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4 BUItlDl AT SOH'a FUNK&AL. Qrftel Stricken Father Shoots {Hltu* self at Colli it's Side. "I cannot let him go alone," cried Herman Schultz, Wednesday afternoon as he lingered beside the body of his son, Otto, who killed himself by inhaling gas on Tuesday. The funeral services were in progress at tne Schultz home, 233 Wyckoff avenue, Williamsburg, New York. Before any one oould divine hiR intention the old man seized a revolver and shot himself through the head. Ever since his son's tragic er d the father had refused bo eat and had slept little, lie sat cjnstantly by the dead boy's side sobbing and praying. Before the time s?t for the funeral this afternoen Sohultz had apparently composed himself and was resigned. The boy's body was placed in the parlor where a large number of relatives and friends of the family gathered. Mrs. Schultz, her threo daughters and two sons were at tne neaci or the cottlu with the father. Prayers and the sinking of byres had ended aud a long Hue of persons tiled by the collln taking a farewell look at the face of the boy. Sohultz was the last. He lingered until Undertaker Peth began to draw tho lid of the collln over his son's countenance. Tnen he shot himself. Most of the women in the house fainted or became hysterical. Dr. Moore came with -an ambulance from the German hospital, but he said that the old man had died Instantly. After a hasty conferercs with members of tie family the funeral of VOUni/ Schlllt.Z. W.11 rv ?V.nr?nr?rl S' iMior auci son will be burled together. A Iiitllo liny Killed. The Columbia Record says Ililkon Sims, a white boy about ten years old was shot and instantly killed thlsmorniug. A little negro boy, Hal Gordon about nine years old is responsible for his death. Young Sims, with Oicar Fordo and Alvin Sims about the same age were in woods near Benedict institute. They had with them a single barrel shot gun. Some of the boys had sling shots, and they all laid aside the gun and were shoot ing at birds with their slings. While they were engaged in this tho little negro came up and began handling the gun, the other boys not noticing him. Suddenly the gun iired, and shot from it penetrated young Sims cl est, striklr g the heart and killing him instantly. The other boys 1mmedlatly alarmed the neighborhood, but nothing could bo done for the unfortunate boy. It is presumed that the killing was purely from careless ness and ignorance on the part of the little negro. Toe cor* n r was duly notified. The dead hoy was th son of Mr. Jack Sims, who i.-i employed at Southern railway shops and who lives in the earstern suhuibi on the Two Notch road. ilurnod m w Motel. At Ilot Spring, Ark , six bodies were taken on Thursday from the rums or ino itailroad Hotel, corner of IOlm and Olive streets, which was gutted by lire. Two are unidentified, charred beyond recognition. The dead are: Harry Bradley, a waiter; Edward Snyder, a porter; Mrs. Mack, a musician; A. L. Mann a railroad conductor, believed to be from Denver, Col., and the two unknown men. There may be other bodies in the ruins. The hotel was a two story frame building, containing thirty rooms, all but one of which were occupied by from one to four persons. It was patronized by invalids and cripples, who were under treatment. The tire is believed to have been caused by an exploding lamp. There was only one narrow exit, that being a stairway, and dozens were compelled to jump from the second story. One man, Fred Owerson, of llot Springs, was probably fatally injured. Goiii|ilinicntod by President. The little girl referred to in the following from the Charlotte Chronicle liven in Spartanburg with her parents on South Church street. Mr. Matthew is a traveling man. When the president turned to take his seat, Miriam Matthew, a great granddaughter of the 'Squire Benjamin Boyd of Charlotte and daughter of Plncanev Matthew of Spartanburg, S. C., ad vaiicea ana presented him with a tremendous bouquet of tlowers. The president bowed, picked up the little girl, flowers and all, and held her up high In his arms. "Here Is the best product," he said. At Morcy of Robbers. Ilurglars early Wednesday morning blew open the safe In the bank of Ridgeville, and stole 1(3,000, and after a running battle with a posse of cltzens In which the cashier and two cltzens were wounded the burglars etciped. For more than an hour the town was practically at the mercy of the robhers, who