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E ,. •* rSOME ASTONISHING FACTS ABOUT THE PAN-AMERICAN. Falls Will S\ipply Power* and Over 300,000 Electric Lights r 1 ^ - Will Be Used In the Illumination of IteST" m §Mr million people live within a night's ride of Buffalo. It Is upwted * larga proportion of these will vtait the Pan-American Hxpositioa aI aaan time daring Its progress. Many visit It five, ten, or twenty or more Niagara Fall* will prove a lagnet in drawing visitors to sltloiL Altogether It Is fair to that the attendance at this first Exposition of all the Americas win be the largest in the history of Expoai- la either the New World or the million dollars represents ap- tely the cost of the Exposition, of exhibits. The authorized capital stock of the Exposition is $2,- 610,000. The authorized bond issue Is $2,600,000. The government appropria­ tion is $600,000. The cost of the Mid­ way Is $3,000,000. The New York state appropriation is $300,000, and In con­ nection with the New York building ahout $100,000 will be expended by the City of Buffalo and the Buffalo Histori­ cal Society. The appropriation from and foreign countries together the cost of buildings to be erected the Exposition grounds by the City to and toy private citizens will nCf'% Tower and Courts. Vtro thousand Incandescent lamps will he used in the illumination of <me feature of the Midway alone--the Thompson Aerio-Cycle. As many and perfume more will toe used in illumi­ nating the Streets of Mexico. Other Midway structures will also be pro­ fusely Illuminated and the lights thus need are all additional to the 300,000 in­ quired for the illumination about the courts of the Exposition. Thirty-live thousand gallons of water per minute will be required for the fountain display of the Exposition, which will be the most elaborate of any erer undertaken for a similar pur­ pose. . Fifty feet will be the height of some of the jets In the Court of Fountains. The jets will he electrically Illuminated at night. Seventy feet is the height of the cas­ cade falling from the front of the Elec­ tric Tower into the basin below. Five hundred and sixty-five by two hundred and twenty-five are the di­ mensions of the basin of the Court of Fountains, which equals 98,872 square feet Five thousand horse power of elec­ tricity will be delivered In Buffalo from wiw ui nHPHiwnWi RTO will 11)81 •bout half a million dollars, being the grandest collection of decorative Ex­ position sculpture ever assembled. Two hundred thousand hardy peren- nlais have tan planted for the purpose of beautifying the grounds next sunk- men snd the great floral display wlB Include over 500 beds of popular flow­ ers, with rare tropical plants and aqua­ tic plants in the Courts, Mirror Grand Canal gad Lagoons. Fifteen thousand dollars Is the cost of the great organ for the Temple of Music toeing built by Emmons How­ ard. Six thousand animals are to be ac­ commodated In buildings for live stock displays. Twelve thousand is the seating ca­ pacity in the Stadium, the great arena for athletic sports. Twenty large buildings will house the exhibits from all the Americas, and besides these there will be many small­ er ones in the Court of State and For­ eign Buildings, on the Midway and In other parts of the grounds. Six hundred feet is the length of the main United States Government build­ ing. Coftneeted with the main build- ildin< the total cost of the Exposition up to fully $10,000,000. The area of the Exposition site Is SS0 acres. This includes 133 acres of park lands and lakes in Delaware Park, one of the most beautiful parks in the world. The plot is a mile and a quar­ ter from north to south and half a mile from east to west Three hundred thousand incandescent lamps will be used in achieving the grand illumination about the Court of Fountains, Electric Tower, Esplanade and Plaza. Four hundred miles of wire will be used in the installation of the lamps for this illumination. Two hundred and fifty tons wlU be about the weight of this quantity of wire. Ninety-four large-sized searchlights will be placed under the water of the basin of the Court of Fountains to cast colored lights on the fountains and cas­ cades and heighten the beauty of the electric and hydraulic effects. One million, three hundred and nine­ ty thousand square feet is the approxi­ mate area of the courts to be illumi­ nated. This is two and one-half times the area of the courts at the World's Fair, twice the area of those at the Paris Exposition, and three times those of the Trans-Mississippi Exposition at Omaha. the plant of the Niagara Falls Power Company at Niagara Falls, for use in illuminating the buildings and grounds of the Pan-American Exposition and turning the wheels for operating ma­ chinery. 