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AMARRIAGE OF DWARYS

A Dainty Little Pair Which Was In the
Service Of Charles L
st. Nicholas.]
Little Gibson was at the christening, and
saw the small Anne decked out in great
splendor; and, although he was still rather
young to think of matrimony, he fell in
love with her then and there. His affec-
tion was returned, and in due course the
King and Queen gave their consent to the
marriage of the two dwarfsL
Great preparations were made for this
wedding, which was celebrated in the
chapel Of the Palace of St. James; and
everybody who was anybody At all was bid
den to the ceremony. Henrietta Maria,
who, in more senses than ono, was the
reigning beauty of the British court, took
great interest in the festivities, and ar
rayed herself in all her splendor and love-
illness to bestow her blessing on the little
pair.
The little bride looked charming in .
white satin dress with . very long train,
and the tinv groom wore a white satin
waistcoat with trimmings of satin. His
hose and breeches were of white silk, and
diamond buckles sparkled in his tiny shoes
The dwarfs were dainty pair, an d created
a sensation as they stood before the clergy
man exchanging their vows King Charles,
very handsome, very graceful, and looking
every inch king, gave away the bride.
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SOME ODDITIES OF FIsH

Differences Between Those That Swim Near
Shore OF in Deep Sea.
81. Louis Republic.l
Though no sharp line Of separation can
be drawn. marine fish are roughly divided
for convenience into three categoriea
Shore fish, those which habituallv frequent
coast lines, and rarely. if ever, descend to
a greater depth than 300 fathoms; pelagic
fishes, those which inhabit the open sea;
and the curious deep-sea forms, which live
at an enormous depth and sport around
where the influence Of light and surface
temperature are never felt Heilprin tells
us that the first-class, the shore fishes, il
composed of about $500 specieA Their
northern range extends to or even beyond
the eighty-third parallel Of latitude Even
this is q strange and unaccountable freak
in the fnny denizens of the deep, for in the
southern hemi sphere they are not known to
go beyond the sixtieth parallel In the diff
terent zones these fishes are largely identi-
cal in both the Atlantic and the Pacific
basins, as we'll as on the opposite sides of
these great ocean sinks"
Tropical waters, as one would naturally
suppose, produce greater abundance and
wider range of forms than those of temper
ate regions. The same may also be said Of
the reefs in the Indian ocean, in the near
vicinity of which may be found . greater
number of species ana wider diversity In
form than in the whole of the Atlantic
basin.
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ernment departments at Washington. I
have seen one Of our successful young liter
ary men debating to four stenographers st
once, and it took them till 2 o'clock the
next morning to find out what he had been
talking about in ordersthat it might be put
into typewriter copy. There we have over
go hours of work in Q single day put into
the productions of one great literary brain.
He errs, too, in saying that moods have
been credited with too much influence in
literature. It is impossible, Why, I know
q publisher who would no more buy an
article when he's in bad mood than he
would give dime to . starving man. But
just lure that fellow out of his office and let
him beat you at . couple Of games of bill
iards and he'll buy almost any old thing
that happens to be lying around in your
pockets. can't say how important that
mans moods have been to me. If hadn't
discovered the secret of them might now
be full of ambitious literary designs and
empty of dinner.
Cheating the Publisher With Delicacy.
But, taking moods moro seriously and
more nearly in the way intended BY MI.
Howells, and still disagree. There arc
days when I can't write my name with
marking ink on a celluloid collar and i'm
part any literary favor to it, aud there are
otner Gays when can dash OF o few lines
for the wrapper of a new soap and make
them so clean and pure and wholesome that
the purchaser will not need to see the soap
for several days.
Yet hold that proper methods of literary
production will come to a man naturally,
or, if they do not, he need not grieve But
the thing he really does require, the ability
to sell anything from green goods circular
down to poem, must be obtained by hard
study and dlligent copying of successful
practices. And if I have done anything
here, or can do anything in the future, to
teach the young writer how he may cheat
publisher to-day in such delicate manner
that he can cheat him twice as hard to-mor-
row, L shall feel that have not been wholly
untrue to those high literary ideals which
are cherished by the men about me who are
making the most money. The men whom I
speak of are not working, as honestly and
gratefully believe that Mr.. Howells is, for
the good of literature and the pleasure of
posterity, but for things that are more last
ing-for bank accounts and real estate in
those districts which a new system of rapid
transit will open up to the speculator.
HOWARD FIELDING
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WHY RAILS WILL CRIK.
Ths Western Ono On . North and South
Line Bound to Do So.

