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FREAK HOUSES,
For which Amateur Architects Are Re
spOnsible.

Amateurs are everywhere and in
everything. but none Of them shine
more conspicuously than the amateur
architect. There is a growing desire
among some people to decline the pro-
fessional assistance OF capable archi-
tects and to Ill up the plans for edi-
fees they contemplate erecting with
their own hands. Speculative builders
are particularly inclined this way, II
consequently some peculiar freak
houses are the result. An old-estab-
lished speculative builder recently ran
up a row OF ten or twelve modest cot
tages upon plans which he had him
self drawn up to avoid the somewhat
high fees Of "A professional architect,
The row was almost complete, when,
to the chagrin and establishment OF
Mr.. A. Architect, his foreman suddenly
discovered that. while ample chimneys
had peer built to each cottage, not a
room in the row had "A fireplace nor
stove-pipe hole. How such an over
sight could have been made II Is dim
cult to imagine, but it proved very cN-
pensive and made the speculation a
sorry one. A very opposite MISTAKE
was made By a lawyer, who drew his
W plans for the house he contem-
plated building. This gentleman pro-
vided for everything on an elaborate
scale, except fires, in which connection
he entirely overlooked the necessity
for chimneys, a fact which his builder
at once pointed out, much to the anna
teur architects disgust. An expert
enced builder and contractor says that
during the forty odd years he had been
In the trade. he had had some most
wonderful freaks OF amateur architects
put before him, In IN case a two
story house was to be built without
n facilities for getting to the upper
floors beyond an exterior gutter pipe;
no staircases whatever were allowed In
the plans. Owing 10 an oversight on
n occasion his workmen actually
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Japanese stopped.

The Japanese government has issued
an order prohibiting the emigration OF
laborers to the United States and Can
ada. This m on the heels Of n
restricting that emigration consider
ably. This action will be a great re-
lief to the Canadian and British au-
thorities and also to those OF this Il
try. About a year ago the Japanese
began coming to British Columbia in
such numbers as to alarm the people,
who called on the Dominion authors
ties to take steps by the imposing Of a
head tax or in some other way to stop
this inflow. This could not be done
without the assent OF the British gov
eminent, which neither wished to dis
oblige the Canadians nor to agree to
a violation of the treaties with Japan.
The arrival OF so many japanese in the
Pacific coast states was beginning to
work on the feelings OF their people.
There was danger OF a demand on con-
gress for a Japanese exclusion law.
Naturally the enactment Of such a
measure would make 1t hard to keep
On friendly terms with Japan. whose
government would not relish the put
ting of Japanese on the same level
with Chinese. That government has
been considerable In its action. 1t has
shown a desire that the present friend
ly relations with the United States and
Canada shall suffer no change, IL Is
possible. also, that at this uncertain
moment. when it is impossible to tell
what fighting Japan may have to do
with China or with Russia, 1t is deem
ed best not to let too many ~able-bodied
Japanese go so far ava from home
that they will be unavailable for mill
tary duty. But when there is no such
special demand for men some outlet
will haye to be found for the surplus
population Of Japan, That IL one rea-
son why the Japanese government is
so anxious to get Corea. The island
empire is o~vercrowded with people. II
they cannot come to America they
must settle In Asia or the islands of
the Pacific.
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threatened failure. There are too
many things to be seen free of cost,
when once you are inside the grounds.
to expend much in dotting the go Of
amusement on the Midway"
The Globe Celeste" has also had
hard luck, due, perhaps. to the fearful!
accident that happened some two
months ago through the collapse of the
little bridge that led to it from the
main portion Of the grounds. 1t seems
to be stunned by the merry crowds Of
exposition visitors on account of the
unpleasant association. II consists Of
a large blue sphere, which rests on q
solid steel foundation some sixty feet
square. On this sphere are painted
the different consultations and fami-
liar stars of the armament. and a
stairway runs all round the equatorial
line, up on one side, down on the other,
passing along which the visitor studies
the surface Of the most interesting
chart of the sky ever constructed. In
c~identally he also gets a superb view
of Paris lying in the sun at his feet.
In the interior Of the globe. after pene-
trating a series of restaurants and the
aters. etc. one enters a vast circular
space bound by the curving lines OF
the great hollow sphere. Again there
Is the sky as we look up to 1t from our
earth; there Is a soft blush light
through which stealing the
'musique celeste" of Saint-Saens, COM
posed especially for the globe. Look
ing off into this blush haze, one feels
as If on the shore Of an infinite sea.
The whole thing is a piece of spectac-
ular effect really s~tupendous, though
a little solemn for the Paris summer
season.
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Views Concerning Grent Pyramid.

