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r- r '"'7 I| vv ??> * * " * fPe Kins of ?iam |J aqd flis pamilg. ? if ? ? X This Ruler of n Strange Coon44? try Proposes to Make o Visit i V *6^ to the United States. *3*" "T~ "T^ING LEOPOLD of Belgium is IyS not the only royal personage j \ who is contemplating a visit to this country. It Is on the cards that he King of Siam and his family are to journey to the United THE SIAMESE KIN States some time in the near future. If the ruler of this strange country does pay us a visit it will be with all the accessories of Oriental splendor. We do not have tu go back many years to find Siam almost, if not quite, as exclusive to European influences as China Is to-day^ One of the most remarkable illustrations of the changes which are taking place in the Orient is furnished by the Crown Prince of Siam, who is now a student at Oxford University and about to publish a book on the war of tne .foiisn succession. Phya Charoon Raja Maitrl, who is coming here as first Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from Siam to the United States #in order to pave the way for his royal master's visit, has had a career prob THE QUEEX^OF SIAJI IN NATIVE COSTOME 1 ably more remarkable than any of the other diplomatists in Washington. Cousin of his King as he is, he has been Prince, priest, beggar and finally not only Prince again, but one of the most.' trusted advisers of the throne. Phya Charoon Is about thirty-seven years old. Like most Siamese he Is below medium size, according to our standards, but is of fine physique, deep chested, muscular and straight. He will be a particularly gorgeous Minister. In Siam his collection of Jewelry is no finer than that of many other men of high rank, but Siam has been amassing gems for many generations. He has emeralds, rubies, pearls and sapphires sewed into some of his I : the king of siam I ceremonial costumes.\ Besides these ' he has his more personal jewelry; diamonds, pearls, In rings, pin?, belts l ( I V V : . . . \ aud poRdants. With nil his decorations on, chief among them blazing the blue-white diamonds of the Order of the White Elephant and the prismatic gorgeousness of the Chinese Crown, he is literally a dazzling jontre of radiance. His home in Bangkok Is a spacious palace by the river side, filled with retainers and slaves, who serve him, his several wives and their numerous children. The carvings and bronzes and other works of art would furnish I a museum. He has a separate slave I for each detail of service especially trained and the bearer of the betel-nut box would never be expected to carry the parasol, or the steersman of the fG'S EIGHTEEN CHILDREN, BY I coremonial boat to tend a door. Not always has Fliya Charoon lived thus. Siam is the home of the most rigid Buddhism, and the envoy is a pious Buddhist. By the precepts of that religion as practiced in Siam, every nobleman must serve in the priesthood a certain time. The King himself has been a priest. Phya Charoon spent his allotted time as. a novitiate in one of the monasteries, where he became so imbued with the religion that he donned the yellow robe of the mendicant, renounced his riches and begged his food from door to door. After comDletine his priesthood he studied diplomacy, and then traveled. He speaks English. It is not likely that he will bring any of his wives with him. Killing Rabbits In X*o?lf<lana. Louisiana hunters have a way of killing rabbits that might perhaps be practiced further north. It is the old scheme known as "shining," which Is still practiced in the Adirondacks on deer. Two hunters go together at night, one carrying a lantern with a good reflector and the other a gun. They walk about the swamp where rabbits are numerous, and the animals will stand and look at the light just as deer will at a "jack" carried in the bow of a canoe. The man with the gun shoots at the reflection from the eyes. On the marches where the animals are numerous two hunters not infrequently kill twenty or more iu a