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THE WOLF C11ILDHEN.
HUMAN BEINGS CARED FOR BY
ANIMALS.
t.ook, Act and Eat Like the K««t»
Whom They Have Been—All Attempts
to Civilise Them U»»« lleen Un-
successful. ^
It Is well-known that the Hindoo as
a rare have a strong aversion to tak-
ing life of any kind. Strange as it
may seem, the wolf is regarded in some
parts of India with a peculiar supersti-
tious reverence, which makes the shed-
ding of his blood sometimes iniquitous.
As a consequence the wolves are bold
*nd numerous, especially in the dis-
tricts where there is little or no Euro-
pean influence. Children, also, are nu-
merous, and the wolves, having no
scruples about the sacredness of life,
iiave on countless oc asions not only
raided the village sheepfolds, but have
carried off children. The vast ma-
jority of the latter have been devoured,
but here and there a poor victim, by
the agency of some occult influence,
has been reserved for a fate worse than
death. In 1852 what was probably the
first circumstantial and authoritative
account of the "wolf-children" of India
was published by Colonel Sleeman, a
British officer especially distinguished
for the leading part he took in putting
down the thugs and dacoits. Accord-
ing to this authority, the first authen-
tic case of wolf acting as a foster par-
ent to a human child was discovered
accidentally by a trooper who was rid-
ing along the banks of River Goometee
in northern India. As the ravines in
that region were all infested by wolves
(the soldier was not surprised at seeing
ia she wolf accompanied by three cubs
come out of a covert and go down the
river to drink. What surprised him
very much, however, was the presence
of another creature which had the ap-
pearance of a little boy, but was evi-
dently on the friendliest terms with its
brute companions and was treated ap-
parently just "like one of the family."
The creature went on all fours and
drank from the stream like the others.
The trooper tried, though unsuceBsful-
ly, to Intercept the phenomenon before
it escaped with the wolves into their
den. He secured the help of some na-
tives and dug several feet until the lair
was almost reached. The wolf family
made a bolt into the open and it was
only after a stiff chase and something
of a fight that the "wolf-boy" was cap-
tured. He seemed to be between 6 and
8 years of age.
"They took the boy to the village,
said Col. Sleeman, "but had to tie him.
for he was very restive and struggled
hard to rush into every hole or den
they came near. They tried to make
him speak, but could get nothing from
him but an angry growl or snarl. He
was kept for several days at the village
and a large crowd assembled every day
to see him. When a grown person
came near him he became alarmed and
tried to steal away, but when a child
came near he rushed at it with a fierco
snarl, like that of a dog, and tried to
bite it."
For about three years this being liv-
ed in charge of a British officer's ser-
vants. During all that time, In every
instinct and habit, he remained a wild
animal. He was inoffensive except
when teased and could never be induced
to wear any kind of clothing, even in
the coldest weather. Very rarely was
he known to walk In a semi-upright
position, but he always ran to his food
on all fours. Raw meat he devoured
greedily and would often take as much
as half a lamb at one meal. He was
very fond of uncooked bones, which
he used to crunch and gnaw like a
dog. holding them on the ground under
his hands just as a dog uses his fore-
paws. He would growl angrily If a hu-
man being came near him while he was
eating, but seemed to have no objec-
tion to a dog or a jackal; In fact, he
would sometimes share his meal with
Buch. He was never known to laugh
or even smile, and once only was he
known to speak. This was just be-
fore Ills death. He put his hands up
to his head, complained that It ached
and asked for a drink of water. He
drank the water and expired almost
immediately afterward. Another
"wolf-boy" had been carried off from
given him was Slnichar. He vu found
in 18A7 in the jungle of UulandohaUr,
in North%est Punjaub. Some natives
who were hunting big game "surpris-
ed" a stray wolf, which they followed
to a little hillock. Out of this hillock
rose a rock, and on this rock, evidently
sunning itself, sat a dark,curious-look-
ing object. To the astonishment of the
hunters this "object" turned out to
have a semblance to a human being.
