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contradictions. and try to prove that the
branch in question is no science at all, and
that its teachers are hardly worthy OF
The history of science contains many
interesting chapters pertaining to this
kind of criticism and the fate that has
invariably overtaken It. When Coperni-
Gus and Calico showed the absurdity of
the Ptolemaic astronomy, the theologiana
enjoyed themselves for a time, as they
demonstrated--to their entire satisfaction
the folly of all rationalistic attempts to
explain what revelation only could make
clear. When Darwin explained the ori-
gin Of species through variation and ma
tural selection. the pretensions OF biology
were completely exploded by its lay and
clerical critics (they thought and said so)
by the extremely simple device OF the
deadly parallel column" Was not Gu
vier a great anatomist, and had he ever
taught this nonsense about the mutabil-
ity of species? Was not Agassix the most
learned naturalist alive, and what had he
to say about Darwinian vagariesf Had
he not proved over and over again that
the very concept of the species was the
notion of a group Of characteristics that
could not possibly change or be changed
from generation to generation? In more
recent years we have again seen, the same
method of reducing science to a variety
show for the entertainment of the tired
general reader applied to both biology and
neutrality-suspicious. Popular Science
Monthly.
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A Sympathetic foreigner. recently writ.
ing to az American newspaper, bewailed
the heartlessness OF Chinese sons and
daughters who In the parents lifetime Pre-
pare his coffin and shroud and openly talk
with him of his demise. The facts do not
Justify the sympathy, for there can be
no truer evidence Of filial piety In China
than for a child to present to his parent q
burial outfit. Let the head Of the family
be assured by the indisputable evidence OF
the coffin In the house that q respectable
burial viii be his, and one of the greatest
anxieties of bis life is relieved. The cof-
fin Is proudly displayed to each guest, the
latter never failing to add his testimcny
to the filial piety Of the younger genera
ton. The force Of the irish bull that
ehopes you may have to eat the hen that
scratches on your grave is quite lost In
China. 1t Is singular to note with what
certainty Chinaman who is old or III win
prepare for his demise. PremonitiSnS OF
coming fate seem to enter into his soul.
and he sands word to his relatives and
friends that he Is about to die-what day
can they come to his funeral? II no has
not been forehanded enough to secure his
burial outfit there is great eommoticn
among the households TIL money u col
iected for a coffin and also for feasting
and music, for funeral Is q great social
event.-New York Sun.
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Ftekieness OF Public Favor.

Ada c. Sweet. once pension agent in
lineage, tells this story Of Grant as illus
9Auns Dewey's state Of mind:
y was just after Gen. Grants return to
- United States from his journey around
y World. He was enjoying a visit in
Cew York from some old friends from tho
Wet One OF these friends warmly con-
s .ls! the general upon the magnifi-
ssnt reception given him in this country,
sno upon the general enthusiasm and love
snown tor him by all classes of people.
.. an never forget Gen. Grants earnest.
49, deliberate reply to these felicita-
ucns He said:
have been fiattered more and praised
~ 49, tnan any man alive, and I have been
~ssnuered and abused by the same people
~ @o the praising and flattering. On
- uay l have been cheered and on an
~asl Jay l have been Kissed, and by the
,. 49, people. And all was undeserved, ex-
sssant praise and extravagant blame.
nave found out just how much reality
I s Is In popular favor
.. .aese words were said before the last
N-ng experiences OF defeat began
M which gave Grant his deathbIow.
Sra Moush he had measured the value OF,
ssxaa. esteem and popular disfavor, he
-. iearfully when the worst storm
i,s.s. IN his days Of poverty and sickness.
tnis. m ne was reviled and hooted at by a
6.sx ao people. and again-4but upon his
a...e was exalted to the heights
"sstn found him"
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Scotch Deer Forc,t..

