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fail To bloom, and ra ther wither in our
sight, then il is a false herb, and its
owner deserving of the stake"
There was fIown upon the face of
the chief Druid; but the warriors around
the kings throne approved their mon
arcI's decision, and sniote their swords
loudly upon shield aud breastplate.
Accordingly, at woId from the cap
tain OF the sea royers, Patrick stepped
forth a few PAGES and dug with his anx-
ious fingers in the mold. Then. having
made a cavity, he therein planted the
trefoil of his native land.
'Dost wisil.' asked the king, Ito say
spell over it?''
The lad shook his head. 1T needs no
spell, my lord" he answered. If the
soil be friendly, it viii thrive
Then spFang TO tire spot the arch
Druid, followed by the priests of Baal.
An day long and far into the night they
sang theiI evil incantations, ana Wore their
spells over the dropping trefoil But
toward night a light rain begua to fall,
such as is common in those attitudes, and
the king, accompanied hy his entire court,
fled to shelter, leaving an aImetsguard al 10
watch over the tiny plant. With the guard
stayed Patrick, praying earnestly 10 high
heaven that the tTefoil of his fatherland
should flourish and take IOot in this new
and barren Sol. Long lie prayed, until
the rain ceased, and the silence of the warm
night lulled him to sleep. And, sleep
ing, he sank lightly to earth beside his
treasured seeding.
When morning came, fresh and fra
grant after the welcome rains, Pat
rick opened his eyes 10 behold advauc-
ing toward him, across the plain, a
notable company of warriors and priests
with King Maelcho, himself, "a the head
His limbs ached somewhat from the
nights exposure, but for all that he did not
forget to bend quick glance upon the
trefoil. Happiness! 1t had not withered,
but refr eshed by rain and ing
dews bloomed in the unaccus toned earth
as though rugged Antrim We're its
native place A great JOY lifted Patrick
to his feet and set him running at
pace, wondrous indeed considering his
cramped legs, to meet the kings caval-
cade
1T blooms. the trefoil blooms" he
cried, as he caught the kings bride,
and was lifted by the kindly monarch
20 the saddle bow. And despite the black
looks and muttered imprecations of the
chief Druid and his adherents. the king
spurred his charger ahead until he came
upon the trefoil, blooming daintily in
the short grass of the valley.
There is no spell here" said Maelcho,
''nor is this boy a wizard. Nay. more,
he has given to Erin a new herb-may
it prove an herb of grace. Threeleaved
it is, therefore we will call 1t il tn Gaelic
tongue sheam- rock, or the little uefoil,'
and the boys duty it Will be TO tend my
flocks in the valley where he planted
shamrock. -
Thus was Patrick, the captive,
spared from a woeful death, that
he might become Ireland's apostle,
and even Thus, say the old legends,
did he give to Ireland the shamrock, her
national emblem
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A SUBSTITUTE FOR RUBBER.
1t Comes From a Tree in California
and VIII Cost But Little.

A dispatch from San Francisco says
that young newspaper man OF Santa
Rosa has discovered a substitute for
rubber which, it is said, can be pEodUced
cheapIy. and will answer for any purpose
for which rubber is now used.
1t comes from a tree which grows ahun-
dautly in Sonoma county. and which has
been named the 'oleo elastica.' because OF
its yield of considerable amount OF gum
my substance. 1t is this substance that
seems to promise to revolutionize the rub
her business The gum is procured from
transverse incision in the large root The
juice flows rapidly from the first ten 20
fIfteenminutes. and aftertwoOr three days
exposure a layer resembling rubber is
formed. Over this another layer of rub
her gradually forms
For every pound of juice one ounce OF
a secret composition or solution s
added for the purpose OF curing and
Fastening the process of oxvgenation- Like
genuine rubber. this crust is tenacious
and elastic in its natural state. It Will
vulcanize like rubber, and, being non
conductor of electricity, IL may ne en-
pIoyed for insulating tele graph and
other lines which transmit electricity
Capital has been interested. and arrange
mentS are being made 70 produce the new
rubber on a large scale. Ii is stated
that il can he produced in practically un-
limited quantities at less than one-guarter
the cost of pure rubber
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Trouble With the Stock Exchange.

