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BANDON RKCORDKR. Sli Frluhtencd Moil. An Incident at tho i'ortc St. Martin theater In I'arU has become, part ot the annals of the show business. The chief feature of the exhibition was a "turn" couslstlng of the casting of a young woman securely bound Into a cago of lions heralded as being tho fiercest and most bloodthirsty of man caters. Tuo woman who lind tho part of tho victim was taken III, and n substitute was found In tho wlfo of one of thu trainers, herself a trainer of sotno ex perience, but without any acquaintance with these particular six Hons. As bIiq was somewhat nervous sho carried n email club ready for uso should ccca elon nrlse. Amid tho breathless silence of the spectators thu clngmastcr, explained tho ferocious naturo of tho Hons and tho terrlblo risk of tho woman, and sho was thrust In at the cago door. In the excitement of tho occasion the door was not securely thut after her. No sooner wns sho fnlrly Inside than tho six monarchs of, thoj Jungle, .seeing mm n sirango person nan neon rorccu upon them, raised a chorus of shudder lug terror, bolted for tho cugo door, clawed It open nnd with dragging tails ami cringing flanks lied out through n rear entrance nnd found refuge In a cellar, whence they were dislodged on ly after great dllllculty. It was a week heforo tho "ferocious man enters" were sulllclcutly recover cd from their terrors to reappear In public McCluru's Magazine. A Splrmlltl II I ii IT. Blr Walter llesnnt Is said to have once settled n disputed cab faro In a novel manner. lie drove from I'lcca dllly to some place In the suburbs out side tho radius. On getting down bo tendered to tho driver three shillings and sixpence, which was n little over the proper fan1. The man, however, wanted live shillings, llesnnt refused, "I'd like to tight you for It," said the driver. "Tho very thing," said llesnnt, who had never In his life put on n boxing glove nnd was almost as Ignorant as l'lck wick even of the lighting attitude "The very thing!, Capital! We'll have tho light In the bncl. garden, My brother will look on. hold the Btnkes and see fulrl" Tho cahuinn got down slowly, ns If he did not iillto cure about It lifter nil, Ho followed Into the gin-den, where thero wns n lovely bit of green tut f. llesnnt placed tho live shillings In IiIh friend's hnud, took off his emit and wnlstcoat nnd rolled up Ids slcevos- nll with nn air of cheerful alacrity. "Sow, my friend," said he. "I nm rendy as soon ns you are." Ills nnxlety wns great, but It decreased as he wntched the cabman's fnee express successively nil the emotions of bounce surprise, doubt, hesitation and abject cowardlcu. "No, no," lio suld at last. . "(limine tho three mid six. I know your tricks, both of you. I've been doiiu this way before. Ilrnkrii'nt (he Wheel. lu the diary of that remarkable man General l';i trick liordou, who left Scot laud In llk'il n poof, Unfriended wnn derer and when ho died lu HV.Hl had his eyes closed by thu nffcctlounto hands of his sorrowing master, the czar IVter the Grout, the following entry Is to be found, under dute uf Hamburg. March 22, 1US0: - "This day, a uinn nnd a woman, n burger of the towne being the womaiis master, for miirthcrliig, were carted from tho pristine to tho house where tho murder wnj) commuted; nnd there neroro mis innisc, wtii-none. pinners, tho llesh wns torren out uf their urines, nnd from thence were carted to the place of Justice without the towne. and thero broken and htyed on wheels." An Instance, 50. yjjars Inter than those quoted at toe last reference is record ed In tho "Correspondence of Mr. Jo soph Jekyll" (Murray. ISP I), lu April. 17".'), from tho balcony of his lodgings at Or lc a n.i, Jekyll saw a criminal bro ken on the wheel. In n letter to his father (p. 13) ho enters minutely Into tho sickening details, adding that "the crime of tho unfortunate creature wits burglary, us wo learnt from his sen teuco, which Is posted up at every cor ner of tho streets." Notes nnd Queries. Itnatlahmrn In Amrlrn. Among Iuigllsiuuen wlio come to America a llrltlsh author, Mr. Vneliell, enumerates "tho parson's sou. the for tuuo hunter, tho moral Idiot, the re mittance uinn and the sportsman." It Is a clever and comprchcushe catalogue, hut It omits one uf the tjpes most Interesting to Americans the Ir responsible "younger son" sent to "tho States" to seek u fortune ho has never been able to tltnl at homo or to atokl a maturing crop of wild oats. New York Herald. Curd. Harry Uncle George, at the end of this mnrrhtgo notice of Cousin Tom's It says, "No curds." What does that mean? Undo George It doesn't moan any thing, Harry. That Is to say, It Is only a blind. It 1 a promise that Tow will glvo up cards, but, bless jou, ho won't bo a month married before he'll bo back to tho pokor table tigaln. 