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I f - IGHT is that for which a man'® central self la ever Treadf * wwrmw immediate or distant interests. . IGHT is intimately dictated to eachmanbyhlmself, butcan never be rigorously set forth in language, and abore all never imposed up­ on another. You cannot run away from a weakness; you must light it out or perish. And if that be so* why not no*, and where you atandT ̂ ^jttLTURE is not measured by the greatness of the field whhA lii cov­ ered by our knowledge, but by the nicety with which we can per- eelve relations in that field, whether great orraaall.- E wbb can sit squajrest .fanfthree-legged .stool,̂ * wealth and glory. <. • ' I 1 , « * _jS>« . j • * J *• * IGHTEOU8NE8S is to fuse together our divisive impulses and inarch 1 with one mind through life. • p, '|f you wish the pick of men and women, take • good badiel<* *«I a • good wife. S OCIETY wsS v. ?"' At ' v . "• t57-5 " '4^- ' . f P<&,, - '•ft- > ; '•IS;" & f.' « . • v r' t * ^ - .•> - ; u6I0Xiu8u wTCu TO TuuCn ciu^ucutu and blood for the cohvenience of two or three millionaires and a fnr hundred other persona of wealth and position. O be a gentleman is* to be one an the world over, and in overy Nla* tion and gradie of society. It is a high calling, to which a man must first be born and thin devote himself for tiHT T" M|ANNSR|| like art, should be human and central. , A V A 8 the sun returur in the east, so let our patience b« renewed with r '< 1 •*" _ ** * 1 " * rl i ' •' ' ; So long as we tore Www: «o M« at trt am &nA «Mpt» I almost say that, we are indispensable. j ' , " ' . , 0['"f . s - JI^FTER all, there la no house like God's out-of-doors. ||o man is useless while he baa a friend. QO what we wOl, there is alwaya only our fingers. v%>; _. I * ^1,' cannot go very far astray who neither diahonors hia parenta, nor %pi«, nor commits adultery, nor steals, nor bears false witness; for these things, ritfitly thought ou ̂cover a vgst field of dnty, ' ' ' ,1 > t * ,W • r OMB Is the woman's kingdom* ; J^FTER a good weiian and a good book and tobaceo, there la aothing so agreeable on earth as a riv«. is the worst slavery, and vrm BMn teed to detfh. PRACTICE is a more intricate and desperate business than the toughest theorizing; life Is an affair bf cavalry, where rapid Judgment and "prompt action are alone possible and right Y ET the devest and readiest if not the most Just criterion of * man's i£®m , services la the -wage that mankind pays him. or ̂ briefly, what he J:«Vr earns. ATURB IS a good guide through life, and-the love vt simple pleasures , ?v "Inlst if not sî erlor, to vtrlm. gTRB et pas avoir--to be, not to possess--that Is the problem of Ufa, j t* t t:m WE must all set our pocket watches by the clock of fate. ̂BT, when all has been eaid. Hie nan who would hold back front mar- is In the same case with him who runs away from battle. ' VERT tp*« is his own doctor of divinity in the last resort BRAVE woman far more readily accepts a cha^e of clroumstances than the bravest * - - • • A '"MM "i©i m: I^IOHT or wrong, this have i done, In unfeigned ̂honor of' lntention. as Blf and God. '̂\*>i-From The. Sunday Magaslne. \ *4' •' • mm*-- "«SF- Beta gear ̂ (0oUitione| •V ..1. l'*v'4v" Every fb»t o# January that we arrive at Is-- lugiairy •iis rtasa fai A« tarapika track of hamaa Bfs, at MM a iwliiH place for thought and sssditabea and a startiagp^at forfr--haaartioainthepwfuri«Bcsof oar journgy. Ths man who does aot at least pwpo)i to hiwwslf te be better this year thaa 1M was last But be either vet? good or very bad indeed. And csly to preposs to bo bsttsc is *"1 If aoddag ekt it is an ackaewledgsanoat ef our need to be se which is tbe first stop toward amend- SMB&s Bat, la fact to prepeas to •••!•¥ to de well is ftsseese sort to do wd positively, for thoro is ao iŝ ttfaf as a statioaary poiat ia human eadeavon. He who b aot worae ta-day thaa be wes yesterday Is better, asd be who is net better is wer»e.