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THE LITTLE TITMoUsE.
One Free Bird That Attracts Attention
 Among Hundreds of captiyes.

One Free Bird That Attracts Attention
 Among Hundreds of captiyes.
 In big bird store where there are hundreds of birds of many kinds inces- sanity squawking ehirping and singing there is one that is free--a tiny tit. mouse. The window is full of cages containing birds of various sorts, and one side of the store is lined with bird- cages stacked up high all along. But there is none that attracts so much at. tention as the little titmouse fitting about the store at will. At night it perches on gas fixture in the window, and to that it comes back from It's Vari- ous excursions by day.
 Customers that come in to buy birds and birdcagel aud bird seed and one thing and another never fail to notice the titmouse. They may not notice an- other bird there individually, but their attention is sure to be attracted by this one as 1t darts about, free among 30 many captives, and they are likely to smile at it, they are so pleased with it. And sometimes children, looking in at the windows of the bird store, come in 50 tell the clerk that one of the birds has got loose.
 When it has nothing else to do, the titmouse sits on it's gas pipe perch and perks it's head this way and that and looks about. Sometimes it whets It's beak on the gas pipe. Every now and then it dashes off somewhere. If it wants drink, it perches on the rim of goldfish globe-feS home aquariums and stock for them are sold here as we'll as birds-no doubt to the great surprise of the goldfshes and certainly to that of the human behelders, who wonder that it doesn't fall in, 1t has to bend over so far to reach the water. But it gets it, and when 1t has taken it's i'll it flashes back to its perch on the pipe in the window.
 The titmouse catches spiders and oth- CT insects, and it feeds in the larger cages when it will. It goes in and out of them between the bars with perfect case. It is 8 very little bird, even with it's plumage in it's natural form. With its feathers pressed against it's sides it can get : very narrow space between the bars ot q parrots cage. for example-with ease. There are in the window number of parrots cages in a TOW. The titmeuse almost flies through these cages, stopping in each perhaps to eat of the parrots food, but they never molest it, Parrots that would bite at the finger of man who should put bis hand near enough to the outside of their cage stand back tn fright or sheer amszement when the little titmouse dashes in and perohes on their feed cup New York Sun.
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THE HOUSE OF WISDOM.

Inad not thought-ah, God, had but knowns-. That this sad hour should ever me bsfrn =. When thou judged the holiest of all should come to be the thing must disown. Has It not true. that April morn thy blown S5oid hair around my hair for coronal, Or Is this truer-thou at the outer wall. Unroyal and with unrepentant moans Yet prize l now this wisdom have won Who must always remember-nay, my tear Must close mine eyes, as thou wouldst hide tky
 face
 ii some great meteor, kindred to the sun, Should haunt the undying stars ten milltOsy
 years
 To fall, some noon, dead in thy market plsoa
 Francis Sherm, n in Bookman.
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4 LESSON IN E CLING.
sstisfActory Cooking Depes.as rar9.,v ..
 This Trivial Pro-. @.a.


 s's1siAosofy Cooking DepeI-es Largely an
 This Trivial Pro01s
 Sailie Joy White lays down .he.a valuable rules fer boiling in "CooLorv For Girls in The Woman,s Hona Companion: 1 .
 For all green vegetables ,so .,.. water, salted and freshly boiling. Cook rapidly until soft. The time will denena upon the age or the freshness of the veu. etable. 'ee
 With green peas, sbelled ha.ps green corn, asparagus, celery and sn,n. eeh use as little water as nossihla ena let It boil away, leaving just enough so molsten' and thus save all the desirable soluble matter that may have been drawn out. Cook cabbage and oanu. nower uncovered, in large kettle os rapidly boiling water, salted and with saltspoonful of soda in it; onions. seald and change the water twice. Ali others cook in water enough to cover. ana drain 1t of after cooking. Green summer squash, cabbage and other wa. tery vegetables should be pressed in cloth or strainer and well drained.
 Many people who attempt to cook are apt to forget that there is a wide dlsflnetion between boiled water and boiling water, and that the freshness Is lost by long boiling, so that the soon- CT water IS nsed after 1t has reached the boiling point the more satisfactory the cooking will be. If water stands after boiling, it loses its vitality and cannot be used with good results That IS why tea and coffee are so freouent1v flat and lifeless. without sparkle or flavor; not because the leaves and ber- Eies are not good, but because they are improperly made with boiled water instead of freshly boiling water. ;" English Women Smokers.
 A New York society woman who has long line of social connections in Eng land said in discussing the smoking habit among women over there, about which so much has been printed lately: English women whom I have received in my homeland receive many-aI. most without exception smoke. It is not giggling matter with them, as it still is with our women, to some extent. It IS matter of course. And the cigarette habit is growing fast in femi- nine circles here. If you don't believe it, inquire in the stores where Especial ly made for women" articles are sold. Smokers outfits for all sorts and eondi- tions of womankind are now on sale, most of the high priced ones being i'm ported from dear old London. New York Letter
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UNCLE MOSES PRAYER.
flo Prayed EloquentIy, but Gestured D
 Little Too Foroib1y.


