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The Mystery of Heredity.

Out of 222 pupils in the grammar
schools of Chicago who attained a GER
tain percentage of efficiency only
twenty-five were boys. This would
indicate that girls are about four times
as bright as boys. It is hard to un-
stand these things and to straighten
up the rules of heredity. It is, we
believe, an accepted rule that boys
''take after" their mothers and the
girls after their fathers. If, then, the
women are the smartest, the boys,
"taking after" the mother, should
also be smartest. If the men are the
smartest, then the girls. taking
after" the father, should be smartest.
It is a difficult riddle to-unriddle.-
Baltimore Sun.
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Precious ManuHCrlDta.

Sir Walter SCOTS manuscript OF
'The Lady of the Lake" has just been
sold in London for $6450; thirty years
ago it brought $1,000. The manuscript
of "Old Mortality" sold for $4,000.
Lord Nelson's autograph memoir of
his own life, with some autograph let
tiers, was sold for $4,000; twenty-three
other letters of his to Trowbridge
fetched $14OO. Robert Burns's pri-
vate journal, begun in 1877, 1.-The
Edinburgh Commonplace Book" y
brought S1S15. Eight manuscripts of
A. G. Swinburne, poems published in
his first volume, sold for $198.
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PITh AND POINT.

."Pretty Polly!" said the lady. "Ca9
Polly talk?" "Polly," replied thS
Boston parrot, "csn CONVERGE
Indianapolis Journal.
"Whut some folks call 'er hopeful
disposition" said Uncle Eben, "aint
muffin but laziness an trustin' ter
~uck."--Washington Star.
Hicks-"Have q good time out rid,
ing this EVENING"" Wicks (neophyteI
-"Not SO, good a time as the people
who we're watching me."-Boston
Transcript.
even a fly can do good by getting
a man awake in time to attend church.
eyes, but it doesn't put him in the
proper frame of mind to go there
Chicago Record.
she is one of the leading lawyers Of
the town" "Gets pretty big fees,
eh?" ct should say so. Why, it Il
almost as cheap to buy the grand jury
as to hire him. Truth.
"I'm 80 grateful to Mr.. Chumpleight
for sending me his photograph
"Why, I thought you hated him"
"Yes, but just think, he might have
brought il. "-Brooklyn Life.
'"There is one thing I cannot over.
look in a woman" said Mr.. Smalley.
'eWhat is that?" asked his friend.
"a high hat in a theatre" said Mr..
S~malley Capital.
"Are you one Of the striking
miners?" asked the woman at the door.
eyes, mum. I'm what dey call Q
pioneer. I struck thirty years ago and
I've never give in yet."-Detroit Free
Press.
Mrs. Gilfoyle -'Mrs. Bargain
Hunter is a thoroughly consistent
woman" Mrs. ,Kilduf-'cIs she?"
Mrs. Gilfoyle-'eYes; she is. She
has marked her five o'clock teas down
to 4.57."-Puck.
A-"Well, how did you sleep last
night? Did you follow my advice and
begin counting?" B-t'Yes. I counted
up to 10, O00." "And then you fell
~asleep?" '"No; then it was time to
get up."-Tit-Bits.
MI. Failupski-"Ha! ha! Ho! 'hol"
Mrs. Failupski-"Vot is der choke,
Isaac?" Mr.. Failupski-"Dot baper
brints der notice. of my assignment
under der heading of Business
Troubles. '"-Puck.
She-"How would you punctuate
the following: Bank of England notes
of various values were blown along the
street by the wind?'" He-'I think
I would make a dash after the notes."
Household Words.
"They say people in this country.
spend more money on bicycles than
bread" CHATS queer; bicycles can 7
be eaten" ct know; but then PEG.
pie can't show off with a loaf OF
bread."-Chicago Record.
"Any fool can write a novel," said
Griggle; "you can make things come
ont just as you want them to-" Every
true" replied Dixon, "but you must
admit that there are some fools who
do not write novels. boston Tran
script. a..
"Do you always say your prayers
at bedtime, Mary?" asked the Sunday
school teacher af%fectionately. "Ro,
miss, not regular, I DON'T" was the
reply. "Why, Mary, are you not
afraid to go to sleep at night without
asking a blessing?" mot when I
sleep in the middle, I amt, Miss. -
Household Words.
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WORK OFAMERICA'S HEN
HER VALUE Is NOT LESS THAN
s2eo,ooo,ooo A YEAR.

