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etas inte wiearr eerie.
ire we, en ler neereeg..hino, iec4 ecete.
oleo*. lati eione anee,„ ten, that
74'ee, re reel,: ti10 int rani eine.
laecre epeieet eray toe', teraid
e with tae eeeelaenee tats ea:e'en-a Eh
ierieaut area %sere a deeortitea hnifte
. two feet twig, ettek tn girdie. Our
tahen ua a truant it eradi-
tea. 11 lee ettaena, ware nip, LI;e
eerriane, peotcei its luxury: and sui-
Wit!! fiXed ionNipiPtS, 1(1111' to etiett
reetei eeit the etteaent anal tie
rtreeerant eer, the ree-ate kk1110 1,,,11413
t1 tal1 r11(41 v'rt'hapey and pro-
greeeive, tney had r.leaehell a high Piteh
Clf eivaizetion, and ceuld 4„1Ive leseens
11, the Engliall reaee
tea venial woiy vavionifoLeeme
pal hall no eleetrie haatthat country
was en the dewn Orate, mid ite popula-
Cove lay eteeped in ignoranee, vice ana
iirierstition. I have known books en
the ae.ainy of empires written with very
late •firtner basis than that.
nut it was not, with a view'to estimat-
ing Russia's soeini and intellectual rat.
enticement. that 1 entered the train ch
laxe at meseew, on my way to the (an
• atatetea, Ateeeette, beeraLear al? `11W' Oita;
eek a thael fee Vint journeyo 1newt
eaerit (lett fill. Ile v. ee left sitting hi the
entritney whae tee s r i..r mashed awae
the eegine and let the-sieem out.
Si this time I thought 1 wohla try a
caange, and I believe the, train de luxe
mas as good a arain• as most of its kind.
I mean, thceelectrie light could be switch -
on bright pa- evening and shhded
fOr night, the meals did not make the
passengere more sickly than is usual in
trains, I olserved that the first class
had looking -glees panels in the doors,
and. what with ,stoves and double win-
' dows, the warmth would have
denly (ea the horizon -
I SAW A LINE OF LOW HILLS.
Alt throngh the journey the gloten
Ruesia had hung one. the land without
a rae of sun.. in front of us new 1 fiakk,
a •deepar gloom, but it, was purple !n-
atant! 111 gray, and I knew it WaS tilt?
1110111itat11 gloom of the highest rtingee.
Justin one pinee was a gleam of yel-
low light, and high up in the air I saw
or preelpice and -a. faint glimmer
of now, telling, of theerates of the Wits.
The train slopped, and with joy 1 left
ite luxury for the meuntain air, ninI
1' watched it pa4:•'s upon its Way to the dull
ca'a_V..anedretviate -1141' =MP, -p- wournal.te -
herd of Shaggy tam's—black eval Oink
white wool ,laps, lihither • coats, goats'
liair blankets, every kind of rag, and
every kind of gleaming arms.
A little train took me fifteen miles
further, and now I am in Vladdravkas
-the gate 01 1114? Caucasue. Up that
glimmering pass the clouds are •lilting
in long bars of mist, revealing high
peaks of snow and cliffs toe steep for
snow to rest upon. And up that pass t
runs the old read to 'Tiflis.
For varieus reasons the Government N
has closed it now and removed the post-
ing stations. But I have bribed a s
ruddy Tarter to take me across with the
6alfle. horses in four days and three 11„
nights. It will not be exactly a train
de luxe; thank heaven. a 'e
THAWED A POLAR BEAR,
The train goes once a week and *coy-
ees the full journey to Tiflis in four
days and four nights. don't know the
milee, but it, looks a good long way re
the 'map, especially .as the passengers
have to be carried around by the Cas-
pian Sea and Baku, iestead ofredashing.
aeross the great mountain chain,' as 1
iloy:e to do, if the brigands will be so
obliFing for the net four days.
aad left afoscow M ,apparent cabn.
The merchants were rejoicing at trade
renewed; the aCadets" were inat7,
kin
, speeches in their new club In prepare -
'bon for Hie eleetione; the revolution -
Lets were eollecting aems. Outside the
city came the plots , and gardens and
.dairy farms which feedait.
Then we entered 0114?of the Atarvertion
oisaids. The wide, berd land stretehedl
away. CAI 'every side, almost 'irilshout
ripple. Here and there the Navels of a
wretched village stood huddled together
in the dirt from which.' they seating.