Charles Pia22i Smyth, ex-astronomer
royal of Scotland. died recently. He
was born at Naples and was called
Plaza after the discoverer of Ceres,
who was the official astronomer OF the
two Sicilies, lie was interested In sci
ence at al early age, and In lS45 was
appointed astronomer royal of Scot
land, lie tried for many years to get a
new observatory and at last he resigned
after protesting vigorously against the
ways of oticialdom, lie then retired
to Clova. in Yorkshire, where he devot-
ed himself to the Photographic study
of the solor spectrum and OF cloud
forms. He is best known, however, by
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AFRICAN
First Discovered by an IrIshman, job
O'Ileiily,

FtTSt DISCOteFeu by IN IrlNnmAn, JOnu
O'Rsiily.
Mr.. John O'Reilly. who had occasion
in the winter of 1867 to do business in
the Hopetown District of Griqualand
West, on the other side Of the Vaal
river. first discovered diamonds in
the house OF Schalk a Niekerk. q
Dutch farmer. While bartering with
the Boer and his wife O'Reilly's at
tention was attracted by a game the
children were playing, being particu-
larly struck with the peculiar trans
parency OF one Of the pebbles used In
the game. Though O'Reilly had never
seen a diamond in the rough he ex-
pressed an opinion that the pebble
played with by the children was really
the precious gem. The farmer ridi-
culed the idea, saying O'Reilly might
have IL II he cared for the rubbish,
adding that there were plenty more Of
them in the river clay. O'Reilly accept
ed 1t on the understanding that II 1t
turned out to be a diamond the farm
err should receive half the sum. At
Colesburg II was submitted to experts,
most of whom denied II being OF much
value, but DR.. Atherstone, Of Grahams-
town, pronounced 1t to be a veritable
diamond weighing 1914 karats and
worth $500. The then governor OF
the Cape, Sir Philip Wodehouse.
bought It for that sum. Diamonds
afterwards were found In the mud
walls OF native huts, and this led to the
opening of the dry diggings where now
stand Du Toits Pan, De Beers, Kim
berley. B%ultfontein and the Premier
mine
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(Paris Letter.)

II WIS. as the French admlnlstra-
ton of the exposition itself acknowl-
edges, the Chicago fair which gave the
impetus to build It's Oriental theaters
and villages OF the slopes of the Tro-
cadrro, and to give up n whole bank
of the Seine to a series of gay side
shows. different from anything that
has appeared at other expeditions.
After Chicago, Antwerp in 1894 offered
a variation of the Midway In its
Cairo Street" and "Ouj Antwcrpen,"
and many Americans who visited the
Antwerp fair were hailed by delighted
Eskimos and South Sea islanders with
the query: hi there! Didn't we see
you at Chicago last year,"
As the Paris exposition WAS to be
the greatest thing OF the kind ever
seen, the management decided very
early to make Il special point OF the
attractions diverses" as they called
the side-shows. for want OF a better
name; and they gathered all the infor-
nation they could about the corre-
spending features OF the Chicago
worlds fair, even calling In the dis
tlngnished Frenchman who represent
cd France there in 1898 TO confer with
them about the matter. lie used the
word "Meedvay" so often. In giving
them Information they wanted. that
finally the officers OF the Paris expo
sitlon themselves adopted the word as
a classification of the novel undertake
ings they desired to introduce. and 1t
Is now generally used by the French
public.
The French Midway" then. consists
OF two main divisions: The so-called
Rue de Paris" on the right bank OF
the Seine. just opposite the line of
foreign buildings. and the former prot-
ty little park OF the T~rocadero, imme-
diately facing the Eiffel tower. There
Is still another section clustering in
the shadow OF the tower itself. but Il
Is so close TO the Trocadero that It
may be included In the second group.
The Rue de Paris consists. for the
most part. OF coquettish little theaters,
In which one sees short little plays and
the farces typically Partisan in flavor,
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Eayes TrouC; = on Cars,

