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Peculiarities of the Law.

There are some queer things about
the law. A postofice safe was robbed
in California, Mo-, some time ago. In
such case the department. pays $500
each for the conviction of the persons
engaged in the robbery. There were
five persons engaged in the affair, but
the authorities had no clew to the
men. 1t happened that. the guilty
persona were in q saloon some time
afterward. One of the crowd got into
a dispute with a farmer, who killed
him. It turned out that the man
killed was the rineleader and had the
bulk OF the booty on his person. His
death resulted in proving the COM
plicity in the robbery Of the four
other men. The men who captured
the four have been allowed $500. The
farmer made application for 5000, but
the court has decided that he cannot
get it, because the head robber was
peither arrested nor convicted. He
was simply dead-and postofice rob-
Der has to be taken alive. to win re-
ward. d.--Detroit Free Press. :"
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Tile clriIizlns Power Of irrigation.

The evolutionary process of the last
twenty years has brought out some
very valuable lessons for the future OF
California. It was demonstrated that
irrigation is essential TO the highest
standard Of civilization. The census
OF 1890 revealed the fact that two
thirds Of the gain in rural population
stood to the credit of eight counties
where irrigation prevailed. The coun-
ties which rely uporsrainfali had about
reached standstill or scored q, loss.
The people have always been divided
on the question as to- whether irriga-
tion is necessary. Those who oppose,
urge that it breeds malariannd iniures
the quality Of the fruit. Those who
favor insist that it is essential to the
most scientific agriculture, and to the
maintenance of dense population. The
last twenty years have answered the
question forever. The answer consists
of q comparison between the South and
the North. The one was born of the
irrigation canal (; the other Of the nnint
ing camp and the wheat ranch. The
one is characterized by high civil,
zation the other by q low one. Cen
tury. asf 2 rzEi.'t ( ,s.f 49,
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given at Mrs, Grants house in the Na.
tional Capital. 1t is an affair that is

given at Mrs, Grants house in the Ne.
tional Capital. 1t is an affair that is
regarded with much pleasing anticipa.
tion, says the Chicago Times Herald.
and will be, no doubt, followed by a
large number of entertainments in
honor OF the fair debutante. Miss Sar-
toris was born IN London nearly eight
cen years ago. She is pretty bru.
nette, with chestnut hair and rich
olive complexion She is Of medium
height, with a tendency to plumpnese.
Educated abroad, she is one of the
best informed girls in her set. Her
mother looked after Miss Yivien's ed
ucation with hsr OWL eyes, and the re-
suit is seen in the womanly character
of the daughters mind and education.
Miss Sartoris has 81 voice of good vol
ume and nativ, sweetneis, and it has
not lost any OF its power by an en-
forced, cultivation. She will be given
some vocal training during the winter.
Miss Sart,ris speaks perfect French.
but has not studied other languages
than that and her own. Her sister,
who is jut fifteen, pronIises to rival
the eldest in personal attraction. Mrs.
Sartoris herself looks more like an ell
der sister with: her charming daugh-
ters than she does like their mother.
The portrait of Miss Vivien Sartoris
here shown is reproduced from pho
tograpl,io copy of Hallai's London
painting ct the subieot. Miss Emily
New, of Washington, is the photogra-
pher. ~ S,Ft agssss sE.tt
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shape. I noticed that the canned
provisions I bought all came from
England and France, American ship
ments to Madagascar being limited to
cotton goods and lumber, for which
we take raw hides in exchange.
"My costume was of Kahkee cloth,
dust colored, of the kind the Indian
troops are slothed in. The flanzana
was an iron framed seat, covered with
canvas, fastened to couple OF light
seven.foot poles of strong wood, held
together by iron rods with screws and
nuts. There was leather back and
foot rest of wood suspended by two
leather straps. This is the National
carriage of Madagascar, country des'
titute of roads and Of pack animals.
Oxen are sometimes saddled, but not
often" ....
Starting from Tamatave, Mr.. Tay-
lor's route lay at first alon" the sandy
shores of the Indian Ocean. The
country was open, and tWenty'eight
miles were made the first day. de
headed for Antananarivo, the HoVa
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capital 225 miles inland, and was
eleven days on the way, though the
Journey can be made in seven. While
travel in the remoter parts Of the
island is not unattended by peril from
crocodiles. rowing bands of murderous
outlaws, and the fury of tropical
storms, he had no difficulty in travers-
ing the distance from the coast to the
capital-which the, French invaders
found later, starting from the west
coast, not SO difficult as had been e1.
pected. (
1--WE always stopped about IL
o'clock in the morning" he says, "for
meal. At first we had bread, which
soon became very hard, and then
crackers. eat very little fruitin the
tropics-the mango and the cocoanut
in the morning and late in the even.
ing, but never while the sun is up.
When we found a travellers trseI in.
serted my knife irthe fibre between
two leaves and would drink, after
straining. the water which came out.
I found the groo groo worms, o.
grubs, taken between the leaves at the
top of the palm tree, to be delicious
when fried to crisp. They taste like
the fat of lamb chop with soupcon
Of cocoanut favor.
s'My men chopped down young
cabbage palms and ate the heart of the
fruit, uncooked. It is white, and
tastes like cabbage. The Malagassy
are not squeamish. They devour egg
shells and chicken bones. At native
hotel not far from Antananarivo I had
for the first course strange, half
burnt compound of fat, gristle and OK
flesh, roasted with the hide and bris.
ties on. The crust of the bread had
hair and feathers IN it., The second
course was better, consisting of wild
pigeon with green peas. Money in
Madagascar means French five-franc
pieces chopped into segments and car
ried in bag. Some of the segments
are scarcely bigger thr n pea.
IT started inland with 200 five-franc
pieces chopped up in this way. A sin
gle coin is sometimes cut into twenty.
five bits. The natives eagerly took
copper and brass wire and egg-shaped
beads, tin cans and long.necked lime
juice bottles, instead of the money,
which is weighed out in light sheet
iron scoops almost as small es apothe'
carries scales. Every householder,
traveller and vender carries these.
"Along the white sands OF the In
dian Ocean, on the first days journey,
shot many snipe, similar to the
American species. As we penetrated
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A Four Dollar Bill.

