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Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-11
A Critical Moment.

Sir Edward Malet's shifting Scenes"
carries the reader to Egypt at stirring
time in the history of the young
khedve, and shows how courage won
the day for him. When the moment
came for the bOmbardment of Alex
andria the young khedive refused to
take shelter on board an English man
Of-war. saying that his lot lay with
his people.
He was khedive in nOthiLg but name,
the whole power having passed into
the hands of the rebels, and his chances
of escape We're hardly greater than
those Of martyr in a Roman arena
before the wild beasts We're uncaged.
They did not send wild beasts to tear
him, but they did send a captain and
his company with orders to dispatch
him. The wit aud presence OF mind
OF the khediye changed what was in
tended to be the supreme tragedy of
the revolution into a comedy.
He saw the band Of soldiers coming
toward the palace. When they ar
rived. prepared for resistance. and in
tending to break in the doors. they
found the aide-de-camp of the khedive
at the foot of the great staircase. He
met them civilly and told them that
the khedive was expecting them and
that he had given orders that they
should at once be conduetd to his
presence.
Half-sobered by the unexpected re-
ception, the soldiers mounted the grand
staircase and were ushered into the
presence Of the man they had been sent
| TO murder. He stood alone. calm and
/ unhurrled, in the centre of the great
reception hall He at once addressed
them, telling them that he knew the
errand ON which they had come, but
that before they carried out their in
structions, he, like every man con
demned to die, had a right to speak.
To this they agreed. and he pro
ceeded to explain the situation with &
quiet good sense that won their at
tention. He told them that In the Ions
run the greater power must conquer
that as matters stood he had the pledg'
Of the English to maintain him a
khediye. but that if he no longer ex
listed, they would be likely to tax
the country for themselves; and tina
therefore from patriotic point of view
they had better let him live.
After discussing the matter at som
length in this strain. he proceeded L
play his last card. He told the office
In charge that he would at once rails
him in rank, and confer on him tn
order Of the Medjidie. With regard [
the soldiers who accompanied him. b
would constitute them bis persona
body-guard at that moment. as the
might already have perceived that b
was very much In want Of soldiers.
Thus it came about that the littl
! band which had come to kill RENAME
, TO bless.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-11
Moot Point Of Law.

An English writer gives a good exam
pie of those bubbles In legal practice
that have a sort of fascination for
certain minds Some years ago. while
travelling on the Continent, he met the
principal lawyer for the government
of one of the prlncipalities, who told
him of a curious legal question. II had
reference to a railway station at the
boundary between two principallties.
Some one standing outside the win
dow of the ticket Office put his hand
through and robbed the till inside. The
boundary line lay between where the
thief stood and the till, so that be was
actually in one territory, while the
crime was committed in the other.
Here was a nice nut for the gentlemen
learned in the law to crack. Which of
the principalltIes should undertake the
prosecution of the culprit?
AT it they went in good earnest, and
the arguments on either side were
long and vehement, till the whole case
was embalmed in many volumes. AT
last one side yielded so far as to say:
"We will permit you, as an act of
courtesy, to prosecute. while at the
same time reserving all our sovereign
rights"
AT this point of the recital I asked,
"And how did the prosecution endY
"Ahl that is quite another matter"
said my friend There was no prose
cution; we were only arranging what
we should do when we caught the rob-
ber; but we never caught him
Youths Companion.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-11