Peasants' couldfte seen ereeping hatless-.
ly• about. Half Russia is•stervingr What
accounte', Abrn, 'for tae exteaordinary
inerelee of tradea '
Cendics are setting 40 per Cent, more
than ever before, so is vodka, ee is eV-
erytlieig, and no One knoane why. Meta
ebanis,, puzzle over. it In. vale ,a8 they
rake in their bewildering profits; som
say the foreign loans must have filter
ea down, ;to the people; some Met the
eoidiers returning from -the war flre
spending their wages; some that the
peasant has gained a Wider outlook on
life from the Duroa„, some that in de-
spair be is invishing his little hoardings
on a merry life theugh. a short one.
NO ONE KNOWS.
• We accepted the fact, gazed at the
starving villages edged witli (trifle of.,
early snew, and the train de luxe pasSeci
on
THE JAI') IN CALIFORNIA
ViORRVING MIPLC Oa, Tit %.7 ST.a113
ASe. THE
Jape Are Dern laueinees Men, and ar
i4iWl4Ca Man41,:,';t11111Y
Trades.
Ti Jepaneee,
11!, f.:.5-6icty as did the ,catincee
a(11,131111..iirtefi teiti:(fat'uflii;e7
ing hen that Slate in eta% numbers the
it now renevels them as a menaee,
ll:LaUciation of the e
whol
i
In dealing with the Japanese, hew-.
ever, the iieople of California have a
probleni far different feom the ola-tinie.,,
Chinese question. The Chinaman ane
tegmlized chiefly the unskilled laaorin
elase. lie worked on the railroada, dil
tlieeeNV&S, piked fruit, and helmet
the plow, and lie was willing to epee")
wages which put the European immi
greet out of liminess. But the Japan
ese is wholly different from . hie Aelati
cousin. •Ile is more.vereatile. He -Pride
himself that he is .every bit as ewer
and quielawittea tie the Caucasian. II
et 1tii.
/114lie moneys and -he -has done $o. No
only are japaricee Weida the fruit 'e
California orehards, but they aea. keep
Mg shops in the cities, and not a few,
have offices on the doors of which are
written bcriealli theii names "Doctor rf
Medicine" or "Attorneeeat-Law,a.
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15,i1 C)17 ceae,...heea' ere .
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2(7:1%-.0 ilqjp(1 4CS
4411 44 44 14 VA -11%.
eke eeeeente 00F4roci3:9 vs0i(14
lar4;u, cot
th,ir ravM
'o,,11:P. fet,I41
`114: 1,11Rjf.Ptity VE Mena Who do hease
arovir rerauet lott:±r Qs
MEUELV A allaalNIIITaT,
f:(2, melee toene fere peepleeod" 1141-
111 thee leern eearigei English to earn
more molter at :1,1)11e:heel In -
(he Jiteeoree w1144 110X('1114 040-
Cit!!(Llit 11 0:11 1,1W white eelloole of Sen
e Feeneee.a.) are largely of the a3ervant
t- Cta,S.
t Because of their willingness to do
d mental work for the sake (d obtaining
an .education Japaneee servants, are 1-
ten more, learned. than the people 'for
whom- theY work- Oita' of the allaar:
vieor.rSa
S 0il Francisco recently gave
an elaborate dinner to What he reened-
ed as a most seta- circle of 1)01111081,
g Mende. He employed a French caterer,
g who in turn secured a staff of waiters
1 from a Japaneee emploemieut agency.
t There was much to eat anti 11104-11 more
(0 drink. Speeches followed, the heat
- Geeing as toastmaster. AS the evening
o wore on, the supervisor rose to higher
s levels of thought, and finally callecl on
t winning contraetor to say a few words
o inanit George Washington. The guest
I rose ftS be was bid, but all that he could
ceaar,aegase 0 eoy ge eallerightee- .11e
-
t , he of his ceun le, all right
"Go onaa shouted the assemblage, and
. the contractor., to make his escape bY
, turning the „occaelon into a joke, laid
hold of a Japanese waiter standing ea -
aim' him, pushed him up to the table,
and ordered him to make the speech
for him. And Jlie servant' did. He
gave the exact date When Washington
W4134 born, told of his service in the
French and Indian war, related his ex-
periences as head, of the. patriot army,
and would have continued on mile()
longer had not the triostmaster told
him that he "bad better out it off."
About one-half of the JapaDese who
enter the United Slates begin as farm
laborers, but even in this class of work
hey are unlike the placid, obedient
Chinese. They are 'to t content long to
work for a white master. It is their
ambition to go into business for them -
elves. Many of them have become
florists; and in, certain parts of Caflfor-
in monopolized this business.
n San Francisco and the neighboring
11105, euch ae Oakland and Alameda,
early all the flower shops at the pre=
ent time are kept by Japanese., They
aye big hot houses near Stanford Una
ersity whin' vie with that institution
n their attraction for tourists'.
