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Chinese Detectives.

NJ. Victor Duhasse, French surgeon
stationed at Tonquin, China, says: A
Frenchman naturally thinks the Partisan
detectives the best. The Engligh swear
by the shrewdness OF Scotland Yard
men, and Americans, of course, by the
New York detectives. After three years
residence in China do not think either
of the three bodies are entitled 10 the
credit given. The Chinese beat them
all. They are at one time the most ex-
pert thieves and at another the most
skilled detectives in the world. A
Chinaman can steal your watch while
you are looking at it, aud he can catch
the man who stole it, If it happened to-
be some other than himself, when
French detective could not. l have seen
evidences OF detective ability among
the Chinese which would startle even
Zols. 1t is impossible for an evil doer
to long elude the Chinese detectives.
They scent a crime and follow it to the
last before civilized detectives would
know OF it. In country Of 80 many
people, who all look alike, this is re-
markable. | heard of one case which
will serve to illustrate their shrewdness.
A family in Tonquin was murdered
and there was no apparent clew to the
murderer. The entire detective corps OF
three provinces were placed upon the
case and in three weeks the murderer
none other than the chief of the secret
police who handled the chase for the
murderer-was arrested and beheaded.
Think of that. The Chinese detective
force is a secret body and the best organ
lied in the world. They have an eye
upon every man, woman and. child, for
eign or native, in China, and in addition
watch each other. Informers are en-
couraged and collusion is impossible.
The head of the Chinese police is not
known, but there is one, aud very ac-
tive one, too. l have heard that the
present head was once an ambassador to
European country, but really do not
believe that any one knows who is he.
There are said to be over 500, 900 men
under him and his assistants, who con-
troll the various districts.-S. Louis
qIObs- DeDlOcrdt
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Eranea's PrlntInu 0fnoe.

The French National Printing Works,
in which there was a strike recently,
date from the year 1910, aud owe their
origin to Louis XIII, who established
them under the title Imprimerie Roysle.
The works were suppressed at the be-
ginning Of the Revolution and reorgan-
lied 10 the year Ii. The State printing
Office has bad many homes, and is now
in the old ion of the princely house
Of Rohan in the Rue yielle du Temple,
which still retains traces Of its former
splendor. Besides dong all the print
ing Of the Ministries and other public
bodies, the presses of the Imprimerie
Rationale are at the service OF all private
persons who require types which cannot
be had elsewhere. The collection at the
Hotel de Rohan is unique, and Is said
70 contain more than two hundred dif.
ferent faces. -Nt's York Pos,
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THE HAPPIEST HOURS.

What are the happiest hourss
Is the time that is spent in life's spring
rhe most blest when creation doth sing
In its multiple measure of gladness,
And TO live seems so sweet,
And the heart far too light to entertain sad
ness
Ones JOY to deplete:
What are the happiest hours1
When the Stream has embraced its own
rivers
When the bud, with it's passionate quiver,
Bursts into the beautiful flower?
When the echoes respond to the voices'
Whom from weakness, one rises to power.
And, transfgured, rejoices'
What are the happiest hours'
When strong with the vigor OF being
One sees of life all worth the seeing,
And tastes of the first fruits Of pleasure'
When all clouds roll away,
Aud. ones cup, running DER with good
measure,
Will content for the day!
What are the happiest hours?
When one knows that ones dutyis done.
When that long-drawn and thin thread is
spun
That some name as life or existence.
The hours, happiest, best,
Are those serving God in persistence;
Those hours lead 60 rest!
H T. Dodsvorth, in Boston Transcript.
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The Bee and lts Voice.

In recent work on the bee, F. W.
Cowan states that the insect can draw
twenty times its own weight, can ay
more than four miles an hour, and will
seek food at a distance of four miles.
By a beautiful mechanical adaptation,
its wings bear it forward or backward,
with upward, downward, Of suddenly
arrested course. Its thrcefold voice
organs are the vibrating wings, the vi
brating rings of the abdomen, and true
vocal apparatus in the breathing aper-
ture or spiracle. The buzz is produced
by the first two, and the hum-which
may be "surly, cheerful, or colIoquially
signifcant"-by the vocal membrane. A
number Of the bees notes have been in
terpreted. "Humm" is the cry Of con-
tentment; "Wuh-nuh-nuh" glori6es the
egg-layings of the queen; "Shu-u-u' IS
the note Of young bees at plays "S-s-s-s'
means the muster OF a swarm; "B-r-r-r'
the slaughter or expulsion Of the drones;
and the 'Tu-tu.tu" of the newly hatched
young queen is answered by the "qus-
qua qua" of the queens still imprisoned
in their cells. Trenton (N J.) American.
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A Bottemless Pit.

