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I DUL HAMID'S FAL1 | .. v | Remarkable Changes Have Cos | His Detlironement?Mean Muc I Facing a Future Frangbt With I Observations by the Re Who is Making a Tour (Special Cort Jerusalem. ? The Turkish empire of to-day is, especially in its official operations, a different empire from what it was three months ago. In some respects it is a different empire so far as the lives of the people are I concerned, me maiveiuua 10 . of a month ago, which secured the elevation of the fifth Mohammed to the Ottoman throne, is already producing noticeable results. The year-old Constitution was responsible for a marked broadening of the official vision of Turkish authorities, but the most remarkable changes have come to pass since the deposition of Abdul Hamid. It is no such trying task to-day to ?nter the country as it has been considered to be since the memory of man runneth. The day of discourtesy and discomfort and unnecessary scrutiny at the ports of call has evidently passed. The writer has embarked and disembarked no fewer than five times within the past three weeks at the principal ports of Palestine, Jaffa, Haifa and Beirut without experiencing any more trouble with customs officers than is usual in any European port. A friend who has been conduct Iing parties irom iue ol<h.co iu taioo- | tine for fifteen years asserts that it has never been so easy to go and come as now. Steamship agents tell the same story. It is the testimony of the average man one questions as one wanders through the land. Fifty times at least different men have said, "It is not like it used to be." To be sure, if one does not care to have his baggage opened he may, even now, secure immunity 1 y the payment of "backsheesh." But it does not matter much whether or not one offers a "gift." At Jaffa the writer kept his "gift" to himself. The customs agent very politely asked that the baggage be opened, and after a very courteous examination pissed it. The trouble was "nil." It was not necessary even to produce a passport. The freedom of the press i3 something heretofore unknown. The native papers are saying very nearly, if not quite, just what they think on the political problems which perplex the (empire ana wnicn mean su mutu iu millions of the subjects of the Sultan. Only the other day an editorial in a Beirut papeg", published in French, criticised the lassitude and incapacity of the local municipal authorities as stringently as New York dailies dictate to the Mayor. They even dared to suggest among other things that the city fathers should keep horses from feeding on the already inadequate sidewalks of Beirut, and that the multitude of wild-running, noisy dogs should be exorcised. These suggestions in answer .to the statement of the city government that a city can not be transformed without money. Only those who are aware of the inalienable rights of Palestinian dogs -and horses and donkeys can appreciate the audacity of these proposals. Humorously illustrative this is of another point of view that has heretofore had short shrift. Seriously, reform is in the air. If it is easier to enter and leave the country than it was, it is also easier to move through Palestine, particularly, than heretofore. To go across Jordan or to such a place as Petra it was formerly necessary to ask for a permit, which as often as not was refused. To go without leave meant a fine. Those who wanted to go fre Iquenny went nrst aiiu aauumeu iui the violation of the law afterward. Then they paid a fine and the incident was closed. To-day such permits are "unnecessary. Heretofore a traveler at Haifa, Nazareth, Tiberias, Damascus and Baalbek has been under the strictest surveillance. It has been necessary to report to the local police authorities with one's papers at once. Fees were collected for registration, and gratuities were always cheerfully received. Failure to report meant that a more or less indignant official would call upon the careless traveler at his (the officer's) earliest convenience. All that is changed; no longer are "Messieurs les voyageurs," as the French call the tourists, followed up like i crooks. At Baalbek, for example, a courteous, cheery official put a smiling face through the open window of the compartment and asked the traveler for a sight of his passport and a ! simple statement of whence he came and whither traveling. There are more unveiled women in