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"There is a place in California where
earthquakes may be said to be kept on
tap," said a Fresno County fruitgrower.
The spot is at the headwaters of
the Keweah, at the border of Fresno,
? Tulare, and Inyo counties. You can't
hire an Indian or a Mexican to go near
that locality. They say it is the home
of the evil spirits. The country is
rugged and rocky?mountains with
,deep valleys and precipitous cliffs.
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and all sort9 of hideous reptiles
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"But in addition to these attractions,
the region may be said to be in
a state of perpetual earthquake. The
ground trembles and quakes continually,
and the rocks themselves seem to j
be grinding and grating against one
another constantly, as if subject to
some great internal force. These phenomena
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this uneasy and perpetually dis- j
jturbed condition of nature up among
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tne tar Ji.ewean rocKs ana 11111s, uui i< i
is there. If you ever happen to be iD
that vicinity, ask the first Indian you
meet to guide you to the spot, and see j
how quickly he will shy away and disappear.?New
York Sun.
Where Prisons Are Untenanted.
The inhabitants of Iceland are commended
as the most honest people out.
L Cases of theft are almost unknown tc j
1 them, and a murder does not happen
* once in a generation. There is only !
one policeman on the island, who
'spends six months of the year in the I
.north and the rest of the time in j
'Reykjavik, where the only goal is located.
According to the islanders,
.this prison is a magnificent building,
in that it is built of stone, and they
think it is a direct invitation to
wrongdoing, as an inmate of the prison j
lives in a nioe room, enjoys the privi- I
lege of reposing on a real bed and
eating bread at meals?luxuries which
an ordinary Icelander scarcely ever
lias the opportunity of indulging himself
with. In spite of all these temp- j
t&tions, says the Prisons Service Gazette,
the Reykjavik prison is nearly :
always empty.?Pall Mall Gazette,
Chose Scotch Titles.
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titles for two of ner three younger
sons, the Duke9 of Edinburgh and j
a half-Scottish title for her remaining j
younger son, the Duke of Connaught j
and Strathearn. She gave an English i
title to none of her sons except, of j
course, the Prince of Wales.
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She Shot Ten Turks.
A little Greek peasant girl "was
wounded at the battle of Carditza while
fighting side by side with her brother.
When her brother was called out to
the war, she, having nowhere to go,
accompanied him. She thinks she
shot about ten Turks before being
wounded herself.
The Apron.
The apron is again coming into
fashion. It has not yet appeared in
this country, but the English leaders
of style have decreed that it shall be
worn. One was ordered not long ago
which cost $500, made of Brussels
rose point in a beautiful design of
flowers, scrolls and a border of tiny
roses. Another lady ordered one with
a pastoral picture in which figures
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were muvuutcu ?nu ? w*
flowers. Still another apron was ordered
lately from Venice decorated
with butterflies, birds and blossoms.
During the last century the Duchess
of Queensbury wore what is supposed
to be the most costly apron ever
made. It is entirely of point lace and
its value was placed at $3000. Another
favorite idea is for travelers to
buy the dress apronB of the peasants.
?Home Queen.
Pretty Blue Stockings.
Quite a feature of the "cappings,"
as the degree ceremonials are called at
the Scotch universities, says London
Woman, has been the number of girl
graduates who came up to be duly
"capped" and congratulated by the
Vice Chancellors, At the Edinburgh
ceremonial the other day there was a
creditable show of lady M. A. 's, most
of them young and pretty. The academio
dress proved vastly becoming,
especially in the case of one lady graduate,
who wore beneath it a gown of
white alpaca and long white kid gloves.
The men students and visitors had a
specially hearty round of cheers for the
ladies as they came up, and the Vice
Chancellor made the distinction between
the men graduates and the ladies
by shaking hands with the latter after
he had performed the ceremony of
lowering the big black cap over their
learned heads.
The Pearls of an Empress.
