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mated and buried on the top of the • i hill, where his ashes can rest forever In i*f the place where be has spent so many i*l happy dayB. There will be no mourn The Bride at Maid ••Obey.* î*i fulness alsjut his last resting place, for In telling about "Nome People I Have |*L Married” lu Ladies’ Home Journal the the merry, innocent sport and the Joy Rev. D. M. Steele says: “Being an ous chatter of the children, the music Episcopalian, I always use the formal of the birds that will take refuge in the "Home again, home again, from a printed service of the prayer book. In trees of this children’s retreat on “The thia the greatest stickler Is ’obey.’ One foreign shore.” If there ever was an day a couple came to me, brtngtng as occasion when that good old song that Heights,” will be his requiem. In witnesses the parents of both bride and is tuned to ring in every heart could be speaking of his good intentions the groom. Everything proceeded smooth sung lustily and with intense feeling on other day, the poet said: "The chil dren want good water, good climate ly to the [xjint 'love, honor and obey,' when the bride refused to say the last. the Pacific Coast, that time was on the and a good, big forest. All of these 1 repeated it and waited. Again she 2d of July. Four regiments had been "The Heights” has, and I will, as long paid and mustered out of Uncle Sam’s refused, and I shut up my book. us I live, continue to improve it along “Then there was a scene. They talk service, and four thousand men were these lines.” Some time ago Poet Mil ed It over, and the more seriously they free to go when and where they chose. ler placed a deed in the hands of Mayor argued and discussed the more stub Many of them chose to go to their bornly she refused. The parents be homes in the East, where loved ones Pierce of Oakland, giving a ¡xirtion of came angry, the groom excited and the were waiting to welcome them back “The Heights” for a children’s park bride hysterical. To humor her, be into the b/iily circle that had seemed when enough ad|oining land had been secured to make a park of a hundred joined In the request to have me leave it out. But 1 liked the fellow and de mi emptyTUnce they marched away. acres, when the deed was to be placed cided that a little sternness from me All of them had more or less money on record, but the owners of the land In the present might lie n favor to him and comparatively few spent their did not make a mad rush to the May in the future. Ho I told them 1 had no dimes und dollars in the saloons, but or’s office to deed away their property. authority to change It and would not they left many a silver dollar in the In fact, not a single acre was donated, do so. 1 tried to show the foolisliuess stores and received in return ribbons, so the poet has determined now to give ot her objection, but It was no use. dainty little souvenirs, pictures, views “Finally I said to him: 'Well, this of Kan Francisco and articles of Jewelry, his one hundred acres for use of the household must have a head some which they stored away in their brand little folks, regardless of what others may do in the matter. His name will where. I will leave It out for her If you will say It.’ Then It wax his lime new grips, baskets and trunks as gifts be enshrined in the hearts of the chil to refuse, which he did. lie gathered for their relatives and friends in file old dren for generations to come, and to up bls lint and started for the door home. Polly never saw so many new Polly’s mind it is better than to leave when, presto change, she sprung after grips and baskets at one time as were his projierty for the endowment of a him, led him back by the baud, looked packed up at tlie ferry depot by the college. meekly up at him and said it.” anxious soldiers, who jealously guarded their belongings while they were im One of my little friends said the other A Winning Tonch. patiently waiting for the gates to open. day he would like to blow soap-bubbles “Darling!” The strong, manly voice was low ami What a busy scene it was. Nuch hap in San Francisco bay all day long, for Intense as the handsome face bent piness on their sunburned faces, ami there were such nice “soap-suds.” He over the fair, bowed head by the tire. nearly all of them were rugged and got his idea from the many whitecaps. “Darling," be went on eagerly, “I here healthy lisiking in appearance and neat are others here observing us. I must and clean, it was pell-mell, hustle und BRIEF REVIEW. see you a moment alone.” rush by those who were the last ones Foran Instant the listener was quiet, coming