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NUr1BER 1.
IT ANIMALS AND DISEASE.
Serious Throat Affections Dissemf-
nnfed by the Parrot.


The newspapers of New York have
published the interesting details OF a
prominent society woman's display OF
affection for her dying and dead par
rot. There was even question, it seems,
Of an expensive funeral. with many Of
the accessories usually accorded to
those higher in the scale Of being. The
parrot is said to have died of severe
throat disease. According 10 one OF
the New York papers, owing to the
swollen and in1amed condition OF the
birds throat it was unable to talk and
seems also to have been unable to
swallow. Notwithstanding this, the
family is said to have bestowed many
caresses upon the ailing bird.
1t may be as well to remind foolish
individuals whose affections ARE so per
yerted that there is a very contagious
disease which attacks especially the
throats Of parrots and which on a
number of occasions has Eccn commu-
nicated to human beings wiki serious
and even fatal results I his disease,
called psittacosis, from thc Greek word
for parrot, was first studied about five
years ago in Paris during an epidemic
that developed in that city and was
for a long time n mystery II attending
physicians. Altogether about sixty hui
man beings were ATTACKED by the dis
ease during one winter. and Of these
about 40 per cent died. 1t is very prob
able that pet animals are vehicles for
the distribution of good many more
diseases than has been thought. Dis
ease germs very seldom travel through
the air. though this is pOp"larly sup.
posed to be the usual methcd Of con.
veyance for microbes. Flies mosqui-
toes, birds, pet animals OF various
kinds, are undoubtedly quite often the
medium of contagion.
The more is known Of the biology CT
disease germs and Of the intermediate
host between man and man the more
is it realized that usually living things
and not inanimate objects are the car
riers Of infectious material Some time
we will reach stage OF civilization
in which it will be realized that wild
extremism in making pets Of animals.
denaturalizing their lives and making
them liable to all the ills of humanity
besides their own, is a relic Of savagery
and is too often a manifestation Of that
barbaric selfishness of spirit that de-
lights in slaves. When this bit of un-
thinking primevality is done away
with we shall have less of the morbid
spirit that fosters antiviyisection and
similar movements. - American Medi-
oina
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A nnId RerCnr.

A story Of King Christian and an en-
terprisng beggar is going the rounds
in Copenhagen The king takes habit
ually an early morning walk, accom-
panied by Prince Waldemar and his
favorite dog.
Recently during one Of these walks
a ragged man with all the typical cring-
ing of beggar approached him.
"Well," said the king, what is it?'
"Dare | ask your majesty for your
portrait as a mementoY said the beg
gar humbly.
Naturally the king was both sur
prised and pleased at this declaration
Of loyalty, but regretted that he did
not carry his portraits about with him.
Pardon me, your majesty" retorted
the tramp slyly; "if you will look in
your purse, you will probably find
Onew
The king, amused at this novel way
of asking for aims, gave the man two
crowns, but the police, to whom such
smartness does not commend itself,
have duly marked" the man.
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She Didn,t Go to School.

Recently a Duluth minion Of the law
had occasion to visit a family living in
the west end. He wanted to see the
man of the house; but, as he was not
in, he sat down and waited in the
kitchen. A young girl, apparently
about twelve years old, was busying
herself kneading bread.
The officer watched the proceeding
for some time when he remarked,
Don't you 20 to SCHOOL,"
"No; | stopped school some time
ago"
II should think that girl Of your
age would want to get as much educa-
ton as possible before taking the re-
sponsibility attending household du-
ties"
"Yes, maybe"
"But why don't you go to school,
thenY
"Well," she stammered. because my
husband thinks | had better stay at
home"
Then the officer looked out Of the
window. and the conversation came to
an end.-Duuth News-Tribune.
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SnccnsSfnI Co-onernfion.

The Rochdale cooperative stores In
England are doing the largest mercan-
tile business Of any concern in the en-
tire world. The membership there
reaches nearly 100000 and, with their
families, numbers nearly 100000
people.
They are operating about $500 retail
stores and did a retail business last
year Of over $2JO000,000, returning to
the members S4OOO0,OOO in dividends.
They employ over 100000 people In
their various lines of business.
They have scores Of thriving facto-
ries and several enormous wholesale
houses.
They have many ocean steamers that
dc their business all over the world.
They do an annual banking business
of over $17j.OOOOO0.
They have built over $4,000 homes
for their people and have acquired mil
lions of dollars worth Of property OF
various kinds for various purposes.
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Laugh, and the world laughs with
you; weep, and the world laughs at
tOu.-St. Louis Star.
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MauRIing a Hymn.