The decadence of the New York Stock
Exchange writes d correspondent of the
Pittshurg Dispatch, is giving great con-
cern, not only to members of Change,
but to the business world as well. Mem
bership on the Exchange represents an in
vestment of S22.000,000, each of the
100 members having paid about S2O.-
600 for a seat; but today, with the pos
sible exception of a scant halt-doZen
houses having exceptional inside informa-
ton on government policies, and still
larger number on the inside of railroad
deals, and still another set onto floor
flurries, the great mass of traders are
idle A very many of them-far above the
maiority. in fact-are not making even the
interest on their original investment. Then,
most of these are not even making office
rent. Still. they must hustle around and
pretend to he busy; must dress well, and
live well, for any failure TO keep up ap-
pearafces on Wall street means failure in
business All this means that seats on
Change are being pledged, but there is
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FIFTY ouaiIs in Fifty Days.

Mrs MolIie Peel, of Macgregcr, Tex, fin
isehd eating her fiftieth quail Tuesday
morning, having eaten one each day for the
last fifty days, and only terminated the ex-
pertinent now because Of the bird law,
which prevents her from procuring them
Mrs Peel says she has experienced no dis
taste or unpleasant results; on the contra
~, she has cultivated taste for quail and
regrets that she cannot continue longer.
Mrs. Peel is thirty one years old, height 8
feet inches, weight 10 pounds. She was
raised in Illinois. She has been in Texas
seven years. She has sunerintended the
culinary departments OF hotels and eat
ing houses almost continually for nine
years.-Chicago Chronicle
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His royal hlghness, Albert Edward, the
Prince Of Wales, has become a chef Brit
ish society-and American, too, Of course
stands agape at royalty's latest freak
From being the hero of the social world
in various other ways. the prince has as
cended, or descended, as one may choose
to think, to the position of chief chafing
dish manipulation of the United Kingdom.
The feminine section Of European royalty
has long had fad for preparing savory
dishes, but this is the first time that
man in whom royal blood flows has en-
tered the lists to compete with them.
1t all came through the grdiron party
given by Mrs. Duncombe, favorite Of
the prince, very pretty and equa lily
original. The prince was at Mrs. Dun
combe's party. 1t was the first time
in the history Of this scion of royalty that
he ever grilled his own outlet The cha fling
dish was the utensil that performed all the
ieatS that usually fall TO the lot Of the
range, and the gastronomic problems that
it solved are declared to have been
stupendous. The diniug-ro room of the fash
ionable mansion became Its grill room.
In other days it had been held TO be i'll
bred to permit an odor that in any way
called to mind the kitchen to penetrate
the sacred precincts OF the drawing room.
Now all was changed.
1t is the Prince of Wales who has af
forded relief from the ennui which has
seized upon society, and 50 il is that after
the theater fashion no longer flocks to the
restaurants and gratifies its taste with the
delcacies prepared by the becapped and
aproned monsieur, but hies itself to its
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ROYAL. FAMILY CONNECTIONS.
Reigning Monarchs in EuropeMuch
Related by Blood and Marriage.

Related by Blood and Marriage.
Attention has recently been drawn to
the extent to which the royal family of
Denmark is related by marriage TO the
governing families of other European
kingdoms. Christian TX, of Denmark,
the Oldest secular ruler in Europe is
the father of the Princess of Wales (wife
of the future King of England, the
father of George 1, King of Greece, and
the father of the Empress Dagmar, mother
of the Emperor of Russia, Nicholas ii.
In the present complication in and about
Crete, tile English and Russian governments
are perhaps more deeply interested than
any other, and the relation which they
bear to King George is therefore of the
very first Importance. Heis related by mar
riage to the royal houses of each empire,
one sister being the nother of the Rus
sian emperor, and the sother the daugh-
ter-in-law Of Queen Victoria.
The King of Denmark, however, is not
the only monarch of Europe at present
who owes much of his influence to matri
monial alliances. The present empe ror
of Austria, Franz Josef, has two daughters,
the elder of whom,, Gisela, is married to
the second son of the regent of Bavaria.
His son Rudolph, who died by suicide in
1889, was married to the second daughter
of Leopold II, the King of Belgium. The
present king of Portugal, Charles /, is
son of daughter Of Victor Emmanuel.
The heir to the throne of Saxony married
the daughter of former king of Portugal,
and his eldest son married the 4Archduchess
Louise of Austria. The present king of
Greece not only is the brother OF the
Dowager Empress of Russia, but he married
the Grand Duchess Olga of Russia, and
younger brother married the Princess
Marie of Orleans, a niece of the Comte de
Paris, whose son, the Duke of Orleans, is
the Bourbon aspirant for the crown of
France.
The eldest son of the King of Denmark
married the Princess Louise of Sweden and
Norway, Oscar II. The eldest of the sens
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OF the present King of Greece married
Sophia, the sister of the present Emperor
of Germany, whose brother Henry s mar
ried to daughter of the late Princess
Alice of England, a daughter of Queen Vic
toria, who died in 1873. The heir 10 the
throne of Roumania is the husband of the
eldest daughter of the Duke of Edinburgh
second son Of Queen Victoria; and this list
does rot by any means exhaust the sum
mary of relationships between the royal
families OF Europe.
1t was said in fomrer times that the in
teGrity OF the once powerful and aways
proud empire of Austria was maintained
only through the fact that the princes of
the house of Hapsburg, not handsome men
themselves, had all of them beautiful
daughters and the marriage ofthese daugh-
ters to scions OF other royal houses in
Europe had the effect OF forestalling and
preventing the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the Aus
trian empire, repeatedly threatened after
each successive defeat of Austrian sol
diers in battle. A t the present time it is
the royal house OF Denmark, rather than
of Austria, which exercises the largest
measure OF influence, matrimonially ON
other European courts. York Sun
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MISSED THE INAUGURATION.
A California Woman Robbed of Her
Money and Jewels in Chicago.