to the ferry. They had no and not a curl stirred on the lofty A Town with a Peculiar Grievance. brow. Then the blue eyes were raised time to spare. Baggage had to be The people of the town of Limoges checked and tlie gisid-byes said to new to the beseeching dark ones. whence in shipped much of the finest friends and acquaintances tliey had “Yes. what Is It?” was the low reply. met during tHeir short sojourn on the table |sircelain used in the United “I-well”— A slight red flush mantled the neck Pacific slope. Two of the regiments States, are up in arms aguinst Mlle, de and cheeks of the speaker. In striking mustered out were colored, and many Noualhier, one of the most beautiful contrast to the cool, calm dignity ills of them were going home, too. Tlie aristocrats of France. With the lady played In every movement of the half ticket agents and baggage masters had charity has become a mania, and she reclining figure In the big plush chair. their hands full, although tliey had pre sympathizes with consumptives so ac "Tlie fact Is.” lie went on, mustering tively that the whole town is imperiled. up courage, the first embarrassment pared as well as they could for the rush Hhe has a chateau in the heart of the by having plenty of tickets ready and giving place to n little more self con fidence, “I have come to ask you some putting on additional men to handle town, and there she takes by hundreds patients in the last stages of tuberculo thing I never expected would pass my the great quantity of baggage. sis. They are cared for and finally Ups, especially after the last sum I borrowed from you. Darling, will you Polly stood and watched them lith buried gratis. Almost daily a funeral lend me $10?" a feeling that was just as near akin to procession issues from the great portals. Jack Darling laid aside his paper. joy as though one of those stalwart sol Home days two or even three coffins are “Ot course, old man." he cried hearti borne away at the same time. The ly. “Let’s first get n drink." And the dier Isiys was coming home to our own two passed out of the clubroom togeth tireside. 1 pictured them going home, neighboring streets have been made er.—San Francisco News Letter. the happiness of those who were wait so melancholy that shopkeepers and ing to receive them. (July a few days’ dwellers have gradually fled. When A I.MNt IKenoarce. journey separated them, and yet they about twenty members of the com A lady was recently rending to In-r would be longer to the anxious soldiers munity have passed away she goes to young son the story of a lilt)«* fellow Paris for another batch. In Limoges whose father was taken ill and died, than the long, tiresome trip from the cemetery, which had to be enlarged Philippines. I wondered that if they after which he set himself diligently twice on that account, there are over to work to assist in supporting himself could all break forth into song at that 3000 graves of ini|>orted consumptives. and his mother When she had finished moment what the melody would be. the story, she said: It would not have Ireen some grand At last iudubitable signs of the general “Now, Tommy, if pa were to die. autliem. I don’t believe it would have infection of the town by the germs of wouldn't you work to keep mamma?" been our national hymn, for their hearts tuberculosis was noticed by physicians. “Why. uo.” said the little chap, not were tuned to something nearer and The proportion of people attacked in relishing the idea of work. “What for? creased by leaps and bounds, and, thor Ain’t we got a good house to live In?" dearer, and I believe they would have oughly aroused, the people demanded made the welkin ring with “ Home, "Oh, yes, my dear," said the mother, that the private hospital be removed. “but we can't ent the house.you know." Sweet Home’’ and "Home Again.” 1 Mlle.de Noualhier defied the authori “Well, ain’t we got plenty of things am sure the same thought would have In the pantry?” continued the young occurred to you if you could have seen ties, and when a crowd of angry people made a demonstration against her she hopeful. those anxious, expectant faces. demanded police protection, which was “Certainly, dear,” replied the mother, granted. “but they would not last long, and Polly saw one touching incident in what then?” Europe’s Trade in Cheap Labor. “Well, ma,” said the young incorrigi that busy, bustling scene. One of the ble after thinking a moment, "ain’t soldiers lay on the ground with a group “Trade in Men and Women”—such there enough to last till you get anoth of fellow-soldiers around him. He was is the heading given by some papers to er busband?” going home with the boys, but it did the following facts, writes a Berlin cor Ma gave It up.