J HIS WORD
HE was ouly n loy, not yet six
teen, but they were going to
ehooMiIni, novortholesa.
The band 0l Insurgents to which lie
belong) i""1 becu nw ,u" Aril,y
f Versailles, nutl. tnkon rod -handed
th some ten of Ills comrmloH. hp had
coudueted to the Malrlo of tho
Eleventh Arrondlssement
Struck by his youthful nppoaruncn.
and also astonished at tho boy's cool
oss lu this hour of extreme peril, the
COInHlan,u", bad ordered lliut the fntnl
verdict should, so fur us he wus con
cerned, be suspended for the moment,
and tlint he should bo kept a prisoner
until his companions had met their fate
at the neighboring bnrrlcade.
Apparently quite calm and realised,
his Rett eyes and his face tho pnlo
face of a Parisian child showed neith
er emotion nor anxiety. He Boomed to
watch all that was passing around him
ta though they held no concern for him.
He heard the sinister rciiort of tho
fusillade which burled his companions
Into eternity without moving n musclet
his culm, fixed gaze seemed to be look
ing luto the great "Afterwards" which
was soon to become the "Present" to
blin also. 1'erhups ho was thinking of
bis happy careless childhood-ho had
hardly outgrown It; perhaps of his re
lations and their sorrow when they
beard of the chain of fatality which
bad made him fntherless nud had toss
ed Dim Into the seething turmoil of civ
il war, and now demanded his life at
the hauds of fellow-countrymen; und,
perhaps, he wondered why such things
Were.
At the time war wns declared he was
living happily with his father and I
mother, honest working folk who had '
apprenticed him to a printer; politics
never troubled that little household.
It wns not long, however, before tho
Prussians had slulu the head of tho
aJKAlll ur.i ir.n
THAN RIHTI A
Uflt
n.. ii . ,.t. ...I .. . S it a
ers' and Imkt'rs' sliaiifl u In n the firnnl v
dole of food wit distributed in tht rig-
W uib mother on the DM of Biifrenng,
One daj when he hail gone with oth
ers in ill; 1 1 1 r i , i 1 1 , in tint it,,.-
bound plain of Bt. Denis n Pruswlnn
bullet broke his shoulder, and nfter-
nr r,..t i.i. i i it a., a..
od fear onto had led him into and
lent lillli 111 rnnks h.- Inwl rut li.Mirt
IUr 11 III' nr hfnt hiiru n ml luiu- t , , r li o
lift. If.. a ...... I... 1..
"n i mi l in aj LUC nCIIUll.Y 111'
mm in- mmiim in an uinii a
dentil to his charge. Ut was Innocent
The tilings he hnd seen and suffered
ill' ItlU ttwifitlio l,.i,l ,rlv.,n
n ..... it 1 1 i - i MlUillU.i I i . I ' I IM II
leaving ,w mother In this terrible
Vl nils lit: llilllU HI I II 111 Ik
.....I ui i i. mini nt' ivrw
Mi-It- l. i.-- i a .
urn i hid i, . ...1...... i. . l i
mill Mi H 4IJ O UVSU BU Illl'A-
-"'V f""U ll 11 1 11 t Dili I If I'tllllltlll-
a ins. if u itii tit., tit. hi. .-i. i ti... i ,.
" I HOMIIH llUil WIVIV
Off loe would come, too she could not
- DUIIl'llll HI UIIUClU,
"ur tvili ll lit' lil.il Mil V, llt'I.
nnr ii ii i . .-
KUsmeosallL dear- nirniii thm had
in "mat i l i. .. t
i more.'
"All." ho thought sadly, "If they
' i' lilt Li I ill i nutl KV Ullll
w ir.Mu ol iiiifnv- now ne wuuiu
ro ner and then come hark and H
man r .... . . ......
..F lu iuu iiuikib 111:11 umiucrt'u,
...... 1U uuiu U'vt ins worn,
nil ii.. i ....
Rvuiu wn ii. ny noi t wive
IB 1 11 ll I, it r ,, ., . 1 1 . . J -.1
.inn nrl iuo( was uyiufc
i ii fiii .
uo uuC iu nsnvi, xo see uer
mm m t.t . . .a n..
viro uvr uear 1111s oute niort
, ruiuuiHLT HIT, 1111' 1 I' Vt' II'T
(Hiff 1 1 . I. .... a.-. - .
r-..-mru ue eouiu inee tieaiu
W Wai In tho nlllai nt IhnaM iwl pp.