Diamonds valued at ST 200 and 500 in
bills fell to the lot of some sneak thief on
Tuesday afternoon. Nine. N Sicott, of
Los A ngcles, Cal, says she is the loser, and
as aresult, she aba ndoncd a trip to Wash
ington To attend the inaugural ceremonies
on Tuesday between 4 and p. M Mnie.
Sicott says she visited a downto wn depart
ment store to buy 4 telescope bag To be
used on ti;e Eastern journey, She had The
diamonds aud several other valuable pieces
OF jcwelFy in her purse, with $500 in bills
Her purchase engaged her attention, and
she thoughtlessIy placed her purse on the
counter When she turned to pick it up a
few seconds later it had disappeared.
Mime Sicott would not give any deScrip-
tion of her jewels, although she says she
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ce1Ved ION the other side' will lead many
persons to take 1T up who have not hereto
fore considered it exactly the thing TO do,
for various reasons.
One of the oldest results of the Prince
of Wales new departure is the sudden
mania for solving the mysteries of the
chatting dish which las seized on the young
men of society. Most of these gentlemen
had considered it matter apart for the
women to manipulate the chatting dish
Now, however, their mothers or their
sweethearts or some other women are be
sought to teach them all the little in
tricacies that cluster about the concoction
of savory dainties or the grilling of cut
let, to plagiarize II well known saying, ito
the princes taste''
The method OF cooking adopted by these
young men is said to be well worth obser-
walton. Every hostess who gives grill
ing party now keeps on hand for her gen
tieme1 guests supply of long White
aprons. These aprons are not tied about
the waist as with the young women, but
the strings encircle the n eek OF the gentle
men and thus preserve the evening suit
from grease spots and other evidences of
too close familiarity with those things
which delight the appetite and cleave TO
Dfoadcioth when opportunity offers. The
spectacle OF half dozen young men circu-
latlng about several chatting dishes is in
Itself Il sight OF interest, but with the apron
attachment the young men assume an ap-
peartncc winch Is positively picturesque.
The mothers with marriagcable daugjr
ters enthusiastically approve OF the meth
OdS inaugurated by the Prince Familiar
ity may breed contempt, but it also occa-
sionally breeds marriage. and thus the
fashionable mamma sees and rejGices at
a popular fad which helps along her match
making in wonderful degree.
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denoting thyself, the queen thy consort,
and thy youthful son Believe me, king,
IL is a spell against our land"
The king pondered deeply, but his bet
ter nature, after a glance at Patrick ;
ingenious face, conque red.
The doom of such a viva rG,'' he said,
were death at the stake. If the boy
We're as you say, he should be burned
alive. But for my part, ! cannot be-
lieye il. He looks not like an evil sor-
cerer. My desire, therefore, is
that the foreign captive be given fair
trial Let him, in our presence. plant
this clump Of earth and the -three-leaved
herb upon it. Should it thrive and grow.
well and good. Then il is harmless and
his life is spa ed But should it
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house than in the summer time, ii is wise
plan to use disinfectant every month or
two. especially If the members of the fam
lily are inclined to take cold readily, have
sore throats or other troubles which are
aggravating il not acute.
The disinfecting is not TO take the
place of regular ventilation, by any means.
but simply to supplement it.
One good method is by burning sui
phur in each room. Sprinkle the pow
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cloths in cholrides, bottle of which can
be had at small cost at the drug store,
and hang them in various rooms. This is
recommended by physicians as especially
purifying.
1t is i good plan, too, to put few
drops of carbolic acid in a little water
and allow it TO stand in all vessels which
are used in sleeping apartments. after
they have been emptied and well rinsed.
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has furnished a complete description to the
police department. She said Sergt. Fltz-
gerald, of the central station. had cautioned
her against imparting information concern
ing her loss to any one, and she was not at
liberty TO give detailed description.
The manager of the department store said
the theft had not been reported TO him.
The police are inclined to believe COM
mon sneak thief made the haul. Nine Sicott
says no one knew she was carrying the valu-
ables. Chicago Tribune.
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dered sulphur on live Goals, and carry it
on a shovel through the house.
The silver should all be carefully put
away first, however, or it viii be dis
colOred by the fumes.
Another simpler plan still is to saturate
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This Cat Returned.