An interesting story is told concerning
some of the jewels belonging
to the Empress of Germany. She
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large pearls, well matched in size and
singularly pure in color. The necklace,
however, had been laid aside for
some time from the light and air, and
as a natural result the color of the
pearls had suffered considerably. In
fact, when the Empress took out her
necklace it was so discolored that she
found she could not possibly wear it
in its then condition. The court
jeweler, when appealed to, gave it as
his opinion that nothing would restore
the pristine purity of the pearls except
a very long immersion in the sea. A
glass case was aocordingly made, with
holes in it to admit the water, the
pearls were deposited in it, -and it was
sunk "full fathoms five" in the waters
of the North Sea. The spot chosen is
close to the shore, and it is said that
sentries are on duty night and day.
jrrincesft ox xaonaco*
The tiniest dominion in Europe is
that of Monaao. The Princess of
Monaco, who was a beautiful New Orleans
girl, is said to be the kindest
sovereign on the continent. A pretty
and pathetic little tale is told of her
eldest daughter, the lovely young
Duchess of Richelieu. As a child she
was extremely proud, and her mother,
wishing to soften her haughty disposition,
used to send her every week,
while in the country, to learn sewing
and knitting in the village school with
the little Cpcasant girls. This displeased
the small lady, who did not
refuse to go, though she hated it, but
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whole afternoon, never deigning to
join in the merry laughter of the children.
At tea time her governess was
sent to bring her home, and the Princess,
the Duchess of Richelieu, regularly
met her -with the same question,
""What have you said to the little girls
to-day?" "Nothing at all," was the
proud answer. "I cannot find anything
to say to those common things."
"Very well, neither can I find anything
to say to you, mademoiselle,"
and, turning on her heel, the lady
would leave the child alone in the hall,
and refuse to see her for the rest of
the day. For a long time the little
Dnrthp.sa would not vield. and at last
she was not allowed to come downstairs
to her mother. However, one
afternoon, unable to stand it any longer,
and as Bhe was coming back from
the school with a swollen heart, she
fell into her mother's arms, and said,
with great sobbing, "I?I?I have
asked them if they liked knitting, and
if they prefer to knit with blue wool
or with gray?" The ice was broken,
and now the haughty little girl has become
an amiable young lady, as charitable
as her mother.?New York Commercial
Advertiser.
The American Htiresn Drain.
It is estimated that American heiresses
pay aunually to foreign titled
fortune-hunters the aggregate sum of
830,000,000 to induce the titled foreigners
to marry them. Referring to
this evil one of the United States Senators,
in a speech on the floor of the
Senate the other day, compared such
American heiresses to "heifers fattened
for the foreign market"?that is
cnv fattened with their fathers'
millions, which makes them attractive
in the eyes of their aristocratic lords.
So prevalent has become the fashion
of rich American women marrying
foreigners that the last New York Legislature
felt constrained to pass a law
to protect such women and their heirs
from the disposition of their husbands
to grab everything they possess. This
law provides that any woman born a
citizen of the United States, who shall
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have married or shall marry an alien,
and the foreign-born children and descendants
of any such woman shall,
notwithstanding her or their residence
or birth in a foreign country, be entitled
to take, hold, convey and devise
real property situated within the State
of New York. Under this law, if New
York heiresses will leave the bulk of
their property at home when they
marry abroad, they will be able to
control it, and will thus be able to
command good treatment from their
respective spouses. When a foreign
fortune-hunter gets the woman and
her property into his own control the
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result 13 uauiillj 11XUUU UilDCiJ AUA tuv
American woman, as the numerous
separations and lawsuits growing out
of international marriages testify.
It would be better if the American
heiresses would marry Americans and
save the $30,000,000 drain; but as
there are many who prefer foreigners,
it is well that our laws should
offer them such protection as is possible
from the result of their felly.?
Minneapolis Tribune.
Women Cyclists in Paris.
Among women cyclists in Paris there
are three distinct styles in dress?the
French, the English, and the American.
The French women wear bloompra
Not licrht knickerbockers, but
bloomers cut very full at the knee,
growing more scant toward the waist.
