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1T PAID HIM WELL.
Colored Mans Scientific Knowledge Gives
Him a SUPPLEMENTARY. D

Training at Tuskegee is eminently
practical. There the blacksmith learns
to dlssect horses hoof, in order to
see exactly why and how the animal
may be Injured by unskillful work.
The girl who wishes to become a
housekeepcr follows the details OF her
task until she reaches economic prin-
ciples. The method pays. Men and
women equipped with this sort Of sci
cntihc training do no haphazard work
save through their own carelessness.
Again and again does the system prove
its value. At one time the owners of
certain creamery were in need of a
new superintendent, and Tuskegee had
just graduated a man perfectly fitted
for the place Still he was as black
as black could be. and it was with
some doubt that he made application.
A colored man. said the owners of
the creamery. "Oh, that would never
do!' The applicant replied very po-
litely that he had not come to talk
about color, except perhaps, the color
of butter. He dropped into the details
of dairy work, and finally something
in his speech seemed to the gentlemen
practical and significant. We'll" they
concluded, you might stay for a two
weeks trial. but there's no possibility
of our hiring a colored man perman-
entity The first weeks make of but
ter was shipped, and when the returns
came back il was found that IL had
sold at an advance of two cents a
pound on any price the creamery had
previously been able to obtain. This
is very singular" said the owners. So
they waited for next weeks return.
Then it was found that the butter had
advanced still another cent. three cents
more than the creamery's best record.
The new mans methods had produced
their effect and he was at once engaged
as superintendent. The color question
sank into oblivion.-Youth's Compan.
ion
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LEADING FUR NATION.
5EVENTY-FIVE FER CENT OF
ALL FURS AMERICAN.
Something About Fur Animals and the
Comparative Value OF Their skins
The Skunk Is Known to Commerce as
the Black Marten or Alaska Sable.

1t is not generally known, but is a
'act, that IS per cent of all the furs
worn in the world are of American
product. The only ones of Importance
which are found in Europe are Rus
sian sable, ermine silver fox and mink
Persian lamb comes as it's name indi-
Gates, from the orient, as do also the
astrakhans. No furs are obtained in
England, France or Switzerland. A
few baum martens and coneys (the
latter the old English name for rab-
bits) are obtained in Germany Seal,
Hudson bay sable. otter, mink, beaver,
fisher, lynx, every KIND Of fox and
bear and wolverine are all at their
best i'm America. Russian sable, OF
ter and seal skins are the most valu-
able furs and are always because of
their durable qualities, a good invest
ment, sable after fifty years of wear
still showing the luster for which it is
famous. More depends upon the care
given to furs while they are not in use
than upon the actual wear. the heat
from the body rendering them soft and
pliable and in that way acting as a
preservative. The best sable was
originally retained for the exclusive
use of the cars family and the very
dark skins are consequently known as
Imperial T. sable. Some of the Hudson
bay sable is dark and rich and so much
like the Russian that only an expert
can detect it. The light sleins of both
the Russian and Hudson bay are col
ored in sllillful manner and are often
sold for the natural skins. but they
lose their color rapidly. The stone
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The Story Of a House.