Worth More Than h Entire Wheat Crop
of the Countrywide So Far Behind
the Earnings of the Railroads-Could
Easily Buy Several States of the Union.
H. W. Collingwood, of the Rural
New Yorker, says in the New York
World:
Mrs. American Business Hen is one
of u most useful citizens. She is q
shrinking, ~unassuming creature, too
modest at times even to cackle over
the birth of her own egg, leaving that
celebration to her husband; and yet
Mrs. American Hen has been quietly
paying off mortgages, driving wolves
from the door and Matching out nest
eggs for thousands of featherless BIZ
peds.
In 1890 there were in this country
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oMAHA's IMMENSE UMBRELLA.
When Raised 1t Will BE 5 Feet Above
the Earth.

AskAoCo ~ "thA ~ 1870
the Earth.
The last Paris exposition had its Elf
fel tower, Chicago habits Ferris wheel,
Nashville has its giant see-saw. The
department of concessions of the Oma-
ha, trans-Mississippi exposition of 1898
has also received an application for
space for the erection of a novel me-
chanical device. 1t resembles the
framework of q gigantic umbrella more
than anything else which might be
mentioned. The part corresponding
to the stick of the umbrella is an i'm
mense cylinder, thirty feet in diameter,
constructed of steel plates firmly
riveted, making a standpipe which
rears its head $50 feet above the level
of the ground. At the extreme top of
this cylinder are fastened twelve long
arms, resembling the ribs of an UNI
brella. These are steel trusses, reach
ing almostto the ground. Attic lower
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REMARKABLE PEAR TREE,
Trained to Grow at the Side of a House in
q Wonderful Way.

q Wonderful Way.
One of the most remarkable of old
trained pear trees that we are &C
quainted with is the splendid speci-
neil of Uvedale's st. German ct Wes-
ton House, Shipston-on-Stour, the
residence of the Countess of Camper
down. The accompanying illustration
is published in the Gardeners Maya
zine. MI. Masterson, the gardener at
Weston House, writes that 'the tree is
admired at all times of the year, but
more especially when covered with
large handsome clusters of flowers.
In autumn, when laden with quanti-
ties of big fruits, it also presents an
attractive appearance, and there are
many who also admire the tree when
the stems are bare, and certainly at
this season it is interesting, as the
training is very remarkable. The tree
seldom fails to ripen a heavy crop Of
fruits, cropping right down to the
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end of each of these ribs is suspended
O car for carrying passengers, each car
having a capacity for twenty persons.
These monster ribs are raised by by
draulic power, acting by e of steel
cables operating through the cylinder,
aided by a mechanism greatly resem-
bling that porgion of an umbrella which
comes into action when the umbrella
is opened. By means of this mechan-
ism the gigantic arms are raised until
they are horizontal, the cars in the
meantime being carried outward and
upward until they reach a point $50
feet above the ground, the diameter of
the huge circle formed by the sus-
pended cars being also $50 feet. When
the highest point has been reached an
other mechanism ZONES into play and
the suspended cars are swung slowly
around in a circle, after which they
are lowered to the ground. The sides
of the cars are Of glass, so that the
passengers may secure an extensive
view of the surrounding country.
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WORLDS BIGGEST JUG.
Nearly as Tall as a Man and Will Hold
175 Gallons.

Nearly as Tall as a Man and Will Hold
175 Gallons.
As a curiosity there may be some in
terest in 'the largest Jug in the world"
but there is little use for such arecepta-
Gle. An Illinois pottery firm has con-
structed an immense Jug of the shape
and appearance of the familiar little
brown Jug of history. 1t is so heavy
that several men would be required to
lift it high enough for n man to
drink out of it.
It is almost as tall as a man, being
sixty-one inches high.
It is t~hirty-six inches in diameter
and holds ITS gallons. The jug is per-
feet in every respect, and expert pot
tiers have declared it the finest piece
of workmanship ever seen.
The owners have been offered hand
some sums for the Jug by firms de-
string to use it for advertising pur-
poses. 1t is no small task to finish a
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The Eirst Prepaid Post.

According to NJ. Piron the idea Of a
postpaid envelope originated early in
the reign of Louis XIV. NJ. De
Velayer in 1868 established q private
post, placing boxes at the n OF
the streets for the reception of letters
wrapped in envelopes, which were to
be bought at offices established for
the purpose. And it is said that a
Swedish artillery officer, in 1928,
petitioned the Chamber of Mobiles to
propose to the Government to issue
stamped envelopes for prepaid letters.
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twice the profits earned by American

pWlCO tAC PlOAVo ASo w ASo
railroads.
The total earnings from passenger
traffic amounted to 1921, $40, sos, or
less than that of the hens. It cost in
1895 slightly I'VE two cents to carry
one passenger one mile, .0184 ola cent
to carry one ton of freight n mile,
and n%inety-one cents to run the aver
age train one mile. One single hen,
laying $50 eggs per year, could have
215 days of vacation, and would still
be able to pay for carrying one passen-
ger 100 miles, or for hauling ten tons
Of freight 10, 900 miles, or for running
an ordinary train two miles. One hun
bred and forty such hens would pay
the salary of the average teacher en-
ployed in the public schools, while
seventy-fve hens would pay the aver
age pension to old soldiers.
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Moving Staircase for Passengers.