Street railway companies OF many
cities might take a suggestion from
that of Hartford. Conn, which has hit
upon a device that increases the COM
fort OF wet weather travelling in sum-
mer, in the ave troughs with which
its open cars have been supplied. The
troughs run from end to end OF the
car, just beneath the edges OF the roof,
and the water is carried to the street
though iron pipes. The constant drip
ping of rain from the roofs OF the cars
is a sore trial to the conductors and
to those passengers who cannot obtain
seats, and they are numerous on rainy
days.
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BUYS CATTLE
H E

Mrs. Ollie Northlane is fairly the
cattle queen of the West" In her
unique vocation of cattle buyer she
has, indeed, proved the theory of
woman suffraglsts, that the gentler
sex is admirably capable of ~plunging
into the business world on an equal
footing with man.
1t is said by stockmen that she is one
OF the most capable judges OF cattle
and hogs in the United States. She
has the quotations at her tongues
end. BY glancing at a consignment OF
cattle she can tell very closely what
they should bring when shipped to
market. In deciding on the relative
value OF stock Mrs. Northlane can
pick out a good steer as quickly and
accurately as the average woman can
select a new Easter gown. In busl-
ness transactions Mrs. Northlane pos
sesses unusual wisdom to cope with
trying business situations, and is as
shrewd and clever to trade with as
often falls to the lot of man to meet
with.
Besides the high reputation she has
gained In the stock business, she has
talent enough left to make a success
In various other and finer lines. she
is an expert telegraph operator, an ac-
complished musician and a fine lin
guist. She converses freely in Ger
man, French, Scandinavian and Bohe-
milan.
In personal appearance Mrs. North
lane has much to be desired. She is
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Minister Con9er s s%s Mandarin

The story is told of a Chinese man
DARN who early learned that Minister
Conger was not to be baked or bluffed.
A missionary of the American Bible
society. duly provided with passports
and credentials, was stopped by the
officials. and held in the military quar-
ters on some paltry trumped-up charge
The missionary sent word to Minister
Conger and the minister went in per-
the trivial nature of the trouble he de-
manded the release of the missionary,
saying he was an American citizen,
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JUDGING STEERS IN A STOCK
yADn


a striking little woman OF about Ave
feet In height. She is a decided blonde
with a wealth of golden hair, which
she always %arranges in a fluffy manner
about her rather small face. Her face
and tanner are always bright and
pleasing. She is witty and %vivacious,
quick at repartee, and is never at a
loss to hold her own among the best
in the profession. Her grace of man
ner, choice language and generally
pleasing demeanor quickly win for her
friends, which she numbers among the
hundreds.
When not on the road for a large
Western commission house she spends
her time quietly at her pretty home at
Sioux City. la. When not profession
ally employed, she is a woman among
women, and none of the coarseness of
her profession enters into her charm
ing personality in her quiet home life.
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NOSE L ALL.
Its shape Indicates Your Character
The Noses OF Fighters.

W A'oHfN VI
Physiognomists go so far as to assert
that the nose is the key to the mans
character, the index to his brain. And
so many people-great employers
among them-share the belief that it
is almost as lucAy for a child to be
born with a good nose on its face as
with tht proverbial spoon in It's mouth.
There are noses and noses, even
among the good specimens. There is
he artistic nose (iterary men and
painters have it); the constructive"
nose peculiar to architects and engi-
neers, and not the least important Is
one labeled by physiognomists com
bative and organizing" This might
also be called the military nose. 1t
belongs to great commanders on sea
and land. and is so prominent that IL
can not be mistaken. Wellington had
Ii to an abnormal degree. In this as
In other respects he has never been
equaled by any other soldier. yelling
ton was a great believer in noses. Ma
poleon also admired q good nose, and
was personally well endowed in that
particular, but nothing like to the
same extent as his vanquisher at
Waterloo. Both are said to have
chosen their men for important posi-
lions by the size and shape Of their
noses. In short, Wellington and Ma
poleon. for professional purposes.
practiced p~hysiognomy, which was a
crime in the days OF Elizabeth. when
"all persons fayning to have knowl-
edge OF Phyisiognomie or like Fan
tastical I~maginacions" rendered them
selves liable to all n OF perils.
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Muddie.ome Legal rhras.olory.

