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oastaH SwYork PuhIis Lrhrarv Co.
eaans Portraits q Msa we
ualpsi Amorisa.

The reception Of the French delega-
tion that came to this country for the
unwilling Of the Rochambeau mOnu-
ment adds interest TO q fne album pre-
scented to the print department Of the
New York public library not long ago
b. william +. HHVemeyer, reports the
SeW York Sun II consists Of l2s por-
traits of French Personages, both civil
and military, who actively or sympa-
thstically contributed 20 the success
Of the war against England for Amsri-
can independence. This collection was
formed By q Parisian amateur inter
ssted IN Americana, and demonstrated
the enthusiasm which was evineed for
American liberty By different CLASSES
Of French society.
The prints are carefully mounted,
and each one IL accompanied by bio
graphical aots IN manuscript, giving
the reasons for its presence in the al
bum, Many Of the portraits are con-
temporary engravings, some are litho-
graphs. Special attention should be
made Of the allegories on the deelara-
tion of war and the defeat Of the Eng
lish; the portraits Of Louis XVI, Suf-
fren. Nenou and Necker printed in col
ors; . proof before letters Of Chof-
fard's portrait OF Admiral Rossel; q
first state of Vangelisti's @Du COued-
IL, /" with Reims instead Of Rennes, and
some very rare phySiOnotraee pOr-
traits. The table Of contents shows .
remarkable list Of names of French
men connected with our war for inds-
pendence, and while, a. indicated, re-
cent occurrences call special attention
10 this gift. its historical and national
value and interest must obviously Be
permanent
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irPoRrANcE OF WAsHIHoToa.
a Eoadoa JouraaI's ODiasoa - 0s
Oapasal city ss q DlD1o-
na9ie Pest.

There u anew factor b European
politics; it IL Ameriea. More par
ticularly Il this new factor import
ant IN the calculations Of the British
empire. The Developments Of the
United States has shifted-for Great
Britain, esrtainly-the diplomatic
center from Paris 20 Warrington,
but our government altogether ig-
nores the altered situation, says the
London Truth. The following table
Of salaries paid 70 our diplomatic
representative IL Instructive: The
British ambassador at Paris receives
$4,000; at Berlin, ConEtantinoPle and
Vienna, 5000; at Sc. Petersburg,
$500; at Roms, $1,000; at wash
ington, $500. Apart from other
considerations, Il II, therefore OBJ
vious that Paris IL regarded By our
diplomatists a. the prize Of the ser
vice, while Warrington 10 = low rung
in the ambassadorial ladder. But
the United States send their best
men TO represent them IN London,
and London IL the appointment
which those men most value. IL -
time for us 20 remove from our
minds the lingering impression that
America Is q rebellious British col
ony--a vulgar AngIo-Saxon suburb.
The United States IL now q great
country, the most important foreign
element that Great Britain has 70
deal with. Washington, muHt, there
fore, be made the principal post in
our diplomatic service and 20 do
that the salary must be considerably
raised, even II at the expense Of the
other hrst-class appointments. It
would be . pitiful blunder 20 appoint
q new ambassador 20 succeed Lord
Pauncefote on the old lines, TO wit,
a. q representative to the last In
portant embassy but MRdridi
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Always SOMETHING ToLEARN
A Haa VIZ LAvsa 60 TIE Ace g 70
BS1osO He Leaned % BlOW
HI Mosa.

President Eliot was arguing in favor
Of education, one night recently, says
the Boston Journal. he said that he
WaS learning Sonsthing every day by
being shown how"
He illustrated his point by describing
the training Of medical students and
concluded by telling Of an old friend
Of his who had suddenly become deaf
In one ear.
How did this hAPPen2" I asked him.
well, was, blowing my nose the
other day, when felt something snap
in my ear, followed By an aching and
dullness.
when the doctor came hsrsaid the
drum had split and asked how I didit.
"T only blew my nOsO,' told the
doctor.
"'Well, had you opened your mouth
when you blew your nose you would not
now have . damaged ear drum, WA the
medico's reply.
you see, my friend had lived 70 years
and had never been shown how to blow
his nOse," concluded President Eliot.
The application was appreciated and
greeted with = great burst Of laughter.
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LOOKING FOR A WIFE.
He Was ssMuskIsF' aad SlIoFEslS n,
CouIdn't Beast % Mush
Bdaoatioa.

