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PAUPERS BY NATIvITIES.

the whole gamut from assault to muir
der, are 20 per cent. of the total OF
crimes committed in the country.
Against society are 25 per cent. OF
all the crimes punished in the United
States, while ten per cent. are miscel-
laneous ones which it is impossible to
classify.
The proportion of the natives to the
foreign classes and to the colored
class among the prisoners in the Unit
cd States is interesting. 1t is sur
prising to find that less than five per
cent. of all the prisoners are colored.
Foreigners are much more numerous
in the criminal courts, 30 per cent,
perhaps, while 65 per cent. are natives.
1t is recorded that of the total in
sane in the United States seven per
cent. are colorcd, 20 per cent. are for
eigners and 65 per cent. natives. This,
of course, does not mean that the
number of insane natives is greater
in proportion to the population.
Judged on this basis the percentage Of
native insane is smaller than among
the foreigners or colored people. In
sex there is almost no difference, the
women outnumbering the men SO
slightly that the difference is scarcely
apprcciablc.
In the pauper wards the relation of
classes is very different. But so per
cent. of the total number of paupers
are natives, while Al per cent. are for
eigners and nine per cent. are colored.
The women are outnumbered by the
men in the asylums throughout the
country by ratio of A to Sc.
The insane come in large proportions
from country regions, in spite of the
quiet, monotonous life.
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70 TOUSEKEEpERS.
Some suggestions Which May lie OF
Value in Their Domestic
Duties.

Salt Goldfish has great food value,
after. 1t is almost as nutritive in its
salted form as it is when fresh though
it loses a little of its digestibility.
When it is scarce the dealer often sub
stitutes cheaper fish for the genu-
inc cod. 4 way to test whether you
are getting the real thing or not is
to rub q bit of the fish between the
thumb and finger. If it is cod the fiber
will loosen and become woolly, but
will not go to pieces. Other fish will
crumble readily between the fingers.
A few drops of ammonia in the wa
ter in which you wash your cut glass
Or your pressed glass, or any kind
of glass at all-make it look bright
and sparkling. Deeply cut glass may
require an occasional scrub with
soft brush and soap. For cleaning sill
yer, take equal parts of ammonia and
alcohol and enough whiting to make
it like cream. Apply with brush, il
the article is chased (repousse silver),
and set aside to dry. When dry it will
be ready to polish, which may be done
with dry flannel or a chamois.
1t is not extravagant to use eggs
freely both on the table and in break
fast breads, cakes and custards, One
pound of eggs used as food will aver
age about the same in value as one
pound of the very best quality OF
butchers meat. Eggs also contain
more phosphates than the average OF
other foods. There is also a specially
valuable form OF sulphur and iron in
eggs.
1t is said that there is no taste or
scent of cottonseed in cottolene if the
cottolene is fresh. Just as soon as it
is a little stale the Objectionable taste
is observable. 1t is-the cottolene--a
mixture of refined cottonseed oil and
clarified beef fat. The difficulty of
getting it perfectly fresh is the chief
objection to its use.-Detroit Free
Press.
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ONLY HIS ORDINARY METHOD.
Weary Citizen Offers Impromptu Ex-
PLANTATION for Suddenly
Sitting.

lie was quite weary as he ambled
OBVIOUSLY along one of the south side
streets. To begin with the travelling
was bad, for snow had first melted I'M
der the suns rays and then frozen I'M
der the fierce winds which followed.
This condition of affairs caused him
10 use great circumspection in his
journeying. He had enjoyed a season
of conviviality up in the city, had
Rugged the stove in his car homeward
and was feeling bit under the wealth
CT.
He stumbled and slipped Tn his way
with palpable effort. There was con-
siderable of ground swell at any
rate, and he found that his steering
gear made too much travel. The re-
suit was that he tackled with such FREE
quency that he covered more ground
than was absolutely necdfuL Finally
he reached street corner where there
is a foot bridge over the gutter. This
bridge had an extra supply of ice and
was glacial in its smoothness.
He cautiously placed one foot on the
bridge and braced himself for the trip
across. Then he lifted the other foot
to place it on the bridge, but he didn't
succeed. Both feet flew upward, as
IL seeking to smite him in the face.
He sat with extreme suddenness and
vigor. A look of pain and disgust fit
ted over his features as he felt about
him with the purpose of determining
his location.
Hello, jim" called friend, who
came up at this interesting juncture,
"rather hot tumble that. Going to sit
there any longer? Unusual, ain'i it ?"
NO." said Jim, confidently "Noth-
In 'nusul tall, not tall. / most gen.
orally sit down like that. Chicago
Chronicle.
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THE COUNTESS OF AVA.
An American Girl Caught Up by Mar
rinse Into the Hottest of the
British PeeeraGe.