" nuru am commanniinr. 101-
t 1 1 ,- i . ..
NTvnu omeers. KDoroacuea
im
"W, my tine fellow, you and I have
wre io nettle; you know what awaits
llll I
"Yes.
nion couimnudnnt, mid I nm
""ally? So readv as all that? You
m ..... . .
ui u. ;ii ii i
'Less tluui of life. I have Riwn so
.. c six montiis sueu awrm
B"K death a tw.... I,
"I wager you would not hesitate if I
1 'JU your chalet, If I aald: Tut
' wst foot foremost und show me
"n you can lie nut nt Klirlir van
""' "'ll l)f OfT I'll ,,rr,,l "
"Try
me. niOIl mmmnnil.til frr
Ul me to the nroof: It's worth n tri.il.
vi ivks iur your men i
Jt what doe. It matter? One hour !
htCdoa onlv. not mom: rn .h.nll '
- "oetlier I will keen mv word, and '
am afraid to die."
M rmi'n, a aI ........
- . iwi, uui juv hi i ,
""' lor una rinu .w. .,,.1 tnr
way,
and then mnu l.o. l h. Im. h,it
.u roui.i teen an ord narv ud-
10,1 wl hardly get me to
-""' mat. my hoy!"
I.lst.-n, gir. i r.,.i, mm
"-e a good mother; yon love her,
OF HONOR. L
the whole world. If. like mo, you were
Just going to die, your but thought!
would be of her. And ymi would bless
the man who guve tho opportunity of
seeing her once more, for the lust time.
Mon coiunianduut, do for niu what you
would prny others to do for you. tJive
me one bonr'a liberty, and l wiii give yon
By word of honor to reiuru and give
myself up. Ig fu iiHrtf worth a prom
ise broken?"
While he was speaking the command
unt was pacing to and fro, tugging vie
lOOlly at his mustache, and evidently
struggling hard to appear unuiov.-d
'"My word,' he murmured. "This
urchin tnlksof 'my word' as though he
were a Knight of the Hound Table!"
He stopped abruptly lu front of his
prisoner and asked, lu a severe tone,
"Your name?'
"Victor Oury."
"Affur
"Sixteen on the 1.1th of July next."
"Where does your mother live?"
"At Ucllovlll..."
"What made you to leave her to fol
low the Commune?"
"For the thirty sous chiefly; one must
eat! Then tho nelghlKir and my com
rades threatened to shoot DM If I did
Uot march with them. They -aid I was
tall enough to carry a musket. My
mother was afruld of them, and wept
nud prayed."
"You have no father, then?"
"He was killed."
"And where?"
"At Bourgct, fighting for bit coun
try." The commandant turned toward his
staff as though he would consult them
at a glance, Ail aaemed to Interest and
pit v.
"Well, then, It Is understood," the of
ficer said, gravely, after a moment's,
reflection. "You cau go aud see your
mother. Y'ou have given me your word
of honor to come back In an hour. C'est
blen. I shall know then whether you
arc a man of character or simply a
cowardly boy. I give you until even
ing. If y'ou are not here nt 8 o'clock
I shall say that you are a braggart, ami
care more for life than houor. Allons!
Quick murck!"
"I thank you, mon commandant. At
eight I will bo here."
"You are sure?"
"Certain."
"We shull see when the time conies."
The boy would have thrown his urnis
aliout the officer In his wild Joy and
gratitude, but tho latter repelled him
gently.
"No, not now," he said. 'This even
ing, If you return, I will embrace you
In front of the firing party," he added,
grimly. "OfT with yon!"
Victor run like a hnrn. Tlx1 officers
smiled as they watched lit in disappear.
Twenty minutes later he knocked at
his mother's door, and the nelghls.r
who was tending her gpened It to him.
She started and exclaimed when she
saw hhn, for like every one elms she
believed hhn dead. Ho would have
rushed to his mother's room, but the
woman stopped him.
"to In quietly," she sold, In a low
voice; "she Is asleep. She has been very
111 since you went away, but she Is a lit
tle better now. The doctor said yes
terday that If she could sleep she would
soou get stronger; she must not be
awakened, l'uor thing! she will Ih glad
to see you, for she has asked for you
so often. When she was not calling
you she was praying the boo Dion to
preserve yon and to restore peace In the
land. Ileitis! one would say He had
abandoned us. the boll I Men, and let
men do Just us they like. It Is awful!"
Rut, Victor, Impatient, thought he
heard his name called in a faint voice.
