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Fol; RENF REDUCED TO S20-NIW. HAND
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ratl"T: ami; furnace; back alley: and near
ear lines; key nj 800. Stable in rear Ia let If
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PERSONAL.

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FURNISHED.

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FOR RENT-AT HOTEL INtiI.ESIDE, VERY DE
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Che End.)
THE WORLDS BIGGEST WATCH

IL IL Four Inches Wide, Gold, and
Weighs Two Pounds.
From the New York World.
Inc largest watch in the world WAS made
IN London for William WiIkens of RaIti-
more. 1t Is kept by his sons as an heirloom
Mr. Wilkens was an odd man in manv
ways. One of his peculiar desires was IN
possess things that were entirely different
from other things in the world. His big
Ma.ch ~, was manifestation of this trait It
cost MIN $2,jOO. He ordered it in 1874 bnt
II was not finished until 1869. The massive
gold chain, to which 1t was attached. weighs
iGur pounds and cost $500. It was made
In this country.
The watch-a eater-weighs two nounds
lacking an ounce. The hunting case is Of
eighteen-carat gold and is seven-eighths Of
an inch thick. The white enamel dial ia
TOUR inches In diameter. The case is eIab-
crateiy engraved inside and outside the de-
sign ON the front representing Mr.. wiIkens,
Baltimore factory and residence The en-
craving on the back represents Mr.. Wilkens
ana ms 1avorite old white horse, for which
ne mad as much affection as 1t is possible
for one to have for q dumb animal
Mr.. Wilkens, who was very wealthy whom
he died, began life in a humble wav He
started business by wheeling home in bar
at the Baltimore slaughter houses there
sorting and preparing them for market. The
business grew steadily and Mr.. Wilkens pur-
CHdSeu nurse ana wagon, abandoning the
wheelbarrow. The horse, however. was
rever deserted. When it became too old tn
work it was cared for tenderly and when il
died Its owner purchased a plot of ground
opposite his residence and buried it there.
When his huge watch was made he gave his
faithful old horse equal prominence with
himself in the engraving on the case. Mr..
Wikens carried this big watch to the day
OF ms death. The chain. which is about
four feet long. was worn about his neck.
He had an extra large pocket made in each
Of his vests to hold the watch Some idea
OF the immensely of the timepiece may be
now occasionally manufactured for the
trade has case two inches wide and q dial
one and three-quarter inches wide. The
diameter of the watch is nearly four and a
quarter inches,
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An Artists Strange COmmissiOn and
the Way He Executed Il.

An Artists Strange Commission and
the Way He Executed II.
From the New York Herald
Daniel Huntington. former president Of
the National Academy, related recently an
odd art experience The conversation had
been on Sir John Millais and his portrait
work, and this reminded Mr.. Huntington Of
how, at one time, he painted a portrait in
three hours.
Il don't recall all the circumstances ex-
actly," began the veteran of the easel but
1 do remember that the man came very
hurriedly to my studio one morning. He
announced that he had just come from the
west, that he had heard of me, and wanted
me to paint his portrait-it was to be a
present, as remember, for his wife. But
he said, taking out his watch, I sail for
Europe this afternoon. All my business
has been finished, and I can give you-lee
me see-three hours
''Of course, 1 declared that painting a
portrait under such conditions was abso-
lutely impossible. But he refused to accept
my refusal. He declared that he had come
to New York some hours ahead of time es-
pecially for this; that he would have no.
body else paint him, and that he would not
be disappointed. I could have a week to
finish the portrait after he had gone.
Il made the experiment, but declined to
be responsible for the pictures success.
Never before had painted SO rapidly, and
never since. During the latter part of the
time my sitter held his watch in his hand.
Precisely at the expiration of the three
hours he left me.
From memory I finished it within q few
days. and 1t pleased the persons 1t went to.
But 1t was strange experience"
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ONLY THREE MoxARCHs CROWNED.
The Coming Coronation of the Car
and Cxarina VIII BE Unique.

