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A PSYCHIC PHENOMENON.
! In This Case No Heed Was Paid to the
81 Warnings.


Speaking of superstitions and
strange warnings that coEe to
people," said a veteran Washington
s correspondent, 81 had an experience
once that / hardly know how to ac-
count for. l may say in advance that
j don't believe in any of the business
that cannot be demonstrated scienti'
fically. One day. not great while
after the present elevator to the house
press gallery had been put III. my
mother sent for me to stop ct her
house on my way down town, as she
had something particular to see me
about. went, and she asked me II
there wasn't a new elevator to the
press gallery. I told her one had
been put in three or four months be-
fore that. She said that was it. and
that l must not ride in it. for she
had dreamed the night before that |
had been crushcd to death in it.
laughed at her, Of course. and went
on my way. Down on + street l met
an aunt who told me she had some
thing odd to tell me. She said she
had been the day before. with niece
Of her husband, to see a fortune tell
er, as the niece had taken fancy to
see one Of those fallirs. The fortune
teller, however, instead Of telling the
niece anything, had directed her re-
marks to her (my aunt and had told
her that she had relative. a young
man, whom she should warn. as he
would be crushed to death in an ele-
vator. That was rather jar to me,
as was her only young man relative,
and as I had so shortly before been
warned by my mother. However.
laughed ct her also and went on my
way to the Capitol.
{ II went about the committee rooms
awhile, and at last. quite forgetful
Of my late warnings, went to the ele-
vator to go uD to the gallery. The
elevator man, an old fellow whom I
had known for some time. was in the
cage when I got there. and before
opening it he talked to me through
the bars.
"T don't know said he. whether
I ought to let you come in here or
not
".'Why not?' inquired. laughing.
h because said he. as serious as
could be. 4 dreamed last night that I
s.had run the elevator up too high and
that as you started to get in you
slipped some way under it. and when
.I got down to you at the bottom of the
shaft you were smashed to DEATH
"This lookea like the fatal three
|, warnings and confess had few
doubts myself. but had some nerve
left, and / tollied him on his notion
and got In. On my way uD | told
mother and my aunt
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-03-06
UTILIZING WATERMELoNs.
How to Convert Five Cents Into Dollar
Yonkaa Hoyco

How to Convert Five Cents Into Dollar
A Yankee Device.
Nearly every year thousands OF
watermelons are allowed to rot ON the
ground for lack of Il market, While
upon still larger numbers the profit is
so small as to scarcely pay the farm
er. Some ingenious and thrifty New
Englander has started movement IN
Georgia to put an end to the waste.
and to utilize the melons upon large
scale. He has given his system an
experimental trial, and finds that 1t
works we'll upon small scale. The
fruit is washed, cut open and the rlnd
separated from the flesh within. This
rind is broken into small pieces, and
is either picked. sweet picked, pre-
served, or cryEtallized. 1t may also be
dried or evaporated, when it produces
a substance quite similar to pumpkin.
The flesh is run through se2arat-
or. and the seeds taken out and put
to one side. These are dried, and may
be used to plant the next crop or to
be shipped to Chinese communities.
where they are very popular deli
cacy. 1t is also possible to remove the
hull of the seed and convert the kernel
into 4 preparation similar to grape
nuts or almond paste. 1t has q pleas
ant flavor. Is rich in albuminoid e!e-
mentS, and contains mucilaSe which
is of great advantage to q cook. The
flesh or pulp proper may be treated
in different ways. If taken from the
machine without any further prepara-
ton. it may be used as food for pigs.
cattle. horses and poultry. which
seem to enjoy it greatly, or it may be
drained from its water, when it be-
comes thick paste, like boiled
squash. The water itself may be
evaporated. and the resulting liquor.
which is sweet, may be converted
into fine fruit vinegar, or may be
boiled further down and made into
syrup or sugar According to those
who have given the matter thought,
the watermelon, which can be pur-
chased for few cents down In
Georgia, may be converted into a
series of useful products worth at least
one dollar.-New York Post.
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The queen had at least half a dozen