openly walked the streets shooting at everything, apparently taking their time In leaving town. Two charges of dynamite were exploded before th^ safe gave way. A second blast aroused Cashier R. R.?Ransom, wno ran Into the Btreet. As soon as he appeared the robbers opened lire. This aroused other citizens. There were seven In the cracksmen's party. lii j uii ittutiiH i'vKO. At Tokio William J. Bryan was presented at a reception In honor of Admiral Togo. The mayor Introduced Mr. Bryan to the Admiral. An exchange of cordial sentiments followed. The Admiral was delighted at the unexpected presence of Mr. Bryan It transpired that T< go did not an chor even once in live months from the time of the big naval battle of August 10, 1904, till the Russian battleship Sevastopol was torpedoed in the last days of December. CARPENTERS IN INDIA. 3 r b?r Are Cnrelri. About MrsmM* i mcnti, Tuttla and Tliue. The chief faullH of the Indian carpenter are his neglect of accurate measurement, his carelessness with regard to the cflleloncy of his tools and his luck of perception of the value of time as a factor in the execution of work. He has also to he taught to occupy his mind with the work In hand and as much as possible to exclude other subjects. For example, the making of n Jack plane Involves the choice of the wood, considerations as to size, the angle of the hhule and Its cutting edge, the w'nlge and Its holding power, the hau<11 ? and finally the operation of planing. All these operations arc capable of very simple explanation, and this exercise provokes an emulation among students while exercising their reason lug powers. No Indian workman buys a plane. He buys the blade and makes the rest, but he rarely makes it well. He buys a saw blade and makes the handle, and. generally speaking, ho spends the smallest possible sum on bis outfit in spite of the extra labor tlie economy involves. lie nnist therefore be taught to make as many labor saving tools as possible and to make them well. He has to he taught the use and repair of a grindstone and how to mount it in wood without metal fittings. The hard, tough woods so common In India make this an easy matter. The Indian has yet to be taught that grinding and whetting are two distinct operations, the first removing b!).0 per cent of the metal and the second producing the cutting edge In a few strokes. Ills saw is in such bad order that he cuts tenons, as a rule, with a mallet and chisel, and Ids Ignorance of gauges renders him unable to make even twenty articles exactly alike, lie rarely knows what size of nail or screw to use on a given job His screw is always too small.?Cua tier's Magazine. APHORISMS. Nothing ages like laziness.?Ttulwer. The Innocent seldom 11 ml an uncusy pillow.?Cowpdr. We can do nothing well without joy and a good conscience, which Is the ground of joy.?ltibbes. He that is ungrateful has no guilt but one. All other crimes may pass for virtues In him.?Young. A word or nod from the good lias more weight than the eloquent speeches of others.?IMUtarch. Kind words prevent a good deal of that pcrverscdncss which rough and Imperious usage often produces in generous minds.?Locke. An inquisitive man is a creature nnturally very vacant of thought itself and therefore forced to apply to for elgn assistance.?Steele. The only way to make the mass of mankind see the beauty of justice is by showing them in pretty plain terms the consequence of injustice.?Sydney Smith. Th? Yoniik Writer. No young writer in whom the literary aspiiuLion is a passion need or really will be cowed by the array of mighty and expert antagonists in the arena whose names sound and resound bo gloriously from the herald's trumpet in full volume re-enforced by past triumphs. Though a true and becoming modesty may well temper his ambition, it should in no degree suppress his ardent longing. These veterans, young aspirant, are Indeed masters, but as such your exemplars. They also had their beginnings, hidden indeed, as used to be the sources of the Nile, "not permitted to be seen small," because they mastered their art before they exhibited as artists.?Harper's Magu sine. Thief Cleverness. A magistrate's clerk Iuih been known to have his tie pin stolen wliilo in court, aiul one In Birmingham a few years ugo lost his coat In the same way, but a more remarkable example perhaps of a thief's cloverness under tho very eyes of the police was that of the burglar at Clerkeuwell who managed to conceal two diamond rings while the police were searching him and passed one of them to his wife in the cell while tho police were looking on. The rings wero under his tongue, and one of them passed from his mouth to his wife's when he was kissing her goodby.?