This gives them the look, when a girl
is standing or walking, almost of a
skirt. When these are perfectly
made, and worn by a petite little person,
they are very jaunty. But they
are too often "home-made," and all
the figures, even of French women,
are not perfect. The general average
of bicycle suits worn by the "best
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areB8eu women uu ettrnu arc wuat wc
would call "frights." A correspondent
tells of a young French girl, in
the Bois de Boulogne, who watched
the cyclists speeding by. She would
say: "Those are English; those others
are French; these" two are Ameri-"
cans." "But how can you tell?" she
was asked. "It is easy enough," she
said; "watch, and you will see for
yourself. There come to long, flopping
dresses. Look how red those'
girls are in the face, how tired they
look. They are English. Look how
low they have their saddles, and how
far back from the pedals they sit.
English women all ride a bicycle as if
they were ashamed of it and had only
half got their own consent to do it.
Tiiey wear tneir long sireeii-areBBea
the regular width, and then they incumber
their machines with guards
enough to sink a boat in order to keep
their dresses out of the wheels. If
they were not as strong as animals, it
would kill them, they make such hard
work of it Here come two Americans,"
she continued; "see how
straight they sit over the pedals and
how high their saddles and handlebars
are. They ride like the wind and
are so independent. Look at their
ehort, neat skirts and tailor jackets.
Look at their fresh shirt-waists and
bright ties. But look at the heavy
leather leggings they have on. That
is the only silly thing the Americans
do, I think." Frenchwomen not only
do not wear leggings, but they very
commonly wear some kind of fancy
colored stockings with their low shoes.
A French woman can do this, however,
and not be as conspicuous as would
an American, for reasons anatomical.
The American woman buying her hose
in Paris learns to look out for elastic
ones, or else has the embarrassment
of calling for out-sizes.?San Francisco
Argonaut.
Fashion Notes.
A gray feather boa is one of the
necessities of fashionable outfit just at
present.
Long, narrow envelopes are taking
the place of the square ones for weddings
and other invitations.
Monograms are smaller, and are enclosed
in a ring not larger than a tencent
piece, and are frequently backed
with blue or green enamel.
Striking novelties in writing paper
are plaided, blocked and brocaded in
elaborate fashion. Pale tints are also
fashionable in blue, gray, pink and
cream.
A skilful needlewoman can make
collars from a pattern collar with very
little trouble, with one or more interlinings
of cotton according to the stiffness
desired.
A homespun wool material is a new
weave, very loose and thin like grenadine,
is in the market. It comes in
stripes and is made up over the inevitable
taffeta silk lining.
Swiss embroidered muslin of the
finest kind is made up into dainty
summer gowns over silk linings, and
pretty figured lawns are tucked from
the knee to the deep hem as they were
years ago.
Transparent effects play a large part
in summer millinery, and mull, chiffon,
net and tulle are shirred into the
prettiest-shaped hats, with both lightness
in color and weight to recommend
them to favor.
Lace is more in demand than ever,
and the woman who has a lot of old
real lace is to be envied. Yet the
imitations are exquisitely fine, and the
art of producing pretty effects with in
expensive lace is "wen kiiowii to me
dressmakers.
Ribbon belt9 made of two lengths
of ribbon folded and crossed on the
hips so that they form points back
aud front are a useful acccessory of
dress, since they are boned and hooked
in front, and, consequently, are always
in place.
To utilize last summer's hats one
should, for a white straw, brush it
well, then remove the stiffening wire
and wash it with cold water and good
soap. After rubbing well, dip it in
clear water and dry. Last of all,
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FREAKS OF LIGHTNING.
THEY HAVE SAVED AS WELL AS DESTROYED
HUMAN LIVES.
The Notion That Lightning Never Hits the
Same Spot Twice la Erroneous?Punishment
Meted Out to Lucky lawson
? Feud Settled by tbo Fluid.
A paragraph in an inland paper of
recent date, says a Cedar Bayou
(Texas) letter to the St. Louis (jiooeDemocrat,
calls to mind "Lucky"
Lawson, a well-known sea captain on
the Texas coast several years ago. He
was a big, blue-eyed Swede, and about
the most profane man that ever trod a
ship's deck. But the ship owner who
could seoure Lawson to rup his vessfel
was considered fortunate, for it made
no difference, it seemed, however hard
the -wind might blow or in whatever
direction it might be, when he was
ready to sail the weather was good
enough, and the wind had at least a
slant in it, if it was :aot exactly fair.