When they approached it jumped from
the rock, ran on all fours ami entered
a cave along with the wolf. The hunt-
ers smoked the cave; both the wolf
and its human like companion rushed
out. After a short, sharp struggle, in
which several men were bitten, the
latter was captured. On Feb. 4, 1867,
he was sent by the magistrate of the
district in which he was taken to the
Secundra orphanage, and because the
day he arrived there happened to be
Saturday he was named Sinlchar. At
the time of his capture Sinlchar seem-
ed to be about 8 years old. He was en-
tirely nude, but for the short, thick
hair which covered his body. His be-
havior was altogether that of a brute
and it was long before he couM be
induced to wear any clothing what-
ever or in other ways conduct himself
like a human being. He ate his food
from the ground, putting his hands on
it as a dog does his forepaws, gnaw-
ing the flesh from the bones and
crunching the bones themselves with
case and evident enjoyment.
A medical missionary has thus de-
scribed this creature:"llls head is
small, Ills brow uncommonly low and
contracted, while his eyes in propor-
tion to his head and face are large.
They are of a grayish color and squint-
ing. He has a small,thin,wrinkled face,
on which are one or two large cica-
trices, marks no doubt, ot.severe bites.
On the other parts of his body also are
evident signs of the rough treatment
to which he was subjected when living
In the cave with his unamiable com-
panions. His height, when he stands
erect, is 5 feet 2 inches. In walking
he lifts his feet like oue wading
through wet grass and as he moves
along all the muscles of his body
seem to be undergoing a series of
jerks, while Ills arms are thrown about
In such a manner as to convey the ini
presslon that they must materially as
slst him In his progress. His head also
is continually in motion, turning from
side to side with great rapidity, while
his eyes, which have at all times a
hungry appearance, glare as If he ex-
pected an attack from some unseen en-
emy. When viewed from behind as he
walks or when he stands In front of
you with his head Inclined to one side,
rolling his large gray eyes, beating
upon liis stomach to show that he is
hungry or Imitating the smoking of a
cigar, of which he Is very fond, grin-
ning and uttering Inarticulate and un-
intelligible sounds, he certainly pre-
sents a strange appearance." Two
facts are noticeable about the "wolf
children" hitherto discovered seems
easily enough explained. One Is that
they have all been males. It may. of
course, "just have happened so," that
only male children have ever had the
distinction of a wolf foster mother.
But were It otherwise, then the rugged
constitution of the male child, ena-
bling it the better to withstand the
terrible experiences incident to such
life, would be a reasonable explana-
tion of why males only have survived
the ordeal. When ono thinks how
weak and helpless a thing the human
child is, even the strongest toddlers of
3 years old, it seem3 even miraculous
that even one such child could exist
for a single day or even for a few
hours In the unnatural environments
of a wolf's den. The other fact Is that
all such creatures when found have
been children. The oldest of them at
the time of capture could hardly be
more than 8 or 10 years old. This, no
doubt, is accounted for by the various
"moving accidents of flood and field,"
to which all such foster children would
be more and more continuously ex-
posed as they grew older and were
more entirely thrown on their own re-
sources. They would neither have the
instincts nor the strength and endur-
ance to contend successfully In the
struggle for existence with their brute
Evidence That It Was What la Mow-
Called Monomotapa, Afrlea*
From the Matabele Tlmei: Tin
Monomotapu region. In Khode^U, i»
the ancient land of Ophlr. The gold
mines of the ancients are now redis-
covered and the gold ingot molds re-
cently discovered in Rhodesia are iden-
tical with the tin ingot molds uBed by
the Phoenicians in Cornwall. It ia
believed that the Phoenicians worked
the South African mines 2000 B. C.