In the course Of a recent debate in
the British house Of lords Lord Rib
blesdale contributed a touch Of humor
In attempting to quote From Green
lands Icy Mountains" He steered
safely through the first line, mangled
the second and failed altogether at
the third.
But he is not the first great man
whom the hymn has tripped up. One
famous parsonage fell over the first
line. "From Iceland's greasy noun
tains," he began, and got no further.
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Tho Eternn1 Hnrvest Home.

But the most precious sheaf garnered
by the Christian sower and reaper is
the joyful realization that all the har-
vests which result from all the differ
ent Christian paintings shall be gath
cred at last into the granaries Of heay-
en-. 1t matters not how many immor-
tai men and women and children may
be saved, nor whether they are rich or
poor, black or white, Jew or gentle,
Protestant or Catholic, they shall all
find room for themselves in heaven.
All who will accept Christ and throw
themselves upon his pardon and love
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The silcuf OF Conlentment.

Another precious sheaf which IS gar
nerad by tie Christian reaper is the
shcaf cf contcntment. the willingness
10 I've happily in that field Of life in
which be has been placed by God. If
man does not mingie with the poor
and the troubled, tie sick and the suf-
fering. lie never fully realizes how
good and kind and loving God has been
to linn. If man does not visit tie
s,cLroom and try to carry there com
fort and good cheer to the wan invalid,
he never fully appreciates the bless
ings of health unless perhaps he HIM
self has been carried into Il hospital
Then, while recovering from serious
sickness, he has seen intense suHerings
and agonies such as may be witnessed
in almost every ward of a large hos
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5kA TIE SUMNER PzAY>S Spells 0:,lMERu4vF PRESIDENTS Y