1! change. The fo I nt of IIU WnniliiK. "You ain't acquainted arouud hero much, bo your asked the mountaineer of tho man on horseUick. "No." "I reckoned not 1 dou't believe I'd go dowu tho trail that runs past Abe Gore's shack If 1 wall you. Abo had his boss Hole hut week." "Hut this Uu't his horse." "You dou't 'seven to understand. I nlu't accusln you of stvalln his boss. I'm simply Inilllistrn' to you that nt present Abe happen to.Jie 111, ty-cd of a boss purty had I wuuhm'l go dowu tliat road If I was you."-ludktuapotn Bun. About a mile smith of the Michigan statu line and mr Cedar lake. Indiana, Is a small spot of laud uku which vegetation absolutely refutes to grow. The surrouudlng.sl. (bough apparent ly the same,- U ery ptoductho. The Iot Is less thau SO fret In dlauieter aud Is located lu a grove which trn dltlou declares to have Iwn the tor turo ground f tb H-awWue Indians. ! : j Polly Larkiru You frequently hear It wild In regard to (lie army of unemployed men that vwigrcgntu In cvtiry huge clly, "Why, tho-e men would not work If employ ment were given them: their plea for work Is only u pretcnc." Yet semes of men stand nrotlud the eiiiploymeiit olllccs every day, wondering what the pro-poets a ro for work and hoping Hint the day will bring forth a change in the situation of Idleness to them to one of prolltiihle employment. I'olly see ciowdsof these- men every day nniimil the employment olllccs waiting pu tleiitly for something (u turn up. Some of them look like they bad seen far liet Icr days Mini tho region of nn employ ment olllco wns new to tlniii. Some look einhlttered, for they have met with hi many dlstipixiintmeiits from day to day. Others seem Indlllerent mid Htnnil laughing mid ehiittiug In n hiippy-girlucky sort of way us though tbev knew Iho tlile would turn some ihiv and create a new em lu their aU'alrs. Thero may lie n few among tho-o who gather urotllid thoe lutein geiiee olllccs who do not want work and would not accept It If It wcrenllonsl tliein, but they lire the exception ami not the rule. It always makes roily feel that there should be a law in the land demanding that employment lie given the unemployed. Hilt there Is another phno of the mutter to be looked Into, and that Is the question of wage-. Many of those men coiihgct work, but not at their own figures. They would scorn to accept a dollar or n dollar mid a half a day, demanding two mid a half mid three dollars, which the em ployers many times are unable to give, mid they will face jsiverty mid light It out until the lucky day come when they can get what they demand rather than take what they can get until something better turns up. Many of them hnve families In support, mid the result Is that little children who should Ik' in the sehisilrooiii are helping to eke out the bare cxNtenco for the fam ily by working for a few dimes per day In the factories. 1 1 would surprise you to see the nuni- Itor of little children pouring out of the various factories at the noon hour and lit 5;:tll mid (1 o'clock on their homeward way, tired mid old In-fore their time but nil seemingly happy and limiting mid laughing as they disappear in groups of twos, three and lives and sometimes a whole bevy of them, going lu tho Minie direction. Sum1 are work ing lu cracker and biscuit factories sorting ami packing them; others are tn the hils'ling-room. The various can Holies, shoe, shut mid overall factories employ thelrscolisofglrls, Minieof them woo tots that look ns though they had been stunted In their Infancy. They don't earn large wages, many of them only thirty, forty mid llfty cents n day, but they bring the old adage Into play, "Is'ggars should not K' choosers," mid go Into the factories happy III adding their mite for the ncccMtrlcn of home, for HimelHidy must work to put bread into the hungry little mouth. It puts one to thinking when the whttlc blow at closing time and the disus swing tivii liiiet tliostrcuiii of Immunity pour forth. From the oldest to the youngest, with hut few exception-, they don't look unhappy or discontented, but as If they knew the philosophy of true living and were making the IxM out of their station In life. 1'he law mklng education oompiil wiry lu this State Is u good one mid hould Wi pa-weil. It would make a vat change In those factories, lor tho rafts of children that dally Miur Into their doors from Monday morning un til Saturday night would then tile into tho schoolroom In -answer to the Ml and reeeive the education that Is due them and which the coming either should swmm. The day has pii-ved when Ignorance Is exciisible, for with our Ut(Mluto publie schools there hould Is' no exeu-e and ignorance sIkhiIiI Is' hsikisl iiimui us a erline. When that day conn It will crouton hew era In the fuctorhw, for the u-l-t- siKH' tliey deKnd upon from theM-lnsil ehlldleli will Is' wltlldmwu slid It will make pluew- for men now idle. Hut