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p;nchers to the termination Cl ihe wing
covers The specimen / have before me
as | write is slightly smaller han the
average Dynastes hercules. IL has a
long, black horn growing out of head
which is even darker than the horn 1t
self. On its lower surface the horn is
covered with thick setting Of gold col
ored bristles, which the entomologists
say are used by the insect in capturing
its prey. Another and shorter but more
powerful horn grows out from beneath,
the two forming a powerful PAIR OF
pinchers. The creature has six powerful
legs, each armed with claws. The elytra
or wing covers are of dapple gray
color and the under parts OF the body
black. Taken all together, it is for
midable creature, with strength suffi-
cient to catch and hold bird of the
size of the English sparrow. st Louis
Republic.
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u.ths In Russia.

Filthy as Russia is, the iltn,es' f nUu the
IN the country are those reserved . iUr
n II, Nil. baths. Gloomy buildings always a., :.
P put, "re the Englishmen who could SUD- sa,,
rev lev. q, nI the atmosphere Of them for . lew w
m Minutes NJ But the Russian reve as 40 10
them. Taking his ease upon ai,ad with a
watches the whole room hi !. ., b m stevs
stssmy vapor and in this steam se,, v n1 for
s UNI money no An attendant then throws .nS
ms ms Sucket. Of cold water over him. ,, nm
rev, (" ,o oSI his way a happy, but, is mss'
be admitted, still I'LL"
D..o-shuro Correspondence
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Eating an Elephant.

The flesh of the elephant is eaten In
its entirety by several OF the African
tribes. A detail of the process OF butch
ering the animal is not pleasant read
ing. The tools used are the assegal and
hatchets The rough outer skin is nrs1
removed in large sheets. Beneath THIS
is subcuticle. pliable membrane,
from which the natives make water
skins.
The elephant yields large quantities
of fat. used in cooking their sun dried
biltong, or dried strips of the elephants
flesh. and also in the preparation OK
vegetables. African explorers OF the
| Caucasian race agree that one part or
the elephants carcass, when properly
cooked. is a succulent dish that Will re-
gale the most delicate taste. This part,
very strangely, is the first joint OF the
| leg below the knee, which one would
suppose to be the toughest portion OK
the animal.
To prepare the joint a hole three feet
deep is dug in the earth, and the sldes
of it are baked hard by means OF large
live Goals. Most Of the Goals are then
taken out, and the elephants foot Is
placed in the rude oven. The whole is
then filed with dirt, tightly packed,
and blazing fire is built on top, when
is kept replenished for three hours.
The foot is thus evenly baked, and
when done, instead of strong, tough
meat fiber, it is Of IA gelatinous con-
sistency that may be eaten with a spoon.
The Kaffirs esteem this their greatest
luxury, and feast on elephants feet Is
the occasion of mcrrymaking that sug
gests the possum feasts of slavery days
i'm the south. st. Louis Dispatch
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They Had No Dinner.

The observation-disclosures of a certain
we'll known Scotch professor is not noso 80.
o ~ Not long ago he invited a few Sc,
lect ; friends to dine with him, and , upon
t the hour set apart for dinner the pro- a,l
f fns suggested walk through tsd od tine
Conservatory and grounds until the gong .
coiis, ,, ao.nd the dinner hour. After
shou,u So y sbort time inspecting flow
spsnp plants, etc., host and guests .o% os
end Suddenly to a small gate at the end oi
the lawn. s.or to his as
.on;shed guests, "assuredly this VIII DC
Som ,,ncb nearer way home for you tnan
going back to the fEonm "a a1 Sinn nl o he
e opened the gate and bowed his sa''''
ol,t.-London Answers.
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Pope's Pay For His Had.

Pope made e5, 800 by his "Iliad, on
which he worked alone. By his "Odys-
sey," after paying Broome and Fenton,
his assistants, he made about e3. 800. To
Broome and Fenton he paid 500 for
each book. Broome did eight books,
Fenton did four. would be pleased to
translate the odyssey" at the rate OF
$50 a book-that is, for 81, 200 alto
gether. A better price is not likely to
be got today. and have known a much
smaller price offered. Pope got far more
-G3, 500 for IL books-but that was
because Of his name. Broome and Fen
ton were not likely to get more than
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The Old Newfoundland Fisheries.