The queen had at least half dozen
thrones.
The Queens fortune is invested
mostly in English real estate, although
she is credited with the ownership Of
many American railroad securities.
Her collection Of plate-the finest in
the worlds said to be worth several
millions.
Her bankers are Coutts's, Of London.
The imperial state crown was made
in the year 1888. with jewels taken
from old crowns and Others furnished
by command Of Her Majesty, Queen
Victoria. 1t consists of diamonds,
pearls, rubies, sapphires and emer-
aids, set in silver and gold. 1t has q
crimson velvet cap with ermine bor-
der, and is lined with white silk.
The Queen was always fond of
dogs, and the royal kennels near Wind
soc are among the finest in the world.
She was never known to visit Windsor
without going to see these favorite
animals. Often her first visit after
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People Who Never See Thor own Faces.

People Who Never See Their own Faces.
What" exclaims the astonished
reader, "is it possible that there are
any civilized persons on the face OF
the earth who are not in the habit OF
beholding their visages reflected from
time to time in mirror Of some kind?
Surely this cannot be So" Wrong,
quite wrong, gentle reader, for at the
present time, strange as it may appear,
there are hundreds Of men and women
in the United Kingdom who have not
gazed into mirror or years.
The convicts confined in her Maj
estys prisons form members of this
community. From the moment of a
convict's entrance to jail to the mo-
ment Of his exit he is not permitted to
have the use of mirror of any kind,
the smallest piece of glass being rigid.
ly denied to him. To the women con-
victs this absence of mirror forms
one of the chief hardships Of confine-
ment, and many a female warder can
tell piteous tales of women who have
actually fallen upon their knees and
sobbed out entreaties for the loan Of a
morsel Of mirror-"just for a second" !"
All these entreaties have perforce to be
disregarded-and it therefore comes
about that many a female convict
passes three or four years without be-
inc nnrmitted IN gaze uDOn her own
fcatures.-Tit Bits.
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but caught himself softening' at the
picture of this adamantine millionaire,
yielding to the appeal of the love Oh
his youth and raising her from power,
ty to affluence; so he picked up the
newspaper again and tried to interest
himself in the partitionlef China.
The door bell below suddenly rang
and Perciyal started to his feet.
Could it be the messenger? He half
opened his door and listened. He
heard his landlady say. 81 think he's
upstairs in his room now. You can go
up and see; it's right at the head Of
the stairs" and then he retreated to
his chair. choked with emotion.
1t was the laundryman with his
weekly bill.
Would she have written that note,
after all? Suppose she could have ex-
planned. And would it not be better to
give her the opportunity to explain?iO
course she could. She could make
him look like a fool in one sentence
but he was not the man to allow any
girl to twist him around her little
finger. He would show her that. A
trivial cause, perhaps. as some people
might look at it. but what could there
be trivial in their intercourse. Look;
ing back he could remember other in
stances, slight in themselves, but
were they not as floating straws show:
ing the ebbing tide of love? q
But to return to the Chinese guess
tion. Oh. hang the Chinese question:.
Yet it should be matter If human In
terest. Great nations were playing a
great game there; armies were gather
ing. How would it be to enlist. Here:
was a subject worthy of serious con-
sideration. What could life offer him
here but the prospect of dreary slav-i
ing over account books. Was that q.
career for a man with blood-i in his
veins and strength in his sinews? On
the other hand, strenuous activity, the
Joy. of conflict. the thrill of danger,
and then a glorious death. She would
hear of it and perhaps her binding
tears would fall fast upon the printed:
page where his name would appear
in capital letters in the list Of the.
slain. They might perhaps bring his
mortal remains back in metal cas-
ket. They have done that for the:
boys who fell in Cuba. and while Per-
cival thought at the time 1t was a
piece of idiotic sentimental extrava.
gance, now it seemed only the proper
and decent thing to do. The services
would he held at the church, Of COURSE
and there would obe pathetic n''':-'5-'-'
to the young r. 2T-iE -, =
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letter. accompanied by an engraving
of herself and two pleats of sleeps
wool.
The Queens Jewels" exhibited to
curious Americans in the Tower of
London, are largely paste" The
Koh-i-Noor there is artificial the real
stone being kept at the Queens bank
ers. Then there is the Imperial
Crown" no longer used, blazing with
gems, but the gems are all artificial.
1t seems that it used to be the custom
to have the crowns of Queen consorts,
and their sceptres, too, made of baser
metal than those of the King and set
with paste jewels.
Therefore, when one looks 1T the
beautiful Queens Crown" (madc for
Mary Of Modena, and used TO crown
Queen consorts) he gazes at a crown
shining with cut crystals, set in silver,
and the other jewels in it are imitation
pearl. So, too, the sceptre made for
Mary of Modena is set down in the
Jewel book as having cost about $500,
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Suited to His Job.