He moved on Hp toe toward his moth
er's bed. tie had not lioen deceived the
sick woman's eyes were opened wide.
"Victor! my boy!" she cried, In her
thin, weak voice. Without a word ha
lay down beside her, and her arms
closed round him hungrily.
And now the boy who had faced
death so Impassively could do naught
but sob. Now, lu his mother's arms, he
became a child once more, timid, de
spairing. The sick woman, who seemed to gain
strength from his pretence, sought lu
vain to console him.
"Why do you distress yourself so. my
'nr. pi.ew home.
child, my best beloved?" she asked.
"You shall never leave me again. We
will throw that hnteful uniform away;
I nnvcr want to see It mora, I will make
i.ai nn.l iret well: I feel o
mil' n
Rtronirer since you enme. Poou you will
oo to work again, and you win grew
"i . Z
will ouly look ke a bad dream then.
and we will forget It completely; C01U-
Dlet.Hy. dear.
I'oor soul, how soouio sue u.
... . ,.i,-tiir. of a nrigni uuvir.-
u p. - - -
deepened ner noy m"1 ""
silent, telling herstdf that the best way
to dry tear Ii to let them flow freely,
ghe kissed him and let his weary head
fall back on the pillow, and tbeo she
gave herself up to dreams of happier
...... I at,,r for both of them.
Vlctofe aob. grew lesa frequent and
lesa violent, and soon nothing could h
neani tn the little room but the regular
breathing f laa BMUkN and child.
Ashamed of hU w.akuess, the uy
fomsl hhuM-lf into self-control, and
when he raised his i.u, fr.nn t. p.
low. once mro tsdlevlng himself
strong, r than love of life, his mother,
yielding to the r.i.etU.n which h r lad
den )oy hnd BBDaad, waa alaaplng
is-aeefully.
The sight rtatorad bis aoarglaa. a
kind 1'rovldenee, he thought, had wish
ed to spare him a aeene which hit
strength and courage could not have
lorn and be resolved to g at once.
Mghtly he kissed his mother's for,-
head, and gaaad ut bat aanaatty foi
a few moments. She seemed to .mile,
he thought; then he went out hurrl.'dlj
and returned to his post nr. QOlckly as
me had cine, not Mflnj Ki u- uu i
nor daring to look bcfilnd him.
"What: so soon?" the commandant
cried, astonished. He had hoped. Ilka
the good hearted man he was, that ti,0
boy would uot return.
"Hut I had promised:"
"Doubtless, but why 1 lu such a
hurry? If 00 might have stayed ultli
your mother some Una longer, and mill
have kept yi.ur word.''
"Poor mother: After n scone of fears
which seemed to take all my Courage -
tears of Joy for her, of despair for me -
she fell asleep ho calmly, so bappllv,
that I dare uot wult for her to Waka,
Bho fell asleep with her arms aroond
DM) thinking I should never leora lier
again; how could I have tl.l her the
truth? Who knowi whether I should
have had the courage to leave her uf ter
doing so? And what would you have
thought of me If I had not . oine back?
"So I kissed her, ond sllpcl nwny
like a thief while she was sle-piug, and
here I am. 1'ray G.sl may le g.Msl to
her as she has been to me. Mon com
mandant, I have one more thing to ask
-to iiuish quickly."
The ofltoer look.nl at the boy with
mingled pity and admiration. Ills own
eyes were full of tenrs.
"You are quite resigned, then; death
does not frighten you?" he asked.
Victor answered him with a gesture
"And If I pardoned you?"
"You would save my mother's life,
too, and I would rovoro yuu us a sec
ond father."
"Allons: you ore a plucky lad. and
you have not deserved to suffer ns you
have done. Y'ou shall go. Kmbrnce tm
first bleu! Now go, nnd go quickly.
Join your mother, aud love her al
ways." As he spofco the last few words, the
officer took the ls.y by the shoulders
and pushed hltn away gently.
"It really would have Is-.-n a pity,"
he said, half apologetically, to his staff,
as he turned toward them.
Victor did not run he flew home. Ills
mother was still steeping. He would
dearly have liked to cover her with
kisses, but he did Uot dare to wake her,
although her alaap warned troubled. lie
lay down agalu beside her.
Suddenly she sut up. crying: "Mercy:
Victor: My child! Oh! Mercy! Ah:
you are here; It Is really you?" she add
ed, waking.
Her thin, weak hands wandered all
over him; she pressed him close to her
and rained kisses on his fn.-o. Then
she wns shaken by convulsive sobs,
which Victor could not calm.