-CHA*LES LAMB. i:v - -V"' I. I L L I N O I S J V E W f Cboloo ttoms tsom mmmt ths state. epseiallV eoleotod for our ssado*"* j < •TATE ASSESSMENT REPORT. DECIDES WATER POWER CASE COURT CtJfett IN JUNTGEN CASE Board of Equalisation Incrcasse Valua­ tions by $15,315,191. The report of the State Board of Equalization shows that.the assessed valuation of all property in the state of Illinois is $1,095,796,177, an increase over last year of $15,315,191. As the assessed valuation is only one-fifth that of the actual, the total wealth of the state may be estimated at $5,486,- 460,885, an increase of $72,610,470. The grand total of assessed valua­ tion is secured as follows: Personal property, $215,351,899; lands, $842,769,065; town and city lots, $430,983,S76; railroads, $93,748,867; Capital stock, $12,942,970; total, $1,095,- *796,177. The excess of railroad capital stock over tangible is $3,500,000 and the ex­ cess of capital stock and J>onds of cor­ porations other than railroads oyer tangible assessment is $12,942,970. There is an increase of $12,519,401 In personal property, lands and lots, an increase of $2,122,085 in the assess­ ment of railroad property and a de­ crease of $89,442 in the assessments of the capital stock and bonds of corpor­ ations other than railroads. The railroad committee finds that there are seven roads in the* state, the full value of whose property is not cov­ ered by the tangible assessment. They are the Chicago and Alton, Chicago and Southern, Illinois, Iowa and In­ diana, Metropolitan West Side Ele­ vated, Northwestern Elevated, South Side Elevated and Union Stock Yards and Transit Company. On these roads the board has made an assessment on their capital in addition to the tangi­ ble property assessment. Court's Decision Followed by Agree­ ment as to Rights Below Joliet. By a decision of the circuit court at Joliet and by an agreement entered into immediately after the decision, the interests represented by Attorney Charles A. Monroe of Chicago come into complete possession of the water power rights of the drainage canal and the Desplaines river between dam No. 1 In Joltet and the head waters bf the Illinois. It is understood that the Illinois Steel company is back of Monroe and that the power to operate all its plants in Illinois and Indiana will be developed at an immense plant to be built at the head of Lake Joliet. The decision removes all obstacles to the development. "The drainage beard had absolutely no Interest in this suit," said Trustee Frank X. Cloidt. "The Gaylord syndicate wanted to se- ctfiNj water power rights within our Jurisdiction, but we refused. Then Gaylord went farther down the river beyond our jurisdiction, which ends about one mile below Joliet. There he planned to develog^water power. He and Monroe got ^nto a dispute over their interests and the sult was the result" . . . ^. DR. JOHN WARNER PASSES AWAY Father of the Commissioner of Pen-, sions Succumbs to Paralysis. Dr. John Warner, a prominent bank­ er and extensive farm owner, died at Clinton suddenly of paralysis at the age of 86 years. He was the father of Colonel Vespasian Warner, United States Commissioner of Pensions. Dr. Warner was born in Virginia, but had| lived in De Witt county nearly sixty - years. He was circuit clerk for four years In the '50's, and afterward served several terms In the Illinois Legisla­ ture. He entered the army as Major of the Forty-first Illinois volunteers. He entered the banking business and accumulated a fortune of more than a million dollars. He gave a hospital costing nearly $60,000 to the city of Clinton. Witness Wants His Fee. Chairman Sparks of the Alton city council waterworks committee has been experiencing, some disappoint­ ment in getting information relative to the cost of hydrant sental In some of Uie Illinois cities for evidence in a suit for the adjustment of the water rates in Alton. „ Mr. Sparks received a letter from City Clerk Hatcher of Cairo, stating that the last time he gave such information it cost him $26 to .'go to Spffcigfield as a wltlnsn in the United Starts court, where the water rates were reviewed. Hatcher said that he and another man were roused from bed at midnight, served with summonses, for which they never re­ ceived pay. Doetor Sties Hie Father. Suit has been instituted in the cir­ cuit court of Sangamon county by William Vincent of Chicago to recov­ er $15,000 from his father. Dr. John A. Vincent resident of Springfield, j»r>H former member of the Illinois leg­ islature. It is contended that Dr. Vin­ cent'sold'the family homestead in this city, in which plaintiff bad a half In* terest under hfs mother's will. Dr. Vincent contends that the property belonged to him, and that he deeded it to hia wife to protect himself suits, as is customary with medical to the state firemen's convention against usits, as is customary with medical practitioners. Teacher Is RobbliM ̂ Charles Rodebaugh, a young school teacher, was beaten and robbed of $80 In cash and a twenty-dollar watch, twenty miles north of Willow Hill. He had started to pay off a note. Two highwaymen placed a barbed wire across the road, and when the young man got out of his buggy to disentangle his horse they pounced