n the bottomless pit has not been
located before, the Maine Central Rail
road officials are willing to wager that
they have found 1t at Lily Pond, on the
new Dexter and Dover branch. The
track began to settle at this place about
two months ago, and since then trains
have been run around the spot on tom
porsry track, while efforts have been
made to obtain solid roadbed by dump
ing gravel into the swamp. The more
gravel used the more appears to be
needed, and now, after 1900 carloads
have been dumped inio the hole, there
is still room for as much more. It is
said that the waters Of the swamp are
inhabited by strange lizards and eyeless
fsh.--Darok Free Rrss.
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A Gigantic Power Plant.

The largest hy-wheel in the United
States has been turned at Boston in re-
sponse to the touch of Henry NJ. Whit
ney, of the West Eud Street Railway
Company. In other words the first big
engine in the new power-house of the
road was started. This house is designed
to furnish the electric power for running
nearly all of the street cars in Boston.
This central power station concentrates
in one place a greater amount of horse
power than is known anywhere else in
the world. The boiler house is 100 feet
long by eighty feet wide, and designed
10 contain twenty four boilers, which
will supply steam for thirteen engines in
the power house. These engines are Of
the triple expansion type, and OF suffi
cient capacity to develop at a maximum
1000 horse power each, making the total
capacity at the station 26,0 horse
power. This added to the capacity Of
the Cambridge station, will make on the
completion of the proposed extensions
total of "a, 900 horse power, sufficient to
run 100 long cars. This gigantic plant
is, however, only about half completed
at present, enough to operate $50 long
cars. The countershaftiug in the base
ment will be when completed, the largest
piece OF work Of this kind that has ever
been built, and is designed to transmit
the power OF the engines to the genera
tors on the floor above. These genera
tors, now in process of construction by
the Thomson Houston Company, will be
the largest street railway generators that
have ever been built. The water for con-
densing purposes, of which 81, 900 gal
Ions a day will be necessary, is obtained
from the South Bay through thirty
inch cast iron pipes entering the end OF
the power house.
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Tennessee Pearls.

The discovery of valuable pearls il
Tennessee waters was purely accidental.
Two young men of Murfreesboro went
on an outing to Stones River. They
opened a mussel and found beautiful
pearl, which they took to town with
them, and after some discussion con-
cluded to send it to Tiffany to see
whether it possessed any value. They
were astonished and the whole town was
thrown into a state OF excitement when
they received a few days later check
for $50.
A furor almost rivaling a gold excite
ment on the Pacific slope broke out, and
men, women and children turned out to
wade in the shadows of Stones River
aud hunt the precious stones. But this
excitement did not last long. 1t re-
suited in the death of 1000, 900 mussels,
but the discovery of very few salable
pearls; it was found that it took a
patient man and philosopher to hunt
pearls successfully. They arc grown
within the ruffied folds of the ordinary
mussel that is found in great abundance
in all Tennessee streams. The pearls
are of all shapes, the most valuable be-
ing round or oval, and possess delicate
luster that is not often seen in any other
precious stone.
In the country districts many people
living along the streams hunt pears in
summer, and there are few professional
pearl hunters who do little else, winter
or summer, and earn all the way from
5000 to $500. OF course, man
"stauis to win" great deal more, and
each pearler is waiting for the time
when he will find the big lustrous stone
that will make him rich. A great many
large pearls are found-say the size OF
an English pea-but they usually lack
the luster that gives them value, and
consequently it is generally the medium
sized pearl that brings the most money.
tyThe pearls are usually sent to Tiffsny's
in New York, where, according as
directed, he either sends the money for
them or makes sn offer which is gen
orally accepted. They range in price
from few cents to $40 or $50, few
bringing over 800. The average pearl
ranges in price from % or 50 to $50.
There are a great many pearls found
that are worthless from their shape, color
and imperfect formation. --Nashvills
American.
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South and West.