The Japeneee is, a bern 'gardener. Ile
peculierly skilled in the 11SO of feria
mers, and Can make his. flowers •grow
arger end more luxuriantly. than the
verage white Man who calls hinisela
floriculturist." He as saoristently intro-
ucing new varieties, to which heegives
range Oriental names, and when he
ca mot ger the capital to run a flower
ehop of his own, he is content, for a
time at leest, to work as a, gardener for
$1.50 a day, going from house "to house
with a shovel and pick on his shoulder.
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MILLIONS OF LETTERS. ,
Britain's Foreign Postage Has Grown to 1
' Enormous Proportions.
A return which the British Postmastar- a
General hes, furnished at the request of
cafe. Henniker Heaton, M.P., shoWA.41tQJ ci
} enormous increase in the foreign pos
tage of Great Britain .since 1877,
The following was the number of let-
ters. and postcards despatched In the
years given:—.
• 1877 100
Prance • ,5
. 0:730,000 14,937.0on
Germany ..............050,000 15;725.0M'
Austria 573,000 2,482,000
Holland " 1,15a,010 8,097,000
1,32,000 3,850,000
'Tbd 'following were the number of
letters and postcards received from the
same countrieS,in the same years: .
1877 1905
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ARTISTIC NEATNESS.
One important characteristic about
the Japanese which lias centributed le
his success as a limey -maker, is his
scrupulous- neatness. Net only is it
evidenced in his own personal appear -
but in, • ili5 $(ores, bis delivery
wagons, and the grooming and harness -
MASQUERADING CRIMINALS. •
. .
Clever Thieves 'Who Mule the LaMes
Eacele *Eye by Artful Deduce., -
• The; clever German thiefe, who, mas-
qUerading as a Buseian officer of the
Guards, recently arrested the Burgo-
master of Koepenick, and loeted the city
cash, has had las predecessors in Eng-
land although nothing quite so auda-
,
'Cams has ever been attempted as the
bolding up of an entire staff of muni-
cipal officials, ' ••
Still. those who laugh so loudly at
Ike gullibility, Of the Teuton, would do
well to remember that only a few
months hack a bogus railway inspec-
tor '"watkere away during several .weeks
with some thousands of pounds' worth
of passengers' laggage; ,And not only
did he impose upon the public, the real
servants.. of the compeny were equally
deeeived. fib travelled up and down
the line without paying,- exacting. sa.
lutes from • his supposed subordinates, t
And robbing right and left the while.
• It was a sham postinan anclaa eham
telegraaa messenger, • again, who refl.,
$A,000 FOR A sonzi
1141:41 1111101a -a
Lail/ CAH1;:.S.
C.heente!ee of the JAW eqIM1fal
!Clutch alea. le Aeinellove
end Curious
Taat is a sizigelar eeee whari) wi
:A10111Y 1,0 lieerd 1:1 the earearine Coin
lunge tenuity, N.Y., in which alre.
Alma itiehardson 19 ha
Cit1111(IgCS. 141' tile 10S9 Or rid Of one
her hatgaaa: A short lane agol
• and ferocious animal kno‘vii tS
1N111011 bit off half of the ind(
finger of the ladeae left band. On
whole finger Mrs. ilichardeon places
Qafpi$n:la°,;°I.()111;leclandlytIsttleeltli(itecfleinieltailli
,hyena she le claiming a moiety of ti
sum—or $15,000
A short time ago Ge.orge A. Lovejo
of Spokane, Washington, who furnish
cuticle lei save his, wife",s life when s
was badly learnt, sued the. doctor's, f
810,003 damages, alleging that they r
moved more of his skin than lie h
LEADING ATAIIKET
ihat ;Iterea
Tom:Ate, D, ee,--- WO. :11- t,.14,(,1
v.L001. C,±'10>1
1, 4,2, 44, k x41
2 r4'&i0 ,r-0,1 r,,14
04, ;:),• Ter cera
IRLL'Hi; 1:0)?,_1+0
7.,V1P iath4 1,;, re
-elae fereee ez•ceed; l'eer
Beriey -No. 2, ale 1•e1 %Palo No.
sire. 5oe 05% -ed marine
se-
Pr-- raaaae hai outeiee, atf,
ec:
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.0 MORE,RENIARKABLE STILL
„ .
was the action recently brought b
Fanny E. Doxlator against the Chieag
and West Michigan Railway Compan
Mrs. Doxtator's husband was a switc
num employed by the company, and i
the course 01 his duty he had been ru
over by cars end so seriously injure
that both of his legs hod to be amp
tided. The limbs were promptly' cr
mated; and Me disconsolate widow, wit
contended that her husband's leg
should have been given to her for d
tic4‘i\natmliieucria812,,7s5101eddittitillengceosi.npany and wa
ln Paris, recently, a most curious a
tam was heard. A, young lady had m
a gentleman in Montmartre who so ad
mired her pretty teeth that lid made he
an offer of 60fr. for three of them. Th
lady accepting the offer, tile teeth wer
extracted and handed over to the de
fendant, who declined t0. pay the pro
rinsed 60fr.; with the result that th
aggrieved plaintiff set het remainin
teeth and .called in the law. Still greate
was The grievance of Mrs. Houghto
againet Mrs. Gervaise Graham, a Mich!
