on 10
Albemarle street Baron de Hirsch was sitting
at small table which was now Uttered with his
mornings mail He rose and, without offering
his hand, bowed slightly, and motioned me
to a chair close at hand. He is a compactly
built man of hfty-three or fifty-four years.
standing about five feet ten, and who would
tip the beam at 10 pounds He is SQUARE
shouldered and with very slight protuber-
ance in his abdominal section. The face of
Baron de Hirsch Is not q notably strong one
His clean shaver face is rudy and his head
pretty bald on top, only few silvery hairs
cropping out from the reddish scalp. The rest
of his hair is thick, strong and black, but pleu-
tlfully sown with white. His forehead is large
and very slightly retreating. while projecting
little over his smooth, weli-marked eyebrows
His eyes, large. round and brilliant. are of a
clear. greenish shade, with white of the eyeballs
showing q slight tendency to be bloodshot
His nose is a well-shaped, acquiline feature
broad at the base of the nostrils. heavy
crinkly mustache, also plentifully interspersed
with gray. adorned the upper lip of his moder-
ately wide mouth. His teeth are large. regular
and OF a yeilowish tinge. His hands are neither
large nor small. the fingers being little square
at the extremities, and the smooth skin Of the
hands is marked with a few pale frockles. His
feet are small and well shaped.
Such was the personal appearance Of Baron
de Hlrsch as he stood and extended to me the
hospitality of a chair. He wore a auit of rlain
slate-colored cloth, the coat being a GETAWAY"
open In front A small margin Of white piaue
showed at the neck of his waistcoat, and he wore
snowy 'spats" with his brilliant patent-leather
shoes. His neck scarf was q steel-colored silk
ascot" with a small pin, representing a rum
ming greyhound, in tiny diamonds. He wore
no watch chain and his hands were without
rings. His dress was exceedingly quiet and
simple, and nothing more than a clerk on a
LOCO salary would wear in America. One
feature Of the baron's hands were the shapely
nails, which were manicured % that they glis-
tened like crystal
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KINDNESS MADE THEM QUARREL.
A Philosopher Proves That Prosperity Leads
to Heaps Of Trouble.

A Philosopher Proves That Prosperity Leads
to Heaps Of Trouble.
Chicago Times.
Prosperity il always q blessing" said the
dreamer.
1T breeds quarrels," said the philosopher.
'How do you make that out?''
''Watch"
The philosopher caught half q dozen boys
about fruit stand. One OF their number.
possessed of money, had purchased q pear
The others wished for tin vain. The phil
osopher laid down so cents and told the
dealer to give the urchins fruit up to that
limit. At first there was a little cheer Of ap-
proval. One boy took all his share in plums
Another wanted an assortment, but there
were no damsons Another selected q fine
peach, but a third also wanted that He
gave it up and tried to take two apples
Another boy wanted one of the apples. A
fourth gamin snatched both apple and pear
and started to run. Two others followed
caught and pummeled him. While they
were SO engaged their own goods were con-
hscated for general use. The dealer had to
run them away with club to keep them
from overturning his stand A dozen fresh
urchins, attracted by that sharp sense which
tells of spoil, focked in, grew angry because
they had ''beeu robbed" as they had received
nothing. and in five minutes the block was
full OF struggling, fighting, brawling boys
"Al brought about by prosperity" said the
philosopher.
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IN SIAM.

Many centuries later and in far distant lands
possibly then uninhabited we find men living
in abodes somewhat similar. but markedly diff
ferent from the lacustrine abodes. On the
great rivers of China and Siam are boat houses,
those OF the former built on true bulls and of
the latter as here shown.
The platform on which the house is built rests
on mass OF bamboo. fiat and broad. bound to-
gether by joists and studding attached to the
platform itself. The bamboo. having Joints at
Intervals. constitutes collection OF alright
compartments, affording a great measure Of
buoyancy. By means of this. when the river
runs low, the structure rests on the river bed
In position like any other house and when the
water rises 1t floats like raft. The super
structure Is built OF paneled teak. is light ga
bie-roofed and matched with the atap leaf.
This residence is moored when desired by
rings at the prov or street front, and adaptable
to the depth of water.
VARIOUS PURPOSES.
In both countries they are occupied as dwell
ling, booth or trades, as the case may be- They
remain at one place, rising and falling with the
river. or may load with merchandise and be
lowed from place to place, dropping down the
stream or slowly toiling up, remaining at one
and another place as occasion may require-at
home, SO TO speak, everywhere. They are a
familiar object and almost typical Of the broad
shining rivers of the far east.
Observe the similarity and divergence. Both
dwellings are amphibious; both are or NAV be
removed from assault by being detached from
the land. and are truly primitive contrivances
But the latter instead of being necessarily local.
may be nomadic, and is adapted to the require
ments OF commerce. In a word. the builders
OF the latter are a commercial people, which
the lake dweliers were not. and this marked
difference may be seen in their dwellings, other
wise singularly alike. How vastly diverse an
appearance must the rivers present to that of
the Swiss lakes in the stone age
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THE STORY OF A SEAL.
Having Made Friends on Land. Il R>fus~s ,o
/. Return Co the Sec.