BY MARION THORNTON EGBERr.
Copyright. 1901 by Daily story Pub. Coz
If you enter the hill-station by the
Rhaut 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 a very
high hill. The government road goes
up the hill. which is the hill-station
until At 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
by the Gymkhana and back into 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, ter
raced garden and farther still bunga-
low, that seems to cling lovingly to the
mountain above, beneath and behind
il.
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 a full stop at the road that
leads to the bungalow.
Besides her Majesty's mails the
tonga carried modern Englishman,
a griffin who wore his -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 wiser man
might have feared to venture.
Above, on the bungalow veranda, a
woman with a tieldglass was sitting
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them. Her Excellency.' she thought,
has lost her handkerchief or dropped
a 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
carriage. The governor and her iGx
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 horses.
There was a glow a glamour and a
glitter about it all, that made II seem
more unreal that day than ever. The
woman on the yeranda dropped her
glass and prayed for a thunderstorm,
for the sight OF the mist driving over
Snovden and Dodabetta. for anything
that would interrupt the Nirvana OF
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 Englshman 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 ana no garden like the story
and the garden that belong to Doda-
BETA
And this is the story the Engishman
heard over the tel-cups
A long time ago" the story teller's
voice had 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 resident at the Persian Court.
This officer, whose name was Colonel
Trdvers, had a Persian dressng-boy
named Abid. 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 Il valuable servant. the
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summcr-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 II 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 you?" he said
Il am living in her garden and you
have come, just as you promised you
would come on the quai in Marseiles
that rainy Thursday. Do you remem-
ber?"
II remember" he said. and then they
went in and dined on hump and curry
and good French wine.
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Seventeen feet long by six feet wide
and two inches thick were the dlmen-
sions of the largest perfect plank. This
phenomenal plank of redwood was cut
from one of the famous Californian
gian trees. It's most remarkable feat
ure is its absolute perfectness and its
immense size, a combination exception
ally rare in the wood trade. While
there may have been as large pieces
of redwood, they were not without i'm
perfections. or were made up of sec
tional pieces to represent one, and this
is claimed to be the biggest perfect sol
i'd plank in the world. The plank was
produced at one of the largest saw
mills in California. 1t is a difficult
task to secure a slice of wood of such
a size perfect in every detail. An ex-
perienced woodsman had to prospect
for miles of forest for a suitably large
and adaptable tree at least 10 feet in
diameter.
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marsen IS a relative Of the sable and
is found in the mountains Of Greece.
Valencia and adjacent countries The
fitch, which is used largely in Europe
for coat Innings. Is another member OF
the same family. The mink is larger
than the weasel but resembles it in
shape and movements. The finest
skins come from Labrador and the
northern part of Canada, those of more
southerly sections being of lighter
hue. The skin of the mink is used
as a totem by the Indians. 1t is said
that the little animal is easily tanned
and becomes much attached to human
friends. The skunk, which is known
to commerce as the black marten or
Alaska sable. produces the best and
most durable medium-priced fur in
the market. In this, as in other ami
mails, the darkest skins are most val
liable. Chinchilla, the most delicate
and exquisite fur i'm the world is OBJ
tanned in South America. The little
animal which wears it and which re-
sembles a liliputian kangaroo because
of its extremely long hind legs, is
found in great Numbers between the
hills of Chill and Bolivia. To its strict
vegetarian diet--for its food consists
almost entirely Of bulbous roots--is
ascribed the silky texture of its fur
The rarest and most costly of fox fur
is the silver fox and although it is
found on both continents not more
than 1000 skins are procured annual
ly. The cross fox ranks next in value.
the darkest skins of which can hardly
be told from the lightest ones of the
silver fox. The beautiful brush and
rich color of the red fox make it pop
ular always. The fur Of the blue fox,
which is of a purplish slate color, is
obtained in Greenland. Labrador and
the Alaska islands. Only in the fro
zen regions of the far north is the
white or arctic fox found. The fur OF
this animal is pure white in winter ex-
cept for the tip of its tail. Virginia
and many of the southern states pro-
duce the gray fox.
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STORIES WHICH REVEAL A
REASON FOR SOME OF HIS
IDlOSYNCRASlES.

dent. was mentioned jokingly to the
poet, and he quickly rolled up the
sleeve of his right arm, showing the
scar of a bullet which had passed com
pletely through the forearm, ipjuring
the nerves and cords of the fingers.
That's just to show you said Mr..
Miller, that, while | am unhappily
conscious of my bad writing, it is not
affectation."
Ex-Gov. Semple, an old friend OF
Mr.. Miller's told how the matter of the
arrow wound in Mr.. Miller's features
had come to his personal knowledge:
this led to a discussion of the cause OF
the poets slight lameness. Il am not
nearly so lame now as | was 20 years
ago." said Mr.. Miller. That lameness
was caused by another arrow wound
many years ago. | never could quite
understand why the old wound should
continue to trouble me until one day
in Dawson, soon after | had completed
that long Yukon journey, chanced to
scratch my finger on my leg while
taking bath. To my surprise found
piece of flint, which | drew out OF
my leg. 1t was a part of that old
arrowhead. which mad worked clear
through the leg. That endless walk
mushing, as they call it-had
done it,"
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-11
Armour and
His Wealth

