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M. Loubet: 81 think your countryman
is right and that you have a little the
best of it," M. Loubet smiled and
said: ut is surprising what an inpor-
tance is attached to inches in this
WorId!"
When about to start for Naples the
president asked permission to take
leave of his @two little friends" the
youthful Italian princesses who had
been suppressed by the queen, who
thought that Princess Yolanda had
been somewhat forward. The two lit
tie pr1ncesses rushed into NJ. Loubets
slttlng room in high glee, Mafalda
holding out her arms and her mouth
to be kissed, and Yolanda taking hold
OF his hand. The president, after talk
ing minute, took a package out of his
pocket and gave it to the latter. She
thanked him prettily enough and then
SAID with a sigh: II am sure it is
chocolates, and mamma will eat them:
she will say they are bad for little
glrls!" M. Loubet, sitting his amuse-
ment, suggested that if that was the
case perhaps it would be just as well
to taste them. at once, thereupon she
tore open the paper to find, not choco-
late, but tiny sweets made In all kinds
OF fantastic shapes. "Good!" she cried.
Mamma won't like these, so thew are
sure to be good for babies!"% The
chocolates mentioned by the little Yo-
Ianda, however, gave the president an
ldea, and he ordered sent to the queen
an immense basket Of them and in the
center small boy, also of chocolates.
on which was written, Good for Ba-
bies."
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ROMULUS DID.
NOT FOUND ROME
IN the Light of Recent Discoveries He and His Brother
Are Shown to Be Mere InterIopers.