Scripture tells us how Hiram, the
Phoenician king, brought enormous
quantities of gold, ivory and slaves for
King Solomon, and where could all
of these have been discovered Vigether
and in such large- quantities as de-
scribed in holy writ, if not in this por-
tion of southeast Africa? Job's ref-
erences to "gold dust" locate the
sources of Solomon's wealth in the
parts, and certainly neither the "ivory"
nor the "slaves" nor the "apes" of Bi-
ble history came from India, for Af-
rica, as Is well known, has ever been
credited in history as the ivory, slave
and ape producing country. Further,
there is considerable doubt whether
any other country. India included,
could at that period have produced tho
quantity of gold mentioned in Chron-
icles and Kings. Scattered throughout
this country are colossal ruins of for-
tresses, temples of distinctly Phoeni-
cian origin, identical with the ruins
now seen in the land of the Phoeni-
cians and built by the same race a3
erected Stonehenge on Salisbury plain
and later built the rounded towers of
Ireland. Here Is the herringbone style
of building, as in Arabia, Sardinia and
the British Isles. There, too, are the
gigantic monoliths, cloven stones and
stone circles, with altars and sacred
inclosures.
WANTED PAUL TO
TELL HIM
f His Ancient
ORE AT NORTHERNS PRESIDENT
ON PRESENT CONDITIONS.
Says That the Formation of Comljlne*
Threatens the Independence of the
Individual —After the Interstate Com-
isaerce Act Kepealers. O
Anxious About the Ntute oi
Correspondence
A man of the north side saw a mas-
culine member of the human race tum-
ble down on the sidewalk tho other
evening, hopelessly intoxicated. Dis-
gusted at the sight, he was about
pass on unheedful of his neighbor's
misfortune when the story of the good
Samaritan flashed across his mind and
he resolved for once to be charitably
helpful. He accosted the fallen one
and assisted him to his unsteady feet,
and after much persistent interview
ing suceeded in ascertaining the num
ber of his home. Thither he piloted
his swaying companion, and was re-
warded on the doorstep by a volley of
thanks and a uiost importunate invi-
tation to enter and take a drink. "No,"
responded the modern Samaritan em-
phatically, "I won't go In and take a
drink, and you'd better follow my ex-
ample and get to bed as quickly aa
you can." "All right, guess 1 will,"
muttered the tipsy host, drowsily. "But
tell me your name, anyway. I want
to know the name of the man who
brought me to my door." As his elo-
quence and voice were waxing in
strength the Samaritan thought ia
wisdom to comply in some way with
his associate's desires, and at the same
time had no intention to reveal his
own identity. "Paul is my name," ha
answered at last in compromise, turn-
ing to go down the steps. "Come here,
Paul," eagerly called the other man at
once. "Come back and answer tho
question I've had It in my mind to
ask you for years. Paul," he contin-
ued impressively, "did you ever get an
answer to your letters to the Ephe-
slans?"
comrades and competitors.
Another Religions Sect.
Francis Nichols, of Minnesota, who
a Held where he had been placed while j)as 01.gan|zed a religious sect called
his father and mother were at work. j Brethren in Christ, says that all
He was then about 3 years old. Noth-
ing was heard of him for six years.
His mother was by that time a widow.
She happened to hear of a "wild-boy"
who had been captured at a place
several miles away while entering a
den in company with wolves. Curiosi-
ty drew her from her native village to
visit the place where the hoy was kept.
She recognized him by some indubit-
able birth marks as her lost son and
took him home with her. She found
thim quite irreclaimable, however, and
after a few months' abandoned him to
the public charity of the village.
He was fed on hares, birds, etc. A
favorite amusement of the village boys
■was to throw live frogs at him and
watch how greedily he would devour
them. Whenever a bullock died and
was skinned he gorged himself on the
carcass in company with the dogs. Dur-
ing the day he hung about the village
for the sake of what he could get to
eat, but every evening he went off to
the jungle and stayed there all night.
In the year 1850, while he was being
sent to Col. Sleeman, he escaped into
the jungle and was never afterward
heard of. The "wolf-boy of Agra" dif-
fered In no material respects from
either of the two already described.
The strongest point of contrast be-
tween them was the length of time he
continued in captivity. He died seven
years ago of consumption, it is said,
and had been in confinement about
twenty years before that. The natn»
the human race, except the 140,000 In
his sect, will be eternally lost. The
property of the communicants Is
placed In a common fund, of which
Nichols has charge. All funerals of
members of the sect must be under
his direction, and ills traveling ex-
penses are, of course, borne by the
mourners. Those who desire to "keep
In the kingdom" must abjure all dis-
play in dress and all ornaments are
forbidden. The members must not
have any friends who are not in the
kingdom, and this rule is said to be
one of the most severe of all on the
women. No tie of relationship is rec-
ognized, and persons in one's owu fam-
ily must be shunned if they are out-
side the kingdom.
