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^ELLiarc* PLACES OF AND WOMEN. 3,000 Live in Salt Houses--Many Dwell in Abandoned Quicksilver Mine. Kelburg, which is situated i thedi^ fr°m Cracow> To- extraordinary World; for not only is it entirely subterranean, but the material used in its construction is not stone or brick, but salt. Three thousand people aro resident in its seven hundred houses, and they are all workers in I the great salt mines. T^e streets Mit ,Tares are Paved with rocket S'abS °! ,PUreSt white> and are -- kept exquisitely neat and clean by a I The corps of volunteer scavengers. The two canals pride of tho city, however cathedral, carved in with electricity. . decorated, and on z blazes the magnificent RutrTi!1*6^ by the late" Tsar^oi upper\l- -n he/esce^«l from the toi I I / Gr t0 WorsmP there roi a brief space eleven years ago Disease of an infectious or con-nature is quite unknown in fact, the majority of the S00' The Canadian Is~~_ American Rivj nais tor the opening mo? season, April and May the Canadian canal is £ its American rival r»„' months in 1903 the CorL,, carried 11.64 per cent of t iVf^srpe/ctnr^--'-At the same time its 4r>„, total freight carried through' canals at the ... e MLflia GilMTMPPIM 039,856 1 - the "Soo which : gorgeously UP"! and May of 1902, and 4 591" the high altar)811 tons more than recorded for " two months of 1901. egisterod tonnage The tagic Kelburg; inhabitants die of old tatal ailment of a mild foi°CCa age. > tin type is, onally prevalent; and opthalmia, said to be !!-.0ntinual aud a» Pervad- through the Ca^iaT^ 14.53 per cent, of the total for the COUNTRIES GIVEN AWAY IN SLEEPY MOMENTS. How the Trade of Persia Has Been Lost--The Island of On the 10th of December, 18J6, our forces, under Sir H. Leeke and Admiral Stalker, attacked Bushire, on the Persian Gulf, and, after a fight, took it and occupied it. This port--the most' important on the Persian Gulf--would have given us supreme control of Persia lor Yet a few years later we ly gave it up. We still, however, held nearly all trade of Persia in our hands, d when, in 1892, Baron Reuter, for us, lent the Persian Gov-b half a million, it looked as we had again established a Eight years later Persia another loan, of offering it, we sat still *ng whiteness, tton. Regarded as' a "city°of "aX Pure and simple, Kefbu"7 % "ft tZS°'hUnTe- But there8 are' ♦ i"51" knoWn sampled of earth" beneath the surface of And i ' feruVian province of Cuz-^ instance, is an abandoned mine, 170 fathoms iu cir-about one hundred in within this profound clan";l!'octs> squares, and. a PU, " >K •" daily BELIOIOUS WORSHIP J ^^ma°ny early 'L, "j"8 children in the In I t,lc' Jast century u .Japan again, thirty mile" or thousand -- twenty' ~ city. Llroimded°bj a" v i than eight huud'red I °f Salisbury Plain tire community lives, ! COntlv "f "----- Rarely, two canah l°<?m 9°k' - and 8'28 P^r cent, lorI shoulS P?01' ."towing a steady gain by the I Russia Canadian canal in the proportion of I the cu the tonnage using the canals • should bvXPZld WitlT ,Uie totalicarried ^di oy the two canals the tons conveyed K^llMn Canadian were: E-t-lw"n b* bound, 12.10 per cent, in 1903, 7.961 to Pay the . in 10m ■ m 19°2' and 685 Per cent |T"cn RusSiaj r^1'" "Westbound, 10.20 per cent' the Persian\ Per cent, in 1902, and I with Persia) 6.80 per cent, in 1901, showing a| 400,000 great gain in the business of the Fr°m t canal, both absolutely and relative- 01 Aden Kastbound shipments of wheat K^be te^tSx' ortr V^8't217'3,9V™**^ -tsPr°irn ^tseTf^ , , ^ tonS; lumher, 16,345 - pile of volcanic P. gram other than wheat, 2,970 864 Peoul. ^"-jft ^rchandise'8?-! ^ ™* while Russia lent the with the express that our former loan once be paid off, that 1 be indemnified out of revenue, and that she have exclusive railway-the North of i this bargain when Persia first fails rest due on the loan, fficials will step into present worth $2,- --v. case of wheat, tile there was a decrease of 414,000 bushels in the total 131,136 bushels .