From the San Francisco chrunscle
The steamer Gypsy had a very peculiar pas
senger for half the way mp from Monterey On
its last trip. The peculiar passenger vns
nothing less than live baby zeal. which had
some curious and almost wonderful adventure,
on the shore at Pacific Grove.
larry one morning the family OF yudee
Boardman OF Reno. New. were awakened bv
strange barking in the yard. The cause OF this
commotion proved 70 be a baby seal. which had
crswled from the shore. q quarter OF q mile away,
during the night, and had taken up lite quarters in
dry goods box in the dooryard The see vaif
was given bowl OF mush and milk for breakfast.
The animal was inoffensive and allowed his
new-found friends 20 pour the repast down his
throat without struggling 60 get sway. Then
the seal stretched himself out on the lawn.
where he slept and snored soundly Later in
me day the boys OF the Boardman family. fear
ing the little seal would die kept out OF the
water. carried il 20 the bav and threw IL in
The seal was loath 10 remain there. The bows
waded IN and pushed him out some distance,
until his sealship tried 20 bite them. Then they
gave mp the task and the little seal promptly
deserted the waves and started straightway
back for his adopted home on the hill. The
boys followed the animal in his slow march
back. past several houses. until he reached the
boardman residence. which he seemed to rec
oShile. immediately upon his arrival there
ne seemed once more contented and took nap
OF four hours. After the nap Was over Mrs.
b"ardman and her sons again took him 10 the
seashore A train passed by he Law the
rocks He lifted his head and barked ike a
dog at the passing monster Twelve times that
AFTERNOON the boys carried the land-lovlng seal
over the rocks and threw him into the water
put MS persistence equaled theirs and twelve
tunes ne clsmbered out on dry land again.
FINALLY the persevering little animal won his
own way again and reascended the hill, re-
turning straight to the Bosrdman residence.
Al night one OF the Boardman bows opened the
door OF the woodshed, and the seal which vas
outside, Topped right in and made himself az
home. He lay down on pile Of sacks. where
ne slept quietly all night The next day he
was sent on on the steamer Gypsy, and vas
brought up as far as New Years Point. whore
the seals breed. and was thrown of 90 rejoin
the tribe from which he was probably lost. IL
is supposed that the little seal. which weighed
about fifty pounds and was about three months
Old. became lost and wandered down the coast
TO Monterey. 1t is also thought that he wa.
attracted to the Boardman residence by the
barking of a dog there. which might have led
the little fellow to imagine he could find his
lost companions.
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ninety beautiful yachts occupies nearly the
whole harbor at the mouth of the river. For
over week in every summer this pretty squad
ron remains in the harbor while it's gig races
and cutter and steam launch races are decided.
tnen az the boom Of the gun from the flagship
Electra they start away on the days run to
Newport to end the cruise; or perhaps away
north to Bar Harbor, where only the good
sailors venture as it is q trip on the open ocean
and sometimes, even in summer, not Q very
smooth voyage.
Though the DAYS Of the whalers are Of the
past and the summering parties only last
through the short New England summer vet
during the long winter the little city thrives,
It's people remain hospitable and kind to friend
and stranger alike and the wealth the whalers
earned has not departed from it, but still re-
mains to adorn it with beautiful homes and
handsome churches. that are we'll set beneath
the shade trees that line its wide streets.
DION WILLIAMS.
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Sold His whiskers BIZ Auction.