upon him, and, after beating him, ob­ tained the booty and escaped. Mr. Rodebaugh's injuries are not serious. Violate Food Laws. John Sullivan, John Sullivan, Jr., Louis Wies, the Luyties Bros. Mer­ cantile Company, Theodore Trebbe, Diettrlch A. Becker, Robert Cavenah and Harry McRoberts of East St. Louis were each fined $25 and costs by Justice Wsngelin of Belleville on pleas of guilty to violating U» UUnois pure food laws. ̂• Sight Destroyed In Explosion. As a result of a gas explosion In a saloon at Mount Auburn the building, was wrecked and Charles Squires, the bartender, was rendered perma­ nently blind and may die. Oliver Chick an John Christian were badl* injured. •-- - Elevators Full of Grain. Inability to secure cars for shipping has made It necessary for a number of elevators at Sterling to refuse to purchase grain. Elevators are simply bursting with grain. . Secure Oil Leaeeis '̂- Representatives of an Ohio company have been in the vicinity of Centralla for several days securing oil leases on the farm lands, and are arranging to commence the work of boring for oil within a few weeks. Several thousand scree are under lease. Judgment for Miner. A Jury In the circuit court at Decatur gave Edward Xaughton judgment for $1,800 against the Manufacturers and Consumers' Coal company for Injuries sustained in tbe company's aaisse.,̂ ;", , V,i.; .CI District Judge issues Writ of Certi<*> ] rari ami Takes Jurisdiction. A serious clash of federal and state courts developed Monday in the trial of Walter W. Juntgen, accused of dy­ namiting the Edgar county bank for the purpose of destroying the books and records. Judge Craig of the coun­ ty court at Paris issued a writ of at­ tachment for United States District Attorney W. E. Trautman, alleging contempt for failure to produce the bank books and records in court, and overruled a motion of Trautman's at­ torney for the removal of the case to the district court. The district Judge at once issued a writ of certiorari, or­ dering the case removed to the federal court and commanding the county court pot to interfere with Trautman.' rt was announced that the books and records are in such a condition that they cannot be moved. YATES CHANGES CAMPAIGN PLAN CHIEF ENGIN^R. Michael J. Butler, just elected for the tenth term as Chief Engineer of Division No. 19, Brotherhood of Lo­ comotive Engineer^ Of the Chicago ft Alton system, is a resident of Bloom- ington and has been handling trains on that road between Bloomlngton and Chicago for a quarter of a cen- il Abandons Tour Temporarily Because of Wife's Illness. Former Governor Richard Yates has temporarily abandoned his plan for a speechmaking campaign for the Unit­ ed States senatorshlp. Announcement was made by C. J. Doyle, who has 'charge of the Yates headquarters in Springfield, that the meetfng sched uled to take place at Hardin, Calhoun county, next Wednesday, had been Called off, and the former governor will remain at his headquarters at Springfield indefinitely. The illness of Mrs. Yates is said to he the reason for the Change of plans. The family phy­ sician has informed the candidate that j Mrs. Yates' condition is such that it A would be inadvisable for the former ^executive to plan campaign meetings which future developments might ne­ cessitate canceling. \ tury, being in charge of the Alton Limited, the finest train on the road. His choice for ten terms as the leader of the brotherhood is a remarkable compliment to the trust reposed in him. He has also represented the or­ der at three international conven­ tions. Engineer Butler commenced his railroad career as a brakeman In the early '70's, being engaged on the same road. A fellow trainman w^s William Cotter, now manager of the Pere Mar-; quette eyltem. > .̂y.'TvS ̂ Caaa County Farmers. The Cass county farmers' Insti­ tute and domestic science associ­ ation held their annual convention at the opera house at Vir­ ginia. The president, C. S. Beggs, of Ashland, made the opening address, followed by C. A. Rowe, of Jackson­ ville and Leigh F. Maxey of Curran, who discussed "Corn Judging^* and "Corn Culture." Addresses on "Phys­ ical Improvement of Soils," by Prof. R. C. Lloyd of the university of Illi­ nois, Champaign, and "Poultry On the Farm," by L, A. Richardson erf Ma­ rine, were ifoilowed by a very enter­ taining and. helpful talk by Prof. Rich­ ardson on "Birds la Their delation to Agriculture." Meana Long Jail Sentence. A mistake in making out a mittimus in Alton consigning Dudley Lowder to the county jail will cost Lowder a much longer sentence than was Im­ posed upon him. Lowder