night. Green an Unlucky Color. A belief of this kind prevails strongly with regard to a certain sept of one of the great Highland clans. A lady who married the chieftain some years ago resolved to uproot what she called a foolish superstition, furnished (or induced her husband to furnish) in different shades of green an entire wing just added to the family mansion. Within six months the lady deserted her husband and home, and died abroad soon afterward under very tragic circumstances. Needless to say, the popular belief as to the un luckiness or green survives uusuuiseu. ?Notes and Queries. Trained Balloonist*. The Swiss military authorities have determined that next year the training of military halloonists shall be systematically taken in hand. The first balloon company to be formed is to consist of eight officers, twenty-two non-commissioned otficers, 161 privates, with an establishment of nine riding and ninety-nine draught horses, rn-ontv-oifrht vphiflt-S?W.ishinf? (ton Star. : F? TT? .ft I S. JpS|?|| i ^p I IN ROYAL ATTIRE. ?From Harper'? Weekly. The Irtish River in Siboria is 2200 miles in length and drains 600,000 miles of territory. ' v <? 4 lb q i g Suriosiiiss of Ichthyology, a 4 *-> ? a ! By Carles Minor Blackford, Jr., M. D. y | T HE study of ichthyology is atI . tcuded with greater practical I difficulties than is that of any "J" other branch of natural his- j ' tory, and on account of this it is far , behind its sister sciences in the de- 1 gree of completeness to which it has i attained. Land animals may be f tracked to their most secret lairs, pa- I tient research will reveal the most l ii n P i s k \ . tL i ^ n : d ii f o fl ??J A LIS VARIOUS WIVES. ?From Harper's Weekly. cunningly hidden nests, but It Is im- t possible to pass beneath the waves to d watch the habits of "all that dwell p therein." "The way of a fish in the I sea" is almost as much a mystery now I *? Al? O/vlAmAn on/I trhnt I I US ill 1X16 UUV5 KJL OUiUiiiuu, uuu v* muw is known but shows .the extent of the unknown. Suppose that a visitor from some other planet were to come on an ex- . ploring expedition to our earth, but i that his vessel could come no nearer j than several miles, while our atmosphere was opaque to his vision aud unfitted for his respiration. Under such circumstances his position would not be unlike our own in regard to the [ sea, and It may be perceived that In either case the knowledge to be gained s must be scant and fragmentary. The j astral explorer might capture a few ^ of the lowest animals in his nets and 'dredges; he would probably obtain ^ some worms, but he would be unlike- j ly to take a bird, quadrupsd, man or r any other thing that has the power of locomotion. For the same reasons the c investigation of the sea has been slow T and unsatisfactory, and but little has j. been made out of even the commonest fishes. Many species and some t genera are known by single specimens, g and In several Instances these have T FIG. 1?BOKES OP A "SEAL FISH.*' e (Therobromus callorhini.) , ? e been found by what appears to be the 1; Altonnn f. puicot j Quite a number of rare specimens f have been obtained from the stomachs s of other aquatic animals. The greater E number of fishes are carnivorous and ^ most of them are voracious feeders, j greedily swallowing anything of n t suitable size that presents itself. A shark's stomach sometimes contains a remarkable assortment of dbjects, and sometimes rarities are discovered, for F sharks are more intent on the quan- ^ tity than the quality of their food. * There is a genus of fish called the f Tarletonbeanea, in honor of Dr. Tarle- t ton H. Bean, a distinguished ichthy- J ologist, but of it only three specimens ll are known to exist. Of these, one was D taken from the stomach of an Albacon c off the coast of California, one came u from a Sebastodes miniatus, and the 13 - Kl/vnrn V?r>r? ? /! a\7 a hnnt Q LLliru was UilMVJLL w m uvaiu \t*. %m wmv during a storm. a A still sttanger example is that of h the "seal fish." In