Ths Western Ono On . North and South
Line Bound to Do So.
Scientific Americana
The creeping Of rails has attracted some
attention Of late. and while We do not
attempt to explain 1t We offer q point on
the fact that on lines running North and
South the western rail 'creeps" faster
than the eastern rail; that is, this strange
mo vement of the rail toward the South
is more marked in one rail than the other
on the same track. Furthermore, it has
been noticed that on such q line the eastern
rails wear out the fastest Both of these
points, we think, can be explained BY the
motion of the earth as it turns from the
west toward the east. Motion tends to over
come gravitation. A rapid skater flies over
the thin ice without breaking through, and
q train at high speed has been known to leap
broken bridge unharmed.
Momentum overcomes gravitation, and
the greater the speed the less weight on the
rails Everything that has free motion is
dragged after the whirling globe. every
wind that blows and every tide that moves
feels the influence, and our train going
north or south is pulled over
toward the east, and naturally presses
the eastern rail most heavily. The
western rail, being relieved of its share of
weight, 'tcreeps" more freely and quickly.
It is also noticed that the whhels that run
on the eastern rail wear out FIRST, and we
can but think that this earth motion 10 the
true cause. The practical side of this il,
that the eastern rail and wheels should be
stronger
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Wilhelm Won Puttkamer, who Is vsri-
ously known as prince Won Puttkamer'
and Fritz, the Free Lance" is looking for
employment. He is member of the Salva-
tion Army, and has recently been employed
at the army shelter in Bedford street,
Brooklyn. Wilhelm is of noble birth. He
is descended from Prince Jesko Won Putt
kamer. who went to Pomerania, German y,
from Poland in 1910. Wilhelm's father is
Governor of Pomerania, and when he dies
Wilhelm win be wealthy. Prince Otto
Won Bismarck is his uncle, he says He has
been all over the world, has beeh shot three
times and carries two saber scars He was
converted.
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Pointers ON CHEAP MEHUI,

A New jersey Woman Tolls How to Law
ON Less Than SO Week.
Ladies' Home Journal
A New Jersey woman writes: my fam.
lily consists Of five grown people requiring
two meals day, as they all support them.
selves 1t is . necessity, If possible, for me
to keep my table on less than SO per week.
As you are 50 practical in your ways, ]
thought perhaps might be one Of the Jour
nal sisters and receive the benefit of you,
instructions"
the cost of each meal per person would be
only about "A cents; not large sum for q
working man or woman. Nothing is said
as to the third meal, which is probably
taken near the place of employment II
this meal be substantial one the
supper can be light, but if, on
the contrary, it be light lunch
con, then the break fast and supper
should be nutritious and substantial OF
course, with such small means the choicer
cuts of fresh meats are out of the question,
but the tougher and cheaper parts can be
used braized, stewed, made into soups, or
used in any of the savory dishes that only
require long, slow cooking to make them
tender and appetizink Eggs, when the
price is reasonable, are . most satisfactory
and economical kind of food. When there
is no objection to pork, on the score of
creed or health, it can be used in combina-
tion with many kinds of fish, vegetable and
cereals to give them savoriness and the
element they lack-fat. Macaroni, when
cooked and served with sauce, is nutri-
tious, healthful and cheap. Peas, barley
and beans, when made into stews, purees
and soups. make highly nutritious and verv
cheap food; and beans are good and sub
stantial when baked. Homemade bread is
essential to healthful and cheap living.
Chocolate and cocoa, made with milk, and
served with good bread, are a nutritious and
pleasing combination. Simple desserts are
economical and healthfll Stewed fruits,
with good bread, are much TO be preferred,
both on the score Of economy and health, to
pastry, an article both unhealthful and ex-
pensiye
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ADVICE TO WRITER'S.
Howard Fielding Thinks ". D,
Howells Is OF on q Few Points.
ABILITY TO SELL CONES FIRST
In the List Of Attributes Of the Successful
Literary Genius
INDIA RUBBER CoNscIENoEs aot
WRITTEN FOR THE DrsrAron.l