soma s,s parliamentary return gives
dssr ss aag agares IN relation to Scotch
N E,nsss The return relates to the
eeun,.sss nMnd erofting counties oniy-the
comss Of Argyll Inverness, Ross and
IA Ms.; sutherland. Caithness. Orkney
hnd ss, ~ In the Orkney and shet-
Ast ss there are no deer forests go
tuunt,.ss nsye practically TO deal with four
b - IN these four counties there are
nlnoa man e,27,97 COR more than two
he prss.s' u quarter) acres given up to
prsssd sssrVation of deer. Afforesting has
kres' . ,ss. apace during recent wears
Added ~ nearly 6oo00 acres have been
MA MAJ q . eth, the forest acreage. The whole
/ fNs.Ss scotland in acres is about 1880. 600.
tous e,s,. .nat reckonlng the forests In
ssat ~ alone) one acre in every
sGins = 2 half Is kept waste for the
IN i !. ceer. In order that on a few
~ ~ ". w year few persons may en-
~ a. assure OF killing a certain num-
N use beautiful animals, this vast
~ me most part. scaled against
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Athoush Wagner never was in this
country the possibility Of his coming over
here r. referred to often n his published
correspondence. In fact. he made Amer-
lea a stand-and-deliyer argument with his
friends, several times threatcninE "a for
ever put aside his Ring Of the Nibeihng,
ana TO Cross the ocean to earn compe-
tency unless they contributed TO his sup
port, That Wagner regarded America as
. gold mine well worth exploitation by
foreign artists appears from letter which
In 1S4S no wrote to Franz Loebmann,
music director at Riga, whose brother
wanted financial assistance TO 70 to Amer
lea with an orchestra. Wagner advised
I.oebmann to assist his brother. He m
stances the case Of a German musician
who went to America as poor man. and
in very short time was II, receipt OF an
excellent income; adding that whole orr
chestra would certainly be still more
lucky, for 'in country where villages
are constantly growing into cities IN Ave
years there can be no lack Of opportuni-
ties for the settlement Of whole bands Of
musicians" Could anything be more de-
liciousiy naive than this last quotaticn?"
-Gustave Kohbe. In the American Month
" Review OF Reviews.
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A Poor Nam. Big Request.

Mr.. Daniel A. Kelly. one OF the veteran
actors Of today, began his theatrical career
in Baltimore In 1S77. Talking to a repre-
sentative of the American. he said. AT
the very first rehearsal that attended /
paved the way to fabulous wealth by Civ
ing a starved-looking chap, who was
standing In the stage entrance. dollar
to get something to eat The chap was
Jerry Tanning, who made himself known
to me three ears later, when became
manager of the old Front. and for years
after I had him working there for me-
Finally he lost his mind. and some Of us
had him made comfortable at Bayvlew
He died eventually. and few days later
one of the physicians from the asylum
came 70 ma With WILL that had bean
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In his diary. Ford MADDOX Brown writeo:
Nov, u ues4). Gabriel getting on slnw-
ly with his calf. He paints In an like
Albert purer. hsir BY hair. and Seams In
snpable Of any breadth; hut this hs will
get BY going over It from feeling q homA.
From want OF habit. SEQ Nature bothera
him. but it is sweetiy drawn and felt.
Nov. N.-Saw Gabrefs calf; very beam
tiful, but takes long time. Endless
lamentations. no perceptbls progress from
day to-day. and all the tina he y wearing
my Rreatcoat, which wenk and . pair az
my breaches. besides food and an unlimr
tied supply OF turpentine.
Dec. Gabriel not leaving yet; done hio
cart, and talking quite freely about sev-
eral days yet. having been here since tho
list Novamber. and not seeming to noticA
any hints Emma being within =
week or two Of her confinement. and hs
having had his bod made on the Moor In
the parior one week now, and not getting
I'M. til IL. besides my finances being ~
duced to 70 IFS. 3D., which must last TN
10th January. I told him delicatc1y he
must 20. or 20 home at night by the 'buA
This. he said, was too expensive told
him he might ride to his work II the
morning and so home 81 night. : 80
he II gone for the. present.
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WAY Down EAST FOLK.


