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unprincipled persons who otherwise
might aspire TO steal the affections Of
the royal ladies. We may well be-
lieve Capt Binger when he says that
the princesses Of Mossi are the ugliess
women in the land.
Less than twenty miles east Of the
Panama Railroad, along the Gulf II
San Bias, live tribe of Indians who
seem to be as insanely jealous as the
ruler Of Mossi The Captain of the
port Of Colon has recently reported to
the Colombian Minister Of Finance
that these Indians will not permit
any foreigner to sleep in their vii
lagos, and it is one Of their laws that
should they be attacked and in danger
of losing their lands they must kill
all their women to prevent them from
falling into the hands Of the enemy;
and the Captain adds that they prob
ably would resort to this extreme
if an attempt were made to seize
their territory.
Neither missionaries nor reformers
of any sort have yet invaded these
dark and neglected places.
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BETRAYED bv an Echo.

Perhaps the most interesting echo.
partly because Of It's history, is that
Of the Cathedral Of Girgenti, in Sicily,
where the slightest whisper is borne
with perfect distinctness from the
great western door to the cornice be-
hind the high altar. The fact that
a faint whisper could be thus carried
$50 feet was discovered accidentally
by man who overheard the comics
sion Of a fair sinner the confessional
being just at the most unfortunate
place. The secret was kept jealousy
guarded by the discoyerer and a few
intimate friends 10 whom he c0nftded
1t, while escapades Of the most pri-
vate nature became public property
In the most mysterious way. Finally
one listener had his curiosity more
than satiated by hearing his wife's
confession 10 the priest. and raised
such row that the secret became
known, and the location Of the con-
fessi0nal was changed O. a more SCI
cure part OF the cdldce.
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Internationally Funnv.

The making Of Jokes has come to
be recognized trade, but it is still
true that the funniest things are
those that are said Internationally,
especially by men who feel it their
mission to be eloquent. The New
York Tribune brings together a few
specimens of that peculiar form Of
ridiculous speech knows as anti-cli-
max 1t prevails in India among all
classes, but is especially resorted to by
natives who have occasion TO petition
Europeans for favors. Thus such a
man will say.
viii the Presence, whose reputa-
tion for justice is known from the
East to the West and whose counte-
nance spreads JOY among His inferi-
ors, who are as the sands of the sea-
shore, In number, graciously deign TO
take but an instants notice Of him
who has the delicious honor TO name
himself one Of the most unworthy
among the servants of the Protector
of the Poor; and will the favorite
son of the Lord of the Universe mag
unanimously overlook my amazing pre-
sumption in asking him for the pay
ment of bill of two annas for hen
feed?"
The same thing IS not unknown in
the United States A Florida police
justice was trying TO impress upon a
prisoner who was TO testify in his
own behalf the solemn nature of an
oath. Assuming the most pompOus
tone he thus addressed him:
prisoner at the bar! In taking
this solemn oath to tell the truth
and nothing but the truth, take care
that you do not allow yourself to be
tempted to commit a willful perjury.
Remember that the eye of an all-see-
ing Providence and the village con-
stable are upon you
Another Judge, In a rough and
ready but ambitious frontier town,
had occasion, or thought he had, to
comment severely upon the heinous
crime Of DEMONSTRATING, and thun-
dered forth:
For century after century that
dread command, Thou shalt not
steal, has rolled along the ages. II
is, moreover standing rule Of this
court, if not yet bylaw of our pro-
gressive and soon-to-be-incorporated
city,
LudicFous deliverances of a similar
sort are common in advertisements,
especially in those Of a personal nat
ure. Here is one that appeared not
long ago in New York paper;
willie, return to your distracted
wife and frantic children! Do you
want to hear of your old mothers sui
eide? You will if you do not let Us
know where You are Anyway, send
back your fathers colored meer-
schaum."
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at San Francisco, and her name Is
the Hiram Bingham. She was paid
for, however, by the American Board
OF Foreign Missions, OF Boston, and
is registered in that city. Rev. j.
Walkup, who commands her, is cap
tain as well as a missionary, who has
passed twelve years Of his life among
the Gilbert Islands. Internally the
vessel is all cabin, as the crew is
composed entirely Of the missionaries
who intend to work among the ISL
apds, and the vessel is designed for a
sort Of tender to the big missionary
brig Morning Star. 1t is built, there
fore, to run in and out among all the
channels and harbors where the large
vessels cannot go, and an odd feature
about it is 10-horse-power gasoline
engine and attached screw, so the
vessel can navigate the narrow chap
nelS by steam in calm
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mains of buildings erected by the old
Spanish conquerocs of the country.
One of these, the Adobe Palace, has
been used as the executive" man
sion since the first Governor and Cap
tain General, Juan de Otermin, oc-
cupied it in 1880; while the cathe-
dral, built in 1851, is now rapidly
crumbling away, and will soon be re-
placed by modern stone building.
Another interesting ecclesiastical
ediflce is the Church of San Miguel,
erected in the sixteenth century, but
destroyed during the Pueblo revolu-
ton of 1880, and rebuilt in ITO.
Close to this structure stands a house
generally recognized as the oldest in
the United States" 1t was built be-
fore the Spanish conquest, and it is
additionally reported that Coronado
lodged in it in 1910.
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The following account of the ORR
gin of a well-known motto for time
piece, whether true or false, is worth
recording. Some years ago a new
clock was made to be placed In the
Temple Hall When finished, the
clockmaker was desired to wait on
the Benchers of the Temple, who
would think Of a suitable motto to
be put under the clock. He applied
several times. but without getting
the desired information, as they lad
not determined on the inscription.
Continuing to impOrtune them, he at
last came when the old Benchers were
met in the Temple Hall, and had just
sat down to dinner.
The workman again requested to
be informed of the motto; one of the
Benchers, who thought the applica-
tion ill-timed, and who was fonder of
eating and drinking than inventing
original notices, testify replied: go
about your business" The mechanic,
taking this for an answer TO his Ques-
tion, went home and inserted at the
bottom of the clock, $50 about your
business, and placed 1t on the Temple
Hall, to the great surprise Of the
Benchers, who, upon considering the
circumstance, agreed that accident
had produced a better motto than
they could think Of, and ever since
the Temple clock has continued to
remind the lawyers and the public to
60 about their business. The Million.
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Steam on the Yukon.