The countess of Ava, who in all hui
man probability will be the next
marchioness of Dufferin, is another
American girl who has been caught up
by marriage into the loftiest of the
British peerage. pretty Flora Davis"
she was called a few years ago when she
presided over her fathers house in
Washington square, New York. Her
mother, the wife of John II. Davis, the
New York banker, died when the fu-
ture countess was a child, and early in
life the duties of hostess fell upon the
beautiful girl, who may now be called
upon to preside over the home of the
great Dutferins.
Miss Davis and young Lord Black
wood met in Paris several years ago,
when he was attache to his fathers en-
bassy and when she was spending a
year or two abroad. The marriage was
solemnized in Paris in 1898, and Lord
and Lady Blackwood removed to Lon
don, where they lived for n short time
In a quaint house in Cadogan square
They have two little daughters, but no
son.
When Miss Davis married the second
son of Lord Dufferin there seemed
small hope that her husband would
ever succeed to the title which his
distinguished father had honored so
highly and so long. On the contrary
all the appearances were strongly
against that prospect. Lord Dufferin's
eldest son, the late earl of Ava and
heir to the title, was young, and in the
nature of things it was to be expected
that he would marry and displace his
brother in the position of heir pre-
sumptive, with a son of his own. But
the earl did not marry. Whether he
was a misogamist or had been severely
disappointed in his early affections in
such manner as to leave him with an
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AN IDEAL PHILANTHROPIST
Dr.. D. K. PEARSONS, of Chicago

capitalists, western landowners and
railroad corporations. After dispos-
ing of 100000 acres on a percentage
basis of five per cent. he found him
self a well-to-do man, financially able
to become interested in urban trans
portation enterprises and other COM
mercial ventures. He bought Chicago
city lots and improved property, in
vested in Michigan pine lands and
dealt in logs.
Whatever he touched seemed to turn
to gold. The hopes of his middle age
had reached fruition; and in 1875 he
entered upon his matchless career as
a philanthropist, the city of Chicago
being his first beneficiary. In that
year the western metropolis, still suf-
fering from the evil effects of the great
fire, had reached the end of its credit.
The tax levies were in dispute, all
claims against the municipality were
paid in deprecated scrip, and the
eastern bondholders were clamoring
for their pound of flesh. The city coun.
ell thought seriously of repudiating
the bonds, a proposition which was
theoretically opposed by DR.. Pearsons,
who was then one of the alder
men from the First ward. On
his own responsibility he went to
New York and Boston, convened
meetings of the bondholders and
pledged his personal fortune for the re-
demption of the bonds. His reputation
for honesty and integrity was so high
in the east that the guarantee was
gladly accepted and he returned to
Chicago the savior of the city's credit.
When DR.. Pearsons, way back in 1860,
resolved to accumulate a fortune, he
also made to himself promise that
the money so saved should be disposed
OF for the public good-during his own
and his amiable wife's lifetime, if pos
sible. How well this promise has been
kept is evidenced by the fact that since
1890 he has given away fully 81, 500, 900.
G. W. WEIPPIERT.
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incurable wound, who can say? At all
events he passed the age of 81 wifeless.
Romance or no romance, he went to the
wars in South Africa, and there he
found a soldiers grave.
The second son, Lord Blackwood, AZ
once succeeded to the place of direct
heir. Up to the death of his brother he
had been heir presumptive, and he now
assumed the title of earl of Ava. This
title, by the way, does not appertain TO
the heir, but belongs to the marquis of
Dutfcrin himself. 1t was added to his
principal title by the queen on the occa-
sion of the annexation of Burmah to
the Indian empire, when Lord Duiferin
was viceroy. Ava is the name of the
former capital Of Burmah, and the city
is now partly in ruins. BY courtesy the
heir apparent uses the secondary title
of his father-a custom that is com
mon in the peerage.
Two other sons Of Lord Dufferin are
now in South Africa. One, Lord Fred
erick Temple, is in active service with
his regiment in Gen. Methuen's march
- inc ieilel VI hlnlDerlty. Inc Othef,
Lord Basil, is at the front in the inter
ests of a London magazine. The pres
ent earl Of Ava has been in the diplo-
matte service of his country for a long
time. He and his wife are now at tle
Stockholm embassy, and the future
marquis will probably continue TO work
on as diplomat, in which capacity he
has given evidences of that rare ability
which has made his father the fore
most diplomat of the age.
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WINTER MADE JELLIES.
Excellent Way of Utilizing the Juice
Left over from Canned and
Preserved Fruits.