making some in- s vestigations into the life of the fur v seal a few years ago, it was-necessary * to determine the character of the food ' on which it subsists. To do this, the t stomachs of numbers of seals were opened and their contents examined, and in them the remains of a new kind of fish were found to very common. Nothing but the bones (Fig. 1) have been found, but these in such numbers as to show that there must be vast quantities of these little hsh, although up to the present time no c%e has seen one in life. The sea is the great home of aquatic life but thp fresh waters well repay research. The "lung fishes," that can breathe atmospheric air, and thus avoid polluted waters, or the mud fishes, that are captured by digging them up, are interesting variations from the general rule, but the subterranean species are most wonderful. The blind fishes found in our great _ limestone caverns and those from ii the ditches of the rice-fields are fam- t iliar, but the secrets of "the waters p under the earth," are not yet made t plain. A few years since a station c was established by the United States L Fish Commission at San Marcos, Tex- d 00 A ? nfifAoinn wnll TXTn a hnrorl nn/1 n flow of 1200 gallons of water per minute obtained at a depth of 188 feet. Tiie boring was through almost solid j limestone, the "log" of the well show- ^ ing that one tunnel some two feet in diameter was pierced, but the flow has brought up numbers of living organisms, all new to science. So far l four species of shrimps and a sala- c mander have been described, but there I 4 " ' ' , / : iare been abundant. Dr. James E Jenedict, of the Smithsonian Instlti* Ion, described and named the shrimps o ind Dr. L. Steiner, of the same estab t ^?~r... 7 * ( FIO. 2?TYPHIiOMOLGE RATHBTJNI. 1 (Drawn from life.) I Ishment, did the same for the salalander. He gave it the name of Tyhlomolge Rathbuni, in honor of , Ir. Ricliard Rathtbun, the assistant ecretary of the Smithsonian InstituIon. The accompanying illustration gives n accurate conception of this strange [ nimal. Its head Is large and proonged forward Into a flattened snout 1 which Is the mouth. The eyes are overed by the skin and are visible nly as two black specks. Behind the ead the external gills form festoons i bout the neck, their vivid scarlet 1 making a sharp contrast with the j ingy white skin. The four legs are i a two pairs, the anterior ones having 1 our fingers, or toes and the posterior 1 nes having five. It terminates in a attened, eel-like tail.?Scientific i morion Automobile to Drive With Reins. Wliile there are several kinds of auomobiles it is only an expert who can Istingruisli tbem, the ordinary lay- j ' ' 1 1 i i i 1 9 ' nan seeing in an automobile merely a lorseless carriage which is moved by ome unseen power. Now, however, m automobile has been invented in ilassachusetts which differs widely rom those in use at present. It consists of an ordinary fourvheeled carriage, In front of whicii a a frn^Hnn mntnr. The latter is uounted on separate wheels and :> onnected by couplings with the ax!" if the carriage. It is also provided vlth reins, by means of which It can ie guided and controlled. As the accompanying picture show?, his motor is driven very much In thf | ame manner as a horse, and for this eason it is claimed that it will cou:nend Itself specially to women. Tin* ' eins are so adapted that when either s pulled the. motor is at once guided 0 that side and when both are pulled 1 brake is set in motion. This arrangement is certainly move iimple and artistic than the ordinary nethod of guiding and controlling an lutomobile, but whether it will work n practice remains to be seen.?Ciii:ago Record-Herald. Shaving In Public. The most public barber shop in New tork Has oust Deen sianea in a iuuui the Grand Central Station which pens into the main passageway from he elevated railroad platform to the aain waiting room. It is a small, shallow room, and the ide toward the passageway is almost ntirely glass. The chairs are within