A nobleman once insisted on his
head gardener taking as an apprentice
q young lad in whom he was inter-
ested. The lad was very lazy, and the
gardener was not at all pleased at
having such youth thrust upon him.
Some time after his lordship, walk.
ing in the garden, came upon his gar
dener and said:
"Well, John, how is my young friend
getting on with you?
"Oh, he's doin' fine" replied the gar.
dener, with a smile. Hes working
away there at the very job that suits
him! He's a-chasin' Of the snails oft'n.
the walksr-London Answers.
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sho Thought 1t Wa. Real Sunshine.

1t is thought and attention bestowed
upon details which give some houses
the indescribable charm that others,
however superior in decorations and
furnishings, can never hope to attain.
This was happily illustrated the other
day at an informal luncheon party. The
day was dark and rainy. but as one the
guests stepped into the dlning-room
she calculated, why! I didn't know
the sun had come OUT" Then when
she saw her mistake there was pleas
ant laugh at her expense. The bright
effect had been produced by placing a
large bunch of brilliant yellow foliage
plants on the sill Of the broad Eng
lish window, and the silken pillows
lying on the window seat had caught
and held the sunlight in the various
golden shades A large vase of mas
turtium vines and flowers served as
centrepiece for the table.-Pittsburg
Dispatch.
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An Arbitrary Conductor.

1t is an established proposition that
the ways of street-car conductors are
past finding out, but certain member
of the guild showed himself in a new
light the other day:
The incident took place in Sixth
avenue electric car. A woman passen-
ger asked the conductor If he could
give her transfer to 14th street
car, He murmured something unin-
telligible and passed on without CIV
ing the desired ticket.
Another woman sitting near by In
formed the first that transfers were
given, whereupon the first replied that
she knew it was so, only some conduct
ors would not hand them out. Three
minutes later another woman asked the
same conductor for transfer to 14th
street and promptly received it. And
the question naturally arose why be-
made the distinction.-New York Mail
and Express.
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ty-fve years. having received the title

ty-fve years, having received the title
by proclamation on April %. 1875.
She outlived all the members Of the
House Of Lords, who were peers Of
the realm at the time of her accession,
except Earl Nelson, and all the peers
who'were then G, had been members
of the House Of Commons.
She survived al the members Of her
original Privy Council and Of her first
House OF Commons. Mr. Gladstone
heving been one of the Oldest former
members of the latter.
She saw every episcopal see vacated
and refilled at least twice during her
reign.
She saw her judicial bench recruited
twice at least from end to end.
She was a widow for forty years.
She saw five Archbishops Of Canter-
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,,r,,,.rsEanS +

