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NICTORIA'S PRIVATE MUSEUM.
All About "a Little Known Room Mt
Windsor Castle.
From Tit Bits.


There is at Windsor Castle a private mu-
scum, which is of very recent date and in
the formation Of which her majesty has
taken an immense amount of interest. Its
treasures are in many cases of unique
value. both from their associations and
their intrinsic worth.
In 1896 some workmen engaged in clear
ing out set of apartments that had long
remained unused, and which We're situated
in the tower, came upon some old lumber
as they imagined 1t TO be, in a passage
which was quite blocked up with it. On
closer examination, however, the lumber
turned out to be collection of most inter-
esting and valuable relics, whose very ex-
istence had been forgotten for generations
Her majesty took great interest In the
find. and. in conjunction with the inspector
conceived the idea of making a private mu-
scum for these and similar treasures In the
lower vestibule, an apartment near the
eQuerries entrance on the ground floor
1t was just at this time that Sir Herbert
Kitchener. now Lord Kitchener Of Khar-
toum, paid a visit to Windsor, on the con-
clusion Of the Dongola expedition, 1897 He
brought with him several trophies of the
campaign. which the queen promptly order
ed to occupy the first case of her new nfql-
scum. These treasures consisted Of Wad
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AN AFRICAN LION HUNT.
The Frcnzicd bravery and Pluck of
Little Native Boy.

From the Wide World Magazine.
While staying in ore of the suburbs of
the capital of Toro l was one morning call
ed up by the chief to come at once and
shoot a Ii IN that was doing great da mage
in the district. and had just then killed a
poor woman while cultivating her garden.
She was STOPPING down pulling up some
weeds. when In front of her she heard the
horrid roar of a lion. Looking up in
speeches. horror. she in the grass
few yards away a huge male lion appar
entity about to spring upon her; but just a I
that moment the lioness. which had crept
up behind her. sprang out, and with an
awful stroke of the forepaw killed her
where she stood, and then carried her off
story l started off with a couple of my
boys to hunt the lions, but, although |
spent the whole day searching, not a lion
did | see. The mangled remains of the
poor woman we discovered but the lions
kept out of our way. However, few days
after this party of native hunters. return
ing from their days hunt after small ante
lope. were attacked by the same lions.
Walking In single file through the long
grass on the narrow path, the man at the
end OF the line was suddenly seized from
behind by the lioness and instantly killed
and carried off.
The rest of the party made off with all
haste, excepting one little boy, the son of
the man killed. and he amazingly plucky
little fellow that he is. actually turned
back and, armed with nothing but a small
spear. followed the blood-stained track
through the thicket. After a little while
he came upon the ioness IN the act of de-
vouring his father. Without a moments
hesitation this brave little chap rushed at
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Snakes Sense of Smell.
From the Chicago Record