ive or six feet of the passersby and very expression on the faces of the aen in them can be seen plainly, thousands of people pass this glassronted barber shop every day and ince the barbers have begun work tot a few of these people have stopped i o stare at the men being shaved as f they had never seen a barber shop lefore.?New York Sun. New Use For the Lamp. Hot water bags have grown to be t? lositive necessity in the household of ate years, one great advantage of his being that they retain the warmth or an extended period of time. But he heat will eventually diminish beond the point, where the water bag 3 useful, when the water must be reewed. As this cannot always be done onveniently it has occurred to Samlel A. Gotcher that the water might ie constantly maintained at the retired temperature by an arrangement itached to an ordinary lamp. He ias applied the thought in the manner hown, simply connecting two bags rith a coil of nine in conjunction with he flame. As tlie latter can be readiy regulated it is easy to vary the emperature to suit requirements. The lwj> water heater for the feet. aventor does not confine himself to he use of the heater for indoor purosps. but applies the same principle 0 the heating of foot-warmers in amazes and sleighs, obtaining the leat from a lantern carried on the iashboard for lighting the roadway. Dreamt. The difference between a day dream ind the ordinary dream is that the atter only costs you loss of sleep, vhile the former costs you both loss >f time and money.?New York Times. Of the 1557 towns in New England 01 manage their schools under the listrict system, eighty-one of them >eing in Connecticut. 4 I ' Y A -w-k ? "irt.A.1 ITaTMl lv k A lin)( * iMIACU JL BUU..J, - | Feter Stcinert has on his farm ncre t wonderful dog. A short time ago j he dog, a large Newfoundland, be- j :ame the mother of five pups, but all i 'xcept one died. About the same time I l pig on the fnrm had a litter of pigs, ind a cat had kittens. The dog did lot grieve over her loss long. She >nticed four of the kittens and three >f the pigs to her kennel and adopted i hem. The old dog is taking the x?st of care of her 'mixed family.? [rreenwieh (Conn.) Correspondence, 3altimore Sun. Fiction InflpireR Science. Pnsitivplv JhIps Verne, with his lmusing and suggestive fiction, has more than once inspired science and industry. More than once has he engendered miracles by imagining them in advance. But that is not the greatsst of the services which he has renlered. The immortal merit of his work consists in his having created a new state of mind by enlarging the horizon of a too much stay-at-home race, and impregnating vocations ignorant of their own capabilities with energies which, had it not been for liim, would have remained latent or sterile.?Faris Figaro. Care of the Complexion* Many persons with dclicate skin suffer ?reatl.v in winter from chapping. Frequently the trouble arises from the use of impure soaps and cheap falveR. The face and hands should be washed only in clear, cot water ivith Ivory Soap. A little mutton-tallow or ilmond oil may be used after the bath to loften the skin. Eliza It. Parkeb. Everv British parish with a population o? 300 or over is compelled by law to erect a parish council. A fellow is not a lobster just because he suffers from boils. All goods are alike to Putnam Fadeless Dyes, as they color all fibers at one boiling. Bold by all druggists. Graves average five feet deep in England, five feet six inches in France and eix feet ten inches in Russia. Gold pens were first made in 1840. Their sale to-day is 1,500,000 a year. How's This ? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. Cheney A Co., Props., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Che-~ 1-??A IK Vtaliavo Viim TIPr lie/ 1UI lue 1UM/ xo J cum, ?uu wwovfv ?? r fectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligation made by "their firm. West & Tbuax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. Waldino, Rinnan A Mabvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price, 75c. ner bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials free. Hall's Family Pills are the best. t French steamers now make the trip from Marseilles to Sydney in thirty-four days. A century ago it took seven months. Best For the Bowel*. No matter what ails you, headache to a cancer, you will never get well until your bowels are put right. Cascabetb help nature, cure you without a gripe or pain, produce easy natural movements, cost you just 10 cents to start getting your health back. Cascabetb Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put up in metal boxes, every tablet h^s 0. C. C. itjimnmi mi if Reware of imitations. The boarding house bore bores the boarders. FITS perraanen ily cured. No tits or nervousness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer, i2 trial bottle and treatise free Dr. R. H. Kline, Ltd., U81 Arch St., Pliila. Pa. Marriage may be a failure without bankruptcy. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, soften the guuis, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c a bottl e Doctors' bills otten make a man wish he were dead. I amsurePiso's Cure for Consumption saved my life throe years ago.?Mas. Thomas Robbins, Maple St., Norwich, N.Y., Feb. 17, 1900. High StreetR in London. There are still thirty High streets in London, although many others have been renamed. There are eleven St. John's roads and nine St James's places. Eleven Queen streets still exist, although thirty-three have been renamed, and fifteen King streets remain out of the original fifty-three. There are two Oxford streets other than the famous one, and five Victoria streets. I ^nE?e|L 1 lT 13 Re I irAss's! B T? Ovi (&! With many m ideal home laxativi 'M one, and the meth< Company ensures which have comm most eminent phy< 5# who are well infori Syrup of Figs ! out in any way dis freedom from any 1 I? In the proces; [3 pleasant to the tas combination are ol filially on the systs fe lo det its b (% JT bu I &vVtfOr jr Louisville. Ky. 4 FOR if A L C BV ALL ? ' < ' . i . - , ... - - ' Bird Hunting on Horseback. Kcntuckians of the blue grass region bunt birds on horseback. A K<-ntuekian's hunter must not only be willing to stand while the owner dismounts nnd goes to look after a covey of birds, but must also allow the owner to fire a shotgun from its back. A great deal of the hunting in the blue grass region is now done in this way, and many of the sportsmen are as good at wing shooting from the saddle as from the grountJ.?New York Times. Mrs. Ellen Ripley, Grand Army of the ioth Ave., N. E., ^ ' 1 1 btrongly indorses Vegetable Compounc " Dear 1&rs. Pinkham Yo of ulceration of the womb, and get the medicine had genuine merit, to other sick women. " For fifteen years I have been before, but I have advised hundred fact it is the only real reliable rer " I have not yet found a case has not been relieved or cured 1 Pinkham's Vegetable Com 44 You have brought health to 1: you have no doubt to others over t] $5000 FORFEIT IF THE ABC TXTVirtrt nrnwan rn flVMlWn/1 TT7lf if T UUH TTUUi^U Oil U IfAVUUAVU TF1W "weakness, leucorrhoea, displacemen ing-down* feeling, inflammation o general debility, indigestion, and remember there is one tried and Vegetable Compound at once rei No other medicine in the woi*L unqualified endorsement. No othe of female troubles. Refuse to buy ? / 1.1 '> ' ,-ilJi1 y 'v ' ? For ?* \ the reputation of W /fci-' H ' / iHL'-'-^ shoes for style, coml A & nfr jr-: all other makes sold BIS P ^ " cellent reputation hf hs' rsa ?? fm vv.l.dour: HBi1 a t?-JUkI? j8C ~ ter satlsfac sra S tDra' ?.?) shoes H37h 0 jMv/ the best $3.0)and vwfia talned. Tlic stand 13'rflvA 5 TSmJ? tbs? so hlcb that the1 IsV-H ' i "J for his money In t Jy.UyA n flttSfc ? ^^$3.C0 shoes than h Ifl; fc'' -?1" Doaplas malces and sells fJfc *t\c\ any other two mannfactn F.vcletsMfd. W. L. D< IS -'LP ~ii^! ?'? nil irui >r? jut u food L\ *?