The Coming Coronation of the Car
and Cxarina VIII BE Unique.
From a London Letter.
The magnificent and costly preparations
now going on at Moscow and elsewhere for
the approaching coronation of the car and
czarina recall to mind the fact that very
few European sovereigns have gone through
the ancient ceremonies which constitute a
duly anointed king" With the exception
Of Queen Victoria, the Emperor King Of
Austria, Bohemia and Hungary, and King
Oscar of Sweden, no other reigning monarch
has been consecrated by religious rite. In
the case of the King of Italy there were
obvious reasons why the services OF the
church should have been dispensed with.
1t is less ineligible that so Catholic a king
as Carlos of Portugal should have been con-
tent to take the oath. I'm the cortes and at
tend ''Te Deum' only in the cathedral.
A mere oath, too, sufficed for the establish
n.ent of King George upon the somewhat
rickety Hellenic throne.
The crowns of Holland and Spain, of
course, are, so to speak in commission. AS
to the kaiser, he did not even care to go
through the Formally observed by his
grandfather. who put the crown upon his
own head, but deemed it enough to make a
solemn declaration at the opening Of the
imperial parliament.
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my appetite, which had failed me. returned, my
constipation ceased. and very liver became
normal in its action. Following this my sieepless-
and heedat hes ceased. and began TO gain
aesh. The ipsidsous hold that the grip had
hitherto had relax ed and I feit inyigoIated
and strengtheh he'd 1 could renew my yocrtion.
and feel free the ianyuid. eneryated feeling
that had lsng possessed me.
MY friends were pleasantly surprised with the
cLfnge In my con iition, and was only too happy
to recommend Paire's celery compound TO such Of
my acquantances We're suffering from any OF the
complaints which complicated my case. There
fore / again say feel impelled by deep sense OF
gratitude to express how much have been helped,
for / now feel and look like new man.
Physicians who rely Painc's celery compound
as thousands Of the most wide awake members OF
the profession doing especially now that nearly
every one feels the need Of a genuine spring rem
edy-physicians krow very well what that languT
and that tired feeling means. They know that de-
bility today cftcn results IN rotration To-
morrow. unless the tired system is quickly in
vigcIated.
That is why all over the country today Paine
celery compound Is being taken 10y the advice of
skilled physicians. Il is the one remedy that ply
sioirns can conscien' iousy call q genuine spring
remedy. Try ii.
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The Dream Gown Of the Japanese
Ambassador.
BY BRANDER MATTHEW'S,
! Author of .'vignettes Of Manhattan"



