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Newspaper Page Textgerald Leader. FITZGERALD, GEORGIA, —PCBLUHBD BT— HUSTAPP c*> SON. EDITORIAL NOTES. The Queen of Spain lias authorized the raising of a new loan of $40,000,- 000. The next thing will be to raise tt. The last of seven escaped Siberian convicts who were found at sea in a small boat and taken to San Francisco a couple of years ago, has recently been disposed of by the State authori¬ ties, who sent him to prison for twenty years for burglary. One of his fellows was some tinje ago hanged for mur¬ der, and all the others are habitual criminals. A Japanese correspondent of Garden and Forest says that the burdock,, which the Japanese call “gobo,” is a valuable food in Japan. The tender shoots are boiled with beans, the route are put in soup, and the young leaves are eaten as greens. The plant has been cultivated for centuries, and the annual value of the crop is about $400,- 000 . >■ Physicians occasionally use, for the purpose of illuminating pnrts of the interior of the body, a delicate electric lamp, called the “pea lamp,” because ^jts lHtle in size. glass It bulb is, nevertheless, resembles a small pea a com¬ plete incandescent lamp, having a car¬ bon film one-eighth of an inch long and about one-two-thousaudth of an inch in diameter. Says the Savannah (Ga.) News; “While attention is being given to the ‘new journalism,’ as it is called, it should not be overlooked that there is also such a thing as a ‘new pulpit.’ It is conceded that these mighty educa¬ tional forces, the press and the pulpit, should be kept free, pure, and elevat¬ ing. The objectionable newspapers resort to sensationalism in order to se¬ cure readers, and the pulpits, or preachers, under consideration resort to sensationalism in order to attract congregations. lr In the seventy-three years of its ex¬ istence, the American Sunday School Union has founded 100,000 schools, from which 6000 churches have sprung. Last year it started 1000 Sunday- schools, and during that time 108 churches developed from schools which previously had been opened, The greater part of this work is being done in Minnesota, the Dakotas, Montana, Idaho, Texas, Kansas, Indian Terri¬ tory, Oklahoma and the mountain re¬ gions of the Virginias, Tennessee, the Carolinas and Georgia. r A bulletin of the Division of Ento¬ mology of the United States Depart¬ ment of Agriculture says that in France aad Pennsylvania an industry has re¬ cently sprung up which consists of the farming of spiders for the purpose of stocking wine cellars, and thus secur¬ ing almost immediate coating of cob¬ webs to new wine bottles, giving them the appearance of great age. This in¬ dustry is carried on in a little French village in the department of Loire, and near Philadelphia, where Epeira vulgaris and Nephila plumipes are raised in large quantities and sold to wine merchants at the rate of $10 per 1000. Australia claims the largest auto-mo¬ bile carriage ever constructed for acJ tual service. This ear utilizes seven--, ty-five horse power, an unheard of amount for any such vehicle. The car travels from Coolgardia to the coast for the transportation of mer¬ chandise to the mines. Besides the load on the car itself, it drags two “trailers” over a distance of 400 miles. A railroad was too expensive a luxury to indulge in in that country, and so the idea of the big motor was conceived. So scarce is water along the route traversed that the steam is not exhausted into the air, but saved, reconverted into water, and thus used over and over again. What is the most expensive product of the world? It is charcoal thread (filament de charbou), which is /em¬ ployed for incandescent lamps. It is, for the most part,-‘manufactured at Paris and conies from the hands of an artist who desires his name to remain unknown iu order to better protect the secret of manufacture. It isjby the gram (15 J grains) that this product is sold at wholesale. The filaments for lamps of twenty caudles are sold for $8000 a pound, and for lamps of thirty candles they bring $12,000 o pound. The filaments for lamps of three candles are so light that it would require nearly 1,500,000 of them to weigh a pound, and their length woulcil be 187 miles. ,— DO ALL THAT YOU CAN. “I cannot do much,” said a little star, “To make tills dark world bright; Mr silvery beam cannot pierce tar Into the gloom of night; Yet I am a part of God’s great plan, And so I will do the best that I can.” “What can be the use,” said n fleecy cloud, “Of these few drops that I hold? They will hardly bend the lily proud, If caught in her chalice of gold;. But I, too, am a part of God’s great plan, So my treasures I’ll give as well as I can.” A child went merrily forth to play, But a thought, like a silver thread, Kept winding in and out all day Through the happy golden head— “Mother said, ‘Darling, do all that you can; For you arc a part of God’s great plan.’ ” She knew no more than the twinkling star, Or the cloud with its rain cup full. How, why, or for what all strange things are— She was only a child at school; , But she thought, “’TIsapart of God’s great plan should all that I can.” That even I do So she helped another rough child along his feet, When the way was to And she sung from her heart a little song That we all thought wondrous sweet; And her father—a weary, toil-worn man— Said, “I, too, Will do the best that I can.” —Mrs.M. E. Sangster. looooaooooooooooooooi NANNIE’S HERO. §<2000 BY JENNY WREN. ooooooooooooooooooo A HERO? And you A think, true hero? Nan¬ nie, that such phen¬ omena now exist?” “Ah, I did not commit suet myself to any assertion,” laughed pretty Nan¬ nie Ripley In re¬ mt if, sponse. “I only said I should never marry unless I could find a genuine, bona fide hero, one who really was worthy the title.” “I fear then, my dear, you are doomed to a solitary maidenhood for the rest of your natural existence, answered the other, as the two girls, arm in arm, paced up and down the broad terrace before Colonel Rip¬ ley’s mansion. His only daughter, who spoke with all the proud assertion of her twenty summers, had reigned sole mistress of his home and heart for eighteen long years, since the young wife with her dying strength had placed the prattling baby in his arms and with mute eloquence besought him to let no other fill the place it was God’s will she should no longer enjoy. He had given her no answer, save the kiss he had pressed upon the brow already growing cold; but a bappy smile was her reward, which lingered on her dead face even when the coffin lid hid it. from his view. Very richly had his young daughter remunerated his tender, solicitous care of her; a little willful, a trifle spoiled, perhaps, but with a heart as pure and lovely within as the image outwardly which enshrined it. The friend who had rallied her so gayly on the ideas she thought so lit¬ tle likely to find fulfillment stood to her in a sister’s place, and had Grace Rivers in reality been allied to her by the tie of blood the bond of affection between the two girls could scarce have been more binding. “Lo! now the conquering hero comes,” Grace sang aloud, as turning at the end of the terrace her quick eyes first caught sight of a tall, manly form rapidly approaching them. At the words a faint blush rose to Nannie Ripley’s cheek, but when a moment later the new-comer took her welcoming hand, it lay quiet and pass¬ ive in his own. . ,, “You have no conception how im¬ portant a conversation you have inter¬ rupted,” laughed Miss Rivers, as after greeting his young hostess he turned to her, his handsome face wearing a sunny smile, his eyes constantly danc¬ ing as with hidden merriment. “Indeed! And may I not lend my voice in its arbitration?” he questioned in rich musical tones. “Perhaps I may be able to act as umpire on such an im¬ portant occasion. ” “We prefer leaving it an open ques¬ tion,” decided Miss Ripley. “Not, Mr. Warrington, but that your opinion would be of inestimable value; but this is a case time alone can prove right or wrong. Grace’s mind is already made up on that point, and I fear mine also. But there are the horses, Will you not join us in our drives?” ‘And a few moments later, as the three were bowled rapidly along the smooth, easy road, the exhilarating motion,the fresh evening air soon prove all thought of the discussion from every mind save one. But when that night Nannie Ilipley, having dismissed her maid, sat alone, in a white wrapper, her long, lovely hair unbound, by the open window, whence moonlight glittering in the beams tall of the she could see the tur- rents of Warrington Place, every word was recalled to her memory. She could remember no time when Cecil War¬ rington’s Ijandsome face had not been familiar to her. As children they had played together, and when they had been "separated for years, he to study abroad, and she finishing her educa¬ tion at home, they had met again after so long an absence, although all sign of the old boyishness had fled, the