The cat came back TO Samuel Ward, of
Waynesboro, Pa. not in song. but in fact,
a few weeks ago Mr.. Ward had not seen
it since July, 1894, when he had dropped
it from train near Frederick, Md.-In'lian-
apolis News.
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druid spoke my lord, the king, he
said, this lad Heth He is wizard,
and his mock ,trefoil is an evil spell
Such a plant has never yet been seen
n Ireland Look, yen, my lord, it bear
eth three leaves OF equal size and shape
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Ye@4@~e~e~~@ eeee>9s~~e~~4
3 HERE'S THE YOUNGEST :
3 YACHTSMAN

Probably the youngest yachtsman IN
this country is Master William Kissam
Vanderbilt, jr., son of William K Van
derbilt, owner OF the paIatiaI yacht
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DisinfectiDg.

During the winter months, says the AL
bany journal, when there is less oppor-
tunity for thorough ventilation of the
The Grenada sentinel., 1897-03-06
ELLEN OSBORN'S LETTER,
Spring Hats Are Much In Evidence
In Cairo, Egypt
styles Seen ON Board . Da Ha Beah
People One Sees During the
Winter On the Nile-AmeFi.
cans IN Egypt.
Copyright. 1871

kNopSAAeuN Ac's.J
Cairo, Egypt-Cairo was never gay
er than it is this winter. 1t has been
fuller, but that doesn't count. A
rood many tourists have been kept
away because they wished to take
Turkey and Egypt in one trip, and Con-
stantinople has failed somehow since
last summers massacres to impress
them as wholesome. And then, too, the
cholera scare, quickly as it blew over,
made timid folks wonder If Cairo itself
was good campings. But the people who
are not here are mostly the ones who
expect to see the east but once in a life
time, and who are correspondingly par
ticular about times and seasons. They
are not the rich people nor those who
add most to the gayety of nations. The
monied crowd to whom winter ON the
Nile counts as little and is had as regu-
larly as spring in London are here in
full force. Their manners and their
clothes are the best and the worst one
ever sees. They're picturesque mix
ture Of high breeding and loud vulgar
ity. The rudeness of the worst of the
English is exceeded only by the laugh.
able lapses Of the most ignorant Ameri-
cans. Yesterday at the best appointed
hotel table in the east three handsome
women who had been discussing their
plans for next summer at Narragan-
sett Pier for the benefit of the rest of
the guests made Us listen also to their
dinner reckoning.
NOW your bill," said one of them,
who was fair fat and 30, "is so pi-
astres and 20 for wine, and mine Us so pi-
astres and ten for wine, and Edith's is
so piastres and IS for wine; shall you
give the waiter anything for pour
boire?"
And the waiter who understands
English perfectly stood silently at the
ladies' back while the amount of his
fee was discussed at length and after
ward bowed them out of the room
The Grenada sentinel., 1897-03-06