But Lawson was wickedly profane,
and the thunder and lightning, especially,
called it forth in all its hideousness
more often than anything else. It
was no uncommon sight, when the
thunder pealed the loudest, when the
lightnings rent the black sky above
him., and the water foamed with phosphorescent
light all around him to see
him stand bareheaded, his broad face
turned upward, his clenched hands
uplifted, cursing everything, and roaring
defiance at the disturbed elements
and the rulers of the universo.
The newspaper paragraph mentioned
gives the ending of "Lucky"
Lawson's life as follows:
"Peter Lawson, a resident of this
place for several years past, and
known far and wide as 'Lucky' Lawson,
met with a sudden death Monday
evening last. Mr. Lawson had been
ftttendincr the bier camc -meeting: and
revival at Elm Grove, where he was
converted last week, and was returning
home. On his way home, during
the thunderstorm of that evening, he
was struck by lightning and instantly
killed."
The accounts of the notorious Dickaon-Burnham
feud down on Big
Bushy filled many newspaper columns
a few years ago. It was said then that
it had cost the two warring factions
over twenty lives. It came to a sudden
end last summer. At that time
only two males of the factions remained,
the others having either left
that part of the country or been killed.
The last of the Dicksons was an old
man, over seventy, and the only remaining
Burnham a youth of eighteen.
A week before tho final ending of the
feud these two had met at the store,
and only for the iimely intervention of
some mutual peaceful friends their
differences would nave oeen Beuiea
then and there, - and would perhaps
have left one survivor to claim the victory.
As it was they were prevailed
upon to part, and each went his way,
vowing to kill the other.
It was Saturday. Early that morning
young Burnham rode across the
oountry to intercept old man Dickson
on his way to the store. The road the
old man had to come lay partly
through the timber along Big Bushy.
The timber had a dense undergrowth
of twining vines ?.nd high palmettoes,
a good hiding pliwje, and there young
Burnham tied his horse and lay in
waiting. At his back was a tall cottonwood
tree, in front of him was an
opening among the vines and palmettoes,
giving s, good view of the
road, and across his: knees lay the old
Winchester rifle which had been his
father's, and whioh, it was claimed,
bad slain nearly a dozen Dicksons,
ready for use. There were sounds of
distant thunder and faint flashes of
lightning in the air, but as the time
passed both increased in volume and
m'tridnoaa PrPHftnt.lv 'khfirfi n.ftmfl the
sound of a horse'* hoofs, then a horse
and rider came in view. It was old
man Dickson. Young Burnham raised
the Winchester to his nhoulder, waited
a moment, and then pulled the trigger.
Simultaneous with the flash of the
gun there was a vivid flash of lightning,
and a clap of thunder that jarred
the ground. Dickson's horse galloped
away riderless, while in the middle of
the road the old man lay dead,
shot through, the heart. With his
back still against the cottonwood tree,
young Burnham was sitting, his face
black and scorched, his eyes staring
wide, and on the ground beside him
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out of shape by the lightning.
In one of the churches in Nechez
City a few years ago there was a
stormy meeting between the members
and the preacher in charge. The
meeting broke up at last, and the
preacher was the last one to leave the
church, and alone. When he reached
the street, however, he was joined by
one of the members, who had lagged
behind to try and persuade him to give
in for the sake of harmony. But the
preacher was obdurate, and would not
recede an inch from the ground he had
taken, maintaining that his cause was
just. Then the member became dis
couraged and disgusted. "Larson,"
he exclaimed, "it would not surprise
me if the Lord caused a thunderbolt
to strike our church and rend it from
dome to foundation." The preacher
smiled disdainfully, but the next moment
there came a blinding flash of
lightning and a deafening crash of
thunder, and when they looked back
at the church which they had just left
they saw that the lightning had struck
it, and that its steeple and roof had
been demolished.
About Cabled.
Cables have tbeir adversities even
on the bottom of the Atlantic. Icebergs
passing over sometimes cut
them in two. Volcanic eruptions
sometimes injure them. A :few years
ago three Atlantic cables went down
at the same time and in about the
same spot. No other explanation has
been found but volcanic disturbance.