„ ried by the Canadian pit-like feet high, TESTING BLOODHOUNDS. How the Man Hunters Are Train-England. The bleak and desolate name of "Cinder Tlet.p." hardly live upon it. Yet ~Jles away is a magni-- It. high, ficent table-land, 4,000' might he the very opposite. Here is an example of the way we throw away our money there. A few years* ago Captain ' Cunningham and eral other gentlemen purchased thk work mines at Ming' ight Beght, 01 Twenty the thousand pounds ining plant, and all going well, when one day a French gunboat appeared, and a French flag was planted over the shaft Captain Cunningham was informed that his operations interfered the French fishery! Ho was obliged to leave it all and return to England. It was estimated by Morine, a member of the Newfoundland Ministry. that the colony losing 20 millions a year because: the Home Government will not tie matters with Franco, nor allow j the colony itself to do so.--London mportant a s that th nee of suf- ODD FACTS ABOU7i? FROGS. They Have Peculiarities Found i No Other Creaturesi The frog's skin is so a breathing appara creature would die at focation if the pores w a ooat of sticky varmisl in any other way. While wo are speaking of his breathing you will notice that his sides do not heave as ours do at each breatih we take. A frog has no ribs and cannot inhale as we do, but is obliged to swallow his air in gulps, and if yon will watch this little fellow's throat you will see it continually moving in and out as one gulp follows another. In order to swallow his mouth must be closed; just try to swallow with your mouth wide open and you will see what is meant. A frog, then, always breathes through his nose, and if you held his mouth open ho would suffocate as surely though y-- " FACTS AND FIGURES. At Kingstown, Dublin, tho plates of the principal streets be in English and Gaelic characters. One hundred and sixteen different varieties of tulip are under cultivation in a Lincolnshire bulb grower's garden. During the nineteenth century 200 ships, nlumberless lives and over §30,000,000 were lost in futile efforts to reach the North Pole. Somo of the postage stamps Shown at an international stamp exhibition at Muehlhausen, Alsace, are priced at $2.5,000 each. About 930,000,000 is the estimate of recent investment of fixed capital in the form of building and plant for the ten or twelve department stores of New York. The Florida orange crop for this season will break the records of thej last ten years. The crop will be worth 52,700,000, an Increase of 1,000,000 boxes over last year. Emperor William has sent to thej Hohenzollern Museum at Berlin ai small piece of bark, which, a announced by a label attached it, was used by him to bind Empress's arm in the absence ol dical aid when the latter met an accident in the Guenewald March 27 last, throwgh th There are now in cu.st<»( land and Wales, unriergoir iiruprisoiwnent for crimes, of comparatively An i -- ling of j 3 his skin a 2 tho £ i of tests mke a journey into t for they I o/a'cl to say vwiujciuj. The Etahyans, or "Arctic ffigh-JSwf8 ?f HoSS- livc in ice-caves Tov»r» n VafT* Racier-cap which covers all Northern Greenland, ed h 1s' ?°i;haPs' the most wretch-Shi» /S° t6d existence it is pos-^me to conceive. Their "dwell- -- v, remarkable i racki^down0^^'8 JovnuL* SnrU White fla* In the iris si,lr,'.';U J°!leIy copse to show wiw Tjy' "K l"-"1- the hunted roan) •m-,f r." ,,0"r" >a which to at-i walked brtskly' f^d.IisescaPe- He I tracks, making w the at least f hedgerow and there a any s\<Lpir:oi p,,owed A GLORIOUS CLIMATE, and unlimited possibilities in Wuv of trade. A few thous; +peK* on building a railway Up to those hills, and in a few yf.a great Britisll settlement Would jst there, and all the trade southern Yemen, worth a £1,500,000 a year, would be »Trr °!-as dow- in ^ "We don't want it," we said to -em, ny, when the question of Dam-und the rest 01 <lerrjia.i south-West Africa came up a fef? years ago. "Tt is only a desert, - --. You can have it, and welcome." This despite the fact that the uu tive chiefs, King ^Christian ' rlandi °th?rs. had begged us to , f"~-te, and that Mr diash i ^ewis> a British subject, Angra Peque " by the(_ 1 of-. day Frog has an 1 nger fnsdlde it 1 JBbert melting of the i walls and floor ! Mx months of the year the faHhSem 0V^^cttlCaroJu1ld ttZ tides, and the sensation s akin to that which comes «°»)™h*™g BLAST OF A FURNACE. Nevertheless they refuse to move winter, t k sort of p there is nothing that lives, breathes, K^T^10^ natives , d" owrerin the Wentworth dis-S'oTTew South Wales.whose dwellings and t(T those proximated almost exactly 10 Pe „r. troirlodvte ancestors. rnc Of our tiogiouy^ runaway tribe had its 9«*m 1 e tlack WloW.