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WILHELM AND HIS FANORITE HORSE.

habited the palace within its walls at
ter he was II child. The old palace Is
"A network of incredibly small. low, i'll
ventilated rooms, some little bigger
than closets, painted In green's, blues
and reds, after the Swedish fashion;
rooms which seem, even to-day, to reek
of plots, intrigue and murder. Napol-
con, always a trifle theatrical, insisted
or sleeping in the bed of Peter the
Great when he occupied the Kremlin
in 1912. The bed of the boy Peter
fitted the hero OF Austerlitz to a nice
~. Ii Is a very abbreviated couch. In
the very heart Of this orlentGI palace,
With no window which gives on the
outer day and the open air, is the ter
EN-. or women's quarters. The terem
was, to all intents and purposes, a
harem. The ladies, even the t~saritza
and the sisters of the tsar, we're only
permitted TO look down into the hall
Of coronation through a carved wood
en- lattice, Just as ladies' do in every
harem in the east. They received nc
men except their husbands and broth
ers, and when they went out it was In
a curtained litter. When Peter mount,
ed the throne of the tsars, the women
of Russia were orientals, imprisoned
far more vigorously than the ladies oil
Constantinople to-day. - Louisville
Courier-Journal.
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riage horses Is dapple gray, and these
he drives 1T nothing less than "A Kill
ing pace, whether in sledge or victoria
Popular inc says that most of the
splendid dapple grays hat he received
as a present from a European monarch
were rendered useless by the imperiaa
driver withiE d couple of seasons. His
Hungarian Creys, known as fucker,
are used mostly as -four in-hands,'
and are under the superintendent OF "A
Hungarian trainer. There are in all
twenty of these. so that the kaiser can
always rely on having a team in per-
feet condition.
The imperial saddle horses are Sc
lected with special care. The qualities
required of an animal to which Will
lam III. trusts himself are speed, stay
ing power, perfect security in action,
steadiness under fire and amid popu-
lar demonstration, quick obedience. a
soft mouth, and noble appearance. 1t
Is put through a daily exercise In order
to maintain 1t at the anne perfect
standard. An animal that mo come
out of the ordeal of training without a
mark against It's name Is rejected with
out scfuple, whatever be the oth0r
qualities it possesses.
The method OF training is no child's
play, but involves the use of a good
deal OF apparatus and Is most scientific
in its character.
The animal Is attached by the sur
Jingle between two uprights, and kept
going on the same spot. In order TO
strengthen the leg muscles and lend
pliability to them. For horses that
show any signs OF sluggishness, the
method called the I.onge Is employed,
which puts n livelier action into them.
Before trusting them between the
shafts they are ridden with saddle and
traces, and "A number of the stable
BOYS hold on to these latter, regulating
the resistance according to the require
ments OF the animal.
A by no means inconsidera5le part
of the animals education Is taken up
with accustoming them to the sights
which, when the kaiser Is on their
back, will be included in their future
equine career-the march OF soldiers,
the crowded, noisy streets, the music
Of bands, the crack of musketry and
the roar OF artillery. On the exercise
ground they are walked beside drum.
mers. and ridden literally up to the
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WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK.
Two Men Cheat at Cards and Hoth
Hold -Four Aces.

Talk about cheating" said a veter-
an poker player. Il remember II time
when two famous aces of spades were
guilty of the worst breach OF poker
etiquette on record. | was out at Car
son city In those days looking for The
elusive metal In the n~eighboring noun
tains. | took a hand once In a while
myself. but on this occasion | thanl
heaven | was not a participant. Their
were six hands originally in the sit
ting. but four had fallen by the a
side, and the two most renowned play
ors In that famous mining town wer
left to fight IL out. The sums put u
We're something enormous even b
these spendthrifts. In five minutes tn
pot contained S., 900. and when one fiji
ally called the other, twice that amour
was ready to change hands. I've g
four aces, said Pete Grayeshaw-l bt
lievc that was his name. -Four acel
Why, so have L. Numbered the othe
Under ordinary circumstances | belle,
that either would have cut the other
throat, but both seemed utterly abas
ed at their conduct. They had tuckc
the dummy cards up their sleeves :
somewhere else and by a strange C
incidence had struck the same thin
You would have expected the mine
to deal summary with these chea
but strange to say everybody thought
a good joke. After the money was {
vided up as It belonged TO the dlfft
cnt hands in the game the two crook
players bought many drinks. | say
was glad | did not participate in I
game, because | think ! would h9
sworn off after that and would he
missed the fun | have had since"
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"PiNiN. FOR A SWEET KISS
Remarkable Oscuistory Game Played In
North Carolina Mountains.