-London Answers. A I*mstlnir "Didn't I tell you not to propose to toe again?" "You said something of the kind, but of course It made no Impression on me." "Oh, It didn't! Well, I'll give you a lesson now that you won't forget. You'll never propose to me again." "What are you going to do?" "I'm going to uccept you."~Cleveland Plain Dealer. l)u<1d!i!?m, Mrs. Dumm? I see a piece In the panor nhnilt aninn unnlntu nnnnln '" JM V|?IU UVIII 1U* forested In Huddhlsm. What's that? Mrs. Dumber?Why, I guess that must bo the doin's of these young Fociety people thnt'i called "buds."?Philadelphia Ledger. The Sufpnt. Rhnrpe ? Yes, Parker Invented tho afeat air ship ever heard of. Whealton' Put it refused to fly. You couldn't get up on It. "That'* "Why 1 say it was the safest." SncecHM. She?And what would you call a suo ccasful poet? He?One who leaves money enough to bury him.- Judge. A itralght line is shortest In moreli ai well as In geometry.?Rnhel. VULTURES OF MEXICO 1 HOW THESE BIRDS HAUNT THE AfUD " ALKALI PLAINS. The Whlrrluic lllnclc Cone of ICnarer j. Denert He?ren?er? nu<l (he Way In ^ Whloh the C'lrellnK Mjinm Uenceiidi } Upon I(m Carrion Prey. j At night the moon looks down uik)ii B a desolate, arid plain, stretching away 1 to the great Sierra Madro mountain e chain, deep, shadowy blue, against the | western sky. The air is chill, and a bleak wind searches out every fold In 0 our blankets we might almost be ' spending a night on the tundras. With scarce a moment of dawn the 1 sun lloods everything, a most welcome warmth for awhile, soon to make one gasp in its breathless heat. Long before the rainy season actually begins * vegetation seems to feel a quickening in the air; the plants scent the coming moisture Weeks beforehand; the rush- ^ lug streams, swollen with the melting v snows from the lower mountain tops, e bring life to the lands through which they flow; spring is awakening every- v where? except on the alkali plain. Whore a thin rind of red brown ^ grass roots partly covers the white dust, parched mosquito bushes And n root, and strange, uncouth organ enoti ^ roar their columns, like inninniofli ? delabrn. Here wild eyed cattle roam n uneasily, nibbling occasionally at 11* a bitter grass steins. a Farther out in the desert, whore even P the niesquito and cacti fall, wo ride slowly across the parched surface, wondering If a single living tiling can endure the bitterness of the earth. In the distance move tli* whirhvltlds of a dust, tall, thin columns with perfectly ^ distinct outlines, undulating slowly (} here and there, both life and death in ? their silent movement. a Most remarkable it seems to us when n stray great blue heron now and then (lies silently up from the desert (what can possibly attract these birds to such ^ a place of death as this, distant even a from the bitter pools?) and ilaps slowly a out of sight. Twice a great ebony a raven sails through the dusty nlr over b our heads?the samo bird repassing, ^ No other life is visiblo save the bal- f( anced black specks high against the I blue, as invariably a part of a Mexican b day as are stars of the night. Herons, b vultures, raven?all move slowly, seem- a ing less alive than the distant dust a columns. (j But wo feci the real spirit of the o eternal desert when, as we turn to re- g trace our steps, we spy a something a white, different from the surrounding o earth, and the spell of past ages falls r< upon us. The bitter water Is ever dry- c< ing up, the whirlwinds carry the dust 0 from place to place, the birds come tl and go as they please, hut this relic of ti nn elephant of the olden time brings u iitnl nr/iu/inf Iviin nbieo What scones has the desert looked upon since this mammoth staggered | dying into tlio quagmire which proved Its tomb? Our eyes smart from the ' dust as wo reluctantly turn our horses' ^ heads on the back trail, for we should ^ like to stay and search out those fosells?more fascinating In a way than ^ the living beasts and birds which poo* p pie the tropics beyond. y One of the most wonderful of the ^ exhibitions of bird life vouchsafed to \f us in Mexico comes as we leave the alkali plain and ride away among the mosquito scrub. A confused mass of