A man In Corinna, who is now very poor,
will 90 down to the grave regretting that
he did not seize the one opportunity in his
life to become rich. 1t Is a fact that during
the mining craze in Maine he received an
offer OF SIS 600 in cash for a rocky field in
which II was thought rich gold mine
existed. He held out for s150.000 and while
he was holding out the bottom dropped out
Of the boom. and today the field isn't worth
80 cents.
A woman O. years old, living in Wiscas-
set. Me-, recently deserted her fifth hus-
band because. as she told the court, "he
wasn't her style" The husband testified
that for eight years he had been obliged to
get all his own meals and do the family
washing besides, and thereupon Chief JUS
tice Peters granted tho divorce asked for.
A barn In Aroostook county had long gone
unshingled because the farmer who owned
1t was too infirm to climb the roof. while
one of his two sons had gone to the war
In the Philippines and the other to the
Klondike. The other day. however. the
farmers only daughter came home from
the normal school and shtngled the barn
as well as any man In the town could have
done. and she didn't once pound her fingers
with the hammer, either,
At the bedside OF their dying father in
Houlton two brothers quarreled over the
division Of the estate. and one kicked the
other In the spine. rendering him hope
less paralytic.
A lobster trust has been formed in Maine.
with the object of regulating the price of
the fish. At present Holsters are selling
at Q cents apiece, and at the principal ports
of delivery at II cents. Last winter, In
the stormy weather, such was the scarcity
of Holsters, and the great danger of catch
ing them, that the price rose to q cents
each. l s e,4,t
foxy Maine fisherman, taking advan-
tage of the different bounty laws of two
states, cut off the noses of seals and col
lects 81 each on them In Maine, after which
he takes the tails to- Massachusetts. where
he gets another bounty. Then he works
up the skins into gloves and hats.-New
York Sun
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i JAVA Is MAKING
HER OWN BICYCLES,
Observation-Disclosures FAcTonr M
CESTLr nsrADElsnnD Ar
sAmAnANo.


FOLK on the islahd OF Java are fnalEz
ing their own wheels. There has lately
been established in the city Of Hamas
rang a bicycle factory, which IL having
some local success. though not many "
the wheels have as vet been seen IN Ba-
tavla. The name Of the concern ID the
Riiwiel- Patrick Insulinde. and the capital
is about $4,000. The method employed ID
to import the different parts OF the ma
chimes from Germany, and put them To-.
gether In Samarang. Besides the manager
and bookkeeper. who are Dutchmen. thsra
are two German skilled worlmen, who
have under them eeveral natives. The ma
chine ID . good one, and sells for about
so. The racers weigh about eighteen ~
twenty pounds. and the roadSters about
twenty-five to thirty-fve pounds.
The concern has got the best part q
the bicycle trade OF sasnarang and the
immediate neighborhood, and II adveFtis~
ing for agents to represent Il In he dtt$sv~
ent parts OF Netherlands India.
Our consul at Batavia thinks Americans
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6Efp LETTERS
BY THE MILLION.
sx1 srATIsrIcs SHOW THAT
3. wonnous QUANTITIES or
MAIL GO AsTRAy.
~ man SIC MIlIion Pieces, 81
I; e1,sh Nearly Five Niilien Were
/: ielained-Many IN "witA-
4 eut Address, C1ass.

S,rm yetort Of the operations Of the
\ U<6d Later offics for the year end
~ June 20. which has Just been
{k6s public. shows that an enormous
25unt 81 mail matter. goes astrAy and
Z vi thousands OF letters are returned to
selsders through this important
l1nch Of the postoffice department. The
ik(il number Of pieces of mail matter
= Is5Iyed at the office during the year
2ss eS6s,s6S, an Increase Of nearly 2 per
f1us. over last year. OF this lot 4.s06. 100
S616 3nolAimed letters. There were 49,
rnclaimed letters returned from for
80 countries without card addressed
1&sf Il. with nothing on the envelope to
d1oats the address Of the sender. In tho
NM iof postage" class there were IS
rarcslh loe,6M letters bearing domes-
o 5ddre1ses and s.iss for foreign coun-
~ without address letter Is one OF
4. most remarkable classes In the re-
~. u this II 10 shown that SS,653 letters
S mailed unaddressed. 1854 parcels
S92S deposlted in tho mail with blank
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fKpsEMCn OF MIND SAVED mn.