D. G. McCausland, of Davenport,
Iowa, in looking over soma old papers
that belonged to his father q few weeks
ago, discovered a four dollar bill
bearing date of November 80, Its.
The bill looks more as though it were
made in China than in the United
States. The paper has something of
the appearance of the Chinese paper,
and the characters look something
like Chinese characters. The bill
reads: "Tis entities bearer to four
Spanish mill dollars, or the value
thereof in gold or silver. according to
aresolution of Congress passed at Phil
adelphla. November 90, 1875. Chi.
cago Tribune.
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of the dorsal are ten inches in length.
The mouth Is strong and toothless, the
lower lip protruding and being of o
vermillion color. Its eyes are large
and round. @
No other fish like it has ever been
noticed by naturalists. Its nearest
relative, however, seems to be the
Zeus faber, of the Atlantic, which is
known as the Dory. The zeus faber
is an excellent food fish, which is sell
dom met with in quantity. Scientific
examination of the new fish, however,
seems to indicate that it may be OF the
genus Lamptis. !az
The fish is now at Seattle, Washing
ington. where it reposes in the museum
of the Young Naturalists' Society as
the gem of its collection.
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sideration coming from the Amazon
River valley, The tree grows to be
from seventy to 100 feet high. The
bark is smooth and yields milky sap
when tapped. The twigs are some
times spiny and the leaves are, often
six inches br Dad. The trees are often
cultivated for ornament, from the
West Indies 10 Brazil. If left to ripen
on the tree, the nut explodes with q
sharp report, when each Of its curious
compartments, numbering sometimes
as many as sixteen, flies asunder, so
that it's seeds, which somewhat resem-
,bles pumpkin seed, drops out. Our
engraving shows tho, condition Of the
ruptured cells. The nut has q
dense woody fiber. The nuts
stand exporting, and occasionally
do not explode for several months.
The pieces are thrown several feet
when the explosion takes place. If
the nut is kept.in alcohol or water, it
can be preserved for years. ar
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THE WHITE MANS CARRIAGE IN MADAGASCAR