tptlng buck to the unemployed niwi. I'olly saw something a few duvs sIihv that showed a spirit to 1st com mended by all fair and right-minded sipf. I stiw a iiuiiiIht of those un employed men, enough of them to till a g(ssl-sl4sl ear, going north to work on the Northwestern Hallway. I'jieh our had ht roll of blanketf or a vnltW, and sts'imsl a tightdictirtod nnd happy a a lot of sehoollmys oil' for a summer's Jaunt. If they had known of the pic turesque irt of the country they were going to, tilled with its tmiutlful ean yons, mountains mid alleys, and eov eixsl with verdure, uildlloweis, ferns mid niagnilhs'iit tretwlikit the hand of man never planted, they would, If potssUiic, have Isvn more elated than they were. This eMen-km Is opening up vat rsHHitt to this Umullful tlou (if eountry, and alrondy summer riouruerM ami etiuiH'r are watching it Hit a Jealous eye for future hsppv evetlt when they ent dull core to the four winds and deimrt for this already fnvoml svtlon of the California North- wer-tern Hallway which Is so luteixs-l- lug to summer visitors lu gHvliig them many plain, for a summer and full diitlng and et hi lu toneli with Sail Prumisco that Uislns nivii cnu wikty If not all, a isnlkm of the on tings with their famllitto. Another thing they consider as well (s the uuiumuos trout stream ttvmlng with the shvUs! Utiutlcti thai haw tsvu stmkisl and restooked from the California Xorth western Hallway Ki.h Hatchery. I'olly was glad to see that the jirefer eiico was given to white men on this road instead of tho little brow n man or Japs that are causing so much trouble on other lines, to the extent Hint indlg' limit citizens are plotting together and driving the little brown man out of their territory. Work should be given white men whenever poible, for they are the voters of our country and abide by Its laws. They build their homes here, educate their children and spend their money in their own vicinity Uvery dollar paid out to them is sisin put In circulation again. Not so with the Japanese. They live on as little as ssilhle, hoard every dime mid live In anticipation of the time when (hey can return to their own native hind, the home of the chrysanthemum. Not dime is wasted; lu fact they deny them wives all luxuries, saving overy cent until tho happy day comes that they can set fisit en their own native soil carrying with them the provisos of their work in the land of the (lolden Chile. You caiiliot blame the cltlelis of this State for rising up In liidlgna tlou when n "iiiall army of thie little biowuies are set down hi their mid and they are told their services me no longer required. The men who em ploy them would do likewise under the same circumstances, so would you reader, mid mi would I'olly. BRIEF REVIEW. An Inlrrnatlonal Signal Code. On January 1st every vesel In the world was provided with u new set of ling signals of the International code The old code hud la-en In ue by marl time nations for forty years, but had outgrown Its usefulness. The changes made lu it are the additions of the vow els a, e, I, o and u and the letters x, y and ., giving twentyeven characters lu place of tho nineteen u-od formerly With the nineteen there were po-ibIe some !Sl,(SK) combinations, giving uu ispial iiihiiUt of sentences; now there are more than lOO,!) combinations, and it will Iks possible for vessels to con ver-e on almost any topic as long as the Hags can U1 distinguished, l-'roui the Nt of lanuary, llsil, until the Nt of January lltOJ, It will le permissible for ships to Use the new or old code as they please, Vessel using the new code will denote their doing so by hoisting the code pen limit with the II y tied to the halyards, having ulsive it a black ball or a shape resembling a ball, l'rom the Nt of January, llstj, the new code only will Used, and Its distinguishing sigi thenceforward will lie the eode pennant hoisted in the ordinary way. Boston Historical Society. The Massachusetts Historical Society of Ilostoii Is most fortunate in its library and large collection of historical mauil crliit.s ii i kiii the revolutionary mid colonial linns.. Dr. S. A. (liven, the librarian, Is one of the ablest of an tiquaries. Tlie society has erected a large building to W n-tnl by It exelu ively. Ill 1MI the society celebrated the centennial of its incorporation. It embraces in membership the leading historical st mien Is of that State. The society has N-en, through its publico Hons, of large assistance to the variou- patriotic organisations throughout the nation. There N scarcely a locality or family in New Kuglmid u(Kin which the society has not already eontribubsl literature. It is the oldi-st historical organltatiou lu Aiuerieu and its work has only just begun. New I'higlaudeiN the world overtake much pride lu the service It has rendered in orietuuting the meiiiorlesand heroi-ni of the found- ers of