"Oh! my lsiy! my Is.y!" she moaned,
"I dreamt they were going to shoot
you!"-Strand Magazine.
Tho Town of " I.'
One of the most popular legends In
Brittany Is that relating to an Imagin
ary town culled is, which is inppoaod
to have been swallowed up by the sea
nt some unknown time. According to
them the tips of spires of the clmn In s
may 1h seen lu the hollow of the waves
when the sni Is rough, while during a
calm the music of their bells ringing
out the hymn appropriate to the day
rises above the waters. I often fancy
that I have at the bottom of my heart
a city of Is, with Its bells calling to
piay. r ft recalcitrant congregation. At
times I halt to listen to these gentle
vibrations, which seem as If they come
from Immeasurable depths like VOtCOl
from another world. Since old age be
gan to steal upou me I have loved,
more especially during tho repose
Wblcb summer brings with It, to gather
up these distant echoes of a vanished
Allium Ernest Itcuan.
Valun of Change
One of the best prescriptions that can
Issue from a physician Is a change, a
specialist friend of mine tells mo. The
effects of mingling with DOW people
who have new methods of thought la
very salutary, Jie says. Always to si-c
tin- Maine people do the same thing,
fiol the same way, produce a stagnant
condition of the mind and heart that Is
very distressing to behold. There nre
thousands of Invalids who might be
greatly Ix'iiellted by getting away from
home, If only for a short time, to min
gle with strangers nn.l Ih tOQCbOd with
the magnetism of the great world as It
courses In Its accustomed rounds. And
there nre mental nnd moral Invalids
who need the same change to get their
henrt and mind enlarged and let lu
a little more of the great light of life.
The l ' ' '" Itinerary.
A good story Is told by the Jewish
Messenger ol n iiuiiiln r of boys who
were playing on Saturday In front of
t j n . . .
i .!, e inre i. i lie rector slid
denly eame out of tils pnreonnge und
told the boy to be quiet In front of the
lord's house.
Thnt Is all right, mister," said BM
boys. 'The Iord I not here today. He
la down the trect at the Jewish yna
gogue."
When a boy pick a green peach, he
r.es It until It I o soft aud ripe
bis mother nr til not object If he eata it J
"UK nKCAMR A CHILD ONCK ftlORR." ,
' t y
Admiral rarragut us.sl to relate that
pretty girl on a Mlaataalppl steamer
bh aazlooaly sought in nsaniaga by
Ave of the passengers. V law bag them
nil with fuvor, the girl applied to the
captain of the liont for advice In nak
lug her selection, lie lUggoatad that
she leap overboard, after he bad made
arrangement, that would make Injury
to tier lniMSMth!. Mm did as he mild.
tan of her suitors prompUy arenl in
after and united In bringing her salely
back to the deck. "What shall I do
turn ?" hIi,, icrplexed 1 ti . 1 1 tl of the
aptaki. "I don't rightly know, nils,"
he answered, "but It seems to me I d
take the dry one,"
When Hie attack waa made on Sldon,
lining the war with Syria, it became
Deo Mary for the British troops to ad
vance across a long, unprotected
bridge, In the face of a battery of six
guns, which completely commanded the
PProaCh. The men were unwilling to
''M"sc themselves to certain death.
WHeo Arthur Cuininlin:. c.ll'ef llllv
dreaaed lu full uniform, iteppad for
ward to the mlddk f the bridga, it
wai Immediately su. pt by the lire f
the battery. When the smoke had rolled
away, there sto. 'iiinuilng Intact,
carefully brushlinr the dust from his
DOOta, after which he hi.kx! erect, fixed
1 single glaaa In
his eye, and looked
This was too much,
'""'k at the men.
and they .uptiir.sl that bridge aud but
tery with a whoop.
An Irishman who was out of work
went on board a reaaej that was in the
liarlior and asked the t'uptaln If be
could tlud ti I nt work on the ship.
: "Well." said the Captain, at the same
Ume handing the liMnuau a piece of
rope "if yon can Bad thraa ends to that
rope, you shall have sonic work." The
Irishman got hold of the end of the
miss and, showing It to the Captain,
said, "That's one end. your honor."
Fben he took hold of, tha other cud. and,
showing It to the Captain as before,
tiild, "And flint's two end, your hon
r." Then, taking bold of both ends of
the nc, he threw It overboard, saying.