 Little Too FOroib1y.
 Uncle Nose came down from the country to visit his son, who worked in the livery stable. Uncle Nose was 8 deacon in little country church and was noted for his long, fervent prayers. but when his son Ike took him to the eolored church in the city and when he heard the organ and Pazed upon the we'll dressed darkies he felt as if tho Lord was long ways off. Uncle Nose had met the parson the day before, and what was his surprise when that person said during services, We'll all join in pra'r wid Brother Nose Smith. Uncle Nose went down on his knees and threw his deep voice and soul in Q prayer which shook the rafters. As he came to the close his old white head was shak- ing and his voice was bringing each saint and sinner to the shouting point:
 70 Lawd, we know dat we is weak in dy sight an hab been follerin after things which sabor uv de debil, but, o Lawd, we know dat dow in dy rich ness of mercy gwine tuw swipe hit offen de big book an say, Yo' count is squah. Huccome we hain' been doin right ez durin de las' mOnth, her de las week, ner de las' day. but, o Lawd, please swipe hit offen de big book-yeah, swipe hit of. When de pale hoss an de white rider cum ridin down from de valley uv de shadder uv death, de pale rider gwine swing his lef' laig outen de stirrup, cotch us by de shurt, jerk us behin him an bar us way to de blazin sun, an when we put our foot upon de san uv de sho' fotch de boat up close to de bank, an ez we gifts in de seat den waf' us an row us away to de glory Ian. Amen.
 How did dat pra'r go, IkeS'' said he as he went home
 "Pap, dar wern't but one 'jection, specially your gestures. When you talked bout do pale rider swingin his lef' laig outen de stirrnp you kicked Sister Brown right in dc side. "--Louis- vile Dispatch.
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Must Have Loved Him,

zt,ny stories have been told Of a |rebester man who is supposed to be a.-well, to put 1t humanely-plainest ], in England. But we think the fol Eag is tho funniest: |ysmma, child was heard to say h awestruck whisper, after a pro gsd survey of the peculiar features |68 guest, "that gentleman's s mamma
 \ have loved children very, very .A"
 Why So, my dearY" inquired the un- reeting parent. s0h, , returned the child in the same iibla whisper, l" cause she brought up "--StSand Magazine.
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MkAskADLe sHooTlN0
amssA=x Ds~s es~sssrs oes ss Five as r,onw
 pfseasoos.