Justice j. L. Ganzhorn of Kansas Oity. who
last week deputized a saloon keeper to marry
him to woman worth quarter Of million.
found the work of his court dull and tedious
the other day.
Suddenly he arose and announced in a loud
voice that he proposed to sell his snow white
beard by auction. A crowd soon gathered, for
ms once Is on one OF the principal streets and
his voice could be heard two blocks
Ganzhorn mo1nted q table and began the
sale Bidding was spirited for half an hour.
saloon Keeper Tom Davis, who pronounced the
marriage ceremony last week, bought the
whiskers for S45.50, announcing that he wonld
pay for them when he wanted them delivered.
The justice drew up bill of sale in legal
form, sealed it with his notarial seal and gave
ii to Davis.
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A Lucky Find.

From the London Standard.
There is going on just now near the Barriere
de Montreui at the extreme east end of Paris.
a sale of rubbish, Familiarity known to Its fire.
quenters by the unattractive name of the Flea
Market" An old lady, Nine. Pacaud, had an
extraordinary piece of good luck there yester-
day. She bought very old and dilapidated
mattress. and on cutting it open with o view to
having the horsehair cleaned, she discovered a
leather bag containing IA, 900 francs in gold.
AS the bedding is known to have passed through
a large number of hands since it left those of
its original possessor, it would be useless to at
tempt to find the rightful owner of the treasure.
which will become therefore the legal property
of the lucky old lady,
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Another building erected on the rocky hills
of Norway presents a distinct form. 1t is sepa-
rated from the ground for protection-but this
time from field mice. While in this respect it
barely suggests the motive of the other it pre-
sents an interesting contrast. 1t is land Nor
weglan dwellings are constructed on much the
same plan) massive and strong. and in Joiner
work and ornamentation is more suggestive of
the cabinet makers art than the builders But
here IL introduced the element of taste, of
which the others are almost entirely devoid
To the commingling of commerce, defense
comfort, we owe the first two buildings while
to taste. for dress for the beautiful. we attri-
butte the individuality of this, and no doubt
such work is. in half barbaric way a GEM
IL marks the transition from a hitching of ma
terials together In primitive and unenduring
form to the art of wood working and wood
carving that fourished so splendidlv in the
middle ages. But there is here expressed a
fact of perhaps more interest than any that has
gone before-the survival of a religious belief
expressed in building.
SURVIVAL OF RELIGIOUS BELIEF.
1t will be observed that on the Siamese river
dwelling. the caves at the gable ends are orna-
mented with a device representing the cobra,
so often repeated on buildings, fabrics and
metal work in the east. 1t is the emblem of
serpent worship. which there still obtains.
Above the gables Of the Norwegian building
may be seen a carving representing the pine
tree of the north 1t is the roof tree, in en-
blem. which is placed there upon the roofing
in of every building erected in northern
Europe. The custom is occasionally observed
in America This is the survival Of the tree
and serpent worship. now extinct among the
northern peoples.
And so in this building. as in the other. we
find expression of a religious belief, in one case
still in force. in the other only in the form of
survival. but both equally expressive Of u fact
in the life of man.
However inadequate these examples may be
the collection of models taken together won
derfully illustrate how much man declares
himself in the house he builds VC
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Taking . Criminals Measure.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer
"Since the Bertillion system Of measuring
criminals has been in vogue in Chicago" said
Detective Ralph Crawford yesterday, 'the
authorities there have identified and convicted
over 100 ex-convicts and sent them to the
peniteutiary under the habitual criminal act
The habitual act il . peculiar Law, known only
to Illinois. Under it q person upon second
conviction may be sentenced TO prison for
from ten to twenty years, owing to the charge.
I saw Charles Kennedy, the safe and sneai
thief, well known here, in Jail there few day1
ago. There are Ave charges against him, and
they will probably settle him under the
habitual criminal act You remember he made
q savage attack upon Mark Wallace . couple Of
years ago, warrant still being ont for his
arrest"
'Do they take much stock in the Bertllion
system in Chicagow
Il should say 90. They are measuring con-
victs every day, and have seven men In the
Office doing the msasuring. They already
have between 5000 and 1000 measuremeuts.
The men they have In the ONCE are men Who
for years have handled criminala Andy
Rohsn, who i well known IN Cincinnati han.
dlss I'll The thieves"
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From the Chicago Herald.
All England is laughing over the delicious
impertinence of Chicago society girl who was
sightseeing near Windsor castle last week. She
saw little fat man wandering around, and
going up to him she said:
II say, butler. is there any chance to get
glimpse of the queen?'
The little fat man bristled IN and his face
grew very red.
Il am not the butler" he said II am the
Prince of Wales''
''Oh, how lucky" exclaimed the young lady
SIS mother imp
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From the San Francisco Chronicle
The Pacific mail steamer Australia arrived
from Honolulu, bringing Hawaiian exchanges
to July %. The following is summary Of re-
cent events in the islands:
On July II. during terrific gale at Kawathe,
three canoes, containing thirteen men and q
boy. were blown off to sea- Learning Of the
calamity sloop owner Of that place put his
fine craft at the disposal Of any one who would
60. to the rescue, and native sailor raised !
volunteer crew of five and started. One Of this
number, boy, was lashed by ropes half way up
the mainmast to keep a lookout, which he did
for hours in the face Of the gale. It was near
sunset when the lost men were found out at sea
clinging desperately to their frail crafts and
we're rescued and brought back. Great credit
Is due the native sailors, and particularly to the
boy on the lookout, whose position in the cold
and wet was difficult and painful one to main
tain for 30 long time. Il was he who sighted
the canoes OF which two were found, the other
having drifted inshore early in the day with
it, exhausted owner, who gave the alarm.
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When q man starts out to give information
with the remark that lit Is not generally
known, it is pretty safe to infer that il was not
known to himself until he found il in the en-
cyclopaedia an hour or two ago.
Says an Exchange-"Cheese il invariably
eaten with the fingers by the most particular
people" Outside the ranks of the most par
ticular people, it il presumed, cheese Il eaten
v1th the mouth.-Boston Post
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THEATRICAL TALK
New York Managers Opposed to Hav-
ing Bars Near Their Houses.
STAGE FOLKS AT LEISURE.