y black appears In the air. which soon re- g] solves itself into hundreds of Individ- a ual specks. The atmosphere Is so de- jj ceiviug that what at ilrst seems to be a vast cloud of gnats close at hand Is soon seen to be a multitude of birdsblackbirds, perhaps, uutil we approach y and think them ravens and, finally, g when a quarter of a mile away, wo know that they are vultures. Three V. burros lie dead upon the plain. This v we knew yesterday, and hero are the y scavengers. Never have we seen vul- tl tures so numerous or in such order. b A careful scrutiny through the glass- w es shows many score of black and tur- t1 key buzzards walking about and feed- q nig upon the carcases of the animals, v From this point there extends upward II into the air a vast inverted cone of b birds, all circling in the same direction, u From whero wo sit upon our horses there seems not a sluglo one out of place, tlio outline of the cone being na smooth and distinct as though the birds b were limited In their flight to this par- o tlcular area. It Is a rare sight, the sun n lighting up every bird on the farther o side and shadowing black as night t those nearest us. a Through one's partly closed eyes r the whole mass appears as a myriad a of slowly revolving wheels. Intersect- e lng and croslng each other's orbits, d but never breaking their circular out- y line. The thousands of soaring forms v hold us spellbound for minutes before a we rode closer. Now a change takes place, as gradual but as sure as the shifting clouds of a sunset. Until this moment there had been a tendency to r concentrate at the baso of the cone. a that portion becoming blacker and 1 blacker, until it seemed a oolid mass of * rapidly revolving forms. Hut at our v near approach, this concentration * ceases and there Is perfect equilibrium L for a time. Then, as wo ride up a gen- 1 tie slope Into clearer view, a wonder- v ful ascent begins. Slowly the creeping spiral wings upward; the gigantic Inverted cone, still perfect In shape, lifts clear of the ground and drifts away; r the summit rises In a curve, which, littin by Utile, frays out Into rugged f lines, all drifting in the same direction, ] and before our very eyes the thousands r of birds merge Into a shapeless, urnlu- j luting cloud, which rises and rises, ^ spreading out more and more until the eye can no longer distinguish the birds, which from vultures dwindle to mere motes floating and lost among the I clouds.?C. William Bee bo In New t York Post. 1 t NATALITIES ON THE RAILROAD. lore Killed and Injured this Year Than last Year. Accident bulletin No. 16, which las just been issued by the interstate ummerce commission, giving the lumber of rail-road accidents in the Jnlted States for the months of April flay and June, 1905, shows that durn that quarter there were 41 pass ngers and 221 employes killed and ,253 passeDgers and 1,511 employes Djured in train accidents. Other ao icients to passengers and employes lot the reiult of collisions or derallnents bring the total number of caslalMes un to 14 669 (886 killed and 3,783 ir j ired). This bulletin completes the publ'caIon of the record of accidents for the ear ended Jure 30, 1905, which in he tctal Dumber shows su ii crease of 1 killed and 4.123 injured among assengers and employes as compared /itb the number reported for the year nded June 30, 1904. The increase in the number killed Is /holly among passengers, there being , decrease of 106 in the number or mployes killed. An it cease of 11 7 n the number of passengers killed ciakes an increase of 11 in the total llled of both passengers and employs as above stated. Of the increased umber Injured 1,963 were passengers ud 2,160 were employes. In coupling coidents, which occur wholly to employes, the total Dumber of deaths, 43 is 35 less than for the year pn e^d og. and the number of injuries 3,441 i ssi ipsh An advance compilation made from nnual reports of railroad companies, ddeh however, Is not complete, indiates that, the ni. m>er of men employd ou railroads on June 30, 1905. was bout 9 per cent, greater than on June 0, 1904; liiU OKniml President John S. Shaw and the oard of directors of the Lake Eric nd Ohio River Ship Canal Company, ccompanied by a number of engineers nd other advisors, started from Pittsur^, Pa., Friday on a two days' trip j examine the two routes proposed 3r a ship canal connecting tho Erie (ike with the Ohio river. At Ashtaula, Ohio, the Pittsburg party will