Wome Thun New York.
In the first four weeks after the
opening of the electric railroad at
Cairo, Egypt, it is said that no less
than eighty persons were killed, and
since that time the weekly average
has been seven or eight. This very
high rate of casualties is supposed to
be due In part to the imperfect sight
of many natives In consequence of the
prevalent eye diseases, but fully as
much to the fact that they are unfa-
miliar with such swiftly moving ve-
hicles.
TEMPERANCE THEIR TEST.
Eong Island Girls Won't Marry Men
Who Touch Liquor.
The white ribbon is the badge of a
little settlement on Long Island and
temperance rules the town. "We do
hereby severally and collectively agree
never to marry men who drink. They
must sign the pledge before they ask
us for our hands." This platform has
been adopted by the girls of the little
Long Island town of Greenport. The
men have dropped their drinking ways
and they are all eating cloves. The
saloonkeepers, seeing nothing but ruin
in sight, have appealed to tho girls to
change their minds, but they declare
they will not. The girl trust for the
suppression of drunkenness was organ-
ized at the home of Mrs. S. B. Horton
in First street, Greenport. A total
abstinence society was formed and the
members announced that they had
agreed to boycott drinkers matrimon-
ially. Mrs. Cora E. Sherry, the late
secretary of the woman's work depart-
ment of the W. C. T. U., made a speech
paving the way to this stand. Mrs.
Horton said that the only pledge ab-
solutely required from them was that
of total abstinence, the other agree-
ment being optional. The young men
of Greenport, it is said, are not es-
pecially bibulous, but more of tlieir
earnings go in liquor than tha girl
trust thinks right. A story will be
made of the results of alcoholic mar-
riages and lectures will be given show-
ing the dreadful endings of homes in
which the husbands are drinking men.
Mrs. Horton declares that the men
must stop altogether, and would not
admit that they could just take a "wee
little sip."
Hypocrisy Is the gift of virtue used
in the adornment of vice
rndergnrments Made from l'aptr.
There is a new rival to the chamoli
skin vests so long worn by women for
extra warmth. These new vests are
of paper. Those who have worn them
pronounce them less bulky, just as
warm and less expensive than the
chamois. They are so cheap, indeed,
that they can be thrown away and a
new one purchased without troubling
the conscience of the woman with on)
f. moderate purse.
The following letter has been ad-
dressed by James J. Hill, president of
the Great Northern Railway Company,
to every member of the present Con-
gress:
My Dear Sir:
Some of the Eastern railways, which
claim, without any authority, to repre-
sent the railway interests of the Unlt-
«U States, are again undertaking to
•eeure an amendment to the present
Interstate Commerce act authorizing
the making of pools between railroads,
on the ground that they are unable to
avoid discrimination for or against
shippers or localities without permis-
»ion. To admit such a condition of
things is to admit that they are un-
able to maintain their own contracts
with each other. If the Interstate
Commerce law, which now forbids un-
i'er strong penalties all discrimina-
tions, is not strong enough to compel
these gentlemen to observe its condi-
tions, I do not see how the discrim-
ination can be avoided by enacting a
lnw to permit pooling.
In the first place, a pool is an in-
terference with the free, unrestrained
and natural conditions of trade. It
is made to allow a division of traffic,
so as to avoid a reduction of rates. I
do not understand how the public oan
suffer by a reduction in rates of trans-
portation, neither can I see how the
legal authorization of pools will pre-
vent discriminations in favor of ship-
pers or of localities. The present
penalty of imprisonment of the officer
or company granting such rebate, or
the party receiving the same, is so
heavy that it is difficult, I may say
impossible, to secure the evidence to
convict either of the offenders. If,
however, the imprisonment penalty
was changed into a fine of from two
to ten thousand dollars, to be collected
from the railway and the party receiv-
ing the rebate, one-half the sum going
to the person who furnished the in
formation for conviction, it would do
more to prevent this discrimination
than all the laws heretofore passed.
