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Evolution of a Genius.

Professor Pupin, who has sus,
become known as one of the n
electricians of the age, has hsd ,|
mantle career. He is a native n
via; his family were of humble n,
and ne came to this country An
nary emigrant while a youne }
obtaining employment as a mass.
a Turkish bath establishment IA ;
York city. His leisure time WA
in the qualification of a natural
for study, particularly matheu,
One of the professors of Columb,s
versity, who was in the habit Of n.
izing bathrooms In which be WI
ployed, was astonished to discosu
masseur engaged in solving d
struse problem in higher mathen
Becoming interested in the youns
he obtained for him a scholant
the university, where Pupin conn
his education, and upon taking i
gree was appointed a tutor and :
ward a professor Of mathematu
the meantime he married a youns
of wealth and social prominenee
has furnished him means to N
his experiments. He promises :
the foremost mathematician Of ht
Grafton.
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SOME INTERESTING CASES
OF MASOUERADINC THAT
DECEIVED MANY PEOPLE.

fishing smacks and a snug sum in the
Bank of France. Catherine Combs.
now living in an English poor house,
has for forty-three years passed as
Charles Wilson and had earned a good
living as mural painter and decora-
tor. One of the masters of an English
almshouse was woman who for
eighteen years donned mans attire.
Her identity was revealed through a
man who was brought to the institu-
ton and who hailed her as his long
lost wife.
There are several instances in recent
years where men have sought employ
ment as cooks in the dress of women
A man who called himself Christina
Becrens worked as cook for ten years
in the kitchens of New York house.
holds and earned especial commenda-
tions for culinary skill and neatness
He would not have been discovered in
his deception had he not indulged in a
drunken spree. in the course of which
he neglected to shave for several days.
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in long arm chair. The glass brought
things in the hill-station so near to her
that the sunlight dancing on the road
almost dazzled her. She could see two
or three carts coming down the hill
with their bullocks half asleep be-
tween the shafts. Barelegged English
children were playing in the walled
gardens across the valley and she
fancied she could hear the sound of
their childish laughter and queer un-
English conversation mingled with the
clutter Of fowls and the sharp clack
of the orderly's horse galloping by
them. Her Excellency," she thought,
has lost her handkerchief or dropped
pin and the orderly is on his. way
back to Government House for another
handkerchief or another PIN
A little farther along, the tonga
overlook and passed the governors s
carriage. The governor and her Ex-
cellency, lonely-faced Englishwoman,
were driving with one of the aid-de-
camps. They were attended by a
-body-guard of stalwart Mohammedan
sepays clad in gorgeous uniforms, car
rying long spears and mounted on
superb Arab hoyses. i. -.
There was glow. glamour and a
glitter about 1t all, that made 1t seem
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Sfunt's sllustratinu Of
8ts Bighest fnrtls.
Mhat IS Courage?