JOHN RUSH. a young white man, was
lynched at Columbia, La, for the murder OF
Hagar Sterling, an old colored woman.
AT the Norton beet sugar factory at Nor
folk, Neb.. Lloyd Cobb, son Of one Of Nor
folks leading business men, fell into one Of
the carbonation tanks and vas overcome by
the caroonic acid gas, which is used in the
manufacture OF sugar. Cobb died soon
after being taken out Jules Vigeraux. WHO
tried to rescue him, was fatally injured
BLACK DIPTHERIA is spreading rapidly in
Norwegian settlement in Soldiere Valley,
Harrison County, Iowa. Fourteen deaths
from the disease were reported, six Of them
In one family.
The new forty thousand dollar Court
House at Childress, Texas, with all the REG
ords of Childress and Cottle Counties was
burned.
GOVERNOR NoRrHES, Of Georgia, has
vetoed the School bill, involving an sppro.
priation OF 81, 100000
The boiler Of threshing machine burst at
Mayville, North D ,kota. and killed six men.
The explosion was due TO cold water being
forced into heated boiler when the water
was low.
TIE Postofhce at Crookston MINI, was
broken into and robbed. Stamps, registered
letters aud money orders b the amount Of
$500 and Si00 in cash were taken.
THE Bank of Lswisburk. the Oldest bank
ing house in Lewisburg, Tenn, closed its
doors, owing to the stringency in the money
markets and failure TO secure extension OF
time. The liabilities are $50, 00O
The Louisiana National Bank Of New
Orleans, La., made public the fact that it had
been ROBBED by its paying teller Eugene
Garcia aged seventy, OF $4,000.
The ten colored men who were to have
been hanged at Columbia, S. c., few days
ago for the murder of Thornton Nance. were
granted a stay of proceedings.
OFFICERS OF the Louisiana Lottery. in
cluding General Beauregard, President Cop
rad and Secretary Harner, were indicted BY
the Grand Jury in Sioux Falls, North
Dakota. United States mlrshals startedfor
New Orleans to arrest them,
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Every Man q MaQnet.

That the human frame IS an excellent
magnet is we'll known by practical ex
perience to every matchmaker and
mender, says a jeweIer in the st. Louis
Globe Democrat. A man will carry a
watch for years and be proud of its ac-
curacy, then he will fall sick, the watch
will lie on the msntel or on the dresser
and will develop crest inaccuracy and
unreliability. No explanation is forth
coming except the one that the absence
of magnetism upset the time announcer,
and the best proof of this is that when
the man gets around again and carries
his watch it soon gets all right again.
No two men appear to have the same
magnetism in their frames, and 1t is
seldom that two individuals can use the
same watch satisfactorily.
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PUN.

The man who takes the will for the
deed runs the chance for contest.
To the indolent man every movement
is a labor movement. Boston Courier.
He-"A penny for your thoughts" "
She (coin .collector)-"W What's the dstel"
"There is more snap than go about
the thing" as the rat remarked OF the
trap. Baltimore american.
"Do you suppose George could be
base enough to marry me for my money!"
Chow much have you got2"-hfe.
ooh, mamma" exclaimed little John
ME, "the trees in our yard are getting
bald headed. ."-BingIamtoa Republican,.
One should always feel sure, before
beginning to airt with the muses., that
he has poetry in his soul and not 10 his
stomach Ga1gsston NelOs.
Girls who allow sparkling in their
homes should use smokeless powder, SO
that the engagement may not be discov.
cred. Baltimore AmericGA.
Experience is a teacher who gives you
information you cannot impart to your
son for fear OF shattering his filial venera-
tion.-Indianapolis Journal
He-"I have had you in mind good
deal lately, Miss Helen" She-"You
always did try to make me feel small,
Mr.. Chumply. ."-Brookiya Life.
1t always spoiIs the effect of the ser
mon on man when he intends to put
nickel on the plate aud absent-miudedly
puts on a quarter. Buffalo Tins.
Humble Citizen-"Sec here, barber;
you've cut piece out of my ear Ton
serial Artist-"Yes, they seemed to me
to be triae large. - Boston Courier.
Punsby-"The vital flavor of wit is
its entire uuexpectedness. Now"
Criticus-"Then, by that test, what a
wit you must have, for | am sure nobody
expects it. t."-Baltimore american.
Mrs. SqualIs-"Oh, George, arise in
stantly. fear something terrible is 60
ing to happen to baby" Mr.. Squ'l:--
"What's the row1' Mrs. SqualIs-"He
has fallen into quiet, natural sleep"
Mr. Squslls-"For goodness sake Tel
ephone the doctor. Minneapolis Jour-
nal.
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THE NEWS EPITOMIZED.
Eastern and Middle States.