Back in the North Carolina noun
tsins the student of customs may still
find material for research. The most
remarkable are the kissing games,
which still cling to the soil. A lot
OF big limbcd. powerful young men and
apple-checked, buxom girls gather. and
select one OF their number as master
of ceremonies. lie takes his station
in the center OF the room, while the
rest pair OF and parade around him.
Suddenly n young woman will throw
up her hands and say: I'm a-pin-
in" Tho master Of ceremonies takes
It up. and the following dialogue and
interlocutiOn takes place: Miss Ara
bella Jane Apthorp says she's a-pinin'.
What Is Miss Arabella Jane Apthorp
a-pinin' fur" I'm a-pinin' iur "a sweet
kiss Miss Arabella Jane Apthorp
says she's a-pinin' fur a sweet kiss.
who from" From MIR. Hugh Wad-
die" (Blushes. conyulsiye giggles and
confusion on the part Of Miss Ara
bella Jane Apthorp at this forced con-
fcssion.) Mr.. Hugh Waddle walks up
manfully. At one OF these entertain
mcnts 1t was the narrator's fortune to
attend. there was a remarkably beau
tiful young oma who had been mar
ricd about u month. Her husband was
present. a huge. beetle-browed, black
eyed young mountainer. with a fist like
a ham. The boys fought shy of the
bride for fear OF mourning the anger
of her hulking spouse. The game went
on for some time, when symptoms OF
irritation developed in the giant. Strid-
ing to the middle of the room he said:
My wife ez pooty. n az nice n sweet
% any gyurl hyar. You uns has known
her all her life. This game hez been
a-goin' on half an hour an nobody
has pinned fur her oncet. Ef someone
doesn't pine fur her pooty soon thar
will be trouble" She was the belle
Of the ball after that. Everybody pinned
for her.
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rs A LOVER OF HORSES
WILHELM OF GERMANY FOND
OF FLOODED EoUINES.
There's Nothing Gcrmany's Emperor
Loves More Elaborate aud Careful
Training of the Animals Upon hi,h

The young German emperor may be
thoroughly sane man in one at least
he loves a horse and is never happier
than when making "A round of his sta
blcs at Potsdam and Berlin. where his
stud runs into hundreds. About two
hundred are carriage horses; the rest
are used for the saddle.
The news are principally supplied
from the imperial breeding studs. About
forty rcmounts are required every
year. In the spring the master of the
horse and the two departmental dircC-
tors travel around To the various studs
and make a selection from the four
year-olds not required for breeding
purposes, Horses for heavy work are
obtained elsewhere. Saddle animals
for weight are selected from among
English or Irish hunters. and swift
carriage horses are purchased in Hun
gary or Russia.
At the head of the Berlin news Is n
master of the horse. the clerical work
being In charge of a privy councillor.
h walls are ornamentcd with pic
lures Of former occupants of the i'm
perial news, biped and quadruped, and
there Is an admirable library of books
connected with the horse. The per-
sonnet consists mainly of active OH
GERS. the remainder are sO-callod vulun-
tecrs. who. however. must act as re-
serve officers. The undress is "A blue
frock coat with short skirts, cap.
white trousers. and i%ackboOts. ON VA
rade days the cap is changed for a
cooked hat and IA red tuuic, with heavy
cavalry sword. The assistants are
mostly non-commlssioncd officers with
Il clean sheet.
The grooms and stable boys are also
selected from the cavalry and enjoy
many advantages. such as free lodging
and medical attendance. Their work.
ing jacket Is red, but outside the news
they wear black, with white trousers
and riding boots, with the usual "chim.
ney pot. Whenever the kaiser uses hi.
low dog cart the groom changes hi,
livery for "A brown one, the Adler
pattern on the hatband being in gilt.
The kaiser's fayOrite color for car,
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SEVEN WONDERS OF WORLD.
FIRST Indication ~ Their Existence About
End Of Second Century.