Snakes have the sense of smell. 1t is
difficult to obtain food for the rattlesnakes
and copperheads out at the Geological
Park. The keeper has been trying them on
the house rats and mice he has caught
about the building. He would leave them
in the snake cage over night and through
the day. They would run over the snakes
with impunity. The snakes would pay no
attention to them, but when they happened
to secure some field mice and put them in
the cage the snakes ate them at once. He
put in several rats and mice of the ordinary
house variety that were living out of doors
under the sidewalk, and these were seized
by the snakes almost as readily as the wild
species. The keeper then conceived the
idea of making an earth box to keep the
rats in for while before feeding and he
found that II they were put in there for
twelve hours or so before they were given
to the snakes they would be eaten The
only apparent explanation is that the smell
of the earth is agreeable to the snakes and
that the smell which the animals acquire
about buildings is Objectionable.
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the huge beast. and the loness beconiua,
aware of his approach, left the prey and
sprang upon the boy. By a merciful Prov
ldenCe the spear which the boy carried on
tered the breast of the noness and hv tho
brute's own weight was forced right into
its body, piercing the heart and the crea
ture rolled over stone dead. The boy Uas
utterly unharme1 Rapidly withdraV,ipt-
MS little weapon. he rushed to the manpled
remains OF his father. and while her5foe
over them the male lion came roaring
through the thicket. The grief-striclen al
sprans up. and with almost supcrhuro9,
courage rushed toward the second Uon
waving aloft his blood-stained smear ana
shouting: Come on. come on; ri Kin yor,
aiso! But the male lion was so discom
htea by the unexpected approach of the
Iad that he turned tail and fed. leaving his
prey. ' sleu
ne boy then went home to his village
ana called his friends to come and bring
the dead honess to the king, and this US
zone. The brave little fellow was suitablv
rewarded by kasagama for his wonderful
PUCK, and he made him his own maze I
Photographed him, with his little smear an
just after his notewortbv
act of bravery.
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BIshara's red banner, with hts tin rattle,
which was captured at the battle of Ftrket
also a crusaders sword found in his house,
and with a Spanish motto in Roman char
acters, which says, DO not sheath me
without honor" =, In this case, too. the
queen has placed the Afghan trophies pre-
sented to her by Lord Roberts ten years
previously. y Ia
The second contains several notable ar
ticles. chief of which Is a fine specimen of
exesutioner's ak which has evidently seen
great service and which was given to the
queen by Sir William Congreve, who in
vented the war rocket
The next case has a unique collection of
beautiful feather c!oaks, formerly belonging
to some chiefs of the South Sea Islands. On
a charming network are sewn feathers so
minute that they form smooth. finished
surface in black, yellow and red colors.
Most of these are single feathers of very
rare species of parrot and each of the
magnificent cloaks has been valued by eX-
perts at not less than 10000 On further
inquiry it found. that they had been
given by the king of the Sandwich Islands,
in 1924 to his majesty, King George ".
In the fourth case are a set of Nepaulese
knives and daggers used in our Indian
frontier campaigns by the Ghoorkas and
similar tribes The 'kokri.' Ghoorka,
fighting knife, which the native uses in
preference to the sword or Dayonet is well
worth attention.
Case No. 3 displays the head and skin of
an enormous Indian lion, around which have
been grouped the ancient danoVerlan stand
ards of the first three Georges: some weap-
ons of the Zulus taken at Isandhlana some
finely caparisoned saddles of war horses
and 'sampit" or blow tube. used to shoot
poisoned darts by the natives of Borneo.
The next collection is a very fine and
unique one being that Of a succession of
spurs, of all shapes and sorts, from the
Wars of the Roses till today. With these
are placed six pieces of plate which for
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merly belonged 10 the 32d Regiment. They
will at once strike the spectators attention
by their extraordinary shapes, being twist
ed into most fantastic arrangements. This
due to the effects of shot which
struck the regimental plate chest during
the siege of Lucknow
Case No may be said to represent war
weapons of various countries. They are
old muskets and blunderbusses of the Prus-
slams, French Hanoverians Russians. Por-
tuguese, Spanish and English; also African
war hatchets and hammers, together with
bundles of spears and arrow heads of the
North American Indians. Then there are
the shields and weapons of Asiatic savages
as well as of such nations as the Chinese
and Japanese.
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A Hero of the Rail

From the Kansas City Journal
Jim Bludsoe" of the rail has lust eonA
to take his cha nces" in the hereafter ua
was Jim Clark, railway engineer of Rair
Tex Clark's train was running into Wealth
erford just ahead of limited express. He
was seized with a violent hemorrhage Of
the lungs when few miles out of Wealth
erford, and to stop his train would have
cost many lives. He held the throttle lever
until he worked his train onto a siding Tn
a Few minutes the express Numbered ON
Jim Clark was dead, however clinging 10
the throttle as though it were a cross.
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A Gigantic Clearance
Sale of Fine Millin1=
cry and Ribbons.
The downward tendency prices doub interesting because the
offer only Includes
Bright, Fresh, New Goods==No Shop
Worm Gfnrff==MO ShOdhW

Come tomorrow and convince yourself that buy goods of
the highest characterpartcuay when the is little
Gems OF Trimmed Hats hackneyed copies millinery Sheets
but positively original of the brightest mners the
land Every and then You'll find like $500 Paris
and You'll marvel at the closen of Mind hardly
bear the least resemblance
which $1,000 and SI2oo
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the government. and give US back
eleven days was at one time quite u pop
ular election cry. There is a we'll known
reference to ii in Hogarth's wonderful pic
tLre, The Election Entertainment
l.. H. MOORE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-05
S. Kann, Sons 6 Co.
S. kann, Sons 6 Co.
Midsummer
Dressing SacQ ues