Palestine than heretofore. Even now NEW RIVALS OJ Southern States Growi known V< Efforts have been made to i-aftroduce in the Southern States certain useful vegetables hitherto unknown to this country, which are known in tropical regions as .the vautia, the dasheen and the taro. The last named is already familiar as an ornamental plant, under the name of caladium or "elephant's ear." All * -1-1 ? ~ -1" orirl w liirtJt; art; ucai ij iciuitu huu ?.uvu starchy, edible roots are highly prized in warm latitudes. These roots, indeed, resemble the common potato in composition and in flavor. That of the yautia, for example, when properly cooked, is not easily distinguished from the "Irish" tuber. It is sometimes white, sometimes red and sometimes yellow, according to variety. So rich is it in starch that it yields nearly one-third of its weight in flour, and its leaves are prepared for the ^able after the manner of spinach. One reason why it is deemed desirable to introduce these plants is that they flourish in land that is too wet for ordinary crops. It has been ascertained that they will grow weli in this couatry as far north aa tho Caro? > A BOON TO TURKEY j * ' ae to fass in the Empire Since & to Palestine?Young Turks 'ossibilities. i . v. IRA W. HENDERSON. of the Holy Land i . t "tspondaicc.) women are not conspicuous by their presence and number upon the Oriental streets of upper Egypt and Palestine. except in distinctively Christian communities, but the number of un- | veiled Mohammedan women seen upon : the narrow thoroughfares, though relatively small and confined largely to the less wealthy classes, is large enough to compel exclamations of surprise from seasoned travelers to whom Palestine is an oft read volume. The native who expresses any sympathy for Abdul Hamid the writer has yet to meet. To be sure, there are those who have lost office with the downfall of the old regime who, would be glad to see the return of the olden days of treachej-yand blood shed, but the mass of the people is ! satisfied, if common testimony is of j any certain account. The general, judgment seems to be that there is no ! J reason to mourn the fact that Abdul 1 Hamid is a prisoner at Salonika. "He ' j killed thousands" is the oft repeated statement. Pictures of the new Sul- 1 tan, more gaudy than complimentary 1 to .the subject, are in frequent evi- j dence. j 1 The foundations 'for a regenerated j ' empire are not all laid, and there may I J be trouble here and there between ig- j norant Mussulmans and ignorant Christians in Asia Minor. Liberty means license to not a few and many have the lesson to learn that true liberty is the fruitage of a calm self-restraint. The pupils of some Protestant institutions are a bit unreasonable in their demands. Some of the Greek Catholics at Jerusalem j aro anxious to rectify the errors of | r\9 nr\rr\ munlnn ! aumiuionaviuu ui cuu^ WMAU*j over night. Others seem not yet to have learned that the new government is at present popular and in earnest. Still others, perhaps, will not be cultured by the executions of the ringleaders of the massacre at Adana. But the careful observer must admit .that the day is* better. The power of the liberal party, the backbone of which consists of Young Turks, is enlarging. The grip of that cool, commendable organization composed of the best minds, both Moslem and Christian, in the empire, upon the political life of Western Asia is as potential as it is prodigious. , The Turkish empire stands jast I within the threshold of a glorious era ?an era that means much for Pa#?stine. The hands of the clock of progress are now pointing tpward civic and religious liberty; the Turk has i his face to the future ? a futura j fraught with possibilities, the realization of which will yet make him' proud of his once despised country.?From the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Trunk3 For Aerial Travel. An enterprising trunk niaker Id i Paris, we learn, has in his shop | trunks for balloonists. On the outside, painted in white letters, arc the words "aero trunk." On the inside of the cover are instructions and | hints for the traveler. 1. He is told I to have no fear of tumbling out. for the car is \well constructed, and there is not the least danger of derailment. 2. Do not jump about in your joy, for the car is not balcony. 3. Do not smoke or carry a spirit stove. 