We have no indication OF the exist
enCe of a cycle of seven wonders until
about the end of the second century II.
{. Then appears, in an epigram of
Antipater Of Sidon. an enumeration of
seven great works. which prove to he
the very ones later appearing as the
seven wonders, says the Century. They
are: ID the walls Of Babylon. (2) the
statue Of 2eus at Olympia. 60 the
Hanging Gardens OF Scmiramis at Ba-
bNlon; - the Colossus of Rhodes; 60
the Pyramids Of Memphis. 90 the
MausolCum Of HaliCarnassus, ca the
Temple Of Diana tArtemisl at Ephcsus.
Within the next century Narro. by his
%leisurely allusion to the septem opera,
betrays that the saying has already
assumed current proyerbial form; Di-
dorus, in the second half OF the same
century (tirst B. c., speaks too, OF
the sO-Called seven works" and Stra-
30 a little later uses the very phrase
the sever wonders From this time
on. at least. the septcm miracula have
an assured place in all the common lore
OF Rome. The little Greek treatise
ON the Seven Wonders which has
come down to us In incomplete form
II under the name of Philo of by.
Zantium. an engineer Of the second
century B. c.. is really. as it's style ant
artificial purisms amply show. the
work of some rhetOrician Of the fftl
or sixth century after Christ and IL
nowise chargeable against the other
wise blamelcss record OF the excellen'
man OF facts and machines. The lis
II gives Is the same as that found IL
Antipater's epigram.
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The GeisIIa Tie.

London Star: The very newest tie,
of curse to be shared by the menfolk,
is the Geisha tie. Scraps of the willow
plate with Japanese figures form a Sc
ries OF pictures oil a white or cream
ground. The pictures are in rose pink,
blue or green, and a few other shades
that take less prominent positions. The
ties look very smart and up-to-date,
and il well chosen will set off many a
crisply starched shirt blouse that has
been many times to the laundry.
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SCHOOL MA'AMS' WHEEL to-
Brooklyn Teachers viii visit EnGii
aud France This summer.

Brooklyn Teachers VIII visit EnGL
aud France This summer.
Something novel in bicycle tours
being planned by Mrs. Emma +. I
tengill, a member OF the Brook
board of education. Among Brookly
1000 schoolteachers are many expe
and it occurred to Mrs. Pettengill t
a wheeling tour through England s
France would prove to these a welct
physical and mental vacation to
AS the party Is to be limited to fift
competition to be among the cho
few Is keen. The party will start J
2 and will be absent sixty-three d
Southern England will be visited +
Twenty-eight miles is to be the limi
a days run, leaving plenty of time
sightseeing and for rest. Aug. 8
party will start for Paris. After
days in Paris the party will "
through northern France. Return
to London, the party will sail Aus
and reach home in time 10 resume I
labors in September. THE party
be chaperoned by me over its Ell
route Mrs. Pettengill amour
land | will be assisted by a gentle
conductor, not a commonplace cou
perfectly acquainted with his d
and routes. This will be my
wheeling tour in England, thong
have visited that country and the
tinent. For the last two SUNNI,
have made long tours through
Hampshire and other New Ems .
states. This party has been pla !
solely for recreation and without
idea OF profit whatever. All CHI
have been made on the cooper
plan and the cost for the sixty
days tour is only $500"
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cnnnon's mouth. and now and again
pandcmonium Of noise.
The riders also come in for a train
ing IA capital idea being that Of the
ball game ON horseback. The ball Is
attached to the groom. who continually
throws II into the air and catches II
again. by this means he is compelled
to give his attention to the ball and
to guide and control the horse with his
legs by altering the center Of gravi-
tation of the body. He thus secures
for himself a free and easy seat in the
saddle, instead of anXiOusly following
every movement Of the animal.
The usual method of Harvesting Is
In pairs, which are driven from the
box. Driving nur-in-hand from the
box Is only rcsortcd to in the case OF
the dapplr grays, or when the kaiser
pursues the chase. In the news til"
fuur-in-hand method is the sO-callod
II In Daumunt namely. with positions.
For the six In hand there Is only one
position.
On state occasions. when the kaiser
appears drawn by eight horses, the two
shaft animals are driven from the box,
the rest are led by ErOOms. The horses
are plumed, but the trappings are by
no means gorgeous. Positions preccdc
the carriage, and In between them and
the leaders rides the master Of the
horse or some other high official.
The kaiser very seldom drives single
harness. but the royal princes can Of
ten be seen at POtsdam In their pony
phaetun. which they themselves drive.
accompanied by their instructor in
pincc-ne2 and silk hat. To every pair
Of horses Is a groom. and there are
three vets" who also have charge of
the smithy. There is an auction ut the
stud twice a year, and the purchaser
has the advantage of knowing exactly
the kind of creature he Is buying. in
asmuch rs every defect is cOnscicn-
tiously committed to paper. and FAX.
ing" Is unknown. At such auctions,
says the Golden Penny, there Is IA reg
ular scramble to get hold ~ Il "kais-
er's horse" for II is easy to ride, and
answers as readily Il the pressure OF
the knee as to the rcin-in fact til,
kaiser does much more with his les
than with his hand. and the horses hav,
to undergo a special and laboriou'
training to adapt them for use by theiI
imperial rider.
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WHITE AND BLACK PEPPER.
They Have Done Much In Making History
from Remote Times.