-reed.
Oafe---No. 2 while, taaare rate
01 Tomato; 'avec bid fee a Ocay, ,.P1EitUlFY
ehipmeni. No. 2 raa'ae bei ae rot
ei Ton eta), eaare cleave,
Buckwheat—No. a, ,5ae aearel out'
Bron --Very amen, $17 to 517.
lents, $18 to $19.
Flour—Dull; Ontario, ele.70 aeked for
al per vent. patente or eeport, lanytre"
eage, ourside, $2.05 bid; al:Aided-a hest
eatants, $4.50; second, ati; tethers', $3.90.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Butter—The market for good batty, ite
eery steady :
e:reamery ... 25c to 27e
(10, 24e to 250.1
aaairrefitailfs . 22e to 23e
410, pails .. .. . .. tee to 20e,
do, tubs 18e to 200
y:nferior . .......... - ....„ to 18e•
c Cheese—Prices are holding firne lat
y. 13e4c for large and 14e for twins.
Eggs --Storage, 23e to 24e; limed, 22c.
e New -laid are quoted at 30e.
r. Poultry—Prices depend on quality,.
C. which Is very varied:
la thickens, dressed .. 7c to 90
e. :hew]. 60 to 100
O ,i8c to 10c
a Geese ... . ....... e 7c to Ve
e- Turkeys lle to 13e
Potatoes-zOntario, 55c to 60c per bag,.
•,11 ear lots here; eastern, 65e to 70e.
e. Baled Hay -511,50 to K2 for No. 1
et :truothy and 50 for No. 2 in ear lots;
aere.
✓ Baled Straw—Firm at $6.50 to $7 In.
e rar tote here. •
e
•
es MONTREAL NIAIIKETS.
Montreal, Dee. 24.—A firm tone pre-,-
vails in ;the input market, but very little.
le :Justness being done. •
r
13itekwliecta:-56e to 56.1.0 .pe.r . busliele
- Corn—American No, 2 yellow, 55c; No.
gan Avenue (Chicago) beeuty-doetoi
whom she .sued for $200 for wages, Mrs
Houghton had consented. to have 'on
side 'of her face made beautiful, whit
the other side was allowed to remaii
vme.rritniskeled and, unlovely, in order to 1,1.1
-• THE BF,AUlaY-DOCTOR'S SKILL
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in her shop -window. Atter the opera
tion—a painful oric—hod been under
gone, Mrs. Graham, according to th
plaintiff's stery, refu.eed to 'employ leer
ind hence the action,• •
4
A curious insurance ease was heaire.
riot long ago in the Supreme Court of
Kentucky.' Mrs. Amberg, dt
had been made. a widow through the
Ate of a mosquito, which had cpused her
nishand's death-. The insurance com
pany contended that a mosquito bite wee
riot an accident for wallah they bad any
espoesibilityf but the law decicied dif-
erently, for Mrs. Amberg ,was consoled.
or the loss of herlinsband to the extent
3 mixed, 54o ex -store.
e• Oats --.011. spot, NO. 2 white, 42Jele
o No, 3 white, 41.3-4a to 42e; Ne. 4, 40eae:
41e per bushel, eistore.
1,eas—iloittrig peas, $1' in carload lots,.
- $1.10 in jobbing lois. • '
ilour-----alaliiteba spring' wheat, $4.2re
• 10 54.00; Strong bakers', $3.00 In $4.10;
winter wheat patents, $4.10 to $1.25h
straight rollers, $3.00 to $3,70; •do, in
• bags; $1.65 to $1.75; extras, $1 50 to
6. $1,56.
Atillfeed—Manitoba bran, in bags, 820'
40 $ale; shorts, $21.110 to 522; • Ontario
oran, in aegs, $18.50 to $10;. sllortse
$2L50 to moutilie, $21 to
$25; straleht grain, $28 to 829 per fore,
• Rolled ()its --Per $1.(,)5 te $a '
oaelots, Ve.10,111 jobbing Jots.
• Hay—No. '1, $13.50; No. 2, $12.50; No
3, $11.50; clover, mixed, $11; pure clover,.