A moving staircase for passengers,
in the shape of an endless leather belt
transferring them from n story to
another, is now in use in some of the
great OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of Paris. 1t
is called a transporting carpet. End
less belts of canvas have been used
for some time to convey packages from
place to place within the stores.
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ground. It has never been fed or root
pruned, and its roots r in the bed of
the carriage drive, gravel also encir-
cling the stem at The base, where it
measures six feet in circumference. It
is, however, very probable that the
roots have penetrated a considerable
distance and come into contact with
the stable drains, thus deriving the
nourishment required by SO large a
tree. The fruits are seldom thinned,
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as the tree is so vigorous as to be capa-
BILE of carrying very large crops, and
yet the fruits weigh from half a pound
to one and a half pounds each. The
total weight of the crop last year was
two hundredweight. Many first prizes
have been won from this tree, includ-
ing firsts at the Crystal Palace in 1894
ond 19QS
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In other words, Mrs. American Hen
could buy any Of these States from
one years egg and chicken money.
She could buy in this way New Mexi-
co, Arizona, Wyoming, North Dakota,
Idaho and Montana all put together.
The total cost of conducting the
Postofice Department last year was
$50, 626, 296. "a. We can pick out
so, 900, 900 of our best hens that will
cover every dollar of this outlay in one
year.
The net earnings OF the railroads in
1895 were 1928, 1876, 454. The railroad
dividends paid amounted to $685.
TIA. The American Hen paid nearly
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MUST HAVE COMPANY

4 safer world this earth would be
II every Joking elf
On folly bent
Would be content -
To fronc by himself.
The man who loves to rock the boat
Has never yet been known
To drop into
The briny blue
While rowing out alone.
The "didn't-know-'twas loaded" fen8
Would free US from much car
II he'd explode
That rusty load
Out In the woods somewhere.
The scorcher racing with the wind,
Whom all men dread to meet,
Is joyless till
He tries his skill
Upon the crowded street.
Washington Star.
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China X I'm.

China is about to reorganize her army on
the lines Of the German military, and
orders for rifles have been placed in Ger
many. A new Chinese fleet is to be con-
structed, half Of the contracts for the new
vessels going to England and half to Ger
many. The Armstrong; will supply the
guns for the new feet.
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Ink For Public Records.

The Connecticut Legislature recently
passed u law requiring the use Of only such
inks on public records as haze been ap-
proved by the Secretary of State. One hun
dred dollars is the penalty provided for the
violation of the act.
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Reyiyfnp

Croquet seems to be really taking hold
again In England. They are playing the
game more this season thar they did last,
and important matches are announced to
take place almost daily for the next two
months.
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The value of all gold produced in
American mines in 1895 vas SAG, $780,
900, and all silver S72, 051, 600. The
value of all minerals, including iron,
| gold and silver. taken out of Ameri-
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An octogenarian vagrant was lodged
at a St. Joseph (Mo.) police station
one night,
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vessel of this size, and the greatest
care must be taken, for if q single flaw
creeps into the clayit is liable to burst
when being turned and create great
havoc in the workshop.
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The University of Palermo has
about lilo students.
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COLONEL TOM ocHILTREE.

The National Character Who Tested His
Bills Through Congress.
Colonel Tom Ochiltree became a
national character a few years ago
when he cameto Congress as a Repre-
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Value of silver production. ....s72, $40, 900
Value of wool p.............. SO, LAG, 459
Value of all sheep. 65,1 67. 725
Value of all swine. 1876, 529, 745
Value of mules. ............. 103, 2O4 ,457
Value of horses. 500, lac, 1S6
Value of petroleum products. . 81, 1888, A03
Value of potato crop. ........ 49, S4, 901
Value Of tobacco crop.......... IS, 574, 200
Value OF cotton 1853, 164, $40
Value OF oat 1863, 655, 06S
Value of wheat .237, 1896, 1893
Imports of coffee one year...... s4,793, 124
IMPORTS Of tea one year. ........ IL, 704, 440
Total of pensions. .139, $50, O79
Total OF school expenditures. . .178, 215, $50
Total interest on MORTGAGES. 76,7 1928, OF
Cost OF P~ostofice Department. 90, G26, 296
Net earnings Of railroads. ...... 1923, 1876 Asa
Dividends On railroad stocks. 81. 375 TIA
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Nye'w Hampshire,
Vermont,
Delaware,
Arizona,
West Virginia,
North Carolina,
South Carolina,
Utah,
Florida,
North Dakota,
South Dakota,
N~-.1-
The herald., 1897-10-22