Actresses Who "Make Up when on the
stage-Augustin Days Repressive Discip-
line-A Youth Who Sought Notoriety-How
An Actor Secured Pair Of Trousers.
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Madge-"This summer resort reminds me Of
what the professor said of the primary eeoloRi-
cal formations"
Evelyn-'.How's that, dear?''
Aadgt-'1tcontains no trace Of mau."-Lifs
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Rapid Transit

From Puck
Mr.. stammer (vho has Just boarded ears q
Philadelphia for New York. 10 eonductor)-
s-s-s-say. c-c-c-captain. v-w-w-whas t-s-s-sins
BrakemAn-New York.
Mr., stannsr 60 beaksnan)ETh-N-Nr
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A STUDY IN HOUSES.
What the Homes of Different Peoples
Tell Us.
THREE INTERESTING TYPES.

characteristics of People Shown in Their
Style Of Architecture-Houses to Float on
the water-In Switzerland, Norway and
sian-similar Features in Other Countries.
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who was IrelAnd's greatest bensfactor?"
''Christophs CoaunbuA Hs discovered
Anegica"
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TIE REASONS.

Having reached in general outline the con-
ssruction Of the building its materials. the use
TO which IL was dedicated and the life of i,s
buitiern We come to inquire of il concerning
that Aii-important factor-the motive for lis
I'll the works Of man.
ine exlsency must have been urgent to &C
count for the selection Of 20 inaccessibls posi-
tion where another one was ct command. and
the expenditure OF % much labor where less
ordinarily would have suficed.
Obviously. and first Of all, il was to get away
from tbs land. and TO do % permanently and
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Written for The Evening Star.

Another gala day for the town d whom the
annual cruise Of the New York Yacht Club
comes Into TIE harbor and With ~ eighty e.
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august /"
Flower

I had been troubled five months
with Dyspepsia. The doctors told
me it-was chronic. l had fullness
after eating and a heavy load in the
pit of my stomach. ! suffered fire.
quently from a Water Brash Of clear
matter. Sometimes deathly Sick
ness at the Stomach would overtake
me. Then again / would have the
terrible pains of Wind Collie. At
such times / would try to belch and
could not. ! was working then for
Thomas McHenry, Druggist, Cor.
Irwin and Western Ave, Allegheny
City, Pa, in whose employ / had
been for seven years. Finally | used
August Flower, and after using just
one bottle for two weeks, was en-
tirely relieved of all the trouble. I
can now eat things l dared not touch
before. Iwould like to refer you to
Mr. McHenry, for whom / worked,
who knows all about my condition,
and from whom I bought the medi-
cine. live with my wife and family
at 80 James St, Allegheny City, Pa.
Signed, JOHN d. Cox. y
G. G. GREEN Sole Manufacturer,
Woodbury., New Jersey, U. S. A.