'And, faith, there's another end to It,
your honor." He was Immediately cn
jaged. An Irishman, the son of one who had
bean hanged, having i.,.,-n asked bow
ids fHtber dl.il, thus eluded thu a.linls
atogi "f tho fact: Sure, thin, my father,
who was a very retkleaa man, was Jlnt
Itandltt' on a platform haranguing a
BMb, when a purl of the platform Slid
h nlj gave way. and he fell through,
in.l thin It was found that his neck
was broken."
A young girl from the far South, who
wns making her llrst visit to Washing
ton, wits on the str.i't alone, snys the
New York Sun, trying to find the house
if a friend. Just then she met a middle
aged, very lenpacta bta looking colored
woman, well dressed, but carrying a
basket of clothea. Tho sight cheered
her; colored ieople were always so kind
to her down home, and she hurried to
the woman uud said, must sw.vtly:
"Oh, auntie, I have lost my way. Won't
you please tell me how to get to K
street?" Instead of the exHctid "Yaa,
Indeed, chile," the colored woman
glared at her aud said, lu rasping tones,
ss she stalk.il haughtily away: "1 ain't
yo' anntie- ran yo' akalP
On one occasion two gentlemen. In
vited as guests nt a table where Mr.
Oladstone was expected, made a wnger
that they would start a couverMtlou
on a subject about which even Mr.
(ilndstone would know nothing. To ac
compllsh thl end, they read tip an an
cient miigar.lue article on some unfa
miliar subject connected with Chinese
manufactures. When the favorable op
portUBity came the topic was started,
and the two conspirators watched with
amusement the growing Interest In the
subject which Mr. Gladstone's face be
trayed. Finally he Joined In the con
versation, nud their amusement was
turned Into gnashing of teeth to speak
figuratively w hen atr. Oladatone aaldi
"Ah, gentlemen. I perceive JTOQ huve
been reading an article I wrote In the
mngimlno aome thirty or forty
years ngo."
A certain narrow minded man of note
was very bitter against the Jews, lie
lost no opportunity to deride and abuse
them. One day n friend said to him:
"Y'ou shouldn't U-nr down on the Jews
the way you do. Y'ou ought to reiiiem
her that they nre tJod's chosen peOfJaV1
"Yes," said the other man, "I kuow
that Hut tastes differ."
Mrs. Proud la, the wife of the lllshop
of I'opemlnster, lu Kiiglalid. does ad
mirable work by going among poor
people and talking to them out of her
own aipatrtencea and giving them
wholeaOOM advloa She ill.) so tha oth
er day at Mtidbury. m ar Copemlnster.
Next day the rector! daughter at Mud
bury said to one of tha audience of the
previous arming "W.-ii, Mrs. Toddle,
what did jt.u ihlnk of Mra. ProwMa'g
address ?' "Oh, it WM TOf fOOd very
good) but. you si-e. she only went half
way." "Whatever do you mean, Mrs.
Toddle?" said the young Indy. "Well,
miss, she didn't tell ttl what she does
when Mr. I'rouille comes home drunk.
We should like a little advice on that
'ere point,"
BANQUETS OF OLD.
Ancient Fecial Illnnera Vrrc Moat
Mi.aiil1.cnl AIT., I,-.
Banquets of the p recent .lay, even the
most lUinptOUOUS, are but mean nlTalrs
compared with tnoae f antiquity. The
dllieroilt used to I he opulence of the
latter Egyptian Bmplret the bon vlvant
ne, unturned to tin splendor of Greece or
the luxury of Home. .- peet.il much of
that entertainers, and usuully were not
dlsapMi luted.
Vast was the mi.giiltMWIiee of a fcnM
Hrai by so great nobleman during
,- . ...I.,,, l'lifirnoliK Tl,,. fro, imtm
" -
both men and ion came nt midday.
loan in chariots, some lu palaBcjnIna,
and a few doubtleM thoae who Uved
mar by OS foot They were met at
the doorway by slaves, and conducted
to an ante-room, where their hands and
feet were nraahad with perfumed water
held lii golden vessels; and their heads
mmintnl with scented pomatum In sign
ot wvn,me,
Ablutloue ended, the guest were
crowned with lotu flower, white ehnp
lets of the Name fragrant blossom
were hung aUiut their necks, and n
single hud given than t bold in the
baud. They were then ready to pay
their respects to their host and hostess,
Whom they found scat.il side by ld,'
on a large funiculi In the reception
r.Mjm. exchanging ceremonious gr.vt
Ings with their visitor.