drinking cups. one in black pottery,
many of them dating from the Ny
cenean age, before the eighth century
b. c. One tomb was that of a little
boy. containing Sman brown bones and
part of the skull. together with car
BOMBED beans, grain and small lance,
probably toy.
Another was that of little girl, with
three slabs of tufa covering it, in
vases with remains of the funeral
feast. Beads have also been found in
the tombs, of blue, black and white
glass, copper belt, amber ornaments,
an ivory armlet, bones of fish called
the cephalus or great mullet, grape
seeds, etc, the last being smaller than
those Of our day.
dwellers on the Septimontium as their
place of burial was a still. marshy,
tranquil place. No trace has been
found of any path leading up the hill,
and yet after burial the relations of
the deceased used to return once a
year, on the anniversary of the death,
to the tomb, where they dug small pits
and poured in roast corn, milk, ETC.,
but paved roads and wheeled vehicles
were probably not in existence at such
an early period.
The cremation tombs are earlier
than the graves, and the earliest of all
is considered to date from 1900 B. c.,
the others are mostly of the eighth and
ninth centuries B. C. In the fifth or
sixth centuries B. c., after the sepul-
cretum was abandoned, primitive
houses were built over its site; three
small tumuli composed of the ashes of
small huts have been excavated at
slightly higher level than that of the
tOmbS.
Another really magnificent discovery
has been the foundation stone of the
celebrated equestrian statue to the
Emperor Domitian, raised during the
first century of our era. A great block
of tufa was hoisted and lying under it
We're several vases, absolutely pre-
served, with the colors as fresh as the
day the vases were made. There is,
however, a very remarkable feature
about the vases, they are archaic, and
belong to the era about 1900 B. c., and
the largest and most beautiful is chip
ped at the mouth.
The theory is that either they were
precious antiques at the time of Domi-
tan, and for that reason used in the
corner stone, or were copies of ancient
vases then existing. This point has not
yet been decided, but is of immense in
tereSt.
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Special Foreign Service.
II ONE, June Awhile the king Of
Italy was showing President
Loubet over Rome recently, the two
heads of nations made it a point to be
extremely democratic, but the result
was not invariably all that could have
been desired. For instance, while driv-
ing in the Corso. or when the king and
president stopped to see any Of the
sights of the Eternal City, the popula-
ton came very near them, so that on
occasions not only what the royal
party was saying was overheard, but
vice versa.
The other day at the Roman Forum,
where the king and president went to
see the excavations, the royal party
was disturbed by an Italian and
Frenchman arguing with such anima-
tiOn that they evidently forgot in
whose presence they were Broken
sentences were overheard, such as, ST
tell you the king is;" mo, what nom
sense! The president is quite three
inches taller" mo, no; watch and
you will see that it is his tall hat
which makes the difference!" "Why
the king is a pigmy and" but at
this point someone coughed and the
men were forcibly reminded where
they were. The king, however, feeling
for the embarrassment of those pres
ent, as the words were loud and came
in silence when the excavations
Were proceeding, said with a smile to
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Special Foreign Service.
I(OME, June 4-None of the recent
IN discoveries in the Roman Forum
has been more important than that OF
the prehistoric tombs which proves
conclusively that Romulus and Remus
were by no means the first holders of
the site of the Eternal City.
Through the excavation on the Sa-
cred Way, the ancient "Sepuleretum,"
or cemetery of the prehistoric tribes
who lived on the quirinal and other
hills before the Romulean age is being
gradually brought to light. By means
of the tombs discovered, and the vases,
ornaments, weapons, food, etc, which
they contained, some slight knowledge
can now be obtained of these ancient
people, their mode of burial and also
to a certain extent their mode of life.
These tombs must have been outside
the walls of the town of the people to
whom they belonged, and for that rea-
son alone it is certain that they eX-
listed before the building of the Servian
wall, and the Incorporation of the
seven hills into one city. But apart
from this. the mode of burial, form of
the tombS. vases, ornaments, etc., all
prove their still greater antiquity. Both
cremation and inhumation have been
employed in these tombs, twenty three
of which have been opened. Eleven
were of persons cremated and buried
in we'll tombs, of which three were
adults. the rest children.
The ashes of those cremated were
placed in small hut urns, resembling
the houses in which they had lived;
these small urns were then deposited
in large terra Gotta vases, and the
whole lowered to the bottom Of a WELL,
about three feet deep. sunk for the
purpose. The well was then filled with
the ashes Of the funeral pyre.
The graves dug for the reception of
whole bodies were filled in with the
earth out of which they had been cut.
and the bodies were inclosed in prini-
tive oak coffins. formed out of the
trunks Of trees, in the shape of boats.
The graves contained vases with food
for the deceased on his journey to the
spiritual world. The contents of these
vases have been analyzed and found to
have consisted of meat, fish, milk, wa
ter, honey, beans, grain, perfumes, etc.
In one grave eight vases We're found;
in others vases which had been used as
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OF the others, is surrounded by small
streets, but inside the majestic rooms
have been filled with modern COM
forts" which is so English an express
sion that the Italians have no euuiva-
lent and use the foreign words. One
mounts a broad stairway to a turn
adorned with marbles and Towering
plants. From here one passes into an
ante-room, and from there into the
drawing room, out of which opens Mime.
RistoriS Sanctum. The chief feature
OF the drawing room is an immense
life-size oil portrait of the great act
ress as "Queen Elizabeth Of England"
This is, perhaps, her best known pic
ture. 1t was painted for her in New
York by young Italian, who a few
days after its completion went with
Nine. Ristori and her friends up the
Hudson for picnic. He seemed in
the best of spirits but suddenly pulled
out a revolver and shot himself dead.
Il could not bear to look at the pic
ture for years AFTER the marchioness
said. "I have had plenty Of mock sui
cldeS committed in my presence, but
the reality was so horrible as to leave
an indelible impression
The SanctUm is the most interesting
room in the house. It is small and
comfortably carpeted and furnished.
The walls are hung with all kinds Of
old-fashioned pictures of the actress in
various roles, and as a young wife and
mother, and even as a child. There are
many portraits, too, of celebrities and
royalties, who have personally pre-
sented their photographs. By the win
dow, well in the light stands the fa-
nous womans desk, scattered over
with elegant trif1es in silver, letters and
papers, and adorned by large photo
crv-eaTN he a. ATny r.
Queen Elena, with dedications in their
handwriting. Here the aged actress
sits, meditating. reading and writing.
The n1archesa speaks little of her
husband, who died some years ago, and
to whom she was passionately devoted.
He and their children accompanied her
everywhere, even abroad, so that ALI
their "reminiscences were commons Her
husband died on her birthday, SO that
what should be a source Of rejoicing
each time it occurs is now q day of
mourning, always observed in strict
ly private manner.
The daily life Of the celebrated ac-
tress is simple in the extreme. She
rises somewhat late, after a cup of
coffee in bed, and. if the day is fine,
goes for a. drive in a closed carriage,
together with Donna Blanca. She re-
turns after an hour or two, has her
grandchildren in to amuSe her, and
about noon they all have lunch to-
gether, the children making this the
most cheerful hour of the day for their
grandmother After lunch she rests
and usually goes out again. She often
has some one read to her while she sits
sometimes knitting, sometimes dream
ing. In the evening she seldom goe
out, except to the theater, and there
she is often to be seen, especially on
first nights. She made a special effort
when King Edward was in Rome, and
went to the English embassy on pur-
pose to be presented to his majesty,
whose father had been one of her most
fervent admirers, and who had pre-
sented her with souvenir.
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header overheard intending to swim
ashore. But some Of the passengers
raised such a hubbub, fearing he would
De drowned, that a boat was lowered
and he was unwillingly brought back
to the steamer. When he had been
provided with a dry outfit he set about
characteristically making the best of
the situation and sang and danced in
the saloon for the amusement of the
delighted company, which included the
then lord lieutenant of Ireland. The
latter declared he would reward Davy
with knighthood, and Dayy obeyeCl
with alacrfty the command to kneel.
Taking an umbrella from an adjacent
rack the lord lieutenant administered
a hearty whack with it across the
neWsman's shoulders, exclaiming,
arise, Sir Davy!"
stephens news stall has long placed
him in comfortable financial circum+
stances, and for the last twenty
years he has crossed the channel regu1
larly to see the Derby and exchange
greetings with some of his iIIustrious
customers. On this occasion he dis
carded his sou'-weSter and working
outfit for a silk hat, frock coat, white
Waistcoat and patent leather boots Sir
Henry Irving gave him dinner on
one of these annual visits, at whidh
several notables were present, and
Lord Arthur Hill introduced him to the
lord mayor of London
In letter wishing him many happy
returns Of his birthday Lord Charles
Beresford deplores the fact that they
are both beginning to suffer from
Ammo Domini." But Davy still rises ar
o'clock every morning, winter and
summer alike, to meet the incoming
mail boat. The gallant admiral he
counts among his best friends, and he
is very fond of relating how on one
occasion his lordship seized his papers
and ran down the platform selling
them. Dayy admits that he never
found better deputy, and thinks that
IL Lord Beresford had stuck to selling
newspapers he would have proved q
very formidable rival.
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Special Foreign Service
ID ONE, June 4.-Think of being able
~ to go to a first night and see,
sitting calmly in a box, Adelaide
dwellers in Rome enjoy, for the world
famous Italian actress whom monarchs
once We'd with each other in honoring,
has lost no whit of her interest in the
stage Of which she still is queen, and
rarely misses a premiere. Although
she is now over eighty-three years old,
the Marchioness del Grillo (as Ristori
is in private life) has had the good
sense to move with the times and
judge plays and actors according to
modern standards, and so 1t is that
when any new actress or play comes to
Rome, the eyes of all her loyal sub
jects are turned at once to Ristori, and
her pronouncements are accepted as
law. 1 was especially interested the
other evening to see her occupying
her usual box, close to the STAGE and
listening with absorbed attention to
Gabriel D'Annunzio's new tragedy,
'The Daughter of Jario," to which she
gave hearty applause. When one thinks
of the long life of this celebrated act
resS, whose boast it was at the height
Of her fame that she had visited ev-
cry country in the world which had a
theater, the Italian contention that she
is the most wonderful woman living
does not seem gross exaggeration.
She is now little old woman, with
pronounced features, sparkling dark
eyes, and hair that Is still abundant
waving under a head-dress which she
invariably wears. Her hands, covered
with magnificent rings and with silk
m1tts, are as eloquent as ever, and as
she uses them to emphasize her mean
ing, and her beautiful modulated voice
rises and falls, one can realize even
now glimpses of where her power lay
in the past
The marchesa acceded to nv request
for "a little talk, not an interview"
with her usual kindness, and as I sank
into cozy chair in her sanctum.
laughed at my request to know "aI."
L am sure you do not realize what
you are asking" she exclaimed with
laugh, that means to go back the
better part Of eighty three years. as
my first appearance on the stage was
at the age of three months. AS I gasn-
ed she laughed again, and went on.
Yes, eighty-three years, and you
come here and expect me to tell you all
about it in five minutes"
i have really personally felt about
every emotion, and I look back on the
different countries where 1 have been.
according to the emotions which thew
chiefly yielded to me. In Norway once
l was in deadly peril, though 1 knew
nothing about my danger until it was
over. We We're flying along on an ex-
press when We came to so sudden a
standstill that we were thrown from
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Special Foreign Service.