S.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-05

The auti-Americsn Globe views with as
Punishment the woeful lack of discipline
among our officials and foresees a bad out
look for an alliance between the two coun-
tries. After stating that the navy is not at
present sufficiently powerful to protect
American coasts. the Globe says: If she
nhe United States is TO become our ally
she must be able to do far more than pre-
serve her own cities from Insult she must
c.u into being a fleet on the me scale as
oIIr own. and that fleet must be manned and
SiscipIiued In a way that will enable 1t TO
cooperate in some future Armageddon with
as little hesitation as her sailors nave
.no,-n when hghting back TO back with our
ner1 in the Samoan jungle. new page is
heinz unrolIed in the history OF America,
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uSt as much care is exercised in
the selection OF this grade of Under
wear as in any other. We are pre-
pared to show you the largest variety
of colors and patterns-a complete
scale of sizes-and you can depend
on the finish They are made to wear
well-the price is small-but the re-
suit will be satisfactory Shirts and
Drawers.
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and If the part she is about TO play is to
be worthy Of her she must realize that the
conditions OF success are totally dlnereht'
and that those high qualities of independ-
ence and self-reliance which have con-
tributed to her marvellous development in
the past must be tempered by discipline. by
obedience and self-control. qualities which
are distasteful in themselves to demo
cratic state but which are essential II she
Is bent on fulfilling the high destiny marked
nnrt Or .r
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Season: s1SW,s HptsSiT, IE
ARE MADE
A III
TRY SOME OF THESE ' '
Ladies Dressing Sacques. made of fine India linen
laydown collars, henstched tucking down the front
and sheered in the waist. ...............
Ladies Dressing Sacques, made of fine India linen
laydown collars yoke back with three box peats full
front bias tucking. finished with rufle on bottom 800
Ladies Dressing Sacques made of fine India linen
laydown collars yoke OF tucks and three box pleats
full front, finished neck, sleeve and bottom trimmed
with fine Val lace.
Ladies Dressing Sacques, made of fine India linen.
with three box peats three cluster OF bias tucks and FIN
1shed at neck and sleeves with fine emb edge .
Ladies Dressing Sacques, made OF fine India linen
with eight tucks; yoke made in three clusters of tucks
peated IN at waist: sleeves with punches OF tuckS I'm
lshed at bottom with rufle and edged with fine Val lace
Ladies Dressing Sacques, made of fine India linen;
yokes OF fne lace and embroidery; three box pleats full
front and bell sleeves finished at neck with ribbon
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Russia-s Calendar.

There seems to be prospect that pelore
the new century begins Russia VIII nave
reformed her calendar. The rectificatlon OF
the calendar is a purely astronomical ques-
ten but in Russia 1t is a religious one as
we'll As everybody knows. the great MS
tCric reform Of the calendar was erected
by Pope Gregory. who published a bull In
1852 annulliug the ten days which at that
time the world had got out in its reckon
ing The countries dominated by the creek
Church refused to accept reform from
such a source. and to this day Russia ad-
heres TO the odd style" She Is now twelve
DAVIS behind the rest of the world II does
rot lie with us. however, TO 0eer at the
baCkwardncss of Russia in this respect
The Catholic countries adopted the reform
at once but the Protestant countries. IN
famed by the reformation. held out long
Scotland adopted the new reckoning as
early as 1900: but. though bill Tor the
same purpose was brought into the English
parliament in 1885. 1t was not passed TIL
l75l Long afterward new style was a
popish innovation to the popular mind or
both countries.
The reform is not so easy as might be
supposed. and II will be curious to see how
the Russian moujik takes It. In the last
century there were plenty OF people in Eng
land who firmly believed that they had been
robbed Of eleven days out Of their lives by
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-08-13
filming THE PRICE OF GOLD BY
LAW