their native State. Charles I'niu els Adanis I- the president. Great Uritaln't Unique Colony. In Mime rvieeU New Anlalid is the mist advaiutsl of any llrltlsh colony. Its climate ! absolutely H'rftvt, itssi- ulatiou hardy and devoted to the laud of their adoption, and Its rouree are most fruitful and already highly devel oped, the workliigman Is supreme then, and It is the lssl of the islands they do not contain a millionaire. To New Xealand Isiongs the credit of hav lug establlalusl fnilichlM' for its women and pi'ii-loiis for Its old people, and It has show ii a (,-eueml cKiiity for man- aging Its o a atl'alrs far in advance of any community of lu age. The Maoris Hre ileereuvliiK in nuniN'r-, and, al though they have made an ell'ort to adopt civllUatkui, it I- not tilWsl to their teuiieniinent. The city autliorltle-. of St. Petersburg I line iMilvel to mis1 a Iohii of jli,- ii,im for tho Hirpos of rvpHlrtiiK hid I improving tho Uillillinr-, itrtvU, quay-, bridge and iveiuei.ts of the city by IiaW, when the two-hundredth aiinl ersry of tho fouudlug of St. I'eters--ts.irg will Ihi eeletimled. The imvetnent lu front of William II. VanderWIt's residence in New Xarti city eiist over J UM The single stone lying (llroetly lu front U the largest know u pnviug stone, and i sold u have c-t, tra tit. pot tntkMi and all, $IO,U. lC.eeptlnggraH wine, theokle-l alco holic Iwerage know n to uuui t sake, a riiv wine. It bus Nvu ued by Japan ese for over $ ear. ilie nmuufticiiin' aint vita of deJW lu 1Cmimk .csl pr year. On tinu lu IVirls tnru out 4i0 doits a doy. Hullliksip ar fouud at the i wight of 12,lM reot on the Afrioaii luouutnlli Klllina NJaro. A rour-fcoi viu of graph ile uii Wu dlsoovwxsl in hlaho. Cniuidu Imy ! exhibit. at the l'tirfc. Inhibition. HIS FIRST RECOGNITION. Tlir Tiirnlnu Point In " Career of .Niilliiuilcl lliuilliorii'-. The first reading of "The Scarlet Letter" has been told In T. W. Hlg gluson's book of cssar?, "Contempo rnties." The rending was given to the author's dearest critic, his wife During the entire winter when ho wns nt work upon the hook he seemed op pressed by some secret anxiety. "There was a knot In his forehead ill the time," said Mrs. Hawthorne. finally one evening bo went to her nnd snld that he had written something which he would like to rend aloud The work amounted to very little, but still he would like to read It. All that evening he rend, but as the romnnce wns unfinished nt bedtime his wife made no comments, knowing that he disliked criticism until ono had heard the whole. The next night he read again, nnd now her suspense grew so unendurable that In the midst of n moving sceno she sank from her low stool to tho floor, pressed her bauds to her cars aud declared that she could uot bear to hear It. Hawthorne put down the manuscript and looked at her In aiuazoment. "Do you really feci It so much?" ho nsked. "Then there must be something In It." The next day the manuscript was de llvered to the publisher, and on the following morning Mr. James T. I-elds, the publisher, appeared at the author's door. When he wns admitted, bo caught the little boy of the family In his arms and nsked, "You splendid little fellow, do you know what a father you have? He had sat up all night to read the manuscript nnd had posted out to Salem In the early morning. After his Interview with tho publisher Haw thorne came down stairs with a firm step and walked about, his face lllu mined by new hope nnd vigor. The world bad found him out. Kecognltlwii was nt the door. FRANCE THE TEUTONIC. I'nrl uf (lit- Hr-puliUc Are nn Mupli (it-muni nn (lie I'Htlierlniiil. The northern third of franco nnd half of Helium are today more Teu tonic than the south of Germany. This should not occasion surprise when we remember the Incessant downpour of Teutonic tribes during the whole his toric period. It was a constant pro- cession of Goths from all points of tho compass Trunks, Hurguudliius and others. Trance was entirely overrun by the Franks, with the exception of Hrlttauy, by the middle of the sixth century. All through the middle ages this part of Franco wns German lu language and customs ns well. The very name of the country Is Teutonic. It has the same origin as Traucoiiln, In southern Germany. In S12 the council of Tours, nwny down south, ordained that every bishop should preach both In the Ho manic and the Teutonic languages. The Franks reserved their German speech -10 years after the conquest Chnrlemngne wns a German. His courtiers were nil Germans, lie lived and governed from outside the limits of modern France. The Abbe Slcycs uttered an ethnological truism when, In the course of the French revolution, he cried out against the French aris tocracy, "Let us send them back to their German marshes whence they came: Loudon press. Tlie Sertoli! I'mlileni In Mevleu. "You foreigners," says a Mexican woman quoted