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THE GAIKWAR OF BARODA.
An Indian Prince Whom the En9llsl
Hold i'm the Highest
Esteem.

The gaikwar of Baroda, who is pay.
ing his fourth visit to England, il
known in India as "a model PRINCE -
and in Europe as an enlightened advo-
cate of progress. Born in 1861, he has
now ruled the important state of Ba-
roda with conspicuous success and adj
vantageto his subjects during 20 years.
In that period he has devoted his chief
attention to works calculated to ben.
eft his people, and to improve their
condition from the moral as we'll an
the material standpoint. The gaikwar
10 a great patron Of education, hav-
ing founded many schools and colleges,
and specially Interested himself in the
thorny. question, in India, of female
education. He is now giving further
proof; of his zeal in educational mat
tiers by the decision he has formed. of
sending his eldest son to Oxford, and
some of his younger sons to schools
in England. This is a startling deci-
sion on the part of prince of high
caste and royal rank. His highness
has shown himself in another respect
quite above the practice of most orr
entails in being a strict monogamist.
The present maharani, mother of all
his children except the eldest, was a
princess of Devas, and accompanies her
husband on his tour.
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price,, seven DOL.
lars I replied. Then he confessed he
had paid $12 for the same thing at the
auction sale under the impression that
he was saving. $12! Why, those auc-
ton sellers come to us, pay our full
price for books We are mighty glad to
get rid of, and then turn around and
sell them for double and even more;
ard when some one bids particularly
high price for one of their books, they
stop right there and shove along a
dozen or more at the same price. as if
they were giving them away. The
great thing is to get the people happy.
I remember one auctioneer who had
been unable to start the sales. Finally,
picking up huge volume of natural
history, he remarked: There's a book
you couldn't buy in Detro-'then, hes
itating q moment he said:s 4 mention
Detroit, because it is my own home
After discussing for time on the beau
ties Of Detroit, he added: And if any 81
you ever come within mile Of my
home I hope you will feel at liberty
to stay there over night When the
crowd caught on and began to laugh,
it was easier to sell books than to keep
them. It is reported of one man in the
east who made himself wealthy at this
business that he used to play the hose
on his books in order to have q dam,
aged stock to SELL ss. H.
MILTON B. MARKS.
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Me-.
flower, generally deep down in the

flower, generally deep down in the
cup. .-,
Now, the large wings of the butter
fly, although adding to it's general ef-
feet of airiness and beauty, are yet de-
cidedly in the way, had the butterfly
to depend upon an ordinary pair of
lips such as We ourselves use; it could
hover around or walk around: the
brink of a blossom, always in sight
of food, but unable to reach it; so,
therefore, the lips are extended into the
shape of Fig. 2. A tube through which
the butterfly is enabled to suck the
sweet nectar from the heart of the
flower and which, when not in use, he
coiled up (like a watch spring. out of
the way, Immediately in front of the
head. BY using a very much higher
power, we are enabled to observe that
this tube or "proboscis" of the butter
fly is composed of two separate and di-
vided "half-tubes," divided down its
entire length, and which locks together
and closes alright at the edges by mus
cular action, ut the will of the insect.
In Fig. 8 we look upon! the extreme
tip OF the "proboscis" and we see (by
the considerably greater magnification
now necessary that the entire tube is
accurately ruled of in ridges or lines,
each one Nof which is exactly at the
same distance from the other, while
scattered (apparently at random)
over the surface and projecting up
from It some queer small barrel-shaped
objects rise, upon. the use of which
scientidc opinion IS divided, but are
supposed q Ne organs 81 taste. = = .za
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NILToN.B. NARKe.
Chinese Greetinr.