laughing brown eyes were all un- changed,and Naunie felt anywhere she would have recognized him. seemed For a few weeks he trying in vain to reconcile the flaxen-haired, sunnv-faced little girl, who had so sweetly jiressed her lips to his in good¬ bye, with the tall, dignified young lady who came forward with such charming grace to welcome him to the home over which she now presided; but once reconciled to the alteration, a new light shone iu his eyes w-hen they rested on her, and deep in his warm heart glowed the hope that after traveling the world over, he might cull for his very own this exquisite flower whose growth he has seemed to watch from its first germ to the perfect unfolding of the bud into blossom. But Nannie, looking over to the tall white spires, remembered some last words Cecil Warrington had spoken as, holding her little jeweled hand tight pressed within his own, he had whispered his good night. Knowing that no wish is so dear to her father’s heart (though his lips have never given it utterance) as that the two es¬ tates may be joined, she recalls also word for word the conversation of the afternoon. No new act had crowned Cecil Warrington’s life, no deed wrought by his hand which should send his name heralded in proud, glad tones throughout the land, or receive reverent mention, breathed in low- whispers as the martyred married names of olden time. The man she she felt must be one whom she could regard almost with awe, and certainly Cecil Warrington’s laughing eyes and sun¬ shiny smile awakened no such feeling. “It is as Grace said, I imagine,” was her last thought as she arose slowly to prepare for bed, “that I shall search and never find. Ah, well, I am too happy to regret that it is so.” . i Why do you always call me Mr. Warrington,Miss Nannie?” questioned the owner of that name, as a few even¬ ings later he overtook Miss Kipley in a walk and broke, in pleasant inter¬ ruption, upon her solitary meditation. Once more the blush rose to her cheek in answer. “You forget in the days I ventured to say ‘Cecil’ you seemed to bear no other title. We were children then. With the dignity of later years ■we must not rashly trifle.” “Has so long aii. interval of time elapsed that even a name must be rev¬ olutionized? I cannot tell you how constantly when abroad in n strange land, surrounded by those who spoke in a foreign tongue, I longed to hear the one word ‘Cecil’ fall from your lips, to catch the light of your smile, as it rippled on the air, to picture the hour when I should hear it once again and see the mouth w hich gave it utterance. Nannie, can you not understand why this is; why, when breathed by you it gathered sweeter, deeper meaning, and would fall like music on my listening ear? Let me tell you, darling, let me express my cherished secret, if you have not already guessed it. It is be¬ cause I love you. Ah, darling, can I recall the time when I have not loved you? You shared all my boyish dreams, my youthful ambitions. You are now the star which shines in the horizon tf my manhood. Nannie, will you shed your light upon my path forevermore, until now in your youth and beauty, brilliance both fade and your sweet pales, still casting its glimmer o’er my life?”" The laughing eyes no longer laughed ns they looked with earnest deepened meaning into the fair face turned from him. As she listened, the smile around the mouth had fled, but in this new repose, a strength and courage shone forth in the handsome face, although she, alas, failed to detect it. For a moment there was silence. His words, spite of herself, spjjjte of the fact that here was no hero-worship, no shrine at which she could reverently bow,, only an earnest, loving heart, a young, frank spirit for her to cherish or dis¬ card,? awakened an echo which rang clearly out with no discordant sound, and fell upon her heart with a touch which soothed but jarred not. Then she spoke, slowly and sadly: “I had hoped this would not come. I cannot marry you, Cecil. I do not love you as I must love the man of my choice.” “You love another?” he questioned, in a sharp, hoarse voice. “Indeed, indeed, no!” she answ-ered, quickly. “Whom could I care for more than you? Be my friend as of old, Cecil (for so I will now call you), but let me feel I have in you the dear brother I would so have delighted in possessing, and do not ask me for w hat I cannot give.” “I will not, since it is your sweet wish, but in turn demand not impossi¬ bilities of me. I can be no brother to you, nor act a