superintendent Miller had heard
that there was a pepper plant In the
collection in Horticultural hall in Fair
mount park and finally found it hid
den from view by "A group of cacti..
says the Philadelphia Ledger. This"
he said, is the piper nigrum. which
furnishes us with that culinary requi-
site-the ordinary black and white pep
per. Few of those who now purchase
II for "A few cents per pound realize the
enormous value that was formerly set
upon it and the very great influence
which the desire for regular and plcn-
tiful supplies of ii sXerted on the his
tory of mankind Neither flower nor
fruit is to be seen on the shrub in the
conservatory, nor does it appear to be
in good condition. AT home" DIR. Mil
Ter continued. lit bears broadly ovate
five to seven nerved stalked leaves. In
its native forests of Travancore and
Malabar, in India, it Is "A perennial
climbing shrub, growing to a height OF
twenty or thirty feet. Both black and
white pepper are produced by the same
plant, the former being the unripe Der
rylike fruit and the latter the fully ma
tured berries when freed from the dark
outer layer of pericarp. The word
pepper is derived from the Sanskrit
name for one variety of it. pippali, tn,
change Of Il into r having been mad,
by the Pcrsians. whose ancient alpha.
bet contained no T."
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HESTER MAINWARING.
Chnngc of Tempernturc.

Scientists and all observing persons
are interested in the statement that
the climate of France is quite rapidly
growing colder. For some time this
was disputed, but a careful examina-
ton Of the condition of vegetation APP
pears TO confirm the idea beyond the
shadow of a doubt. Certain trees
and shrubs that a few years ago -four
lshed luxuriantly are gradually dying
out. and in some localities have disap-
reared altogether. Lemons formerly
fourished in Languedoc and orange;
in Roussillou, but these have altogeth.
er disappeared, as have many indigo
nous plants that at one time grew In
the more ~northerly districts.
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PRESIDENT IS GUARDED.
MIR. Mckinley l. Warned to Take Extr,

mr' Ni'hinicy j. Warned to Take ExtrJ
Precautions.
\ metropolitan detective from police
headquarters has been detailed to at
tenG all public receptions at the white
house. 1t is said this detail will con-
tinue while the Spanish war fever re-
mains in al acute stage. At the re-
CeptiOn given by President Mckinley
recently a rather handsome young man.
attired neatly in a black suit and wear
ing glossy patent leather shoes, stood
a short distance from the executive in
the reception parlor and closely scan
ned the faces and manners of those
who approached Mr.. Mckinley. The
watcher was one of the shrewdest de-
tectives on Inspector Mattingly's head
quarters staff. lie had been detailed
for this work, II is said. by the presi-
dents special request, and will be sim
ilarly detailed at future receptions.
1t is limited that Mr.. Mckinley has
been warned by friends that some ia
matte, soaded by sympathy for the
starving Cubans, might attempt to dc
him bodily harm, and every precaution
Is being taken to prevent such an out
come. Ii Is known that threatening
letters have been written. and II is
feared some fellow may take 1t into
his head to have a forcible personal in.
teryiew with the president In reference
to the wal with Spain.
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Woman Railway superint.ndc,t.