purse, three-quarters of mile-Decisior
$685. Emma D.. SIS; Yule, SIS; Santa
Paula, 80; field, $14.
Third race, running, handicap, on
mile-Marquise, $25; Masoero. $15 Lo-
rena, $11; Daylight, $11; field, 500.
Fourth race, running, handicap, three
quarters of mile-Baldwin's stable (E
Salado and Palo Blanco), $50; ST. Cata-
tine, $50; Los Prietos, $40; Kylee, $40
field, $25.
Fifth race, pacing. 2:17 class-Ana-
conda, $50; field, SIS.
TODAY's FINE CARD
That the attendance today at the races
will be large, if the weather is what il
| has been during the other days of the
| meeting, is certain, for Ladies day al
ways brings out crowd. Aside from
| the fact that 1t is Ladies' day, the pro-
gram is one which should cause a large
attendance by all lovers of fast horses.
1t Is one of the best cards that has yet
been offered. OF course ii Is not certain
that there will be any sensa tional races,
but judging from the list of entries and
the manner in which they were backed
at last nights sales of pools, there should
J be seen today some Of the best racing
| that has ever been witnessed at the
track.
The fun will begin with the runnin e
races. the pace, the only harness event
on today's card, being placed last. Those
who saw the last race Wednesday will
find in the entries for the first of today
events almost the same contestants.
They gave about as good one mile
dash Wednesday as a racegoer could
wish to see, and with larger purse to
day they may equal, if not eclipse, their
previous performance.
In the fourth race a glance at last
nights betting will show what the opin-
ion Of the experts in racing matters is
on the event. Joe Wheeler ard Anacon.
da meet again in the pace, but the vic
tory of the latter the other day cannot
be taken as a positive assurance that
the performance will be repeated for
| Wheeler has a mark of 2:071s
One of the features of the day will be
parade of all the fast horses now
quartere6 at the track All Of them viii
be led past the stand and the name OF
each announced by the judges. Among
| the famous horses will be Klamath
who arrived at the track yesterday, and
will start in the free-for-all tomorrow
Sky Pointer, full brother of the ia.
nous Star Pointer, will also be in the
parade. A 3-month- old Pointer colt
said to be "nachal bawn" PAGER, wi.
be hitched to minia ture sulky and, viii
be driven a short distance. The parade
| will take place al 2:30 o'clock.
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PRIZE WINNING STOCK
Blue Ribbons Awarded to Horses,
Cattle and Swine


After much delay, the awards in the
prize horse and cattle list were yester-
day made public by the judges. The
meagerness Of the AGRICULTURAL or
"fair" end of tn program at the park
this week has been pronounced and the
announcement of the awards was with
held until yesterday morning after the
grand" parade Of exhibition live stock,
lest disgruntled exhibitors who received
no blue ribbons should withhold their
animals from the parade and thus spoil
the turnout. The list Of successful ex-
hibitors is as follows:
THoRoUGHBREDS
Best stallion. years oil dor over, W. H.
Green, Florence.
Best stallion, 1 year old or over, Mrs.
Chas. NJ. Thomas, Hemet valley.
Best stallion. sucking. Ed Ryan, Uni
versity. F.
Best mare, years old or over, Thomas
Quirm, University.
Best mare years old or over, Thomas
Quinn, University.
Best mare, year old or over, Ed Ryan,
University.
Best mare, sucking, Ed. Ryan, UnIver-
sity
Best gelding, years old or over, W. H.
Green, Florence
Best gelding, l year old or over, Ed Ry-
an, University.
Best dam and sucking colt, Ed Ryan,
University.
STANDARD BRED
Best stallion, years old or over, w. G.
Durfee, Los Angeles.
Best stallion, years old or over, W. r.
Wynn, Los Angeles.
Best stallion, 1 year old or over, w. W.
Howard, Los Angeles.
Best stallion, sucking, W. w. Howard,
Los Angeles.
Best mare, years old or over, Mrs. P.
Beckers Los Angeles.
Best mare, sucking, Mrs. p. Beckers,
Los Angeles.
Best gelding, years old, H. W. Edelman,
Los Angeles.
The herald., 1897-10-22