By the premature explosion Of blast
three men at work on DR.. Webb's new rail.
road at Malone, n. Y, were killed and a
fourth, an Italian, was terribly injured
SECRETARY BLAINE lef5 Augusta Maise,
for Washington
GEORGE FTrs, farmer, Mclean, N. Y,
has been buncoed out of 5000
In Oakdale, Penn, John Stabier's dog bit
William Mcmahon. McMahon killed the
dog and then sIot Stablor, killing him in
stantly.
THEODORE DoERFLINGER a prom inent
Pittsburg druggist. President Of the Dexter
Spring Company and Treasurer of the
Seventh Ward School Boari, has been arrest
ed, charged with forgery and embezzlement
Of school funds One report makes the
shortage 5000 and another ST. 600
EVERY liquor dealer at Bar Harbor, Ne,
has been Indicted for violation Of the liquor
law
A SEVERE storm prevailed along the New
England coast. ami snow fell in Worcester,
Mass. Boston; Hartford, Conn. Newport
X. J., and Ellsworth, Ne. IL was The earliest
snow storm known since 1876.
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"Are you really in earnest, Helest'

"Are you really in earnest, Helese@
"Do look like one who jestsi"
! "My own darling"
"Captain Lascelles, this joke has been
carried altogether too far. Leave me.
Go to your Valda Valdaz. l resign in
her favor"
Captain LascelleS arched'his handsome
eyebrows in dismay.
"well, | can easily go to her" OBJ
served he, "for, to speak the truth, she's
out there in the carriage. Wait just
minute. I'll bring her in!"
Helen Hyde stood still overwhelmed
by his smiling assurance.
At the same moment the other door
opened and Sarah Pousonby came in
with the soft, gliding motion of SER
;pent.
| Helen turned to her with startled eyes
and uplifted finger.
"Hushl" said she, ''He is there!"
"He2 who"
Reginald Lascellesl"
'Nonsense" cried Miss Ponsonby.
"Why-"
"Don't you hear his footstep on the
stair9n sharplv interrupted Helen.
Miss Ponsonby grew pale as the we'll
known step approached, but it was too
late to retreat.
"Here we arel" gayly spoke Captain
Lsscelles.
And he came in, accompanied by a
beautiful little nine yesr-old girl, with
soft dark eyes and silky curls fringiug
her brow.
"Here is valda Valdez, Helen, said
he-"my little sweetheart--the girl |
was engaged to before met you. But
she'll give me up. Won't you, valda"
The little beauty executed regular
Maria Antoinette courtesy to the young
lady.
eyes" she solemnly answered. "Csp-
tain Adonis' was very nice once, but
I've got a younger beau now-little
Serene De Walden, in Madrida Villa,
next plantation" l."
And Captain Lascelles triumphantly
presented a handsome matron in black
and satin and a gem of Paris hat, as
Mrs. Valdez"
YOU'RE not jealous now, are you,
Helenl" Lascelles asked, gaily. "You
see, they're very old friends of mine,
and valda here is my good daughter. "
Miss Ponsonby came forward at this
iuncture, all uneasy smiles.
"You're surprised to see me here,
dear Mrs. Valdez, are you notG" said
she.
Mrs. Valdez bowed coldly.
"In this world" she said, epigram-
matically, nothing surprises me-"
And turning to Miss Hyde she began
to talk in quite another strain.
Not until afterward did Helen entirely
comprehend this curious complication of
affairs. Miss Ponsonby, it appeared,
had been discharged from her Southern
situation for flirting too openly with the
handsome clergyman OF the parish, as
we'll as for grossly neglecting VaIda and
her little sisters, and Helen was uuwill-
ingly forced to admit that her beautiful
Greek goddess was at once treacherous
and unprincipled.
81 told you nothing but the truth, y
said Sara, sullenly. "He was engaged
to her."
"You told me the truth in words, per-
haps," said Helen, severely. "But the
spirit was false"
ooh, if you're so much in love with
Captain AdOnls' as that" said Sara,
insolently, "there's no use in my trying
to disenchRnt you
"No use at all, said Helen, calmly.
And Miss Ponsonby packed her trunk
that night and left Beauvoir.
Engaged people are so dresdfully
stupidn said she. "And besides, that
ungrateful Helen never asked me to
stay any longer. '--Saturday Night.
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Foreign.