...ue, uruerstanc tlat though Feter
had snoken and an eternal separation
must be-that it was his unalterable
determination that it should be-yet
he would be faithful to her memory.
He would release her formally from
her engagement-veryf formally. She
should understand. would
place an icy barrier before her-and
then he would bid her farewell for
ever. Perhaps a letter would be the
best way.
No. Letters were only letters. liza
bic to misconstruction. and there
should be no mistaking his firm in.
tention.
Yet it might be put better in writ.
ing.
But then there was always the dan
ger of a letter falling into the hands
of third party. The old man might
open it. Just as we'll to call tomor-
row evening.
Where was the sense Of putting it
off? If it had to be done it might just
as we'll be done at once.
Percival put on his coat and went
out.
Perhaps ten minutes had elapsed
since the eternal farewell had been
spoken and the young man and the
girl were seated on the sofa talking
it over. They were not yet separated
far from it.
"You might just as we'll have given
me another" he said. plaintively.
Then all this misery would have been
avoided"
"I had given you enough-more than
enough" she answered.
Enough for you. perhaps"
"Now don't begin again, Percival.
You know papa was getting awfully
impatient. And one wouldn't have sat-
isfled you anyway. I don't want to
give you so many that you won't care
for them"
"Try. Give me one now"
She gave it to him. Presently he
said: "And you'll give me another
lock Of your hair?"
"You don't deserve It." she replied,
"but suppose III have too."-Chicago
Record.
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yentilator. AS will be seen from the
illustrations it is perforated and pro-
yided with channels, of which there
are two-one outside and one inside!
The former opens at the bottom, the
latter at the top. The fresh air enters
as is shown by the arrow, and replaces
the warm air, which escapes in the op-
posite direction. This window pane Is
put in exactly like an ordinary one, in
the upper part of window sash, and
does not interfere with the light.
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Ed. Geoghegan of West Point, KY,
has the most remarkable horse in that
state, If not in the United States. This
horse has as keen a scent for par
fridge as any setter or pointer in the
country. He can scent them from rs
to 100 feet. and never makes a mis-
take. He pays no attention to rab-
bits or to any bird but the partridge.
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fded in Dutch Jake Goetz and Con
Sullivan, however, and the latter two
located the Sullivan mine at the point
at which the ourro had been grazing
the day he stood on the Bunker Hill
lode.
After many discourgements, the
property was sold for S1,500,00 Coop
er G. Peck sued for all interest in the
mine, on the ground that the burro
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Three miles from the village cf
Krisuvik, in the great volcanic district
of Iceland, there is a whole mountain
composed of eruptive clay and pure
white sulphur. A beautiful grotto pen
etrates the western slope to an un-
known depth.
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enough, she went out for 4 donkey
drive in the grounds. Luncheon was a
less private meal than breakfast, when
the Queen, If SO disposed. met the
members of her household, the guests
staying at the palace, or the privileged
visitors who arrived for luncheon.
Queen Victoria disliked cold meat,
suede gloves, artificial flowers and the
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odor of furs. Her alias, when she
found it advisable to.use an incognito,
was either the Countess Of Balmoral
or the Duchess of Lancaster-the lat
ter was one Of her numerous titles.
When members Of the Queens family
or any German relatives visited Lon
don and occupied Buckingham Pal
ace, "by invitation" they paid their
board just like common folks in
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Queen Victoria reigned longer than
any other woman occupant Of 4
throne.
She reigned for srea''r number Of
years than any other European SOW
ereign, if the regency in the reign Of
Louis XIV. is excepted.
Her reign lasted sixry-three years
and seven months, ,exccedingfour years
three months and twenty-eight days
the reign of George III, which was
the longest in England beforeshe came
to the throne.
She was Empress of India for twen-
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In the western part of British Col
umbia is novel railway, two miles in
length. The rails are made of trees
from which the bark has been stripped,
and these are bolted together Upon
them runs a car with grooyed wheels
ten inches wide.
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Bug eccentricities are being brought
into a special collection by the British
museum. 1t mas now moths with male
wings on one side and female wings
on the other; butterflies with no fore
wings, and insects with an abnormal
number Of antennae or Of legs.
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Queen received her Ministers AMI held
her Cabinet Councils. Here, as at her
first council. she sat at the head Of the
council board, the only woman pres
ent.
She was the oldest member Of her
Cabinet, and presided over every Gov
ernment, Liberal or Conservative, dur
ing her reign Of upward of sixty years.
If the real business Of the Queens
day-her household duties and her
official work-was dispatched quickly
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One would think that IL was
more entitled to be considered an
"even" number than 10. for its half
is an. "even," whereas the half of ten
is odd" Yet on the Stock Exchange
IL is an "odd" number. The
house takes five shares as the basis If
dealing, remarks Commerce, and all
multiples of Ave are considered "even"
numbers. Any intermediate numbers
are "odd," and parcels of shares not
divisible by five are difficult to sell,
except at reduced price.
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QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