OpOCld1 fOT81Sn service.
DUBLIN, June 4.-If Davy Stephens
ever writes a book, undoubtedly 1t will
be called Royalties and Other Distin-
guished Folk Whom Have Met" In
case cables have not reached America
of the rather considerable fuss that
has been made over Davy Stephens
since he passed his sixtieth birthday. It
may be explained that he is the old
newspaper seller of Kingstown Pier.
made in the way Of business is so ex-
traordlnary one. Crowned heads, IT,
tied aristocrats and illustrious COM
moners have Joined in the birthday
congratulations that have reached Ste
phens from all over the world.
Davy has been selling newspapers
and periodicals for fifty-four years. the
death Of his father before he had
reached his sixth birthday having COM
PEELED him to make an early start in
helping support the family. Possessed
of unfailing good nature and a ready
Irish wit, he soon became popular with
his patrons, and as increasing years
developed his powers of humor and
genial qualities he won the friendship
of many distinguished men among
them. His customers, many of whom
he can claim as more than acquain-
tances, have included the king, the EN-
peror Of Brazil. Queen Victoria, the
Prince Of Wales, the Princess of Wales,
Prince Bismarck, the Duke of Con-
naught, the Duke of Clarence, the Duke
of Cambridge, the Duke and Duchess
of Teck, the crown prince of Austria,
the shah Of Persia, Napoleon H., the
prince imperial, Lord Beaconsfield.
Lord Charles Beresford, Lord Ormonde,
Lord Castletown, Lord Duncannon, Sir
Henry IrrAHa and a host of other not
ables.
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SMALLPOX BREAKS
UP A DUCAL PARTY
Roxburghes Leave Floors Castle When
Disease Appears. +
Foreign Service.