was adjudged lazy and Magistrate Rose sentenced him to pay a fine of $100 or serve thir­ ty days in jail. When the mittimus was handed to Sheriff Crowe six hours later it read that Lowder was. to be confined in the county jail 60 days and pay a fine of $100. The error was acknowledged to have been made by City Attorney Wilson, but the sheriff says he will hold Lowder on it .. Illinois Coal for Northern tlnsa. The amount of coal being drawn by the northern railroads from the cen­ tral Illinois bituminous fields Is con stantly growing. The Chicago and Northwestern is averaging 10,000 tons daily over the tracks of the Chicago and Alton, a portion going vio Peoria, while the major portion goes direct to Chicago. TJie Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul is now taking 5,000 tons per day, and, it is said, will increase this amount next- year. The Rock Island Is also getting a considerable portion of its coal from points on the Alton This extension of the Burlington from Centralla to Herrin taps a rich coal district, and the move has aroused the other lines to similar ac tivity. The Illinois Central is credit­ ed with an effort to control the out­ put of the coal on many of its lines and is said to be consolidating some of tbe small mines in southern Illinois Sunday Closing sit Plxon. The lid is sure to be on in Dixon, special meeting of the city council Monday revoked several saloon li­ censes. Mayor EJdwards stated that wheot* he took his oath of oflice prbnttsed to see that the laws of the city of Dixon were obeyed, and that from now on all the saloops would close on ttpae and remain closed on Sunday. f Machiniste Elect Offeere. TTO Centralla machinists' union has elected the following officers: Past president, Nelson Huntington; presi dent, D. E. Stedlin; vice-president, F. A. Traynor, recording-secretary, W. F. Hahn; financial secretary, E. E. Barr; treasurer, George Sherwood; conduct­ or, E. S. Connors; inner sentinel, H Maxfield; trustee, J. N. Huntington. Prohibitionists Name Ticket The Prohibition county convention at Harrisburg nominated the follow Ing candidates: Judge W. L. Mot- singer;. sheriff, C. C. Skelton; treas­ urer, Ewing S. Glasscock; clerk, A. D Lamb; superintendent of schools, A1 vin Cox. Delegates to the state, con gresslonal and senatorial conventions wete named. Railway Carmen Eledt, . ' The brotherhood of railway Carmeii of Centralla elected officers as follows: Chief carman, John Victor; first vice- carman, William Bush; second vice- carman, E. L. Damon; recording-secre­ tary, H. H. Honninger; financial sec­ retary, Ralph Pate; treasurer, M. E. Anderson; local board, G. W. Beal, Henry Honninger and Ai. & A#der- son. ' - It'>1.- May wood Bank incorporates. State Auditor McCullough has issued a permit for the organization of the Maywood Trust and Savings bank, lo­ cated at Maywood, Cook county. The capital stock is $25,000, and the incor­ porators are Charles W. Bullard, Ed­ ward F. Dunning, Albert N. Charles and J. E. Bullard. Illinois River Hatchery. * The United States senate has passed without dissent the bill intro­ duced by Senator Hopkins providing for the establishment of a fish hatch­ ery on'the Illinois river. Mr. Hop­ kins left the bill in the hands of Sen­ ator Cullom and other friends, who promptly pushed it through when the opportunity came. Saloon Men Are Pim|l̂ :" J Through the efforts of the W. C. T. U. and State's Attorney June C. Smith, eleven saloon men of Centralla were fined for selling liquor on Sunday. - ; Fraternal Memorial Building. - v The Queen City Odd Fellows have started a movement to create a popu­ lar fund to erect a fraternal memorial building at the city cemetery, and have headed the list with a subscrip­ tion of $100. Nearly 411 the fraternal societies in Centralla will contribute a like amount Smallpox in Two More Counties. Dr. E. S. Baker, inspector for the state board of health, has been sent to Kane, Greene county, to Investigate supposed cases of smallpox, thought to have been communicated from Jer- seyville. An inspector also was sent to Nunda. McHenry county, where a numb^^,c»S^ are re* ported^ » r Aisibclate of Lincoln Dies. Hop# S. Davis died at Quincy, aged 78 years. He was a member of the general assembly of Illinois in 1876 and had practiced law for fifty years, being at times associated with Steph- et A. Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. Veteran Struck by Car. - Sergt. Fred A. V. Hotchkis/, who %*S admitted to the Soldiers' home at Quincy from Chicago in 1899, was found unconscious beside a street car track. It is supposed he was struck by a Car while crossing the traajt; , > Public Building Bills. ykfi" Peoria's publio building is to lie Im­ proved, repaired and enlarged at an expense of $350,000, provided a bill for that purpose introduced in the house by Representative Graff is passed. A new public building at Centralla, to cost $30,000, is proposed in a bill in­ troduced by Representative Dickson. Drops Dead Beside Casket. Mrs. Ellen O'Brien, aged 80, dropped dead at Quincy, while standing beside the casket containing her dead son, .WtiihNR!T. - v " Normal Trustee Dies. WSHam L. Kester, president of the board of trustees of the Illinois Nor­ mal college, is dead at his home in CHICAGO NATIONAL BANK AND CHIEF OWNER AND DIRECTOR JOHN R.WALSH cwoTfg Awwamt The Chicago National bank, the Home Savings bank and the Equitable Trust company, the string of financial institutions dominated by John R. Walsh at Chicago, w.ent into liquida­ tion Dec. 18, after examinations by the comptroller of the currency, the state banking officials and the clear­ ing-house committed of the Associated Banks of Chicago. Twenty-six millions <of dollars la de­ posits of public funds and* private ac­ counts were involved in the crash. The other banks of Chicago at once arranged to take over all assets and guarantee the money of depositors. As a consequence the financial flurry was hardly noticeable. v FROM NEWSBOY TO A'frfcG*&fE John R. Walsh Starta Life in Chicago as Poor tad 58 Years Ago. John R. Whlsh Is 68 years old, and has lived In Chicago fifty-eight years, during which time he has climbed from the rank of humble newsboy to that of bank and railway magnate whose fortune has been quoted as high as $40,000,000. Mr. Walsh was born In Ireland Aug. 22, 1837. When 10 years old his parents emigrated to America and settled In Chicago in the latter part of 1847. The boy had to work for his living from the start and became an employe of J. McNally, newsdealer. As Chica­ go grew the business of newsboy be­ came more profitable and young Walsh proved not only industrious but capable in pushing his trade. In 1861 he established a news business of his own, and the demand for news from the war, which opened that year, made the sale of papers a paying oc­ cupation. The news business founded by Mr. Walsh afterward developed Into the American News company, which sup­ plied railway trains and country deal­ ers with newspapers, magazines and books and maps. Mr. Whlsh was a director of tbe company from its start Founds National Sank. • In 1882 Mr. Walsh founded the Chi­ cago National bank. Fred M. Blount, who was cashier for many years, and John M. Smyth, who was a director, assisted Mr. Walsh In making his hank the great political bank of the city. Supported by both the repub­ lican and democratic leaders, Mr. Mr. Walsh was able to exercise a wide influence in many spheres. At first all his attention was direct­ ed toward building up the bank, which during these yearB became known as one of the stanchest financial institu­ tions In the west Through his connection with the news business Mr. Wlalsh became financially interested in the Chicago Herald when it was a young and strug­ gling property. Under the manage­ ment of James W. Scott, who was In­ strumental in getting Mr. Walsh In­ terested In the paper, the Herald he- Trying to Save the Buffalo. Now that a society has been formed to preserve the buffalo from extinc­ tion it seems strange that such an or­ ganization was not undertaken be­ fore, and that the government Itself did not take effective measures to save this valuable animal. The new organization, known as the American Bison society, proposes to engage In systematic work to largely increase the existing herds. The undertaking will not only be an interesting one, but if successful it will be profitable, for the buffalo, under profitabe con­ ditions, increases rapidly and its hide la always a valuable marketable com­ modity.