$10.50 to $11 pea ton in ear dots,
• Provisions ---Barrels„ short cut Mess*,
522 to 824; lialf-litireels,,811.25 $11.75e,
'clear fat backs, $23.50; long -cut heavy.
reess, $20.50; half -barrels 510.75;,
dry salted long elear 1634,e to'
flyee; liarrele plate beef, $12 to 513; half --
barrels do, $6.50 to -$7* barrele heavy
;ease beef, $11; lialf-barreis do, $6; com-
oound lard 8Y -c to 9c- pure lard 12.eac.
2
lo .13c; kettle rendered., 13%,,c to 14e;
hams`, 13c to 1434c, • Oceordiregto. size;
breakfast bacon' lac to lace aVindsere,
*con, lac to 16tc- fresh killed abattoir
flressed hogs, $9 tto $9.25; alive, $0,50 to
• ;36.75, • •
Eggs—The market, is in a very quiet.,
condition. A good local trade hale been
done; new -laid, 35cnbate fall selects, 25e
to 25%c; cold storage.and 20e to
20%a•
•',13UFFALO MARK.ET.
'Buffalo, Dec..24. -- Flour -- Steady.
Wheat --Spring, quiet; .No. 1 northern,
87e. Corn--Strolig; No. 2 yellow': 4r,liac;
No. 2 White, 47X,re • Barley—Very
strong; Western, in store, quoted 52e .to,4'
alac. Ilye--Dull; nothing done. "
NEW 'YORK WHEAT iNIAIIKETS.
1 -
Nev 'York, Dec. 24..-L Wheat—Spot
easy; No. 2 red, 79c in elevator and 81e
o.b. ". afloat; No. 1 northern 1)uliith,
al•eae c.i.f. Iluffelo; No. 2 hard winter,
78%,,c c.i.f. Buffet°.•• '
, •
France 5,845,000 les,379,0a0 inn of his horses. Whetlierhe is a. flor- derecl possible the famous Hatton Gar -
Germany r 8s 000 v. 100 000 let or cobbler he IS just as tidy,.should deli Post -office robbery", \ellen 020,000 1
Austria 407,000 1,41a.000 he relealr 014! Pair of shoos Yon avortli of diamonds 's,vere stolen, Kent, 1
Holland 1,117000 3,951,0ae he 'will not wrap tbeni up in an old the notatious "King of (he Coiners,"•was .
Bel turn 1 218 000 aae 000 newspaper lilce his Italian competitor arrested •in th f '
• e emi orm of the Royal In- °
e . The United States returns for 1877 are
not, •available, and so the year 1881 is
contrasted with 1005. The figures are:—
•. • 1881 1905
Deapatched 7,795,000 18,506,000
ToWard evening we entered forests of
birch and fir tfiat. Warill the eines and
make the engines go. A flight of wild
duck preaehd over a reedy pool. Wild
duck WO.S CRIME! in dinner of the
train de, lux, and the Colonel condes-
cended to be anmsed.
la ex moil 111, e were passin(r
through the broad Mt of the Black
• Earth, whose eorn goes' to feed England,
Germeny—in fact, most EhrOpeaa coma
tries, -except nu5S10. Pasante were
out seratehing the soft, dark soil with
. their teame of 'thin oxen and .fittle
3
but put them ha a wliite pasteboard box,
do up •thee pact:age as neatly as a ,drtig
clerk, and then, to give- the liniehett
produet e ' c o ets
own, he will paste on a little carneo plc-
• niskillen Fusiliers', which he had don- r
ried in order to try and elude the vigi- .1
lance of the Scotland Yard detectives. •1
• The burglar who, on the *night of Fob -
1 111), 1881, ,shot and 1411104! Lieut-
enant Roper of the Royal Engineers, in
chihsatchiatanrit,erspasinselldie BiLomPsteonafrii3easr,roinaksa• c
sunilar rliaguise, and •Ins identity ze-
mains unknownto this very day.
Then, too, there was that astute. ad
venturer who some little time back daz
Received ......... 7,465,000 18,631 000 13-1r0,°f Iaw"Llea tea gard°''' .*
The postage to all foreign countr'ies in some waysell \WOW $0e111 that, the
Was ld. per half-ounee in 1875; it was a I4Panese" ar° to Prrise. Tor eurnPle,
several days atter. t ie fire the Japmiese
• river o florists wa• gon, with some
• flowere •for a nineral, ettempted to go
penny less in 1905. • ,
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TeilE BLACK' ROOD.,
Legend That Explains How latolyrood
Should thelaing grant permission for
the resiortnidn. of the -ruined eliapel that
Mande beside Holarood Pelage—Practi-
cally all that remains of the splendors at
the nue:fent abbey—Edinburgh will have
another show pine() of no sina I interest
,
says the London Chronicle.