to boast, and to threaten him, while
the young braves kept up wild and
nerve-racking chorus of whoops and
yells. Thomson related what followed
in this way:
II was talking to old Red Wolf, and
telling him what would happen If he
let loose against the settlers. I was
talking fast, for they were sure enough
starting on the war-path, and knew
If they weren't stopped at the start,
the few of us at Fort Sill couldn't stop
them after they got going. I was
threatening him with the whole United
States army, and trying to make him
hear me, when the youngster from
West Point turned his head towards
me and grinned. Thomson he said,
who's your fat friend?' He had his
hands in his belt and his cigar in his
mouth, and he spoke so quiet that l
couldn't make out what he meant, but
he was looking behind me, so turned
and looked too. An old chief, weigh
ing about three hundred pounds, had
slipped off his pony and crept up be-
hind me, and was pointing his Win
chester at full cock just back of my
ear. When I turned my head the
muzzle punched me in the cheek. Now,
what / say is, that any man that
knows he's got to die can be cool and
funny about it himself, and let on he
don't care, but man who can be cool
and funny when his friend has got to
die is damned brave man." For the
benefit of those who want to know
what happened after that, I can only
tell them that Red Wolf interfered in
behalf Of Thomson. and that he and
the lieutenant were allowed to return
to Fort Sill, where for many years
after Thomson quoted the boy as be-
ing the bravest man Of his acquaint-
ance.
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residence in the Shah's country i'm
possible he boarded a pilgrim ship
bound frona Mecca to Bombay Short
ly after his arrival in Bombay, he
made his way across the country to
Hyderabad and became a punkahwol-
lah in the Nizams palace at a salary
of six rupees per month. He learned
Hindustan and was promoted to one
office after another until finally the
old Nizam made him the companion OF
the young prince, Mir Mabub Ali. The
prince and the beggar were about the
same age and soon became firm
friendE The heir to the throne, al
ready we'll spoiled by life, used to
beat Abid and order him to leave the
apartment, then he would call him
back, embrace him lovingly and
shower gold upon him. Abid took the
abuse meekly and saved the gold care
fully. In this way he became wealthy.
Then he started line of shops in
Hyderabad and became a dealer in
English goods, under the DISTINGUISHED
patronage of H. E. the Viceroy and
Governor-General of India and H. H.
the Nizam of Hyderabad His wealth
increased and his name became well
known all over India. Years after
ward Colonel Travers came out here
and went to hyderabad. Abid had Just
married an Englishwoman who had
renounced her faith and became a Mo-
hammedan in order to marry him. She
was woman who had formerly lived
in the colonePs household as his Wife's
companion and he recognized her at
once from the description given him.
She herself was kept curtain-hidden.
The other Mohammedan women were
kind to her but she was not happy in
Hyderabad. The constant confinement
told on her health and no doubt her
feeling Of isolation and remoteness
from her own country and her friends
and her God broke her heart. Abid.
who had money to crafty her every
whim, came here to the mountains
then and had this house built for her.
The lower rooms at the back are built
against the mountain. They are so
damp and dark that We keep them
closed altogether. There is a fernery
on the other end, where she used to
spend hours every morning This
summer-house was built to please her
and the garden filled with the flowers
she loved best. For all that, she was
never happy here and would have died
of homesickness If Abid had not taken
her away" Where did he take her."
the Englishman asked. HE took her
home" the story-teller replied, back
to old England. and he is living there
with her now" And your" he said.
Il am living in her garden and you
have come, just as you promised you
would come on the quai in Marseilles
that rainy Thursday. Do you remeni-
| ber?"
Il remember" he said, and then they
went in and dined on hump and curry
and good French wine.
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Yankees Win in GERMANY

One of the ways in which Germany
has been seeking to shut out American
goods from her markets is by refusing
advertisements Of things made in the
United States. Frank H. Mason, the
American consul general in Berlin, re-
ports to the state department that for
the last six years the German trade
papers have refused to publish adver-
tisements of American bicycles and
sewing machines. The tariff did not
shut out the American bicycles, so the
German manufacturers got together
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more unreal that day than ever. Tne
woman on the veranda dropped her
glass and prayed for thunderstorm.
for the sight of the mist driving over
Snowden and Dodabetta, for anything
that would interrupt the Nirvana or
the landscape.
so she must often have watched
and waited" she said aloud and then
because her mind and heart were full
of her she told the Englishman the
other woman's story over the tea-cups
in the summer house at the end Of the
garden path and in all India there is
no story and no garden like the story
and the garden that belong to Doda-
beta.
And this is the story the Englishman
heard over the tea-cups.
"A long time ago." the story-teller's
voice had a new and curious note OF
sympathy in it, when the Shah OF
Persia went to London to visit the
Queen, he took with him as inter-
prefer, an English officer who had long
been a resident at the Persian Court.
This officer, whose name was Colonel
Travers, had Persian dressing-boy
named Abd. The boy who was de-
voted to his master, begged to be al
lowed to accompany him. AS he spoke
English rather well and was in many
other ways, valuable servant. the
colonel yielded to his entreaties and
took him to England, placing him as
guard at one of the inner doors of the
Shah's apartments at Buckingham
Palace. Subsequently it was discov-
cred that no tradesman. jeweler, ship
builder or anyone else who wished to
enter into business relations with the
Persian ruler ever got beyond Abid's
door until they had lined the boys
palm with gold. AS a consequence, he
was dismissed in disgrace. He left
London and made his way to Alden.
Knowing that his dishonesty had made
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PAST AND PRESENT