„taf^Bth^.y ^ars with persons--men, fXhey herded »e-~7 f them_ caVes. -^S^tteir length as f^arri^rnThe shape of habies ■ i nnt eirK? Their sole cat, ana » 66 A these were P°IlS,.. Z^T^nZ, wood, pointed outtoouse. At the white Hag bloodiltourids were now itarterl on the scent. l. fine pair ready to In Spite the fierceness which their bloodshot eves and powerfully-proportioned limbs indicate, the hounds are as ao^iie and friendly as tho ^al'est fox terrier. Every now and then they would show their immense strength by almost dragging o-ier the kwper who held them In leash. Tt nXent they were released they picked up the scent by sniffing white flag, and followed it at great perseverance, soon discos ueu thn traitherwent over the moorlaridl wUh only a mint's diversion fr«pa The trail to sniff contemptuously at aced around him, givm fUl1 °f ^L^goir Th- i of sheep, tho hlntc ol"'sheep" tho hinteiland teems with game, the m> t s are wide tablelands, Wj important. posits of guano havi been discover- ALONG THE COAST, its size thero is probably no 3r'laud' on the fa* o' the Cook, on his fanous Voyage, landed there, and, reaching the wrong-t of the island, reporter i dangeror For half lv pranced arounu b- = Lion to their pleasure by a m< ess.1 . -------- wagging tK»~usually vigor t8MinV of the dogs trained by ite discover fugitiv MYSTERY OF WILD ANIMALS. unfortunat ne north--side the approach century Ne« Caledonia is land French and traders x>rjtish missionariei taneously ordeis tot^happiW: the New Caledonia *™ British ship_was co»j-^if * ^ old woman in »%rench one, but ship oiiWMj aJ the island, warnings of Cap-,d commenced ormous mouth ould find that teeth in the upper jaw and that his soft -white tongue, unlike our own, is attached in front and is free behind. When he wishes to catch any insect be throws the free end of the tongue, then draws it in so rapidly that it difficult to see whether he has be successful or not. As the tongue coated with a gumimy fluid t<he i sect sticks to it and is carried back into the mouth, which closes upon it like the door of a tomb. Frogs, however, are not limited to one mode of feeding; they often leap pen mouthed upon larger prey, 'hich Includes insects, small fish, mice, small ducklings, po Hi wags and tiny frogs. FOR YOU AND YOUR WIFE. Don't encourage gossip. f^°tn'iyr6imunadnf°tiro ttana of the other woman. Don't relate tho affairs of your neighbors, but try to entertain your husband with more elevating sub- Don't worry your husband over petty trials that occur during tho day, for he may have had far grtat- th.it god tigatio ents of these criminals : majority of instant: driven or assisted out c unchallenged. Lecturing at the Roy a 1 the retardation of otion, Prof. Georgt said the time would co a length of a day would t to iifty-fuve of the pre* "a very leisurely age to interpolated -- and when journey round tho earth py fifty-jfive days. The first duly qualified sician in Australia, Dr., stance Stone, recently d bourne at the age of 46. the daughter of a Londoi of scientific tastes, wno settled Tasmania. She suitred first at Woman's Medical College, Philadelphia, afterward in London and finally in Melbourne. the THE GBEAT POWER BEB THE THR0NE1 ' > Duties of the Men Who Control the Destinies of the British Empire. Sitting qjietly in their respective offices in Pall Mall or Whitehall there are five gentlemen of whom the man in tie street hears but little, but they influence a large power over the destinies of this British Empire and its millions of inhabitants, says London. Answers. They art the Permanent Under-Secretaries lor frVe great State departments; and it is on their unobtrusive but invaluable advice that Cabinet Ministers lean in anything" but