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SEVENTY MILLIONS.
a Story That Throws That of the Co,
of Monfa Crisfn in the Shade

Story That Throws That of the Count
of Monte Cristo i'll the Shade.
Monte CriSto" may hide It's diminished
head. What was the find" of Edmund
Dantes compared with that of the discovery
made by the contractors who engaged to de-
molish the Castle of San Antonio, at Rio de
Janeiro, Tor the Brazilian Government? In
the cellars of that edifice they successfully
dug up twelve iron-elamped chests and six
teen sacks, containing 10000. 600 old Spanish
dollars in gold, plus leaden box filled vita
papers. One OF these documents was re-
ceipt given by Father Anton De5sarte, su-
periur of the Jesnits' college at Bio, for 90
100000 gold dollars, to be paid by him as
tribute to King John Y of Portugal when
he visited Brazil. 1t is supposed that when
the Jesuits at Rio learned how, in the eight
zenith century, the Marquis de Pompal was
expeillng their order from Portugal they hid
the treasures which have been discovered.
A list of the wealth so concealed has been
found in the leaden box. 1t mentions the
S70.000000 just brought to light, $500 pounds
of gold dust and 10000 pounds weight of
gold ingOts. To whom, it is asked at Rio,
does this treasure belong? Is it to the re-
public the King of Portugal, the Jesuits or
the people who contracted to cart away all
the materials of the castle they were en-
ployed to dem0lisb Paris Letter to the
London Weekly DISPATCH.
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MRS. BEECHER'S
LIFE AT HOME.
EhG Lives Among His Pictures, Her
Flowers and Song Birds.
Although Verging on Fourseore Years, She
Is Still in Possession of Good Health
and Serene Temperament.

In expressing his preference for joyous
aspects of life Henry Ward Beecher once
SAID: III | might stamp with letters of gold
one word upon tine front of Plymouth
Church. that word would be Joy" And
how faithfully his venerable widow bears
out the sunny spirit which he enthusiast
cally advocated her speech, bearing and sur
roundings illustrate. says an exchange.
Mrs. Beecher has nearly reached four
score years-She will be so next year-but
q there Is not trace of the auSterity associated
generally with advanced years in the smiling
face which greets her friends. and her words
are as cheerful as her face, while her home,
within and without is picture charming
to the eyes that rest upon it.
As one approaches this modest dwelling
every window greets one with its wealth of
blooming tloWers-naSSes of varied color
e1haling sweet perfume. The tiny yard, a
mere mite as it is, has flowers in it wherever
flower can be made to grow. Rows of
boxes supported by brackets line the fence
all round These are filled with flowers
mat peep over tie top. identifying by their
pretty noddlpg beads n vacant lot Just be-
You'd the yard, that without the bit of color
which they make would not be a comely
outlook. and deep, long boxes close to the
house wall, facing Plymouth Church across
the way, hold creeping vines and other
plants That further ornament what without
them would be bare brick wall.
Within, this small house is as blithe look
ing as 1t Is without Everything in it is a
memento OF the great pTeacher-all held
sacred In loving memory of him By the de-
voted widow who treasures them, but not in
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inch in length, and is distributed all over
the world. Its body is long in proportion to
its thickness, the part below the head is Of
thIeadlike substance. but the head is pro-
vided with two formidable mandibles. which
can be used to bore augerwise through fleshy
tissues. How the animal originated is
not known, but that it has long existed is
certain. 1t was not, however, until late in
the first quarter of the present century that
it was discovered. A German butcher who
had been a chemist, but who had fallen in
social rank from strong tendency to liquor,
was cutting piece of pork, and noticed
a gritty sound as his knife went through
the meat. He made microscopic
examination, and found tat the meat
was filed with ovoidal cells. in the
center of which little worm was eurled up.
Physicians stgated the matter, and this
led TO the discovery of the trichina spiralis.
Contrary to the general suppositien this
parasite is not found only in omnivorous
animals, the graminivora are as subject TO
it as any other, ana it is only the great
stomachic capacity of the hog that gives that
quadruDed the undesirable reputation of
being more subject to trichinosis than
any other mammal. The catholicity
of the porcine appetite is to blame,
not any affinity that trichina have
for pork. as this parasite will thrive
equally well if introduced into the stomach
of any animal. The process of infection is
simple. The worm is only dangerous when
introduced into tine stomach. Each Of the
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her MOTHERS GRAVE.
Only a Poor and Lame Little Girl. but She
Loved That Lonely Mound.