Tho money value or price OF gold Is
absolutely fixed by law. In the coin
age system OF the United States %. S
grains of standard gold. or 23.22 grains
pure are worth 81. for the all sufficient
reason that the law requires lust that
weight OF gold TO be put into the dol
lar. In other words. the gold dollar
weighs 25.S grains. by the English
coinage laws an ounce Of gold will be
coined into G3 LIS 1OHd of English
money. That amount is the mint rate;
but when gold is deposited at the mint
Tor coinage there is always some delay
IN getting returns. Prior To 1914 that
delay averaged about sixty days. There
iore the owners Of bullion DESTROYS of
having their money at once would sell
1t to the brokers for something less
than the mint rate-usually for about
- las 90 an ounce. Accordingly. In
mat year parliament enacted that the
tank Of England should take all bull
non offered at its counters and pay for
II at The rate of CO 1,s "a an ounce.
the difference Of IL pence between the
hank rate ana the mint m" being in
tended To partially or wholly reim-
burse the bank for the delay. That has
been substantially the price of gold
Duliiuh ever since. The act Of parl!a-
inent Al once raised The price OF gold
bullion about . pence an ounce. \
iaVoritc argument with the gold people
is that the value Of gold is wholly in
dependent of coinage. And yet NC see
that a simple delay of sixty days In
the coinage made Il difference of Az
pence an ounce in the value of gold
bullion. If tho delay had been longer
The difference would have been greater.
II II could not have been coined at All
either in England or elsewhere, we
leave some gold WOrshiper to figure out
how much it would have been worth.
In France the law provides for the
coinage of gold at the rate of . 100
francs To the kilogramme. The kilo-
Eramme is something over G2E-more
exactly G2.G1g5l troy We are not
aware of any law in France similar
to the English provision OF 1914 In
that country the mint rate fixes the
price. subject to any small difference
that may result from delay in the
coinage. as was formerly tho case in
England. But this difference must be
very slight. because the gold can be
realized upon Immediately at the Bank
of England. The reader will of course
understand that it is money" value
alone that is here spoken OF. An
ounce of gold is worth just as many
dollars" as it Will make: because gold
metal has the privilege of free and un-
limited coinage. When silver had. prior
to 1873. the privilege under the law o?
free and unlimited coinage, an ounce of
silver was always worth as many dol
lars as j, would make.
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WON'T

Whenever we say won't" or write
it, we find the nend at our elbow cry
ing in horror: whats that?" 1t is
pure English undctiled, and Chaucer
and Shakespeare rolled it under their
tongues as Il sweet morsel. The fiend
however IS the great censor and cX-
purgator of our language. and lie goes
about like housing cat. seeking all
such words and phrases as he cannot
make go accurately through the dr!ll
Of the grammatical manual he carries
in his brcast-pockct. next his heart.
lie insists that We should say: will
not" and objurgatcs won't as n vul
garism, outlawcd by all tho depart
mcnts of grammar-orthogra ety.
mology. syntax and prosody-and con-
demned by all its statutes. Yet it
proves its antiquity and legitimate de-
scent by its form. won't" as n con-
traction of the Saxon "wol not" and
holds its place in the best verbal So
ciety by usage and prescription.
Shakespeare writes:
when a woman Will, she will. you
may dcpend ont.
And when she won't, she won't, and
there's an end ont"
And that was three hundred years
ago-Chaucer testifylng to its legal cur
rcncy even 400 years ago. Ncvcrthe-
less. the nend that represents prccis-
ian.sln. purism and perfcctability in
speech cries out Gin ignorance. no
doubD against it and demands It's ban
ishmcnt. Tho only answer to him is:
I'VE WON'T" Nor viii we drop or ban
ish any Of our ancient idioms pccu-
ilaritios archaisms. or eccentricities
which the nend pursues with all the
luminosity Of "a little learning" that
hates everything not shaped by will.
though it be dear by association. by
large use, convenience and full of the
memories of its origin and valuable
With the will. wisdom and manners OF
many centuries.
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MACHINE VS.. THE PEOPLE.
(South Boston NcWsl