—London Answers. not look as though he would ever reach respondent to the Pittsburg Dispatch. there; he appeared too ill. His com The number of agricultural laborers in Immediately Suspicion». “Wby did you terminate your Inter panions were working with a will. Eastern Germany (and in a milder de view with that professional politician They would not leave him behind and gree all over Germany) being wholly so abruptly?” asked the confidential they intended to take him on board in insufficient, Russians and Poles are be man. “ship-shape” order. Gue young man ing imported. An advertisement in au "He made me suspicious at the out who looked enough like him to be a Agrarian paper reads ax follows: “Gue set,” said Senator Sorghum. "I don't brother was holding his head in his thousand Russian Poles, .’MMX) Galicians care bow much prevarication my as lap and pouring medicine between his sistants use toward other people, but 1 colorless lips from a bottle with a look (men, women and boys) for field and brick work, can lie supplied immedi want them to be frank nnd honest with me. The first thing that man did wax of anxiety on his face as he proceeded ately, quick delivery, free to border or to tell me a falsehood. He said lie was to fan him after the bitter dose. An Berlin.” In another place: “One thou working from disinterested motives other soldier was down on his knees sand Russians and Galicians are offered and didn't want money.’’—Washington witli a piece of clotl> wiping the dust as horse, cattle, sheep and swine keep Star. from his shoes and ]>olishing them up ers.” The “Agricultural Office” offers witli a liquid he |>our«*l over them, and other servants from Russia. IlltHcnlt to Treat. “Well, what Is the matter with your another young man was kneeling down husband?" the physician asked as lie and rubbing his thin and amaciated Wheat in Kansas. laid down bis repair kit and removed hands, while two others stood by ar Commencing the latter part of May ranging aliout his baggage and assuring bis gloves. and extending far into July the great “Imaginary insomnia," replied Mrs. him they would see that It was taken wheat belt of Kansas is, |>erhaps, the Fosdlck. aboard. He was going home, but if he “Imaginary Insomnia?” repented the did not improve it was only for a brief liveliest place in the world. For the thirty days of harvest season the golden physician Inquiringly. season when he would be summoned “That’s what It is. He thinks lie out of the ranks to join the vast ma- grain is reaped at the rate of $2,(MX),(XX) doesn't sleep at night, but be gets lots a day. The fanners are growing rich more sleep than I do.”—Detroit Free jority. Poor fellow! What a desperate at the rate of $1000 a minute. But they effort lie was making to keep that little Press. forget all this and are pessimistic until spark of life which was fluttering so after the grain has been placed behind The New Itnlihlt. feebly alive until he could resell home. "Why, where did you come from. You might assure him that "while granary doors and covered by fire in Uncle Jasper?” I said to the old darky there was life there was hope,” but in surance. Then they may go into town and spend $100 as easily as liefore they who had sent the house girl In to tell your own heart you would have felt me that he wanted to see me. would s|>end 5 cents. Then the wom "I come f’um Decatur, Miss Alice," that in this case the promise wasalmost en folks may strike for money, and get be said. “I got to Atlanta 'bout two a mockery. cheeks that would make a woman of hours ago, but I didn't 'low you wus The poet, Joaquin Miller, has the fashion feel satisfied. ready to see nobody.” “Did you come on the train?" 1 interests of the children at heart and is asked. planning that-even after he has gone Sports at Glasgow Exhibition. “No, ma’am; dot I didn't. I come In bench his memory will be kept ever The arrangements made for outdoor on de rabbit.” green in their hearts. His beautiful s|s>rts at the Glasgow exhibition are “On what?” "On de rabbit. You shol.v done heerd home, known as “The Heights,” and excellent, and the authoritk*s have ar comprising one liunnred acres, he in er de new rabbit dey's got.” ranged for a continuous succession of “Ob,” I said, "you mean the rapid tends to leave as a park for the children high-class fixtures on the specially con of Oakland. The poet says: “Myplace structed s|s>rts ground, which com- transit?” “Yessum, de rabbit transhunt Dot's is not suitable for a general park and is prist's a four-lap cement track for cycles, wbut I tol’ you. She ain't de color er too rough for a driving park, and my no rabbit”—bursting Into a laugli—“but idea is that it is only fitted for a chil a cinder track for pedestrians, a capital she sho do git ober de groun* lak one.” dren's park or playground, and that is football pitch, with ample dressing rooms anilstand accommodation for 25,- —Leslie's Weekly. what I intend it shall lie. In the years IXX) spectators. Yacht races on the 1 have lived here I have seen thousands Clyde, in which Nir Thomas Lipton’s A Philosopher. Wife—There’s a burglar down cellar. of children come here and romp and Shamrock II will figure, have also been Henry. play.” The poet has had this idea in arranged under exhibition auspices. Husband—Well, my dear, we ought view for several years, in fact, ever since to be thankful that we are up stairs. hf purchased the property. When he A presidential elector in New York Wife—But he’ll come up here. liecame the purchaser of "The Heights” receives the sum of 115 for each day in Husband—Then we'll go down cellar, they were destitute of timber. Now attendance at Albany, together with my dear. Surely a ten room bouse ought to be big enough to bold three the sunburned hills are covered with a “10 cents per mile each way from his growth of healthy young trees which place of residence by the most traveled people without crowding. he has planted and takes a great deal of route to the place of meeting.” A Scoop. pride in. Every improvement he makes “Wbat did your wife do when she Auy one can ride prosperity anil a found those poker chips In your over about the place is done with a thought coat pocket?" asked the practical Joker for the future happiness of the little camel when they walk, but when they "8be took the nintter very coolly. folks, who will romp, sing, play and run most people are apt to be hurt. She found out where they on me from swing in the pretty park when he has and sent a messenger boy to get them gone to his long rest. When that time When you can get a hearse at a bar cashed.”—Washington Star. comes he wishes his remains to be cre- gain. drive the bargain. BANDON RECORDER. PI ZZI.ES FORJUDGES HUMOR OF THE HOUR CHOICE MISCELLANY SIMPLE WORDS THAT HAVE TANGLED UP ENGLISH COURTS. Some Teri»» ot Almoat Everyday I ae That Proved to Be Too Pro found For tlie Intelligence ot the Learned Bench and Bar. In n ease that came before a famous lord Justice some time ago the counsel for the proHis-uiion lu the evidence bad to mention n "blouse.” The judge asked wbat a blouse was, and it wus explained that this was part of a lady's dress. But the case came to ■ dead stop for the time, for tbe judge did not know which part, and after tome hesitation tbe bnrrister admitted that he wasn’t sure. Several learned brothers gave tlieir opinion, some opin ing a blouse was the upper half of a lady's costume, while others Insisted it must be the lower half. The entire court, filled with learned celebrities whose heads held all tbe laws of Brit ain, from pitch and toss to manslaugh ter, argued It out, but nobody was sure. The Judge thought It was the lower half, but a junior barrister who had lately been married said he thought that that half was called a skirt, but did not feel certain. At length a lady was called, who set the court right. Another odd dilemma happened not long ago when In the llobson "horse faking” case the word "fetlock" arose. \ fetlock, ns everybody knows. Is the ankle of a horse. Tbe court asked what It was. however, and the prose cuting counsel was nonplused. The witnesses were out of court save one, and he knew nothing. The Judge thought a fetlock was a sort of hind knee, otherwise “hock,” but one learn ed brother was quite certain It was the lock of hair that hangs over a horse’s forehead. The defendant’s solicitor opined It was that part of tbe harness which slips over tbe tall, the crupper, and another legal celebrity agreed with the Judge. Finally the court bad to call a stable groom to clear up tlie mystery. In a case that was settled some years since the recorder was brought up short by a phrase used by the counsel for defense, who spoke of a transaction concerning a pound of "blacklead.” Tills Is a common nnd useful article, but the counsel ou being asked to ex plain Its nature said It was a black substance used for boot polishing. The recorder thought it was a mineral used In lend pencils, hut another barrister asserted It to be a “tough kind of lead used for rooting houses.” The case was brought to a standstill, and one lawyer, unsurpassed In legal knowledge, de clared that blacklead was a slang term for pig iron as produced In the north