inland we came suddenly, here and
there, on chained prisoners, roaming
ut large, one OF the. saddest features of
Malagassy life. Some of these unior-
tunates would be so ietered that they
GOULD only step few inches at a time,
the weight OF the chains being proper.
toned to the enormity of their Of
fences against the laws of the Hovas,
which are excellent in theory. but
lwretchedly enforced. The condemned
Ia is sentenced 70 wander in the
ntains with An iron ring around
akle. another around his neck,
srs on his wrists, the rings be.
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rE j. r i = =
simulated yoke are composed Of alter
nate rows Of marrow ;Valenciennes lace
and black velvet gathered to form e.
quilting. Similar decorations are APP
piled on ths sleeves. and the neck is
finished with pretty stock of ribbon.
a semi.girdle OF broad satin ribbon
confines the fulness at the waist line.
The garment is provided with g.
gloye.6tted lining OF basque length
upon which the iull back and fronts
are disposed, the top being shirred
and applied at square yoke depth.
The upper portion is trimmed with:
the dainty rows OF lace and velvet to.
simulate q yoke. The closing is eft,
fected invisibly through the centre
front, Tho sides at moothly, show,
ing the graceful curves Of thu figure
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Never Heard His Own 20 Operas.

. Ng . . 7. 4 i
Auber, the composer of>that popular1)
opera, "Fra Diavalo, (" and half hun.ll
dred others of lesser note. Nas,a curi-
ous genius. While very wealthy and]
living in the greatest luxury in Paris,
in other respects he was poorer than
most mortals, in that he had neyed
heard performance OF one of his ow1
operas. He had the utmost fear
death, and it was n low in his hou1
hold that the subject was never tS
mentioned. He died in 1sIhsN
the French Commune was ~goiI
A splendid funeral procession
ranged, but the mob dispersed
the body out OF the hearse,
into ditch and then usaAtx
to draw cannon.
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OutDut of Coal.

In fifteen years the worlds output
of coal has nearly doublei-rlslng
from 364. 737, 405 tons in 1880, to
62S, ,S05, ,239 tons in 1895. The. in.
crease in Great Britain has been from
164, 4,6O5, 73S to 2l2.32O, 725 tons; in
the United States, from II, 4S1, 1863 to
1913, 1T, $50 tons; in Germany. from
65,l77,6 to. 1l4,524, 1876 tons; in
Austria Hungary, from 16, $4,000 to
33, ,57O,358 toms; in Belgium, from
10, 617.5s5 TO 22,453,47l tons; in
Russia, from si,570,4l3 to 8.367,357
tons and in all other countries. from
1921, 42s to IA. 250.0s3 tons ye
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AN EXPLOSIVE NUT.

A Peculiar Fruit Which Opens With
: .it! Loud Report.
In the vegetable kingdom We find
several varieties of fruit that are e1-
plosible by various natural pro.
cesses, AMI they belong to several
families. In the wise economy of
nature, says the Scientific American,
the object of this bursting is to dis.
semlnate The seeds. Probably the
most peculiar explosive fruis is that Of
the sand box tree Hura crepitans) OF
the family of Euphorbiacee, which
opens its truit with q loud report,
scattering the pieces in all directions.
The tree is found in tropical Amer
lea, the particular example under con-
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to advantage. Stylishly pointed epau-
lets fall deeply on the front and back,
extending we'll over the fashionable
sleeves that are mounted upon coat
shaped Innings. At the neck is close
standing band covered with stock Of
ribbon. i
The design may be copied in WOODEN
or cotton fabrics such as challis, cash.
mere, French flannel or figured de-
laine, or developed in China silk,
taffeta or surah for more dressy oc.
casione, the model afording rare op-
portunities for the combination Of
colors. Heliotrope;, with quillings Of
white satin ribbon, would be effective
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Micrnhes DeYour Sewage.

a novel disposition OF sewage is
made at Exeter. Englani. The method
consists of four tanks, fourth of the
sewage passing into each. Light and
air are excluded from the tanks; put.
refaction and decomposition are rapid
ly aet up the. microbes multiply and
the solid portions of the: sewage are
consumed and the outflow from the
tanks is nothing but slightly colored
water, which, after passing through
filters, loses al color and taste. No
chemical is used, and no.attention to
the tanks OF any sort is needed. Each
filter bed automatically cleanses itself
by being out Of use for short time.
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NEW FISH DISCOVERED.
Most Beautiful That Has Ever Beer
~ Noticed by Naturalists.