BoanotlmcQ men and women sat to
gether lu festive gatherings; sometimes
the sex. s were separat.il, but each r.
celved equal attention. A slave station
til I hind each guext was ready to obey
tha least command, and time paaaed
quickly In feasting and merry making.
An the wine circulated women ns well
as men wen' drawn Into the whirl of
dissipation, ami furnlsli.il subjects for
the more llM pencil of Um caricaturist.
The proof still exists ph torhilly that
the fair sex of that time and country
drank more than was good for thank,
while the lords and masters had fre
quently to ha carried home from a fes
tive gathering limp as the fad.il lotus
blossoms resting on their fevered
brows.
A strange custom was In vogue; In
the midst of the feasting; when the
sense Homed almost sntlat.il, a slave
appeared bearing a small figure of a
mummy, which be exhibited port en tout
ly to the revelers, saying: "tlaxe here;
drink nud lo merry, for when you dlt
such you w III be." I.lpplncott's.
EARLY PORTO RICANS.
How the Indian Proved that in,
P..nlard Wvre Mortal.
Frederick A. Olier, Int.. Commission
er lu I'orto Uleo of the Columbian Kx
position, contribute to the Oeatury an
article on "The Island of I'orto Uleo."
Mr. ObW says;
The "great navigator" who discov
ered the New World was very felicitous
In his names for the lands he found,
and It was with good reason that he
Called Korlmiucn, the Indian Island,
PtMrtO Kleo, after the uoble harlkir In
which he watered his ships In Novem
ber, 1408, As Aguadllla It Is knowu
to-day, and the same palm-shaded
spring gushes forth uow- as then, In vol
ume sulllcleut to supply a fleet.
fifteen years later another of fame's
favorites, lonco do I.eon, landed In the
bny. where he was well recelv.il by the
Indian cacique Agueynshii, who gave
hltn specimens of gold. In the yenr
1510 he founded the town of Caparra,
now known as Pueblo Vlejo, aban
doned the ye.tr following for the moao
uih iiiitageoiis situation of San Junii,
The Indian- becoming, as the Span
lards say, illsgustados, ticcausc they
were rodilc.il to slavery and compelled
to labor In the mine, retvolled, and
mur.ler.it all the white men they could
catch outsldo the settlement. The
Spaniards had told the guileless red
men that they were Immortal, and for I
while they lKdlev.il them; but Cacique
Agueynaba finally conceived a theory
of his own, and proceeded to mt It to
the test. In accordance with hi or
ders, two of his followers caught an un
protected white man while fording a
stream (which Is known and shown to
day), throw bin down, nn.l held his
head under water three long hours.
Then they took hltn mrt, but still with
fear and trembling, and, dragging tin
Isidy to tlM Nink, sat by It during two
whole days, until unmistakable Ntgiis
of decomposition convinced them of
the man's mortality. In the end and
It came quickly the Indians, to the
numbni of half a million or so, were
exterminated I but thut was n mere in
CtdeOl In Spanish colonlxnilon, and the
place they left vacant were llll.il with
lilncks from Africa.
I. noi Rermon.
Nowhere lu the world have so many
quaint nnd queer old ceremonies and
custom dating back to tucdlaovnj
time been retained a In the city of
London. Many of the features of It
municipal life have beeu In eilsteuoc
since tho crusade, nnd among tho
strangest Is the so called annual Mon
Hermon, prencli.il In si Katherlue'a
Church, Ix-adeiihall street, by Dean
Clarke, chaplain to tho tjueen, who at
Its conclusion receive the sum of $100,
In accordance with time honored usage.
It seem that In the thirteenth ecu
tury a former Ixird Muyor of Im.lon
named Sir John (layer was wrecked
on a desert part of the const of Arabia.
There ho Was rnufront.il by a huge
lion. He Hi. i. up. -ii Hunk upon his
kn.is und prayed to heaven to help
blm. When he arose he fouud to his
Joy that the Hon had turned tall and
ft.il. l'xn arriving home he determined
to commemorate his miraculous escape,
and accordingly left n large mini of
money, the Income of which was to Ik?
devoted to paying for n yearly sermon
oathannnlveraaryofhli encounter with
the king of hctwits. Chicago Ilecord.
Why Porto 111, o Haa r'cw I in., ill.
A compact little Island, an Irregular
parallelogram In shape, It cau Im enslly
governed, and readily made defensible;
while Its sister Isle of Cuba, with It
sc. en hundred mile of length nnd Its
two thousand tulles of coast line, can
not While tho mountain, swamps,
dense forest and bayou of Cuba af
ford secure hldlng-placea for the In
mirgont, with consequent prolongation
of a rebellion, lu I'orto IUco, on the con
trary, the physical features all lend
themselves to the continuation of what
ever system happen to Ik- In power.
