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Graham guardian., 1900-11-16
How the queen Managed II

One Of the royal housemaids fell
i'll recently in Windsor castle. One
of the clergy attached TO the ROYAL
residence-it was one of the canons
of Windsor-went to visit the ailing
girl, says Under the Union Jack. The
sufferer was in bed in room
which was high up in the building,
and could only be approached by sew
eral flights of stairs. The canon who,
by the way, is not in the first flower
of youth, was little tried by the as
cent. When he arrived at the room
of the sick girl he remarked upon
her peculiarly radiant expression, and
also made half-jocuiar allusion to
the altitude Of her bedroom aud the
difficulty he had experienced ON the
stairs. 81 am happy. sir" said the
housemaid. To-day the queen her
self has been to see me! Her mai
esty came into this room and sat
down by me. Then she said: Il
have got away from them all and
come TO see you. Do you know how Ibid
it2 ! managed by sitting down on
every third stair!'"
Graham guardian., 1900-11-16
AN INGENIOUS MINISTER.
A Preacher Among the Cowboys OF
the West Who Has Won I'm
bounded Popularity.

The righteousness of Rev. Harry A.
Handle, rector OF ST. James mission,
Meeker, Col, constantly evolves enter
tanning features for the old and young,
attracting interest to the mission,
writes Stanley Stokes OF "a Minister
Among the Cowboys" in Ladies' Home
Journal. He is an accomplished artist
and takes photographs for ever ybody,
An immense see-saw, swings and other
entertaining features have been erect
ed by him in the rectory yard, where
everybody in the town enjoys them.
The preacher spent part OF his earn
ings for a phonograph with a set Of
so rolls, which drew big crowds to the
rectory, some coming 100 miles. to see
the wonderful talking machine. Near
ly every day when the stage cu,n,s in,
Mr.. Handle changes his working clothes
and goes to the hotel to acqua.,i! him
self with the strangers arriving. and
invites them to the rectory, ali of W hich
is unusual and unlocked for on the
frontier. And that is one OF the ways
by which so many people in his parish,
which ia of greater area than { he states
OF Delaware and Rhode Island COM
bined, have become acquainted with
the popular Little Minister Of Rio
BlOnco," as he is called
Graham guardian., 1900-11-16
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

France makes nearly $4,000, 600 pairs
OF gloves yearly, and OF these 100000
pairs are exported.
An ingenious mechanical device
pastes paper labels on 100000 cans in
ten hours. Down shoot rolls cease
less procession of cans, and each can
picks up label as it passes.
Water, il subjected to great com
preston and then decomposed by
means of an electric current into its
elements, oxygen and hydrogen, ex-
plodes with tremendous force in the
process.
An example of patient industry is
the sorting of hogs bristles as it is
carried on at Tientsin, China. Each
one Of the hristles has to be picked out,
measured aad placed in the bundle of
hairs of corresponding'length.
The Council Of the American Chem
ical Society has passed resolutions ia
voring the creation OF bureau of
chemistry The avs of the various
states controlling food adulteration
are largely ineffective, because Of the
interference of interstate commerce
laws, and can be made effective only
through national legislation.
More perfect combustion in furnaces
is secured hy Mr.. Paul Schlicht by novel
means. He has discovered that on prop
erly introducing an air current into a
chimney, it takes a course opposite to
that OF the hot gases, and its oxygen
reaches the center of the fire in heat
ed condition favorable for completely
uniting with the fuel
Advantage istaken OF different bands
Of porosity in agates TO effect the col
oring, which is done in the case of
black onyx liy immersing the stone in
mixture OF honey and water where it
remains several weeks at high tenn
perature. 1t is then boiled in sulphuric
acid, which carbonatss the sacchari-
nous matter that has penetrated the
stone, thus rendering certain bands an
intense black. Various colorations may
be produced by different chemical re-
actions.
The printing of books with Braille
type for the benefit OF the blind has
made immense progress in England
within the last few years. The Gem
tral Lending library, of Birmingham,
has no less than 500 books printed with
Braille type. This extensive library
comprises the works of such fayorite
authors as Shakespeare. Browning Sir
Walter Scott, Tennyson and Ruskin.
The Plymouth public library has also
similar collection of about $50 vol
umes, and numerous other libraries
throughout the country possess similar
collections for the entertainment of
those deprived Of their sight.
Graham guardian., 1900-11-16
INVENTIVE CELESTIAL GENIUS
Msny Uheful and Important Inyen-
lions Are the Result of Their
Ingenuity.