1t has always been common notioh
that for the first half Of the sixteenth
century the French, Spanish and Portu-
guese had the Newfoundland fishery to
themselves. Judge Prowse disposes sum-
marily of this idea and brings forward
ample proof not only that the English
fishing fleet was there in great strength
but that for the whole century, and moss
certainly from the accession OF Eliza
beth, it ruled this heterogeneous float
ing colony in most masterful fashion.
Spain was computed to have 5000 sail
ors OH the banks at this period. Portu-
gal was not very far behind her, while
France was probably more strongly rep
resented than either.
Though no question was made OF the
right of all these nations to equal share
in the trade, the supremacy OF the Brit
ish seamen, chiefly from Devonshlre,
half fishermen, half pirates, seems never
| to have been disputed, or never, at any
rate, successfully disputed. The soil OK
Newfoundland or Terra Nuova, 1t Is
true, was then of no moment. Its value
was merely that of refuge in stress or
| weather and place upon which to dry
and pack the spoils of the deep. Bus
upon this seemingly barren foothold the
English adventures, with that acquis-
tive instinct which foreign nations and
ourselves are just now calling by such
different names, kept from the first
firm and jealous grip, while in the float
ing and, upon the whole. peaceful re-
public, which spent half of every yeal
between the desert shores OF Labrador
and the grim headland OF Cape Ray,
our countrymen seem to have securee
for themselves undisputed sway.-Mac
] millan's Magazine.
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NiiDagiana-

M. de B., contemplating one day the
two figures of Justice and Peace kissing
each other, which were sculptured above
a fireplace, said to a friend: Look,
they ale kissing each other. They are
saving adieu, never to meet again. -
AT the last sermon Of mission IN
country parish everybody wept save one
peasant. Another asked him, why
don't you weep l do not, he re-
piled, "belong to this parish. "
Here is story which is always crop
ping up and will probably long con-
tinue to do so, fitted On to some we'll
known parsonage Of the time. 1t used
to be told, 40 years ago, Of Lady Jersey
going to the chapel i'll Curzon street,
and was told in London last century
about some one else:
mime. dc b., arriving too late Tor
mass one Sunday at ~ :35 o'clock, said
to her lackey, Go and write my
name.
Lady Jersey was supposed to have put
it somewhat differently, remarking to
her daughter as she turned away, find
ing all the seats filed, well, my dear.
ut least we have done the civil thing.
-Cornhill Magazine.
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soelal ReIatlons In 49,.


Persia bein. "a Mohammedan countrv
pclygamy is praoticod, but women have
far more liberty than in Turkey. Usu.
ally among the lower and middle classes
man has but one wife, save in the case
Of those with childless spouses monog.
amy is the rule. The mother of fam.
lily Is treated with the utmost respect
by her husband and children and is in.
variably an autocrat in her own home,
and there are many strong minded and
ambitious women who take an active
part i'll politics. In no case is the Per-
sian woman the mere toy of the yolup.
tuary. She has her rights, her duties
and her pleasures and at times INDUCES
III amusing vagaries.
One Of the great ladies of Shiraz was
requested by an aged and i'll favored
mollah to give him one of her waiting
maids as wife. The old man was al
ready married to a termagant, who hap
pened to be friend of the great lady
in question, who now saw the oppor-
tunity for joke. Il will give you my
maid as wife, o mollah," she said,
"and, more than that, l will pay all the
expenses of the wedding and l will see
that there is a suitable entertainment. u
A few days afterward the old priest was
actually married to a yelled bride at the
house of the great lady. All the elite o.
the women of Shiraz were invited to the
wedding, but when after the banque
the priest attempted to unveil his ina
morata the hideous face of male profes
sional buffoon or jester was disclosed t,
his astonished gaze, and the Lothari,
was chased out of the house, amid tn
laughter of the great lady's guests
among whom was the old mans wife,
Fortnightly Review.
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Tho Egyptian Dahabesh.