One day at recess, when the school
yard was a clamor OF voices, the young
master hard a sudden lull. Looking
out the window he saw the children
lined up against the fence watching
teamster, who was stupidity trying to
whip his horse up the hill that ran
past the school The wagon was load
ed heavily with garden stuff and the
horse was doing his best to no purpose
Suddenly one Of the boys went into
the street. and evidently demonstrated
with the driver For answer he got an
ugly slash of the whip. and reeled back
holding his hands over his eyes.
This was too much for Levenworth.
He ran down stairs and out across the
playground. COolly pushing a stone
under the wheel with his foot he COM
manded the teamster, a gaunt. sinewy
man. to come of his seat.
The fellow grew hostile at once, and
obeyed Jumping down he approached
the schoolmaster. ready and eager for
fight. and heated to dangerous anger
by his struggle with the horse.
II was a real. Old-fashioned fight,
with the power of anger and excite.
ment on one side and skill, backed by
those almost infalllble allies, right and
justice, on the other,
There was enough left Of the teams
ter to drive his horse, while a dOzeu
boys put their shoulders to the wheels
aud pushed the wagon to the top Of
the hill
The pupil whose task it was to ring
the bell for the end Of recess was a
minute late that day. The teacher
was late too. 1t took him little time
to put his clothes in order and wash
his face and hands. Meanwhile the
school assembled not without some
noise and excitement, and took their
seats. They were subdued and or
derby when LevenwOrth came in and
walked to his desk.
Before he had time to be seated. and
as If by a precOncerted signal. the pu-
pills began to applaud. Discipline and
mOdesty made the teacher try to stop
them. 1t was useless. so he smiled.
Then they cheered. The disorder of
the next minute was quite against the
rules, but nobody received a black
mark on the schOOlmaster's department
book. and after that, to LevenwOrth' &
surprise. there was a new and warm
friendship in the bearing of the boys
toward him.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-11
Protecting Game in Minnesota.

In Outing, Leonidas Hubbard, Jr.,
has a notable article on game con-
ditiOns in Minnesota which will also
be read with interest by sportsmen in
other States. Mr.. Hubbard says:
''The ingenuity displayed by ship
pers Of game is really Of high order
Quail, grouse and prairie chickens can
not be sold lawfully in Minnesota.
But they have been shipped from the
State In a dozen illegal ways. Once
consignment of rabbits was exam
lned by the officials, and 1t was found
that each rabbit had been opened, and
sewed up again after a quail had been
placed inside. Likewise quail and
other forbidden birds were found in
cans labeled condensed milk, In bales
of hay and in bedding.
"Mr Hubbard hopes that some sort
Of cooperation by the Government
can be arranged which will prevent
game slaughter by the Indians. There
are a number Of reservations in Min
nesota. From these the braves arc
stealing at all seasons to kill game.
Indians are hard men to keep track
OF, and their influence Is bad, for set
tiers are reluctant to obey laws when
Indians violate them With impunity"
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-11
A Fightlnr sehoolma .ter.

The experience of a college graduate.
named Levenworth. who taught for
year in a little Western town. is an ex-
ample of the way in which a teacher
sometimes wins the admiration Of his
pupils quite Unexpectedly.
Levenworth was not a teacher by
nature or profession, but. as many men
have done, he spent a year teaching to
get money enough to help himself
through the law school. He was a
hearty, clear-minded fellow. who kept
rather aloOf from the townspeople.
The local paper spoke of him as hav-
ing had a promising career in col
lege.'
Part OF this promising career had, as
It happened, been spent in athletics
He had learned to box and wrestle
and had won his class championship
In the art which. from its unfortunate
association with the prize ring, has
not so good a reputation among tn,
peaceful as, in It's legitimate form, !
deserves.
His school was quiet and orderly
from the start, but he found It hare
work to get on intimate terms will
the twenty boys under him. The.
obeyed at a distance, but did not shOv
much personal friendship for him.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-11
rhe plsadrnntares or HeroI.m.

1t would be a good thing If in our
public schools courses in herolsm to
teach our boys and girls that, after
all, while herOlsm is a fne thing and a
great thing, it is a most uncomfOrta-
bic thing and that possibly, on the
whole, the best and most lasting work
that is accomplished in life comes from
a steady application OF ones best en-.
ergies to a noble purpose, meeting With
honest and patient effort the emergen
cles and vexatiOns OF daily life, and
holding true to the middle course
which assures success without bring
ing nOtOriety A fixed purpose to do
well that which one has to do will
in the end bring laurels Of more per-
manent value to the world at large,
and 10 the unheralded hand that
achieves its purpose. than those which
are even worthily bestowed upon the
brow Of him who avalls himself OF an
unusual chance in an abnormal fash
ion --Harper's Weekly.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-11
PoINrs on RAIslNc bee.
A Texas Man who Says It Can Be Done
with Ease and PROFIT.