She was only little lame girl, with thin
plnched cheeks. great melting eyes and a
general look of sorrow and suffering around
her. Her poor and old fashioned clothes,
pokey little bonnet and threadbare jacket
not only spoke OF poverty, but told of a
neglected and wretched home. The man at
The cemetery had seen her around many
times since the spring weather had made a
visit to the burial ground pleasant, and
since MAY came in she had seemed TO spend
nearly ali her time in the city of the dead.
Not that she appeared to be interested in
the flne monuments. the fi0wer-decked lots
or the beautiful graves. She never cared to
notice them. She always limped her soil
Larry way to quiet corner OF the single
section, where, seated upon q neglected
mound, she would stay for hours, thinking,
quietly Grooming to herself, oblivious of her
surroundings and seemingly careless as to
who might see her and Indifferent 10 what
was going on in other parts Of the beautiful
grounds.
On Memorial day morning she was at her
post as soon as The gates were open and the
cemetery-keeper watched her painfully hob
bling along to her accustomed seat and saw
her reverently place upon it a little handful
of poor, tawdry blossoms and daisies 1t
was small and pretty form of decoration,
purity of the sympathy which prompted her
to decorate an unmarked grave.
Taking bunch of exquisite roses in his
hand the man followed the little girl TO the
place where she was seated and, handing
them to her, said: look here, sis, this
wont do. l cannot have little girl like
you moping away by yourself in this dull
place. You must come mp to the top of the
hill and see the procession and all the nice
people. I'll find you seat, little one, and
then, when you're tired OF being among all
the fine folks and pretty flowers you can
take your bouquet and go home"
"0h, please. sir, let me stay where l am
My dress is old and shabby and | should be
ashamed. l thank you for the roses. They
are very sweet and--may l lay them on the
grave instead of taking them home? They
are too pretty for me-bnt they are not too
good for her"
why, little girl. how you talk. Whose
grave do you wish to lay them on? %
On my mothers"
The man turned away. Tears were in his
eyes. The cbiid'S sorrow unnamed him.
The other morning ! was looking around
the lots when the cemetery keeper came ty.
How goes your little lame protege?'' |
asked.
went down to the hospital to see her
last night" he replied. ;" and she will never
come here again until it is to be laid by her
mothers side. She was dying when left
her, and as | pressed her little Worn hand in
Kidding her good-by she said: Thank you
for the flowers. The angels have told me
that mother was grateful for Them "-Phila-
dplphia Times
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THE CRoWNLESs QUEEN.
Extracts From Correspondence Betweel
Natalie aud Milan.

Extracts From Correspondence Between
Natalie aud Milan.
The correspondence between ex-King
Milan and ex-Queen Natalie was published
recently in Paris. King Milan addresses
his former wife throughout as ''you,"
while Natalie uses the familiar thou"
The ex-Queen, TO judge from her letters,
had great difficulty in persuading Milan to
reply. She complains that she had written
him three times during the winter of 1887
and had received no answers. Early in 1888
she announced her intention to return
TO Servia. II am curious" she said, ito
know what new political catastrophe thou
wilt invent in thy answer to prevent my
return. l shall see whether thou hast a
fertile fancy. | beg that thou wilt ans er
me and not neglect me as thou didst in
Florence" The answer came with the an
nouncement that he had made application
for divorce. Again the Queen wrote !:
Thy answer frightened me less than thou
wouldst believe. Servia is not the land
where one can leave his wife as he might
drive away mistress who bad ceased 10
please him. | defy thee to show single
instance in which l have siuned against
thee" In her last letter, written a few
months later, Natalie. writes somewhat
sadly: " / repeat, Milan, the day will come
when thou wilt regret what thou hast done |;
but 1t will then be too late. / have never
hated thee. and l pity thee DEEPLY
cage liner o can
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DOMESTIC ANIMALS.