A Mississippi nan sent the following
letter in answer 20 . matrimonial ad.
vertisement: II inelOse my photogrG1
with Ny Full Descriptions. II showI
the features as nschsl as can bee
only il Is TO Dark; I am very lite Com.
plexion, Gray eyes, ORION hair, 6-foOt
high, waight 100 Lbs, inclined to Be
hump shouldered; A Muskler Nan and
a widower % years old, with A Com
mon School Equations, but hav Got
Anof to Atten to Emmy Business. an
Strictly MorreL Don't use Tobacco
Nor Whiskey." BE 70 anxious to have
her understand that her age, Com
pleektionE, wait and All Suits me tc
atee, Kind Loving Grill hav Only
one Thing to Offer. And It il Neither
Lands Mar Gold. But q Strong Arm
and True Hart, and win Lay Down
Ny Life for the Rite Girl and Be
happy, for am Tired of living Alone.
That Girl that Steels my Hart and
takes my Name for the Remainder Of
Ny LIZ viii make Happy, for am
Hunting a Girl that can idleise and
Make . Angel Of"
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RAPID FLIGHT OF DREAMS.
MtraoEaiaaFy Capacity 81 ne Braln
80 esasDIng FIsaoats n
uumboe.

An eminent public man Of England
whose mental faculties had been sub
jected to too great a strain and who
suffered greatly from mental dePres-
sion that amounted almost 70 the dis
ease of melancholia, was told by his
physician that he must rest his brain.
He was . very busy man and scOffed
At his doctors prescription of a nap
in the middle Of the day, relates
London paper.
Finally, after much persuasion, he
agreed 20 this experiment: He would
sit in his easy chair every afternoon
with his hands on his knees, holding q
dinnerbell in his hands. II he lost con-
sciousness and went TO sleep he would
be willing to sleep for the period that
Il took for the dinner bell TO fan TO the
floor and wake him.
The doctor who suggested this AZ
rangement declared that the mere
mental relaxation Of going to sleep, IL
only for q few seconds, would suffice
70 save him He invited his patient 60
study the activity of the brain by no
ticing how many things he could
dream while the dinner bell was fall
ing TO the floor.
Every day for many months the man
sat down after luncheon with the din
ner bell in his hands. Every day be
went TO sleep, slept for half q second.
while the bell fell to the floor, and his
mental condition improved steadily,
partly because Of the rest which his
mind got through losing consciousness
for second and partly because Of his
interest in the extraordinary dreams
which passed through his brain while
che bell Was falling.
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JOATHE SIGHT OF GOLD.
That 4 the Eject Of Constant ooa-
tad VITA the Metal UD0a
Mat EmDIoyaa.

IL have visited the mints of three
countries, /" remarked a traveller, a med
cal man, according to the Chicago
Tribune, -and have found all the Of
fetal guides in them broken down in
nerve and victims Of Insomnia. Every
one Of these officials is required TO
give bonds, not only for his own hon.
esty, but toeoTert theft By visitors whom
he conducts over the place. II Il Gus
tomary to hand money about among
the visitors to show the coins in their
different stages Of development. II the
party be q numerous one the nerves
Of the guide are strung TO such q pitch
that st the Hotel de IA Monnais. IN
Paris, the man confessed that the sight
Of coined gold and silver was odious
70 him, and that he had come 70 look
upon everyone who visited the mine a.
q possible robber.
Besides the eject upon the nerve.
Al nearly every case Il has Affected
the eyesight One Of the guides told
me that % years az continual gazing
upon gold and silver had Affected hiS
sight 50 that he Is unable 70 Distinguish
certain objects unless they posses ps-
culiar irideseeut qualitica.@
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old STmisasburg IN Virsiaia Thst
Was Iatsadsd ~ a Chartered
CRY Unds- Royalty.