country. A fourth expounder of the law vaguely suggested It was tbe op posite of white lead, and finally a do mestic servant put the court right, and the assembly at last learned that It was used for blacking stoves. Another dilemma was produced a Ut ile while ago on the western circuit by the Introduction of the words “dry nurse" In an address to the court. Tills bewildered the Judge, who asked if a dry nurse was a nurse who dried ba bies after they bad been washed. That solution did not occur to the learned counsel, who, after some hesitation, said he thought It meant a nurse who was not addicted to drinking and there fore most suitable to look after Infants. Nobody seemed to know what the term really meant, though several more guesses were made, tbe last of them that a dry nurse was one who could not amuse children. The court was again nonplused by a statement made that somebody con cerned In the case supposed to suffer from melancholia was really "as Jolly as a sandboy." Tbe Judge wanted to know wliat a sandboy was In order to form some Idea as to the exact degree of Jollity Involved. The counsel could not tell him. though one suggested It was a boy who sanded the roads and the other thought II might be a lad building sand castles on the senshore. The whole court stopped to discuss what n sandboy was and wby be was Jolly, but they could not solve the prob lem. It is hardly believable that anybody should not know what a “snaffle” Is. but n Ixmdon magistrate recently desir ed to be Informed, and nobody could tell him wbat a snaffle might be. A solicitor thought It was the same thing ns the “curb,” and the clerk bad an idea It was a kind of cold In the head which horses caught, causing them to snttfile a good deal.—London Answers. A Fameaa Temple. The most mngnlficent work of archi tecture In the world is the Taj Mahal, in Agra. Hindustan. It was erected by Shah Jeban to the memory of bls fa vorite queen. It Is octagonal In form, of pure white marble. Inlaid with Jas per. carnelian, turquoise, agnte, ante th.vsts nnd sapphires. The work took J2.000 men 20 years to compute, and though there were free gifts and the labor was free the cost Is estimated at $10,000,000. Hrlplna Him. Mr. Backward-Well—er—yes, since you ask me. I was thinking of consult Ing a fortune teller. Miss Coy-To find out whom you will marry, eh? Mr. Backward-Wby—er—yes. I— Miss Coy Why not ask me and save the fortune teller's fee toward tbe price of the ring?—Philadelphia Press. An Order Could Be Filled. Customer (In Boston restaurant>- Walter, have yon any fried eels? Walter-We have eels, sir, ami they arc susceptlbh- of being fried.-Les lie's Weekly. The first mention of stamps Is In the letters of the old Bishop Syneslus of Cyrene. on tbe Greek coast of Africa, 400 years nftcr the Christian era. In order to obviate the frequent dis putes ns to the ages of children tbe steamboat authorities In Switzerland have decided that In every case where doubt arises the child must be meas ured. All children under two feet are to have free passage, while those be tween two feet nnd four feet are to pay hnlf fares Watted For the Appropriation. “Yes, lie lias cut loose the dogs of war.” “Wliat was holding them back?” “Tbe sinews.”—Cleveland Plain Deal er. He Pelt Claeap. “Excuse me. sir,” »aid the disagree able man, "but that opeu window is very annoying. ’ “I'm sorry, but I'm afraid you’ll have to grin and bear it." “I wish you would close It, sir.’’ “Would like to accommodate you. but I can't.” “Do you refuse to close that window. Sir?” “I certainly do.” “If you dou't close It. 1 will.” “I’ll bet you won’t.” “If I go over there, I will." “I’ll give you odds you won’t.” “I’ll ask you once more, sir, will you »lose that window?” “No, sir: I will not.” “Then I will, sir.” “I would like to see you do It.” “I’ll show you whether I will or not, sir." "Why don't you close it?” “It—appears to be stuck.” “Of course it is. I tried to close ft be fore you came In.” And then the disagreeable passenger felt childish, and the other passengers chuckled audibly.—Tit-Bits. Summer Fiction. In a frenzy of self depreciation Ber trand fell upon Ills knees. “Oh. why.” cried he. "should you. a Indy born, love me, the mere hired man upon a New Jersey truck farm?" "Silly boy!" exclaimed Helene archly. “If you bad been a character In sum mer novels ns long as I have, you’d know that it takes amazing stunts to keep people from thinking of the ther mometer.” Here she lighted a fresh black cigar. —Detroit Journal. One Short. “Well.” asked tbe professor, “did you Stem! our commencement and meet ir graduates?" "No." answered tbe editor; "1 didn't attend, but I’ve met them all, I guess. How many young men did you gradu ate this year?" "Two hundred and twelve." answer ed the professor. "Then one of them must be III.” said the editor. "Up to date only 211 have been around to strike me for a Job.”