by a correspondent of the Boston Transcript, "are so llly with servants. Yon come here and ex claim, 'How awfully tin- Mexicans treat their servants!' and then you give them Iron beds nnd mattresses stuffed with wool, where with us they have to He down to sleep on their straw mats, as Is liest for them. You think It nice to give them riM.ons for their hair nnd nock, and some' of you pu' the women In corsets and make them wear cups nnd aprons! This turns the bends of the young women, nnd they think they are real seuoras (ladles) and grow Impudent. That Is how you spoil our servants, who, when they get angry with us, talk up loudly ami say they will go and lle lu a foreign family! Ah. you foreigners are so shortsighted. Soon you will see bow there are no more good, loyal, old fash ioned servants.' You K-t a race which ueeds tlruinivs nnd discipline, real kindness, uot pampering." The V ( Win siri-nuth. The Iiouiaus won their empire by at- tacking their enemies oue by one. He sides this, they did not attack a new eueruy until they bad conquered the old enemy They went farther still aud like the TuglNh In eunquerlug In dia used their late enemies, and this Is what we should do lu learning aud practicing games and athletics. It Is of little use lo try to couquer the whole empire at once First couquer a im nnd make It your ow-u Tueu itftHvetl to a second part aud conquer that; aud. If you enu, let the parts which you have already conquer 1 help you to conquer fresh parts. liuctace H. Mills lu Saturday Kvetilug Cost 'I lir (-ouulrrfrll Hill. The average counterfeit bill shows better woik .u ibe rignt b;ud tide tban ou tbe U-ft More care Is taken to wake tbe work accurate, because uu- less a man m left handfd It N cutom ary lu counting a pile of bills to bold the k'ft cu.l. down aud turn up only the right eiuU. Tbe assluul lu Uu city bauks now- reverses the process and turus the bills with bk left band s II. Ii. What's vk in siaVs on you all's fore head T' ask.s.1 Mr Knutue Hnkk "My wife iloue drum item." answer ed Mr. Smmkius Colllbower "Di' W stylUbes' k'u" o' dtt-oratti'iis Dew's uoker dot."- WaskiuccuM Star Ah otth-Ul return, made ns the result of stAteuieut respecting the French ar tsy resr e. shows a doflefetttcy la the roerte Infantry aloue f ",SW lieuten ant and ublieultiHNl and fc cap in. OU tiOM pawnbroker In New York ire to meet iorreased ctmnMttlo from tue Provident 1.04 which was a fH scheme of the late Oanmodore Yasderbiu . third branch f th soci ety U about to tie owMil. tab time In the Teudt-i l. iu district, richest of all fields fort!., .anulTokcr. BITTEN J V A NEVJ LLO ONE OF THE TERRORS OF LIFE ON THE ISTHMUS OF TEHUANTEPEC, .1 Lltard Prom Whose Ueaill)- PoUon Onl One .Man In Known lo U Heeotercit-Tlie Treatment Which Smeil film Prom Dentil. "I guess 1 am tbe only living man ii,. I,,. iir.,.n iiitten be the nevlllo, n vnnnmnliq lizard of tlie isthmus of Tehuantepcc." snld William W. Cloon, a New Yorker with Ccutral American "This lizard Is of the Gila monster family nnd Is a horrid looking reptile of a mottled liver coior mm u frntii si to ten Inches long Its bite Is deadly, nud. ns I said, I am the only iwrsiin Liiown who has lived after he lm? bitten. It wns n ease of nip and tuck, though, aud I didn't get over It for two months or more. "The brute bit me out of pine malice, rvis i u-nsti-i ilnlni? a thlnir to It. 1 had n eorfee nl.mtatlon down on the Isth mus several years ago and Just be fore the hot season began, which was In March. 1 luid as my guest Dr. l er gus MncDonnld of the Sinlthsonl.ni Institution, who was lu that country In the Interest of science. While ho was with me we received an Invitation to visit the great plantation of Dr. l'edro Argulllci. one of the most prominent men of that country, and we went to his hacienda near Mlnltitlan. The Indies of the family bad nil gone to Mexico City, and as the weather wns hot we men loafed around In our py jamas, the upper garment of which Is n big sleeved ulTiilr called a cauiKa. "One day Dr. MncDonnld nnd I had adjourned to the patio or court of the building, and while I lay lu the gra talking to him he was busy greasing and putting Into shape his gnus and revolvers. He was six or eight feet awnv from me. and I was lying with my bend propped up on my arm, from which the sleeve had slipped, leaving It exposed to the elbow, which rested on the grnss. Of course neither of us was thinking nbout reptiles or other dan gers right there In the court of the building. Suddenly, as I talked, the doctor threw his hand up In warning and 1 knew Unit whatever It wns he saw there was danger lu my movlug, nnd 1 must keep still. So I kept as steady us I could, nnd then I felt some thing go up my arm toward my heiul mid stop near my wrist. "1 couldn't see what It was. but I knew something about ttopleul reptiles and I kept perfectly quiet while the