i? ( MASTERS OF MUSIC, where he bail caught a glimpse of GOLD CANNON BALL8. M AFP IMMSKSS.ao O>A4«M.S* paying tellers * errors . SERVANTS IN ECUADOR BLAIE, <onietblng. what be could not tell - MFF1TT WHITlNÍfaud PAPEIS p (h* Jan.1. HIM»* Tecaaara at aa inly something! Hut be hsd no time to Ths»« OMelala Ar* ■'■■allv ReaSr la Ttee Traveler I* Feree* ta Hire TvJwJe WHAPPINU... ■ o Kaffit India a Friaeanffi. o voice hl* suspicion*. THE GREAT COMPOSERS ANO THEIR Baa« its Míate Maa. Maa* •• aarva Bias. tTIWNE Not long ago an old peasant was o From tbe bank cams a sudden deadly PECULIAR METHOOS OF WORK. I A bank officer, referring in a recent If you were living In Ecuador and wandering In tbe jungle about half a address to tbe responsibility of paying wished to blra a servant you could o volley of musketry, poured full on tbe Oceanic's deck. Out from tbe nodding tulle from tbe city of Ahmadnager. tn I Beeratrle Habit*, a* a Bale, Are teller*, declares that tbe idea that such hardly get one by himself or herself, < > grasses of tbe »bore death leaped In a India, when be found a round ball of I Make* With Ttela Pteaae et Ueala*. officials were rarely willing to rectify but would be compelled to take up with < > By MARVIN DANA o flame. Four of tbe men on deck fell metal. It was black and looked like He * drove of them, probably far outnum HarAa'a Ureee Salt aa* Sarrhlr* mistakes bad little baala In fact. < > beneath that murderous Ore. Major un old iron round abot, but when the Hia* •■« BeeSbevea'e wua Walk»., added: "How la It that there exlata In bering your own family. For example, «¡Id man lifted it be wa* struck with the mind* of many the idea that pay with a cook you would have to receive < opi/HvM. 1*7», Marvin Dana O Howard tumbled in a heap. By him All tbe great musical composers bad ing tellers are inclined to reasnt even her husband and children, and perhaps it* Immense weight. He carried It toy tbe clerk. Sergeant Flynn stood for a moment home and found on scratching it that their own peculiar ideas and manner I tbe suggestion that they make errara also her father and mother, into your it wa* ■ lump of solid gold. It weighed of working. They had their peculiar HE sun blazed down on tbe helpless In tbe shock of surprise. In eight pound* and Ita sale made tbe traits, tbelr moods, tbelr eccentric hab in counting money ? I have never louse to bod and board, aud each would Here Are Home o? the Convincing known one wbo made the slightest bring along all hia or her portable prop tbst moment tbe dying rnsjor stag white street* of Manila with a its, such a* are generally said to mark claim to infallibility. Who baa net erty. consisting mainly of domestic Facte That Caused us to Take gered to bl* feet and cried aa be fell Snder rich for life. fury that to the perspiring sol There are many more of these can tbe genius. lu “Musical Education" M. beard tbe ancient aud oft told story of peta, such a* pigs, chicken«, rabbit*, the Agency for tho Fulton Com- • gain: diers wa* more annoying than a teller wbo waa asked by a person for dogs aud other “live stock.” The bus "For God's sake, sergeant, keep ber non ball*, each worth a small fortune, Lavignuc tells of their peculiarities. pounds, the First Things Known Spanish bullets. Nergeant Flynn bad lying bld or burled In the recesses of "Haydu wa* a very early riser,” be whom he has cashed a check if he bad band may have some trade which he that Cure Chronic Kidney Dis« •lgbed gratefully as be entered tbe going!” The sergeant seized a cowering Fll tbi* jungle, and their story I* a curious writes, "and yet be never worked ex not made a mistake? As tbe nerratlve follows during tbe day, but at meal kitchen of an English resident, with cept in Aill dress, lu which he was one. At tbe end of tbe sixteenth cen the usually runa tbe self satisfied money Ipiuo and thrust him toward times and when night comes be return* whose cook, Bridget Maloney, be was wheel, bidding him. with a fearful tury Akbar, tbe greatest emperor Hin like Buffon. He began by shaving counter behind the desk to inclined to to the bosom of bl* fsmiiy and yours. on term* of ardent friendship. FWt, tot it ba diBtlnetly understood that dustan ever saw, was at tbe