Even On q country so recently con-
scious Of the past as our own. there
are buried cities awaiting the piekax
Of the historian. OF these, none Is
perhaps more interesting, certainly
none more picturesque. more colon
ial and-even tO-day--more English
than old Williamsburg. in Virginia
that middle plantation" which in
1854 was -laid out and pAled," 70 be
come q chartered city. the capital of
great colony under king and
crown.
It's three streets Of the reign Of
william and Mary are its only thor
oughfares and two back" streets,
hardly more THAI grass-grown lanes
Of to-day. Duke Of Gloucester street,
broad and genially hospitable,
stretches leisurely from the founda-
tions Of the ancient capitol building
on the east (Of whose walls not one
brick Is left nor one white pillar OF
It's PoTticoS) 20 the iron tnrnstile
gates Of William and Mary college
grounds at the western extremity Of
the town.
On the right, a. one enters the
college gate, d q charming mansion,
the residence Of the president OF
William and Mary, and upon the left,
across the campus, stands the old
BrahertOn building, the earliest
school for the education Of Indians
erected on American soil. In the
time Of Gov. SPOtSwood, says Coun-
try Life in America. Il was necessary
TO resort to strenuous efforts TO in
sure attendance, for the students
were mainly hostages, the sons Of
chiefs of neutral or friendly tribes
turing Indian warfare.
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ELK TEETH AS INVESTMENT.
Oas q the ChIsf Assets q . Moa-
taAa HAn WhO Has . He
BoFtuhs.

ELK teeth by the bushsl are one Of
The chief assets which John Losekamp,
# Billings, Mont, enumerates among
ais big fortune" said z. n. Hoslins, q
Butte man, reports the Denver Post.
''LosekamP keeps a general store at
Billings and for many years IL was his
custom to trade supplies Of one kind or
another for elk teeth, which. by the
way, were used for charms and amulets
long before the EIks took them up a.
the emblsms Of their order.
''The action Of the Colorado lodges
n agreeing TO wear no more elk teeth
because the demand for the teeth
caused a wholesale slaughter Of elk,
lad q marked effect in reducing the
price. Other lodges respected the mo-
tive, and quite q boycott on elk teeth
was on for q year or more. II Seems,
however, they are in demand again.
''Losekamp has been selling his at
two dollars apiece for ordinary teeth
and getting fancy prices for the very
Jest. His stock Is sufficient TO supply
the demand for years, but he makes
no effort to sell them, as be wants to
leave them as a part Of his estate, be-
heving they win increase in value fast
er than any other kind Of property"
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THE LOTTERY IEIQUITY.
Survives Ia Spite % Am REoEas -
ctviI Au1hOFitiOs 90 BtsAO
II Oct.