brother’s part. I have given you the whole love of a heart which has known but one idol. Heaven grant no sister may ever stab a brother to the very soul as you, with your soft, white hand, have stabbed me!” The weeks which followed to Nannie Ripley dragged with strange w-eariness. The light, firm step she never before hailed in vain now rarely sounded on the terrace; the rich, deep voice now so rarely heard seemed to make the silence doubly still; the void once filled by the bright, handsome face empty indeed. And when one day Grace Rivers came into her presence with happy, blushing face, and whispered low of a wonderful secret which had dawned upon her, the knowledge that she loved aud was in turn beloved, the words of congratulation seemed to meet with sobs in her throat, why she knew not, and the other noticed naught, but when she had left her she took up life again with a deepened feeling as to its desolation. “I have invited young Warrington to dine this evening, Nannie,” said Colonel Ripley, a few days later, “with one or two other gentlemen. See that you do credit to your house¬ keeping.” made The toilet Nannie Ripley that evening received a consideration she did not often accord it. It was to please her father, she told herself, but when she entered the drawing-room and went forward to welcome her guests with heightened color and eyes flashing with some suppressed excite¬ ment, the result left nothing to be de¬ sired, though her wonderful beauty struck to one’s heart with only a keen pang. Sitting alone at the piano, while the gentlemen still lingered at the table, listening dreamily to their conversation, which reached her in snatches through the open door separating-them from themusio room, she was attracted by thd sound of one voice familiar to her ear......Cecil Warrington .was speaking of the duty he thought every man owed his fellow-man, every owner of property, the laborer who ploughed his fields. His young enthusiasm, all honest and sincere, spoke in earnest, glowing terms, and turning, Nannie could see his face radiant with high purpose, when, like lightning flash, dime the thought, “Must one to be a hero go forth in search of some heroic work? Does not life with its everyday needs demand a greater, truer hero¬ ism, although no bard may ever sing its praises, nor may it be recorded on an y page save that written in the great book’which one day shall lie open to all eyes?” Had she not spurned the one great gift offered her, leaving her life bare and desolate? Unconsciously her hand wandered over the keys and her sweet voice spoke out in the lines ending: “The sunshine of my life is in her eyes, And when they leave me all within is dark.” “Whose voTci besfde eves Nannie?” questioned sle a her and knows Cecil has left the table and effected a noiseless entrance. “Darlin* my life has been all darkness since you took <- “ “* was its glory, I must go away; I cannot stay here longer to see you, and feel you never, never will be mine. When you sing that song again, Nan- nip / VO,, will know whv T left you- ’ i V v gS^heidhSalleJwftH j , ,i discordant . t i : sob^iisouhk'car catches.' 1 “Nannie!” I he questions, bending low over the ! ! fair head, with its shining hair, “can it bp that von would care that mv eo- ing would cost you a single pang? The decision rests in your hands, my own. Is it co or stay?” * Ami with o clad which’has burst of thanks- giving at the heart freed it- self from its fetters, Nannie whispers “Stay’.”—The Ledger. TREES THREE INCHES HIGH. Two Curious Forest Growths From the Arctic Regions. The most interesting feature of the forestry and herbaceous collection of Cornell Universfty is one recently added, consisting of specimens of per¬ fect forest trees less than three inches high. They were brought to the uni¬ versity from the arctic regions by a party of explorers sent out by the in- features stitution itself. the collection The most noticeable arctic j 1 of are the birch Nowhere and the in crowberry. this j country, so far as known, does a museum contain perfect specimens of the birch. This curious growth is occasionally to be found on ! 