5,000 horse power will also be generated on the grounds. The service arranged for contemplates the utiliza­ tion of the water power of Niagara, the use of gasoline for motive power, of gas both under "boilers, producing steam, and in gas engines, producing energy; thus giving the Pan-Ameri­ can the greatest variety of sources of power ever enjoyed toy any Exposi­ tion. Twenty-six million, five hundred and seventy thousand feet at lum<ber has thus far been used In the construction of the Exposition. Seventeen million, seven hundred and sixty-five thousand square feet is the amount of surface covered with staff. One hundred and fifty thousand cu­ bic yards represents the approximate amount of excavation done. Six million, tiro hundred and forty- two thousand is the weight of the steel and iron used, including bolts and washers. One hundred and twenty-five original sculptured groups will be used in the adornment of the courts, fountains, buildings and grounds generally. This is the work of the most famous sculp- ing toy colonnades are two other build­ ings each 150 feet square. Five hundred by three hundred and fifty feet are the dimensions of the Ma­ chinery and Transportation building. The Manufactures and Liberal Arts building is of corresponding size. Five hundred <by one hundred and fifty feet are the measurements of the Electricity building, and the Agricul­ ture building corresponds to it in slse, Three hundred and ninety-one feet Is the distance from the base of the Electric Tower to the top of the figure surmounting it, representing the God­ dess of Light. Two hundred and thirty-six feet la the height of the Horticulture building; which is 220 feet square. r;." EDWARD HALE BRUSH. Aa Unexampled Treat, TEe Niagara Frontier will be the most interesting place in the world next summer, and the whole world should journey there. The unexampled treat awaiting visitors Includes the most beautiful spectacle in the history of Expositions, at Buffalo; the grand­ est natural scenery and the greatest power development in the world, at Niagara. The Pan-American Exposi­ tion and the wonders of Niagara are less than twenty miles apart, and the fast trains cover the distance In ahout half an hour. The dog catcher of a town in the Indian Territory can give a city dog Catcher cards and spades and then beat him as a capturer of canine ani­ mals. An. expert cowboy hunts dogs as he does cattle. He ropes them the same way. Clad in a pair of buckskin trousers, and wearing a big sombrero, with rope in hand or on the saddle horn, and a six-shooter In his belt, he starts down the street on his broncho looking for dogs. As he spies one which has no legal right to roam at large he sticks the spurs to his pony, grabs his rope and begins operations. He usually ropes the dog around the neck, draws him to the pony's side and shoots him. He then stuffs the carcass Into a sack attached to the saddle and gallops off after more "game." If a stranger Is watching the per­ formance the dog catcher does some fancy roping. He will rope the dog around the front foot or hind foot, or aroun^l the body between the feet. He hardly ever misses his mark. Dog catching in the Indian country Systematic Raids Upon Canines Instituted in the Territory. is more ticklish business than It la In the cities in the states. The catcher not only has to dodge flatlrons, mop sticks, and brooms thrown by irate women (for a wild-looking cowboy with a six-shooter has no terror to an Indian Territory woman), but he has Indians to deal with. An Indian thinks almost as much of his dog as he does of his kids, and if the dog catcher by mistake kills it there is trouble. Dogs belonging to Indians are exempt from taxation. But the Indians must brand them. The dogs of non-citizeils are the ones dis­ criminated against. If their masters fail to pay tax on them then they must pay the penalty of death. In order to evade the tax occasionally a non-citi­ zen forges a brand and marks his dog as if it belonged to an Indian. In or­ der to prevent frauds of this charac­ ter the dog eatcher must be an expert on dog brands. Dan Owth, ' It Is a modern notion that fancy work is an invention of the evil one for keeping the foolish from apply­ ing their hearts to golf, yet the young ladles of long ago, who held to sam­ plers and mourning pieces of an after­ noon with a' fervor better Imagined than experienced, sometimes had their belief in its utility rudely disturbed. An anecdote In some reminiscences of Mrs. Anne Jean Lyman, a prominent New England woman and a contem­ porary of Mrs. Lydla Maria Child, rec­ ords what may be considered a stand­ ing epitaph for fancy work. When Mrs. Lyman was Miss Bobbins, and a very charming young lady, she went to visit some friends of his In Hing* ham. A young man, -calling on the ladies one day, found them busy em­ broidering mourning pieces in which tall women in short waists and long skirts stood weeping by a monument. They begged for a motto for their pieces, Mid instantly got this bit of wit: - a In useless labors all their houra are spent. They murder Time, then work his monument. OkleJioma. and Statehood The Territory Make* Exceptionally Good Claims for Admission The Territory of Oklahoma seeks Statehood and makes a good claim to it. It oontains 400,000 people, 90 per oent of whom are native Americans and 100.000 of whom are school chil­ dren; they have 2,000 schoolhouses, no penitentiary, not a poorhouse, and only six per cent of illiteracy--less , WISE AND OTHERWISE. I The next generation Is a waiting man. any one of torty-five ot tlie States. They own $75,000,000 of property. And 12,000,000 acres are settled, and home­ steaders are taking a million acres a year; 1,000 miles of railroad brought last year 6,000 carloads of manufac­ tures and carried away 40,000 carloads of produce. Ten years ago the popu- "I have nothing but my heart to giv* you," said, a spinster to a lawyer who had successfully concluded a case for her. "Well." said the lawyer, gruffly, "go to my clerk; he takes the fees." lation was about 60,000. Such progress has been made by no other area oi equal size in the United States. If In­ dian Territory should within a few years be added to Oklahoma, the two would have a population of at least a million, who would cast 100,000 votes and pay taxes on $150,000,000 of prop­ erty. Mrs. Chatters--Why do you have Mrs. Gabb to sew for you? She la not a good dressmaker. Mrs. Wordsworth --I know that, but she knows all the gossip of the town. 4 • rare picture la oae that 4a not well done. One way to make an army fly la to break its wings. A probability is something that may possibly happen; Only the fool depends on what may possibly happen. A pretty sales woman ia a first-class LIOUOR TRAFFIC IN SWEDEN OF THE DAY INTERFERING WITH A THEORY lira. Graham la a lady of the old school. She obeyed her parents when ehe was young and afterward success­ fully brought up six children of her own who came when they were called and otherwise betrayed an active belief In the theory that the maternal word was law and the end of all things. Therefore, Mrs. Graham took it hard when her third daughter, Susan, be­ came a convert to the new theories on the proper way of disciplining ju­ veniles and developing their intellects. Susan's 9-year-old daughter, Adaline, was going to grow to maturity with­ out the humiliation of corporal pun­ ishment, without the breaking of her proud spirit, without the crushing of her originality Into conventional molds. At least, that is how Susan explained her theories to her mother when Mrs. Graham remonstrated at Adaline's elevating her muddy boots to a resting place on a new $10 Per­ sian sofa pillow adorning her grand­ mother's davenport. Mrs. Graham had suggested the old-fashioned application of the back of a hairbrush as suitable to the case, but Susan had cast up her hands in horror. "I never punish Adaline. mother!" ahe remonstrated. "Whipping Is bar­ barous! I point out the error of her ways, recognising she is a human be­ ing with a brain capable of being con­ vinced. Then she does not repeat the Offense, neither does she lose her re­ spect for me nor for herself." "I wouldn't Interfere with Adaline's self-respect for the world, Susan," said her mother, crisply, "but seeing 70U are going to put those beliefs into prac­ tice during your visit I hope you won't mind if I lay away my expensive cush­ ions and dress the brocade furniture In hollanda." At dinner that night Adaline began on her third helping of pudding before her grandmother, who had been squirming, finally opened her mouth. "She'll be sick," she Said to her daugh­ ter. Susan looked mildly surprised. "If Adaline wants a dozen servings of pud- *1 The battle light in Mrs. Graham's eyes doubled in intensify. "Come here, Adaline," she said, and Adaline, still curious, went. She made the acquaint­ ance of the back