with Ease and PROFIT.
0. A. Seward has presented the Fire
Department Of Brenham, Texas. with
a pair OF deer which the fremen win
place In their beautiful park. Mr..
Seward has a private park in cOnnec-
ton with his residence, and has been
successful In raising deer for several
years. He at present has nine head,
all fat and healthy.
He stated to the correspondent that
deer were as little trouble to raise as
sheep, and with proper provision and
attention could be raised for the mar
ket just as successfully and extensive
ly. He feeds his on common prairie
hay and a little shelled corn once
day. He further stated that they ate
no grass unless forced to eat 1t. and
he found them useful in keeping down
all kinds of weeds and shrubs around
his lot. NIr. Seward says further that
the prevailing opinion that a fence
ten or twelve feet high is required
around an inclosure to keep deer Is
mistake. When captured half grown
and wild they win jump a high fence,
but when they are raised on the
place fence four or five feet
high is entirely sufficient. More, they
will become strongly attached to their
native heath, and it is hard to make
them leave It, Supporting this asser-
ton. he said sometimes his would
escape from his park through a gate
accidentally left open, and In a few
hours would become so anxious to re-
turn that they would leap the fence to
get back if the opening through which
they made their escape happened to be
closed
The only trouble he has ever had
In all the years he has been raising
deer was with the old stays. In their
old age they become vicious. not only
toward people. but with each other as
well. Several years ago one of his
old stays became so refractory that 1t
was unsafe to the home folks as well
as to the herd to keep him. He there
fore made the hunters around Bren-
ham a present Of him. He was carried
to the woods three miles north Of town,
turned loose, given a good start, and
twenty or thirty hounds put on his
track For several hours the woods
around town resounded with the cry
of hounds and the sound of horns and
made the old Texan feel as If the
wheel of time had revOlved backward,
and that the country in respect to
game was what it used to be sixty
years ago.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-11
Mere Opinion.

The millennium will have arrived
when street railway companies begin
receiving conscience money from peO-
pie who rode without paying their
fares.
After a girl has Oeen referred to in
print as a beauty" 1t is pretty hard to
get her to return to the old belief that
life Is a dreary waste.
When d woman begins to have q
double chin she ceases to hate to rec
ognize her grandchildren In public.
The rich old man who had only $40
In his pocket when he was married.
always thinks his daughter deserves
something much better than her
mother got.-Chicago RecOrd-Herald.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-11
Hia nInninnI nnr-

Talking Of bands, a Snowman at
Barnstaple, in North Devon recently
put outside his show the following
notice, Come and see the Musical
Dog. Admission, I'd" A good many
people, attracted by this invitation
paid the sum and entered the tent
where a big dog, wearing a huge metal
collar. was crouching in corner
After waiting for a while the audience
grew impatient and called to the show
man, asking when the performance
was going to begin. The Snowman
seemed very much surprised at their
request and exclaimed as he edged
toward the entrance:
why, there's the musical dogw-
pointing to the mastiff Cant yer
see the brass band round his neck ~
Rochester Post-Express.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-11
his Eve was a Glas, one.

A nan the other day went to Bos-
ton dentist to have a tooth extracted.
and decided to take gas. The doctor
administered the hypnotic and the man
soon appeared to be under its influence,
but he continued to keep one eye open.
This worried the doctor. and he gave
the man more gas; still the eye re-
NAMED open. shut that eye" said the
doctor finally. losing patience. Cant"
said the Ian in a drOwsy voice; Its
glass"
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-11
The Trnthful Debtor.

Long-"Say, Short, I'd like to have
that $40 you borrowed Of me three
months ago"
Short-"Sorry, old man, but l can't
give 1t to you at the present writing"
Long-"But you said you wanted IL
for a little while only"
ShOrt-"Well, I gave 1t to you
straight. / didn't keep it half an hour"
Chicago News.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-11
His Descendants.

at is a shame" remarked the Ouch.
ess of Broadacres. ITO see you thus
squander your noble patrimOny."
"A truce TO complaintsr' said the
Duke. "Wil l not leave my title to
my descendants2 If they are in need
let them marry heressesg'
And, in a bold hand. be appended his
signature to another mortgage. Brook
lyn Life.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-11
A Delicate Point.