Holyrood came by its name. It tells of .
.1
There is a legend that explains how
the rescue of David I. of Scotland from a
sing by the miraculous • interven-
tion of a blaek rood or croes The Kin
- • g
horses. theaefm'e dedicated the abbey which lie
The surface of the land SIIIS now more
founded, to the Black Rood of Scotland, 1
'Yokel). up, more fretted ioto slopes ,and a casket) shaped "cross of gold which had
V) b it i
dually it merged into the steppes of the
r, z ng s !Prints, and gra
through °Olivia street, on the western
confine of the burned -district, but was
held up by hbodlume, Wile threw ash-
es and cherred, wood at the driver and
beat' the lioree with sticks and stones,
All undaunted, the japtmese drew a .e-
volver • and. scaring the crowd cf
roughs, he whipped up his horse 'Mid
escaped. • taut, instead of delivering' the
-flowers at the house just around ;the
corner to which -they were coneigned,
he turned back to the store, changed
bis; uniform for one that was spotless.
harnessed 'into the shafts a fresh steed
in the place of the litufsed and jecled
brute that bad .siireived the attack rf
the rewdles, and then drove off again
with his consignment. When he arriv-
rd at his destinetion eves told that
the funeral for which the 'floral offerings
were intended had already been held,
and the coffin'. was on Its way to the
- been brought to Forehand .a centurer' ecm.d(TY-
meeichs of the Don—vast, sweeping
e plains, with far distant, blue horizons
• giving a senee 01 epace sueh as l'have
only known on the Orange River veldt.
No rocky kopjea break the ,surface, hut
11)'e.• relesi, muddy roads are the same,
Ve earfa just making a new (draelc
When the old one grows impaesable.
The isolated graveyards are the
atone, too, but the people are, loosely
gathered info haphrezaed v1118[404{31 huts,
Whtlewtatalted and 'thatched. These 111'
ike houses of the Coasaeks, so dr'eaded
in tbe, streete, eo useless in the W411'.
A13 AL; we peseed thr enell one °nate Cos-
ettek sia'ions a train etood dim!) 041
eating elese by. It woe a mixed train
of int tbree claseee, and some trierks.
But in the centre were three large vans
. whli heavily geated evindows --rtra fed 1 y
11014 bare in equareseeered through the
bare the fae,e; 4)1 men, evoinen Tits
lh ehlidren WOrt' /10.ing They were
prierinere thee; familiee on thole
e way te wacre they will join
the flverande whe are bona:, eoeetant.
le• evert, 11 eft to
THE SIBEIIIAN EX11:17..
otiatT drt, met a greet Sii,,e1*01
114-le!gr,111. t4:1,0 iitgq 14110W11 HD- 04,11011T
441,1 ((tau a. forty en:4.e. Ile, fell
hie Mutt el...retro of intralieeet,e. awe
f,1 ate levee), 111 !,4111,*1'14 1/1 111!,.4-.1a
t 11,f'01111I like a
jje attrilMt6'1 fine lo vat nuoieere
"iiifellectuele" vele; terve lie, fi i4t
; 110 there fer their vie re lei pentee;
110 111%t ia future it ssiii
1,211111(1 eeuidee werial.
`the 11131 the Elio:
lab like a dry 'ehenniegne„ bat kj1
is lens (Itiek it eweel. end (Y,
Iue pn.,001 0 1. o-•'1.,114111 44414 \.t
ren elang 1);naTi, of the ?a,v.4,y
hag riaer lion 'eta!, Leering heavy
• earlier. con inning what was eupposed
to be a portion of tae true cross set in
an ebony figure of the Saviour.
'The. Black Rood went through many
adventures, It WU preserved in Edin-
burgh Castle along with the royal
replies butevas seized by Edward 1.'ara1
corried into England or the purpose of
making more seer the oaths. of alle-
giance which he exacted from the Soot -
well nobles. The nobles, however„ (ap-
pear to le ve regarded their 011.1116 ,1171111:
less scrupi than long Ldwasd expeeted.
'The last- we' hear of the Black flood'
comes fro the ehrine-of St. Cuthbert,
en Durham Cathedral, at law time 'of the
• Reformation. Since that shrine destroy-
ingrera all is silent as to the historylot
the Blaok Ilood.
„ •
1.0CAL OPTION' IN TRANSVAAL.
__-
a "Vete Can be Demanded by One -Tenth
of the Voters.