e joined by the cillcers of th? Ohio nd Pennsylvania Ship canal Corapny, of which Joseph II. Cassidy, of loveland, is president, and the two rp'anizitious will continue the trip to eiher. One of the two routes is from .shtabula, Ohio, to Pittsburg, the ther from Erie to Pittsburg. Each ;nite is about 105 miles long, and the rial-. i\t olllior tu/^nl/1 l>r> /\i\r\ CU v 1 V1VI1VI nymu WO ai'UUU CO\l,UUy,UO. President Shaw 1b of tho opinion bat the work could be completed and be canal opened to tratllc in the sumler of lylL Drunken Conductor. A t Savannah Ga., E. A. Moore, a Lrcet car conductor Thursday afteroon in an altercation with a passener, drew a heavy revolver and tired bree shots. tho lirst shot went wild tie second struck and kil'ed Mrs. F. Wheeler, and tiiird went through be thigh of 0. It. Secklnger, the asscnger Involved In the altercation. Irs. Wheeler was sitting uu her front leps. The bullet severed her juguir vein. Mrs. Jane E. Faircbilds imped from the car, as did the other asaengers when the shooting began. Irs. Fairchilds sustained a broken aoulder from her fall. Moore was rrested. It Is alleged he was drink Indecent i'obtcurd, George McDowell, the Spartanburg outh wlio mailed an Indecently sugestive picture postal card to a young roman was convicted recently In the hiited States district court at Green 111c. The card which embroiled oung McDowell with the federal au borities was olfered in evidence. It ore no writing save the address, but rhen it was handed to the jury with he other papers in the case they reuired only a few minutes to find a erdict of guilty. In the indictment l was described as "too Indecent to o spread upon the records of the ourt." Fiery Death Shower. At Ohic8go, 111., five tons of molen metal exploded at the Jollet plant f the Illinois Steel Company Wedlesday falling in a shower of death n a hard of workmen about a converer. One man is dead, three are fatlly burned and half a dozen are Jnjued so badly that they may die. The ocident came without warning. The xplosion shook the whole plant, sening panic into every corner of the reat woiks. Half a hundred men /ere within range of the liquid metal nd many suffered severe bums. i'lnaHAut Incident. At Mobile, Alabama, Judge Sem aes, son of the great Admiral Raph,el Semmes, commander of the "Alabama" In the Civil war, Presented toosevelt, in behalf of the citizens, vith a gold badge. In responding, he president said that one of his incles was ar < dices on the "Alalanoa" and another uncle built the easel. A Font in Wlrel?-i?*.2 The Cape Henry naval wlr^hp. aIon established a r" cord T.urf'v 1 light in taking a. menage from cj.i teamahlp Grown Pilcoe, 450 rriies rom the cape. The.ship wro < p* aland on the coaat of M ilue w c i . i neasage was sent. The on**'. ?* ^ortHenry could hear disuuer y . ve... , lash and dot. IlunK Hiin* f. Prof. Sylvrst^T Judo *ed 35 co nltted suicide i y harv t. ; > ta H 1uore on Sunda , o? cki be * a Is lis position proftikjor in O oi(1 | own universitp. HE SAMS RECRUITS Applicants for Enlistment Come from All Ranks of Life. RIGHT MEN ARE PLENTY Largest Recruiting Station in United States la in New York City?Married Men Not Desidable, as a Rule Few Apply?Applicant Must Be Twenty-One. Just at the present time Uncle Sam is very particular about whom he accepts for enlistment in the army, says the Now York News. Only the Mower of American manhood and such eligible young men of foreign extraction as have declared their intention of becoming citizens are acceptod now. The reason for this is that the army is mado attractive enough to induce the right kind of men to enter the service of the Government. In tho Hrst place, the pay is far higher than iu any foreign military service, nnd thy chances of promotion are greater. Another reason is that the Government can get all the men It requires for the army is tho chance of foretgn service. That is a good druwlntr rurU wltll mnnv vnnno mail O " J J who want to see the world. Applicants for enlistment must bo between the ages of twenty-one and thirty-live years, of" good character and temperate habits, able-bodied, free from disease, and able to speak, read and write the English language. The right kind of men are abundant, so that the recruiting officer can take his pick of the many applicants. The latter are from all the various walks of life, and include mechanics, newspapermen, clerks, lawyers, and sometimes men of independent fortune, who