Noticed by Naturalists.
A new fish, unlike any other in many
respects and of extraordinary beauty
in coloring. has been discovered. 1t
was found by Captain jacobson, of the
schooner Wenoma. who caught as pee
linen while fishing on the banks
twenty:eight miles south-southwest Of
Cape Flattery. The fish was 26i inches
long, II inches deep and about 4 inches
thick. x,
1t was beautifully colored, and in
its richness of shades surpasses any
other fish which has yet been found.
The top of the head Is of brick red,
the back of metallic blue, shading to
aluminium color on the belly. The
meridian line is strongly arched and
marked by series of large scales.
Pure round white spots are dotted over
the whole Of the fish.
In other respects the fish presents
an uncommon appearance. It's fins are
strong spined and extend nearly the
whole length OF the fish. The spines
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some bodice beneath. i Thesyoke por.
lion, shaped in slightly pointed out.
line is provided with aistylish and pro.
tective storm collar, both OF which are
fashioned in Persian cloth, Astrakhan
or q wide border OF mouf1on fur dec
crates the free edges, and the closing
in centre front is concealed with black
,marten head and tails. The dainty
muff also of Persian cloth or Astrak khan,
to match the collar, is ornamented with
deep border Of mouf1on that flares
perceptibly at the outer edge AMI is
decorated with q quaint head and tails
to correspond with one worn at the
neck. 81, 3 49, ~ Z; i Y. s u
The Partisan capote is Of violet vel
vet, surmounted BY 9 graceful bunch
of white ostrich plumes which is held
in place by two large velvet roses.
The edge is outlined with ietted
seqtins. n u i.{
The collarette and muf may be con-
structed of velvet, plush, electric seal,
Astrakhan or. cloth, while 8 the deep
ruf1e may be either an entire border
of fur or made Of the material and
simply DECORATED with narrow band
of krimmer, chinchills, sable, mink or
any one of the fashionable furs now
/. in vogue. .3.s & y sf,. sf5
To make this cape.collar in the
Medium size, writes May Manton, will.
require two and one quarter yards Of
iorty.four inch wide material The
muf will require three.quarters yard
of the same width goods.
BECOMING WAIST WITH BoLERo FRONT.
This simple and becoming waist, de-
picted in the second large illustration,
is made of gray-brown lusterine. Tue
full vest is of plaided tatfeta silk in,
brilliant hues. The free edges of the
bolero are decorated with silk braid.
ing, and dark green satin ribbon is
chosen for the stock collar and crush
belt that finishes the neck and waist.
Over glove-titted lining, provided
with single bust darts, the pretty full
front IS arranged, dropping percepti.
bly, at the wa;st-line in the soft. blouse
effsct so extremely becoming to youth
full fig Tres The jacket fronts are in
cluded in the shoulder and under-arn
seams, being of the conventional
bolero shape, now so immensely popu-
lar. The back is smooth fitting
across the shoulders with the nd
ditional fitness of material laid in
close overlapping plaits on either
side of the centre back where
the closing is effected with
buttons and button.holes. The stylish
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The model nftords charming faciti.
ties for remodeling last season's dresses,
The bolero front, requiring very lit.
tie material, may be really placed over
some well-worn bodice to snaarten it.
The full front may BIZ on plain or fancy
silk, or any of the pretty woolens in
plaid, striped or figured effect.
Is 70. make this waist for 3 miss of
fourteen years it willreauire one and
one-half yards OF forty y.four-inch wide
material, with one, and one.fourth
yards of silk for vest.
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sleeves are arranged over coat-shaped
Innings and are but moderately tull,
after the prevailing fashion. A stand
ing collar finishes the neck. Neat nnd
serviceable waists, adapted for home
or school wear, may be developed from
this design. ...~-
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it to England twenty years after.
wards. 1t did better. however. in
Ireland than anywhere else, and got
it's name, no doubt, because of its
early and extensive cultivation in Ire.
land. Botauically it was originally
known as the Batata Virginiana, but
in after years it was properly ldenti-
fed and classified as the Solanum tu-
berosum. New England Homestead.
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Not the sIrishD Potato.

s'The popularity of the Irish po-
tato, so called, is in the fact that it is
not Irish," observes one of the potato
experts of the Agricultural Depart
ment at Washington. "The. potato
originally grew wild in the fields of
Chile, Peru and Mexico. Sir John
Hawkins did not take it to Ireland
until 1855. Sir Francis Drake took
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nm MADAGASCAR
INTERESTING oBSERvs fp
AN AMERICAN rRAN/
Queer Conveyance in Eb,rst
Men Ride-Quenct be ..
at the Traveller
o., Odd F1W ...