There is always some fruit juice left
from canned or preserved fruits. This
sirup makes delicious fruit jelly
thickened with gelatine. Heat n pint
to the boiling point and pour it over 4
third of box of gelatine which has
been soaking in a third of cupful Of
cold water for two hours. Strain the
mixture after stirring it well to melt
the gelatine, and put it into the mold
Serve it with a little whipped cream
or with preserved fruit and whipped
cream. 1t is an improvement to this
jelly If it is made Of preserved strip
to add the juice of half lemon to
every pint. Candied cherries, peaches,
apricots or other candied fruit may be
used as a garnsh to molds OF this
jelly. Bavarian creams are nodded in
combination with such iellics and
make a delicious dessert. A combina-
ton CT different KINDS OF fruit chopped
may also be incorporated in such a
jelly which is then served for des-
scr: wi.h whipped cream.-N. Y. Trib-
una
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Then the handwriting experts again
compared the address with Molineux's
writing, and pronounced it his. At
the coroner's inquest the district at
torney was instrumental in securing
verdict to the effect that Mrs. Ad-
ans came to her death through poison
admins tered to her by Harry S. Cor
nish, the poison having been sent to
him by Molineux.
The latter was arrested at once,
and an indictment found against him,
which, later on, was dismissed. A
succeeding grand jury refused to in
dict, and MolineuX was discharged
only to be rearrested at once on the
charge of assaulting Cornish. Then
there followed another long legal bat
tie, and MolineuX was again discharged
and rearrested. He waived examina-
ton on the assault charge, and finally
the July grand jury found an indict-
ment against him in seven counts,
for the murder by poison of Mrs.
Adams. His trial was n long one,
and ended in his being found guilty,
his execution to take place in Sing
Sing prison during the week Of
March &c.
Many notable lawyers are dissatis-
fed with the verdict and the conduct
of the trial, which cost the state of
New York $4,000, and which has
financially ruined the MolineuX family
WILLIAM WALTER WELLS.
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COLLECTING THE RENT.
How u Hard Hearted Landlord
Wrung Money from His Poor
Tenant.

"Step! Step! Step!"
1t was some one mounting the stairs.
1t was a slow and heavy step, and there
was something grim and gruesome
about it-somcthing to tell the listener
that the sole owner and proprietor of
the step was a lop-shouldered son of a
gun without enough mercy in his
heart to grease a sunflower seed.
"'Tis he-the landlord" gasped the
garnet room with white face and pal
pitating heart.
The step came nearer-the frail door.
was kicked open and Adamant Flint
stone stood before her and said:
woman, / am here! If you cannot
pay me my rent out you go."
"Oh, Mr.. Flintstone, have you no
heart" walled the unfortunate.
Not bit. Pay or go!"
"But think of your mother"
81 haven't any"
'Then your sisters!"
"Never had one"
SIS it possible that because owe you
S1~O lCDI you Will I've ouC Oll Vic
street on night like this?'
81 am in the landlord business for
money" was his unfeeling reply.
'But can you expect that heaven will
prosper a man who has neither pity
nor mercy?"
Il can. I am making IA per cent. on
my investment. VIII you pay or shall
chuck you out of the Window"
Il will pay!" she sobbed, as the
storm increased and the wind tried to
shake the stuffing out of the old tene-
ment.
And pulling two 500 bills out of her
pocket she handed them out and re-
ceived $50 in change, and Adamont
Flintstone chuclllcd in his frozen heart
as he turned away and left her trying
to choke herself to death with a button
hook.-Philadelphia Press.
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KEEPING FLOWERS FRESH.
Means Employed by Experts to Keep
All Sorts % blossoms for
Few Days Mt Least.