Americans are apt TO regard the
Chinese, writes w. J. Johnston, in
Success, as lacking in progressive
spirit and inventiv. genius. While
this is true to some extent. visit
to China makes one realize that west
ern nations are indt bted to the Celes-
tial empire for ma ny important in
yentions and discoN cries which we
are prone 10 regar,i as part of our
own civilization. II is to them we
owe the mariners compass, invented
by them over 1900 years ago. The
building Of ships with water-tight
compartments was also first intro
duced by the Chinese, and to them
we are indebted for the discovery Of
gunpowder.
Prior TO the establishment OF any
banking system in Europe, and while
America was still in state of say.
agery, China boasted of the same ex.
cellcnt banking system IL has in op-
Grafton to-day.
Graham guardian., 1900-11-16
GET INTO TANTRUMs.
That la what the Child Wives OF In.
dia Do when They Are
Ugly.

wife beating, which seems such q
horrible and repulsive thing to occi-
dental minds, II looked at from the
Hindoo standpoint becomes not only
allowable, but actually commendable, :"
says missionary recently returned
from India. "rhe marriages are made
so young that the wives are mere chill
dren. II the mother-in-law is alive to
look after her daughter, we'll and good.
but II not, the husband is apt to say:
Who is to govern my wife. II not l?'
native who has been converted was
told that, as Christian, he could no
longer whip his wife. He replied in
some surprise that there was nothing
else to be done when his wife got in
one Of her 'tantrums.' The missionary
promised TO try TO calm her il trouble
should again arise, and was tEarkvd
again and again for the generous offer
soon the liindoo came TO bring word
If another 'tantrum, and The mission.
airy Immediately went TO the family
abode. At the door he was met by
volley of chairs pots, pans, etc, while
within could be heard the voice OF the
child wife raised in wrath. He hesi-
tated, and when pressed by his pupil
to go in and calm her, was obliged to
acknowledge his inefficiency."
Graham guardian., 1900-11-16
FOREIGNERS IN CHINA.
bsS caaast Bs Obtained at the
Present Time.

There seems 70 be wooful lack Of
definite information az to the number
of foreigners now residing in China.
The information 10 not easy to get,
for when a country stretches thousands
of miles, and it takes a traveller four
months TO proceed from the coast to
the far interior, even by constant trav-
cling, IL is plain that such statistics
are extremely difficult TO obtain. But
one famous foreign newspaper, the
Deutscher Reichs-Anzeiger, has been
at some pains TO get particulars of
what figures are available relating TO
the known foreigners" in the towns
known as treaty ports"
The figures apply to some seven or
eight towns on the seaeoast of China.
open for trade and business to all ma
tionalities. In these we find that there
are in round numbers: English. 5.jG2;
japanese, 2,440; Americans. 1855:
Russians, 1,621; Portuguese. 1923;
French, 1888; Germans, 1884; Span
iards, AS; Scandjnavisns, 244; Belgians.
234; Danes. IFS; Italians. 1874: Dutch.
lO6; miscellaneous, l61; total OF IL
1893.
titus appears that Englishmen form
more than third portion Of all the for
eigners in China, and this fact alone
will show what stake England has in
the most costly stake of all.-human
llves--in the events now occurring in
the Celestial empire. A general mas
Sacre OF all foreigners in that land
would mean that Great Britain should
have to mourn the loss by terrible
death of torture and trial OF no fewer
than 1862 brave English men and
women!
England's trading arms in these
towns number 4OI, while Japan's are
1875, and she is second. Germany has
lis, and is third. Then there are rs
French trading firms in China and 10
Russian.
Graham guardian., 1900-11-16
MONKEY ACTS LIKE A MAN.
Almoat Human Intelligence Dis-
played by an 0rang-Outans
In Indiana,