The form Of greeting when two Gift
namen Of the same caste meet is for !
man to clasp both his own hands be-
fore him, make slight bow and say:
.'Tsing, tsing," which means, Hail,
hail." and is equivalent to the Ameri-
can 'How do you do?" Another form
of greeting consists of words which
mean Have you eaten rice?" to which
the answer is, 81 have eaten enough"
Besides these, there are many other
forms of salutation to be used in keep
ing with the rank Of the person greet
ed. The highest form 10 the "San-
kin-kin-ka 3 d which means j thrice
kneeling and nine times Knocking The
head on the ground. The emperor and
Heaven are worshiped by this salu-
tation. II was the refusal OF the first
American and English missionaries to
China to perform this abject .scere.
mony which caused much delay in sse-
curing treaty rights and led to the
war Of 1855, in which the English auid
Americans acted alHta B. q Il 8 81 ~ ~
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was making prep i" IS Minutes
arations for the great additional de-
mands which it was expected would
be made upon them by the country
banks throughout the west, but they
had also been kept particularly busy
filling orders which have nothing to
do with the movement of the crops"
'The fact u.s." said the cashier, "they
have kept us on the jump all the year.
The volume of business during the last
fiscal year has been in the neighbor-
hood of $500, o00.o 900.
"Those men," said he, pointing to
employees who were 1ndustriously
counting the money contained in the
great bags which had that day been
passed in through the windows, "come
pretty near knowing from experience
what it means to count and sort from
$4,000 to $4,000 day for each man!
Notice how rapidly that man is count
ing those dimes! And yet he is ex.
pected to detect and throw out every
coin that is punched or is otherwise
defaced so that it cannot be passed.
1t takes him about an hour and 20
minutes to so~; and count 81 900 worth
of dimes. Not only that, but he is
personally responsible for every spuri-
Gus coin which passes his hand unde-
tected. IT the dimes ere new he is able
to count $1,000 worth in As minutes.
The man who works on the dollars
counts and sorts about $4,000 an hour.
None of these men work more than
six hours day. The work is very
trying, and they are glad to quit
when their time is up"
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4 DAINTY GOWN OF WHITE MUSLIN.

! 90 FFt.E1 'F!ft ~ II - sts.fSSEt y
mer gowns. The materials that are be.
ing worn were never handsomer,
though there are probably fewer real
novelties than for several years past,
but there are many old reEablesin new
designs that make exceptionally at
tractive gowns for practically all pur.
poses. Especially is this true of the
lighter materials for evening, gowns,
and those that one meets with on: tbs
evening promenades. Of these some 81
the new delaines seem to be in favor,
judging by the number of gowns made
of them that are to be seen. ISL ..@as
"Toile delaine"' is one of the most
practical, making up very neat, becom.
ing costumes. It is to be had in q few
shades only, four shades of gray, from
light to dark, and three shades Of beige
from sand to, wood color; grayish:
blue and bluish-mauve complete the
series. -,a. I'D =:
Mohair is q very fashionable and ap-
propriate material for, walking cos
tunes, either tailor made or not. II
has the advantage of being more or less
OTeSSy, dccOru1uS 10 us SnAuR OF color
and is manufactured in almost every
variety of shade. Beside gray and
beige tints it appears in both dark and
light blues, dull and brilliant reds,
slate, aubergine, havanah, terra Gotta,
russell and lemon, cream and chalk.
white. T.. , :.,l
One Of the latest notifications OF
mohair is "pique mohair," speckled
with tiny dots, red, mauve, blue OF
black, over white ground, or white
over q blue or black ground Anothe,
style is, a mixed texture of two shades
of color; another again is a very small
check in soft colors, such as light beige
and white, pale blue and white, and va.
riousi shades of gray and white. ! All
these tissues are made up into tailo,
costumes. ..: a. -. }'.}A N.3,ftyf .:.H
Softer wooden TISSUES, more suitable
to a looser style, Of dress, are also man.
ufactured, in great variety of shades
One. of the prettiest is Malgache toile
especially pretty in mignonette-green'
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butterfly obtains every particle of food
or nourishment.
The Lepidoptera (as they are known
to scientists) comprise a large family,
which are chiefly known by their four
large wings of brilliant lines and all
have noticed at various times that they
(the wings) had only to be touched by
the fingers ever so lightly to leave a
gray powdery deposit, while the por-
ton handled lost more or less of it's
softness and beauty, simply because
you had removed (by the exceeding
roughness of your skin) the fine coat
ing of SCALES Greatly modified hairs),
with which they are covered.
If a small portion of the wing of
the butterfly should be placed under the
microscope the scales may be seen
in position very similar to shingles
. on the roof of house, while if a few
should Re rubbed off and much higher
magnification used, they would plainly
be seen, shaped as in Fig. /, which
shows the "scales'' from the wing of
the yellow-winged butterfly common to
all our gardens.
Turning now our attention to the
mouth of the insect, we see that ma
ture has so adapted it as to be best
suited to obtaining the necessary food
which is contained at the bottom of the
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i LITTLE NONSENSE.