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Sing no! for the days of old.
When the robbers bold and free
In the forest deep did vigil keep
Under the greenwood tree.
They cared not for law or rule:
Might was the law they knew;
And robbed at will DER dale and hill.
And spared when they pleased. or slew
Nor made they a specious plea
For the lustry trade they piled:
But free and bold in quest of gold
They robbing lived, and died.
And think not, tho times have changed,
That no highwaymen have we:
They're with us still. and work their
will,
But they move in Society"
Not paltry purse they snatch;
They are bolder now by far;
From the peoples feet they steal q
street,
And ride in a palace car.
If you walk, or ride, or fly,
Your tribute in full must pay;
For what you need they'll make you
bleed
They rob in a modern way.
If robbers you dared them name
They'd give you a scornful glance,
And let you know with naughty bow.
They were masters of finance"
Then no! for the thieves of DID,
Who posed not as "financiers";
But rough and rude in the shady wood,
Mocked at the travellers fears!
Philadelphia Record
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CURIOUS FlNNY CREATURE
FOUND IN NEW ZEALAND.

soil thoroughly wet, and put into a
tub Of water, curious thing happens,
After day or two 1t casts its skin,
which sinks to the bottom, and the fish
plays about bright and lively.
When dug up in summer there ap-
pears to be a growth of skin, or per-
haps of dry, gummy exudation,
which seals up the head and gills. Ap-
parently this enables it to aestivate
through the dry weather, and seals the
fish as an Indian fakir is sealed up be-
fore he goes In for a long burial.
OF course, in winter, there must be
marshy spots or pools in which the
fish can swim and propagate, but often
an evidence of such natation disap-
pears in summer, and the hot, dry, wa
terless plain seems the last place on
earth in which to find a fish.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-04-05

Unimaginative exactness-so the
Century dictionary defines Liberalism
may not always be the highest form
Of truth, but commercially it has COM
pensations. Some American manufac-
turers recently sent to their German
agent ten thousand show-cards In
which their agricultural machines
we're drawn by tigers. driven by an
airily attired goddess Of liberty. The
agent returned the cards with the crit
icism that neither in Germany were
tigers available nor adapted for draft
purposes, nor could such women as
work In the fields afford to dress as
seems to be the fashion In wonderful
America.
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The Story Of a House.

BY MARION THORNTON EGBERT.
Copyright, 1901: BY Daily Story Pub. Coz
If you enter the hill-station by the
ghaut road, there is really no other
way except the bride path through
the sholas, you pass the lake of Mar
limund lying low in the shadows that
fall from the mountain of Dodabetta,
across its lotus leaves and sedges, then
on along a rose bordered stretch of
road that leads to the foot of very
high hill. The government road goes
up the hill, which is the hill-station
until it reaches the top where the
English shops, the Assembly Hall and
the government buildings are grouped
together, then it wanders down the
other side, passing the old Cathedral
and the churchyard, swinging around
the little valley to the club and be-
yond that, to the tiny Mohammedan
mosque, where the faithful remember
their prayers.
At the end of the lake, the road is
lined with traps. The English men
and women are playing golf, while
their syces and coachmen are making
footprints in the white dust and dis
cussing the relative merits of their
masters establishments.
Beyond the links, the turn is made
and as the road comes gently down on
the other side of the lake. it slips
along under the shadow Of the hills
again, widening as it goes breakneck
hv tho Gymkhana and hank fptO the
rose-bordered stretch that leads to
Marlimund and Dodabetta.
High above this flowery way on the
side of the mountain itself, there is a
white wall and beyond the wall, a ter
raced garden and farther still bunga-
low, that seems to cling lovingly to the
mountain above. beneath and behind
it.
One day in June, before the mon
soon broke over the mountains, the
afternoon tonga dashed over the Mar
limund bridge, the driver waking the
mountain echoes with his horn and
came to full stop at the road that
leads to the bungalow.
Besides her Majesty's mails the
tonga carried a modern Englishman,
a griffin who wore his six-weeks-old
topi with the air of an old civilian.
He left the tonga and began to make
his way up the mountain side, plung-
ing through sholas where a wiser man
might have feared to venture.
Above, on the bungalow veranda, a
woman with fieldglass was sitting
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VALUE OF A GOOD sn,
Dr.. Pearsons, the Chicago phu..
Emphasizes IL