Prof. V. p Norwood, the oldest an
imal trainer in the United States, and
who was c0nnected,with the Cincinnati
geological gardens years ago, is now
teaching dog and monkey school in
Kokomo, Ind, says the Chicago Inter
Ocean.
murphy" is the name Of the Oldest
and best trained orang-outang in his
collection. When Murphy retires al
night he removes his clothing, hanging
the garments on hooks beside the bed.
Nhen lie gets too warm he arises and
pulls oil his night shirt, and returns
10 bod with only such apparel az ma
turc provided him. On the contrary. il
he is too cold, he goes TO the clothing
chest for another quilt, which he
spreads over the couch with as much
care and skill as the most profcien6
cadmOetmaid.
d, tscs his knife, fork, spoon, napkin
ara ;Eg;r bowl at his meals and
So k@s = briarwood pipe, He has no
us Tor Cigarettes or cigars. Speaking
Of Maiphy's intellectual face, Prof.
" 81 ulNOod SAID:
"thr flatness peculiar TO a monkeys
head is changed with training. After
a few months education and contact
with human society the face grows less
and less elongated, and the Top of the
head or forehead rises percCptibly."
There are several athletes in their
monkey school, and The gymnasium is
their favorite exercise. Every day they
put on the mitts and give realistic
prize fight OF several rounds with their
own people as seconds and timekeep-
ers. The monkeys have been taught
the art of housekeeping, preparing din-
ner for visitors. waiting on table, etc.
They do a fine military drill, and un-
derstand the manual of arms to perfec-
tion.
Graham guardian., 1900-11-16
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Mamie wouldn't sing for us be-
cause she wanted 10 be teased." And
did you tease herT "Oh, terribly! We
didn't ask her again. The King,
The Pace.-"Misfortune always trav-
els fast" 'grhat's right; the more rap
id the pace fellow goes. the quicker
IL overtakes him. ."-~PhiladelPhia Rec
ord.
Father-"Who prepared this pud-
ding2" Mother Cooking at her daugh.
ters in succession)--"I mustn't tell
the author desires TO remain anony-
nous" ."-Meggendorfer Blaetter.
Foreman-"De telegraph page is all
piedl" Editor-"Never mind; run it
as it is, and I'll label it the only original
Chinese dispatch, translation TO fol-
low ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Herald.
According 10 Experience.--Farmer
B.--"This ere paper says they amt
nothin' f'r an appetite like q long
tramp" His Wife-'Land! They
don't know what they're talkin' about
A short one en- eat just sz much. -
Philadelphia Telegraph.
ma says, how much will you charge
to write 'bituary on the death of my
dad2" Three dollars an inch" re-
piled the editor, grufiy. The messen.
ger departed, but in little while he
returned and said: ma says dad wuz
six foot two inches, but he wuzn t wuth
three dollarsl"--Atlanta ConStitu.
ton.
A Blessing in Disguise suppose
you are Gsplessed with my daughters
pianoforte practicing. 1t must annoy
you dreadfully-the fat has such thin
walls" Well no; / have no wish to
condemn your daughters practicing.
1t has been the direct cause Of my
wife and taking great deal Of very
beneficial outdoor exercise. ."-Cleva-
land Plain Dealer.
A Holdup-"It seems funny TO hear
you admit you never had stage fright"
said the first nighter. 1T was at the
beginning Of your career, of course"
NO" replied the great actor, sit was
during my last western tour. The man
appeared at tho stage door so sudden
ly and flashed his revolver SO unex-
pectedly that the shock nearly killed
US passengers"-Catholic Standard
and Times.
Graham guardian., 1900-11-16
CHINESE LANGUAGE LOGICAL.
IL Beoomes Exceedingly Simple when
You Understand the Common
Characters.