enter the service from love of it. Occasionally a young sprig of nobility, having for some reason of his own left his ancestral home in Europe enlists. Very few married men enter the army. They are only taken upon the approval of a regimental commander or other competent authority. Very lew are chosen. In the infantry, coast artillery and engineers the minimum height is five feet four inches, with weight not over 190 pounds, or less than 121 pounds. For the cavalry and Held aralllery the height must not be less than live feet four or not more than five feet ten Inches; with weight not over 108 pounds. The chest measurement must be proportionate to the height and weight. Alter the recruit has passed the requisite medical examination, and is accepted, he is sent to Fort Slocum on Long Island Sound. Here he is taught tlie llrst rudiments of the soldier's profession. In what is commonly kitowa as the "awkward squad" the recruit is instructed how to stand and walk erect. Having attained a certain amount oi instruction, ho is passed on to tho regiment to which he has been assigned. Here his military education is continued for about a year. IJy this time he is supposed to ho a competent soldier. All enlisted men receive, in addition to the regular pay, rations, clothing and medical attendance. There is also a chance for a careful man to save money on his clothing allowance. The rates of pay are varied and range from $13 por month for privates and $34 for sergeants and $60 for chief musicians. ilosldos that a private has the opportunity to rise to the rank of second lieutenant, at $125 per month. In some branches if tho service mem with trades got increased pay, varying trom *1 to $5 per month more thau the private. The corporal's pay 1b $15 por month; that of sergeant $18; first sergeant, $25; sergeant-major. $34; battalion sergoaut-major, $36. In the Hospital and Signal corps the pay is higher. For instance, the private in the Honpltal Corps is paid $16, first olass private, $18; corporal, $20; sergeant, $25; first class sergeant, $4$. In the Signal Corps the private's pay la $13 and $17; corporals Mid cooks, $20; sergeants, $84 and $45, aqd ranater signal electrician, $75. For foreign service such as the Philippine Islands, Guam, Alaska, China and Panama, the men get an increase of 20 per cent on tho regular rates of pay. When a man re-enlists after the expiration of his term of three years. If within three months of the date of his discharge, he gets an increase of $1 for the month for the first year, 22 for thrt MOPOnH *3 fr\r ~ * ? 1 T _ v_. _ ? V? .vri I.1IV IK'Al, allll thereafter $12 per month additional from the sixth to tho tenth years of service. After the tenth year the Increase Is $1 per month for each successive Ave years. The soldier can deposit his savings and draw Interest at tho rate of 4 per cont. These deposits aro non-forfeitable, except for desertion. All money saved from fho clothing allowance is paid to him on his discharge from the service. After twenty years' service, honorably discharged iron are entitled to a'.mission to the ?$oldio;s* Home at Washington. After thirty years' serV'.ce tliev con lv kin-.." fourths of the monthly pnv and 59 50 J per month additional for clot dug and ; nhristcnco. Forfian Newspapers. j About 1,5o~ . .waperB and period* 1 ic^is 'ir-> pit ..!?b in Berlin at the .it ti'i,;.' a vong t!.e^ 1 pq n o 50 political da.nes, 30 t;. d.m > t* : pers. 32 nolit'o-d and social-pc >i ' journ. . over 00 comic nape uu 1 over iO women's jour c.s .viai.at I with the M n..-t" inovf""nt, . . ' <4 MAKING GLASS EVES. Price Reasonable?New Eye Require! After Two Years' Wear. One would not suppose the demau| for artificial eyos groat enough to Willi rant the erectiou of vast iuanufacturf ing plants, big rotail establishments! and distributing depots, yet the nianu-l facture of glass eyes has developed*, into a great industry, and the output?, is no greater than the demand. \ TUo method of making glass eye? requires^ not so much tho artisan a skill as the ability of the artist. AI specially prepared glass that comes \ in loug opuquo tubes, as big iu circum- 1 ferenco as an average sized cune is 1 used, and tho coloring Is done with I long glass pencils. Those are cut in- j to three or four inch lengths, each dl- J vision sulhcient for one eye. The ' length is held over an Intensely hot ,] lire and drawn out at both ends to long slim points. Tho bulb in the center is then