Dr.. Pearsons, the Chicago ph,,.
Emphasizes II.
In connection. with a rao...
lished interview with DR.. uu h
sons, known to Colorado neon,. Nj 4 \
his generous gifts to Colorsaass as ~ :
at Colorado Springs, the Cb,c'' S
ord says: 'casa
-Four things DR.. Pearson.
emphasized in his interyIew. z
portance Of college educatic, ~
young man, whatever his rm occur!S -
life is to be; the fact that hSpata hns,pa
industrial pursuits offer mosu s.u
GUS and greater opportunitIs0' ' ). ~
cess than do the professlops.' 4. -
field yet existing in the w.. "
young man of education ena. s
little or no capital otherwisa Y,
special value Of the small co,,a ~
compared with the big univers,.,es ,s
Of these points he fortifies in -s, ~.
view with information and M
highly interesting. His exn,ss!s
support of the proposition th,s
lege education should be sonoSs t
no matter what their aims Il III N.
particularly worthy Of applsr.. ~.
says in part: whether a yous. @
is to be a farmer, a mechanic '. y
trician or a railway man i. = |.
first Of all be college man. Sos
a college training is unnecessarr [ y
man who tills the soil, but -,
If a man is to be farmer bIs % ~
way to success is to start IN sssae sss
-Four years there and six wear,
teaching school will make voua.
able to buy a farm and start in H.
ing right. The man who follo.,
course is a farmer who can tss.
vantage Of all the opportunitIes ~ n
to him. We need educated farms.
public offices, and the right sort !
litical preferment will come first
college-bred man if he is n
sound"
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Audience Cheered Real Fight,

While doing cakewalk in Cincin-
natl theater an actress named Ger
trude Swiggert wore a pair of heavy
brogans. An unusually violent kick
threw off one of the shoes, which hit
the umpah man in the orchestra on
the nose. The musician, on the spur
OF the moment, threw it at the girl.
landing 1t neatly on her right eye
The girl fed from the stage and the
audience cheered. thinking 1t was all
part OF the show.
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HELP FOR WOMEN /
WHO ARE ALWAYS tn

II do not feel very well, ! Z
tired all the time. l do not know
IL the matter with me-"
You hear these words every dig
often as you meet your friends
often are these words repeated.
than likely you speak the same
cant words yourself. and no doul
do feel far from well most Of th
Mrs. Ella Rice, of Chelsea
whose portrait we publish, wrii1
she suffered for two years with !
ing-down pains, headache, b.d
and had all kinds Of miserable -
all Of which was caused by fallil
Inflammation Of the womb, nd
doctoring with physicians and
ous medicines she was entirelym
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-04-05

A London paper sums up the nine
teenth century in nutshell: "We re
ceived the goosequill, we bequeath the
typewriter" The steel pen is not men
toned. 1t is said that the sale of pens
has steadily decreased of late, and that
more than one manufacturer has been
driven out of business. In lone that
exeels the quirks of blazoning pens,
Cassie unmistakably foreshadowed the
}9ign Of the typewriter.
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A cup Of hot coffee is an unfailing
barometer, If you allow a lump OF
sugar to drop to the bottom of the cup
and watch the air bubbles arise with
out disturbing the coffee. II the bub-
bles collect in the middle the weather
will be fine; If they adhere to the cup,
forming a ring. it will either. rain OF
snow; and If the bubbles separate
without assuming any fixed position,
changeable weather may be expected
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1t is reported at the navy department

1t is reported at the navy department
that the battleship Illinois. now near
ing completion at the Newport News
shipyard, will be in readiness for her
trial trip about the middle of Febru-
ary. The trial would have been made
At an earlier date, but there was some
delay on account Of the armor plate
for the vesse1. Considerable interest
Is attached to the trial OF this ship, as
It is inttnated that she will exceed in
speed the records made by the Kear-
sarge AMI the Kentucky.
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In Sweden a very original idea is to
gather from near and far at the COM
mencement of the new century all
Bwedes, Norwegians and foreigners in
terested In sport and FOLKLORE. and to
pfKer them an opportunity of studying
the Scandinavian games and exercises,
which. like those Of the ancient
Greeks, largely contribute, to the,
strength. ndfdfhess ana agi1ity Of the
people. They can.;at: Ahs sads. time
fake coenizance Of the national music
nna DANCES, which help to keep the
pw61st and 'N6rEeeizhs ckesMaf ada
eententsd during their long winters.
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One of the Engineers.