or liking for outdoor life than Grover
Cleveland, TO whose persistent pursuit
of this fad may perhaps be attributed
his robust health and his present dis
tinotion as our only living ex-president.
He is not i'm the truest sense "A sports
man, but he lis "A gunner and a fisher
man born. When in the White House,
he frequently INDUCED his passion for
both kinds of sport slipping off in a
government steamer for the hunting
grounds of Currituck or stealing down
the Potomac In pursuit OF fish. He has
never IL is believed. shot anything lar
ger than duck nor caught any speci-
men OF the finny tribe larger than
bluefsh, but whoever has read his DE
fense of Fishermen" published I'm n
popular magazine last year, will be able
10 understand how he can lie for hours
behind blind on the watch for ducks
flying northward 20 their breeding
grounds or sit all day i'm the broilng
sun in a boat or on the bank of
stream angling for fish
President Harrison made his summer
home at Deer Park, Md, i'm the Ale-
ghanles, where he had a cottage. AS a
hardworking student OF international
law he lost no opportunity for adding 10
his knowledge; hence he had few days
OF leisure. But he had the Keen sports
mans instinct and liked 10 look along
the sights Of a gun as we'll as TO fish oc-
casionally with the rod. The 1st OF Sep
tember. as soon as the game restriction
was OFF, he went on a duck shooting ex-
cursion TO North Carolina.
President Mckinley was another man
too absorbed in work TO give much at
tention to recreation. He was above
all else. student. and a diligent one.
feeling always that time was too pre-
cious TO be wasted in idleness. He was
always known as the busiest man In
Canton. o., where he made his home
and where he mainly spent all the time
he could spare from his work at the
White House. In fact, he always car
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allied TO the 'bluest blooded family" I'm
the United States the Duers. IL gained
for him beauty. wit and happiness. IL
laid at the feet OF his bride the treasures
OF orient and occident and enabled her
To crafty her love for rare gems and
Jewels that are almost priceless. Her
beauty is of the oriental type, her dark
eyes and hair being matched by a per-
feet face and figure of exquisite con-
tours. She was one of the Duchess of
Marlboroughs bridesmaids. moves in
societys highest circles and is a de-
scendant OF Lady Catherine Duer and
Lord Sterling. with traditions going
back to the remotest past.
The romance attendant upon the un-
ion OF Clarence Mackay and his bride
dates from a first meeting at sea. IL is
said, and was a case of love at first
sight After their marriage they built
one of the handsomest and most expen-
sive residences i'm America. so vast as
TO have received and merited the name
of palace and so elegant that II has
been admired by the nobility OF Europe
Young Mrs. Mackay's doting father-in-
law presented this house and an estate
of 700 acres OF land to his blue blooded
favorite. formerly Kitty Duer. and felt
proud as peacock at being allowed TO
do so. Even as her mother-in-la had
declared she should have the finest jew
els I'm America, so the father-in-law
made his boast that his sons wife
should have the most beautiful resi-
dence. And his boast was made good
when. after the expenditure of more
than $1,000 900. the stately mansion. or.
rather, palace. rose from above it's site
at Roslyn. dominating the highest point
OF Long Island.
Beautiful Harbor Hill. as II Is called,
vies with George Vanderbilts Biltmore
in magnincence and equals ~ for gran
deur OF position. though lacking the
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ried his work with him wherever no
went, and the coy home at Canton
where he and his beloved wife dwelt
when not In Washington was always
the scene OF busy activities. He has
been called physically paradox be-
cause he always enjoyed remarkably
good health and possessed great es.aur-
ance yet rarely took any exercise III.
acting on the advice OF his physician.
he walked half a mile In a day once a
week, he would imagine he had per-
formed quite feat OF pedestrianism.
friend relates OF him. His life was SIM
pie and unaffected. devoted to labor and
good works and hallowed by his love
for mother, wife and home. -.
Mckinley's successor, President
Roosevelt, Is, as is well known, not