WRITTEN FOR THE DrsrAroH.l
A writer who desires to win or to hold the
favor Of the public and to payhis board
with reasonable regularity should confins
himself to such themes as all the people
understand Some of my great predecessors
neglected this principle and are now unable
to afford anything better than plain granite
monuments, whereas live in q 13-story fat
house with front that looks like Parian
marble except where the frosting is scraped
of: The "front," which I personally put
on, is an even better imitation than that.
The thought which is concealed in the
paragraph above came to me few days ago
after hsd read an interview in THE DIS
PATCH with Mr. Howells, in which there
was much good advice to young writerA I
felt strong impulse to attack the subject
and, incidentally, Mr.. Howells. This did
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ARNARKAMI uAn
II Lives Upon . Diet Of Egg Who's =,
It tCracks by Its Vertebra.

II Lives Upon Diet Of EGGS Who's ~
It Cracks by Its vertebra
London Daily Eews.)
An interesting snake has just been saas
to the collection of the Geological socisst
This creature lives exclusively upon q az
of eggs, which its small teeth permit
to swallow unbroken. But there is q n,
markable mechanism for extracting In. Al.
tents of the egg quite unique in the anims
kingdom.
The spines of some Of the vertebra prs
feet through the wall Of the gullet and az
tipped with enamel, so that they are yerj
table teeth. With the help of these th
eggshell is cracked and the contents libes
ated into the esophagus, where there is n
by the mouth. This singular serpen.
named Dasypeltis and comes from Souti
Africa,
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CHILDHOOD.

Chfl dhood Is the spring of existence
Life's morning and its May
When trouble is far in the distance,
And all the world is gay.
IT'S then that sweet voices sing gladly
In chorus through forest and dale;
'Tis then that no mortal sings sadly
And mirth sounds through valley and vale.
But soIemn-more solemn and sober
We grow with the flowing of years,
Till at last in the eve OF October
We sadly gaze back through our tearA
For Time in q manner pa hetic,
Has shivered the idols of youth,
Has banished fond fiction. poetic
And LETT only commonplace truth.
Oh, back in deep shadows lined dimly,
Lurk ghosts Of the hopes that are dead.
And peer through the somber shades
grimly-
Once pleasures-ere grasped they were he'd.
Pttrsburg, 1892. WILLIAM SCOTT.
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muzzle Of the gun, and second wire across
the path Of the bullet 30 feet distant, which
are connected electrically with q fine chro-
nometer. The bullet breaks the first wire
and starts the chronometer instantly: it
breaks the second wire and stops it. The
time occupied by the bullet in travelling 80
feet is thus ascertained, and from that can
be calculated the rapidity of the bullets
flight. To obtain the pressure. on the gun
pressure-gauge is used, heavy cylinder, in
which piston works through block upon
piece Of copper. The cylinder is loaded
and fired as if it were gun, the powder
drives the piston into the copper, and the
pressure is calculated from the indentation
therein.
Where is the greatest railway in the worldf
In this country, suppose. II. 8. X.
The longest railroad is in this country, or
rather in Canada-the Canadian Pacific, the
main line of which is nearly 5000 miles
long. The company controlling the largest
mileage is the Atchison, Topeka and Santa
Fe; it controls 1884 miles. But the COM
pany having the largest capital, and doing
the largest business, is the Lon don and
North Western Railway Company of Eng
land. In 1890 it operated 1,877 miles of
line; the Great Western road operated 2, 481
miles however. 1t owned $500 engines,
7,198 passenger cars, and 81, 429 freight cars;
the Midland Company, owning SO, ,668, and
the North Eastern Company, with 81 $40
freight cars, surpassed it. The North
Westerns capital, however, is e104, 600, 900,
am ounting to about $500, 600, 900; and its
train mileage was Al ,s99, 900 in 1890.
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Those Other OayA

Detroit Free Press.l
Oh, give us back those other days,
When life was full Of youth,
When all the birds sang merry lays
And what was truth was truth.
Those witching, welcome, wildwood days
Those days whom pent up joys
Broke forth in fifty thousand wayA
Each best to all us boys
Those days when every growing deld.
And every creek and tree,
Some fresh delight was made to yield,
Some new felicity.
oh, give MS back those other dAyA
These days are not the thing
Those other days when circuSeS
Came only with one ring.
" & LMpteA
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His Request Not Needed.