4&At8zzA As4E 81ASAsus Ca$ s& Five &G sfOlw
 pfreaaoos.
 A party es foar of us lsft Bath for the Rpper part of Maine for a four days hnntins trip. There was one man among as, Orderly Sergeant Richardson, U. s. A, ss Fort Popham, Ms., still in the servScs. On the third morning three of us-ths sergeant, another and myself left camp together in search of gama the snow falling thick, but calm; no wind. We had not gone more than a mile from camp when we saw on the next ridge (a hillsidel five oariheus standing in such an open place that 1t was almost impossible to get nearer to them without being seen. After wait of some time for them to change their position. that we might advance and gee shot of more certainty. oux silence was broken by the soggaant's remark that be had killed deer as far away as shat. and thought he could kill ons of shese.
 We ali agreed to lea him take shot sad sssi@ated ths distance at 500 yaxdS. When hs got in his position. which he calls the Texas grip. and selecting tho one on the right told us Co look out for him. at the crack of his rife. Do my great surprise, down came the animal with his back broken. The others. being bewitdeRed, gan in circle like coming to asandatiu somewhat nearer to us all hands estimated A6o yardA Again be selected the one on the right. and as the crack of the gun again the animal dropped, shot through the heart. The other three leaped of in another direc- ton, as we estimated 500 yards. Then the sergeant adjusted his sights to that distance, and 10 my great surprise he killed the third one. The other two sep arated and cue of them came back near to the first one that was shot, when be stood broadside to us, and the sergeant fired, but shot low and broke both front legs just above the knee. After little skirmishing about in the brush we found him, and one moro shot from the old springfield rifle, with the sergeant behind it. gave us four out of five eari. bous and only five shots fired, and by only one man at that. We went into camp with flying colors and were the center of attraction that evening.
 One of the party inquired of the ser. geant where he had obtained such prof. cienoy in marksmanship, when he pulled his coat open and exhibited splendid gold badge from the army, distin- guished marksmans medal, won by him in 1889 iu the division competition of the army, department of the east. Our party were on this hunt for eeyeraj days and killed six deer, two elks and four caribous, of which Sergeant Rich ardson killed four oaribous, three deer and one elk, and he killed them all over 300 yards, except one deer. which he shot on the run and about 150 yards' distance, breaking its neok.-J. 8. Jones, U. S. A.. Retired. in Army and Navy Journal.
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:, sANcY DIAMOND.

Jewel VIII Be Owned by ps Pauline Astor.
 ,:.orv course of events Miss
 Do .a, will some day become Ss 'sg tba most famous and mag sss .o,i.1sond oi owned outside of a
 D oia nra. The gem in question is
 z '9fsusa famous saney diamond, owned gfI9 ,a4her, 'a and were it to appear 2 " ,ewels worn at any court 2 'ns " oval drawing room it would S'D .s-ow '. " into the shade every oth-
 f lu, ,soye except the Kohinoor, aD '. aneen always wears on state sss tsi ss a brooch.
 sl',s . ,rsemarkable history. Weigh. a . s4 carats, 1t at one time '"s. s.rt of the crown jewels ot g olsrIe, the Bold of Burgundy. bis death in battle in Switzer- ?. sonud set either in his helmet s ''s bilt. The Swiss sold it to the z ps sjpq of the day, and from that 'irtb t became one of the crown I ,s.@soneared ~ at the time of the reyo- a'aSe lSneonneared at the restoration 7. the tbo time of the second revolu- z ,egO passed by purchase into i..ass;on of Anatole DemidofY, the .-Iss millionaire. It was worn for |'a I bv Demidof's wife. Princess g.:Ida s Bonaparte, but he took it 'i hsr before their separation and { ..a1eathed a it to his nephew, Paul .soe ss The latter sold 1t in the six. @r ' tbe sum of S200, 900, a ridiou {, z small price, to the late Sir stiee Jeieehobhoy, the Parsee mil. @ irs and philanthropist of Bombay. bis demise his heirs put it once 2 in the market, and it was pur. 3 bv William Waldorf Astor by ,ts contract, no mention being mads 2 mice paid. d.-Philadel Times
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Annnrnrfhr Trick.

In a recent Pail Mall Gazette we nnG A good story of landed proprietor in Switzerland, who was very much inter ested in a railway matter upon which She district where he was landed had te vote He wanted 1t to vote affirmative ly, and so he let it be generally under. stood that every voter would become the recipient of liberal hamper of wine, provided there was no negative vote td be found in the ballot box. The number of voters including the great man him, self, totaled 108, and on the day when the voting was to be taken every one of them went to the poll Not only that, but every one of that crowd went to tbs poll with the conviction that that ham, per of wine was as good as in his cellar. Their disgust, therefore, may be readily imagined when the ballot box was found to contain TOT affirmative papers and one negative To the irna ~i-ee +ie.' s;ea must be left tho laas uass lA M.4 their feelings found expression when they arrived at the certainty that the landed proprietor had landed them hy giving that vote himself
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-10-19
!. Ancient Playing Cards.

The ancient Tarot packs were the ear. Hest playing cards known to our forefa- thers. They consisted of 72, 77 or 7s cards These cards are still used in re- mote parts Of Italy. France and Switser- land and are made in F1orenca the de- sigrs being hahsed down from genera. tion to generation
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'1'7' 7s's'' The Misses Bells Complexion Tonic, Complexion Soap ! Skin Food and DepiIo are for sale by all Druggists
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-29
BONNER REMAINS FIRE CHIEF.