There are several methods Of reviv-
ing flowers known to experts. One of
the chief reasons why they fade is be-
cause the stalks are bruised where they
were cut or gathered The way to
remedy this is to take n fine thread of
wire and insert it at the end Of the
stems, pushing it little way up. Then
bind round the stalk a little pad of
damp cotton wool or moss, arrange the
flowers in tepid water with a morsel OF
stick charcoal in each vase, add few
sprays or grecnery if possible, and in
half an hour the flowers will expand
and look as If they had only just been
gathered. In order to preserve their
beauty as long as possible, every even
ing place the vase on n stone floor or on
a large old try that cannot be injured
by damp and either syringe with luke
warm water, or pour it over them from
a small can with a fine nose. In the
morning cut about quarter of an inch
from each stalk, and throw away every
drop of the water, replacing it with
fresh, from which the chill has been
taken. When flowers made up into
bouquets are received, as they often
are on birthdays, or other domestic an
niyersaries, they look perfectly charm
ing TO start with, but often fade as soon
as they are put in water.
or course, there are bouquets and
bouquets. If they consist of buds or
short-Stalked blossoms mounted ON
wire, the only thing to do is to water
or syringe them overhead" and put
them for an hour under bell glass.
But IL they are mounted on morsels of
cane or bamboo they may be simply
united and put in water. Capillary at
traction then comes into play, the cane
takes up the moisture and transmits 10
to the stalks OF the flowers, keeping
them damp enough to live for some
time, though, as they do not actually
touch the water, decay does not set in
FOR several days.
A capital method OF wardng off the
corruption that makes mignonettes, as
tiers, stocks and some other flowers very
speedily unpleasant is to mix little
sal ammonia, four grains 10 the quart
being sufficient.
Another mode is 20 hold the cut flow
ers in the steam Of hot water directly
after they are unpacked, and then to
put the ends Of the stalks in boiling wa
ter for two or three minutes, cut off the
parboiled ends and place them in a vase
with tepid water in the ordinary way.
The latter part OF the treatment is also
available for flowers that are beginning
to wither a little, though the evil day
OF fading cannot be long postponed
st. Louis Republic.
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BOY SWALLOWS FISHHOOK.
HE Life Saved by the Simple scheme
of a COmmon-Senxe
Physician.

Early in my husbands professional
career, says the wife of busy physi-
clan, he was called in haste to the as
sistance of boy who in some way had
succeeded in lodging a fishhook in his
throat. 1t was such queer accident
that we could not help laughing over
it, despite the gravity Of the case.
Aiming himself with various instru-
ments for the dislodging Of foreign
bodies in the throat, the young doc
tor hurried away to find upon arrival
the features of the case entirely
changed by the lad having swallowed
the hook. The parents were naturally
much alarmed over the outcome of the
unheard-of accident, and in the excite
ment everybody was prescribing what
to do. Some were for pouring emetics
down his throat, others suggested the
stomach pump or knife as the only
means of saving his life, while Others
were for dosing him literally with oil.
While questioning the boy regarding
the size and so forth Of the hook, mere
ly to gain time for thought, my hus-
band, calling common sense to his aid,
directed that the boy be allowed to
eat all the solid food he could manage
to digest, being aware that the safety
of the delicate organs through which
the hook must pass depended solely on
Embedding its cruel points IN mass Of
solids, so as to protect The surrounding
tissues.
The amount of bread, meat, potatoes
and other solids that that boy man
aged to put out of sight that evening
even astonished those who knew some
thing of the capacity of boys stom-
ach. Only the minimum of fluids was
allowed, and, well, the young doctor
was gratihed to be assured, on the fol-
lowing day, that his original method
of treating fishhooks was both safe
and practical This is an accident not
likely to become epidemic, but I re-
peat the formula, not knowing but IL
might prove advantageous in other
emergencies, such as sometimes arise
when any sharp or Jagged edged bodies
such as pins, needles, tacks or bits OF
glass may have been swallowed.-Wh
to Eat.
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vast wealth and reserving only an
annuity of two per cent, or 500, 900 per
year, payable up to the death of him
self and his wife.
DR.. Pearsons is now nearly four
score years of age. He came to Chi
cago in 1860, from Chicopee, Mass.
where he had practiced medicine for
ten years and accumulated nest egg
of $1,000. His one ambition at that
time, according to his own admission,
was to get rich; and he worked in sea-
son and out of season to attain his
end. Instead of continuing the prac-
tice of his professional slow and un-
certain way of laying up earthly treas
ure-he engaged in the sale of farm
lands in all parts of the state of Illi-
nois, acting as the agent OF eastern
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HOW M'TAGUE GOT GAFFNEY.
The Clever Ruse by Which n Sheriff
Secured tn. Drop on Danger
ously Bad MN.