In a word, there ure no K.lnts of van
tage whence a rebel against authority
may emerge to annoy bis enemy, no re
treat that are not also accessible to
the SiiiiIhIi soldier. This Is the simple
reason why uprisings have never made
head lu I'orto RiOO, why they uever
will. Many a time the banner has been
riils.il with "Patrla, Justlcla, Lfbectadl
viva Puerto Hico libre!" Inner! bad
thereon, but only to lie trall.il in the
dust at the point of Spanish bayonets,
find those who bore It sent, some to
Africa, some to Im- shot. Century.
The lull's: Irs
The tallest of trees are to Istfound In
the state frct of Victoria, Australia.
They Isdong to the eucalyptus family,
and range from 300 to 500 feet In
height
Indelible lutprtaalona,
"Why don't you wear a button read
ing, 'llomembcr the Maine V H
"I don't noed to; my wife gave me a
blowing up that same day."
Tie- woman who Is frlghten.il half to
death by tbo discharge of a gun I nev
er frightened by her own banga.
SUPPOSE WE SMILE.
HUMOROUS PARAGRAPHS FROM
THE COMIC PAPERS.
Pleasant Incident Occurring the
W or Id Over-Paring that Are Cheer
ful to Old or Vounu-Vunnj felec
lion that Everybody Will I )..,.
Yankee Ineolence.
Ruropeaa Why Is It thai so many of
you Americans come over to see this
country before you have lean your
own
America n Well, the truth I we wnut
0 look over this continent thoroughly
aud tlud out whether we like It or not.
If It suits ns wo may divide to take It.
"... nt the Nation' llulwarh.
"Von act ns If our victories had ro
dounded to yom personal glry-a If
they were due In some way to your own
acts and efforts."
"I want yon to understand that they
are. 1 am not like some people that
might he tin 'iitlon.il. I haw taken a
personal part In this affair. I paid I
feuts lu war taxes the other day."
Ppnlled.
He-1 have n go.il mind to kls you.
She Oh, denr, what made you fooalo
your approach In that way!
What Mluht Have Keen.
"I kuow how the Spaniards might
have given us a hard fight"
-Mow's thatr
"Just think If they had got to point
ing guns ut us that they didn't know
were loaded: Why every Jack of them
Would have klll.il his man."
Mutter of Ulaclpllne.
"I hate to Insist on my husband's
taking me away for tho summer," she
snl.l in tones of sympathy. "It cots a
great deal of money."
"Why do you require It, thetiV" asked
UM mother.
"I've got to keep him In a stuffy ho-
UNPLEASANT
i 4b
First small lwiy I guess he's a circus man.
Rvcond small lsiy He' a going to Jump through 'Is 'at-I'lck Me-Cp.
to) for u few weeks every yenr to nuiko
hltn appreciate the way I keep houso."
iK.trolt Free Tress.
Iter Specialty.
"1 understand that Miss l Cleaver I
a very clever artist"
"Yes; sho 1."
"In what lluo, oil or water coiore,"
".Neither. Mnnlcurlng."
A I'llable OlrL
"That palm-render said I must never
"Good head? She has an lec-crenm
would always want her own way."
"Ixiok at my thumb; eo how Umber
It Is."
r Hellef In Blg-hf.
"There Is one thing ccrtulu."
"What thatr
"When our army get tck from
Cuba the oldest Inhabitant will have to
stop talking about the hot weather ho
has known.
Ill Men nf 1
She- Ho you play whist?
lie-No; I sometimes work nt It
look the Hint,
Ho -Well, did your cook tako tho bint
and lea vet
She I supHWe she took the hint Shu
had already taken everything elso.
The Whole Story.
"Wlwii a man I angry he tell yu
what he think of you."
"Ye, and when a woman Is angry
she tells you what she thinks of you
and what ovorylxxly elso think of
you."
la Free to Kirk.
"Wl.ldle must haw paid up. Have
you iiotlc.il how he has haa sasslng
the landlady lately V"
"No, Wl.ldle has not paid up, but ho
owes more Ibnn bis trunk la worth."
adlannpaUi journal.
llation.
"Isn't he a man of rather luxurious
tastes V" said one girl.
"Ye. I am nfrald he will never
make a soldier," answered the other.