What good does your money do
you?' friend once asked of the late
p. ID. Armour That is a question"
Mr.. Armour replied, Il often ask my
self, was raised butcher boy. l
learned to love work for works sake.
| must get up early now as have done
all my life, and when o'clock comes,
must go to bed. And here | am. Yes.
| have large means, as you say, but l
can't eat as much as yonder clerk; |
can't sleep as much, and / can hardly
wear any more clothes than he. The
only real pleasure | can get out of life
that yonder clerk with his limited
means cannot get, is the giving, now
and then, to some deserving fellow,
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-11
The Poet of
the Sierrds

Joaquin Miller, being a real poet is
privileged to be unique if he pleases,
and he has always pleased to cultivate
as many harmless idiosyncrasies as he
had time for, aside from dashing off a
gem of poetry now and then, says Notes
and Queries. He insists that there is
method in most of his madness; for
instance, his long hair and flowing
beard hide ugly scars made by red
mans arrow long ago. He has always
been noted for handwriting more IL
legible even than that of Horace Cree
ley. He started for the Klondike with
the first expedition of 1897, in the capa-
city of correspondent for a San Fran
cisco newspaper and number OF East
ern periodicals.
One of his first letters, containing his
famous poem on the Chilkoot. having
arrived by mail, was ordered transmit
ted to the San Francisco paper by tel
egraph. Then difficulty arose: not a
town could make meaning out of his
lines, which resembled silhouettes Of
the Sierras The San Francisco paper
telegraphed an offer of $500 to any one
who could decipher it, without avail.
and the letter was forwarded by mail,
to be deciphered finally by his private
secretary at San Francisco. The Incl
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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
residence in the Shah's country i'm
possible he boarded a pilgrim ship
bound from 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 Nizam's 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
friends. The heir to the throne. al
ready wei! 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. Abd took the
abuse meekly and saved the gold care
fully. In this way he became wealthy.
] hl .ta tAa - .l. H.,
Hyderabad and became dealer in
English goods, under the distinguished
patronage OF H. H. the Viceroy and
Governor General OF India and II. II.
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 Mo
hammedan in order to marry him. She
was woman VINO had formerly lived
in the colonels 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 fernery
on the other end, where she used to
spend hours every morning. This
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;. .eeeEeeeeeesna9aa aaaaaa snsr.
FAST AND PRESENT

V2sssSSSssSeeo ssasssS
Sing hol for the days Of old.
Whcn 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 o'er 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 robblng lived, and died.
Ana think not, tho times have changed
That no highwaymcn have we;
They're with us still, and work their
viii
But they move in Society"
Not a paltry purse they snatch;
They are bodcr now by far;
From the peoples feet they steal a
street
And ride In palace car.
II you walk. or ride. or ny,
Your tribute I'm fun must pay;
For what YOU need thoy.u make you
They rob In a modern way.
II robbers you dared them name
They'd give you scornful glance.
Ana LET you know, with a naughty bow.
They were masters Of finance
Then ho' for the thieves of old,
who posed not as "hnanciers';
But rough aud rude In the shady wood,
Mocked at the travellers fears
philadelphia Record.
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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
fancled 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 gallnping by
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MdrConi Has Irish Blood.

corthy-a cousin of the John jameson.
A. G. Davis, the present occupant of
Fairfield. married one of Andrew
Jameson's daughters, and another. who
was musical to a remarkable degree.
went to the Conservatoire at Bologna
TO finish her studies. Here she met
and married Signor Marconi. an Italian
CT considerable means, and became the
mother OF the now famous inventor"
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1T is not generally known" said the
London Globe, that Mr.. Marconi, the
inventor Of wireless telegraphy. is as
much an Irishman as an Italian in all
but the matter of birth. He is, it ap-
pears. first cousin TO leading Wexford
merchant and the son of an Enniscor-
thy lady. Mr.. Marconi's maternal
grandfather was Andrew Jameson, of
Daphne Castle and Fairfield. Ennis
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HIS ONLY PLEASURE
WITH 1T LAY IN
GIVING 1T AWAY