driving wheel several feet in diameter
and operated by treadle or crank
Hun a belt from the fan-wheel, over a
ruler attached to the side of the box, to
your motor, and nave an arrangement
that will cause the fan to revolve at an
extremely rapid rate.
At the bottom of the box place pan
of heated water and start your mill.
Soon the water will become greatly agi.
lated and form itself into spirals as
little by little the surface is sucked
up, producing liquid cone several
inches in height, above which a number
CT small drops will accumulate and fall
back in a series of spiral showers.
Gradually there will appear vapory
hollow tube from the apex Of the cone;
this will gyrate upward toward the
fan and lose itself in the upper part
an exact reproduction Of real water.
spout. So strong is the current Of air
about this tube of vapor that atitwillcause
light objects such as straws and pieces
of paper which may be floating on the
surface of the water to be drawn up al.
most to the top of the box.
A little soap in the water will add to
the interest Of the experiment, as the
soap bubbles will be seen in violent
agitation at the foot of the cone.
You will notice that your waterspout
Is spiral tube of vapor which twists
its way upward after the manner of a
corkscrew. Now at the center Of thi.
nebulous spiral, forming its cone. is
current Of cool air shooting downward.
This current of cool air serves to con.
dense or thicken the vapor to some de.
gree, and If you blow a puff of smoke
across the mouth Of your waterspout
you will see it at once 60 to the interior
of the tube, gracefully roll itself into
slender cone, and make its way down
tc the surface Of the water. represent.
ing exactly what takes place when in a
real waterspout the clouds are sucked
down and mingle with the cone of vapor
that rises from the surface OF the a,,i.
tated sea.
The spiral column Is the harmless
part Of waterspout, though we hear
tales of ships being wrecked, and even
Of small boats being drawn up into the
air by them. But this is done not by
the column Of vapor, but by the invisi.
bic and terrific whirlwind that RACES
round it-which, in your miniature re.
production, causes the straws and
pieces Of paper 70 mount into the air.
1t has been held by many that the
course of the waterspout is downward
and not upward, but this simple expert.
ment disproves this theory by showing
the formation Of the column upon the
surface Of the water, the direction
taken by light objects and the descent
Of the smoke through the center.
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sharply behind. For trimming it had Q
wreath OF green velvet and pink rib
bons, into which were twisted narcis-
sus stems. Flowers and ribbon bows
stood up behind.
A bride whose honeymoon Is passing
in Cairo wore o round hat of green
straw with a fat brim, whose shape
suited admirably the young round face,
with its low brow and hair drawn back
carelessly in waves. At the back OF tho
hat high loops Of cream-colored ribbon
stood up in asemi-circle. On one side of
the brim lay bunch of pink roses, on
the other curled black ostrich plume.
The dress that matched this hat was a
yellowish, cream-colored chine silk, fig.
ured with green. The skirt was full,
rather longer than skirts have been
made, and plain. The bodice was plain
and close-ftting also, but almost hid.
den under a very deep lace collar, the
tabs of which were so wired as to stand
out in half handkerchief all around.
A frill of lace at the neck haring over
a collar Of pink ribbon and narrow,
pointed pink ribbon waist-belt gave the
finishing touches.
Tea was served on the upper deck
under the awnings, and here a couple
OF white-turbaned Arabs, whose feet
were noiseless on the mattings, handed
it about, eastern fashion, in glasses.
People who have not been in Egypt
would hardly recognize the beverage,
favored as it is with verbena and the
juice of small green lines. The pretty
sister Of the hostess directed opera.
tions in a green gray canvas dress
trimmed about the skirt with three
bands Of braided red and green ribbon.
The bands were put on with q deep
point in front and high upon the sides
to simulate the overdress that knocks
so loud at fashions gate, but it is not
yet let in. The waist was made with
blouse turning back in ribbon-edged
revers over the shoulders and sleeves
and opening in front on vest Of pale
green silk. 4 broad plaided sash of red
and green tied in bows at the back
of the waist fell to the deck in
streamers. A big hat of gray green
straw was trimmed with red roses and
green ribbons.
One other toilette, that of caller
from another dahabeah tied up under
a group Of palms close by, was too note.
worthy to be passed over. It was Q
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FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
LoTTIE's QUERY.

was such mis'abls little girl;
FOR my sweet song bird. Fred. had died,
couldn't think Of anything else.
An 70 cried. an sobbed, an cried.
Fhsn mamma sent me to Widow Browns
The washerwoman, by the mill:
ines drefful poor, an her boy can't walk
He's bout my age, an his names Bill.
didn't want to 70 there one Bit
I'd rather stay at home an cry,
An pity myself the livelong day.
Cause my canary bird must diei
But course went. an took picture cards
For mamma said. take 'em along
Then twas 70 queer. forgot to cry.
An soon sang . gladsome song!
{ hippity hoped the long way home;
For was merry. an full OF Joy.
Was that all cause forgot myself.
An happy made q crippled boy?
Fanny L. Fancher, in N. Y. Observer.