The highest spot Inhabited by hui
man beings on this globe is the Bud
dhist cloister Of Hanle, Tibet, where
81 monks live at an altitude of 10000
feet.
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coting Of the jewel house in 1914, is
also set with imitation stones.
Queen Victoria's private fortune has
been estimated at between $20,000,000
and S25,000,0OO, but the exact amount
is known probably to but two persons
besides herself-Lord Cross and Lord
Rowton, who for years had entire
charge of her financial affairs. Lord
Rowton was secretary to Lord Bea-
consfeld during the lifetime Of the lat
for
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though it blazes with gems. The
Queens Orb" also Is set with imita-
tion stones and bordered with imita-
ton pearls. The famous "Old Scep-
tre," which was found in the wains-
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bury and tx of York and nve D4s-vr.,

bury and TX OF fOrk ana nFe Disnvr,,
of London.
She saw eleven Lord Chancellors,
ten Prime Ministers and six Speakers
Of the House Of Commons.
The Queen learned from her German
mother the excellent habit of early
rising, which stood her in good stead
during busy and laborious life.
Not lat Y than was the hour. Her
dressers were not literary women, like
Fanny Burney, nor did they add to
their other duties that of reading to
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the Queen herself or to the court cir

the Queen herself or to the court cir
Gle.
Like the women Of her suite in a
higher rank-ladies in waiting, bed
chamber women, etc.-many of the
Queens dressers grew gray in her SER
vice.
She always breakfasted privately.
From the commencement of her reign,
and notably after her marriage with
the Prince Consort. it is well-accred.
tied fact that Victoria would sign no
paper which was not a mere certificate
Of an appointment or commission un-
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est in>the Bunker. Hill and quarter
interest iG>the Sullivan claims
1.-THE mines ere-aoW- worth four
million dollars. Eugene B. Palmer, III
AinSlee's.
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French Hrrienic Window.

The accompanying figures show a
new hygienic window pane being in
troduced in France. 1t is the inven-
tion of DR.. Legrand, and is a perfect
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loss she made herself acquainted with
the contents by having them read and
discussed in her hearing.
AS ,llmax to the ordinary business
of eyely lawful day at intervals the
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ple:. ! suppuse

swho wouldn't ride in that eIeya.~-
all kinds of money. and still they
may fall down stairs ct any moment
and break their necks. Washington
Gfar
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Most spiders are possessed of poison
fangs, but very few are dangerous to
human beings.
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In Japan it is customary for the
bride to give all her wedding pres
,ents to her parents.
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: Clerks and the clergy are also great
patrons Of the wheel.
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A MILLIONAIRE BURR0.
DISCOVERED A MINE WORTH FOUR
MILLION DOLLARS.

How Two Despairing Prospeetors Were
Guided by Frskv Pack Animal to tne
Scene OF Enormous Gold nen"s'fs=
Unique Decision Made by g. >''t''-
'sThe Millionaire Bu
made. He never had
sas born to- toll amid.
of the mountains. Hi,