There is no relief afforded the public
through the interstate law that is not
provided for under the conditions of
the common law. The Interstate Com-
mission cannot make a rate, and they
should not be permitted to exercise
this authority. Their greatest use will
always be an advisory board, or as
witnesses In behalf of the public. If
the five men constituting the commis-
sion were allowed to make rates, they
would exercise more power than any
other five men in the world. I am
sure that you will agree with me that
it would never answer for the Inter-
state Commerce Commission to be
prosecuting attorney, witness, grand
jury and prusiding judge all in the
same case.
The past year has been an unusual
one in the history of this country. The
number of trusts and combinations
which have been made and are ap-
parently accepted or tolerated much
greater than in any former year. The
amount of authorized capital in such
institutions is simply stupendous, and
I think that a close investigation
would show that a large portion of this
capital is entirely fictitious. The peo-
ple, regardless of party, are becoming
highly incensed over these matters,
and in place of extending pools
through acts of congress legalizing
such conditions, I am sure that the
general sentiment of the public, high
and low, is decidedly against such pol-
icy.
While my chief interest is in the
Great Northern railway, I also repre-
sent some interests in lines east of
Chicago, and I should sincerely regret
the passpge »f any such legislation,
for I am reasonably certain that, soon-
er or later, it will create a public senti-
ment among the people which will re-
sult in wiping off all such legislation
from the statute books of the nation
or of the states. This couutry has
had enough anti-railroad and anti-
monopoly discussions, some of which
were without reason, and most of
which had some reason for such dis-
cussion. Now, when the railroads of the
country are rendering better service
than ever before, at lower rates, and
the people are beginning to accept the
fairness of these rates, it seems to me
unwise and unjust to reopen the rail-
way question through legislation that
will be looked upon by the public as
hostile to their interests, and, in that
way, inflame public feeling against
combinations seeking to control Inter-
ests which are national in their ex-
tent and formed to control the free
competition of trade. All these mo-
tives are wrong and I hope will not
prevail. I think the representatives
of all our western states realize the
force of what I have said, and that it
is not necessary for me to enlarge on
the subject. At the same tim*, I sin-
cerely hope that no such legislation
will be permitted to pass.
While the matter of pooling Is of far-
reaching importance, no doubt these
gentlemen will say It is very harm-
less. At the same time. I would like
to ask if It is not simply an opening
wedge which would practically result
In turning over the entire rate-making
power to a commission of five men,
who could then fix the value of thou-
sands of millions of property, and
would. In that regard, exercise greater
power over the commerce and Irusi-
plr«. If these eastern gentlemen are »o
anxious to secure a pool, and the pool
could be forever limited to the trunk
lines, I would waive my objections for
the purpose of letting them try It and
see if their agreements would be better
under a pool than under a law fixing
the penalty of imprisonment, but it
cannot be so localized.
Thanking you for your previous at-
tention to this matter, I am, yours
very truly,
(Signed) Jas. J. Hill.
SPEEDY TORPEDO BOATS.
The Record o« the Hal I.uns Will
l'rohably lte llroken.
Since the celebrated Turblnia has
been robbed of her laurels as the fast-
est boat afloat by the English built Hal
Lung, constructed for the Chinese gov-
ernment, the Englishmen are banking
their hopes on the new boat now un-
der construction of the Turbinia type.
The Chinese boat is credited with hav-
ing made a run of 18% knots at an
average speed of over 35 knots an
hour. The highest speed realized dur-
ing the run was 36.7 knots, or 42.20
miles an hour. The best run of the
Turbinia for a mile is 35 knots, so that
the Hai Lung has a substantial lead.
The most remarkable feature of this
boat next to her speed is the fact that
she is fitted with reciprocating engines.