"It seems to make ScaddingtOn's wife
as mad as a hornet every time he
boasts that he began at the foot and
worked his way up
"Well, he started in as a bOOtblacks
you knOw."-Chlcago Record Herald.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-11
A JustlflabIs ConoIusIon .

81 don't think a prince is any better
than the average man." said tn, some.
what violent statesman.
"Well, If your opinion o the average
nan isn't any better than that which
you express of the prince you must
be a very mlsanthropic person, -
Washington Star.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-11
sruls arorlnr a New uonr.

Some time ago q mule belonging
to John Thompson, a stock dealer. ac-
cidentally tore It's left hind foot en-
tirely OF. The leg was placed in a
sling, and the mule is now growing
a new hOof It is about an inch long.
indianapolis News
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-11
No sympathy rhara.

II am going to marry your daughter.
sir said the positive young man to
the father.
"Well, you don't need to come to me
for sympathy" replied the father Il
have troubles Of my Own"-Ohlo State
Journal.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-11
A oarsful Opfnlon .

"Our party has a great future said
the political enthusiast.
We'll" answered the pessimist
"There isn't any doubt about its fu'
ture being all right as to quantity.
But don't know about the quality
Washington STAR
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-11
Thn Idan.

Father-"Marle, wish you would
ask that young Perkins why he doesn't
go home earlier"
Daughter-"What an idea, papaI-'
lust as IL he doesn't knowH'-Puck-
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-11
Truths Chances.

Willlam-"The idea Of his calling his
book an historical novel! 1t doesn't
agree with history even in the slightest
particular"
Frederick "And so may b. quite
true. Boston Transcript.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-11
Has Been.

An Engllshman went into restan.
rant in a New England town and was
served for his first course with deli.
cacy unknown to him. SO he asked
the waiter what it was and the waiter
replied:
'It's bean soup" sir" whereupon
the EngIshman in high indignation
responded:
II don't care what it's been want
to know what It isv' Philadelphia
Times.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-11
His BIZ.

"Your young nephew William ap-
pears to think he knows much more
than he really does know"
"Yes, be is a Bill that is stuck up,
but not Bill that is posted. Boston
Transcript.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-11

] 7 -
French scientific journals report that
small room renews it's air through the
walls in an hour. with twenty-five de-
grees difference between the outdoor
and inner temperature.
An automobile truck is now EN-
oloyed for moving iron safes. 1t has
two prOpelling motors and third ele-
Yates the safe to its place in the build
Ing. 1t requires three men and six
and half minutes to place safe on
seventh floor. Formerly 1t required
eight men two and a half hours.
1t Is reported from Vienna that a
resident of that place, named August
Matitsch. has devised a lacemaking
machine. which is said to produce lace
which Is indistinguishable from the
handmade article Many attempts
have. we believe been made TO con
struct such a machine, but heretofore
without success. Ii is now believed,
however that a machine has been de-
vised which will be practically sue
cessful. and will supersede hand labor
in this work.
One of the German electrical papers
recently described an electrical plant
in Norway for the manufacture of turf
coal. 1t is stated that about fifty tons
Of turf are treated daily. The plant
consists Of twelve retorts, or furnaces,
in which the heat is produced electri
cally Turf which has previously been
pressed to free it from the greater
parts Of its moisture is distilled in
these furnaces, producing a number OF
by-prOducts. as well as a very pure turf
charcoal which may be used as sub
stitute for charcoal Of wood. or for pit
coal. The by-products are a gas suit
able for heater purposes, tar residue
from which ammonium sulphate and
methylacOhol are obtained, a gas oil
and some parafHne.
An ingenious device is now success.
fully used in France by which the
speed of n train may be seen at any
moment by the engineer. 1t consists
Of a centrifugal pump driven by one
of the locomotive axles. which sends
water from the tender into n small cy.
Under. There the water raises a pis.
ton against the pressure Of a spring.
and moves up or down in proportion
to the speed of the train An auto
matte registering device records the
varying speed. so that it's rate may be
read at any moment by the engine.
driver. or engineer, as we call him in
this country This device is also a
safety appliance, for when the speed
rises above fixed limit the piston acts
upon lever. which throws on the air
brakes.
The dre-resisting qualities of con.
crete, when enforced with steel, as
used In modern factory construction,
were recently tested in a fire occurring
in a large New Jersey manufacturing
plant. The walls. which were four
stories high and 100 feet long, were
built entirely of concrete, strength
eheu Ny eHDSuuSu StSVA tue hVOlS aHD
columns being Of similar construction.
The fire started in wooden elevator
shaft and burned this and a few
wooden stairways and the roof, but
owing to the absence of in1ammable
material it never became a very hot
fire." With the exception of the de-
struction Of a panel OF two in the
floors, where particularly heavy loads
were concentrated, and the burning Of
the roof. which was entirely of wood,
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-11
Ths Modern Finanelsr.