Miss Anna Kitchener Is probably the
only female railroad superintendent in
the world. Major c. f. Kitchener, the
builder and owner of the electric road
between Canal Dover and Urichsvllle
thirteen miles long, is now in the West
in the interest OF his mines, leaving
the entire management of the road
with his daughter. Miss Kitchener has
met every emergency with promptness
and practicability, and the employees
have the greatest respect for her and
for her judgment, which ;as been well
tried.-SucCess.
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Hester was sitting at the
writing table in her small
study in R street; she balanced a
pen between her fingers while she lis
tened to Frank, who walked inpatient
ly up and down the room. He was a
well-built man Of the tlashy type one
80 often sees worshiped by ONE
1T is not an atom of good my stay
Ing In England, Hester; we cannot pos
sibly marry, even with the help Of the
two or three hundred a year you make
by your work. | shall exchange, and
go to India, and in a few years you will
have put by a certain amount, and |
shall then be able To come home aud
marry you"
He paused and looked down at her.
She laid aside her pen. and clasped
her hands on her lap; the corners of
her mouth twitched.
IF you think it better. Frank-if 1t
Will in any way advance you in your
profession, go. but"-and then the
woman in her came uppcrmost-"it Is
so very, very far away"
He laughed and touched her hair
lightly.
"Of course 1t is, but there are the
mails very week and one can get
home easily enough nowadays"
Very well, dear, then you must go,
and | shall write pages every mail and
expect you to do the same"
She smiled into his eyes bravely-
his face frightened.
Il thought YOU would SEQ it, Hester,
when | put 1t clearly before you. You
always do regard things in a sensible
light. and it gives a man a feeling OF
reliance. Well, | shall go to the war
office now" he continued, selling his
hat. Il will look in this evening again.
No, ! can't, by the way. | am dining
OUTPUT tomorrow morning"
He kissed her quickly, and then the
door banged. The woman leant up
against the Chimneypiece. and laid her
head on her hands. She worshiped
him so: she had know and loved him
all her life; she had worked and
shaved for him; she knew all his weak,
all his strong points-nOw he was go
ing from her to Il strange land and
-and-he would slip out of her life,
perhaps.
The door opened and a girl entered
the room.
"Hester-why, what's the natter"
Hester lif.od her head from the chin
neypiece, her face was white and
ana drawn, and her fine gray eyes had
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IDiscOuragIng.

Some people are born to ill-luck. An
old woman, who has pasted nearly g..
900 medical recipes in a book during
the last forty years, has never been III
a day In the whole course OF her life,
and she is growing discouraged.-Pick
Me-Up.
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NapoIcan In Peter. lied.

Peter the Great hated Moscow, and
above all. that stronghold Of oriental
intrigue and moral darkness.t the krem-
lin. If ! remember right, he never in
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An Eastern Fling.

A Chicago debating club is about to
wrestle with the question; Which Is
the happiest day OF a mans life-the
day he Is married or the day he Is
divorced ?"-Yonkers Statesman.
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THETURNOFTHE TIDE

ROM time imme-
mortal 1t has
been the fate
OF some men and
women to work of
Others to play. 1t
was the fate Of
Hester M~ainwarIng
to work always.
and of Frank
Thornton, the man
she loved, to play.
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Driven TO 1t.

Her father says positively that ]
can't marry her" What are you go
ing to do?" There's nothing left now
but to ask the girl."-London Graph.
ic.
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A Poor ODininD.

Fosdick-Tompkins isn't mucl
fellow, Is he? Keedick-No, he
Tompkins is small pingrees an
In the hill.-Truth.
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Lord st. Agnant-"I say, old man,
deuced queer people in this country"
Lord Nozoo-"Yes; neveh let y know
when they're going to tell a joke, y
know. Judge.
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GaIlsntry Personined.

She-"Now. can you guess my age,
MAJOR" Gallant Major-"No, ! can't,
but you don't look it"-Punch.
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The Logic OF the Situation.

May-"Do you suppose Belle wi
that bonnet she was speaking
about?' Blanche--'I guess so;
said she couldn't afford it."-Puc
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A covetous heart is like Pharaoh's
lean kline, 1t deyours all.
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1t was a cruel, thoughtless letter. He
loved and was going to marry another
woman-she, the woman in England,
would quite understand. She had al
ways been much too clever for him. he
could never live up to her ideals. but
he would not like to lose the friendship
Of so many years, and he hoped that
when he came to England he might
bring his wife to see her.
Before dinner Madge anne into her
room, and Hester handed her "A letter
she had just written, which said:
Do you remember telling me once
that If | ever wanted you you would be
there waiting?' | want you now.
Will you come? Yours
HESTER MAINTAINING.
Il am awfully glad. Hester was
Madge's reply as she gave it her back
Something in the tone of her voice
struck Hester, but Madge had her back
turned, so she never saw that her lip'
quivered.-Home Notes.