4. Do not go into ecstasies over the progress. Every one knows it. and it is a waste of time. 5. Select your baggage with intelligence. Only ' bring what is actually wanted, and j this will be heavy enough. 6. Clothe ; yourself well, for in the air it will ; be fresh. 7. Do not be vexed if you j find no wagon-restaurant. 8. Do not i point the finger of scorn at mortals j less fortunate than yourself who can- 1 not delight in the beauties of the J air. The trunk is of great lightness, ; the framework being of aluminum, | with rings to attach it to the car. j The trunk contains a small medicine I chest, but we learn there is no provision for ladies' big hats.?London Globe. Canght on the Rebound. "There is a ring around the moon j to-night," remarked the young man ( in the porch rocker. "Do you know ' what that means?" "No." replied tbe fair occupant of ; the hammock, "but I know what a j ring around a girl's third finger ! means." And as there was only one way out | of it the y. m. went out that way? 1 and bought the ring.?Chicago News, j F THE POTATO" Lng Some Hitherto UnBgetabies. linas. Not only are they useful by reason of their edible qualities, but J their high yield of staVch affords a j prospect of great usefulness for them . 1 as stock food or in the production of j alcohol. The yautia seems to have been orig- ' M -U ~ Tnrl.'rtr, Tf many iittuvc nj luc >vcai, luuics. il i was cultivated by the aborigines in : those parts centuries before Colum- ! bus discovered America. Even to tho present day its roots? which look j somewhat like sweet potatoes, are j raised on the islands of that, archi- ! pelago in great quantities, the pro- j duction often reaching ten tons to the i acre. Did the white potato not exist I they would take the place of it ad- ! mirably. Aged But Efficient. Of all the workmen employed by j the Marlborough rural district coun- j cil for work on the district roads ten ( of them average seventy years of age, their combined ages being 701 ' years. The district surveyor informed the council that they were all capable of earning good money at piecework.?London Standard. ^lySmart Frills New York City.?The plain guimpe is one that is always In demand. It can be made from one material throughout, or it can be made from some simple lawn and faced to form a chemisette or a yoke or in any way that may be liked, so lessening the quantity of fancy material needed. This one includes sleeves of three sorts and. can be faced for full length at the centre front and back or to form a shallow or a deep yoke, and it can be made high with a collar, or :ollarless, or with round or a square Dutch neck, so that it really fulfils 3very requirement. Long plain 3leeves are fashionable, and are much liked when found becoming, but moderately full sleeves in both threeluarter and full length are having jqual vogue, and any of the three | which may be liked can be us?d. | .. fflfj The guimpe is made with fronts i and backs. There is a casing ar- 1 ranged over the waist line in which i tapes are inserted to regulate the size, i The long sleeves are in one piece 1 sach, fitted by means of darts. The 1 full sleeves are gathered into bands i whichever length is used. When the 1 high neck is desired the regulation ] stock finishes the edge. ( The quantity of material required ' for the medium size (.eigni years/ ? one and three-quarter yards twenty- 1 one or twenty-four, one and three- 1 eighth yards thirty-two or one and ' one-eighth yards forty-four inches 1 wide. 1 New Hat Trimming. The' newest idea in trimming the large hats with revere side is to trim the revere. All of a sudden some one has discovered that this great sweep of plain straw is not as becoming as when it is ornamented with a smashing big necktie bow or cluster of flowers. A Startling Whim. The startling whim of the moment is the black or dark colored chem- j isette and sleeves with a white or light colored gowu. The effect is bet-' ter than might be expected, and the black makes a charming background for pearls or diamonds. The Fashionable Color. Violet is the most fashionable color of the day. The rage for this tint, which, strangely enough, does not emulate the modesty of the fragrant flower from which it derives its name, seems to increase rather than wane as the season advances. 