— Indianapolis Sun. Iterile'» I. unì Jokf. Bert Loonpot—See here, chappies, I'm Just a-going to collar that chap’s leg and then hark like a dog. Bet It fright ens him nearly out of his senses. Just you watch. A True Horae Story. A remarkable Instance of equine sa gacity was exhibited recently which comes to us testified to by several re liable witnesses. Thomas Drummond, a teamster in our city, owns a horse which lias beeu afflicted with lame ness for two or three weeks. One morning Mr. Drummond turned him out upou the common, hoping that fresh air and exercise would benefit tbe animal. Upon gaining his liberty the crippled horse bobbled along on three legs direct to the blacksmith shop of William Eager, entered the shoeing department and stood there holding up tils injure«! foot, with bls bead turned and bls eyes intelligently fixed upou Mr. Eager. This peculiar act upon the part ot a brute attracted Mr. Eager's attention aud induced him to examine tbe foot held Invitingly up for Inspection. The result of that examination was tbe discovery of a long nail driven Into the frog, which was the cause of the larne- luesx. Of course Mr. Eager removed the nail. Mr. Drummond generally had his horses shod at Mr. Eager’s shop, and the suffering brute undoubt edly reason«*«! that this was tbe place for him to go for relief. Equlue Intelligence, according to tjie common acceptation of tbe term, is not so rare, but when a horse deliberately concocts and executes a plan for re lieving his luJ ur«*d foot of a rusty nail be certainly can lay claim to a small portion of the reasoning faculties which are supposed to elevate the hu man race above the level of brutes.— Janesville (Wis.) Gazette. No More Tips to Croupiers. The tip question bothers Monte Car lo. too, and as a result of tbe laxity due to giving and taking tips eight croupi ers have been dlsmlsse«l and other em ployees of tbe gambling establishment have been disciplined. It nil came aliout through the dispute which Inva riably arises when winnings are made by persons other than those connected with I he "house.” When the wheel stops on a winning number, argument begins as to who really put his money on that number, and the croupiers naturally have been disinclined to side against those who have tipped them liberally. Tbe same lx the case when the dispute Is left with th«' presiding croupier. Of course the aggrieved player could go up higher ami appeal to officers superior to the croupier, but this course usually Is dis tasteful to gamblers. Th«' spirit of dissatisfaction grew so strong that something radical bad to be done, for tbe bank wins from $4,000,000 to $o,000,000 a year from the players besides what the players win from one another. N.viurally enough, the mana gers of the bank have decided to allow the «-couplers to take no tips whatever from any of the customers. A Parallel to Aladdln’a Lamp. We may breakfast on f<x»d cooked by electricity, we ride In the morning to our offices, which are cooled nnd venti lated by electric fans, In a car warmed, light«'«! nnd propelled by electricity, rending a newspaper printed by elee- tl-le power and from type sent up by a mnclilm* driven by nil electric motor. The white paper itself is made from wood by electrically manufactured sodn. Its news received by electric tele graph and some of It during the South African wnr flushed by electric search lights from a town 12,000 miles away, And that chap was frightened. “Ya sent by electric cables to us, coming so rah! Hellup!” lie howled; but, unfortu fast that It outstripped the sun in his nately for Bert, it made him upset that dally progress nnd arrived here several melted lead, and some of It dropped hours before it started. Is there any story of Aladdin’s Imnp that can paral down poor Bert’s neck, and — lel such a marvel?—Leslie's Weekly. Iler Doable Mlaalon. Well, you look In tbe picture. He act ed like a raving lunatic. Ob, Lor’, bow be did screech and howl! But he's given up practical joking now. All That la Needful. “Yes, sir," remarked tbe Impecunious man; “If It were not for one thing I could square up with everybody and start a real nice Imuk account.” “What’s the one thing?” “I can't stop living long enough. ADy minute I can figure what's due me and what I owe and see a tidy balance to my credit, and If I could only stop liv ing while 1 mnde tbe collections I would be In a position shortly to start out on a firm financial basis.”