Even princes wish Is not always law in
effete monarchiea Prince Alexis, of Russia,
was anxious to see the derby run, but AZ
rived at the railroad station too late TO
catch the last train that would have brought
him to the track in time for the race. He
thereupon teIegraphed to the stewards Of
the jocky club: "Have missed train.
Kindly postpone derby till O'Clock" But
the request went unheeded and the race was
run on schedule time.
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as collateral security. Hence, by the prin-
ciple which I enunciated in the beginning,
I should never have written this letter, but
shall finish it, just the same, for need
the money. And this brings me naturally
to my advice to young writers.
Going Into Training to Succeed.
Training should begin at an early age.
One of the most successful young literary
men of my acquaintance began at the early
age of years to play marbles "for keeps"
At he pitched pennies, and though the
other fellows coin was oftener nearer the
mark, our young friend nearly always won
because he had way of representing case
which left nobody in it but himself. His
business ability attracted the attention of
his father, who made an honorable COM
potency by trading horses. The son soon
surpassed the father to such an extent that
he spent the last five years Of his minority
in reformatory institution, where hs was
associated with several youths who had
even better business heads than his own. In
short, when he came to New York at the
age of 81 he was thoroughly well fitted to
succeed.
And this is what wish to impress upon
the mind of any youth who would gain
money by literary work in tho metropolis:
Be business man. Don't waste your time
with Kerl's common school grammar; you
can hire typewriter girl who will make
your verbs agree with their subjects, ii nec-
essary. The printer will afterward make
them disagree again, anyhow; that is, un-
less you throw your work away upon the
frst-class publications. Don't wrestle with
the sequence of lenses The proofreader
knows all about that, or, if he doesn't, he
will fix it to suit himself in spite of you.
Look for the markets, my boy, for that's
business, and let the Queens English take
its chances between the case and the proof
room.
What Succeeds In Literature.
Why, know man who can't call a dog
without offending the animals grammatical
instincts, and vet that man can write de.
as dull as "Robert Elsmere" in a week and
sell it for 5000. And know another man
who has written four frst-rate novels, one
of which he published with $4O0 borrowed
money, and yesterday he took position as
assistant bookkeeper in brewery at S12
week In order to lay BY money enough to
pay his debts. That man had no head for
business. IT he had been better equipped
that way for literary work 1 could have Sc
cured him q position as poet for the Staten
Island Quinine Pill Company, where he
could have made name for himself
think that it is q great mistake to tell
young man that he should enter the career
of letters with no thought Of money. He
will never succeed in that way. know two
men who wrote stories that were rejected by
the Century magazine. One Of them spent
month revising his production and then sent
1t to the Harpers, after which he put it into
q little box, shed few tears upon it and
abandoned his ambition. The other simply
dedicated his story to the memory of Jake
Kilrain and sold 1t to the Polics Costa He
is now writing stuff thas should 70 down to
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Whom and BY whom was the common or
Irish" potato introduced into Europe?
L. G. TEMPLEToH.
It il believed generally that Sir Walter
Raleigh introduced them But he did not
What he did was to give some of the
tubers to . gentleman named Southwell 4,
who took them to Ireland in 1856. But it
is not certain that Mr.. Southwell was the
kins, slave trader Of the time, is said to
have brought the vegetable to Dublin in
1866, and Sir Francis Drake is said to have
done 50 in 1886. As between these two
claimants no one can decide. r. G. B.
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DIR. E. c. VESTS
NERVE & BRAIN