"lf were going to give you an or
ange," said Judge Foote Of Topeka to
d. o. McCray, II would simply say, I
give you the orange; but should the
transaction be intrusted to a lawyer, to
put in writing, he would adopt this
form: IL hereby give. grant and con-
vey to you all my interest, right, title
and advantage of and in said orange.
together with its rind, skin, Juice, pulp
and pits, and all right and advantage
therein. with full power to bite. suck,
or otherwise eat the same. or give
away. with or without the rind. skin,
Juice, pulp or cpits, anything herein
before. or in any other deed or deeds,
instruments of any nature or kind
whatsoever to the contrary in any
wise Notwithstanding"
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AN EXPERT TELEGRAPH OPERA
TOR

AN EXPERT TELEGRAPH OPERA
TOR.
Even in these days we have the fight
ing nose at the front-where, Of
course, IL should be. The finest speci-
men is the property Of Gen. Kelly
Kenny. 1t is quite Wellingtonian and
gives points to Napoleon. With such a
nose Gen. K~elly-Kenny ought to go
far. From his nose the phys!ognomist
would tell you that Gen. French Is
possessed OF determination and perse-
verance The same expert would prob
ably describe Gen. Sir Redvers Buffers
nose as that Of a "plodder," while. ac-
cording to Aristotle, who. versatile
man! protested some knowledge OF
physiognomy. Lord Kitchener Is in
sensitive" or all the Boer command
ants In the field. Louis Botha Is the
only one whose nose Is of the military
model. Notwithstanding the reverses
he has suffered, he is generally cred
tied with being a very able soldier.
Lord Roberts-what OF his nose? II
must be confessed that II is not Of the
fighting stamp. The "face reader"
would say that its owner possessed
great artistic instinct. Quite right!
Lord Roberts is an artisan artist in
war.-London Mail.
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Ignored Husband Fifteen Years.

Mrs. Therest Lynch, known in New
York city and the east generally as the
Queen OF Diamonds" vas in court the
other day, and it then became known
that for fifteen years she has not ex-
changed a word with her husband.
Mrs. Lynch is one of the best judges
of diamonds in America, and is several
times a millionaire by trading in the
gems.
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and as such his rights must be re-
spected.
But my orders are to hold him
here" said the officer.
And my orders from the United
States are to demand his release"
He must stay here until 1t suits his
majesty to release him.
The United States OF America de-
mands his immediate release" quietly
rejoined Minister Conger. and we're
used to getting what We want"
The missionary was given his free
dom at once.
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Amelia 4. Barr.

Amelia e. Barr. who has been the
mother OF fourteen children, has writ
ten thirty-two books. prepared a pro-
fessor for Princeton college, and at
three score years OF age is a superb
picture of vitality-as fresh and sweet
OF heart as a young girl.
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pyramid. A controversy relating to
this paradox OF a very high order" as
DE Morgan called 1t. led to his resig-
nation, in 1874, OF his fellowship in the
Royal society, Among his views were
that the great pyramid was erected UNI
der the eye of Melchisedec.
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built a villa, standing on it's own
grounds, without any drains or gut
ters, with two freplaces In one room
and none in another. And all this had
been done by following the owners
plans too exactly Cincinnati En-
quirer.
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Agricultural Education.

More general attention has been d.
rected to the increased instruction in
m and business than is being
given by the universities to the new
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PARIS GAY MIDWAY NTFR OF EXPOSITION FUN.

ranean mining. a street In Tunis and
another in Algiers, a village In Andalu-
STA at the distant time of the Moors,
and a Persian dance hall, besides many
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ters cost as much as so. This may
have something to do with the fact
that many Of the variety features OF
the exposition are complaining OF
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THE o

other allied attractions. They are all
tolerably elaborate. but little different
from what was seer In Chicago in
1893; they are certainly very hot and
stuffy on the interior. and one prefers
the open air Swiss village, with its
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real waterfall, its dairymaids and
mountain yodlers.
The French Midway" Is somewhat
more expensive than that at Chicago.
Nearly all the places deman,. 80 cents
for admission, and some OF the thea
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and enjoys q sort OF wit that smacks
OF the essence Of French life.
On the slope Of the Trocadero one
sees. besides the Algerian theater, the
Egyptian playhouse and other such
attractions, an exhibition Of subter-
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BE WAS DULY REGISTERED.
Had . ~Spiel'' That Entitled HIN TO
the Fullest COnsideR.
alton.