the broad, general outlines of policy. They are not to be confused with the Parliamentary Under-Secre- :' tary, who is a Party man, and goes in or out of power with the rise or, I fall of his political friends, j To provc how dependent the Secre-: tate may be on the respective Under-Secretaries, one has J only to recall the story of tho Mfn-j ister who, on being made Colonial Secretary, cheerfully exclaimed tp the Omtaanney of his day: "Now, then, let's have an atlas, and find be capped by the tale ..oL-u v uord Randolph Ohurchill When newly made Chancellor of the Exchequer. A permanent official ot his department placed before him a return contuining a number of amount * with the fractions expressed 5 Lord Randolph con-.! helplessly for a moment, and -Jien murmured: "I never could 1 1. what those confounded SIR RENELM DIGBY, K.C.B., is Mr. Akers-Douglas' right-hand man at tho Home Office, and his duties are many and various. From the granting of certificates of naturalization to aliens, to the licensing and inspection of inebriates' homes they range: and cover the protection of wild birds and the supervision of all prisons and reformatories. The Home Office also attends to such diverse matters as the reports of Royal Commissions, and the comimiu-taticm of death sentences; the mau-1! and storage of explosives, he appointment of the Chief ssioner of the Metropolitan ufactui Polic Don't little .-.iijeru-d would 1 llo were spears, 1 *erlyrSnT Th?> produ^d' "fire by 1 that di f»» b_afb°i;o sticks together, and I footed was contained in bags the skins of kangaroo noted as a curious fact Jegs. it wtto „rod the station rubbing their wat made from What Becomes of Those That Die Natural Death.' taking &°"n^hrn arrived saidT a f°r- tLZan. ^but"none \ night, deeper """"ooris certain-! safely, forever. Ago and dis-j British them off regularly, tween rue, hlllSj and are carried off, but flying on of the isJ :hat becomes of their bodies? French ^ cantain never heard of any wild dead the ,-iiot know the rocks, nothing--a ship He got through sxt morning the crawling fc be-Tricolor was He oid old woodman, "hut none | aigui- ^ than that of wild animals but it ^ .TatWal deaths. The our- j agamst ^ , footed ^"Tfotwr V°A& and ^s-j British ly do not live lorevi. ease mjust carry human beings ;om-led the j,nch on prench across a wiJfl --, ~ ^| aS^r°T ^4t_h,' ,1794' the Peo»le of or" wildcat or fox from natural causes. carcass of a ^/^f^ttlesnahe." GilhcM i-n the woods once, but a lu^v. ,Sso dead, had its fangs buned m, andAEVOLT BROKE*OUT tbe one of the deer's nof^Sto inthel Allowing year, but we sup- that had diedj On Jcnowledged George III. I found the; Corsictfui king. In 1795 Sir buck their ;Hi0tt was made Viceroy THE SAME LANGUAGE. t7^ v, the lake-dwellings of TOMOPe ofthe far-away Stone Age had evidently been E t narallelod in many parts of d,eatil between can bo Paraileic^ic nr(>sent moment; Hpnst , I followed the and the Yet, ,_ world at this present moment; « bSarS8rBoSr few month^ ?oUr°aboHginaT "stpek which held nossTssion of the country loMprw uHttSe.Vice,that was there when the ^panlar|S, arrivs 1 treo- . _ -- following pjr 22nd, we calmly relinquish-beast. . ,„11nWftd the trail1 9 island' and il Was take» over ■■Another time I \ollo*f.^ it f French" of a bear from a clearing wru^c ^ South America, which is in had stolen a ,hal^Tf!°Yadv of ' thefi respects the richest continent came upon the headless haay o 4ll> our only ,oothold is that tiny lamto a nale^or sojnit on t,j-itory British Guiana. How begrudge your husband me spent with his male Would you comply if to your visiting? You ink it very unreasonable, would be. For the Husband. Don't forget that women apprcci-te little love tokens as much after as before marriage. Don't forget that your wife has a .ight to a regular allowance which should be her own. Don't lose your temper if your breakfast is a minute or two r Remember that you are the "strong-• sex," and live up to it. Don't reflect upon your wife's lanagement by comparing it with that of your mother. t forget your wife's birthday, iple gift with a loving word will be appreciated as much as expensive present. Don't