only a preacher Of muscular Chris
tianity," but practicer of IL. 1t is
hardly necessary To refer to his love
for all healthy outdoor sports, for as n
hunter. rider and pedestrian he has
shown supreme excellence. He is the
keenest sportsman president we have
had since Washington. His love for ex-
ercise amounts to a passion, and his
desire TO be out of doors as much az
possible accounts for his early removal
from the heats OF Washington 10 the
shades of Sycamore Hill. oyster Bay.
where he and his family could indulge
their liking for riding, bathing and
fishing to the full.
EGBERT l.. MANTON
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= M PhE5EN7 HE4D OF TIE MACK4Y ENTERPRISES =

Carefully educated and given unlim-
tied funds to use as he liked. young
Mackay was early accustomed 10 the
manipulation of the ''needful," of which
his father as the Dublin born son of
poverty knew so little in his youth.
Fortune favored this young man from
the very first. but i'm no instance were
it's favors so conspicuously shown as i'm
the bestowal upon him Of one Of Amer
ica's fair daughters as a wife. In May,
1883. he led TO the altar Miss Katherine
Duer, the handsome, witty. wealthy.
highborn daughter OF aristocratic par
'tnts, whose ancestry is one of the
proudest In this country. The Duers
trace their lineage back to the time Of
William the Conqueror and have been
a force i'm American society for many
generations. The Mackays trace their
ancestry back to a time. about forty
years ago, when the paternal progenitor
struck 10 rich" i'm mines and married a
pretty little widow who kept a boarding
house i'm Nevada City. Riches continu-
ing to pour I'm upon the founder Of the
line, he and his wife went into retreat
for a time and then emerged cultured
and educated. They conquered society
in the chief American cities, then went
abroad. where Mr.. Mackay became a
power In finance and Mrs. Mackay a
leader In Partisan society. Mrs Mack
ay's daughter by her first marriage
was married TO an Italian prince OF un-
doubted ancestry. but left him when he
was found 60 be luxury too expensive
even for a millionaire TO maintain.
A son OF the Mackays was killed I'm
Paris few years ago. and now that
the elder Mackay is dead the repre-
sentative Of the family until the Ital-
ian princelet comes OF age is the sub
ject Of this article. The magic of Midas
wrought the Transformation by which
the son of an Irish emigrant became
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teristic pose as the silent man" even
when pursuing his recreations. When
I'm summer the political arena was shift
ed from Washington 10 Long Branch.
Grant smoked as hard as ever and in
dulged freely I'm his favorite pastime Of
driving a pair OF fast steppers. lie is
said To- have made the reputation OF
Long Branch. which during his admin
istrations was practically the nations
summer capital.
President Hayes, like most OF his
predecessors was not given to recrea-
tion for recreation's sake, spending his
summers mainly at Fremont o., where
he aimed TO create a model home. AS
early as 1872 ne had begun the work OF
improvement by setting out more than
a thousand trees. He returned 20 this
home after his term had expired I'm
1881 and still interested himself In the
work of beautifying Sprugel Grove, as
IL was called
President Garhelds joyous nature
found expression i'm frequent romps
with his boys when at the White
House, he and they having INDUCED I'm
a pillow fight. IL is said, the very even
ing before he was shot. on the morning
or that fateful day--July 2. lSSl-when
the base assassin shot him down Pres
ident Garfield started out on ten days
trip 10 and through New England. Like
Lincoln, he was killed almost at the
very moment he had thrown off all
cares and was seeking recreation, and.
like him. he was taken back TO the
White House from which he had
emerged. but short time before in
health and buoyant spirits.
President Arthur was more given to
society life and clubs than athletics or
exercise, and his vacations were spent
mainly at fashionable resorts. He had
no pronounced fad except one for fas-
tidious dressing, and he gave Inremit-
ting attention 10 the duties OF his po-
sition. summer and winter alike.
No one Of our presidents had great
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Iism Ilissss liid Isrsa e,a-,.si