doctor caught up one of his revolvers and threw a couple of cartridges luto It. lie alined neioss my body nud tired. and as 1 Jumped to my feet a uevillo at least seven Inches long fell writhing to the ground, shot through the head. The bullet bad gone on Into my a nil and came out nt the elbow and I was bleeding. Hetween the bullet maths. though, weie the fang marks where the nevlllo had stuck Its 'eoth Into my arm. and I told the doctor I thought it hud got me. As soon ns ho saw It he gave me some kind of a hypodermic Injec tion lu the left leg, the right arm hav ing been bitten, aud nt once took his knife and slashed me across the fntig nm ks. Into the wounds of my arm he poured a bottle of concentrated ammonia. Almost Instantly after I had beeu bitten I begun to grow dlzzv and to see what seemed to me to be clouds of llfht smoke, and when the ammonia stiucl; me I keeled over In a dead faint. "live dny later 1 awoke lu a mud bath by the rlierslde. my body twice Its normal s..e mid my tongue sticking out of my mouth. They had carried me there as soon as I fainted, mid night aud dny my guide and his daugh tor had be-u watching by me, with tires nt night to keep off the animals from the Jungle. Uvery Vi hours my arm was lifted from the mud and cleansed, nud on these oocnslotis It was nlwnys found to be of a green color As soon as I returned to consciousness I was carried to the house and put to bed, and there for two weeks I re mained ami then went down to the const nml up to the well known hot springs, where I wns treated for two months until every bit of the veuom had left my body. During It all I suf fered no pain, uor have I ever felt tbe slightest Inconvenience since. What effect the bullet wouud lu tbe arm bad I dou't know. Possibly tbe blood that came from the bullet wounds saved mo. Anyhow something happened that never hapiieued lo auy other persou bitten by n nevlllo. or I wouldu't be here to tell the story." Mr. Cloou bared bis arm for tho ben eflt of tbe listeners, and If su arm ever looked as If It had beeu through a hard campaign that oue did. It was scarred as If burnt with hot Irons aud covered ri-om tbe elbow down with all kinds of isecullarly shaped mottled snots of about the same color as tbe llanrd.- .ew lork buu I.oeoteil (lie flU., A tittle 1-year-old was taken on n visit to graudmamua lu tbe country There for tbe flrst time be bad a view of a cow. lie would stand and look on while tbe man milked and ak all man ner of questions lu this way be learn ed that tbe long crooked bium-he- on the cow s bead were bonis. Now the little fellow knew of only one klud of horn, and a few days after oloa uinL- this luforiiiitilou. bearing a strange klud of belkwlug noise Id tbe yard, lie urn out to ascertalu Its cause In a few minutes be returned with wonder an.l delight deplete) on tiW countenance. , claiming: "Muiuiua. mamma! lib ,,. coiue out here! The cow's blowing her bora!"-Uxcbaup I niteHilit 'liiiinion, fitly Husband isuarllngi Vou mar tied n for better or worse, didn't rout ii-, ... . - . .. . - - . iiue metiiaiiugiyi-ies. but I sui . poaew i would rae mmu varieij - Detroit Free Pre, In St. Helena there are 4-vndani. vi cvKHvu aieo woo were urouKbl tw the fcteod IV) year tu Tbej art a black as their tllataut couslu oo the coait of CulorH. The Brt tewon for hoy to uarc in savins hi money U to rltt th hints of hU sister every time be earns a dollar - Ate Ukson Globe If nil the cabs In Undo were plac ed lu a Hue there wvukl lie a total leugtb of U utiles. FUNNY SPECTACLES. The Impromptu lto,r. Thai Occur I., r "". ft, l,e Sirred 01 i nn.. you ever see a street fight In unl.l i.n..v nsked an artist who had Into- y returned from Paris. "They are - ...t.ir.lna. I saw one once while .in tin. Hal Hulller nt midnight Two little I'rcnchuien walked along In front of me, engaged lu convers.u.u.. . imic t-ronchmnn ran up on tip Itnlilnd Romewherc nnd kicked tbe taller of the talkers hetween the shoulder blades. He went uowu .. n cry, turned a somersault Into the gut tor nml lav there. "And instautly-how, I don't know that street was full of hundreds of lit tle Frenchmen, lighting and chattering nnd screeching. They didn't use their fists Tbev slapped, scratched, pulled nml hair aud. above nil, L-ieL-nii-klcked In the high French m.nnr not I.tihIIiil' where we Ameri cans land, but getting home on the fnce nnd neck and ou the lacK ui tween the shoulders. For live minutes there was pandemonium, and then ns suddenly ns It bad begun the urnw was over and the boulevard was still again. "Hut afterward lu all the boulevard reifnn run found torn and bleeding Frenchmen, who leaned back limply In their chairs while their little ladyloves wiped daintily with their skirts the blood stains from the faces of those heroic scrappers. The little ladles wept and murmured sweet, consoling things; the little men seemed