After arranging the Egyptian and Mexi-
can pottery so as to contrast agreeably
with the Dutch and the German beer mugs
on the top of the book case that ran along
one wall of the sitting room, Cosmo Wayn-
fete went back into the bed room and took
from a half-empty trunk the little card
board boxes in which he kept the collection
of playing cards, and all manner of out
land.sh equivalents for these simple instru-
meDts of fortune, picked up here and there
during his two or three years Of dilettante
travelling in strange countries. At the same
time he brought out a japanese crystal
ball. which he stood upon its silver tripod,
placing it on a little table in one of the
windows on each side Of the fireplace: and
there the rays of the western sun lighted
1t up al once into translucent loneliness.
The returned wanderer looked out of the
window and saw on one side the grace
full and vigorous tower of he Ma 1ison
Square Gar den, with its Dana turning in
the December wind, while n the other di-
rect.on he could look down the frozen
paths Of Union Square. only block DIS
tant, but as far below him almost as
though he was gazing down rom a hal
loon Their he stepped back into the sit
ting room itself, and noted the comfortabl
furniture and wood fire cracking in friend
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Mrtr Robbins of TIE second IIdiana state guards
aid oil Gen McKees ssaff. It'd president OF Camp
Gray. has been for two years OF the in
hucntial members Of the Indiana legislature. and
the author Of the femcuc ILdiana military law of
1889.
Major Robbins was very sick man up to the
time of taking Pcine's celery compound.
In proof OF what that remarkable remedy can do
to make a sick person strong and WELL Major Rob
bins letter from indianapolis best tells its own
Straightforward story
Il was troubled with a torpid liver. constipation
End the accompanying sallOw complexion, while my
entire nervous system was entirely deranged, and
i was greatly reduced In flesh. While In this con-
dition was taken down with very severe attack OF
the grip. and was for a long time confined to the
house and my bed
Il resorted to various medicines and tonics, and
under their temporary influence made several at
tempts to resume my business Of travelling about
In the interests Of A. Steen, cigar manufacturer. of
this city; but relapse succeeded relapse and not
only vas obliged to abandon my business. hut grow
ing gradually woIse, became apprehensive OF the
ultimate result.
AT this june ture my mOther-in-law, who had
used your medy with gratifying results. prevailed
upon HE to commence taking Paine's celery COM
pound. and it gives me great pleasure to state that
1 at once began to feel its beneficial effects.
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Seven Ronins. but only very vaguely" said
the hero Of the dream. For all I know
may have had the adventure Of Oishi
kuranosuke laid on the shelf somewhere
In my sIbconsciousness, as you want me to
believe. But how about my Persian dragon
and my 1berian noblewoman?
Paul Stuyvesant was examining the dream
gown CT the Japanese ambassador with
minute care. Suddenly he said: "Oh!' and
then he looked up at Cosmo Wayn:1ete and
asked: What are those buttons? They
seem to be old coins.'
They are old COINS" the other answered;
1T was fancy of mine 20 utilize them on
that Japanese dressing gown. They are all
different, you see. The first is
Persian, isn't it," interrupted Stuy-
vesant
YES" Waynfete explained, cit is a Per-
sian daric. And the second is Spanish
peso made at Potosi under Phillip II for use
IN America. And the third is York shil-
ling. one of the coins in circulation here in
New York at the time of the revolutIon-I
got that one. in fact. from the farmer who
piowed 1t up in field at Tarrytown. near
'Sunnyside' +"
Then there are three of your adventures
accounted for Cosmo, and easily enough"
Paul commented. with obvious satisfaction
at MS own explanation. Just as the en-
brotdery on the silk here suggested to you
after you had hypnotlzed yourself that you
were the chief of the Forty-Seven Ronins,
so this first coin here in turn suggested to
you that you were Rustem, the hero of the
Epic of Kings You have read the Shah
Nameh?"
Il remember Firdausfs poem after q
fashion only" Cosmo answered. WAS not
Rustem Persian Hercules. so to speak?"
That's it. precisely" the other responded
ard he had seven labors to perform, and
you dreamed the third of them, the Staying
OF the grisly dragon. For my own part,
think 1 should have preferred the fourth Of
them-the meeting with the lovely enchant-
ress-but that's neither here nor there"
1t seems to me do recollect something
about that fight Of Rustem and the strange
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Rakush. wasn't it?'' asked Waynfiete.
IF you can recolect the 'Shah-Nameh,' :"
Stmyvssant pursued. mo doubt you can re-
call also Beaumont and Fletcher's Custom
of the Country? That's where you got the
midnight duel in Lisbon and the ma snani-
nous mother. you know"
mo, don't know" the other declared
We'll, you did. for all that" Paul went
on The situation is taken from one in
drama of Calderon's. and 1t was much
strengthened in the taking. You may not
now remember having read the play hut
the incident must have been familiar to
you, or else your subconsciousness couldn't
nave yielded 1t up to you so readily at the
suggestion of that Spanish coin, could it?'
Il did read a lot of Elizabethan drama in
my senior year at college," admitted Cos
mo. and this piece of Beaumont and
Fletcher's may have been one of those
1t was all about
You won't have the cheek to declare
that you don't remember the Legend of
sleepy Hollow, will your asked Stuyve-
SAINT Very obviously it was the adyen-
ture of Ichabod Crane and the Headless
Horseman that the York shilling suggested
to you"
I'll admit that I do recollect Irvine.s
story now" the other confessed
SO the embroidery on the dreameown
gives the first of your strange situations.
and the three others v ere suggested by the
coins you have been using as buttons -
said Paul Stuyvesant There Ia onIv ono
thing now that puzzles me-that is the
country church and the noon wedding and
the beautiful BRIDE" N
Ana with that he turned over the folds
OF the silken garment that hung ever his
arm. iva '
Cosmo Waynflete hesitated a moment and
blush mantled his cheek. Then he looked
MS friend in the face and said: II think 7
can can account for my dreaming about her-1
can account for that easily enough
SO can IT, said Paul Stuyvesant 90 r..
held up the photograph of a lovely Ame-f-
can girl that he had just found in tho
POCKET OF the dream-gown Of the Japanese
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His Own Horse Plunged HeadIonE
Down the Hill.
guess; but when he came to himself at
last the sun was already high in the
heavens. He discovered himself to be re-
Ginning on the tall grass of q pleasant
graveyard which surrounded little coun-
try church in the outskirts of a pretty
little village. 1t was in the early summer
and the foliage was green over his head
as the boughs swayed gently to and fro
ia the morning breeze. The birds were
singing gayly as they fitted about over his
head. The bees hummed along from flow
er to flower At last, so it seemed to him,
he had come into land Of peace and quiet
where there was rest and comfort and
where no man need go in fear of his life
1t was country where vengeance was
not a duty and where midnight combats
were not custom. He found himself smil-
ing as he thought that grisly dragon and
goblin rider would be equally out Of
place in this laughing landscape.
Then the bell In the steeple Of the little
church began to ring merrily and he rose
to his feet in expectation. All of a sudden
the knowledge came to him why it was that
they were ringing. He wondered then why
He knew himself to be lover with life
opening brightly before him: and the world
seemed to him sweeter than ever before
and more beautiful.
Then at last the girl whom he loved
with his whole heart and who had prom
Used to marry him appeared in the distance
and he thought he had never seen her look
more lovely. AS he beheld his bridal party
approaching, he slipped into the church to
await her at the altar. The sunshine fell
full upon the portal and made q halo about
the girls head as she crossed the threshold
But even when the bride stood by his
side and the clergyman had begun the
solemn service Of the church, the bells
kept on, and soon their Ginning became a
clangor. louder and sharper. and more in
sistent.
PART III.
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And There WINS No Blood shed.