They Are One Great Cause of Diphtheria
in Rural Districts.
A recent study of diphtheria by DR.. Long
staff presents some important facts on the
etiology of the disease, more particularly as
it is observed in England. But the causes
Of diphtheria are probably the same every
where, and the results of DR.. LongstafPs
researches therefore apply to America.
AS summarized in the Medical Record of
This city, these results SEEM to establish the
fact that contact with domestic animals is
sometimes a cause of diphtheria. DIR.
Longstaff says: The -peasantry live on in
innate terms with domestic animals, more
particularly cows, sheep, pigs and poultry
Including pigeonS). Some little known
disease of some one or other of these crea-
lures may be capable of inducing in men or
women brought into contact with them
trivial 'membraneous sore throat then
under suitable conditions of recipient and
environment the more generally recognized
form of the disease, true diphtheria,' or, as
1t used to be called, 'cyanche maligna,' may
result"
Upon this theory of the origin of diph-
iberia the poison may gather intensity aud
Effectiveness, and be conveyed from rural
districts into cities through farm produce
rs milk, cream, poultry and vegetables.
Diphtheria appears to have its birthplace in
the country instead of the city. DR.. Long
staff finds that for every 1000 deaths from
the disease in densely populated districts
There are ITS deaths In moderately peopled
districts and 1907 deaths in sparsely settled
districts His suggestion, therefore, may
be practically tested and utilized by plysi-
clans Practicing In rural c0mmlLitleS.-N.
Y. Herald.
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A MONSTER IClCLE.
1t Descends From the Hills Carryi
Everything Before NJ

1t Descends From the Hills Carrying
Everything Before 1T.
On Monday last. says the Seattle Tele-
graph, lsUd noise ami slight shaking of the
earth caused no little wonderment among
residents near the hill. Investigation proved
the cause to be an ice slide.
small and innocent spring Issues from
the side of one of the mountains, its waters
spreading and flowing over a steep incline
of rock. During the past winter months lee
formed against this wall of stone, increas-
ing in size, until one vast icice fully twenty
feet in thickness and a thousand feet in
length, projected into the valley below
From tie warmth of the sun and its own
weight it released its hold and Numbered
down the mountain side, carving every
thing before it, even trees three feet in
diameter.
Those who have visited the place say that
the foot of the cliff presents mass of
broken ice, trees, limbs and earth fifty feet
in height This is a repetition of occasional
occurrences in previous years, but on a
grander scale.
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Society in New York takes its tone very
largely from. England in horsey matters.
All the young men in the smart sc. have
praciiced until they can shift their cigars
from their mouths to the rein hand before
lifting their hats to the ladies of their ac-
quaintance RS deity as that mirror of good
form and bad morals. the Prince of Wales
himself. The drivers salute which one sees
en- London 'bus-that rigid lifting OF the
right arm with the whip held perpendicu-
lariy-can be seeh in its perfection anv dsy
on Fifth avenue. The Coaching Gibbs an
nual parade on Fifth avenue is as fine
sight as the parade in london, OF james
Gordon BENEFITS famous appearance ON
the avenue de f'Opcra and Champs Eiysees
in Paris. 1t is becoming more and more
inc custom every year 10 take the coaching
and carriage horses into the county. Mr..
Ward McAllister has had his horses with
him IN Saratoga for a month, off and on.
Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt will have at
Newport her carriage hnrsas, bought for
So, 900 from NJ. Thome OF Paris, and driven
by Napoleon Iips old position, Gnillot. A
considerable section of the Coaching Club
travelled all the way from New York In DIR.
Seward Wcbb's enormous place near Bnri-
ingt6n. VI, In four In hand pulled by
relays of horses.
The rise and increase of the passion for
horses. and a National Hackney Harse AS
ISOLATION has been formed 10 control aud
encourage their importation and breeding.
Seward Webb. John A. Lngaa Jr. and A. j.
Cassatt are p.;me movers IN The enterprise
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DEEP-SEA SHARKS.
They Die for Want of Pressure whe
Brought TO the Surface.