of the hairbrush, wielded with all the oxpertness of a hand long skilled In its application. There was plenty of science about the experience, but it did not appeal to Adaline. Her remonstrances had not the remotest effect on Mrs, Graham, who, when she finished, looked re­ markably at peace and happy. "Please pick up your dOB things, Adaline," she repeated. And the haste with which Adaline minded the request would have star­ tled her mother oot of a year's growth. It is still a mystery to Susan why her child was so strangely meek, humble and obedient during the rest of her visit at her grandmother's. But Mrs. Graham and Adaline both kept the se­ cret. PRISON FOTT THE WOMAN FROM THE FARM MM for taw aum «r: Under the innocent loo^ri Maison Paterae lie," there France what might be nated as an authorized, prison for juvenile offenderajfafjl<1 son's Magazine. It was founded legal luminary, M. De Met*, deeply interested in the training m TREES Of THE PHILIPPINES The forestry bureau at Manila, which is in charge of Capt. Ahem, U. S. A., is an inheritance from the Spanish government, says Science. It was established some 35 years ago and through its officers and employes supervises the government forest prop­ erty, which is estimated to comprise between 20,000,000 and 40,000,000 acres. The Philippines are known to possess over 400 species of trees, and a more careful survey will bring the number nearly to 500. Of these at least 50 are valuable, the Yangylang tree be­ ing considered among the most im­ portant. This furnishes an oil which forms the base of many renowned per­ fumes. On the island of Romblon a mass of cocoa palms, the result of planting under a former governor, cov­ ers the slopes from sea to mountain top, and furnishes a yearly revenue of from $1 to $2 per tree. WHERE WOMEN RE TAIN THEIR NAMES 3 ding, mother," she said gently, "she Is to have them. If she is sick she will see the foolishness of greediness, and not do it again. I never interfere." Mrs. Graham shut her lips tightly. "There's a bottle of painkiller in the medicine chest," she remarked Incon­ sequentially. "And the hot water bag is hanging on the hook. I dislike to be disturbed after I have once got to sleep." Adaline looked at her grandmother contemptuously. "Hm," ehe said be­ tween spoonfuls, "when I have aches I holler. I make everyone come and rtt around me to wait on me. Mamma says I am not to be repressed. It would interfere with my pro-prog-pro­ gression." Mrs. Graham gasped and her hands twitched. Her daughter was placid and beaming. "Dear Adaline," she said, smoothly, "understands so cleverly my attempts at doing my duty by her. It is so comforting." , Mrs. Graham is a delicate and prim lady, so possibly she did not snort as she arose, but it sounded much that way. And in her eye there was a light at which in years gone by Susan had quaked. It was Just as well she did not see it now. The light lingered steadily till the day came when Susan went to visit an old schoolmate and left Adaline In her grandmother's charge, then it glowed like an arc light. "Adaline," called Mrs. Graham, for the third time, during the morning, "did you hear me tell you to come and put away your dolls and their v clothes you left scattered all about the li­ brary?" "Of course," Ada- line answered, very leisurely. "But I don't want to. I'd rather look out of the window." Before Adaline loomed her grand­ mother, who turned the young person about with no gen­ tle hand. "Do you intend to mind me or not?" she in­ quired, with ominous calm. Adaline's bullet eyes opened In gen­ uine surprise. "Why, can't you hear?" ahe asked. "I said I didn't want ti* And when I don't want to do a thing I am never made to. It would be bad for my high spirits, mamma says." LIKE RAISING DEAD. Elizabeth Cady Stanton declares that a woman should keep her family name through life and not have it merged In. that of her husband. Mrs. Stanton would be delighted with the custom pertaining in the Channel Islands, those remnants of England's French empire lying, off the coast ot France. In the Channel Islands the woman does not change her name on mar­ riage; no matter how often she changes partners, she carries her maiden name with her to the grave. ' " • • I.MI to Artist to WnH *Ph% destruction by flre of th# teau of Beloeil Is a great loss to the artistic world. This ancient chateau called up a host of memories of past glory and grandeur, and the loss of its rare collection of historic relics is irre­ parable. Beloeil was not only one of the finest castles in Belgium or Eu­ rope, but was a veritable museum of paintings, arms, objects of art, manu­ scripts and rare books; its library was of Immense value. It was the Versail­ les of Belgium. Here old Field Mar­ shal Claude Lamoral, Prince de Ligne, died, after having been at all the courts and in all the camps of Europe.