Near shore the risks multiply. One
of the commonest is the anchors of
fishing smacks, a whole fleet sometimes
riding on a cable at once. The
rocks and breakers near the coast are
also dangerous.
About English PrInonll.
Absolute uniformity touching diet,
discipline and clothes prevails in English
prisons. In the last twenty years
the British have cut down the number
of these restraining institutions from
113 to fifty-eight. This does not necessarily
denote, however, a higher tone
of morality. __
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WORDS OF WISDOM.
He that talgee no holiday hastens i
long rest. ^
No sin is so little that it may not be
come the soul's master.
Language fails to paint a woman a
the eyes of a lover sees her.
If you want to know the value c
money go try to borrow some.
A sack *of flour unceremoniousl;
dumped in tbfe cheerless bouse of
poor and needy family, will carry mor
solid comfort to a hungry stomach tha
a lot of eloquent sermons.
No quality will ever get a man mor
friends than a sincere admiration o
the qualities of others. It indicate
generosity of nature, frankness, coi
diality and cheerful recognition c
merits.
I cannot praise a fugitive and clois
tered virtue, unexercised and ue
breathed, that never sallies out an
sees her adversary, but slinks out (
;he race, when that immortal garlan
is to be run for, not without dust an
heat.
Finish every day and be done wit
it. You have done what you coulc
3ome blunders and absurdities, n
3oubt, crept in; forget them as soo
is you can. . To-morrow is a new u?i
begin it well and serenely, and wit
loo high a spirit to be cumbered wit
four old nonsense. This day is a
:hat is good and fair. It is too deai
.vith its hopes and invitations, to wasl
* moment on the yesterdays.?Th
South-West.
Lord Nelson's Human Fellowship.
Captain Mahan, in his "Life c
Nelson," just published, claims th
following as an original story showin
the inherent kindness of the gret
sailor. The fleet letters had just bee
3entoff, when Nelson saw a midshij
[ man come up and speak to Lieutenar
, Pasco, the signal officer, who, upo
hearing what was said, stamped hi
, loot in evident vexation and uttere
\ an exclamation. The Admiral, <
, whose nearness Pasco was unawart
called him and asked what was th
, matter.
P "Nothing that need trouble yor
j lordship," was the reply.
I "You are not tne man to lose jox
, temper for nothing," rejoined Nelsoi
"What was it?"
, "Well, if you must know, my lord,
will tell you. You see that coxswain
pointing to one of the most exactii
of the petty officers. "We have not
better man on board the Victoria, an
the message which put me out wt
this. I was told that he was so bue
, ( receiving and getting off the mailbaj
that he forgot to drop his own lett<
into one of them, and he has just dii
, oovered it in his pocket!"
"Hoist the signal to bring h<
back,"was Nelson's instant commanc
' 'Who knows that he may not fall i
fiction to-morrow? His letter sha
go with the rest." And the dispatc
vessel was brought back for that alom
A Seal on the Warpath.
An "educated" seal, on exhibitio
at the Schiller Theatre, elbowed i'
way out of the tank and went on tl
warpath recently.
The afternoon show was over an
the theatre almost deserted when tt
watchman and Policeman de Marr wei
aroused by yells from the rear of tl
stage. They ran behind the scenei
where they found the largest of a ha
dozen trained seals had escaped au
was engaged in a fight with Manag<
R. C. Gardner's pet dog. On seeii
flu* m?n thfl aaa! left the doer for larcr<
game. It failed to catch them, ho\
ever, for they made the most hasl
exits from the stage in the history <
the theatre.
The policeman secured a heavy cln
and returned to the battle. The dc
had left the field. Several heavy blov
from the policeman's club failed 1
make a lasting impression on the fu
coated fighter, and the officer wj
twice knocked down, but he luckil
escaped its sharp claws and fang
After .wearing out his club the polic
man went for re-inforcements. Whe
he returned, with half the employes <
the theatre at his back, the bellicos
seal had returned to its tank and w?
quietly nursing its injured fin.?Ch
cago Tribune.
An JEmcient salesman.