They Die for Want of Pressure When
Brought to the Surface.
Fishes have been found, it is said, three
miles below the surface of the ocean, and
when specially has been made of deep-sea
soundings. as in the voyage of Il. NJ. S. Chal-
leDger and others. the very greatest ocean
depths nave been found TO be very popu-
lous. Plants, on the contrary, do not live
in the very deepest waters, and it is sup
posed, therefore, that the deep-sea animals
either prey upon each other OF get their
food from dead organisms and plants which
sink to the bottem.
The phnsphoreseent fishes, those which
light up the waves abont them SO brilliantly,
are found IS far as a mile below the sur
face. The most of the fishes found ia what
are the 'abyssal zones" have only rudi-
men.ary eyes.
Some have only long feelers, but these
enable them 20 grope their way about at the
bottom of the sea. On the other. hand. there
are several "abyssar species Of fishes
which have. eyes so large that they ere
wholly out OF proportion to the rest of their
bodies. These are supposed TO follow their
phesplorescent brethren, whehs act as beacon
lights In the may depths OF old Neptune's
ira kiss wastes.
The light of some of these ocean lamp
posts, which have been brought To the sur
lace by deep-sea dredgers, are so bright that
during the short space the animal survives
IL is easy to read by the light, even though
the nirht be one of " Egyptian darkness
The reason that fishes and mollusks living
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Here is pair of revolvers that General
Fremont carried across the continent when
he was earning the title of Pathfinder
They are among the first made and are
loaded with powder and ball. Here is the
ramrod. And here is a pair of firearms still
more valuable. Sir Walter Raleigh carried
these to America and home again to En-
gland, where, after trouble overlook him,
they fell into the hands of an English fam
lily. whose descendants brought them to
America, and they finally drifted in here.
let SO go on them and they are worth it
yet. Here is a sword worn by Stafford, who
was beheaded IN London on the charge of
attempting the life of King Charles. Oates
and Shatteshury, the wretches, gave per-
jured testimony against him. On. learned
a heap. Of history in my school days. A fell
low couldn't gather up things of this kind
without knowing that; 1T helps him to put a
value on the articles.
These snuffers are from the household
of Lady Fairfax OF colonial Virginia. Here
is Bible that went through the massacre
of St. Bartholomew and another that came
over in the May flower" Chicago Herald.
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CUSHING'O GREAT EXPLOIT.
The Most DaHHuaSS Naval Deed Known in
Our Annals.

In view Of the recent use of the torpedo
down in Chile, the July Cosmopolitan brings
up the Aibemarle episode:
Torpedo warfare was in its infancy when
William Barker Gushing blew up thu Abe
marie. Farragut once said to General James
Grant Wilson that he deemed the deshuo-
ton of the Albemsrle the most dauntIeSs
naval deed ever performed by any young
officer of the American Navy. This DOW
erful vessel had successfully encountered
strong fleet Of Federal gHn boats and fought
them for Several hours without sustaining
material damage. There WAS nothing in the
Northern squadron able to cope with her.
Gushing, says General Wilson 10 the Cos
mopOlltan, volunteered To destroy the Abe
marie, and with Steam launch and n small
crew he assembled the Roanoke River towing
an armed cutter. This was on the night of
October 81, 1864.
against just sneh az attack as this, but the
Liec:enants luck did not desert MIN, and he
was within 100 yards of the iron-clad ram
before he was discovered Casting off the
cutter he ordered her crew to attack picket
post near by. while, with a full head of
steam, he drove the launch straight at the
huge vessel, whose crew rushed TO quarters
and at once opened fire, Gushing replying
effectively with his howizer. A circle OF
heavy logs, doomed well out from her sides
Will Ntis puipcsS VI LIS ne
ton of torpedoes. was discovered by the
young hero. but the boat was driven over
them. as they had become Shiny, and by the
time the launch received her death wound
from the enemy's guns Gushing had coolly
swung the torpedo boom under the Abe
marle's oyerhang or bottom and exploded
the charge.
Ordering his crew 10 look out for them
selves he sprang into the river. swan under
water as far as possible, and in the darkness
escaped alone, reaching the opposite bank
hall a mile below. As soon as he recovered
his strength he plunged into the dense
swamp, and, after many hours of weary
wandering and wading, came out upon tie
shore of creek. WHERE, with his usual good
lnck, he found small picket boat, and at
II o'clock the following night, almost dead
from cold, hunger and fatigue. Gushing was
carried on board the Valley City, United
States gunboat. As soon as it was known
that he had returned, after destroying the
Albemarle, rockets were rejoicingly thrown
up by every vessel of the feet.
or the gallant fellows who volunteered to
risk their lives with the fearless Gushing,
but one escaped, all the others being
either drowned, killed or captured. To his
brother officers he remarked as he was SET
ting out TO DESTROY the ironclad, Another
stripe or a coffin!" Five times he was off
cially cont limented by the Secretary of the
Navy, and for the affair If the Albemarle
he received the thanks of Congress.
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edge that IN British usage the equivalents If
these words are railway. guard. gradient and
ibie now and again, especially on the part of
the most highly cultivated writers, an OBJ
yious delight in grasping an indigenous
word racy of the soil. There is many an
American expression of pungent fresh
ness which authors, weary of an outworn
vocabulary, seize eagerly. 1t may be a new
word, but it would net be in accord with
our traditions to refuse naturalization
to a welcome newcomer; or it may be n
survival Furnishing here in our open fields,
although long since rooted out of the trim
island garden on The other side of the At
lantic, and in such case we use it unhesi-
tatingly to-day as our forefatkers used it
in the past, following" as Lowell remarks,
'sthe fashion of our ancestors, who unhap-
PLY could bring over no English better
than Shakespeare"
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A MICROSCOPICAL
DEVELOPMENT.
ffiChiHS Discovered by Federal InSpec
tors at Chicago.
An Interesting Conversation With One of the
Corps Of Microscopists on the Disease
and Its Dangers.