enlargod slightly and ouo point is cut off. To color it la the next and most delicate part of the manufacturer's work. The iris is the first part colored. A body color is applied. This is followed by tho pupil, after whlcn the tiny veins aro worked out. All this is worked over tho white body, or sclerortj: coat, and most eyes aro then fcbi(iploto. Some, however, are enameled beforo they are sent out of the factory. These are dipped into a cruciblh fliled with enamel. An intense flro kept burning beneath the vessel, requires that tho crucible be v mad of platinum. (.. At the end of two years tho enamel is generally worn off. The irritation * the caused by the eyelid rubbing against the unonameled glass necessitates a change, and a now artificial eye has to be procured. The idea that a glass eye can he* iiiwvtMi uy me optical muscles is er- \ ronoous. It' it moves at all it is mere- I ly a result of the action of the eyelid. The price of artiticial eyes is ex- \\ -i?': tremoly reasonable. From $5 to $10 cover most cases, and it is only a ? "made to order" case that is expon- * sive. Even \hon $30 is the out ,ide price.?Now York News. Warsaw's Wo'es. Warsaw has been having an exciting time of late, but, according to what is written, Warsaw ought to be used to it,, for that city lias experienced many a doleful time in its loug and checkered history. That history reaches far back iiuo the mists of mediaeval centuries. A certain Duke Conrad erected a castle on the site of the present city in the ninth century. Since then wars and battles, have been plentiful thereabouts. Warsaw is beautifully situated in a gently undulating, fertile plain, for tlio most part on the left bank of the navigable Vistula river, 404 miles cart of Berlin. It is defended by nearly twenty detached forts. The main city lies close to the river and is closely built. The streets are regularly laid out, except in tlio old city, win re its ancient houses aro quaint and its thoroughfares are crooked and narrow. There are eleven gates, beyond which lie the now suburbs. The old Polish no- * bility loved display and there are more than 100 palaces, of which six iy nave Deen conn catod by the Russian government. Today Warsaw is a big town. In 1897 its inhabitants numbered 098,208, about one-third being Jews. Germans form a considerable portion ol the population and the Russian garrison comprises over 30,000 soldiers. Although Warsaw has lost its political importance, it is increasing its prestlgo in all other directions. It is still the guy, active metropolis of Poland, whose lltoraturo and art it dominates. Warsaw's industrial importance, though considerable now, is of comparatively recent gr^vth. It has hundreds of establishments employing thousands of mon. It is a great railway conter and the chief distributing point for a vast and fertile district. Warsaw's artisans have always been keenly alive to their national wrongs. They are most patriotic as a race and the result has been successive outbreaks against the rule of Rub sia. There is turn have brought about successive and wholesale deportations of tho workern, which havo tended to retard Warsaw's growth, but havo never been able to stop it. In 1863 tho Russian government undertook to crush tho spirit of rebellion that permeated all classes of society. Executions, confiscation and exilo to Siberia wore irr order on an unheard-of scale. High schools and scientific societies wore closed and tho monasteries and nunnories were emptied. Hundreds of Russians were called in to fill up tho vacant posts and the Russian language was made obligatory as far as was possible. The very name of Poland was expunged from ofllolal writings and Russian tribunals administrative institutions, were introduced. Work Wuh'. ut Pay. In his "Historv nf wi?i??h t> * ? ww?> iiiiiuuKi XV.. \Y Galloway points out that what ap1 u.;r to bo traces of a primitive state servitude existed In Staffordshire, where the laborers employed in the haul aire of coal continued to be known as "bondsmen"?a name probably coming down from a remote period; a supposition which receives support from a peculiar service 'roiulre l of k.iC.vu au "build Tin V/T consisted In working at tlmos in tiro / morning without rooolving any l?ay*jpr mcnt hoyond a drink of al?. This o'-o*om of exacting labor without p\y 'o represent some ancient vice i , their tenants th" mo? e-f 3 A.ihoy r't Buildtv, in S'iroi.sj.ao, at r.^c tUo r.a d? ' "d. , 'ii*