--Pittsburg Post When Russia Was Republican. In the middle ages princes in Rus­ sia were only prefects of police elect­ ed by the people. All public function­ aries were elective, the Slav states were republican and there was no dis­ tinction of class even up to the time of Peter the Great. At the present day the Russian peasant's idea of gov­ ernment is that a federative system in which the first unit is the village assembly and he would tolerate the czar as thevsymbol of national entity. --Boston Globe. Face Pictured on Window. A strange phenomenon has ap­ peared at the home of f*. J. Wash­ burn In West Burke, Vt., in the shape of a face pictured on a pane of glass in one of the windows. About two weeks ago It was noticed that this par­ ticular pane of glass was growing smoky, and vain attempts were made to clean it by scouring it, hut no im­ pression could be mads on it what­ ever, and It was later noticed that a pictured face was slowly developing came one of the greatest newspaper enterprises of the country. In 189S Mr. Scott purchased Mr. Walsh's in­ terest in the Herald and .,r with the Times. t ', Friend of Cleveland. During Mr. Walsh's connection with the old Herald the paper was demo­ cratic, and did much to help elect Grover Cleveland president As prin­ cipal owner, Mr. Walsh attained prom­ inence in democratic, politics and formed a friendship with President Cleveland which continues to this day. Within a year after selling the Her­ ald Mr. Whlsh founded the Chicago Chronicle. The Chronicle was launch­ ed as a democratic journal, bnt be- , came republican just prior to the last presidential campaign. Mr. Walsh was a gold democrat in 1896 and 1900% and through his paper, and with his money, aided in fighting the free sil­ ver' movement led by William J. Bryan. The nomination of the Pal­ mer and Buckner ticket on a sound- money platform at Indianapolis In 1896 was largely due to Mr., Walsh's effiostg: to defeat the Bryan combination, -r Interests Too Widespread. - ̂ The gossip among politicians is that Mr. Walsh came to grief because he spread out too much buying railroads* stone quarries and other enterprises j not connected with the banking busi­ ness. The politicians who know of ; Washington gossip say that the Walsh i interests relied upon federal contracts : for Bedford stone to be used in erect- ; ing public buildings. ' John R. Walsh never has been * member of a political managing CM- . mlttee, but he has for years wielded an influence that managers of belli parties have had to reckon with. j In Many Corporationa. "* t Mr. Walsh's name is linked with * large number of railway, financial and industrial institutions of the middle . west. According to the last Issue ef • Chicago Securities he is a director te the following corporations: Akron (Ohio) Gas company. Audit company of Illinois. Bedford (Ind.) Quarries Chicago Auditorium company. Chicago National bank. Home Savings bank. Equitable Trust oompany. Chicago Safe Deposit company. Illinois Southern railway. North Shore Electric company- Northwestern Gaa Light jpij! company. m , - ^wr'-'- Ogden Gaa company. --r'-X Peoria Gas and Electric company. ' Rand, McNally ft Co., publishers. Southern Indiana Express company;. • Southern Indiana railway. Involves Bedford Quarries. ' v One of the most profitable invest­ ment s accredited to Mr. Whlsh is that of the Bedford Quarries company, of which he is the dominant factor. Be has been Instrumental for years in de­ veloping these works. It was Bedford stone that was largely used in the con­ struction of the New York statehouae at Albany. The Limit Reached Long Ago* It Is Interesting and pleasing to read that "there is a new hat coming over from Paris which will make the mil­ linery sensation of the twentieth een- tur." But who is going to believe tn the power of the hat to "make the mil­ linery sensation of the twentieth cen­ tury?" Who can hope ever again for any hat to cause the sensation of any century? How can the mere fact that the new hat is of the "sky scraper" architecture produce any violent emo­ tions? When tbe Europeans expect Americans to swoon with amazement over such a proposition they are dis­ playing their own behind-the-tlmeness. --Louisville Courier-Journal. > v'^ " ... * ff 1 i <k' Canine Treasures-*f In Paris at present ladles of society are "much addicted to dogs of quality --and price. They must also be toy dogs. Lap dogs are worth almost their weight in gold. A tiny Brabancon wsv a few days ago sold for its own weight in franc pieces--1,300 gram me s--for as many tenpences. But even this has been exceeded by the price of $1,000 given for an equally tiny PapiUoa. tn the French capital, for several months now, there has been almost a boom te. small fancy dogs suitable for la4to«» . . fcV £* • ^ Vt i • i, Valuable 8able Fur. •• The method of skinning a sable te to draw the akin over the head witb- ou any incision in the body. The feet and tail are left as part of the fur. Ev­ ery thirtieth of an Inch is valuable, for the average length of the animal Is only 12 in. and the tail about 6 in. In of Henry VIII. the use of un­ forbidden to any below a vis- A CGat lined with Sauici «s irth from $1,500 to $2,000. • ile tails can hardly be add tor $250., H;V..V