Despite the unseemly haste of the
machine. which MIR. Martin has we'll in
hand. tho friends OF Gov. Tyler are
greatly encouraged at the gratifying re-
ports from every part of the State.
Judging from the zeal and patriotism
OF our people. old Halifax will admins
ter n severe rebukc to the methods en-
ploycd by Mr.. Martin and his friends
in 1875. through the influence OF corpo-
rate money. by giving an overwhelming
majority in favor of Gov. Tyler for the
United States Senate. Halifax has al
ways been true to the principles of De-
inocracy. and jealous of every en-
croachment of the rights and liberties
OF her people, and cannot forget how
shamefuiiy the people were betrayed in
the Virginia Legislature. when such
disGraceiul methods were used to defeat
the gallant Fitzhugh Lee, and the cleo
ton OF a railroad attorney in 1893.
Now that an opportunity has arisen.
the brave Democrats of old Halifax will
arise in their might and defy the rings.
clIques ana henchmen OF Martin and
The railroads. and rally To the support
OF the peoples candidate, J. IIogc Tyler.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-08-13
IN THE NAME OF JUSTICE.

"The Norfolk Nirginian-Pilot in dis
cussing the Virginia delinquent tax law
says that in its inception lit WAS Il
bill whose hardships could only be re-
vealcd by actual experiment. and that
nobody except those in the land grab
bers' plot df there was one) fcresaw
how ii would work in practice"
This is emnently just. and the truth
which our contemporary has so force
fully pointed out should be kept in view
in the discussion OF the subject The
idea that this bin was framed and pass
ed in the interest OF the land grabbers
is too absurd proposition for serious
consideration. The law has
worked hardships in some cases and
the land grabbers have made it odious,
but the members of the Legislature are
not to be blamed They acted. as we
have said in the interest OF the state.
ana while there have been some hard
ships they are the exceptions. In the
main the law has worked we'll and
worked justly, and it has succeeded
where all other similar measures had
failed '-liichmond Times.
But. In effect "ihe hardsl.ips of the
law" have now been revealed: "The
law has worked hardships in some
cases. ana the land grahbers have made
it odious. but the members of the leg
islaturc are not to be blamed. The
hardships are exceptions" "ln the
main the law has worked we'll and
worked justly. and it has succeeded.
&c"
That is n strong defence of bill
which we excused because It's hard
ships could only be by actual expert
ment: but surely it is not defensible
after experiment. THE TIMES. HOW
EVER. TAKES THAT POSITION:
THAT DEFENDS AND COMMENDS
IT AFTER IT'S HARDSHIPS ARE
REVEALED.
We decline the compliments the
Times IL this is to be the upshot of it's
soft-sawder and CANNON. He who can
and does uphold that shameful meas
urc. after its workings are known. is
as guilty as its author. whether lcgiss-
lator or lobbyist; and IL one who voted
for the bill when it was not understood
may be forgiven, he who fails II vote
for the repeal OF its obnoxious features
now they are known. is as bad as a
land grabber.
What Il shame 1t is to the state. too.
that by such an act it be proclaimed
that government is incapable OF gov
erning: can't collect its own revenus
and must call on outsiders, strangers.
foreigners-all the world--to run here
ana grab the land of our citizens in ar
rear for taxes; hold it or make the
owner.pay the grabber So, &c.-the
State. unable to collect it's taxes. col
Letting fees. &c, for the GraDbers,
] IJow't that?
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there no other qualifications, he should
be elected. The Martin men are not
willing that their candidate should come
before the people of Virginia. and there
can be but one reason for this unwill-
inSness. Thcy>a afraid OF the people,
knowing full we'll that he would not
stand much chance If placed In a fiat
footed race with Tyler. But the Mar
tin contingent in Virginia profess to be
not ut all uncomfortable. Unlike the
baltimore Sun. which Is in as close
touch with Virginia politics. and closer
for that matter. than many papers of
the state itself. they do not even agree
that the campaign will be close. They
claim Il walkovcr. yet they have put
out rather large force to prepare the
way for the triumphant march. Before
the election comes off there will be
many another such day as that in Hall
fax. Tyler is for reform. The voters
OF Virginia are for reform. They be-
lieve that they arc fast losing their
hold upon the management of their
own affairs and shat the salvation of
the Old Dominion lies in their express
sion of determination to put an end
TO bossism and cliQues. Now is the
time. il there ever was or ever will be
an opportunity. Let every member who
goes into the new House of Delegates.
ana every state Senator who is chosen
this fall. be instructed to support Tyler.
In this way. if i'll no other. the people
OF Virginia can express their will and
have 1t carried out.