JOHN REDMOND. Parnellite, will be
candidate for the late leaders vacant seat
for Cork City, in the British Parliament
ApyIcEs from Almeris, in Andalusia,
Spain, report the prevalence Of great floods
in that vicinity. The mountain torrents
flowing from the Sierra Nevada have mum
dated the surrounding country. The dsm-
age to property was immense.
A FIRE has destroyed the town OF Dida,
Russia. The Government offices and over
100 other buildings were consume.
TIE Car has donated 81. 500, 900 TO the re-
lief OF the famine stricken provinces. Five
cloth factors have failed in Moscow, WIN
aggregate liabilities OF 81, 5OO,OOO.
A BAND of about fifty Albsnians attacked
n nertv of Montenegrins and a fight took
place at point between Bielopolle ana Sien-
TIA. SIX Montenegrins were killed ana one
was severely wounded
TEE ChiIiau elections for Presidential
electors and members Of the Senate ana
Chamber of Deputies resulted IN s"eepihs
victory for the Liberals. y
AN abortive attempt at revolution took
place in Paraguay.
SERIOUS anti-Semitic riots are reported at
Tchernigoff, Russia, in which thirty he
DreWs were killed, while 0OO suuefe1 eitnei
in person or in property. The populace tninx
that the Hebrews are responsible for tne
famine.
As military train was passing through
the town Of Reni, in Bessarabla. bombs were
thrown by which ten soldiers were killed ami
six seriously injured.
DISASTROUS foods are reported from the
province of Granada, Spain. Runway
traffic is stopped, many houses WRECKED
and cattle lost Tue Thames oyerho~et rs
banks for thirty miles, aud reports from an
over Great Britain inficstei an increasing
food and great damage A terrible storm
raging in the Valley Of toe Rhone. France
has swept away the ST. Ollisrs bridge ds,
molshed the railway between N'snes and
Uzes and submerged the plain arounh pes
seges
JOHN 4. REDMOND announces tnat ne y
''the elected leader of the lrisa Parliament
ary party succeeding Parneii'
Ex-USrrxp STATES CoxsuL AgREAY
committed suicide at st. John. Ne" brurs-
wick, BY shooting himself "a the head. M
Murray was q native OF New YORK.
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"why, my darling, how have | In
Cured your displeasurcl Why have you
written me so cold and cruel letter."
1t was Captain Adonis" himself,
handsome as his NEUROLOGICAL prototype,
full of a certain smiling audacity that
aueered Helen more than ever.
Captain Lascelles," she answered,
haughtily, "please remember the old
proverb;
"sThe moon looks on many brooks;
The brook sees but one MOON
"Your proceedings are perhaps not so
wholly unknown to me as you imagine.
DO YOU know a lady called Miss Ponson-
byp
"Do know a cold-hearted coquette
who broke the heart of my best friend
down South2 Yes, of course do" he
answered.
'Do you know Miss valda valdeza"
oeThe dearest little girl in tho world
OF course. She is in New York now
with her mother, aud | am going to take
you there to. call"
Helen drew herself up with hauteur,
81 think not p said she, frigidly.
"Then l shall bring valda here"
81 decline to receive herl" flashed
Helen.
"'But, Helen"
s'Sliss Hyde, sir, if you pleasel"
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must take kindly to each other, and IL
they do this and are not gated alike,
will In a short time come to each other.
Their dispositions must be to outdo each
other, or you can never have fast team.
philadelphia Record.
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up bill hurry me not,
Down hill worry me not,
On the level spare me not,
And In the barn forget me mott

But the skill in driving single trot-
ter Is nothing compared with driving
two, and one eau almost count the artls
tic team drivers on his fingers. Dan
Moore was acknowledged the crack pro.
fessional when alive, but, among gentle
men who only drove for pleasure, Will
lam H. Vanderbilt was, without doubt,
the best, and, although he was classed as
an amateur, there we're few professionals
who could equal him. At the present
day bis performance, driving Maud 8.
aud Aldinc full mile in 2;..5i to top
wagon, is considered the best by horse
men. John Shepherd, the Boston mer-
chant, also showed himself an artist be-
hind bis crack team, Mill Boy and Blon-
dine. The best double-team driver OF
the present day is @. j. Hamlin, OF Buff
falo. Last season, when in his seventy
seventh year, he drove Belle Hamlin and
Justins a mile in 2:13t.
All these wonderful feats require, be-
sides perfect reinsman, perfectly
matched team, and this is difficult part
Of the contract. A perfect team, above
all things, must be mouthed alike; they
must take hold Of the bit IS one; they