1 I Collarless Necks. i Collarless necks and elbow sleeves j appear together. < ' , .i of Fashion||||j Pretty Leghorns. There are no hats prettier for the young girls than those of fine leghorn straw. For the Aviator. The divided skirt has been pronounced the proper style for the woman aviator. Silk Coats. Some of the loveliest of the coats ire made of the lighter silks, of crepe, :ashmere de soie and such like. Plaids For Children. Pretty plaids of modest size, bordered with plain color, are among the new goods designed for children. Paquin Skirts. Tho new Paquin skirts require the tightest sort of petticoat, and moat women find that a really clingy skirt is a very difficult thing to get Attractive Hats. Some of the most attractive hats are of soft leghorn lined with figured foulard. These accord with semidressy gowns and make the costume complete for a tour of the shops and the inevitable "five o'clock." JT-ilgllt UUITU on.11 t. The skirt that is made to give a panel effect is one of the very latest. This one is snug fitting over the hips, while it provides abundant flare about the feet, and it consequently is graceful and attractive in the extreme. In the illustration it is made of linen and fy JU r is trimmed with a simple banding, but the panels allow of treatment of various sorts. Heavy lace insertion or applique could be used as a finish or bands of the material braided or embroidered. The model is just as available for the thin batistes, lawns and the like as it is for the heavier linens, pongees and wool fabrics, and consequently is a generally useful and satisfactory one. The skirt is cut in eight gores and there are pleated portions joined to the front, side and back gores, which are cut off to form the panels. The closing is made invisibly -at the left of the back. The quantity ol material required Pnr the medium size is eitrht vards twenty-four- Ave and a half yard3 thirty-two or four and three-quartci pards fifty-two inches wide, with sev. jn yards of banding. / - mm . hi < THE GREAT MAN'S GAME. " *? I He Wasn't Jingling Millions; He Waa Merely Playing Solita'ire. The financier was the cynosure of all the passengers on board the transatlantic steamer. So great a man was he that he remained aloof from i the rest of the passengers and had most of .his meals in his room. When occasionally he took a turn on deck the few who had a bowing acquaintance with him very gratefully ac-1 knowledged his 'grudging salutes. The very atmosphere bristled with I thoughts and sounds of dollars as he J passed. , One day a young man, Europe j bound, was taking a constitutional j whose route led past the window of a room wherein the financier sat. There was the great man, just a bust | view visible, big cigar in his mouth | and hat cocked on one side of his I head, his eyes directed down, appar- i ently in the deepest thought. The young man, greatly impressed, J said to himself: "Ah, there he sits, probably planning some great coup. ( Probably at this moment he is de- ! bating a joining of railroad interests ; or a move that will make or unmake ! thousands. What a wonderful thing is the power of money!" *-* J t- i_ -i ? l 1 T> I Tnen ne conunuea lus eiruu. ocica | and forth he strode and about the ! fourth round trip he noticed that'the ! Ijat had been tilted forward, not so I much so that the young man could [ not see an anxious and strained look I on the wealthy man's face. J "The merger must be presenting some complex features," mused the young man. "The problem isn't working out well. This business of : being a great man in the ijiarket has ] Its drawbacks, 'too." ' Two or three times more the : young man walked by. Finally he thought he would walk over closer to the window. He wanted/to see the great man nearer. Tfce glimpse [ he got rather changed his mind about I the cause for the intent look^ and i Worried face. The greaj miah was' playing solitaire.?N3w York Sun. i Gamekeeper's Gallows. In the olden days the gamekeeper set.up his vermin gallows in each of his big woods..: It was to his credit to show that lie had killed aNlarge amount of vermin; on his gallows he wrote his own testimonial. Nearly j all the vermin he killed was duly displayed. Now the day of the gallowa is passing. Keepers have'llttle time to give ta the display; nor do employers always encourage it. No doubt there is a growing feeling against the destruction of wild life involved by the preservation of game; the gallows foster this and lead to bitter, if often misjudged, attacks. Keepers are contenting themselves "with a modified form of gallows, as the trunk of a tree, to which the heads, tails, or