= couldn't sleep last night, I Just
lad to get upsan walk around. = tin
somnia, 81 r. Eyes. The baby had II. :
s-Philad elphia Press.
.Woman," observed the epigram.
matte boarder, II ! aconundrum with-
Foutsan answer = ssHuhl snorted Mr..
sourdrop, II never saw woman with
q out one! ltimore American.
Yonr Charlie seems to be an active
little fellow, Mrs. Dobbs.'' "Active? ]
put q clean shirt waist on him and in
Ave minutes he, makes tt look assif he
had worn it q. week. - Maryland jour
nal. ~ - - n. 1s's
Dr.. Pillet-.Your blood Is impover-
ished. 4 shall have to prescribe some
iron for you" Mr. Goshabby-':D JOINT
do it, doctor. Ny wife tells me now
that look rustier than any other man
3 in town :" --Someryille Journal. ;s<z
Actress Ito landlady)-"I must tell
you that will have to move out unless
you can keep the 'rooms clear of mice. ~
Landlady-"You ought to be ashamed
T Of yourself. On the stage you play
Joan of Arc, and here you are afraid Of
. mouse. -Meggendorfer Blaetter.
Mrs. MANN AtsI am afraid, ! Martha,
young Mr.. Styles is not altogethercor-
rect in his habits ooh, you think
that because he and pa are such good
friends; but after we are married ]
shall insist upon Charles having moth
| ing to do with pa."-Boston. Tran:
script 80 = >@SS' ~'5*.';; $50 4
+ Wife -"Karl we ought not to spend
so much for our summer trip this year,
and I've thought of one way to cut
down expenses" Husband - "And
+ what is that my dear?". Wife-"We
won't ask the doctor this year if
need the trip; that will save $5."-Fie-
gende Blaetter. 80
my boy" said the willy politician,
stake the advice of one who knows,
and do not seek that Office. You will
: find it only an empty, barren honor y
"Besides," said the willy politician,
after the young man had thanked him
md left, II want that Office myself."-
Baltimore American.
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SSH,s8s3 .
for. any butaaabal dress, but it is ex

quisite for chemisettes and plated
splastr 9zzszHl
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt's whist
parties afford an excellent opportunity
for the study of the most charming
class. of the summer. gowns. The one
that comes between the elaborate even
ing affair and the palmer ones of the
afternoon. And, by the way, whist is
one Of the. popular forms of amuse-
ment at Newport this season-one that
: has taken the place Of dancing and din
yners ofpastgse4sons. There is whist
teacher, Sfof. even the fashionable folks
are not above q little learning, and
whist parties have been arranged for
three eveningsseach week.
OF the materials that one sees at
these parties the new summer silks pre-
dominate. Their patterns are in imita-
ton of the lovely embroidery designs
so fashionable this year. Some have
arabesque patterns in black over a
light red, amethyst, turquoise, silver
gray or creamy white ground. The
pattern is edged with fine outline in
ASAASA "AASA SAAuAdtCS SIAA SOlO1 OGucGS
are. bEocaded with tiny spots and a
running pattern Of fiourets, leaves or
berries, all in camaieu shades of one COL
or, the spots being. l1eht ter and, the run
ming pattern darker than the ground
of the material. This is very effective
in pearl-gray, coral-pink, lavender-blue,
and 50 on. Others again have patterns
of leaves or of well-defned blossoms,
such as china-asters, tulips, marigolds,
anemones or pansies, outlined with an
edging closely resembling chain-stitch.
Besides these patterns, which stand out
in relief, there is often a sort of cam
aleu- pattern running in between.
AS to- trimmings, embroidery still
reigns supreme, but this summers en-
broideries in nowise resemble those of
last year, Or even last winter. There
are variety Of new styles. One of the
newest and most unique is that formed
of 'paillettes" of various materials,
chiefly pique, fancy tiny circles resem-
bling Confetti of white or colored
pique, cut out by machine. These cir.
cles re employed just like paillettes,
being fastened. =, on either by one
stitch in the middle, or by being sewn
on one side only at the edge, so as to be
able to be raised up on the opposite side
and overlap other similar circles. Very
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4 UGUST-the month of flowers and