--Chl- ife of th* ?itfc a via*; She is the quaint­ est little old body in the world. Her g l i s t e n i n g w h i t e hair is always done in little sausage curls and she wears crisp gowns of black silk with real lace about the throat and wrists. Her lit­ tle shriveled, knot­ ted hands are laden With diamonds and pearls and her tiny feet are hidden in satin slippers of the softest kid. Her rooms, look­ ing out over a park, are like dreams come true. They are furnished in pale, sweet colors and the crowded with flowers the year ar When she goes to air she has & brougham, with her own mon on the panels, and a coachman horses warranted to be perfectly re­ liable and not afraid of the cars, writes "The Girl Philosopher" in the Chicago Daily News. She herself sometimes declares that all this luxury seems like a passing dream. In her heart she believes that it is awesomely extravagant to wear silk gowns for everyday, and she thinks that tatting is quite as good a finish for neck and sleeves as this real lace that can never be washed checking the growing bordination to authority, both afthOMIO and at school, Whfttll hftl hSSSiai;i»a- cially marked in the highest »ai>|M )̂f5 society In France. Ona of salutary elements in the schema af m institution is the absolute aeeiaejf which is maintained In France, hoth as to the exact locality of thia-honae ot correction and the names of thoaa who are sent there. On an elevated, auiUli what bare, tract of count# %iflhl few miles of Tours stands a lartv| quadrangular building known as Lia{ Colonie Agrieole, which is a govern*, ment establishment, and behind than chapel, which is situated in the center, of the west front, La Maison Ptamellot i£ cunningly concealed. It is a rec­ tangular, two-storied building, adjoin­ ing the east end of the chapel, and the first thing that meets the eye upon en-4 tering is a huge board bearing the om­ inous word "Silence.!' The grotitid USD#* is occupied by prison-like cells ami" offices; the upper one contains rather smaller cells and is surrounded by a gallery, which shuts off all communi­ cation with the ground floor. boy or young man under age becomes inveterately idle, refractory or dissi- ated his parents or guardians can (A- tkin the consent of a magistrate, which is ̂ sometimes seconded by that of medical man, and after certain papgra have been signed a list of questions re­ lating to the boy's education and pres­ ent or past peculiarities is filled up by the parents and the culprit, who, 1b this country would be licked into shape in a healthy, outdoor fashion, is sol­ emnly handed over to the paternal care of monsieur le directeur. The main feature in the treatment is solitary with . __ . lcaiuic JU IUC7 UCOVUItMk T,onest yellow soap and water, confinement during incarceration, be it *»ut 1 ve got to live un to mv son Will- , PmtM for f itii«tl«a A recent Illustration of the passion for litigation is furnished by a 'citizen of New York, who was a guest at one of the Mills hotels there, $nd whose undershirt was lost in the wash. What was deemed compensation for the lost garment was offered him, but he pre­ ferred to carry the case to the courts, where he sued Mr. Mills to recover 75 cents. He was nonsuited, and then he carried the case up to the higher courts, and now the appellate term of the supreme court has affirmed the judgment of the lower court. It has cost the litigious plaintiff the price of several dozen undershirts. Omt Britain's Tudlam Greit Britain, after many years of negotiation about the matter, has final­ ly agreed to permit Russia to send a consul to Bombay. Hitherto the is­ sue of an exequatur to a consular rep­ resentative of Russia in India has been declined, the British government hav­ ing refused to admit that the commer­ cial interests of Russia in her depend­ ency were of sufficient importance to warrant a departure of that character. Gcntie Cry for "K.K'WV" 1 De col' win' blow f'um eas' ter wes' En make me shake en shiver; Dey heah me pray By night en day: "Lawd, sen' de ol' man klverl" Come down, en please deliver! To' coi' win' make me shiver; • By night en day DIs pra'r I pray: "Mo* klver, Lawd--mo' k^*«r!",„ De sparrow hldin' In he wmfffefii. You notice en deliver. Hit des can't be He