The Cape ennofaneee that regu-
lateme tem, 1 n teen( 1 in Pretoria by
roant,:81141 of the 4Ctillg Lieutenant-
(;overnor fo'r taking (a vole 11.; to who -
they the ettle of inteedeatinn Jayvee; be
proletatadrnlikitt tiny municipelity in
the a raneviod eoltniy. Tho torod!itiorri
(.1,0v,k/o. tho l01111,111011
Mglled On:qe11111 .01 the V1,004, 014 ',-
bit(' meet leiteree roll for the pit:ea-pet. of
wouleeea eleetenre 11 1.,-;110 „QOM LC!
101 the put.ince of deleratainint_t tOtelhea' .
ttio, z--,-,1110 livor 1.-Toldit:1‘d ita !quit
tiinaieiptality oa' wlar,l iv; the l'ff,0 e
1:1'. thlt; 12,s;a(?
1.4'111W111 “4,e/ rer,in-d to the preialation
of !Lie ef 114(1101 111 11 1.01101,qiiaiift '
aerds of ffenitcapalittes hi the Trans.
veal.
„“yes, y,c4s, I know," said the japan
ese;olait it is better that I come nice
and late than early and dirty."
"But you could have delivered the
flowers," the undertalreee tiSsietant
poetulated. "They Were' • all right,
weren't they?'
"Yes ; yes," said the Japanese; "but
they would not be beautiful. if not de.
livered by orie that was beautifid."
• FAVORITE O'CCUPATIONS.
The Japanese feral laborer line also
gone int() the fruit business, leech IN
the Milani in eastern cities. You will
find him• at the ,etreet .(eorner stands,
and When not 'attending to eustomers
he is busy polishing (up his wares to
melte: them as attractive as possible ;o
the tee of the passerby.
As tailors the Japanese have ever
been able to crowd 'the Jewe to an nn-
00111fortable degree. Cale -tenth of the
Japanese in Allied oecupatione are
le be found ie this businees arid they
•
have been acensed of resorting to sweaa
eleip methods in cooler to Out prices
and gain custom. Officials of San Fran-
ciero beta o health have inverted cep -
hire underneath Japanese tailoring en-
falitiehniente, where woekmen worked
eaatelept in the sone room. At one end
ef the chamber there .would be a dove.
W/1111'4i eook wieuld prepare rive and
PAT. And 'when the, Wore had iiiiieh-
ed. their work 111:ly would lie down and
els%) ihe very chalice; upon whieh
;Hey hall been tailoring. Yet Illeae plecee
were all kept, renuirkahly clean.
The Jekineee 141114 41' Leeeeie
rapeciaIly populur the evernen
.1 tein 1' 0' the reabon filet
14 (‚8' '11:; far 10,0, !t(1114=4,4i0111/0115-> 411)0111
,ligit.int41, a tie' Man flit, white 1514111.
1 116354h (iiartiti oath
rying fti veil, riff ebeilay in piece
of "en wail," 4114 10 OVAL C:114110
As the result of a sneeze Mr. •G., 1„
Foley sued Mr. 0. II. Davidson for $50,-
000 damages, 'a feW months ttgo, in Chi-
ng°. Mr. I'•oley, it soemsewas in a res.,
aurant when Mr. Davidson asked for a
match to light a cigar. Mr. Foley polite.
ly produced the match, but uninckily
neczed* violently just as Mr. Davidsoh
ad struck it, • and extinguished the
ght High words ensued; Mr. Felqy
was arrested for riotous conduct,and On
e • his liberation claimed $50,000 demages
ageinst the gentleman whose request,
zied.and victimized, in the uniform of n 11
Feld -Marshal, the local bigwigs of East 11
Molesey. • He staYed at thep
es, and even became engaged to th
daugliter of a ecnnity-- magistrate. Latei
on, in Ibe dock at the Old Bailey, he sal
wore the crimson tunic and gold -braided
inexpressibles whieh had enabled him •
t) carry out his fraudulent schemes.
• for a match led to such •
-
, STARTLING CONSEQUENCES.
An equally, singular action was that
brought by a Miss Edith Ronne, of
laillodelphia, against, Frederick Farrow.
It appears that when Mr. Farrow was
introduced to Miss Rodne he gave- her
dainty hand such a, hearty and vigorous
shake that he broke one of her fingers..
Necrosis • ensued and the hand became,
useless; and • the vmgtim or such 'nits -
guided, if • well -Meant, cordiality re-
covered 510,000 damages.
Among other anitiaing laiv-eases of
centestays, Mrs. Hosier, an Indiana
lady was sued for $5,000 damages tor
Moss of thirst" by her brother, into
whose food she had introduced ierne
• preparation to cure him of his love of
intoxicants;• a Boston lady brought a
suit to recover $300 damages, the result
of an egg thrown from an upper win -
(low which struck her as she was pass-
ing underneath, with dire consequences
to her dress and bonnet; and Mr. Arthur
Grissom claimed $100,000 damages front
hie father-in-law for alienating his wile's
affections.