Every word in the Chinese language
has a logical reason for its existence
and peculiar formation. and each word
consists of either one individual char
acter or number of them combined
in order to make a complete word.
Take the word field, square divided
into sections or lots. writes Frederic
Poole, in Ladies' Home journal. When
the word man is written by the word
field the combination makes ihc word
farmer, indicating the avocation of n
man who is associated with fields and
agriculture. still more suggestive 10
the Chinese word for truth, sincerity,
faithfulncsS, honesty. II is formed by
the combination of a man nud word
thus pressing that one fGr!a a. hon
esty consists in a man Standin. las has
word, The word for box is inCtca,,d
BY a square having four sides uf ruual
length. while a prisoner is literally
man in a box, fact which is often
greWsourly illustrated in China when
criminal is sentenced 10 death. and is
carried to the place of execution in
square box.
Graham guardian., 1900-11-16
WAYS OF WOMEN ARTISTS.
HOW Brave Girls from the West and
south Learn TO Paint in
New York.

There is much information about the
ways OF women artists from the west
ard south who study in New York, in
THE Bacillus of Beauty" the new
novel by Harriet Stark.
The reader is introduced almost at
he outset TO Kitty Ried, red-heaGcd
girl from Cincinnati. who is JUST Gairg
up fiat parcel of drawings OF auimais
to take down town, and who bases a
demand for extra strong tea upon that
fact.
I'm starting for the Star office."she
says, "to find the photo-engravcix
routing the noses and toeSes off all nv
best beastesses."
Kitty is the animal artist of Il Sun.
day misrepresentation might be por-
trait from the life. since more Than
one New York paper has employee Such
a specialist at high salary. she rr.-
tates the readers by breaking i,;o q
promising tete-a-tete between the
heroine and her lover from the west
By dashing back within Ave minutes
to sketch "Hippopotamus Comic"
that she thought OF on the street.
Graham guardian., 1900-11-16
COPPER IS KING.
The Red Metal WIN Continue to Hold
First Place.


First Place.
Scientists on both sides of the
sea have come to the conclusion
that copper is to be king, says the
Western Mining World; that in
future domains of industry it's pro.
duotlon can never exceed the de-
maud; that electricity is destined
to be the motive power of the new
century, and until some other sub.
stitute can be discovered or invent.
ed, copper will be moro and more
needed, in fact, faster than 1t can
be produced. For there is really
an industrial revelation impending,
and the advance during the past
ten years, when men were, so to
speak, studying the alphabet of
electricy, has been great. To
American copper experts this in
crease for these ten years has been
from So, 100000 to $4,000, 900 an.
nually. In ten years more, where
ever possible in running manufac,
lures, steam will be dispensed with
and some river a mile or twenty
five miles away will have to be do.
ing the work and sending it in q
sublimIted form on wire to turn
the mills Coal has so already
advanced in Europe that il is a
serious matter Tor manufacturers,
The natural inference is that if Il
man in America, or company in
America, has real frst-class cop
per mlne, he has something better
Than uOld
Graham guardian., 1900-11-16
BUILT HIS OWN SEpULcHER.
An Eccentric Austrian In California
Makes Preparations for His
Interment.

In a grave built under his own di.
rections the body of John Stivitch,
an eccentric Austrian, was laid to
rest at jackson, Cal. Long before
death summoned Sliyitch the latter
designed his own grave, or, more
properly speaking, tomb. He spent
many days cheerfully drawing up the
plans, and with childish delight SUI
perintended the construction of the
narrow mausoleum. When IL was
completed he laid himself down to die
with sigh OF content, says a San
Francisco exchange.
The grave is of ordinary length and
width and seven feet deep. It's walls
are of concrete and concrete foot
thick lines the bottom. Twelve
inches from the bottom were placed
four iron bars, upon which rested the
coffin. After the coffin had been
lowered iron bars were placed in like
manner and the same distance from
the top, and over them was placed a
heavy zinc cover fitting perfectly
tight. Over this win now be placed
q hANi VI SOhCASN0 VI bAlC bhlnG IulCk-
ness as on the walls, and on top will
be the marble bearing the name, place
OF birth, age and date of death.
This manner OF burial had been q
hobby with Stivitch for long time,
and when he made his will he set
aside $500 to cover the expense, the
same being on deposit in bank Of
Amador county, TO be turned over to
the contractor on completion OF the
work and its approval by nephew,
andrew Perovich, who is named as
executor in the will. Stivitch was 73
years old, miner; had lived here
many years and had many friends.
lie leaves an estate OF several thou
sand dollars. but no nearer relatives
than the nephew named.
The old man had no special disease,
but had been failing for months
When told that the work on his Pc
culiar grave had progressed as far as
possible he remarked to Dr. Gall, his
physician:
'Doctor, Il you let me die tonight
J will give you slOo." But IL was not
TO be. He lived eight days longer,
during which time many citizens Wis
tied the cemetery to inspect the rest
ing place for all that was mortal OF
the odd old Austrian.
Graham guardian., 1900-11-16
New and Complete Stock of Goods.