Il uGUST-the month of flowers and
n butterAies-August, the month
Of the yearwhenall nature seems
to wanton in reckless prodigality OF
gifts-both flower and fruit; when the
air is heavy with the scent OF myriad
blossoms and the ceaseless hum of in
sect life arise like monotone of har-
mony from the parched and baking
earth-walk out with me to the woods
and fields; to the woods with their
balsomic odors of fir and pine spiced
with perfume of the newly-mown hay
from the field adjoining. Tramp, tramp,
tramp, through the tangled underbrush
and the waving grass, and sometimes
through little piles Of faded leaves
tears which the trees are shedding,
even now for very grief at the summers
NOTWITHSTANDING them up and giving
them over to the winds which whisk
them away as if to hide them from
the wealth of green which still re-
mains, which above and around us fit
the spirits past summers in the shape
of the butterflies-frail and evanescent
typical emblems of the passing hour.
Although we are all familiar with
the general outward form of the butter
fy-yet how many of us have taken
the pains to closely observe him-how
many of us that know that that same
frail insect possesses a suction pump,
which, if enlarged in proportion to
the butterfly and adapted to the per-
son of a man, would be of q power
enormous, and furthermore how
many of us know that it is by means IF
that same Suction pump" that the
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A. old Town:

The town, or rather the village, OF
Mackinaw, in Taaewell county, is one
of the Oldest in central Illinois. twas
surveyed and laid out April s26, 1927,
and the county seat was located there
in 1928. The courthouse was two.
story log building, which was standing
up to twenty years ago, when it was
torn down to make way for modern
improvements. Some of the logs were
made into canes, and several of the
residents there have them as souven-
irs. Mclean county was not then in
existence, but formed part of Taze.
well, and all persons in the present
county of Mclean were obliged to 20
to Mackinaw when county business
was to be transacted. In 1881 the
county seat was removed to Pekin,
bntsin 1886 It was removed again, this
time to fremont. It remained at Ire
mont until s1s4s, when it went. to Pc
kin, where It Is yet. Bloomington
Paragraph. j.
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toes in the way Of counterfeit bills
which passed through his hands as
genuine. They are for 500 each.
These, with two others, were not de-
tected by him, and some of the same
bills even escaped the experts at
Washington. Luckily, our clerk knew
where two of them came from and lost
only 5000, instead of $500. It is the
business of this clerk to sort out all
bills that are torn or badly worn. We
return to Washington daily bills rep
resenting sums Of from $4,000 to
$360,OOO. The .'life" Of bills of giyen:
denomination is curious study"
Summoning two assistants, for no
one employe Is ever allowed to enter
the vaults alone. my informant con-
Quoted me past stalls piled high with
bags. Of gold and silver In various de-
nominations. 'sThis stall, : said he,
touching the bags, contains about !
nillioa and : half in gold coin. It y
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when the small country banks, upon
which the farmers depend for their
"harvest money" find it necessary to
"buy" coin. Their orders begin to
pour into the subtreasuries through
the great banking institutions of the
city. At this time of the year the sub
treasury employees are kept more than
usually busy. Every express train
which leaves Chicago for the west
takes bags upon bags Of silver and
gold from the subtreasury and this in
stitution in turn orders vast sums of
money rom the treasury at Washing
ton.
If one could secure a birds eye view
of all these shipments and could really
see the money in it's fight, the sight
would indeed be marvellous one.
From every available source he would
see the currency Of the east flowing
into the treasures as in hopper
only to be counted, sorted and sent
westward in orderly streams. Each
railroad would be path for the shin.
ing metal, and each country bank the
terminus for tiny rivulet from the
main stream. It is well known that
in the east one seldom sees silver
dollar. Bills of small denominations
are almost the only currency used. In
the west this condition j.. largely re.
versed. A Californian accepts without
hesitancy gold piece, 20 matter how
badly worn, but looks with suspicion
upon piece of paper money which
has one end torn off. On the other
hand, in the east, one cannot get rid
of gold piece that is not new and
shining, while bill that is not more
than two-thirds destroyed passe.
readily.
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that freshly-cut stem of plant viii
exude moisture for some time after
it has been severed.
So with the stems of all other plants,
all have their own peculiar beauty Of
formation, and ali have the arrange.
ment of their canals different accord
to their needs, giving up when looked
for forms of beauty and color as rich
and complex as any blossom, and filling
the mind of the beholder with wonde r
and amaze. r. JAMES WALLACE.
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of affairs has led the publishers to
seek out other buyers than those who
comprise the regular trade. The
other day a publisher who had just
sold q lot of books which his firm
had had on hand for some time, after
hugging himself over the achieve
ment. Remarked:
did you see those fellows? They
are the auction book sellers. The
scheme which brings them thousands
of dollars is comparatively new in the
west, SO far as books are concerned.
I believe it originally started back in
England. You know some of those old
English earls owned magnificent
libraries. Well, occasionally one of
these collections would come under
the hammer. The books were inva-
riably taken into the country and
sold at auction for good price to
people who could scarcely read or
write, on the strength of their ex-
terror beauty and of the fact that
they had belonged to some branch Of
the royal family. A similar scheme
has been tried with success in this
country, New York leading in the en-
terprise. OF course we have no royal
libraries and the majority of our peo-
pie are educated. Nevertheless there
is, in every city, certain class who
will pay three prices for anything
particularly for books, If they can. buy
them Of an auctioneer, believing that
they are securing the bargain of their
lives. These auction sellers purchase
second-grade books and books which
the booksellers have had on their
shelves for years and are glad enough
to part with"
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FRENcH-scorcH OF QUEBEC;
How Two Totally Dlasinnilar Races
Have Become Mixed in g.,
Canada.