Gustav Kobbe describes "Some Queer
Craft In the March st. Nicholas. OF the
well known craft of the Nile he says:
And now, shifting the scene from the
isles of the Pacific to the Nile, we find an
other characteristic lateen sail craft in the
Egyptian dahabeah, the passenger boat OF
the Nile, or in the nuggar, the freight
boat of that historic river. These craft ply
under regular racing rig, for the huge
yard, with its powerful sweep, Is about
one-third longer than the hull, and there
is also lateen rugged jigger mats. Where
one of these craft is 80 feet long the yard
is 1870, so long that it is made of several
pieces firmly spliced. This enormous sail
power is required to stem the current.
Nine months of the year the refs, as the
captain is called, has the wind fair up
stream, and on the return voyage he slows
away the sail and just floats down. To
swing around with the current he has q
rudder feet wide, the tiller extending
over the top of the cabin, which Is flush
with the deck. And so the dahabeah drifts
slowly past the ancient ruins along this
famous stream, and the passenger on tins
craft, of n type perhaps coeval with th'
pharaohs concludes that he who has MOI
"done" Egypt on dahabeah has no
done it at all. The nugger is like the da
habeah, except that it has no deck, only
stage for the steersman. 1t is rough look
Ing craft, built of short pieces of wood 81
loosely joined as to require much plugging
with mud and rags.
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leaving his really loving wife almost
in tears. Polly Pry in New York Re
A Scotch Pearl.

With much preparation an old man.
half qvpsy, half soldier, produced from
his pocket twist Of very dirty news
naner. Unfolding this, appeared sec.
ond twist of grocer's 'white brown,
and when this was unrolled with due
ceremony he displayed pearl. IL was
NOT a had one and was about the size OF
a sweet pea seed, with fair gloss ana
rad;ancv. He proceeded to enlarge on
IL "Now, sir, this is very fine pearl
whateffer 1t is really worth 20 gulneas'
7 have lust sold the like of it to the
Duchess of M. You admire it, sir! NO
wonder. Well, l happen to be cut OF
gold today, and you shall have 1t ior a
triAe. will take 60 for 1T. RECKON IL
~, the cost of seven weeks Of work, for
If took so long to find so good pearl.
put down my days work at SO much'
etc | admired, but declined.
Not so long before had bought lay
roarl at a Perth jewelers. for exactly 0
sb;llings. 1t was quite as lustrous ana
nearly as large as the one offered by the
oId soldier. Indeed it was so fine that
7 had it set as a ring in broad band OF
cold After seeing the pearls offered al
Perth. unfoi tunately for the gypsy gath
oror was I enabled to criticise his prices.
We parted good friends, however, anc
10 went off TO Loeb Rannoch. AS gooo
manv brides and bridegrooms were stay
inc in that district, the probability II
that one of the former now wears tn'
near, whose fellow adorns the Duchess
psM-Gentleman Magazine.
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mental exercise or evolving a quarter or
a column of prose acts as a real sedatiye
to agitated minds will be admitted by
most of us-by more than will readily
plead guilty 10 recourse to the remedy
When "PaterfGmilias, on Constant
Reader" or Fiat Justitia" remembers
if he ever thinks Of the matter at all
that it is only because he lives III
these last days that be can indulge HIM
self in his favorite luxury, he may per-
haps wonder how on earth our worthy
great -grandfathers managed TO work or
their superfuous anger and zeal. The
probability is that they would have used
a great deal of language on the subject
in question. good part of it imprint
able, perhaps. and possibly in severe
cases might have waxed so warm as to-
challenge somebody and get pinked for
their pains.-Temple Bar.
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-, ARBITRATION TREATY.
,., tribunal wouid BE OF In
Az ImpA' .a,culabIe Benefit.

~ h"f calculable Bencht'
treaty as this-the arbi-
Under SUI" ~ With Great Britain-nearly
trtion 'r'". IONS mt issue between the two
all the N.,nce 1888 might have been salts
eoun% .,i,, adiustnd-the payment Oh pri,a.e
iactOri9 pr;tish creditors, the relinquish-
debts u ~ 10 frontier posts by British gar
menl VI .ho northeastern boundary, the
risons, ' ~ the Oregon territory, the ques-
Partition ming the Newfoundland fisher
tons con' o'.igation of the great lakes, the
ies, IN Sn of seals in Boring sea, ohe ulnes'
c 'a"e opinion over the san d uan '''nu
airy, &C ID tbere seems to be small
IN VI of any dispute arising between
h .,. .ountry and Great Britain whlch can
TINS w. omicably settled with reasonable
not y. ,rcss under the provisions OF this
p paw arbitration treaty. l., .,o
hc ', .ho nresent proceedings result In tno
ynJ hnent of a tribunal whose integri-
es'" impartiality shall win the perma-
" anu aedence of British and Americans
n .I - will be an immense achievement,
aliA0 ~ ,yith incalculable benefit to man
iraue" For the first time the substitution
nn KIN lawsuits for warfare Will
u 'nt hoon Systematically begun by two OF
nav Ioodinp nations of the world, ana an
lno ' which admits of such description
EVEN not NO without many consequences en-
during and profound
For observe that the Interest," OF the pres
- treaty lies not so much In the ract that
!. rrovides for arbitration as In the racc
e. aims at making arbitration the
sua and permanent method OF settling
International disputes
Tha nolicy of isolation which our coun-
-. has wisely pursued for the century
VI ~, cannot be maintained perpetually.
wSsr Washington wrote his farewell ad
s.oss the danger of our getting dragged
into the mighty struggle then raging IN
Tnrone was a real and serious danger
.ra,rst which we needed to be solemnly
.rsrned Since then times have changed
!. md are changing. From nation scarcely
.,ronger than Portugal we have become
.cual TO the strongest. Railways, tele
~ranbs and international industries arr
making every part of the world the ne,gh
bor OF every other part. To preserve pol
,cv Of isolation will not always be posi-
ble. nor will 1t be desirable. situation
will arise, II they have not already arisen
IN which such moral weight as the Unite'
States can exert will be called for. III
naoiacation of Europe, therefore, Is not q
.ffair that Is foreign to our interests.
that as in every other aspect OF the Chris
,lsn policy Of "peace on earth and goo
will to men" we are most deeply concern
ed. and every incident, like the present al
htration treaty, that promises to advanc
Us even by one step toward the sublim
result it is our solemn duty to welcom
and encourage by every means within on
uower.-John Fiske In March Atlantic.
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The Unreturning.