Special Foreign Service.
LONDON, June Am outbreak Of
smallpox in the neighborhood Of Floors
castle, learn, Is responsible for up
setting arrangements which the Duch-
ess of Roxburghe had made to enter
tain small gathering of personal
friends who had travelled to Scotland
for the purpose of seeing her in her
new home. Cornelius Vanderbilt and
his wife were Of the party, but on
hearing of the outbreak they returned
to London by the next train. The duke
and duchess also cleared out inmedi-
ately and at the moment the castle is
deserted. Mrs. Vanderbilt, mother OF
Cornelius, had also arranged to go
north, but she was advised by tele-
gram to keep away.
The VanderbiIts will be in town for
the season as the guests of the Duch-
ess of Marlborough and will be pres
ent at the opening of the duchess new
town house.
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AN IRISH NEWS VENDER HAS NOBLE FRIENDS
Stephens 1nestoSn Includes Royalty in His VISITING List

Among his most treasured souvenirs
is sovereign which was given him by
Queen Victoria on the occasion of her
last visit to Dublin in 1900. He first
met the late queen when, with the
prince consort, she landed at Kings
town, over forty years ago, and in all
of her subsequent visits she invariably
patronized his stall and spoke some
kindly words to him which were far
more highly pRjzed than her liberal
payments. He first made the acquaint-
ance of King Edward when he was a
very youthful Prince Of Wales, and
has met him so often since and received
so many gold coins from him that he
preserved only one as a souvenir Of
their acquaintance. The king loves a
good joke and a good laugh and was
invariably assured OF both when, in
stepping ashore from the royal yacht
he stopped at Davy'S STALL
OF Prince Bismarck, who visited
Ireland twenty five years ago, Davy
does not entertain particularly kindly
reCollectionS, for the IMAM of blood and
iron" tossed him a handful of French
coppers in exchange for the newspa-
pers he bought and passed grimly on
his way. OF. different sort was the
unfortunate emperor of Brazil, who
after listening to some of Davys, funny
stories offered him the post of court
jester. Familiarity with statesmen en-
ables him occasionally to venture on
jokes at their expense and he tells
with high glee how, in the days Of
the land league, he frequently slipped
extreme Nationalist newspapers con-
tanning caricatures of Mr.. Gladstone,
Mr.. Forster and Mr. Balfour into the
hands of these gentlemen after they
had crossed the Irish sea.
Sometimes Davy is called the "Um-
brella Knight" and thereby hangs an
amusing story. He was selling news
papers one evening in the saloon of
the mail boat when she got under way
and was rounding the pier head when
he reached the deck. Not wishing to
go to Holyhead just then he took
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WALDORF ASTOR FIGHTS FISHERMEN
Expatriate Tries to confiscate Part of the Thame.
Special Foreign Service.