A bridge on a western railroad had
been washed away and it was neces-
sary to replace it with a temporary
structure. The chief engineer and his
staff were ordered in hot haste to the
place, drafting room was established
in the nearby station, and the scene
became one Of great activity. Two days
later came the general manager to add
more pressure to the already tense sit
uation. Alighting from his private
car he encountered the master bridge
builder. The latter was type evolved
by the railroad situation of the last
generation-heavy handed. hard Of
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The Southern Cross (Buenos Ayres)
states that the existence of a lake OF
natural asphalt in the province of Ju-
1uy determined the Argentine minister
OF agriculture to have an analysis made
OF the material, which has turned out
to be of excellent quality. The Jujuy
asphalt in its natural state is said to
be Just as good as that used in the
paving Of Argentine streets.
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Lydia e. Pinkham's vegetsDs
pound.
If you are troubled win
fainting spells, depression q
reluctance to go anywhere, =
backache, and always tired,
member that there Is an
remedy which will relieve yM1
suffering as it did Mrs. Ric;
is monumental that Lydia ,
hams Vegetable Compouno
greatest medicine for suffering
No other medicine has made Y
that it has, and no other W.
helped SO many women by direc
as has Mrs. Pinkham /; her Ell
is greater than that OF any hH
son. If you are sick, wriN
her advice her address is Ly~
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-04-05

There are upward of 22,00c insane in
day, involving an outlay of $4,000, ,0O6
for hospital plants and equipments and
an annual expenditure of S5000,000 for
maintenance, repairs and improve
ments.
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All over the country land is being
reclaimed. In Louisiana engineers are
busy with plans for draining swamps,
which form practically three entire
parishes. A system of canals will be
Dug which will be eighty-five miles
long. The land to be cleared will have
the richest alluvial soil and will be
cultivated in cotton. rice and sugar.
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1t is believed by many that the dry
climate OF southern Oklahoma and the
southern district OF Indian Territory
is going to make all that section the
nome OF the finest grades of cotton.
During the season it has developed
that the cotton grown in the Choctaw
Nation was of an extra good fibre,
grading above the average and in great
demand for export.
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head. with some knowledge Of books
and vast experience. John" said
the manager, and the words quivered
with energy, II want this job rushed.
Every hours delay costs the company
money. Have you got the engineers
plans for the new bridge?" Colonel"
said the old man (the engineer student
Will learn early in his career that the
general manager of railroad never
ranks lower than coloneD-"Colonel,
l don't know whether the engineer has
got the picture drawed yet or Lot, but
the bridge is up. and the trains are
passing over 1t. Montreal Herald and
Star.
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Prof. c. H. Eigenmann has discoy-
cred a new type of cave salamander,
an active creature about four inches
long, with protruding eyes and a tail
longer than its body. speckled brown
and yellow, and the peculiar formation
~ Its feet enables it to climb vertical
walls of glass and even move like fly
across the ceiling.
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Henrik Ibsen has been living for hall
year in great seclusion at Sander
jord. Norway, preparing the material
for a new work. Asked If he intended
to remain in Norway, he said: "Yes
in all probability. My correspondence
is SO extensive that this alone would
make it inconvenlent to change my
address,"
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THE MARBLE TIMES
AND
CRYSTAL SILVER LANCE
MARBLE, COLORADO.

An electric railroad between Rome
and Naples is proposed, the line beng
1873 miles long. The idea is to furnish
fast trains, with frequent service.
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and declared that they would patronize
no paper devoted to the bicycle trade
which took advertisements of Amer
can wheels. Several German manu-
facturers of bicycles are also manufac-
turers Of sewing machines, and they
decided to include those in the boycott
list. At first there was considerable
damage done to the American trade,
but after awhile the Yankee traders
flooded Germany with gorgeous post
ers and taking" circulars, and now
are in a position to ignore the German
trade papers-which they do.