Imagine a clerk trying to sell a
article to his own "boss" and actual]
accomplishing it and winning an ii
crease of salary as a reward! That
what happened recently in one of tl
branch stores of Lipton, the grei
English grocer and provision deale
He has so many clerks that some <
them do not know him by sight.
wa8 one of these latter who called WD
Lipton'8 attention to a fine specime
of poultry as he was walking throug
one of his stores, and the clerk was e
earnest and adroit in extolling h:
wares that finally the customer ordere
it to be sent to his residence.
When the address was given th
energetic clerk, and he found that t
had been pressing the goods upon h
own employer, he nearly had a fi
but soon recovered upon being ii
formed that his assiduity had earne
him an increase of pay.?Merchant
Review.
Echo Used to Measure Distance.
A most interesting method of en
ploying the echo of a sound has bee
devised for the location of the carrier
which sometimes lodge in the undei
ground pneumatic tubes. Knowin
that sound travels at a speed of, rougl
ly, 1100 feet per second, and knowin
the time measured iu thousandths of
second between the firing of a pistt
*hot in the conduit and the arriving c
he echo at the outlet of the tube,
jimple calculation gives the exact loci
ion of the obstruction. The mean
of five experiments in the recent tes
gave 2793 seconds, and when th
j sound velocity was corrected for ai
temperature tne oosuucnou \> us lut-ai
fcil at 1537 feet from the instrument
which was the exact location.?Scienc<
Harvard's Endowments.
During the last twenty-eight year
Harvard University has received cas
gifts amounting to $7,839,703.38. Add
ing to this the value of land gifts an
buildincrs. the whole foots up to S9,
209,703.38, or an average of ?328,91
a year. If the benefactions of Har
yard continue in the same proportioi
(luring the next twenty-five years, thi
institution will hold property in exces
of $20,000,000.?Harvard Graduates
Magazine.
\
Making History,
At the recent celebration of old Em1
peror William's centenary Herr von
Werner, the German artist, had this
'* to say concerning the famous painting
of Professor G. Bleibtrou, represents
King William after the battle of Gravelotte,
receiving Moltke's report, "Vicil
1-3 1 3
if tory is ours," seated on xne aeaa oouy
of a white cayalry horse. When the
_ old Emperor saw this painting he uta
tered a mild oath and said: "Strange
e how people insist on making history!
D I am sure I never sat on a dead horse,
but have always given such horrors a
wide berth." Taciturn Moltke, when
? he read the bombastic distortion of his
report, for once, likewise, opened his
8 mouth and said: "I never uttered
" such nonsense. When I found his
majesty at. headquarters sitting on a
camp-stool I merely reported. 'The
l* Second Armv Corps has arrived at
last.'"
d
)f Norway's Artificial Coal.
d The peat coal now being turned out
d on a considerable scale in Norway is
made by the process of Rosendahl, a
^ -?I-?' nArtoiafo in
I) iiurwtjgiuu tuigiueci, wuiw v/uiioiowu
I heating the peat in closed retorts to
0 250 degrees, for Beven hours. The
n finished product retains eighty per
T. cent, of the original tar and gas. An}j'
alysis shows this coal to consist of
h sixty-five per cent, of carbon, sixteen
1] per cent, of oxygen, six per cent, of
r hydrogen, thirty-seven per cent, of
^ water and only five per cent, of ash,
e and its heating value is that of the
average bituminous coal. The cost of
manufacture is about sixty cents per
ton, or about a quarter of the cost in
,f Norway of natural coal. The# peat
e coal has proven suitable for foundry
g work, and all rooms have been heated
with it at exactly half the cost of the
n same effect from ordinary coal.
>- *
it A Queer Judgment. N
n An Atchison (Kan.) mother goes
? once a month to court and takes out
** judgments for $10 each against her
two sons, the money being due according
to an agreement the consid
16 eration named in which is th^t the
mother shall refrain from annoying the
tr eons by her presence or talk. She says
that the sons have defaulted in paylr
ments since last fall. *
i.
I Porcelain coins were for a long time
>? current in Siam.
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vitality; prevents baldness;
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prizes or medals. We do a regular patent TinmnMf '
Highest references. Wrlte.WATSON E. COLEMAB- f *?;
Attorney at Law and Solicitor of Patents. Washing.
ton Loan and Trnst Building, Washington, D. GL. "0
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