j.. A new York man who has had bust.
ness relations with several concerns
in the province Of Quebec had occasion
to visit them recently. On his return,
says the New York Herald, he was re-
counting his experiences to q party OF
friends. Said he: :,
For several years have been cor
responding with several concerns and
I thought they were all Scotch, both
from their names and their close bust
ness methods,
"When I got to Quebec I called at
the Office of Duncan Mcdonald & Co.
That is not the name, but the real one
is quite as Scotch. asked the clerk
for Mr.. Mcdonald and he replied, with
marked French accent, that M. Me-
Donald wasin an inner room. stepped
in and found a dark, middle-aged man,
who looked as little like Scotchman
as any I ever saw, and asked him if
he was Mr.. Mcdonald. 'Oui, monsieur,'
he answered.. Then he spoke to me in
French, of which know, imperfectly,
about 20 words. shook my head and
said: Non comprend.' He laughed
and called Donald and the clerk
came in. He said something to him in
French, and Donald turned to me and
told me that M. Mcdonald did not
speak English and that he would act
as interpreter. It took us half a day
to transact business that might have
been got over in an hour if the Scotch
man had spoken English.
II took the clerk up to the hotel to
lunch with me and he explained the
situation Mr.. Duncan McDonald's
grandfather had been a Scotchman
who had been trooper in the English
army. After his discharge he had set
tied in the country sand married a
French woman. His children were
given Scotch names, and their mother
looked after their religion and their
education. As result, they all spoke
French in spite of their being Duncans
and Dugalds and JAMES. His own
fathers father, the clerk explained,
had been Scotchman, and the only
reason he could speak English was be-
cause he had lived several years as a
clerk in Maine factory.
'The province of Quebec ID full of
Scotch-Frenchmen or French-Scotch-
men, whichever they may be. At Chou
couti mi, at the head of the Saguenay
river, went to hotel kept by a man
named Martin. Here is another of
those French-Scotchmen,' I thought.
But when I got to the hotel, I found
him to besa big, red-bearded, porridge
and haggis Scot. But, alas! his wife
and his sons and his, daughters were
81 uncompr omisingly French, and not
one Of them could speak English. You
can give French Canadian g Draw
Scotch name, but you can't make him
eat oatmeal or say: .Hoot, mon!'
I "After thatsawhenever L heard a
Scotch. name I always asked I: french.
Scotch or Scotch-Scotch?'' '%s 4 sszs@.l