One of the registration places in the West
side lodging house district was crowded
when a seedy looking individual took his
place and gazed at the notices displayed; on
the walls. 1t was evident that he had not
been shaved for several weeks and the back
of his tattered coat bore evidence of hav-
ing come in contact with quantity of white
wash and sawdust. Still, the seedy indl-
vidual appeared happy and hummed softly
to himself as he awaited his turn at the
table, relates the Chicago Chronicle.
Whats your name?" demanded the gen.
tleman with the registration blank. in a
wearied tone.
Cornelius Walker Dimpsey," replied the
seedy individual, gazing into vacancy.
''How long have you been in the pre-
cinct?" -, - -,
thirty days, to the minute" came the
reply, "a,
''Where do you reside?"
'Tn the Bumalorum house, entresol floor,
apartment de luxe, front. :.
1t is needless to say that the seedy indi-
vidual was duly registered and went on his
way rejoicing.
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KINSLEY GRAPHIC.
uNsL1E, KAHsAA
THE DAYS WORK.

Do thy days work, my dear,
Though fast and dark the clouds are drift
ing near,
Though time has little left for hope and
very much for fear.
Do thy days work. though now
The hand must falter and the head must
bow,
And far above the falling foot shows the
bold mountain brow.
Yet there is left for us,
Who. on the valleys verge, stand trem-
bling thus,
A light that lies far in the west-soft.
faint, but luminous
We can give kindly speech
And ready. helping hand to all and each,
And patience to the young around by smil-
ing silence teach.
We can give gentle thought
And charity. by life's long lesson taught,
And wisdom. from old faults lived down. by
toll and failure wrought
We can give love, unmarried
By selfish snatch of happiness, unjarred
by the keen aims of power or joy that
make youth cold and hard.
And, II gay hearts reject
The gifts we hold, would fain fare on I'M
checked,
On the bright roads that scarcely yield all
that young eyes expect,
Why. do thy days work still.
The calm, deep founts of love are slow to
chill;
And Heaven may yet the harvest yield, the
work-worn hands to fill.
All the Year Round.
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speech was addressed. Having been en-
gagged with his neighbor in an earnest
discussion on financial questions, he
had not been listening to the general
conversation.
Murdoch adjusted his eyeglasses and
quietly resumed:
Policeman John Flynn, hearing the re-
port of a pistol from the direction of the
knickerbocker bank. in Wall street, start
ed at the top of his speed toward that build
ing. When he was within about 20 yards
of the bank another shot rang out, and at
the same instant a man daFted down the
steps and ran toward Broadway"
Richard Dunlap, president of the
Knickerbocker bank. was listening at
tentively enough now. Behind the calm
mask of the fnancier there was the evil
dent anxiety of the bank president.
For the stability of bank, like the
honor of a woman, is at the mercy of
every passing rumor.
HE carried in his hand a small satchel.
which he dropped as soon as he saw that
he was pursued. After an exciting chase
Flynn overlook his man. whom he recog-
nized as Michael Quinlan, alias Shorty
Dun. weA-known. sneak thief. On the
~oy OoCA 70 TIC OS1AA l0c QOt.CSLudu OueS-
toned his prisoner about the pistol shots.
Quinlan vehemently denied having fired
them: but admitted that he had stolen the
satchel His story is that, as he was
passing the bank. the outer door was ajar.
Seeing the satchel In the vestibule, he en-
tered. crouching low In order to avoid be-
ing seen through the inner door. the upper
portion Of which is Of plate glass. Scarce
ly had he laid his hands upon the satchel
when he was startled by the report Of a
pistol. For a moment he was dazed and
undecided how to act Then. as no one
seemed to take any notice of his presence.
he was quietly slipping on, when a second
shot was fired. Panic-stricken, he took to
his heels. only to be captured by Flynn.
ION reaching the bank Flynn found the
outer door closed. but not fastened. The
heavy iron gate between It and the inner
door was securely locked. however. so
that It was impossible to enter. The Knick-
erbocker hank has second entrance on
,ExchANGpepl1ce. But this, too. Is protect
edby a-massive Iron gate. which also was
found locked. Flynn raped for assistance
and the call having been answered by Po-
hcemen Klpatrick ana oDonneIl. he left