The Louisiana lottery, the biggest Of
the lot, was driven out Of New Orleans
and out Of the United States after
years Of attack by the postal authOri-
ties and the press. But the lottery evil
IL still with Us, says the Atlanta Jour
nal. Savannah Is the lottery center Of
Georgia. II Is said that several men
have made fortunes by dealing in lot
terry tickets. There is hardly a city Of
considerable size in the United States
where lottery tickets may not Be Pur-
chased.
Mexico has . large number and va
riety Of lotteries which are literally
patronized in this country. Canada
also supplies lottery tickets in great
numbers to dealers in the United
States and to individual purchasers.
France, Germany and several other
European countries help TO satisfy the
craving Of our citizens who consider
the lottery a quick and sure way to
fortune. All classes Of people supply
the patrons who enrich the lotteries.
Many persons Of wealth buy lottery
tickets regularly. The wage earnerS
Of the United States squander q large
per cent. Of their earnings in this form
Of gambling. Lotteries antedate civil
ration. Some Of the earliest human
records indicate the antiquity Of lot
teries. They thrive on the love Of gam
bling. which il one Of the most uniVsr-
sal passions Of men
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There is q tree that grows "a Mexico
called the "chijol," or stone tree. 1t
is Of enormous proportions, both in
circumference and height. It has a
number Of branches spreading out
widely.and carrying leaves Of yellow
ish green color. The wood is extreme
ly fine and easily worked in a green
state. tits not given to either varying
or splitting. The most remarkable
thing about II is that after being cut
the wood gets gradually harder. and in
the course Of q few years Il isabsolute-
u petriaed. whether left in the open
air or buried in the ground. FROM this
timber houses can be built completeIy
hre-proof. and would last e long as
though built Of stone.
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MUsIc no HRAL WOUNDS.
ne Vlolin Has Besn EnDloysd ~
"a Asa to Surgery an
Pnris.

The attention Of medical men has
been called 70 two extraordinary
eases reported from q hospital in
Paris. A man had been seriously cut
By accident and the wound refused
70 heal From time to time the pa
fient went into violent paroxysms
and death appeared certain. A sur
Feon who had given much attention
70 the subject 81 vibrations secured
the services Of . violin player and
treated the sufferer 70 3 musical
remedg. A change appeared ct once
and under the inhuencs Of the vio-
lin reeoVery was rapid and complete.
In the other case q wound contin-
ued % suppurate ca spite 81 al that
could Be done. The violin wa again
called into requisition and played
close % the iniured part. which Was
bard for the purpose. Soon the
wound assumed q healthier appear
unte. suppuration ceased and com
plete eure was effected In beth
thrse eases 6 was noted that only
sartin kinds ~ music were of benefit.
showing that vibrations must Be-
strictly - aecordance with che ~
ture ol the wound.
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THE M'KINLEY DEATH COT.
DISAPPEARANCE OF the BED Upor
which the Asshssinatsd PrssI-
dsnt Breathed HIs Last.

Although various people in New
York, Boston, Chicago and other cite,
say they have the cot on which Prssi
lent Mckinley died, they are all alik,
IN error. states the New York Sun.
According to Francis Amy, Of tht
Pan-American exposition. two cots ex
actly alike were in the Milburn hOmt
for the use Of the wounded president
After Mr.. Mckinley died one Of then
was sent to Dr. Matthew d. Mann, on,
Of the physicians in attendance. Tit
other was replaced among the cot
owned by the exposition company
Both were originally taken from tn
hospital at the exposition.
There has been some talk" say.
Mr. Almy, ''Rs to whether the seeont
cot should be sent to the Buffalo His
tOrical society. It seemed to be tn,
feeling that it should not be preserve,
as the cot upon which the presiden
died, but should lose its identity ant
be put with the other hospital cots anC
sold with them, regardless Of its us'
during the presidents illness.
That was done. The cot was PLACED
with the others. Its identity was lost
No one knows who has it now. Th'
.Ots were sold to persons and institu
tons in different parts Of the country
81 cannot tell whether Mr.. Mckinley
died on the cot which went 70 DR.
Mann or on the other one"
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sTOppHe A STONE WALL
A illustrative Instanes OF n. ia
nSss % cOagrsss In Getting
late Action,