1 the top of Mount Washington, but no one has ever before been able to se- j cure one of these tiny trees in abso- ! lutely perfect condition. The speci- , mens which Cornell has were found on the Greenland coast, some at God- \ haven, on the Isle of Diske. Others , were discovered at Wilcox Head, i where the exploring party that se- j cured specimens did most of its work, A curious difference between this lili- j putian birch and the ordinary forest ; tic tree specimen of the same bears species fruit. is that The trees the are- j on the Island of Diske were covered with fruit when the explorers found them. Wliat is more, this fruit is decidedly edible. It has a taste not unlike the juniper berry and is said to be exceed¬ ingly health-giving. Ever so many persons have read of this little birch tree under the scien- title name of betula nano, without hav¬ ing any idea of what the name really signified. Translated, it means white j birch, and those w-ho have read of the , struggle of Dr. Elisha Kent Kane and j his companions iu the Arctic regions a | half century ago will remember what | an important part the betula nana took | in sustaining the life of the members , of the expedition. The berries which ] grow upon the birch seem to have all j the concomitants of food and drink, and upon them a person may exist for I a long time without materially losing j strength. The second notable specimen . is , known as the crowberry, or as the scientist terms it, the empetrum nigrum. While this tree is in a meas- ; ure a cosmopolitan plant, although, classed as an Arctic growth, the same difficulty i, i has i been experienced • i m • 1 curing perfect specimens as m the case i of j- ai the i birch. • i mi The crowberry i grows „ • n this country on Mount Desert, in Maine, and is occasionally found at the highest points of the Sierra Nevada range of mountains. Like the birch, it bears an edible berry and it is no ex- principal •WT sources - of succulent ~ food °V'“ in the region where it grows. Arming Cavalry With Lances. Some, years ago, writes Harold Frederic, I reported the conclusions reached by a party of English experts who went to Germany to study the question of arming cavalry with the lance, which had just been done there, and who urged the adoption of the plan here A tentative step in that direction has now been taken by chang- ing the Twenty-first Hussars into lan- cers. It is understoo n that a number 3 The weapon used is of tubular steel, ten feet long, and I found among friends in the Rhenish Cuirassiers last winter that, though the men at first loathed it, they now think very well of it. Officers believe they will, charge in battle with much more confidence, as well as execution, than in the old days of the sabre.—New York Times. The number of emigrants from Great Britain during the first three months of this year show a decrease, as com- pared with the same period of last year, of 5937. —_ BAISING WILD ANIMALS. - A TWO THOUSAND ACRE MENAG* ERIE IN SOUTH FLORIDA. A" fnmen.e Tract of Dsn,. Divid'd Ofl Into Sections for the Breeding: of Wild Beasts for Exhibition and Commercial l’urposcs—An Interesting Experiment, Fatima, the female hippopotamus sent to Chicago from the Central Park Zoo, is to have a permanent home in Southern Florida, where the breeding of wild animals for exhibition andcom- mercial purposes is to be attempted on a novel plan by the Ringling Brothers j of of land circus bordering fame. Two thousands the St. John’s acres on I River, in the everglades district, have been secured by purchase and lease, and a force of workmen will be sent there in a few days to prepare it for the strangest use to which land has ever been pnt in this country. The site se- lected lies in the tract north of Lake Okeechobee, and between the Kissim- mere and St. John’s rivers, many miles from railway stations and settlements, It is part of the primeval forests, as wild and untouched by the hand of man as it was thousands of years ago. Poss^ion of hl « h sam1 of / a 8 comparatively 01 ^ ust ha< " k ° fewacres tb en ^ ’ f, r ,ri P rr.?‘ . vsr&Si . . swamps and jungles, in which it is pro- posed to raise for the market such ani- mals as lions, tigers, panthers, ele- Plants, hippopotami, tapirs, bears and zebus, with ostriches and huge snakes and similar species as a Around the home ranch a stout blockade of heavy timbers is to be erected, and from this will project in- ward a formidable screen-work or grating to prevent the clawed creatures from climbing it. The interior of the stockade will be sub-divided into quar- ters for the animals, so arranged as to give each colony a wide range of ground and free access to running water, with- out chance for escape. In one corner of the tract, w’here the land is high and sandy, a square of two hundred acres is to be reserved for houses for the keepers and their aids and for barns and