mo' dan me? Lawd, sen' de ol' man klver! got to live up to my son Will­ iam's Idees," she says with a comical sigh. "Though sometimes I do Jest long for a dinner of corned beef and cabbage instead of one of these hers course things where I get hungry while they're changin' plates." Then for a little while she la silent Perhaps she is thinking of the time when those little knotted hands were red and hard from toil and those lit­ tle feet were always a-weary from con­ stant trudging on the farm. Then she bursts into another peal of laughter. "But the most ridiculous thing Will- \ iam and Mattle has tried yet was to » say I must have a maid all to myself 1 --not a hired girl, but a real maid to I fuss around and • do up my hair and lace my shoes and all them kind of things. "So they got me one. She waa a gay piece, with one of those pesky noses that I never could abide, still I guess she meant all right. But the first day she most set me plumb crazy! I Jest couldn't think of enough things to keep her goin'., Finally I says: 'Maria, I'll make a bargain with you. I'll let you alone If you'll let me alone. You can have every aft­ ernoon and evening out if you'll let me do up my own hair and lace my own shoes. You can set in your little room to the back of my bedroom when you ain't out, and then if I should want anything ril send for you.' "Well, Maria was agreed to this, and we got along first class. Every onct In awhile William or Mattle ud ask me if I enjoyed my maid and I alias said yes, for it wasn't no Untruth, for after Maria left me to my own devices she was a real comfort. Then one day William and Mattle saw my maid traipsing around when they thought she was on duty. They begun to make inquiries and then the whole story come out. "Do you know, I Jest felt like I had been.caught stealing? But I wouldn't let 'em blame Maria, for she'd Jest done exactly what I told her to da 1 paid her to let me alone--and she don* it. But when William and Mattie caught me I acted jest that sheepish. Finally I up and told them the whole thing and how I had Je6t kept a maid to please them. "Then William laughed till I was long or short. Three months is the usual time. But cases have been known In which It has been extended to pne or even two years, . Come down, en please deliver! Yo' col' win' make me »hivef| DIs pra'r I pray ,M By night en day: * • Mo' klver, Lawd, mo' klver!" tit NAMES OF MINERALS. Cluihtl Nomenclature taifecM If Fwrnilnal* Scientist. At the last meeting of the Students^ Mineralogical Club, as the subject nil the evening, Dr. Henry Leffman spok* upon the "Relation of Mineralogy to Chemistry," says the Philadelphia Times. In the course ot his remarks the speaker referred to the prevailing confusion in mineralogical namea, 4M to the many minerala differing but slightly. The nomenclature adopted by mineralogists he thought to ha totally inadequate, as it conveyed no meaning of the minerals' propertieŝ composition or external form. As an example, Wollastonite couldl be better expressed by the chemical formula, CM SI 03, than -by the nanka, sfnee th4 latter has only been adopted to perpet­ uate the name of an individual. Many like instances were given. The speak­ er exhibited several chemical com­ pounds which were beautifully crys­ tallized, and which have never be$»r* been found as mineralogical qpci- mens. The chemist finds no difficulty in giving them their true plaoe ha chemical nomenclature, since the aApm~ lc theory standardizes the ajM^n. The speaker was of the opinio® that the method of determination aa dim- ployed by mineralogists--namely, color, hardness, cleavage, specific gravity, wet and Wow pipe tests, optical proper­ ties and crystallographic form, may do much to determine a mineral, but with ' no degree of certainty. In the discus­ sion that followed Dr. Leffman ex­ plained that the many forms of ona substance might be distinguished by annexing the name of the system under which the mineral crystallized. Jfr. Groth made a brief report of the ver- dellte quarries at Easton, Pa., and an­ nounced that in conjunction witb Messrs. S. H. Hamilton and J. steiin a more detailed account of ita occurrence, including a chemical anajjjy- sis, would be submitted. . 