think that you are the only worker in tho family. SCIENCE IN THE ANDES. The railway across the Andes, between Chile and the Argentine public, which was projected 20 years ago, is at last to be completed, the Chilean congress having recently passed a bill for the purpose. The loftiest part of the pass, which lies not far south of the great Andean giant, Aconcagua, and which has elevation of 13,000 feet, is to penetrated by a tunnel, which v serve both to avoid snowdrifts and to decrease the maximum elevation of the road. The terminals of the lway on each side of the pass are tv within one day's travel by mule avan from one another. This 11 be the first rail line to cross the South American continent. mile or a*wl half a mile further 01 edio-e of a swamp, 1 was s firfd the body of-the bear, were open, and its pushed far out "f a post-mortem rprised jury Britons ( remember that, head .xajninatioi and found the lamb' Its iePte more than ninety years ^ ves ->eunos Ayres, capital of the richest j country in the continent, was in 0Ur of hands? It was taken by the High-„ land Light Infantry, and might dead animals The kc-ujses are „u, but. ore ^tr^ii| aes ESS LttWMT*-"-!8** T dead bear «»d £™£ 1 h'ow c *™ ours to this day had the lodged in its t™^**;ted ,t t Home Government taken the troubh the bear ever P^"^^ to send a strong relief force. fn thore I am uWWW t f Ut**d, a relieving forcp, scandalous "T KaSMt^c^!^!1? incompetent ^ shamefully - was ignominiously defeated, and the fery, plucky Highlanders were forced to -- of the Newfoundland to-day is < j least prosperous of our Colonies, it A FOLLOWER OF PRECEPT. Simpson--"You blow your owi horn a good deal?" Jenkins--"Well, if you want 1 thing well done, do it yourself." f Mississippi stole Missouri's New Jersay, what would Delaware?' "I don't know, but Alaska." "Come on. Bill," whispered the old burglar in disgust. "It's no use wasting time here." "Don't you think those lovers will get off the steps soon?" queried the new burglar. "No. I just heard him say that was the last kiss, and they'll be an hour yet." Moniday is the Greek Sunday, Tuesday the Persian holy day. Wed-tesday was the Sabbath of the Assyrians, Thursday of the Egyptians. Friday le the Turkish Sunday, and Saturday the SabbatJa of the Jews, RUSSIA IN MANCHURIA. Looks as If the Bear Had Gone | Ajdm There to Stay, ich news as leaks out o churia is all corroborative pinion that Russia, while nominally evacuating the province, is ly strengthening her hold upon ~ ' 1 she is enabled to do by treaty stipulations which permit her protect the Manchurian railroad. It would be difficult for ar.y Power what steps are necessary for the itenance of the line. As long tussia asserts that the building of strategic roads and the quartering of Russian troops in various towns and cities are essential to her legitimate interests it is hard for her rivals to gainsay her. So far as Japan is concerned the mistake was made whan tho Powers failed quash the Russo-Chinese agreement for the building of the railroad. cannot see any way of kooping Russia out of Manchuria now, Japan or England, or both, wish to save Korea from Russian aggression, it will be necessary to acl quickly. The foresight that can be exercised by a strongly centralized government is difficult for a representative government to equal. And a national instinct to press ward toward the sun and the open sea is as hard to combat, in the absence of natural barriers, 1 ocean tides. An interesting sidelight on uation is supplied by the North Ohina Herald, which says: "Reliable news has been received by local mandarins of the great incre Russian soldiers in Manchuria. Port Arthur is one succession of large camps. Russian officers, friendly with Chinese, have earnestly advised their fam: China and not come back until ter the war, on the ground that the whole of Liaotung and Southern Manchuria will soon bo a great battlefield."' The last sentence, if true, indicates the feelings of the Russian army men, although it does not prove the intentions of the Russian Government. WORK HARP AND LOOK YOUNG. Is it bard work that makes people grow old, or is it because they