Speaking OF nerve" said one of the de-
tectives at headquarters to reporter for
the New York Sun, reminds me Of Chief
McClaughry. OF Chicago. One day Me-
Ciaughry was sitting in his once just
about the time the men were being march,
ed back to their cells from work. He was
alone. There was a sound behind him.
ana, whirling around, he saw convict
who had passed the guard in some way
creeping toward him with an ugly Hooking
iron bar In his hand. s'v
Don't you stir!' the man whispered.
I'm going to get out Of this IL have to
XIII you to do IT,
"Oh," McClaughry said, II thought YOU
were going tomorrow" The man stared at
McClaughry and grunted 'sWotg Nc
Claughry simply looked at him as though
he didn't care much. and said: They sent
up your dismissal papers this afternoon.
that's all. You've been such model pris-
oner all the time that they decided to conn
mute your sentence. You can go all right
enough, II you want to. You're not my
prisoner any more. II you want to see your
papers-why. I think-.they're here in--in
the drawer" and before the poor fool
could lift the bar to strike, McClaughry
had snapped revolver out Of his desk and
leveled 1t at his head
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Cardinal Luigi Orsaiia, who has just
been appointed BY the pope as one OF his
assistants in the opening ceremonies Of
the holy year, r. one Of the most important
members Of the Catholic hierarchy. He y
the dean Of the sacred college Of cardin-
sls and also camcrlinEo Of the Catholic
church. the ONCE held by Pope Leo before
his elevation to the pontincate. In case Of
tho death of the pope Cardinal Orgelia
would, by virtue of his office, become act
ing pope until the successorship to the
throne OF st. Peters is determined. 1t
would be his duty to make the official an
nouncement of the death Of the pontin and
to place the seal upon the pontifical prop
'erty He would also preside over the con-
clave Of cardinals called to elect the new
pope.-New York Tribune.
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Crete,s New Prosperity.

The English people are SO absorbed in
their own affairs at present that they
have no attention to give to Door little
Crete, which filled the public eye such
short time ago. And yet history Is being
made there-history as bright as the past
has been gloomy. Every report confirms
the news that the new regime is prosper
ing. The best part Of the news rs that
the Christians and Mussulmane are get
ting on admirably together. When the
queen of Greece paid visit to the island
the other day one of her most cordial
receptions came from = deputation Of
Mussulman ladies, who brought her flow
ular In the island. and the Greek infiu-
ence - everywhere predominant. The
Greek language Is spoken In the assem-
bly.-Iondon Chronicle.
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specuIatine About : Throne.

Though Queen Victoria heads Q very
large family order. and he's descendants OF
imperial as well n royal rank, 1t Is inter
cstinG to note that. next to the Duke Of
York's two sons and daughter. the Duchess
Of Fife's two daughters count before all
others In ncarness 70 The crown. 1t IL a
far look ahead. but b ~ ysars, n the York
line fails as did the senior Bourbon line
of France, to the principal representative
Of the house OF pun will then fall the
hingship. or the Qneenship OF England. or
the name OF r. The Ladies Dun are.
consequently. being carefully trained in
the way they should 90. though the chance
n mighty slim Of sturdy Prince Edward.
or his equally sturdy little brother Albert.
ever giving his cousins q living show in
the throne business. Yet dynasties have
suddenly petered out before now.-Boston
Herald. sft
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Food Elements I'm Fruit.

Sugar. starch. gum, dextrine, pectine.
saccharifiable cellulose. organic acids and
other extractive matters are, together
with water, the chief elements In pulp
fruits. The sugar u assimilsble, and Is a
food. Fruits which contain most of 1t, as
bananas. dates and figs. are true hydro
carbonated fo0ds. Extractive matters are
also nourishing. but In q less degree. ~
they are not SO digestible. With these
and other rare exceptions. however, fruits.
in the opinion Of NJ. Balland. are iittla
nutritive. and cannot be considered as
foods Their Juices which please us by
their smell or acidity are condiments
rather than foods.-London Globe.
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An order OF w.sherwome..