Our Fall and winter stock OF
goods is now complete in all de-
partmen,s. Ladies plain and fancy
dress goods, great variety OF plads
~ al colors Silks, satlns, velvets,
amps, laces, hraids, and Applique
trimmings, outing Aannels in all
quality, tleeced dress goods, Amas
lxcag ginghams, lawn, calicoes and
cereals, prints in best wash oolors,
adies fancy flannel aud brilliant
hirt waists, dress skirts also
iancy Mercerised silk under skirts.
Plush and cloth capcS; New line ci
Chenille and Tapestry stand covers,
table linen, towels, napkins, etc.
A fine line of Ladies, Misses ans
Childreps trimmed aud untrimmed
bats also walking hats, new line o.
adies and childreus union SUI
and vests also gents iurnishipe
goods. An up.to-datc line Of
clothing for men, youths and boy
jur stock ni shoes Is 9l Coz"
tte, quail } AID = !c sa".a- ~
Remember we carry complete
and fresh stock k7of groceries which
we sell at the lowest prices We
buy no shoddy or job lot goods,
lolhing but the best quality.
Come and see our goods and
you will find just what you want.
J. r. WELLER & Co.
Graham guardian., 1900-11-16
simpkins, Mlstnka.

The new bosrder was thin and wore
spectacles.
Parse the butter, please" she said
with some hauteur to young Simp-
kins.
Simpkins looked up with a start.
Butter is noun" he said, "a com.
mon noun, singular number, neuter
gender" There he stopped. He saw
that he had blundered
AS he handed her the plate with a
coGscience-Stricken smile he realized
through an Inspiration that her pro.
nunciation revealed Ihe fact that she
was direct from BOSTON, Cleveland
Graham guardian., 1900-11-16
DR.. W. e. Linldey, rear 1
post-offlce. If

Tea Garden Drips is sugar
syrup Of highest quality, once use,
always wanted, Deliciously swec
makes tafiy candy to pcrfectior
Manufactured by the Pacific Cons.
Syrup Co, 70770S Sansome ST
San Francisco. 3m.
Look out for the bargain count
or at Layton, Alfred & Cos. 46tf
Graham guardian., 1900-11-16

A beginning has been made with
forestry In the United States. New
York has ADOPTED measures to protect
the headwaters Of the Hudson. In the
Adirondack park 2,500,o00 acres are re-
served, of which 100000 is owned by
the state, as much more is in private
game preserves and the remainder in
the hands of those who will sell to the
state when they can get their price.
Cornell and Yale conduct practical
schools Of forestry.--Little Chronicle.
Graham guardian., 1900-11-16

All kinds Of harness and saddh
repairing done on short notice
and at reasonable prices at IL. W.
Clarkson. If
Graham guardian., 1900-11-16
Prairie Chicken In Kansas.
prot~cting The Treea.

The prairie chicken. il is predicted,
will soon become extinct in kal..s,
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-01


ings have polish equal 10 that OF
piano. The beds are OF hardwood, with
great hardwood canopies over tnen' ana
such OF tho furniture as is not IMPORTED
is OF the same material.
There arc churches herc which have
columns ana floors and ceilings % ma
hosauy. and see that this same wood
fofms most of the timhers m the barEcs
ana boats ~ the pasig river boats lt0
ana more feet long being made ot e.
me churches are aoorcd with u. ana q is.
in fact. ns common as pine IN the United
States
mats uooa Is however. ouly one Of thc
t,,riVe..fs There are others of difTer,n M
,,t,r. s,u,s woods take "a polish Ike The
e,.st rns.,no.1. tut have % era and .
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rtrh renee hne others red and others
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,,'.,..t- tro 1+rb ukt teak. and some are
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