claws of the malefactors are nailed. Of course small gallows do not speak of the keeper's successful war waging in the old manner of the old fash- j ioned, full measure pattern, but there ; is much in their favor. As one old J keeper remarked of his tree trunk gal lows, the faint odor was only enough ! to set off the scent of the flowers.? ' London Evening Standard. Cat Lights on Its Feet. Why cats when dropped from a [ height light on. their feet nine times out of ten is one of the smaller problems that from' time to time attract the attention of a certain type of scientists. Some years ago learned men in Paris gravely studied the phenomena, even had a lot of films taken of a cat falling from a great height. These showed that as soon as puss began to fall a curious turning movement of the hindquarters began, and I just before she touched ground she I was right side up. A German professor went his fet- j low-scientists one' better and proved i a cat in falling changed its centre of ! gravity by rotary twists of the tail, j The professor further observed that ; these twists were the reverse of those i of the rest of the body. So convinced j was he of this fact that he fixed a j movable tall to operate by clockwork j on a dummy cat and lo, 'behold, the j dummy cat when wound up and set i in motion fell on its feet every time like a sure enough cat. Aeroplanist, consider the cat's tail and perhaps j save your life.?New York Press. j Hats in Manitoba. Consul-General John Edward Jones j reports that Winnipeg is preparing | for an active campaign against rats, which have already invaded Mani- ! toba from the south and are described j as "marching on Winnipeg." Mr. i Jones adds: "The people look with j serious concern upon the subject. I Recently the matter was taken before J the board of control of Winnipeg j with a view of devising ways and : means to check the rodent advance. It was stated that the rat3 had ap- j . peared in the towns of Emerson and i 1 Gretna, Manitoba, a few miles north' of the international boundary, and ' were trekking northward. All ol | the municipalities along the boundary are taking up the subject and j some general plan will be devised to ' meet the situation. Western Canada, j especially the grain belt, has ever J been free from rats, and the farmers i are much concerned over their ap- I pearance and the threatened destruc- | tlon of their harvested grain."? j Daily Consular Reports. What Becomes of the Corn. In the year 1908, when the total i crop was 2,CG6,000,000bushels, 241,000,000 bushels were consumed in flour and grist mill products, 8,000,000 bushels in the manufacture of starch, 9,000,000 bushels for malt i liquors. 17,000,000 bushels in the ' production of distilled liquors, 40,- j 000,000 bushels, for glucose, 190,000,000 bushels for export and 13,000,000 bushels for seed, making a total of 51S.000.000 bushels, or 19.3 per cent, of the entire crop. The remaining SO.7 per cent., or 2,11$,000,000 bushels, seems to have been used almost entirely for feeding.?Kansas City Journal. I Transportation's Signs. If his shoes are dusty, it's walking, if his clothes are dusty, it's driving; if his hat only is dusty, it's automobiling.?Buffalo Express. / I mi ????.?? sl?1 ^ortJ)Up^0 One kaot equals a mile and ai eighth. The weight of the diamonds ex ported each year from the Cape i: about three-quarters of a ton. Twenty lambs, twelve rabbits, twc hens, a duck and a grouse wen found by gamekeepers recently in i fox's larder. Two thousand movable kitchen: have been ordered for the Austria! army. Each of these is a four wheled vehicle, weighing about hai a ton, thoroughly equipped for cook ing in the field. More ships possess the name Mar] than any other. It is stated that the veins on th< back of the .hand are every bit as use ful for the identification of criminal! as thumb prints. The birds that live lo the greates age are the eagle, th& swan anjl thi raven, which sometimes attain mori than 100 years. Eighteen miles is the record dis tance for a man's voice to be hear< without artificial aid. This was ii the Grand Canyon of the Colorado. A?1?f "! r A . I. H AAA \jLiiy j.u* yt:iauiib ill xvvu uavi right and left arms of equal strength In 469 out of 1000 women the righ arm is stronger than the left. Ii men 590 out of 1000 have the righ arm the more powerful. Italy, with 32,000,000, has now th? smallest population of any of th great Powers. 