The work Of preparing all measr,.,
is done in secret, and no one person ~
leader, and no party, is resDopsfbIs
for what Il done or left undone. Tn.
country does not know Why this item
Is inserted in an appropriation biT
why that economy has been pfacticad
or what il the reason for some bit -
extravaganza, writes H. I. Nelson in
Century. Sometimes the committee
demonstrates that even it might b. IN.
lightened by discussion and criticism
and perhaps the letting in Of light
would show that advantage might fol-
low II congress and its eommitt..
should leave to the discretion Of ~
eeutive and administrative Office,
some OF the details Of expenditure.
have been told Of a ''breast-high stone
wall" at West Point, for examine
Years waved and waned while EuperiD-
tendents pleaded for $4,000 for the
construction Of q "breast-hiQh Etop.
wall" on the road leading from III.
wharf to the plane, the road running
along the edge of precipice. At last
congress moved. and the $4,000 wall
was built. Having moved, it was now
impossible for it TO stop, so it went
on year after year appropriating $40
600 each year for "breast-high stone
wall" until "breast-high stone walls"
became a drug at the military acad.
envy. They ran around the post. and
threatened to choke It up. superin.
tendents begged congress to shut them
OF, and finally succeeded
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It IL common report in Spain that
the king viii marry his cousin, Prin-
cess Aedina-COei. This may be true
OF Il may not, but IL Is certain that the
two children played together from
babyhOOd, and regarded themselves
a. betrothed to each other, says Mod
ern Society. II viii never marry you.
you nasty boylP cried the tiny prin-
cess with q delicious pout, on one ocea-
sion when his majesty offended her
highneES. "oh, very weIli" eoolly re-
marked the somewhat ungallant pro-
spective bridegroom; please your
self, by all means. am sure never
asked you to be my wife. should
prefer 30 marry the pastry cooks
daughter; then could eat all the
incest cakes in the shop without hav-
ing 70 pay for them"
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THE REFORMED PIG.
governmental EaOFts 60 Improve an
An11al That Has Been Abused
Tor CenfuEioa,

Our enterprising and diligent de-
partment Of agriculture has set itself
20 an important task. It Is going 70
improve the pig. At least, il win see
whether the pig has any ambition to
improve, comments the Brooklyn
Eagle. Il win raise q litter Of suck
hngs in yard hOored with clean
sand; it win battle the animals; Il
viii feed them delicately, and for q
whole year win keep them in q con
ditiOn Of respectability. Then It viii
open the way 20 the usual pig pen
and win stand by to see II the crea-
lures forsake their manners and elect
mud and the trough.
Probably the pigs viii elect TO stay
IN the clean and wholesome yard.
The oblOquy that these beasts have
fallen under is not OF their seeking.
Men have abused them by combining
them in iIl-kept places and feeding
them on refuse. The pig in it's nat
ural state is not unelean. It is dirty
when II Is kept ii a pen, because it
cannot be otherwise. II afflicted
with flies or vermin Il has no re-
source but to lie in the mud, and as
20 its food, II It has nothing but the
fermenting refuse Of the house it
must eat that or starFe. When left
At large swine do not usually seek
filth and slime. When free TO roam
the woods they are no more unclean
than cattle. II needs little erDeri-
menting TO convince Of that fact.
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Human bodies buried in limestone
countries are often turned TO solid
stone by the limewater which Pene-
trates the graves. In other soils there
are elements which sometimes so en-
balm the buried dead as to preserve
form and features unchanged. Many
such cases are on record. Robert
Burns body was disinterred in 1915 to
he removed to new tomb. To the sur
prise Of all his friends the features
were found to be as perfect as at
burial. When the body Of John Hamp-
den. the famous English patriot ard
leader. was disinterred BY Lord Nugent
200 years after burial the form and
features we're as unchanged as if the
corpse had been recently laid in the
grave.
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-An egg in the process Of hstehing,"
says an expert, sis remarkably Eensi-
tive 70 vibration. Half the failures
that amateurs encounter in hatchinR
ont ehicls by the incubator method
are due 20 lack Of precaution in pro-
viding against the effect Of vibration
on the eggs. The rumble Of train OF
the passage Of . wagon along the
street win spoil a whole incubator full
Of eggs II the faintest vibratory wave
reaches the apparatus. Even such q
little thing rs the banging Of door
IN some other part Of the house win
destroy the chances Of Matching out q
brood where care has not been taken
to place the incubator beyond the
reach Of such disturbanees. A thun.
der storm always gives breeders
scare, as Thousands Of eggs may b
spoiled BY . sudden heavy thunder
clap. To EneeEe or cough in the Viein.
ity Of the incubators win sonsttmsi
work disastrous result
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A relic trust has been organized By
the Omaha and Winnebago Indians.
The president Of this grasping mo-
noPoly Is Great Thunder, a ,Winpebago,
whose speciality Is making bows ana
arrows. Green Rainbow and Prairie
Chicken, makers Of snakeskin balts
and John A. Logan, manufactures Of
eagle feather headdresses, are diree-
tors These leaders win hereafter tx
the prices Of Indian goods made for
white purchasers.
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twenty Fhoasaaa caFsassss On tAs
Colorado Desert = Monuasnt
"a nEan'B Pollys