In the depth of despnlr; but It wasn't long before little drinks were ordered and little cign rettcs lighted and everybody was gay and happy again." - Philadelphia llecord. Won hjr n Demi Mnn, A valuable cup was won lu n bi cycle race In Australia by n man who wns dead when he passed the winning post The race toot; place at an "elec tric light carnival," so called, In the presence of 10.030 spectators. In the last lap .lames Souiervllle, a rider, forged to the front and secured such a lend that his letory wa assured. When within L." yards of the flulsb he wns seen to relax his hold on the handle bars and lose his footing on tbe pedals. He did not fall from the ma chine, however, and amid frnntlc cheers dashed by the goal, winning the race by hnlf a wheel. As he pass ed the finishing post he pitched for ward ami fell to the ground. When he was picked up he was found to be dead. and. what Is more, the doctors declared that death had come to him when he wns seen to lose his hold on the haudle bars. It wns n dead body that had rlddeu the last 2.' yards of the race. The Parma and thr Skipper. An old globe clreler says thnt in going around tbe world there Is scarce ly one traveler In a hundred who re members thnt In going from east to w est a day Is gained and that In going f i out west to east a day Is lost. Many of those who come Into contact with this truth knew all about It when they were nt school, but never thluk of It on the high seas. In Illustration of tbe point he tells this story: "My tlrst trip around the world was from Kngland to Australia. Out lu the middle of the Pacific a sign was put announcing that tlw date was Thursday, July 17. This was all right, but the next day the same sign was put up again. This wns an oppor tunity for those of us who thought wc were real wise to show the ship's otllcers -.hot they were not Infallible. After we had expended our choicest sarcasm and had beeu rebuffed by va rious otllcers the captain set u straight. "On my way hack one day the card went up announcing that It was Satur day. Aug. 1.1. The next day the sign said Monday. Aug. 15. Two ministers on board thought tho captain a some what profatie old salt, who had skip ped a dny to avoid the religious serv ices which they had prepared. He convinced them that It was a mere coincidence that on that particular date the lost day was Sunday. Since then I have never attempted to teach the ship's navigator his business, and he can skip a century If he wishes without my saying a word."-Hult. more Sua. A Kenil Pnce In the Window. Crockford. the proprietor of a well known Inulon gambling house, was made to play a queer role after he was dead. When one of Crockford's horses was polsoued Just before the Derby, tbe misfortune brouirht ou an nttnX of apoplexy, which proved fatal with in -is hours. Now, many of Crock ford's friends had staked larze sums on anotb-r of tbe gambler's horses, which was a favorite fur the (mi.- .,,i which was disqualified bv the .!..nii, or the owner, ouly the people In the i-KMiuiiBK uouse knew of Crockford death, nud It was resolved to keen It n secret until after the race. the servants were bribed and sworn to secrecy, and tin ,.nrnni..,.., the day after the night upou which Crockford died had tbe body placed lu a chair at a window, so that leoplo re turulug from the track cnuhj M.t. u. gambler sitting there. He was fixed up to look as lifelike as possible and through the window and isirtiallv con cealed from view by the curtains look ed so natural that no one of the great crowd which came cheering bv the i.U5,w. ,vhw S tMr ri,urn fro,u ' tog Crockford's horse win the Oaks suspected the trick. The next day It was announced that Crockford was dead, but It was years before the true story leaked out. Had a Good Start. Two colored men oo n i ,t i sir,.! (So r - ... -Ii. ,. ' ""sraiuiatiB6 oue an '. , . , o talk was wedded ' '"'"'J Mr. JohnS., v n.anr said i!Lrr j;ir "JIW" re "Did you all get a good start r bam was apiwreutly very anxious Ke'ur,toB --" "Well. I should sir i ,0,1 . Everybod, who btarJ was satine.i ss, .. "mark ,rt-v uVu nu'f SPOILED DY WEALTHr trt'I days. An fie R-lnter tn' de UUncs of U . Pe done uve up mr tnonejr. dii hm ptyjj "Vj t Lin itaht tn now an nalsl hi.. i I'm done mr honti" duly toh dtie ulckVj An now Pie ewlnter ctter 'em hf, .!,,.$ c krn van sips w!d nn. ... . . I X.