1 ~ ' * New York City's egg record show that at the present rate there will h 1,500,000,000 received on Manhattai Island this year, and that they wil cost wholesale about $24,800,000. During three mouths the police o New York City arrested^ 200 flaor chauffeurs .th^n during the correspou ding quarter of last year and 30< more than during the safiie time twi years ago. Iron can be drawn Into thinne wire than any other metal excep gold. Rutgers street, New York City, wa so named because it was laid ou through the land of the old Rutger homestsad, and Catherine street wa named after Catherine Rutgers, *wh lived there. One evidence of the return of pros nfirUv Mqtit Vrtvlr + TT fa far jfwi **WTT * V* A V4WJ A0 bUW 1.UV that most of the cheap restaurant are giving seven prunes to a portlor where they gave five eighteen month ago. Swiss fire toads act as perfect ba rometers. If kept in glass Jars cor taining va.ter and a ladder, they wll climb up the ladder when the weatfc er is to be wet, and previous to dr weather will stay snugly in their wat ery homes. BODY LOCKED IN CONCRETE Pather'9 Plan to Prevent Its Re moval by Widow of the Dead Man. S. Branson Davis Has filled th grave of his son with cement am gravel to prevent the removal of th body by the widow of the dead mar His action anticipated the filing of petition for injunction by Mrs. Davi to prevent any intereference with he wish to remove the body. Previousl Davis has stood guard armed with shot-gun over the grave. The petition for Injunction and : bill in chancery were filed to-day b; the widow, Mrs. Sarah Davis, of Ver million. William R. Davis, husbam of the petitioner, was killed in a rail road accident two years ago and bur led in a cemetery lot supposed to b owned jointly by himself and hi father. Recently the latter servei notice on the widow that the lot be longed solely to him and that sh could not be buried there. Mrs. Davis thereupon began prep arations foS the removal of the bod} but Davis mounted guard with a shot gun. He also prepared to encase tin casket in concrete so that it couli not be mcved. . Sheriff Winn, whi served the injunction papers, fount Davis had completed the work, ton: of concrete having been poured int< the grave. Mrs. Davis says she will ask for ; decree giving her the sole propert: rights in the corpse, with the privi lege of removal.?Paris, 111., Corre Z"1 Vi { r?0 crr\ Tn'SlinO OJL/UUUCUCC VUlUUgV i. 1 *UUMV. Downright Laziness. George Washington crew a lonj sigh and said: "Ah wish Ah had i hundred watermilliens." Dixie's eyes lighted. "Hum!" Dat would suttenly be fine! An' e yo* had a hundred watermillions would yo' gib me fifty?" "No, Ah wouldn't." "Wouldn't yo' gib me twenty five?" "No, Ah wouldn't gib yo' twenty five." Qixie gazed with reproachful eyes at his close-fisted frisnd. "Seems tc me, you's powahful stingy, George Washington," he said, and then con tinned in a heartbroken voice "Wouldn't yo' gib mjO one?" "No, Ah wouldn't gib yo' ono Look a-heah, niggah! Are yo' s: good for nuffen lazy dat yo' cahn'i wish fo' you' own watermillions?"? Young's Magazine. Stuffing Him. "You people are at peace with al the world," remarked the foreigner "What do you need of a standing army and a big navy?" " "Principally," said the native, "tc keep Captain Hobson quiet."?Chi' cago Tribune. I / i - : ffy ft SCIENCE > J3 Stovaine is the name of a new: anesthetic, far less dangerous to pa- < tlents affected with heart complaints i ; than chloroform or ether. ? h In connection with the present ac tivity with regard to the reduction of 3 fatalities in coal mines it is of Interest to compare the following average J of fatal accidents a thousand em) j ployes: Anthracite miners, Pennsyl- , 5 j vania, 3.18; miscellaneous steel and i iron workers, Pennsylvania, 4.30; I nut and bolt workers, Pennsylvania, ! 5.40; railway.