Special Foreign Service.
I ONDON, June 4-Fishing rights
II in the upper reaches of the
River Thames, close to Cliveden, have
been for the last two years the source
of much heated controversy between
the Thames conservancy and William
Waldorf Astor. The body which con-
trolls the river stocks it yearly with
spawn with the aim of providing rec
reation for number of persons who
choose to spend their Sundays and hol-
idays as faithful disciples of Izaak
Walton. In former years Mr.. Astor.wh
prohibiting fishermen from casting
their rods from that part of the river
bank which adjoins the CIiveden estate.
graeiously allowed them to fish from
boats in the river itself. This con-
cession gave but scant satisfaction to
the innocent sportsmen and this year
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the Thames conservancy has been
again appealed to. A deputation wait
ed upon the lord Of Ciiveden a few
days ago only to find out that he had
decided to close the river-stream and
bank-against all but his personal
friends. As the law stands he is per
fectly within his right in doing so but,
the Thames conservancy, in spite of
the Iact that 1t is an absolutely fossil
lied and conservative body. can pet
It's back up at times, and it is believed
that Mr.. Astor has prodded it into do
ing so. If all other means fail to move
Mr.. Astor the conservancy will apply
to parliament to make new laws for
the government of the River Thames
1t is somewhat significant that
Queen Alexandra and Princess VIC
toria, who used to be frequent visit
ors to that part of the river, have not
been seen there since 1t became known
that Mr.. Astor had excluded ordinary
fishing folk.
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A Wilma.

There was young lady named Minna
Who wanted TO grow somewhat thinna,
So she followed a hunch
To do without lunch
And breakfast and supper and dinna.
Chicago JSprnal.
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Pure Milk Rare.

Milk is not only milk. 1t may
carry filth and germs of disease.
In fact, absolutely pure milk is
practically unknown. With the
refining of all our ideals of living,
clean milk has come to be as much
of a necessity as clean water or
clean meat. The production Of
clean milk is a new business. Very
few persons, relatively speaking,
are engaged in this business. The
business is yet in its experimental
stage; that Is, it is yet scarcely on
a commercial basis for any great
number of men. But how greatly
this subject is developing may be
judged from the fact that Ger.
tain man of thorough education,
high culture and the best of social
connections is now devoting his
attention, as a professional bust
ness, largely to the planning and
building of cow stables and barns,
with his Office on Fifth avenue
Country Life in America.
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RUSSIAN CHILDREN READ.
Authors Preferred by School Attend
ants Ascertained by Pop
ular Ballot.

In order to discover what 6u-
thors were at the present moment
most popular among the boys and
girls of Russia, writes William
Lyon Phelps, in Booklovers Mag
azine, a Russian periodical re
Gently sent a general letter, ad-
dressed to secondary-school pu-
pills, asking simply; "What au-
thors do you like bestT' The ques-
ton was put to boys and girls of
presumably from IA to 10 years
of age, in schools both public and
private-corresponding to our
high schools, academies, and pri-
vate fitting schools as well as
schools intended exclusively for
girls of wealthy families. A
large number of replies were re-
ceived; the results seem some
what startling. Foremost in pa
triotic preference is Tolstoi, with
SOL votes; and the favorite book is
Resurrection" with 296 votes.
Next, oddly enough, comes the
dreary and dirty Cork, with the
large total of $50 votes. Among
those who gained less than 100 are
not only men like Alexei Tolstoi
and Lermontov, but sadly enough
Russia's first great poet, Pushkin,
and her first great novelist, Co
gol!
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Base Ball.

The two games played with Mich
olasville last week made work for
the Mt. Sterling boys.
The home boys beat in the first
game by a score of 8 to 3, playing
good game. Browning pitched
well and as usual the catching of
Hill was excellent in spite of a
finger broken in the game. Simp-
son, who is supposed to be the best
amateur pitcher in Kentucky,
pitched for Nicholasville; it would
seem that Browning's reputation is
assuming like proportions.
In the second game Nicholasville
won with a score of 6 to 0. This
seemed to be an off day with the
Mt. Sterling boys, for pitcher Cam
pion was given little support and
m my good chances were lost, South