(. high ole times, "N! V0I1 unclc'i got dollar in a hall j fie feclln Jis' as haughty aa a Vaadwi day, -J An he doen have to worry 'hout no h3 He nebber top to notice, as he itrpil Dom common tpohts wll ttn ot titatoxjT Ht-a de pride ot foggy Dottom an a tS.sC Drie joungaVra, why, dey iBp7 to all alan back an cl'ah de track ,vfR act de pace Voh uncle 1l 1 dollar an a hall, . Til: W'aaUnjtnjClry dojfs TRICKS OF BARNSTORMtbefoi Iras llnar They Are Soniellinea Con,-. fUii to Help One Another Oat Ji.ZT "One of tho old slang phraael(nfnii stage," said Muggles, who used tfumli n good uctor, "was 'to pon?.' niiJT: means, or used to mean, uslnj JSlle own language that Is, playing l0TO without cues of tho proper Itowlobn lying only upou a knowledge d'sliT?? play to carry you through. Yetuti? ou the road there used to be sotwiguji ly ludicrous situations In conseicrih of n new play being produced ; were hurry. The stage manager, hmcnilc had a wonderful genius for patfrto up a hitch. When circumstance! IpirTt necessary, he would sometimes loauj front sceue and tell the low cooi'Ue' and chambermaid to go on ana iiiTfl' It up," and while they did so hewftln orrange how tho play had to btVVh tlutied. leigli "Of course, actors are espwious'i help ono another out of a (lieTjii hut at times old grudges were pjeiitc Tor Instance, I remember on oLjrcnt caslou a letter hnd to be read titrat scene. Uufortunately this letter nij not bo fouud, so n 'dummy'-uJAUi a blank sheet wns sent ou the I'j'roii " 'Say, dad,' said the nctor wtcSS to read tho letter, seelug It uaOJ 'here's a letter for you. You bilheyj ter read It yourself, as I am nfcrai contains good news.' 39 "Hut 'dad' tumbled to the owljjS" and replied: 'So, Tom, you rei'fp,", I've mislaid my spectacles.' " 'Illess me,' said Tom, 'It Is wt!Jr so badly I can't mako out a wordhbTj; Here, Nelly, you read It.' Jj "The unsuspecting Nelly taVei, letter, nud seeing It blank sajiiwi, father had better read It. lie nfjjfp, able to make It out better. I'll pfgjj fetch your spectacles. 1 know t)fnTi they arc.' And off she goes. s "The old man Is agalu equal ii-JUg occasion and calls out to her: mli mind bringing them, Nelly. I'll f 1,'ilTl nnd get them.' Then he wallicd offifij the stngo manager had to rean?ojji the scene. na, "Yes, sir; there's a lot Id thigKa atrlcal business you outsiders dream of." New York Times, oiiu (Ui' She Declined. 'eel Tew American youths have casjrj' made for them. Those who deJri this fact and shun the stings ofibeli effort may find tonic In the reply 1 western girl to an offer of mania?. ;1 A young tnnn of more book Ii Ing than force of character lost young wife who had tolled to hi him, returned to his native totR consolation and fluid It. Some later she, too, passed away, and sad youth soou appealed to a V known clergyman for asslstanctR! Iluillng a helpmate. CJ The minister Introduced him tM western girl of health and eae4 ) r who the next day received a plalj nnlo frnm tlm ivlilnivnr ITa iWll j that the Lord had made great lanJ upon his marital affections, nndltii seemed to be his will that she ' repair the breaches of his life. The reply, which the clcrfraj keeps today as eno of the cbow specimens of n varied collection, wl . 1 1 . a "Mend your own breeches." Tefjp Companion. oTn- tej Trj lnit to Slnke Forty Durtt; Here Is a hard luck story aprcpoty,. efforts to make a little sum In fijjjl street: A young man started wltafjjnj and ran It up to $9,000, or $40 less crgj an even $10,000. The desire to mr out the $10,000 goaded him on jJSI said to his broker, "If I can niatetjSj, additional $10 on a quick turn I "Yh draw out my $10,000 nud Invest U.uy real estate." It was a strong bullteij ket, hut things nppeared sky ulgMiiji he picked out an active stock to Saw short. I think he landed ou T. ft Mali I., which had a phenomenal rise iHi was due to drop anywhere from l'out 50 points. He sold 100 shares atPml Intending to close It out at W. ttu Instead of going down the bluglt thing soared to l"iL At everj tl'oot points' gain he sold another 100 Kwc he was carrying all he could tote. Gil 2-1 hours ho lost nearly every cemhec bad taken him three months to toSot With what little he had left be bocfiln T. 1. ou the recesslou to 110, frleniiort the Hanover National bank assg'tO' him that It was going to 150. Tiie came the tlroworks aud the fnaTii? Tbe bottom fell out of the specUtlca and young Dr. Kuownll found nls"! $15,000 In debt. Ho hnsn't bw l Wall street slnce.-New York rrea-aj? A HIihiiim1- of l.oyr, ta'c Only we two alone, engaged In brtP" Ing about for ourselves the still Pi0 er solitude of two luto one. Oh. ji loved, what a company that lW ' Take me lu your arms, fasten mSJ your heart, breathe on me. Pen;1! either breath or tbe light of W nm yours equally, to live or d!e your word, l shut my eyes to Wy your kisses falling on me like tib-r still more like tuushlne yet most?? all like kisses, mv own dearest " best beloved I - From an "EDt Woman's I.ove Letters." jj " ' tVhi (lonlnt laitrodnrtloB. On one occasion the dean of e'J in lutroiluclnu- II A. Freeman. he could abide ueitber as tin i historian, sal,): t rSe with F- picasure to propose the health w "gt eminent nelchbor. Mr. l'reeinan. 13 historian, a man who, In bis own ffp soual characteristics, has so o'tt" Plcted for Ud tilt KHVfltTiA character J ' "'I'sllCU. I our first forefathers."