1t is announced that the Yukon
River of Alaska is soon to be made a
highway of commerce by the estab-
lishment on 1t Of a regular service
of side-wheel steamers. The first
boat Of the proposed line, now build
ing will run from St Michael's
Island, f1fty-fye miles from the mouth
Of the Yukon, at which point it will
connect with Norton Sound steam
ers, over 1900 miles up the river.
The fact that Alaska has the third
possibly the second-largest river in
North America is not often emem-
hered. The new steamer, the p. B.
Weare, will establish trading posts
along the river, will trade In all
kinds of merchandise, and the re-
turns will be In gold dust and furS
1t will carry a complete assaylng out
fit, and everything that a miner re-
Qulres in taking out and testing
valuable mineral. 1t will also take
along a saw-mill TO cut timber for
trading stations. The frame of the
Weare was laid and fitted at Seattle,
and she will be put together at ST.
Michael's Island. She will be II feet
long, % feet beam and 4 feet deep
The Yukon is only navigable during
July, August and September, and it
is thought that for the present prob
ably but three or four trips a year
may he made. Panama Star and
Herald
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Impressionism.

From an illustrated article on
Claude" by Theodore Robinson, in
the Century, the following is
quoted: Zone cause of the popular
prejudice against inIpressionism is
the supposed willful exaggeration of
color. No doubt restrained, negative
color pleases better the average mind,
and only colorist and searcher can
use pure, vivid color with good effect,
as Monet certainly does That there is
more color Ia nature than the
average observer Is aware of. / be-
l1eve any one not cOlor-blind can
prove for himself by taking the time
and trouble to look for it. 1t is a
plausible theory that our forefathers
saw fewer tones and colors than we;
that they had, in fact, simpler and
more naive vision; that the modern
eye is being educated to distinguish
cOmplexity of shades and varieties
of color before unknown. And for a
comparison, take the sense Of taste,
which is susceptible Of cultivation to
such an extraordinary degree that the
expert can distinguish not only diff
ferent varieties and ages Of wine, but
mixtures as well; yet this sense in the
generality of mankind, In comparison,
hardly exists. In like manner a
painter gifted with fine visual per-
ception Of things spends years in de-
veloping and educating that sense;
then comes the man who never In his
life looked at nature but in a casual
and patronizing way, and who swears
he never saw such color as that
Which is right or nearest right?
Another cause has been its sup
posed tendency toward iconoclasticism
and eccentricity. But in reality,
while bringing forward new discover
les of vibration and color, in many
ways the impressionists were return
ing to first principles. Monet's Boy
with a Sword and the much discussed
Olympia may claim kinship with
Velasquez for truth of values, and for
largeness and simplicity Of modelling,
while the best Monets rank with
Daubigny's or, to go farther back,
with Constable's art in their self
restraint and breadth, combined with
fidelity to nature"
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Could Then Lick stamns.