Set Over the Entire City-Dale Deputy-Old
Borough Grades Abolished.
Fire COMMISSIONS John J. Scannell yesterday
issued his frat general order since he has been
at the head of the department.
The order abolishes the following ranks In the
boroughs Of Brooklyn and Queens: Chief enRi-
neer; in the borough of Brooklyn. assistant chief
engineers, district engineers. inspectors and
stokers. and establishes the following ranks and
grade: Chief of department, deputy chief of de-
partmcnt. chiefs Of battalion, captains of COM
panies. lieutenants or assistant foremen, engi-
neers of steamers and freIncn Of the first.
second. third and fourth grades. The Commits
Hugh Bonner, Chief OF the department of the
city of New lork, comprising the boroughs of
Manhattan. Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens. and Rich
mond.
James Dale, deputy chief of the department.
to command Fire Department of the boroughs
of Brooklyn and Queens.
Sixteen of the mon appointed a month ago
were taken from the school OF instruction and
made MEMBERS Of the uniformed force.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-29
G H PERSONAL TAXES.
IsSRSSMENTB APPEAR TO NAVE
BEEN RAISED ALI AROUND.

Many Citissns GettinE tax Notices who
Never Get Any Bersre-New York City
Always Led the Procession in leyyinE
and CoIectinE Persepal TAX. Anyway.
As the work Of sending out the notices for
personal taxes proceeds the fact hat enormous
increases in'the assessment Of personally were
made by Mayor Strong's Deputy Tax Commits
sioners becomes more and more apparent. The
lists are arranged alphabetically and only a
few letters have been exhausted thus far, but
nearly every taxpayer who has received q no.
tico has found that his personally is assessed
from 10 to 100 per cent. higher than 1t was.
No definite Information concerning the exact
amount Of the increase can be obtained at the
Tax Department nor can It be found out until
the tax books for this year are proved. The
total assessment Of personally last year was
R374,915, 762. but apparently It wasn't big
enough for the State Tax Commissioners They
came to tho city and talked loudly about tho
laxity Of the Tax Department and declared that
all owners Of stocks and bonds and objects Of art
should DO taxed on the full value thereof. The
State Commissioners had been known to talk in
the same strain before, and no particular atten-
ton was paid to their remarks. as IL Is notori-
GUS that no other county in the State has been
half so active in collecting personal taxes. In
deed, the normal activities Of the Tax Commits
sioners have driven many New Workers. out Of
the city or even out Of the State. But the ora
tors OF tho Central Labor Union got after the
Deputy Commissioners and denounced them
and threatened to go before the Grand Jury and
have them indicted II they did not increase the
assessments OF personal property.
T deputies, IL now appears. Immediately
began TO- pile on the assessments. From the
no,tics alre sSaism received %ns sol T. Is Judged ID that NJ. no
increases. Apparently the deputies borrowed
q copy OF the Social Register. or some other
essmen against the nnme of every man and
woman therein not already on their lists and
added to tho assessments OF all others.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-29
IL pAxpunr nngororp.
Lawsuit Of Far-neachipg Iupertapes Decided
in tho CitNla EaNor.


DANBURy, Conn, Jan. 2s.-Flhgs were flying
from tho public buildings in this city to-day
and were displayed upon private residences DO.
cause the city of Danbury has won n remarkable
lawsuit. -Four years ago George Morgan. .
mill owner, was ono OF several persons who
brought suit against the city Of Dhnbury be-
cause the city's sewage polluted tho stream
which supplied water for his mill. More than
100 other suits followed. Most Of them were
brought by farmers, who declared that the sow
age overlooked upon their lands. The result
was that tho city spent nearly. half a million
dollars, in building sewers and a sewage dis
TO the damaged parties.
farmer for twenty miles down the stream
banded together and hired counsel to sue Dam
from the stream and ten. miles from tho city
had been ruined by the polluted water. Diaries
became worthless suddenly, because the cows
n nSi, TO eat the grass which had been .sI wStsred
stream. Suits for immense sums were com.
promised by the payment. OF q fraction OF the
original claims. because the city became tired
Yesterday the trial Of another Of Mr.. MorRan's
suits was begun. The city. in taking the sew
ago from the stream; had lowered tho water In
the stream. MT: Morgan asserted that the
eventually. fnd its way. to his milldam. He
nsked that the city might be enjoined from
putting tho water into It's reservoirs and empty
won the suit the city would have been practi.
cally ruined. for all OF the farmers would have
brought similar suits. Tho city would have
% SsSn tS % snpsiJ e So,o ~ y pssSIo s %5pSPlS' have Assf S.sn
the only recourse. To-day Judge Robinson nom
suited the case, and the city Joined In an i'm.
promptu celebration. The case 10 said to. DO the
only one Of the kind ever decided in the United
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-29
DIR. ID III Es WILL PAP MRS. KNAPP.
No Conresses Judgement In Her SUIT TOR . Losu
or %, 900.