At the time tho Turbinia made her
phenonemal speed it was popularly
supposed that it was entirely due to
her new form of motor. In great part,
no doubt, It was, but there is reason to
believe that the excellent steam rais-
ing qualities of her boiler contributed
in no little degree to the result. Rel-
atively considered the performance of
the Turbinia was more meritorious for
the reason that she is only a 40-ton
craft, while the Schichau boat is of
180 tons displacement, or four and one-
half times larger. The new and en-
larged Turbinlas will be full-sized tor-
pedo boats, and for this reason it is
likely that they will surpass the Hai
Lung by a considerable margin of
speed. Just what the excess will be
is a matter which Is exciting much
speculation in naval quarters.—Scien-
tific American.
lutaiirM Where the Little ABlm.l.
ll.ve Caused l>rem Trouble
A mouse has long been known to
be the bitterest enemy of womankind.
Just why the average run of femininity
should fear such a helpless, harmless
little creature cannot be explained,
says Chicago Chronicle. During the
civil war a famous female spy was
betrayed through the instrumentality
of a mouse. The woman was mas-
querading as a boy and succeeded ad-
mirably in deceiving the enemy until
one evening while dining with a par-
ty of men at a farmhouse a black
mouse jumped from a cupboard to a
table, almost in the face of the sup-
posed boy. With a shrill feminine
shriek the spy threw up her arms and
rushed across the room, and springing
on a couch, went into hysterics from
sheer fright. The men of course sus-
pected her, and rather than be search-
ed, she confessed, but by the aid of
the loyal old farmer and his wife she
made her escape in the night. A well-
known woman physician of Chicago
says she can do any kind of surgical
work without a tremor, but the sight
of a mouse turns her strangely ill and
thoroughly "unwomans" her. Anoth-
er woman, Mrs. William E. Phenne-
fruk, living in South Marion street, in
Delaware, Ohio, has such a terror for
mice that she recently went insane
through fright at one of the wee crea-
tures. The woman was sweeping her
cellar when a mouse darted out from
an old barrel and ran about her feet.
She tried to step on it and beat at it
with her broom, calling plteously to
her little boy to help her. But tha
boy, thinking she was in fun, fright-
ened the terrified mouse toward tho
woman whenever it tried to get away.
At length the boy rushed at it in earn-
est and the mouse darted under the
woman's skirts and she fell to the floor
insensible, only to lose her mind when
at length consciousness returned to
her.
ELECTRIC HAIR CUT.
Paris Has a Shop of Queer Tonsorial
Operations.
An electrical barber's shop is one of
the latest attractions of Paris. This
does not mean simply that motors are
used for driving fans and the estab-
lishment lighted by an electrical cur-
rent, but that hair is curled, cut and
dried by electricity, and many other
tilings done through its agency. Hair-
cutting in this Parisian establishment
is done with an electric cutting comb,
which, because of its simplicity and
the dexterity with which it may be
used, must soon become widely em-
ployed. This comb looks like - any
ordinary one, except that a thin wire
is stretched above the upper portion of
the teeth along the handle. The wire
is connected electrically with a storage
battery. When the battery is con-
nected the wire becomes red hot.
Therefore when this comb is passed
through the hair the latter is burned
off by the red-hot wire. The whole
operation is so rapid that a heavy
head of hair may be clipped in a few
minutes. Not only this, but the ends
of the hair cannot bleed, so that the
benefit of singeing is part of the
operation. Hair which has been sham-
pooed is dried very quickly by means
of electric fans, facial imperfections
are removed with electric needles, and
it is understood that the owner of the
shop is patenting an electric motor-
like device which will be used in place
of the hands for shampooing.
MOST THRILLING
Entertainment t'pon Which a Curtain
Ever Rose.
Perhaps the most thrilling entertain-
ment on record was one witnessed in
the Romagna, which was as unex-
pected as it was unauthorized. It was
the last day of the carnival, and the
theater of Formlipopoli was packed
with a crowd of spectators awaiting
the rise of the curtain. After a long
delay the curtain went up, only to dis-
close a stage occupied by 100 brigands
facing the audience with pointed rifles.
The leader of the strange cast, II Pas-
satore, one of the most ruthless rob-
bers of any age, bowed profoundly to
the horror-stricken audience and ex-
plained that the theater was sur-
rounded by his men, that the first man
who attempted to escape would be
shot, and that he and his merry men
would proceed to collect any money
and valuables they had with them.