I'm crossing the Colorado desert
in Arizona one sees q frightful monu-
ment to the folly Of 9 man who
thought that he could drive cattle
across the desert with such speed
that water would be unnecessary
said s. 7. James, in the Pittsourg
Press. More than 10000 carcasses
lie ct The Pools IN that desert, and
remind all travellers Of the gigantic
scheme to drive cattle through
desert country without making any
provision for water. Il was 90 yeara
ago that an extensive cattleman, WAC
vas not familiar with the great des-
ert of the southwest, thought it
would be no barrier 70 his plan OF
taking cattle across Il from the west
into the grazing country. When the
cattle reached The Pools, which are
small lakes of foul alkah water, they
were so crazed by thirst that they
killed each other In their attempt
to get, at the water. The air IN
that country 81 80 dry and the sun
so hot that earcaases dry up instead
Of accomplishing. Az one approaches
that great herd Of dead animals the
careasses look a. though they were
poorly fed cattle. The hair has not
fallen from the earcaSses, and they
have maintained their original shape
80 well that q man who h not IA
miliar with the desert country might
easily mistake them for beasts until
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-. aenile Rnnko IL.

One OF the clever little tricks Of the
dav Is the conversion Of q circular into
a personal communication. The very
latest device is to have the circular in
the usual facsimile Of typewriter type,
printed on dampened paper. The effect
delights the heart Of the most expert
artist IN public deception, says the Ne"
York Press. The slight mOistening
lDlurs the ink ever 80 slightly and leaves
the sheet 8 tribe uneven Of surface
thus giving Il the appearance Of having
been especially dictated for the re-
eipient and put through The once copy
ing press. AtWo-cent stamp completes
the little fraud. which harms nob0dy
and nay catch > customers -
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An Austrian material for preYenfine
the rising Of dust on sweeping proves
20 be cottonaeed OIL Inatest ct Wien
IA Il was found that aoors oiled fwict
9 year could Be swept weekly without
any Whirling Of the dust, and the ma,
terial Waa RECOMMENDED for all rooms
receiving many persons, as wen as fos
laborafsriel, lfbraries and other places
= - kspt seruPulously dust tree.
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The zuni Indiansars sentimentaI IN
the extreme. and marry At young
age. When youth Is wooing maid.
en- he win 60 and sit before her with his
back turned 20 her and untwine his
head cloth. She rejects aim b softly
stealing away, or accepts him b. run
ming her hands earesEingly fhrourh
his lOOssned locks
The broad ax., 1902-09-06

Incidental 70 the thunder season. the
weather bureau has discovered that
more than 100 persons are killed BIZ
lightning every year IN the Unifed
States. In matter Of fatalities from
1895 70 1900 Pennsylvania ranked arst
with lss. Ohio was next with 1s5, and
Illinois, Indiana and New York were
tied for third viii Ias victims eaeh.
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Eaesrsd At the POa once AZ Chi
saUo. IH- - sssoDd-siaul Aaastsr, Aug
~ 20. iSo2