I1E13UKIN0 THE EMPEROR.
Doctor Omori, of the eniversity of
Tokyo, tells a story of the Chinese Em-
peror Tsi. Then favorite ,horse of the
emperor died througa negligence on the
part of the Royal Master of the llorse.
The emperor was so enraged that he
drew his sword and would have ru the
Offender through the body, a re
The learned mandarin, lent•se,estruek
the emperor's savord arid saidr"Sire,
this man has not yet bean formally ac-
cused of any 'crimp. He deserves to die,
but the accusation should come first. 11
Is the law,"
"Well," said the emperor, "tell him
what he has done." -
"Listen, you rogue," •.ecid the mon-
darin to the Master of thallorse, "listen
to an account of ;tenor offenses: First,
you have allowed a horse to perish that
his majesty entrusted to your cam
Second, it is on your account that 'lie
was about to slily you with his own
hand. Finally, through your fault, otir
sovereign NVOS on the point 01 disgracing
1)111113011 111 all 111 13' people's eyes ,by kill-
ing a man Inc the sake of a hotse.".
"Enough," said the emperor. "Ire is
pardoned."'
HIS ONLY WANT.
A commercial was ref:cony edvised
by a brother ambaeeador of commerce
to call on a certain tradesman with
Whom he had no account. Ho 'took the
hint, a'qalled on the man, and WaS re.
oeived 'most genially.
"May I show you my eamplee?" in -
genial the commercial.
The,tradeonan had no objection, and
from an ineignitietint-looking bag the
traveller producedquite a surprising
quantify of epecimen geode. '•
"Weil," said the affable ehopheeper,
eedien Ike bag was Nit last emptied.
"there'e only one thing I want toelay.'
Out tame tho order -book.
"thank 'yon.rerearkel'illice
.eat
oinercial, delighted ea ikew
aecount; "and what 14 Mall'
"Whyeaaett the reply. "I want to
how 344 41L'1131! lo 4,4y1 rill those simile
e -a; eito that Mlle beg, ego.iiir
•,
AIONSTEIIS ATTACK A BATIQUE„,
Hundreds Seize Her Sides 1,Vith Terrible
• Tenacles.
The Perle, a large fishing barque, ef
Caneale, France, while 'fishing recently
in the Bay of Feenry with a drag net out,
metUwith an exelting adventure.
Finding great, 411ffieu1ly ie getting in
the net, the crew eet the windlass fri
work, and, lo the- aelonishment of the
fishermen, inelead af flab a huge imin-
am' of octopuseil-lit least 1.500 --appear-
ed. •The horrible squirming mass shot
out hundiede of aims, eVleast six feet
in length, which began 10,fasten on the
Mlles of the berque, ahreateiling to cap-
reee it by their weight
'lane fiehermen were badly :lung by
the tentacle% and the 1114111 were only
preVented Mom being dragged over -
beard by, the prerept, uee of hatehee.
akipperaimniediately eut the eable
end the entire, mow, phmod baek tt) the
Lofton of the rea. Still 'eetlie 50 here
riale 111(11; 101(4 ebing to the eide of the
Virgo° tied .liad to be chopped away.
I
:aaen‘ a women: care not who does
tho 40 1011g tlj 1 11111
tU d', tallang."
V,
•lAPAN'* MERCHANT FLEET. o
New Ship n0 Company With a Capi-
led of $10,000,000.
The London Times' correspondent at,
Tokio sends the following cable dee-
patch new shipping company has
been formed In Japan. It already pos-
sesses a fleet of 150,000 tons. Its capital
£2,000,000, op which half repreeents,
the • value of the existing Wel, file re-
mainder to be (leveled to the Waling of
new ships. The coMpany intends- to 415-
tablisix services to lanenesif, Hokkaido,
Java, Vladivostok North China, thong
Kong, Manila, itawail, Amerken the
South Seas and India.
A HOPELESa' CASE.
',,Tudgea' said the prieotier, "I would _
11110 10 riek 8 few questiene before 1ea-
ter My pIea."
"You have the courre. permiesion,"
said a he 'judge. -
"If I go on trial," eaid the prieonee,
'do 1111.1e' to 5111 her and hear alealie
hypolleetioal, queelions aeked by the
lawyers?"
"Certainly," said the judge.
'And hear all 11)e hanaweiting
porter'
"Oa. couree'."
"And folhm the retra.ming of tha
cheinietry and inameee eepereor
"Very proLably,' :-.1o.1 the judge.
"Weil, then, padre, 1 44111 antrsr my
plea."
"Wird it?" raked the judge.
"atiatity