- employes, United 3. j States, 2.50. ' (! ? - i Iron bolts exposed to the action o! t I rain water in bridges over ihe - | Thames have, in twenty-five, years, ! been eaten away from an original di? | ameter of five-eighths to one of fivet ! sixteenths of an inch,." which is a j reduction in area of cross section ol : seventy-five per cent. President 3 i Cochrane, of the British Institution ? - , of Mechanical Engineers, thinks this 3 j largely due to sulphurous acid, aa well as acrbonic acid, washed out oi the air by rain. 11 3 ' The readiness with which low 3 forms of life accommodate themselves to altered environment, shows that they are capable of being trained or ? " educated to a certain extent. Stahl * [has shown that a certain plismodl- v 1 | um flees when sprinkled with salt, but if the salt be added to the medium gradually the organism accom-* 3 , modates itself to the new medium^ I Pnrnoseful action is manifested by . plans as well as by animals, and by I . both unicellular multicellular, t The korrigans, superstitious peas! ants believe, are the black dwarfs of 9 Brittany who dwell in the sacred B Druidic circles of the menhirs and ! count their cash in the moonshine. .,, When mere mortals encounter them 3 by nijht the korrigans force their ' B visitors to dance with them around II and around, singing monotonously v;, > i * the names of the days of the week from Monday to Sunday. This is the theme of the best knoVn tradition ' dealing with them, the story of Lao 0 and the korrigans. ? i ' i ii 0 \ Vwi o THE BRAKE HORSE* Novel Feature of a Big Tracking Ontr . fit That Crossed Broadway. >t / ' Going east along Canal street and I just now crossing Broadway was a J trucking outfit that ould not fail to ? attract attention for the reason, if for no other, that it was so long in ? passing; but its most remarkable _ feature came into view only at the. u very end. . . '! , The truck was one of thosg massive vehicles made up of two pairs of t high and ponderous wheels placed ,\ s fifty or sixty feet part with great ' beams set between, made for the carg rying of steel columns and girders. This truck had on it a plate girder seventy or eighty feet long and weighing perhaps eight or ten tons. [m > To haul this truck there were strung U , out in front of. it five pairs of big L_ 1 horses, making altogether an outfit y between 150 and 200 feet long. ! Walking alongside the horses te look after and steady them were two men, one on each side, while the , driver stood on the forward end of " the great girder, standing ten leet or y more above the ground. Altogether this made an outfit certain to atI tract attention; and yet, as previouse I ly stated, its really novel feature was d I not revealed until you came to the e j very end, where you saw walking l. i along behind the great truck and a hitched to it by means of rope3 made s fast to its rear axle a single big horse r with a driver walking along behind y j him. . a i Why the one big horse behind? To ' help when they came to down grades a ! on the way. The two horses on the y pole ahead would of course then , - i hold back good and hard, but the 3 ' horse behind could help a lot. Along - ! the level stretches the rear horse's - ; driver simply drove him along, keep* e ing him at just distance enough from s ! the truck to keep the ropes leading 3 to the rear axle from rubbing on the - j ground, but when they came to down e grades the rear driver would hold ! his horse up and then the horse - j would plant his feet and settle back | in his breeching, pulling back on tha I ropes and so serving as a novel but 3 ! very useful brake.?New York Sun. 1 I 3 , 1 \ . j Interest in Orphans. 3 f A correspondent sends to a Paris 3 contemporary an amusing contest of i wit whi"h he recently heard in a railj 1 way carriage on a journey between y | Compiegne and Rove. There wers _ 1 several passengers. One believed I Vijmeoif tn nnssess a fund of humor " : which he intended to expend on a j priest who got in at one of the inter| mediate stations. Bestowing a pat| ronizing look on the clergyman, he 5 j said: J | "Have yon heard the news, Mon? ' sleur le cure?" ' i "No, my friend, I have not," was f the reply. "I have been out all day, 3 | and have not had time to glance at the papers." | Then said the traveler: "It is some thing dreadful; the devil is dead." j "Indeed," replied the ecclesiastic, without the smallest surprise or disi pleasure-. Then, seeming deeply s j touched, he added: "Monsieur, I ) i have always taken the greatest inter i est in orphans. Will you accept these - two sous?" The wit, we are told, retired as gracefully and as quickly as he was able.?London Globe. ;i Handling an Audience. ! "What will you do when your constituents ask you to explain your ' votes on some of these tariff schedules?" ' i "I'll explain." answered Senator Sorghum, "with such minute and ' comprehensive technical detail that they will be glad to have me drop } j the subject and tell them a few amiis: j inc anecdotes."?Washington Starai