do not have enough to do, or, rather, do not fljnd the thing they are best fitted to do? Tho hardest worked people in the world are the 1. Yet some of them, wit! oning names, are sixty, and play the part of lovers anc young tomboys at ar greater age. To have one's heart in his work is the secret o long life in all nations. Gladstone felled trees at eighty-six. The hard-worked man in England to-daj Joseph Chamberlain, who, six-ty-, hardly looks over fifty. The oldest, looking people in the world those who have worked the hardest, but those who have not worked at all. If one would see them he must go to the fashionable watering places. There will be seen )mparativoly young men and wo-en who have never worked, either ith body or mind, driven around 1 bath-chairs or hobbling about on sticks, while men absorbed in busi-often quite robust at 70. Where hard work ever killed a man, laziness and inaction have killed a score. It is the class that feels above work that Nature has little use for. Work, and look young. Pink pearls are found only o£f the Bahama Islands. erlain has tho able as-Sir Montague F. Om-V M.O., who was once ! was employed 011 spe-ler the War Office and His connection witji the Colonies has lasted since 1874, when he became Private Secretary to tho Earl of Carnarvon, who was then Colonial Secretary; but. he only succeeded to his present office in 1900. In that year he was on the Royal Commission at tho Paris Eixihibition. Sir Montague, in the course °f 'l's duties at the Colonial Office, helps to plan the constitution of new Co~ Jonial Legislatures, and advises on At the India OiiTice Lord George Hamilton relies on Sir Arthur God-ley, a brilliant Irishman from Leit-rim, who has been Permanent Under-Secretary to the department since 1863. He has been called to the Bar, and for two years had the distinction of being senior private secretary to Mr. Gladstone, who made him an Inland Revent " The career of Sir Thomas H. Sanderson, Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign Office, has been a most interesting one, as he may very well be said to have RISEN FROM THE RANKS. Has first entry into the public service was marie when, in 186», ho gained in open competition a junior clerkship in the Foreign Office. Ho has been private secretary to two of our ablest Foreign Ministers -- Lords Derby and Granville; and assisted Lord Tenterden on the "Alabama" claims. His decorations form an interesting study. ThuB, he was made C.B. in 1880, K.C.M.G. in 1887, K.C.B. in 1893, and G.C.B. in 1900. Since 1894 ho has been Permanent Under-Secretary in the department where Lord Salisbury so long reigned supreme, till he gave place to Lord Lansdowne. It is not necessary to do more than mention Colonel Sir E. W. D. Ward, who recently succeeded Sir Ralph Knox as Permanent Undtc-Secretary at the War Office, for his brilliant career in South Africa is still fresh in men's minds. Each of the five great permanent officials mentioned above has an annaul salary of §10,-000; and tho general impression is that they well earn it. ITALY'S KING STOOD FAST. King Xictor EmanUel IH. of Italy, in spite of his diminutive stature, which often makes him the butt of his enemies' jests, is known for a man of dauntless courage and while holding the a regiment of ar-i entrusted with the A few years ago 1 rank of coli ' testing of 1 army was then experimenting with. He proceeded to the trial field accompanied by several officers of rank and the inventor, aid, after a short explanation of the relative points of the gun, order was given to aim it at the target. At the first shot the huge engine of destruction exploded near the breech with a terrible crash, and the panic-stricken men fled precipitately. Not so Victor Emanuel, who did not stir an inch, but turning with an amused smile to the frightened offl-cors, reassured thorn ehaffingly^ "No danger now, gentlemen," he said calmly; "you should have fled before the explosion." ' t s 1 j" 1 ss (engaging servant>--"Of you must know that I allow i followers." Matilda Jones-- . right glad to hear it ma'am. At your time of life, and a married woman, too, it wouldn't o» pfope|, if you did!'4