sticker at a great feast" he says. 1T
was the biggest function of the kind
that had been held for sixteen years.
and fully 1000 natives were gathered
together from the surrounding hills to
participate in il. The whole of the staff
md pupils OF our head station, includ-
ny FIVE women. had been invited.
"A great platform had been erected
or the grotesquely arrayed dancers.
md i'm front was a space round which
all the natives. i'm their hideous attire.
we're placed. The feature of the enter
tainment was to be the finishing OF
great number of pigs. of which 100 were
TO be slaughtered. The festival was to
last two days. the night being passed i'm
continuous dancing, which was in prog
rcss from y. IN. TO a. m.
AS the great desire of the assembled
crowds was TO make the pigs talk. as
they express IL. as much as possible.
the manner of their dispatch was pur-
posely lingering. We held a service be-
fore this vast crowd OF savages and
urged upon them the necessity OF SPAR
ing the poor beasts as much pain as
possible. They thought IL was impos-
sible TO kill them more quickly, where
upon / suggested that we should do the
killing while they carried out the eat
ing: so after the service / set TO and
shot fifty of the animals. while other
members OF my party disposed Of twen-
ty-fwo."
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been expressed from the coal by ma
lures processes so that IL constitutes
less than per cent of the whole, while
In the soft coal il is usually more than
is per cent. Between the two grades
or coal there are semianthracite and
semibituminous. according as the qua.-
ity approaches the one or the other
Soft coal, then, is easily mined with
pick. Is often dug out of pits or from
bank without extremely dangerous or
hard labor. and in the main unskilled
laborers can work at the mining OF IT,
Then, again. machines have been in
vented which to a great extent tighten
the hand labor. though they are used
mainly for boring the beds of rock that
separate the coal deposits.
The soft coal miners are. as a rule
more contented than the hard coal men.
and this Is owing not so much to any
Improvement in their condition as COM
pared with the others. but somewhat to
their nationality. Most of the original
bituminous miners were Cornishmen.
sturdy, hardworking and frugal. or
late years there has been an intrusion
of haif~wild Poles, Huns and other inn
migrants, so that conditions are not ex-
actly the same now as they used to be.
But in the main the soft coalers are
well housed, well dressed and good
hammered. Many of them have neat
little houses with gardens attached, and
as their rents are low, their fuel to be
had almost for nothing and the wear
and tear of their clothing, especially OF
their boots and shoes, nothing to be
compared with that OF the hard coaler,
their necessary expenses are relatively
small.
1t cannot be denied that on the whole
social conditions are more conducive
TO we'll being in the soft coal districts
than in the hard AS these districts are
usually near the agricultural regions.
the miners are well and cheaply sup
piled with food.
JAMES l.. ALDERTS.
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the figures award bituminous coal the
palm not only for total production In
tons. but for value. II is beyond the
scope OF this article to inquire into she
cause Of the coal strikes or the relative
responsibility of miners and operators,
but IL may be mentioned i'm passing that
the army of soft coal miners vastly ex-
ceeds that of the hard coalers, though
its members are spread out over a vast
er area. While the tonnage OF anthra-
cite now sent to market is fully SO per
cent greater than il was ten years ago,
the production OF bituminous coal has
Increased nearly fourfold. and it's army
of miners has kept pace with it's enor-
nous advance. Twenty years ago il
was estimated that the available tom
mage of bituminous coal In Pennsylvania
exceeded 33.5f1 100000 tons. and last
year it produced in excess of S5, 000. 900
tons. All the Goals OF the Appalachian
field, IL is said. are bituminous, and
most of the coal distributed throughout
the United States I'M its vast fields. ex-
tending from New England to Califor-
MIA, is of that character. The Appa-
lachian field is roughly reckoned as
lying Immediately west of the eastern
frontier OF the Appalachian mountains,
extending from New York state to Ala
bama distance of about 900 miles.
But this one field is hardly a patch"
upon what is known to exist in the
farther and middle west. though IL is
10000 square miles in area. Almost
every state in the Union west OF Mas
sachusetts and south of the great lakes
has its immense field, chiefly of btu
minous and semibituminous coal. which
furnishes labor for thousands and adds
materially 10 its wealth.
Reverting TO the question OF existing
differences between the miners of hard
coal and soft. il would seem that they
might owe their origin primarily to the
radical differences in the structure of
the two Goals. In the anthracite the
bituminous or volatile matter has
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mines I'm Illinois, Indiana, Ohio. Iowa
and the western districts of Pennsyl'
vania are members OF the United Mine
Workers association and practically
control the output of soft coal I'm those
regions. They could not strike sympa-
thetically without breaking contract
with the mine owners. but decided TO
donate from the surplus in their treas
uries as large amounts as they could
afford to support the anthracite strik-
ers.
IL has been impressed upon the peo-
pie OF this country during the past few
months that there is vastly more i'm the
subject OF coal mining than has ever
come TO light I'm the books of statistics
into soft and hard" otherwise
known as bituminous and anthracite
and, Notwithstanding that soft coal is
mined TO the extent OF nearly four times
the anthracite. the anthracite miners
are now attracting the attention OF the
country. and not the soft coalers." II
occurs to the observing mind that there
must be some reason for this state OF
things or. in other words, that there
must be some radical difference be-
tween the conditions of the hard coal
and the soft coal miners. An investiga-
tion of the facts in the case proves this
To be so.
An appeal to statistics will show that
of the coal annually mined in the world
estimated at about 0,000 600 tons. the
United States produces nearly 300, ,000. 600
tons Chat is the output of last year,
o. not FOR from one-third the total
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CLARENCE H. MACKAY AND HIS MANSION an ROsLYN L L

money was lavished upon the fittings
of the house. Il may be mentioned that
one bathtub alone cost more than $17.-
600. being made from a solid block of
marble imported from Italy. Hav-
ing unlimited funds at her disposal.
Mrs. Mackay used the opportunity for
gratifying her every whim i'm the mat
ter OF decoration and adornment. and
the result has. been what by some is
called the most expensive dwelling i'm
America. Harbor Hill was two years
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HEAT FROM COLD WATER.

Heat from cold water seems fabulous.
but Il is an established fact. The water
is decomposed by electricity into Its
constituent gases. hydrogen and oxy-
gen.
When these gases are reunited. the
act of combination causes the evolution
OF intense heat The well known theat-
ricaI limelight Is an example Of this.
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EXPENSIVE CARVED IVORY.

The whole trade of ivory carving at
Delhi is practically in the hands of one
family. the head of which pays the
carvers. Some of the latter are paid
very high wages. for at the last mo-
ment slip through carelessness or
want of skill might spoil the work OF
months. Prices are sometimes very
high. as much as 81, 500 having been Civ
en- recently for a piece of carved IVORY