This is ladies' day. Ladies will be
admitted free to all parts of the
grounds except the reserved seat Sec
tion of the grand stand.
The races will begin promptly at
! O'Clock.
The herald., 1897-10-22
All Have a "Run for Their
Money"
JUDGES AND JOCKEYS JAW
AND THE RESULT rs WHOLE.
SOME RACING
Good Time in the Harness Events.
The Bookies Scared by Jim
Bozeman's Rider
PROGRAM FOR TODAY

First race running for maidens,
3-year-olds and upwards, purse 5000,
"a Of mile-Los Cerillos 100, Whistle
Bird 100, Gibbetifibbett 100, Alien
100, Pleasanton 100, Red Spinner
1o3, Clatawa 100.
Second race, running, consolation
purse 1926, "a Of a mile-Yule SO
Decision 10, Petrarch 1O7, Emma D.
1O7, Captain Coster 10, Santa Paula
1O2, Gold Bug 1O7, Jetrudes 1O2.
Third race, running, handicap
purse $3.50, one mile-Grady 100
Marquise 112, Argentina 1O6, Ma
soero 1O5, Loreno II. 100, Little Grip.
pie 100, Daylight e5, Elmer F. 90
Lady Hurst 80.
Fourth race, running, Van Nuys
Hotel handicap, 3-4 Of mile, purse
$1OOO-St. Calatine 115, Negligence
112, Los Prietos 1O8, Kylee 1o6, Mag
ness 81, Palo Blanco e5, Sister vickey
92, Queen May 30, Ell Salado 80, El
Barbarino 90, Bodacia 80, Andrea 81
Fifth race, pace 2:17 class, purse
312Oo-Anaconda, Joe Wheeler, Bern.
ard, Florita Belle.
The herald., 1897-10-22

Continued on page 81
Evening star., 1897-01-29
COlun bia Camp.

Columbia Camp. No. /, Sons of Veterans,
despite It's number. is the baby camp of
the District. 1t is composed of a pushing
lot of young fellows. who are determined
to make it success. Last Wednesday
evening, though the storm was such as to
keep many indoors, a public installation Of
camp officers and subsequent banquet
took place at Freund's, on 10th street.
Officers installed were: George o. Walsor
captain: Irby W. Reid. first lieutenant
Maj E. r. Campbell, Lieuts. r. j. Dom
nelly and Charles j. Harlow, camp council
Besides the above named there were pres
ent at the banquet the department COM
mander of the G. A. R., with several of
his staff. Past Capts. Geo. s. King, F. T.
and Shelton T. Cameron, Capts. 1. w
Stone and G. S. Whitmore. Capt. L. H.
Mattingly of the District of Columbia Ma
tional Guard. DIR. Dobson, DR.. Walker and
Mr.. J. NJ. Sturges.
Maj. Campbell acted as POSTMASTER, and
Columbia Camp and its prospects, by
First Lieut.. Irby Reid; The American
flag" by Capt. Geo. o. Watson who sang
a song by w j. Newton. music by E. A
Farela, entitled old Glory-A Flag Song
all Joining in the chorus. He closed by re-
citing j. Rodman brakes poem on the
fag-"When Freedom From Her Mountain
Height Our fathers-living and dead"
by Capt. X. j. Donnely. Remarks were
made by Capt. De Puy and others The ad-
dress of Maj. McElroy was in his happiest
vein. and he gave the youngsters his first
but fifteen years of age. He predicted a
large increase of the order in the near fu-
ture. The affair was a decided success
and highly enjoyed by all present.
Evening star., 1897-01-29
Underground Electric Power.

The Metropolitan Traction Company of
New York has at last, it is stated, on good
authority, determined to equip their 4th,
9Th and sth avenue lines, the cars on which
are now drawn by horses, with the under
ground system of electricity similar to
that used by the Metropolitan Railway
Company Of this city.
The work will be executed by the General
Electric Company, to whom it is under
stood the contract has been awarded, and
1t will be pushed with all possible speed,
as 1t is desired to have the new system
running on the 4th and Madison avenue
lines in a few months at the furthest. A
feature of the contract Is the eqIipping of
25O cars with motors at a cost of $20o.OOO.
At one time it appeared as though COM
pressed air motors would be used On the
lines above referred to- as Mr.. w. {. Whit
ney, one of the leading officials of the COM
pany, was strongly in favor Of that means
of propulsion. After many experiments,
however, the company adopted the view
of Mr.. John D. Crimmins. another heavy
stockholder that the new power could not
be depended upon for long distances, and
the use Of electricity was finally, it is
said, decided upon.
Notwithstanding this. there is, however,
a possibility that compressed air will be
used on portion of the companys prop
critics.