The chance that General John
Corse, who "held the fort" at ALA
toona, and, after a terrible battle,
declared that he could click all hell
yet may again be appointed to
Office, recalls to the Boston Globe this
incident: When he was made post
master Of Boston, the newspapers
we're full of stories Of his valor, aud
scores Of clippings were sent to him
at his home In Winchester Rope
titions Of the phrase just quoted
were abundant At length, one day,
his wife, half In jest and half In a
feeling of annoyance, said 70 the
general: "There Is one consolation al
least, aud that is you have got
through licking an hell, and will oc-
cupy yourself for some time to come
IN licking postagc-stamps.
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CAPTURED A CATARACT.
Capitalists VIII Soon Have Put Niagara
to Hard Work.


For more than fifty years the dream
Of engineers has been to harness
Niagara. Well, the dream has come
true Niagara is in harness.
To be sure, the trace-chains have
not yet been hooked to the while
trees of industry, but the collar and
harness, the bride and bit, are in
position ami ready for the strain
when 1t shall come.
The greatest cataract Of the world
has been subdued, says a Buffalo cor
respondent Of the New York Press,
and If, In knowledge Of It's captivity,
its roar is more sullen than of yore
when it existed only as an insur-
mountable obstacle TO navigation and
a wonder for sightseers to grow
solemn over the smiles on the faces
OF capitalists, the new Jingle In the
pockets of residents Of the village Of
Niagara Falls, and the cOmplacent
prophecies Of the Buffalonian that
ten years hence Chicago will not be
in it, sir; no, sir not on your life, "
arc dlOutAltiiAHs
1t is estimated that the total power
OF the great waterfall Is equal 81 that
OF $4,000, 600 horses. The present
scheme will only utilize less than
l-l00th Of that vast wasting force.
but 1t may be stretched In the future
20 as great length as may be made
useful.
The effect Of this great enterprise
may not b. as great as the sauguine
,smark of the Buffalo man who has
cen quoted would Imply but u will
= very great
hut plan ha. been devised where.
hy the power viii be electrically
transmitted n lnHalo with compare
lively small less sn thlt the city will
undoubtedly come in lur MANY uf thc
ruldlnea plams
'lhe Hmt attempt tu utilize ths
water power Hf Niagara f#.H Nas
malo h tlaHne A lWH wha is $3.50
haili tha ~ HfdfaHl.e WHal WHnus
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Free Law.

zone of the small bugbears of law
yer's life" said one of them recently,
lawyer, not bugbear, that is, &C is the
friend who pumps him for legal points,
usually getting them without the formal
ity of fee.
There is nothing easier than to drop
in to the office after business hours for a
social chat, hand out cigar, and in the
relaxation that follows turn the talk to,
some apparently hypothetical question of
law; then, when the tloodgates of legal
lore are open, to absorb the information
and thus save good dollars at the ex-
pense of a cigar or two. This, of
course, only happens between men when
there is an acquaintance between them.
al have been amused, however, to
notice how some women contrive to get
free points on law.
''In the public law libraries, for in
stance, that are occupied every day by
lawyers, such a scene as this is by no
means uncommon. The big door will
swing around in slow, uncertain way,
and woman makes her appearance. She
approaches the bright young man at the
desk, and timidly asks him if he knows
where she can find out about the law on
some stated point.
- It's such small matter, she ex-
plains, i didn't want to go to q law
yer.
THE young man usually knows a good
deal of law himself and frequently gets
her the book, points out the passage, and
let's her read it at her leisure. II, how
ever it is beyond his knowledge Of law,
he inquiries about it from some one Of the
good-naturcd lawyers in the room. Two
or three of them will usually listen TO the
woman's explanation, aud the opinion
she gets is the combined wisdom aud
judgment of all OF them.
"Thc woman Is very grateful, and pro
iuselv thanks every one within hearing
distance before she slips out rather more
self posscsscd than when she came IN.
Nobody. I'm SURE, begrudgc her the
information he has given her, but often
fancy her hmndihIng advice ot oouu.
.af afef somebody's head, and. having
found out what are hef legM rights.
tatlmg to them gfImly New York
Tunes
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-03-25
A TERRIBLE TALE
And the Resultant Tragedy Was Left to
the Imagination.