The brigand and his men then de-
scended from the stage and stripped
the audience of their possessions to
the value of $400,000. He then thanked
them all in a graceful speech and left
the theater. It is comforting to know
that he and 100 of his brigands were
captured shortly after and that they
paid a heavy penalty for their even-
ing's entertainment.
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The Marriageable Age.
It makes considerable difference
the matrimonial advantages of a per-
son where he may have been born or
is a citizen. This remark app'ies with
peculiar force to the minimum age
which renders a union legal. It in a
measure implies the consent of parents
or guardians in all the instances cited,
although once united the law sustains
the marriage maugre dissent of the
parents, etc. In Austria, fourteen
years is looked upon as sufficient to
entitle a person of either sex to take
on the burdens of matrimony. Ger-
many requires the male to be 18 and
the female 16. In France and Belgium
the man must be 16 and the woman
15. In Spain the intended husband
must have passed the fourteenth year
and the woman her twelfth. The law
in Hungary for Roman Catholics is
that the man must be 14 years and the
woman 12; for Protestants, the man
must be 18 and the woman 15. In
Greece the man must have seen at
least 14 summers and the woman 12.
In Russia and Saxony they are more
sensible, and a youth must refrain
front matrimony till he can count 18
years end a woman till she can count
16. In Switzerland men from the aga
of 14 and women from the age of 12
are allowed to marry. The Turkl h
law provides that any youth and maid
who can walk properly and can und r-
stand the necessary religious service
are allowed to be united for 116.V
Our Dofcctive Monitors.
Henry Cabot Lodge, in writing on
"The Spanish-American War," in Har-
per's Magazine for April, has this to
say of the defect of the monitors in
our navy:
"A more ill-assorted squadron it
would have been difficult to imagine,
and the necessity which made It so
came from the insufficient authoriza-
tions of congress running back over
many years. In the two essential
qualities of the modern fleet, homo-
geneity of type and evenness of speed,
they were painfully deficient. The
squadron was composed of the most
discordant types, and varied in speed
from the twenty knots or more of the
New York to the monitors' maximum
of less than ten. The monitors, In
fact, were nothing but a perilous in-
cumbrance. Their low speed and lim-
ited coal capacity made it necessary
to tow them, and they thus reduced tho
speed of the fleet to about seven knots.
In any sort of seaway it was impossi-
ble to fight their guns, and if an enemy
had been encountered in the open
ocean, they would have been a hin-
drance and a danger, not a help. Thus
burdened with ships fit only for the
smooth waters of a harbor, and with
a fleet speedy of seven knots, Admiral
Sampson, thanks to the parsimony of
congress, set forth in pursuit of a pow-
erful squadron of homogeneous ar-
mored cruisers, with a uniform con-
tract speed of twenty knots."
Two Kinds of Itlrds.
"There's something wrong with this
bill," said the young married man to
the milliner who has imported Parisian
prices as well as styles. "It is cor-
rect in every Item," she said, after
looking it over. "Eight dollars for that
bird, no bigger than my fist?" "Yes.
sir, and cheap at that." "All right,
madam, I'll settle, but it's robbery. Wo
had our first anniversary yesterday.
CrTnfed Philosopher
"While the people, as a rule," said
the Cornfed Philosopher, "don't know
just what they want, they usually ilnd
ness of the country than the czar of I and I bought a ten-pound turkey for out what they don't want. If the pol-
Russia exercises In the Russian em- j |1.25." : itleian will snly go on talking."
Clilcagnan with Short Names.
The Chicago directory contains hun-
dreds of thousands of names. The fact
that there are but ten names of two
letters in the book shows how rare
such names are among the nations.
It would seem that nearly every man
born with a name of two letters
promptly tacks on another. The di-
rectory contains hundreds of three let-
tered names. Those who boast but
two letters and apparently have
enough are Maurice Ax, Emily Eg,
Axel Ek, David Ex, Edward Ey, Wil-
liam Gy, Sawg Po, George J. Py, Nich-
olas Re and Emil Ru. Opposed to
them is William Zwierzykowski, who
has ,'siis being at 8913 Michigan avenue.
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