stables. William H. Winner, known in circus annals as a successful trainer and hand¬ ler of wild animals, will be the director and superintendent of the queer farm, and he expects to pass the most of his time there when not on the road with the show. In the summer season Mr. Winner’s brother will be in charge, Both of these men have studied the matter closely, and are free with the prediction that the scheme will be a great financial and zoological success, The only thing approaching this ever attempted in this country is ostrich farming in Southern California, which for some unknown reason is said to be dying out. Ostriches seem unable to survive the care given them at the farms, and after eight or nine years of captivity, even with a wide range of country to roam over, pine away and die. Thousands of dollars have been lost in efforts to make a business of raising the birds to secure a revenue from the sale of their plumes, but they are expected to thrive and become pro- Stable under the changed conditions which will be inaugurated at the South- ern Florida farm, For a number of years the Ringling brothers have been experimenting in j] le breeding of wild animals at Bara- boo, Wis., and have been so success¬ ful that their traveling menagerie is now r kept supplied by drafts from the home stock instead of by expensive purchases from importers, as is the usual practice. These experiments have hitherto been confined to the rais- j ng ( ,f a nimal8 of the cat tribe—like ij ons and tigers—and the purpose in transferring the breeding plant to Florida is to see what can be done with pachyderms and all carnivorous and herbivorous beasts. It is asserted jj ia t the climate and surroundings in Gie everglades country are similar to those of the lamls in which animals of tbjs kind have their natural habitat, aud that they can be p l ace d there un- der C0nd iti 0 ns which will leave them largely free to live natural lives. Food w i 1 [ be provided when necessary, and 0 watchful eye will be kept on them, but beyond this they will be left to ma q e and rear their young unmolested, The transfel . 0 f the animals will be . begun the ,, stockade , , J as soon as ana sl lters are erected, ’ and at the close of ... the road , season a number , oi * v beasts onDk , b e t _ el *’ -nr t -d x0URe xl le , he T ,. ’ ,V ’ • the total cost ... says 0 the experiment, including the pur- cka8e of land > budding of fences and »“ ’ /i. 'rgS On, oi _ ke heaviest . items of expense will he % the construction of a rough spur from the nearest railroad, which is twenty- five miles from the farm. The. coun- try is level, however, and the railroad company has agreed to furnish ties aud ra il s f or the branch free. old Bal(ly a mo nster Asiatic ele- kant , aud a couple 0 f cow pachy- derms constitute the first ship- ment Following these Prince and AU the parents of the young Nu- bkn Uo Big Kose aud George, whicl with an elephant, were traded b the RingUugH for Fntirna, will go to Florida. When these are safely placed the shipment of Fatima and her mate, Pete, gazellelike hippopotami of several tons weight, aud the most un¬ wieldy and awkward things that move, will be attended to. The rest of the outfit will go in one batch on a special train, the cages for which are now be¬ ing constructed, under the supervis¬ ion of Mr. Winner. If everything goes will it is expected that the new breed¬ ing farm will be in full operation by the 1st of October next, and the same time next year jieople who want tender little pets like lions or tigers short nmy have their orders filled on notice by ^JS^fl.^35, 1 ^" “We are not going into this husi- ness from motives of philanthropy. We expect confidently to make money out of it. It is a novel thing, I know—al¬ most audacious iu fact, but when it is investigated R the chimerical features disappear. .. There rni constant , . de- , is a nifttul fol* Wild ftlliniftls ftt good prices, and it is much oheaper and easier to raise them in Florida than to send to f ore i gn countries after them.”