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."