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auato Mexico two weeks .. the age Of 1ss yesrs-
| leaving than four hundred living descendants.
The park policemen of San Francisco the ariat
to stop runaway horses and all experts with the
rope Tho Captain OF the Golden Gate Park squad says
his men lean stop horse within distance OF NIFTY
yards without the slightest danger TO ourselves" and
he implies though no doesn't distinctly cay 60 With
ont danger to the runaway or Its rider.
There are two or three unfortunates in this city
who make small living and get good deal Of drink
by tho practice OF sleishohand with ooins riasssA
and handkerchief, In saloons one Of these conjurorS
who most often Harlem beor gardens has for
his principal surprise the production of cabbage from
the hats and coats OF those who submit to be searched
Tho United States settled by men who desired
to worship God according to their own oonscenoer yet
in virginia hundred years every county oficer.
Justice. and vesryman was required to subscribe to
this test oath: do declare that thore no transub.
stantation In the sacrament OF tho Lords Supper.
in the elements Of bread and wine. Mt after the
conservation thereof. by any person Whatsoever"
There is likely to be q lively competition among
architects in the matter OF the City Hall plana
There are more architects in New York now than NJ
any other time in the history OF tho city and the
OF young men in the competition for the new
cathedral of 81 John tho Divine has embndencd
to enter this latest competition some architects es-
mate that counting time and material IT costs about
$1,000 to enter tho competition.
-BiohrnoBd. Va. contains among Its population 10
George washingtons. IL Andrew JacksonA II Thomas
tstone wall y Jactsons. Thomas Jehersons. Robert
Msrsh.ls. 10 John Tyiers. 4 Henry ciays, Zachary
Taylor Benjamin Harrisons. W. II. Harrisons. and
Daniel Webster. They are all colored except John
MarshallS Henry Clay. 8 John Tylers, Benjamin
Harrisons. Zachary Taylor Robert Loe and Jefferson
Davia
Conductors on the Broadway cable road have .
name for that strip Of land which runs through
Bowling Green and whitehall streets The cable cars
make the turn town tho foot Of Broadway around
the little park and passengers for tho ferries are trans
old. AbhiOned This lower cir
Gle In known In street pariance a. tho "Morryeo
round" and assignment to duty there Il moro
dreaded By tho conductors than work anywhere else
on the whole line
Those Oriental balls OF crystal that most persons
take for glass greatly increase in value with inch
Of diameter while one half an inch in diameter mny
be worth not more than few dollars, 4 ball eight
inches in diameter In worth thousands There Q
few OF these crystal balls at the Metropolitan Museum.
and dealers in Oriental goods usually have half
dozen on hand. The Japanese call them sleepy gobeS
because of the dreamlke aspect OF objects seen
through the crystal.
"A cheap substitute for lay figures popular with
ANAL shopkeepers 10 the hographic head printed
pasteboard and then cut into outline hgurea These
heads are carefully attached to rude lay busts
which womens gowns are draped. and the result Is .
highly effective show window decoration. The litho-
graphic heads are much more human in appearance
than the lay figures OF wax wood. paper pulp com.
monty in for and artists of superficial
ability are employed in making tho designs.
I'm northern New England tho wayfarer IL often
surprised by coming upon big tomb directly beside
the road and unconnected with metery. Occasion
ally the door 10 open showing bier. CONN. boxes and
other appurtenanoe and very likely. stones and apple
cores tossed In by the prevalent boy These tombs
not intended for permanent seputure. They merely
receiving vaults for use in winter. when the GENE
teries distant hisdes covered with feet Of
snow and the roads to them are impassabla
when rings sent to jeweller for repair hs n
ways cleans the stones and surprises tho owners BY
aharh ltnrn
der side of diamond other transparent gem 10 90
slow that the duling OF the IL hardly noticed
Usually they cleaned, without removal from their
fettings with the chewed ends OF wooden toothpick
but they cannot DO made entirely bright wthour tax
ing them out of their clasps The dirt that gets
the space between the ring and tho stone often a.
hard . clay.
Now York's west side 10 tho red wine rsston, the
east side the white wine region This is because the
influence west 10 French. that east German typi.
cal French wine red, the typical German wine vhitA
An east side dealer in wines nnds sells nfty
gasses OF white wine to Of red the bar BY
the gallon at least SIX Of white one of rcd. Ger.
mans prefer pure American white wine to an I'm
ported wine Of doubtful and the fer
American wines BY tho gallon for household oonsump
tion IL great and growing
About the last thing done to sverware In the fso.
tories Il to cleanse the surface Of ali grease and other
material used in the polishing process that usually
involves q deal of hand labor. A mechanic who had
noted the expensive character Of this inveuted
bath In which the foreign substances that cling to the
surface Of hlverware easily and quickly removed
liant The employers Of the Inventor have patented
the with his consent and the patent regard
Cd as valuable property.
IAN acquaintance of mine with whom walked up
town to-day" said citizen. "thinks he oan tell By the
appearance OF q business wagon far on a. he can
see it the particular to which 10 devoted Now
that he said calling attention to covered wagon
half block away but coming toward M. 'ru bet q
big cigar 10 made to carry dressed beef you 500
dealers sign painted it, He didn't guess right but
he came to 1t that didn't think It vould be
any FUN TO smoke his cigar, and didn't take IL; when
tho wagon passed us We saw painted the aide of 10
not beef but beer"
Watch stopped. has II p asked one traveller OF
another. Now. Isuppose you'n pay dollar TO clean
it. But lot me give You tip Open both Of the back
cases hold 1t with open side down. and tap IL with
your nnger nail dozen times Don't be afraid. SNAP
IL again Now move the second hand 10 IL all rishtf
thought 30 drummer put me up to that trick
Probably there were only few specks OF dust the
works and you've raped them out Very likely 10 wiz
run now for year and you've saved your dollar. NS
doesnt run after tho little jar that you gave It then
10 time to take It to tho jeweller."
Many church spires. long at homo In the upper at
mosphers OF this town. have like psrmanens place
In the hearts and imaginations OF the people. The
oldest OF the spires are known BY to thousands
who live within their shadow and the slightest change
In any is usually received with resentful comment
A has watched all summer the scAnoldinr that has
numbered tho spre of St Aloysus and
now that the gilded globe and the overlapping giant
gded cross begin to disclose themselves all tonguss
are busy in discussing tho work.
"A New Yorker going to his permane ent oamn on
island in Adirondack lake found that It had bean
Inhabited during the winter by persons who left all the
kitchen utensils soed and the place In disorder The
Ersspasssrs had evidently walked over TO the ISLAND
when tho lake was frozen hard. 1t sometimes 10 un-
III May An offence Of this Kind is one that the Adron.
dsck guide Of proper class feeling would gladly soc
punished since the guides in some sort solfooa-
stituted police of tho region and such an incident in
their opinion rejects upon the integrity of them ALL
st. Francis Hospital In Fifth street. east Of Ave-
nue. b. shows what tho wisara In tweuty three
years under uufavorabls conditions The building
was erected in 1870 aud two wstarias now climb its
Al front In fourteen long perpendicular nss most OF
hem reaching TO tho roof The vines their thckest
measure fully three inches, and eight or ten two
neh branches extend in all directions. They ara