without a soul knowing it, $500 or
$l,OOO-giving him fresh start mp
ward without making the gift hurt
to him. That's the only real pleasure
l get out of life. And as to posses
sions, the only thing | sometimes feel,
| really own are my two boys and my
good name. Take everything else from
me, leave me them, and | would yet
be rich. l wouldn't care a snap for
the rest. We would soon together
make enough to keep the wolf long
way from the door!"
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For a long time past We have lost
the true appellation for aets.--Saliust.
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France consumes more wine than
Germany, the United States and the
United Kingdom put together.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-05-14
ON LOCAL ALLEYS.

The rolling for the duck pin champion
ship of the Blackstone Valley began
Monday night on the Auditorium alley at
Pawtucket. and will continue until Thurs
day evening. May 90. The point at issue
will be the highest individual five-string
total. and TO the winner will be presented
a handsome gold medal. There promises
to be a great deal of interest aroused.
Lees rollers secured two OF the games
from Harveys team in the Music Hall Sc
res last evening. The first event was won
by an ordinary plurality. Harveys rollers
secured the second string by the small
margin of six pins. Lees supporters land
ed the final game by plurality Of seven
pins. Lee made a total of S2l, composed
OF singles OF ll2 iO7 and 1O2. This is a
very creditable performance. Shultz made
a total OF 305, which included a single Of
10. Willis secured a total OF col, I'm which
singles OF 1903 and 102 were included The
summary: Lees team, 1868: Harvey's
13i2.
Browns team secured two events from
Hathaway's rollers In the New Century
series last evening. The opening game
was hotly contested. as only one pin sep
arated the teams at the close. The sec
ond string was secured by an ordinary
margin. as was also the last contest,
Hathaway's rollers being the victors in
the latter event.
Brown obtained a total Of s12. which in
cluded singles OF 100 and i0l. The above
performance breaks the single and the
three-string total records for the present
series. Fuller made a total Of $50. In which
singles of 101 and 100 were included. The
summary; Browns, 1919; Hathaway's,
1872.
The No. team was defeated in two OF
the contests by the No. team In the duck
pin series OF the Elmwood club last even
ing. Burlen made the highest total, secur-
ing go. In which a single Of l0 was in
cluded The summary: No. team, 1914;
No. 3 team, 1lS2.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-05-14

the season were commended. There will
be two games with the Woonsocket Gyms
on Memorial day. in the morning at
Woonsocket and In the afternoon at Me-
rino Flats. The uniforms OF the local
team will be Of light gray with dark
blue trimmings. A bridge Is TO be built
across the river to the ball grounds.
The annual spring horse sale at the
FasigTipton exchange began at Cleve-
land. yesterday. The best price at the
afternoon sale was paid for Julia M, a
brown mare who sold for $500 The fol-
lowing horses were bought by Massa-
chusetts men: Medion. b. C. 1900, by Men
docino- Charlton, by Ansel. James Golden.
Medford, Mass. $3.50: Genia, b. T.. 1900. by
Dexter Prince-Giacinta, by Guy Wilkes.
2:15A, Thomas w. Lawson, Boston, $500;
Laurcaino. ch. T.. 1900. by Mendocino-
Laura Drew, by Arthurton, Thomas w.
Lawson, $780,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-05-14
BICYCLIST M'EACHERN
MEETS TRAGIC END.
Crashed Into Pacing rlotor, His
Jugular Vein Torn Open and He
Died in Twenty rlinutes.

Atlantic City. n. j.. May I.-Archie
McEarchern the well-known champion
bicycle rider OF Toronto. Canada, while
being paced by n motor tandem yester-
day afternoon at the Colosseum track.
met with an accident which resulted in
his death 20 minutes later.
The accident was the result OF the
breaking OF the chain ON the motor cy-
Gle. Riding the tandem were ALI Boake
and Robert Il. Thompson. who have
raced with McEacheru for 10 years past.
The effort yesterday afternoon was to
establish a new mile record. Several
miles had been covered when the chain
broke, and I'm the sudden slowing up Of
the damaged tandem McEachern conld-