Earth knowing not eld in thy youth all di'
vine,
though the ages unceasing are evermore
thine,
once NOR, more be birth thrilled until forth from
thy womb
Throng the myriad forms of the worlds wax
ing bloomi
'or the sweet o. the year, great earth mother.
Is here,
AND 10, on the uplands the flowers appear,
ana blithe Is the wing, and the song It Is glad,
anu our yearning hearts only are heavy and
sadl
Earth, mother undying. thy tender arms keep
o. GO safe In thy bosom the dear things asleep.
y s'rong Is thy pulse beat to bid them again
Nnow battle and conquest and hunger and
pain.
Inc insstence Of growth. the fair crown OF
the leaf,
Inc fruit In It's ripeness, the rich bending
sheaf-
AAr'n, this thou canst do. yet our dearer
loves 60
ana return not again from their beds ho'
lowed lowi
of heart. are nigh breaking with bliss ana
=, with dole,
40 'he midst Of tAs rapture. how lonely the
souli
49, u Z. , ss,,s = Ne s'''. ssssA' 'A' bud
n g. ~ sos frcm Ne dAsknsss my dariinQ - ma
EsH = es>0ssv h Has1sss xAepass
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for safety and whether it will not be
injured by the chemical action OF the
sea water. Ernest Ingersol in st.
Nicholas
The ScilIY Islands.

The climate Of the Scilly islands IS
the most equable in Great Britain. 1t
ranges. on an average, from Az degrees
To 60 degrees. On the coolest day 1T is
warm and on the hottest 1T IS cool.
There are only three seasons in Sicily
of four months each-spring, summer
and autumn. When the autumn ends,
spring commences. There is no great
height in the islands. The highest land
in Bryher is only 1873 feet above sea
level, although the telegraph tower
built on st. Mary's reaches a height or
1853 feet, but the rock scenery of the en-
tire group of these islands is remark
able. There are rocks fantastic, jagged,
peaked, toothed, serrated; rocks resem-
bling living creatures, and others sug-
gestive of primeval vastness and UNI
couthness; some grandly castelated'
others
Like a great lions check teeth.
Those on the peninsula of Penninis-
especially if they are seen in mist
Menawar pronounced man-of-war), the
Maiden Bower, Mincarlo, Shipman'
Head, the Haycocks at Annet, and
many others, are strikingly grand. The
curious resemblance to primeval animal
forms has given rise to many OF the
names of these rocks, and certainly
many are
Like great sen bssst. crawled forth to sur
| itself,
while there are elephants tusks, :
monks cowls," ''pipers' holes, ;
"giants' castles, 4" pulpit rocks" etc
London Spectator.
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The scouts OF the Sea.