—New York Journal Soekalexis, the Indian Ball Flayer. Louis Soekalexis is the name of the full-breed Indian who plays right field for the Clevelands. Though Sock- alexis’s parentsare still living on a reservation in Maine, where ho spent his childhood, one would hardly be- lieve that Socks was the offspring of half civilized parents. There is not a more gentlemanly player on the Cleve- land team than Soekalexis. He has an excellent education, and there is noth- ing about his actions or his talking calculated to remind one of wild west show's, tomahaw'ks and all that sort of thing. The young man is a fluent con- versationalist, who can tell many inter- es ing stories There « little difference in playing > al1 m the and on the college f cinnati Commercial Tribune, “Of course, this is much faster company, hut I am playing the same game now that I did six or seven years ago. Ihavebeen playing ball with college teams since ’91, and during that time I have had more than a hundred offers from East- «n and Western league teams, but I did not accept them because I was waiting for a chance to jump into the tug league. I feel satisfied that I can told my own in the league. It amuses me to hear the crowd warwlioop and yoU when I go to the plate. >«ot that it reminds me of my early days, for I never 'heard them, but ^cause> they expect to see featheis sprouting out of m y hair and a tomahawk in my pocket, I m .Y home when I was quite young, and I have been home once or twice since to visit my sister. My parents are still living, but they do not like seeing me leave my people and mingling with the whites. After I re¬ ceived my education I found no more pleasures at my home, and I have been with the white people ever since. Be¬ fore I signed a contract with the Cleve¬ land Club I used to play football iu the fall and winter, but since I have decided to make a living by playing ball, I have given up football. targe New York Laml Owners. Twenty individuals and estates in New York City, according to the Her¬ ald, own over one-sixth of the real estate in that city. “With perhap s 150 others,” adds the Herald, “this score owns fifty per cent., and the re¬ maining half of the metropolis of the Western Hemisphere is in the hands of a few of the 2,000,000 persons who live here and pay rent. ” The Herald has based its estimate on a careful compilation made from tax receipts and other information, and the subjoined table has also been sub¬ mitted by it to real estate experts hav¬ ing intimate knowledge of the great estates. Approximately the assessed valuation of real estate in New York is placed at $2,000,000,000, and of this sum $352,000,000 is represented in the holdings of the twenty owners herein named, as follows: William Waldorf Astor.... $ 110 , 000,000 John Jacob Astor........ 70,000,000 Robert and Ogden Goelet 35,000,000 Amos R. Eno............. - 25,000,000 Arnold-Constable estates. . 12 , 000,000 D. B. Potter estate....... . It.000,000 Eibrfdge T. aud Louise M. Gerry 10,000,000 Jacob Wendel................... 8 , 000,000 Alfred Corundy Clark estate.... 8 , 000,000 James William MeCreery........... Rhinelander 7,000,000 estate 7,000,000 Langdon estate... 0 , 000,000 George Ehret...... 6 , 000,000 D. O. Mills........ 6,000,000 Solomon Loeb..... 6 , 000,000 Stokes estate...... ...... 5,000,000 Furniss estate..... ..... 5,000,000 Roosevelt estate... ..... 5,000,000 Matthew Wilks... ...... 5 , 000,000 D. Willis James... ...... 5,000,000 Total of twenty holders is... .$352,000,000 A Story That Amused McKinley. .President McKinley likes to see Senator Mason, of Illinois. Not long the President asked Senator Mason to tell one of his stories. The Sena¬ tor responded by telling a story which convulsed the President with laughter. It illustrated the fact that the pie which the President had to distribute won’t go around by a long odds. It w'ns this: Pat McCarthy gave a dinner, to which ho invited three or four of his neighbors. Pat had allowed his wife to cook only one chicken. When din¬ ner was served Pat took possession of the carving knife, and in a most hos¬ pitable tone said to Mrs. Dugan: “What part of ther fowl will yez have?” “A leg, if yez plase,” was the an- swer. “An’ what part will yez have? Would yez loike some av ther white?” Pat inquired of Mrs. O’Hooligiin. “An’ a leg will do me,” she an¬ swered. As each answered the part of the fowl she desired was given her. “What part will yez have, Moike Walsh?” Pat blandly inquired of his neighbor. too,” “Oi balave Oi -will have a leg, said Moike, in his most modest way, wishing to follow in the footsteps of the rest of the company. “Begorra,” said Pat to Mickey, “what does yez think Oi’m carving—a spider?”—Washington Star. In a Pig’s Stomachr A peasant living near Milan, Italy, recently bought a pig, which, when killed was found to have swallowed a metal matchbox containing two notes of the value of $250. The finder took the money to the Mayor to be held by him for the loser.