nv - HhNh Ceht ~ - .~@a
or %. 600.
ORANGE, N. j.. Jan. 2s.-The suit to recover
$1,000. brought by Mrs. Mary e. Knapp. q
wealthy widow Of East Orange, against DR..
George Bayles of Orange, has been settled by
DR.. Bayles confessing judgment. Mrs. Knapp
is the widow of Frederick Knapp, who built up
q large section of East Orange. DR.. Bayles Is q
member Of the medical staff at the Orange Me-
mortal Hospital and was formerly President of
the Orange Board Of Education. His wife. who
has been prominent for q number of years In the
management of the Memorial Hospital. resigned
her place of Assistant Secretary at tho annual
meeting two weeks ago. 49,.
DR.. Bayles from her. private funds while her
husband was alive, eight years ago. The loan
was to have been strictly confidential, but with
out the knowledge OF either Mrs. Knapp or DIR.
Bayles at the time. the transaction was known
and overheard the. conversation between Mrs.
Knapp and DR.. Bayles from an adjoining room.
Because of tho friendship between the two fam
lies and the confidential nature of the transac-
ton, no note or other guarantee was given for
The loan. although DR.. Bayles had promised to
Mrs. Knapp says that DIR. Bayles paid interest
on tho loan for two years, but after that time
she was unable to get anything from him what
ever. The suit was begun about q year ago by
the time the suit was started and until a few
weeks ago DR.. Bayles persistently denied all
knowledge OF the transaction and declared that
he had never borrowed any money from Mrs.
Knapp. DR.. Bayles refused to discuss tho case
to-day, saying that 1t was now settled and there
ment.- with interest and costs, amounts to
So, 925. so.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-29
Obituary NotNA.

Mrs. Isabella Dufield Hardenbergh, wife of
Cornelius l.. Hardenbergh. President of the
New brunswick Savings Institution, died in
New brunswick, n. j.. on Friday morning OF
Bright's disease. She was the daughter Of the
late Rev. DIR. Alexander McClelland, for many
years a professor in the Dutch Reformed Theo-
logical Seminary at New Brunswick. Mrs. Har-
denbergh was well known in New Brunswick
for her charities: She leaves one son, Alexander,
who went to California recently to become the
husband. on Feb. 8. of Miss Margaret White Of
Los Angeles.
Robert Swartwout, an old citizen of Stamford,
Conn. died at his home there on Thursday
night. aged 80. For thirty-two years he had
been vestryman in st. Johns Church there and
was senior Warden at lifetime OF his death. For
fourteen years he was Warden of the borough
of Stamford and Treasurer of the town OF SIAM
ford for fifteen years, He leaves two sons. J. II.
swartwout of Stanford; Satterlee Swartwont
field, Conn.
DIR. Lewis French. member of the hospital
staff OF the Connecticut Home for Soldiers. died
at his homo at Noroton. Conn. on Thursday
night: He graduated from Trinity College in
Hartford in 1879 and from the New York Medi-
thereafter, he was on the medical staff Of st.
Cstharine's Hospital. Brooklyn. He was one of
the organizers OF the Wee Burn Coli Club and q
for 1897.
Abram ID. Horn. a leading business man and
Chief Engineer of the Port Jervis Fire Depart
ment, died last evening OF typhoid pneumonia
ular with the fremen. who on Thursday night
nominated him the third time for Chief Engineer.
DIR. William +. French, q well-known ply
slcian of Darien. Conn.,, died yesterday. He
was q member OF tho Sons of tho American
Revolution and the Society Of Colonial Wars.