Treatment = gusrIuteei specific HystsriI
Dizziness, Commissions, Fits, Nervous NeurllI
Headache Nervous Prostration caused BY ths
of alcohol or tobacco. Wakefulness. Mental D.
preston 5ofteniny Of the Brain resulting Ia iu
sanity, decay and desth, Preust ire Old t:s. LoH
of Power in either seN. Involuntary Lossss and
Spermatorrhpa caused bv over-e Vertion OF .af
brsin, self-abuse or over-indTlgence. Zach boz
contains one months treatment S1-00 = ook. jt
six for IS. 90. by mall.
WE GU ARANTEE SIX BOxEy
To cure any case. With each order rece vel D
six boxes we will send the purchaser our wrlt.si
guarantee to refund the nonev II the treatnel
does not cure. Guarantees issued only by EMIL
g. STUCkY. Druggist, Sole Agent Nos. 24ol aai
1701 Penn avenue, corner Wylie avenue and Fultos
street. Plttshurg. Pa. Use Stu cky's iarrbq
Cram Cure. 25 and So cts. ja-lS.-eoda
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For rs cents you can insure yourself and
family against any bad results from an
attack OF bowel complaint during the sum-
mer. One or two doses of Chamberlain 3
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy will
cure any ordinary case. It never fails, and
is pleasant and safe to take. No family can
afford to be without it. For sale at 25 and
30 cents per bottle BY druggista wThsu
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A Hard-Working Woman.

Kansas City Journal.]
All day she hurried to get through,
The same as lots of wimmen do.
Sometimes at night her husband said:
"Ma, amt you goin' to come to bed?"
And then she'd kinder give hitch
And pause halfway between'a stitch,
And sorter sigh, and say that she
Was ready as she'd ever be,
She reckoned.
And 30 the years went by one,
An some low she was never done;
An when the Angel said as how
"Mis' Smith, it's time you rested now"
She sorter raised her eyes to look
A second, a. a stitch she took;
s.. "All right, I'm coniu' now," says she,
"Tm ready rs I'll ever be,
Ireckon."
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Chicago Herald.

NV life is :ull OF scented fruits;
MY garden blooms with stocks and cloves;
Yet DER the wall my fancy shoots
And bankers after harsher loves.
Ahi.why, my foolish heart repines;
Was not housed within a wastef
These velvet flowers and syrup wines
Are sweet, but are not to my taste.
A bowling moor, . wattled hut
A piercing smoke OF sodden peatj
The SAVIOR Of q russet nut
Would mako my weary pulses beat
o stupid brain that blindly swerves!
O heart that strives not nor endures!
Since flowers are hardships to your nerves,
Thank heaven Q garden lot is yoursl
Edmund Coca
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The following lines were found amons
Murderer Deeming's property, written in
his own handwriting
Dear God. the baby you sent ~
Isawhy nice and sweet,
But cause you orgoE his tooties,
The poor little thing can't eat;
That's why I'm writing this letter,
On purpose to let you know:
Please come and finish the baby,
That's all, from little Flo.
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How is the velocity Of rifle bullets. cannon
balls, ETC., measured. and how Is the powder
pressure on the gun determined A. Y. z.
The velocity IL sscertained BY means Of
electricity A wire ID stretched scross the
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For loi Love comes and takes my hand.
And presses close with word and kiss.
His heart and mine in meeting
Feel Natures heart a-beating.
We sum the eternal in the moments sand,
And ask what lies between Gods heaven
and this.
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What are the dimensions Of tho suez
CanAlf D. Z.
About ss miles long; of this 66 miles are
actual canal, formed by cuttings; IA miles
are made BY dredging through Lake Mensa-
leh, Lake Timsan and the Bitter lakes,
and eight miles required no work. The
canal has q width at the bottom of 72 feet;
until 1888 it was 26 feet deep; at the surface
its width varies At Ell Guisa, where the
canal passes through hills from 30 to IS feet
high, the width is 1877 feet; through Lake
Mensaleh the width of the channel is $50
feet at the surface, but the water extends
some distance on either side OF the buoys
which mark the nsvigable canal In 1888
the operation of deepening it was begun,
lasting until the end Of 1888, when
the canal had q depth Of about SO
feet; vessels drawing Is feet inches
have been allowed to pass through it since
April 15, 1880; before that only those draw
ing less than "a feet inches were allowed.
On March 1, 1887, the electric light was in
troduced along the canal, and vessels paying
extra tolls were allowed to pass through by
night Steamers travelling by day only take
q few minutes over 90 hours, while those
using the electric light get through in %
hours. The fastest passage was made in
1891, and took IA hours Is minutes OF
course, steamers cannot pass while both are
In motion, SO turnouts are provided every
five or six miles; it il the time spent in
waiting in these turn outs for other vessels
to pass that makes the passage take so long.
In 1880 1889 vessels passed through the
canal