—Chicago Post A young woman schoolteacher of Kansas on her way to the Philippines, where sin1 Is to teach, writes thus to a friend: “Dear Mazie—Yes; It Is true that I have signed a contract to tench three years In the Philippines, nnd that contract looks very big ami horrid to in«' now, for papa says the government will hold me to It whatever happens. But I don’t believe the government would force a girl to keep on teaching If one of those brave, noble colonels or erptninx asked It to let her off so he could—oh. you sly thing! You know what we talked about. Anyway, I am going, ami If 1 come back with a mili tary title to my naftie won’t you poky things envy me? Your own. Gaily.” Fro*a Do Not Swallow Water. A REMARKABLE DUEL BOTH OF THE PARTICIPANTS WERE QUICK ON THE TRIGGER. An Enforced Parada Preceded the Gun Play. Which Waa on the Pull ■ nd Shoot Order—Why Bratton Waa Glad He Last Hie Hight Hand. "The most affectionate looking two handed gun play that I ever saw,” said * Colorado gentleman lu one of tbe house committee rooms, “was the one that happened at La Junta, In my state, between ’Big Divide Jim’ Brat ton and George Gannon, as plzenlsh a pair of real bad men of the type that has now passed away as ever fanned a .45 or twisted a Bowie. "Gannon wv the proprietor of tbe Ollt Edge bonkatonk In La Junta, and It was at this place that be bad some trouble with Bratton. The argument ended by Bratton backing out of the door with his hands up, Gannon having the drop. Gannou didn’t shoot then be cause Ills gun waxu’t loaded. He had been cleaning It and had forgotten to replace the cartridges. He’d have killed Bratton otherwise as a matter of course. “That same night Bratton sent word to Gannon that be meditated shooting him up some on tbe following day. Gannon wasn’t a man to -take to the cliffs or the cactus, having plenty of notches on his gun barrel himself, and lie walked around the next afternoon like a light battery of artillery. ’Big Divide Jim’ Bratton bulged him, how ever, by turning a corner suddenly as Gannou paraded down the main street, and then it was Gannon’s hands that went up for a change. Bratton had two guns covering him, and Gannon knew his gait. “ ‘This,’ said Bratton, ’is where 1 get an even break for my coin. Now, you like me so much, Gannon, that I want you to sort of show your appreciation of me by walkln around town linked arms with me for awhile.’ “It was up to Gannon to comply with this peculiar request. ‘Big Divide Jim’ Bratton jabbed his guns back Into his belt, and then he clutched Gannon’s left arm and passed It through his right. Tbe disadvantage of this ar rangement accrued to Bratton. It left Gannon’s gun arm free, while In case of argument Bratton would have to use bls left gun. But ’Big Divide Jim’ wasn’t selfish. “The population of La Junta was amazed to see ‘Big Divide Jim’ Brat ton and George Gannon, who had al ways been more or less sore on each other and who bad had a quarrel that meant the death of one or both of them on tbe night before, walking arm in arm up and dowu tbe main street of the town. It looked like a peripatetic love feast between the two of ’em. But they were watching each other like cats. At tie end of the street Bratton, still with bls right arm linked to Gan non’s left, stopped suddenly and said: “ ‘George, I ain’t much on the blow about any gun suddenness that I may possess, but 1 sure want to give you a chance. You thrung it into me last night In a way that’s eat up so much of the atmosphere around here that there’s not enough air left In this neighborhood for both of us to breathe at one and the same time. I’m a-goin to count three, and when I say “three” It’s a breakaway and a finish. You’ve got a loose right arm, but I ain’t no bog. One—two—three!’ "The event proved ‘Big Divide Jim’ Bratton the quicker man and the better marksmpn. ne got Gannon through the heart, whereas Gannon’s ball lodg ed In Bratton’s right wrist. Bratton bad to suffer his right hand to be cut off that same night. “The last time I saw him was In Creede. He was sitting on the edge of a bunk In his own cabin, close to a claim he was working. I hadn’t seen him since he’d lost his band. “ ’Jim,’ said I, ‘It’s too bad you should have lost that right band. If the fellow that plugged you bad only got the left hand, why’— “ ’Ob, I don’t know,’ said Bratton philosophically. ’If I’d ba’ lost my left, I wouldn’t have been able to play the fiddle any more.’ “He reached under his bunk and brought forth an old violin. Then he rigged up an attachment he had for holding tbe bow In bls right stump, and he played the Instrument real sweetly for me for half an hour or so. “ ‘I couldn’t have done no flngerln If I’d ba’ lost my left book, you know,’ he said simply when be put tbe old fiddle away.”—Washington Post At a recent meeting of naturalists at Chicago Mr. II. H. Donaldson describ ed experiments with frogs tending to The Result of Hla Study. show that those animals rapidly ab ”1 suppose you have made a study of sorb water through the pores of the skin. He emphasized the fact that human nature,” remarked tbe friend. “I attribute my success in life to thst frogs never take water by the mouth. On being exposed for several hours to fact,” answered Senator Sorghum. “Were you ever tempted to give the dry air the frogs experimented with lost 14 per cent of their weight, but world tbe benefit of your observations, Impatient. this wus nearly all regained within 24 to put them into book form as a human "Politics Is mighty quiet,” said tbe hours when they were replaced In a comedy or something of that sort?” "My dear sir. It wouldn't lake a book veteran colored voter. “De only thing dish containing water only one centi to do It I have figured on tbe problem ilat 'pears ter be runnln now Is de riv meter in depth. of human nature until I know the an er, en flshin In hot weather don't pay. swer. I should Just say, ’Human ua- Oar Indian»' Ration*. I got a mortgage on my house en mule, etl de res’ er my family Is In need, so I Gradually the government Is dolnj ture loves money.’ and let It go at does wish dat [lolitlca would start up away with the distribution of rations that.”—Exchange. en give a man a chance ter make a to Indians. In live years tbe system Button*. hones’ llvln.”—Atlanta Constitution. will be practically abolished. There are Towne— For goodness’ sake, what are now In the United Static 2(18,(XX) In A Fund la Sight. dians. Of this number 42.250 draw ra you so crauky about? Browne-Oh. I asked my wife to sew “Harriet, let's give each other a dime tions regularly, while 12,(XX) more are every time we grumble about tbe provided for at various times when a button on my coat. Towne— And wouldn’t she do It? beat.” they are unable to work or do not fee Browne- Yea. but I've just discover “No. Harry. You give me a dime like It. In the latter class are Include« every time you say you never grumble most of the Indians who have grown ed that tbe button she sewe«) on my al«>ut the beat.”—Chicago Record-Her old and are deserted by tlieir young eoat she cut from my veut.—Exchange. aid. relatives. Wliat Waa Needed. A Sure Thin*. When Doctor* Agreed. “There Is Just one way for us to meet success In this venture," said tbe first schemer. "And that?” queried his partner. "Is to avoid meeting our creditors • Philadelphia J‘rexs.__ Frosts are unknown In the orange belt of southern California, and the growers are constantly experimenting, with the result that the fruit has been brought to a stnte of perfection scarce ly dreamed of 15 years ago, when It wns coarse and stringy, with more pulp than Juice. There has been a marked decrease In the population of French India of Into. In five settlements, with a total of 273,- 1K5 Inhabitants, there has been a de crease of more than 11,000 in the last ten year», though they have been free from famine and plague. "He was threatened at one time, as I understand the case, with a complica tion of disorders.” "Good land! What saved him?" “Professional courtesy, they say.’’— Detroit Journal. QaleU and Effective. nenry Ward B«>echer used to tell a story about a priest In tbe olden time who was called to bless tbe field of a poor farmei prior to tbe planting. He came and after surveying tbe soil re marked to tbe agriculturist, “Praying won’t do here; wbat you want Is ma nure.” An Ineorrl*lble. Willie—How did you break your wife “If there ever was a terrible child In of tbe "advanced woman” craze? Wise—Told her everyliody thought It this world,” remarked the worried meant “advanced" In years. Kansas mother, “he's one.” “What’s hfs particular fault?” City Independent. “Do what I will, I can’t break him of Owing to the ravages of the peronos- tbe habit of telling the truth right out pora, the larva of a small moth, lu the when we have company.”—Phlladel- wine growing provinces of Greece, Dhla Times. great distress exists. In some districts Officers who lose arms or legs In the the people being absolutely starving. service of the British army will In fu Whole families are leaving their homes, ture be supplied with artificial limbs at most of them migrating to America. the cost of tbe government. No provi 2,000 people having left lately. sion, It seems, Is made for tbe private.