anu TIC istSuit6Ht WA lcit TO
the Imagination.
Several gentlemen, sitting together
In the smoking compartment of a
Pullman car, fell to relating their
experiences In railroad accidents
-Four or five adventures Of the sort
had been related, when an English
man in the party declared that all
these stories were as nothing COM
pared with railway tragedy in his
own country, of which he had been
an unwilling spectator. OF course he
was at once called upon to tell the
story.
Five years ago." the Englishman
said, Il took the O'Clock train one
morning from Bristol to go to town
about twenty miles distant. 1t was
a local branch road. AS you are no
doubt aware, the English locomotives
are not furnished with comfortable
cabs for engineer and flreman-or as
we call them, the driver and the
stOker-as yours are. Those two
persons are practically out-of-doors.
sour train had gone on without in
cident for some miles, when l. who
was In one of the foremost carriages,
heard loud voices, apparently of per-
sons IN a violent quarrel, somewhere
in front OF me. | put my head out
pf the carriage window, and saw that
the engine-driver and stoker were en-
gagged In a fight on the engine
Their angry words became fewer
and fewer as their blows rained
thicker and thicker upon each other
Finally they clutched in desperate
struggle. The driver seemed to be
engaged in an attempt to force the
stoker off the engine.
Il shouted to the guard but he
was out Of hearing in the after part
Of the train. Nearer and nearer the
two desperate men came to the step
of the engine. The driver gave his
antagonist a desperate push; the
stoker saw that he was gone, but
chung to the driver A last terrible
struggle, and over both went to the
ground.
This left the engine entirely I'M
attended. Evidently the steam had
been left fully turned on, for the
train began to rush forward at an in
creasing rate of speed. On and on
We went, at pace which became
terrible No one could get to the
locomotive, and no one knew how to
handle it If he could have got there.
ave whizzed past a station where
we should have stopped, and caught
glimpse6 Of astonished faces looking
at us Past another station-past a
third-past a fourth, on we whirled,
at an even swifter speed.
Then we all knew that the next
station was a terminus. When we
reached that we should be hurled
against a buffer, and the train
would be wrecked. What was to be
done?
Nothing was done. We plunged
on and on. The terminus came into
view. 1t came nearer and nearer
seeming to bulge swiftly into greater
size as we bore down upon it. In a
| moment more
The door Of the smoking compart-
ment opened, and the porter called
out, Albany"
~GoOd-day, gentlemen" said the
Englishman, getting up quickly.
Sorry, but this is my station"
He disappeared, and the others in
the smoking compartment never
heard how the story came out
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-03-25
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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-03-25
JEALOUSY AMoNo sAvAoes.
How an African King seeks 10 Preserve III.
Family IIunor,


The grcen-eyed monster has q very
tlrm hold upon the King OF Mo-sl
Capt Blnger. who has recently seen
him, says that this peculiar African
prince is perpetuaIly unhappy over
the thought that one 1r another III
his wives muy deceive him. uumr.
tunalely ho s not able ln hi huts al
straw t1 .rIuestmte the ladies af ~
household sD effectively ~ e done b
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fafe resented t0 extraordinary ma s
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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-03-25

discharge at a point more than 100
feet above the level of the river be-
low the falls, so that more than
three-quarters of the possible force is
wasted. The old hydraulic canal gives
in all only about G, 900 available horse
powder.
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cOmpanying cuts represent them just
as they will appear at the Exposition.
The carriage being fourteen feet in
diameter, no railroad could take
them out of New England on account
Of the low bridges, and it was found
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-03-25
OLDEST HOUSE IN AMERICA.