The news that the Federal inspectors
working at the Nelson Morris building I'M
der the direction of Professor Michels, the
microscopic had discovered trichina in a
large percentage of days slaughter at the
yards caused terrible scare, says Chi
cago special to the ST. Louis Post Dispatch
The efforts to suppress the important
news which went out on the telegraph
wires are as widely known as the news of
the discovery. The inspectors and their
assistants are not SO ready to talk about the
subject as they were, but from one Of the
brightest members of the big corps your
correspondent obtsined some very interest
ing facts, which pictures of the encysted
and freed triehlna will explain.
VERY few people," said he, understand
Just what the parasite causing this disease
is. how it is introduced into the human sys-
TEN, and how all danger can be ebviatsd.
The trichina spirali5 is "A worm so minute as
to be invisible to the naked eye, but under
a hlgh-power microscope it develops into
formidable animal. 1t belongs to the class Of
ariicuiates, is about three-thousandths of an
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NOT WASHED IN FIVE YEARS.
A Remarkable Admission That Wa
Made By Pauline Hall.

Remarkable Admission That Was
Made By Pauline Hall.
II haven't washed my face for FIVE years.
As Miss Pauline Hail made this reInarka-
BILE statement she glanced in mirror and
smiled. ''Oh, its fact. assure you,'' she
continued. ''and yet my face is as clean as il
batled in water half a dezen times day."
You see," continued the Princess, g"
make mp my face very little, and that is the
reason, suppose, so many people recognize
me on the street. First of all, | carefully
rub cold cream all over Ny cunntenance,
and use this as the canvas, if SO one may
Call 1t, upon which to paint the picture-tnt
particular face needed in each character.
You know one makes up ones face just as
an artist paints portrait. Then u little
rouge, a very little, for inycolor Is naturally
high, a few delicate touches with a pencil,
for eyebrows, and a minimum of powder.
There We arr. Seef After the performance
remove the make-up with cold cream, and
this / always use as n substitute for water
III washing my face. That is what meant
when / said had not bathed my face for
years. or course, warm water is carefully
used about the eyes, but not drop, thank
you, on any other part of my face. To this
alone attribute my success in keeping clear
and soft my complexion, year i'll and year
out. Philadelphia Press.
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LINCOLN AS A WHIG.
GreeIey's First Impressions of the Mar
tyred President.


GreeIey's First Impressions of the Mar
tyred President.
About 1868 Horace Greeley wrote a re-
markable address on Abraham Lincoln,
which it is believed was never delivered.
The Ms. came into the possession of a
former editor OF the Tribune. and is now
first published in the July Century under
the title 'Greeley's Estimate of Lincoln"
or Lincoln, the Congressman, Mr.. Greeley
says:
81 first met Mr.. Lincoln late in 1913 Mt
Washington, as a representative in tho
Thirtieth Congress-the only one to which
he was ever elected. His was. as appor-
toned under the census of 1910, Wing dis
trict, and he was elected from it in 1876 by
the largest majority it ever gave any one.
lie was then not quite 40 years old, a genial,
cheerful, rather comey man, noticeably tall,
and the only Wing from Illin0is-not re-
markable otherwise, TO the best OF my reco J.
lection. He was generally liked on our side
OF the House; he made two or three mod
crate and sensible speeches which attracted
little attention; he voted generally TO for
bid the INTRODUCTION Of slavery into the still
untainted TerritoIies; but he did not vote
for Mr.. Galts resolve booking to the imme-
date abolition of slavery in the Federal dis
trict. being deferred by the somewhat fiery