Let it be said in the first place that
there is nothing of the white feather
about Tom McTague. He is cool, he
is brave, he is intrepid. Many q dar-
ing exploit has he had in which he
exhibited the highest qualities of cour-
age. Once-it was back in 1SS3-Jim
McMasters was sheriff and Tom was
under sheriff; there was a gang Of
horse thieves operating along Flint
creek, in what is now Granite
county. They would steal anything
from a horse to telegraph pole.
Every body knew who they were, but
was afraid to say word. Everybody
realized if he made complaint he
would be burned out of house and
home, his cattle and property confis-
Gated, all his property either stolen or
destroyed and he and his family left
hopelcssly ruined.
The leaders of this gang of "bad
men" were Mark Ryan, Chris Gaffney
and Jerry Quinlan. Tom McTague got
right at New Chicago. He traced Gaff-
ney and located him and a man named
Pat Dooley in a charcoal house at
Lion Mountain, in Beaverhead coun-
ty. Tom left his horse a mile below
and went into the charcoal house Gil
alone.
81 want you, Gaffney," said Nc
Tague.
81 am not Gaffney," said Gaffney,
drawing his gun, land you had better
get out of here
Gaffney had the drop on McTague,
and there was no use parleying.
"Oh, we'll" said McTague, "if you
are not Gaffney l don't want you.
have made a mistake and beg your
pardon. You looked so much like him
you deceived people, and they put me
onto you, AS a matter of fact, you de-
ceived me myself, for have seen Gatf-
ney myself once or twice. But come
to inspect you more closely l see well
enough that you are not GafTney, the
man l am looking for, and that's all
right"
McTague turned to go. At that mo-
ment Gatfney dropped his gun. Quick
as a flash McTague, who had his own
gun in his outside coat pocket, drew it
and had the drop on Gatfney.
"Now," said McTague, mo more
monkeying, Gaffney, or you are a dead
man. You march and do as | tell
you"
McTague compelled both Gaffney
and Dooley to march outside the
house, threw them pair of handouts
with his disengaged hand and COM
PEELED them to put the handouts on
themselves. Then he marched them
down to his conveyance and took them
safely to Deer Lodge. Ryan was
caught at Glendale.
Unfortunately, however, the people
who had suffered from the depreda-
tons of the gang were still too terri
fed to testify against them and all
were acquitted. A year or two. later
Gaffney was shot dead in Deer Lodge
saloon in a barroom dispute-Ana-
conda Standard.
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THE ADAMS MURDER CASE
An American "Cause Celebre. /"

corning athletic matters. In search
ing for enemies of Cornish, Molineux
was picked out, and handwriting ex-
perts later testified that his writing
correspondent with that on the poison
package. The morning after the pub
LEGATION of his name in connection
with the case Molineux, then a prom
inent society man, and his father,
Gen. Molineux, veteran of the civil
war, presented themselves at the
house of Capt. McClusky, chief of de-
tectives, and the younger man asked
if he was wanted He was told he
was not, and so the matter ended for
a time.
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CRIME AND PAUPERISM.
America Women Make an Excellent
Showing in the Statistical Re-
turns Just Completed.

Four persons out of every 5000 men,
women and children in the United
States are either in Jail, or out on bail,
or are fugitives from justice. Their
ton estimated at 70000,0 900.
American women make an excellent
showing-or rather, lack of showing
in crime statistics. Only six per cent.
of all those who have fallen foul of the
law are women.
The sex, says the New York World,
is most prominent in what are known
as crimes against society, including
bigamy. To this class of offenders i.
contributes % per cent. of the total.
The total number of crimes commit
ted against the person, running
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Poor Lo had met with an accident on
the plains.
Flint Face" said the surgeon who
had fixed him up, show do you like
your wooden lego"
"Ugh!" responded the noble red man.
"Very good. Like you make me all
wood"
"All wood, Flint Face? Why In the
world do you want to be all wood?"
MAKE money! Get job stand In
front OF cigar store. "-Chica0o Even.
Ing News.