Torpedo boats, however, ale designed
for wider service than simply TO carry
and discharge the flightful weapon
from which they take their name. They
are TO the navy what scouts and Skin
mishers are 20 land army. They form
the cavalry Of the sea, OF which the
cruisers arc the infantry and the battle
ships and monitors the artillery arm.
They must spy cut the position OF the
enemy's fleet, hover about his TANKS or
haunt his anchorage to ascertain what
he is about and what he means to do
next. They must act as the plckets or
their own feet, patrolling the neighbor-
hood or waiting and watching concealed
among islands or in inlets and river
mouths, ready TO hasten away to the
admiral with warning Of any movement
of the enemy.
It is not their business to fight lex
! cept rarely, in the one particular way,
but rather to pry and sneak and run.
Hence they are as small and sleek ana
swift as they can be made. When the
feet goes upon cruise, they are carried
on the decks of the big warships. al
though they are able to get about IN
really rough weather by themselves. A
very recent idea is to build them out OF
aluminium, which would not only be
of great advantage toward ease OF trans
portation, but would tend toward In
creased speed by adding buoyancy ano
elasticity to the structure, which seems
to skim along the surface and fairly
leap from wave to wave, but it is doubt
full whether aluminium is strong enough
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Hl1 VIII.

there Is an enormous nuuhor af ;-I.sri
emily sensible people in the vclia who
have a strong supersTitious CLupathy 10
making a will
They seem 10 imagine that 30 do SO
means an Immediate visitation Of death.
know II woman VcuuTCd hiatt
on this subject 10 her husband tie other
day
He Jared up in an instant
What d'you mean by thGi?" he asked
III tone Of nervous Indignation, "D'you
see anything the matter with me?"
mo, no. dear, butt
That's what the doctor was talking
to you about i'll the hall, " he went on
excitedly. IL heard you and him NUT
tering together. Now what did he say
can stand it. So I'm going to die, am
I?'
He didn't say a word about you,
dear, except
''Yes. Well, well-except what?'
Except that you ate too much and
didn't take exercise enough.
STUFF and nonsense It's my heart
that's what il is, and I've known it al
along. There's always that pain there
after eating"
"That's indigestion, dear
"Indi-cat s-foot! But I'm not goinl
to make any will, can tell you. Tha
would settle it. And we'll have new
DOCTOR You won't get chance T.
dance over my grave yet awhile, ca
tell you"
And out of the house he bounced
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House Vines.

The old idea that vines growing on
house tend to make it damp is denied by
some of the best authorities, who con-
tend that just an opposite effect is pro-
duced, as the vine draws out all the
moisture it can for food. This is said to
be especially true of the japanese ivy
and the Virginia creepei, which shield
the walls and so cool them, without
tiampness. New York Post.
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Arresting a Dead Body For Debt.

A scene as disgraceful to the parties
who were the authors Of it as 1t was
hurtful to the feelings of the humanized
spectators occurred in the neighborhood
of Shoreditch. The funeral procession
of a person Of responsibility was pass
ing to the burial ground Of Shoreditch,
when the hearse was stopped by num-
Der of sheriff's officers. one Of whom
presented writ for $50 at the suit q
a person with whom the deceased had
had dealings. As the law as it at pres
emit stands authorizes creditor to ar
rest the departed frame Of his debtor
the officers proceeded to take the body
out Of the CONN, then placed IL IN :
shell which they had brought win
them In . cart, and in this vehicle con-
veyed IL awAy. Annual Register se&s,
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The I'm to Date Servant.

Ills Mrs. Smith at homer asked the
caller.
Physically, madam, )" returned the
educated servant, " she is. AS an alb
stract question the fact cannot be de-
MED. But in relation to your desire 10
see her l cannot say definitely until 1
have ascertained Mrs. Smiths wishes
in the matter. Pray be seated until l
have received advices from above. -
Philadelphia Times.
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ux;,Iax Ia T,ere-Now For the Good Time PrOmse'

they did in open market, and no pub
Usher would offer so much to ordinary
men of letters today. If the poet lau.
reate, even, produced a translation OF
Homer tomorrow, 1 doubt if he would
be offered e3, 500. Perhaps Lord Tenny-
son might have secured that sum- for
his name and fame were justly great III
the land. -Longman' Magazine
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The island Of Dominica is the home
ga natural habitat Of the hercules
beetle Gymnastics herculesl the very
largest known species Of the ooleopsera
~ Ssetle family. Full grown specimens
- this gigantic representative OF the
S.rd winged bug family average six
;rchs, in length f,om ths TN OF shsir
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Free Telegraphing.

In Germany it is the privilege OF the
kaiser and kaiserin to telegraph as much
as they like in their own country free OF
expense. This privilege also extends TO
the dowager empress. Foreign kilograms
are, however, paid for at the ordinary
rate.