From the San Fran ,isco Post
I overheard the following conversation on
Market street car yesterday between a
couple of young men:
Il told you that fellow Moore was a scoun-
drel," declared one, land told him so yes
terday.'
You did," And the other commenced
looking his friend over for evidences of a.
conflict What did he say?"
'Oh. 1 didn't listen to him. told him he
was liar a thief and a scoundrel, and that
L would punch his nose If he said a word to
me-"
What did he dor"
Nothing; he is coward"
Il don't believe that have seen him
light at the drop of hat Didn't he say a
word backr'
L don't know; / hung UP the telephone"
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Jumped Thirty-one Feet,

THE most emandous leap I ever knew
horse to take" says Sir Claude de Cres-
pigny. in his memoirs. was out with the
Cheshire hounds at Marbury, in 1870. A
fine mare I was riding cleared a ffve-foot
fence with bound that covered over thirty
one feet. We measured it directly after
ward. and it was stated at the time to be
the second best jump in point of length on
record. the best being thirty-three feet
This latter jump, however. which was per-
formed by Chandler, at Warwick, is open
to much doubt After the horse had made
it his rider had to finish the race, weigh in
and dress before taking any measurements
Meanwhile several spectators ON horseback
mad ridden over the course.
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The Scaly Monster Came Full at Him.
Then the faithful horse sprang forward
and bit the dreadful creature full upon the
neck and tore away the scales, SO that it's
masters sword could pierce the armored
hide. So the man was able to discover the
CHASTITY neck and thus to Stay the mon
StrouS dragon. The blackness of night
wrapped him about once more as he fell
on his knees and gave thanks for his VIC
tory; and the wind died away again.
PART II.
Only a few minutes after, so 1t seemed to
him, at least, Cosmo Waynflete became
doubtfulIy aware of another changa of
time ard place-of another transfor:aa-
ton of his own being. He knew him
self to be alone once more, and even with
out his trusty charger. Again he found
himself cropping in the dark. But in a
little while there was a faint radiance
of light; and at last the moon came out
from behind a tower. Then he saw that
he was not by the roadside in Japan or
in the desert of Persia, but now in some
unknown city of southern Europe, where
the architecture was ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. By
the silver rays Of the moon he was able
to make out the beautiful design dam
ascened upon the blade of the sword which
ne held now in his hand ready drawn for
self-defense.
Then he heard hurried foothills down
the empty street, and man rushed
around the corner pursued by two others,
who had also weapons in their hands, For
the moment Cosmo Waynflete was Span
lard, and to him it was a point of honor
to aid the weaker party. He cried to the
fugitive to pluck UP heart and to withstand
the enemy stoutly. But the hunted man
fled on, and after him went one of the pur-
suers. a tail, thin fellow. with a long black
cloak streaming behind him as ne ran.
The other of the two, handsome lad,
with fair hair came to halt and crossed
swords with Cosmo, and soon showed him
self to be skilled in the art of fence. So
violent was the young fellows attack that
in the ardor of self-defense Cosmo ran
the boy through the body before he had
time to hold his hand or even to reflect
The lad toppled over sideways: "Oh! my
motherr' he cried, and in a second he was
dead. While Cosmo bent over the body