To the Institution Of orders, medals and
diplomas in France there Is no limit.
The latest is diplomas for washerwomen.
The washerwomen. to be sure, occupy a
conspicuous position on the Seine, and
have played an important part In the life
of Paris, especially in revolutionary PEI
RODS. They are nearly as formidable as
the marketwomen. Either in recognition
OF their ability or in difference to their
influence the government has established
this new order and awarded twelve
medals. The important duty Of distribute
ing the diplomas to the. prize washer
women is discharged by the ministry OF
commerce.--London Chronicle.
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made by Farming during the course Of his
stay at Bayview. The will made me sole
beneficiary Of an estate OF s2o.000.00o and
transferred to me the ownership OF a
theater that cost $6,00o0oo The only
chance I have ever had to spend any Of
that money or look over my theater has
been when have dreamed about Il. hut
appreciate the spirit OF the poor fellow.
and have never regretted the FIRST remi-
niscence / have Of my career In Balti-
more. ~ Baltimore American.
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LITTLE CHANGE IN
LORD MAYORS SHOW.
LONDONs ANNUAL sPnCrAcLn me-
scRIBnD A. RnsPhCTABLE
AND DULLs


WITHOUT change the lord mayors show
w continues In London. II n certainly
batter than II was, and 1t Is certainly
better than the show as Hogarth saw II.
with Its brass bands and It's raRamuffin rab-
BILE. The show is now respectable and dull.
= Would II be possible to revive the old al
legorical pageants? They must have beer
really beautiful shows; there were towern
erected. In which were seated fair maidens
dressed In dasxling white who showered
down upon the sovereisns Ia whose honor
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The Chtnetao Anpasn4dor - FrAneos
The new Chinese AMBASSADOR Is an OLE
gentleman. but aged az much from study
as from time. and with such bad sight
that he hAa to be led about Ha served ID
Japan before he came TO Paris. and hie
family Of two sons and two daughters be-
came Europeanized when living In Japan
The girls only speak one European lafi-
guage. and that ID English. They chatter
away In English like any other pretty
girls. A rare exceptions to the Chinese
rule. their feet have never been bound up.
so they can and do dance to their hearts
content. In their own houss they dfesn
in Japanese fashion. and arrange their
hair most tastefully. The empress dow.
ager Of China favors the whole family
and. thinking this family would Regk rep.
resent China 1t the Paris expcsit5oa she
withdrew them from JApeu - eenf to-
here. One Of the sons Actn ~ playula3o
and model to Ma youn2 4mperoe Of chIma.
The Ambassador n sAjd 70 ~ ~egy rich
He has q suite Of thirty-esxht Chin1
and an italian naval of1cer 40 u trlogs
prefer. his excel1ency Mt knoW9og
wRngt9 QesrMneQ1enee ~ Soo
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Tigers Take Alarm Mt sight Of Man.

Tigers Take Alarm mt sight of Man.
cheerful place is Soraponjee In India.
The rainfall there often is as great In one
afternoon In the rainy season as It Is In
New York state In whole year. and
tigers and leopards are as plentiful as
dogs are on New York's East Side. On
account Of the tremendous dampness the
cattle have to be driven to the top Of the
hills, 70 that they shall not get their fest
too wet, and the tigers and leopards climb
to these high attitudes also, because they
are imbued with the kindly desire to save
those cattle from pneumonia and other Ills
by eating them carefully and with due
enjoyment.
AS there are no forests on the hills, tho
tigers prowl about all night In the open,
lying concealed during the day in the lime
stone caves, the coal pits and between the
crevices OF the rocks. The residents coma
upon them in all manner OF odd hooks ana
corners so unexpectedly that the beasts
are as much alarmed as themselves and
usually scaWner ~ IN Qpa diraouen. thean
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In China when an honor is conferred on
a family 1t is the ancestor and not the
descendants who share the glory. II a
Chinaman. for his merits. receives title
Of nobility, his son can never inherit II
or have the right to use any but an In
ferior TITLE Thus the nobility In the fam
lily goes on diminishing from generation
to generation till 1t finally becomes ex-
tinct.
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iisturbers fyinG II the opposite ono. No
ono stirs out at might tlfns without : pow
erful lantern or torch, for. as rule, wild
this rule does not hold good IN Al cases