- ur oh.ar, Is in Madagas.
car OF u )Rho spent seven
J. F. a: eling through the
g mon.p belief that there
lnterior' "arr more news from
WIZ De goe fig island before the
tnat yer! M S between the French
enc OF tnes Eibes. The occupation
ano she n of Tamatave and An
ny ene E chief cities of Mads-
tananari ,ot by any means indicate
gascaf,i Gicn of Madagascar. The
19e u,ISdominant tribe, who have
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for second mourning. Nothing could
be more appropriate than gown Of
black with violet trimmings.
To make the wrapper forl
having a thirty.six-lnch by
will require six and
yards q hsty.four. .ipah
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1t was pitiful

ing joined by letters. 1t was pitiful
to hear in the pathless brush the moan
of some poor msnacled wretch, help
less and starving, either on his way to
report to his penal station or fallen
by the way in an agonizing quest for
food. The less severely punished are
sometimes able to pick up odd jobs OF
some light work" .--..
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he had reached Madagascar he was
casehardened to experiences of the
ordinary.
t.I knew nobody in Tamatave, on
the east coast of Madagascar, he says,
..when I landed there. / called on
John u. Waller, the recently arrived
American Consul; it'sthe right thing,
of course, for traveller to pay his re-
spects to the representatives of his
country wherever he finds them. My
Z own regret has been that American
Consuls are not, as q rule, up to the
consular standards as set by other
countries. They are not respected, IL
my experience, as they should be by
the people among whom they discharge
their duties.
'.l found Tamative veryunimpres.
siye town. The single unpaved main
street and the lanes that intersect il
are covered with loose sand. When I
purchased my provisions for the jour
8 ney up the country to the capital
gave n out that ] wanted bearers.
~ Lug DI ISbOx I'll tuc pIOI0 Wdb
81 an, carrying a limited stock
~ merchandise. Natives sool
Ter themselves. ] inspect
groups, rejecting all those
eshy or unhealthy looking.
ged five feet seveninches il
Eould say. Their tongues
amined to see, if their di
good their feet, to zee i
hake good ground gain
), to see if they had beer
heavy burdens. Tall
-. % could throw ftheil
Snd their calves back
looked for. They
le,s free from tn,
80 a 6d in Malagassy Car
= Res have to stagge,
Rough the desolat'
which would ia!
the fifty men
70 anty EIGHT.
eiye the equiv
esy money fol
with his load
ke en- route
Nth my I'll
pnin, fou'
= s substi
carrieI
yisis
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STYLISH AND w ARM
'FAsHIONARLEsD DESIGNS IN SEA:
soNABLE GARMENTS. u
Handsome Cape- Collar and Muft-
Dressy Adjunct to "a Walking
Gown-Becoming Waist
&. With Bolero8Front.@

T7HE handsome cape.collar and
muf pictured in the first
large engraving forms o aty-
lish adjunct to q walking
gown that may be used ins connection
with plain coat OF worn independ.
emily, showing to advantage the hand.
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"Walking has been pleasure to me
ever since I can remember. eyes,
the painful part OF it was before you
could remember. Chicago Record.
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KousE GOWN.

This attractive house gown is deyel.
oped in all wool challis in an sex.
quisite shade Of poppy:color. The
handsome pointed epaulets and
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A NOTABLE DEBUT.

Eldest Daughter Of Nellie Grant Sar-
torIs Enters Washington Society
Miss yivien Sartoris, the handsome
sldest daughter OF Mrs. Nellie Grant
5artoris,- will be introduced to society
This winter at large reception to be
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q Ave
ish(pnion, ais
short time.
pressed. p large
hesiys auid. Thin
In various trades fdl
to tin OF zinc, or eyS
tenacity with / which
surprise any one MAXI
tempt