"I'm ure he wouldn't quail at the
enemy' fire."
"No, indeed. Hut I don't ladleve he
could face salt s.rk ni calmly a he
could altetcr." Washington Star.
Why He I Slniile.
llattle -I wonder why your brother
Charley doeaa'l marry?
Klla Oh, he says he can't afford It
H at tie Can't afford It! Why, he and
hla wife could live on "bread and cheeac
and klMc." couldn't they?
Ella-Well, they might; but I gue
Charley hasn't been able to find any
girl willing to provide the necessary
bread aud cbreae.
A Doable Dose.
"Jack, you aeemed worn ont with
Commodore Mlxxentop's reminis
cence." "Well, you ee, be' been In two
war."
lb Only One or Her Kind.
"There's something decidedly orig
inal about that Miss Le Claire, the now
star."
"I that not I hadn't noticed It."
"Then you are not very observing
She doesn't claim that he Isdong tc
on old an. I aristocratic Southern fain-
y."
A Poor Unnlitjr of Olaa t
MIs Tussle -What poor material the
mirror manufacturer have used for
tho last few years! l'osltlvely, tho
looking glasse make one appear al
most plain uowu.biyn! Now York Her
ald. A No ,: I nf Wladnm.
"That fortune teller mild If I paid her
$5 she would reveal to me why I don't
get rich."
"Hid you give It to herr
"Ye, and she told me 1 had a great
weakness for fooling nway money."
Men Are Cowards.
"Talk about the men nt home lielng
patriotic Is all moonshine," said the
iHinrdlng house mlstr,s. "Yesterday
COMMENTS.
when I thought t aurprleo my board1
era by gutting up a dinner that would
thrill thoin with patriotic fervor, th.y
klckul like wild men."
"What did you have?"
"Hardtack, weak coffee nn.l fried
hocon."- Ilifuvdolphln Horn.
A Truthful Yoiiuii Man.
Anna-Jack, denr, was you ever tn
lovo before?
Jack -Ahum. You don't think for a
minute I'd practice on a nice llttlo girl
llko you, I hope.
Nearlug the Urlnk.
Ho (feeling hla wny)-I wish we were
good friends enough for you to to call
mo by my first uamo.
She (helping him alougl-Oh, your
last name Is good enough for me-Now
York Weekly.
Oood at Vtneaee.
"I think we ought to got Maud Into
our whist club."
"Why -has she a good head?"
"(lood head? She ha Han Icecream
lieau for every night In tho week."
Abnormal Knerify,
"Klrby tell me ho walks la
his
sleep."
"How remarkable! He doesn't do
anything but sit around wafla ho la
a wake."
Another rtpa.lUh Joke.
Yeast So the Spaniards at Santiago
have surrendered?
Qrlaaanhaah Yarn I guess whan
Oen. Toral saw the slae of (.on. Shafter
Im. was afraid to have tho enemy fall
on film. -Winkers Statesman.
Tbe Strange Tart ot It.
Mrs. Wedderly Yes, my husbuml
and I met and tiecame eugng.il at tho
Seaside.
Mr. Van Laub Dear mo. how sin
gular!
Mm. W.ilderly I don't o nuythluii
so remarkable alsiut It Young folk
are always gelling etigiig.il at the sea
side. Mrs. Van I .. ut I know, but you
Mam to have subsequently got uiarrl.il
to each other.
Tim Cuban Machete).
Much has liocn said of the terrible
machete, a deadly weapon Indeed hi the
bauds of a d. -p. nn.- man, and when
Usui agalust a defenseless person. Tin.
machete was never In landed for a
weuiHin of w arfnro, It Is nn Instrument
of husbandry carried by tbe Cuban
peasant lu times of pence, and Is bis
oue familiar dally companion. It cuts!
his flrc-wood, aids him In building bis
hut, hews his path through the nun. I
gua, and crfortns many other nflgnp,
The machete Is a straight, heavy blade
about two feet long, with n wooden or
bone handle, having no guard; conse
quently It Is utterly unaulted aa a
weapon to be used lu u conflict with an
armed man. The Cuban, of course, by
r. ns. .n of bis long familiarity with tho
Instrument, Is all adept in Its use, and
It effect upou a group of unarmed
workmen I truly terrible. It la In the
foray against the defenseless and un
armed that the most serious work of
the machete ha been done In the Island
of Cuba. Century.
Tbe quiet action of tbe little wasp la
reapoualble for many loud words.
"uiner, more than aught elao In