4 ̂ ' • " . ' 1 GIFTS TO THE POPE. •' 1 . t •H Boliaaaa Itowlm Mnj , The Bolag, or limited company, which controls the liquor traffic in Stockholm. Sweden, has just issued its report for the last 12 months. The company alone is empowered to issue licenses to approved tenants of cafes and restaurants, the full market value of the concession being paid in each CW- -M tfce reault o£ tjw laat year's fci'fWM'W. -V. «fc - - working a profit of over ${$5,000 has been realized, and of this amount §0 per cent, or $444,000, was handed over to the municipal authorities in relief of the tax rates. In Sweden the Goth­ enburg system is held to be a trium­ phant success. The number of li­ censed houses is being gradually di­ minished. A > H E x p e r i m e n t l a a H o s p i t a l la Dwaub Dr. Swan Christiansen erf Missoula. Mont, was in Missoula recently on his way home after a two months' visit in Denmark. Dr. Christiansen was pres­ ent at a remarkable attempt to -bring to life a man who had died in a hospital at Naestved, Denmark, two weeks ago. The experiment was meas­ urably successful, as resuscitation was effected several hours after the man wns pronounced dead. Dr. Maag, who wits ta charge, was unable to maintain Ha however. Tbe patient had died --Atlanta Constitution. from typhoid fever and Dr. Maag de­ cided to try an experiment. Respira­ tion had ceased completely and the body was cold. Direct massage of the heart was resorted to. The chest was cut open directly over the heart, and through the incision the physician passed his hand and seized the heart. He commenced a series of compres­ sions, and in a short time the heart commenced to work of its own aooord. The action of the heart gradually be­ came stronger, but the man had not commenced to breathe. Only after the heart had been acting half an hour did the first gasp for air come. The pa­ tient waa than assisted in thia tor afraid he might bust a blood vessel and Mattie was pretty near as bad. When he come to enough to talk he said that I shouldn't have no maid any more If I didn't want one. He said he wanted me to do Jest what I pleased. I jest had a notion to say that I could dispense with a good many of these chicken fixin's, but I didn't, for onct I heard hlni say to Mattie: The things I can do for my mother is the most comfort I get out of my money.' Will­ iam's as good a son as ever was on thia earth, so I Jest try to please him by goin' round all togged up and livin' up to his idees as well as I can. But I would relish some corn beef and cabbage, biled up together!" • about an hour until finally he was able to breathe quite freely. At the same time his cheeks began to assume a natural color. He lay in this condi­ tion for another half hour, but without regaining consciousness or appearing to feel the effects of the incision. Then there was a reaction and respiration ceased, although the heart continued to act eight hours longer. A second ef­ fort was made to induce heart action, but without reault -- Minneapolis Times. Among the 670 members of the new House of Commons two are abovfc ta years of .age. tram tl*» Fktthfal, , ^ The Vatican has become a perfect museum of objects, animate and inani­ mate, as many of the faithful have de*. sired to give his holiness a personal gift, with in many cases strange re-; suits. For instance, a peasant fkaaa the Abruszi the other day brought pair of turtle doves in a basket and waa highly incensed because he was not al». lowed to carry them into St. Peter's and present them personally, then and there, to the head of the church. A woman brought--that is, carried to the station--a young and lusty pig, but waa obliged by her horrified pariah prlaatto leave it behind. Alfredo Mancini, now in Rome, has, however, made the peat* tiff a present which is most inter eating' and valuable. Not long ago he brought. with him from the Holy Land Mo magnificent goats taken from ICanai. Carmel. They are splendid beasts, tthi tinguished from their kind by thetr black coats, unusually thick and and by their ears, which are largo ajift fall like those of a hunting hound, lite pope has inspected them personally ta their pasture in the Vatican gardtML The other day as he stood looUav aft them he said: "How they bring haalt to me the days of my childhood, I scrambled about the hills of neto like the goats, going In places where only a wild hoy or a-j could gain foothold." These goata as yet untried to the climate ot Ifraifrig-1 but as they are hardy antmata tt'lbl hoped they will not suffer by thi1*" ̂ change from Palestine*. Am Oetopw PlagWk It |» reported that on the sou£i oaanl of England the common octopus, whlA until the spring of 1899 was compact* tively rare in this region, haa_ peared in such numbers as stitute a veritable octopus These voracious creatures, it la"' are destroying the shell-fish and |ng widespread,disaster to the,