1t Is Built of Adobe and Stands In Santa
Fe, New Mexico.
Down in old Santa Fe, the capital
of New Mexico, the oldest seat Of
civil and religious government on
American soil, there exist many re-
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-03-25
THE JOKER'S BUDGET.
JESTS AND YARNS BY FUNNY MEN
OF THE PRESS.

Circumstantial Evidence-A Possible
Development of Fad Absolutely
Correct-Didn't Like the House
An Explanation, Etc, Etc.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-03-25
CALLED DOWN.

A "tenlerfoot' in mining town was
exhibiting with some ostentation q little
twenty-five calibrc revolver with the
idea, probably, Of letting the "bad men"
of the place know that he was armed.
A cowboy who, like his fellows.
always went provided with two guns"
OF forty-four calibre, was at length un.
able TO longer control his disgust, and
touching the "tenderfoot" on the shout
der, remarked dryly:
"Say, sonny, II you was 10 ever shoot
me with that thing, and | found it out,
I'll kick your pants - Truth.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-03-25

Visitor lin the schoOl-roorn)-Is this
the spelling classa
Teacher--No, this is the first class in
mud and apple-cutting. We leave the
special courses to private schools.
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find out what the prevailing malady in
society is to be this winter before he
commits himself. - Vogue.
WAY UP.
"rll make him see stars tonight"
This was not a threat.
twas simply what the new telescope
said of the astronomer New York
Press
CIRCUMsTANTIAL EVIDENCE.
Charley-Did you kiss that Boston
girl you were making such desperate love
to moment ago.
Charley-Can't you see the frost on my
moustache Chicago News-Record.
IRIS POOR RULE" ETC.
"What was that Dawson story you
told the other day, Hcks9"
why, | pleased Mrs. Dawson very
much by asking her if she was herself or
her daughter. Couldn't tell 'em apart"
"Well it's strange, but l worked the
same scheme on the daughter and she
didn't like it bit. ~ Harper's Bazaar.
CRAFTY JOHNNIE.
'Why are you so naughty, Johnnie2
1t seems to me that with mamma worn
out, and papa with broken arm, your
might try to be good"
'Hohp' said Johnnie. ''Thats Just
the time to be bad. No one can lick me
for it. p"
ACCORDING TO THE ADV.
Mrs. Hashley-Well, what do you.
want2
Hungry Hank-T see, Ma'am that you
advertise furnished rooms, and breakfast
II desired Now, do not care for a
room Ma'am, but l greatly desire q
breakfast. = Puck.
WITHIN HER OWN CIRCLE.
" Hoops are coming into fashion
again. .
Eyes, hear So
"Well, there's one thing to. say about
it: When they are worn each womans4
position in society will be strictly de-
tined.n
"How so 2"
every one will move within her own,
circle
A MODEST YOUTH.
She-You seem to have very high.
opinion of your fellow creatures.
He-I have.
She-Upon what is it based2
He-I Judge them bv myself.
SHE CALLED IT BRAINS.
Yabsley-Really, now, do you think a
pug dog has any brains
Miss Laura know he has. Just look
at Carlo. Some wicked boys carried the
poor little fellow five blocks away from
home and left him and he found his way
back to US in less than two hours. - In
dianapolis Journal.
WILL ANSWER JUST AS WELL.
The Pickering light of the CRATE fire
fell athwart the face of the lovely girl
and made her look more beautiful than
ever
"Will you marry me- he said.
'Fiddlesticks said she.
"Not at adjust marry me-"
"Well, l don't mind" she said,
and then her father came in and they
went to talking about the unusually cold.
weather. However, those two people
will in after years declare that the bliss
full moment of their lives was graced by
all the poetry with which such moments
are supposed to be hallowed. - Chicago
News.
PROMOTION.
Senator-Yes; l rose from a country
Justices BENCH
Snicks-Who placed the bent pin
there p Truth.