1t is a pleasant place, this earth,
I'm glad | chanced to try It.
1t can't cost more than it is worths
And so | guess III buy it,
Washington Star
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-11

An automobile truck is now EN-
oloyed for moving iron safes. 1t has
two prOpelling motors and third ele-
Yates the safe to It's place in the build
Ing. 1t requires three men and six
and a half minutes to place safe on
seventh floor. Formerly 1t required
eight men two and a half hours.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-11

French scientific journals report that
small room renews it's air through the
walls in an hour, with twenty-five de-
yrees difference between the outdoor
and inner temperature.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-11

IL ~ NE spring we got caught
in a log jam on the Sara
nae River" said E. G.
MI "a pr-st.r...-o. -,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-09
: said the Old Residenter.

House" said the Old Residenter.
You need not call ii that unless you
want TO. said Joel If you choose, you
may speak of 1t as the Home Tor Aged
Persons who got Foolish WIN thelr
Fountain Pens.
So Joel put his Father into the spring
Wagon and hauled him over the HIS
10 the Charity Pavilion where all the
Old Gentleman had to do was TO SIT
around in the Sun looking at the PIC
lures in last years Illustrated Papers
and telling what a Chump he had been.
Eat sometimes Man is not all IN
simply because he looks TO be wrlnkled
and dodderng. JoeTs Father had few
Thines coming to him. Although he mad
been doubIe-crossed and put through the
Ropes he still had a Punch left He sent
for A Lawyer who was even more CRAFTY
than the one employed by joel and he
said TO him: There is a Loop-Hole IN
every Written Instrument. il one only
knows how 70 find it. want you 10 set
aside that fool Deed.
Next Day the Lawyer came Tor MN III
. double-seated Carriage and said; Ihey
forgot to put on a Revenue stamp ana
so the Transfer is on.
And do I get all Of my Property back
again :" asked the Old ReSidenter.
You get half and I get half. was the
Reply of the Lawyer.
Give me NINE, said the Old Resi-
denter I'm from Wisconsin and
7 want il in the Hand. Whatever l own
from this time on. carry right IN my
Clothes end any Relative who separates
me from it will have to set h Request
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-09
Church work Drove Her Cray.
- York Heraldl

Excessive work for a church IS the
cause which a husband gave for ask
ing that his wife be committed to Belle
vue hospital for examination as 70 her
sanity. Her zeal in church work, he
says has undermined her constitution
and her mind.
Lafayette L. Deming, Z years old,
an insurance broker. appeared before
Magistrate Mott, in the Harlem police
court. last week. He is the husband
and his wife, Amelia, is 50 years CT
age.
His wife was beside him when he
appeared in court. The husband ex-
planned to the magistrate that he be-
lieved his wife to be insane, and said
that he wishes to make sure. If IL were
true he said, he would have her com
mitted and provide for her in some pri-
vate institution.
Mrs. Deming has long been a hard
working member of the Ladies Aid So
ciety of the Holy Trinity Episcopal
church. She has been the leader III
many of the entertainments given and
earnest in keeping up the organization.
During the last six weeks she is said
to have been subject to fits OF mental
alteration. She wandered about the
house at night, and believed that per
sons were logging and prosecuting her
Every ring at the bell she believed a
confrma ton Of this Authorization.
She was taken to the insane pavilion
at Bellevue. and will be examined
| there