*rjr wi ^ jf totccarcrMoni ASTHMA-HAYFEVER f CURED BY * FREE TRIAL BOTTLE. Address DB.TAb.79 E.130? ST.. NY. City HANUMO.UK a.UEItlCAN LADY, iudepen dently rich, wants good, lionest busbiind. Ad I dress .Mrs. E., 87 .Market fsl., tuicugo, m b'1t rA5?spRESHl^ And j Pleasantly a* habrrual perm/ illions of families Syrup of Fi 2. The combination is a sirn; Dd of manufacture by -the Ca that perfect purity and unifc ended it to the favorable co sicians and to the intelligent '< ned in reference to medicinal ; has truly a laxative effect and turbing the natural function* unpleasant after effects. r r . r 5 or manuiaciurmg, ngs are te, but the medicinally laxativ Dtaiiied from plants .known 1 Jill. >er\efiei&J effect y the 3er\\jir\erM^n\jfe /en\ Ci 17M 1 SArv FrArxoisco.CaJ. j iRLfOOISTS PR? - A . / r . --v; ' ' ' 1 ' 2 ' :\ 1 . if* Foreli^i Colonies In Wsshlnitm. The official residence of an Ambassador or Minister accredited to Wash, ington is foreign territory, technically, j if rented; but actually, if owned by 1' 1 1"V,nfirt nA hnM j us government, uur una uuic uv uu?u upon diplomats or their attaches detailed here. Their abodes enjoy Immunity from our legal processes. Seven foreign countries own their embassies or legations in Washington. The land upon which they are built , is exempt from taxation.?The Ladierf Home Journal. Chaplain Ladies Aid, Republic, No. 7, 222 Minneapolis, . Minn., Lydia E. Pinkham's L ur Vegetable Compound cured me ting such a complete cure I felt, that and was well worth recommending your friend. I have never written you Is of women to take your medicine, in , nedy I know of for a sick woman. " 1 i 1 1 ? _?_ ot ovarian or womD trouDje wmca :>y the faithful use of Lydia E. pound. lundreds of women in Minneapolis as be country."?Mrs. Ellen Ripley. >VE LETTER IS NOT GENUINE. h irregular or painful menstruation, t or ulceration 01 the womb, that bearf the ovaries, backache, flatulence. nervous prostration, tney should true remfedy. Lydia E. Pinkham's iioves such troubles. i has received such widespread and r medicine has such a record of cures ' any other medicine. (UGLAS f I i MAf' #. I 0ES2^^ :. Douglas $4 Gilt Edge Line ot be Equiled at Any Prictfc. I tthu t Qurtrr of ft Crnlary M ffoS** _- H ml . L. Douglas $3 00 and S3.50 m P '383 ml rort and wear lias excelled M fSnr WS&. ?H, V . at th?*e prices. Thl? ex-M W?7 Tj?** Z/y ls been won by merit alone# &/ 'J v TV/ i [as shoea hare to give bet- {'J | tlon than other $3.CO and iSWMtVa w' beransc hit reputation for tfjWft I 53.GO ihoes must be maln-B ,./j S ard hajalway* been placedW JL B lie \V. L. Dongas ja.OO and\^B^SS?;. ' /7?v M e can rett elsewhere. W. :./jgyS&M more 83.00 and S3.M shoes rers in the world. Fimt Color lazla* 88 and 63.50 short are Mad* ion im4 la $i and 88 abots, ud ?r.. Catalog Fb*i. 7/0.1 tt ores in American cities teUing direct from factor* profit; and the but 3hot dealers evermehere. lit pon latlaf W. L. Doaglaa a boa a wttk aaaa . > ad prlf? alaaprd ?a bottom. Shoes Sent'any- CfVfc 2i rliere on rei-elpt of price and 25c. nd<U- ' VPSittKf lonnl for carriage. Take measure- . nonis of foot as shown; state style ^tFxfra-.il leMred: size and width istialjy worn; plain or cap R Brockton. Mass. j $900 TO $1500 A YEAR We want intelligent Men and Women aa Traveling Representatives cr Local Managers; salary $900 to #1500 a year and all expenses, according to experience and ability. We also want local representatives salary $9 to $15 a week and commission, depending upon the time devoted. Send stamp for full particulars and late position prefered. Address, Dept. B. THE BELL COMPANY, Philadelphia, Pa. . | Uold .lledal at Huflalo L'xposir ion. * -" "faiivTinc T a n i crn ; | JTlClLllC^ni J lAuajw <ATIV?^ 1 iET^-1 A.ct<s ~ ??j ? (JEHTLY. gj CansnpATl0 | GENTLY ,g.. gs has become the | pie and wholesome lifornia Fig Syrup rmity of product, ?| iiaiucicx 11UU U1 Lilt gjg. lppreciation of all agents. ^ i acts gently with- ^ > and with perfect used, as they are \?5 e principles of the j&i Lo act most bene- ^ / : I ictured by Mew YorhiflX *2 CE JO* PER BOTTLE Or] J' .'