height himself carefully, powdered himself become Indignant and replies tn a It would be considered downright In •very one ot the o a sea below had been diagnosed curSe, to bold tbe boat on her course. Be it said in deference to tbe *er The terrified native did bi* duty in of hl* glory. At tbe bead of lila con- aud put ou his finger a certain riug, a poui|tou* and abrupt manner that he humanity to refuse them food and shel by one or mor« physician« aa chronic and in geunt'* taste and Bridget'* charms tbal sheer dread of tbe sergeant’* biasing quering army be summoned Ahmad- sapphire, I believe, surrounded with never make* mistakes. The consider-1 ter. and not a servant In Ecuador curable; Mcend, note tbe eertatnty of there- the damsel was not a typical cook in eye* and frightful word*. Then Flynn nager to surrender. Tbe city and ita brillianta, which bad been given him ate party then state* that the amount would work for so mean a master or •ulte ae abowa by the recovery also of the the matters of age and weight, only in darted to tbe Nordenfeidt and tired a rich treasure were then under the rule by tbe great Frederick, unless it was paid him exceeded that named in the mlstreaa. Tbe children of your cook friends they told wbo were similarly afflicted culinary skill. Bridget was hardly more volley toward tbe foe in ambush, one of the Princess Cande. Knowing that Prince Esterhaxy. That done, be shut check, but the teller still maintains' may be utilised for light services, such with auppoeed incurable kidney dincase«. than twenty-five, and her face was fait M. W. Spaulding* President Spaulding Saw volley only; then tbe gun jammed. resistance could be but abort, and in himself up In a quiet room and wrote that there can be no error either way,1 a* running errands, weeding the gar ■nd her waist as trim as any to be seen , San Franciaco, had a recovery in his own | den and tending the baby, but the nu- Co The sergeant did not hesitate in this bitter rage against the oppressor, she for several coasscutive hours, five or as he never makes mistake*. . family and told several other« who recovered. on tbe dancing green at Donnybrook. Adolph Weske. capitalist, Sad Francisco, crisis. He took off tbe feed cases; be caused all tbe treasure of gold and •lx, without stopping. "Where ls the teller who upon being merous brood to apt to be “ light finger- But, though her eyes were blue as tbe recovered biuiselr and told two friend« wbo re* “Mozart, tbe gentle and pious Mo told be bad made an pulled out tbe empty cartridges with ■liver to be melted down. She cast would fail an<i certain to be lousy, dirty and eovere< softest summer skies, they could, too, Ur. Carl D. Ziele, pioneer druggist, 522 Pacifie diseased, There 1* no help an ejector; be reloaded the chamber* the metal into cannon balls and en zart, was sometimes less particular to politely Inquire as to tbe nature of A probably _____ __________ street. San Francisco, recovered himself and dart lightnings on occasion, and soon by band. Then be elevated tbe muz graved upon each maledictions against and composed a little everywhere aud the same? Tbe inference to that tell for It, however, because “el costumbre” gave it to more than a dozeu patient« wbo re tbe sergeant found those dames danc tbe conqueror. These were fired Into under all conditions Happily the ers are possessed of ao much vanity bas decreed that for every servant you covered. Charles Engelke, edttor of the German paper, ing disconcertingly about his devoted ale of the piece until it pointed through the jungle and when Akbar entered Ideas came often enough and pursued ■nd conceit that they lose the amount hire you must expect at least a dozen Ban Francisco, recovered himself aud told it to tbe awning of tbe launch, so high and bead. tbe city, instead of the rich board he him even luto the restaurants of Vien said to be overpaid rather than ac- a number who recovered, one of them being so close was tbe enemy ’ s position. extra mouths to feed. Char lee F. Wacker, tbe Sixth street merchant. “Will ye have the goodness to tell me How unlikely fired bl* tec- had hoped to win, he found a treasury na, Prague and Munich, where he was knowledge an error, R. M. Wood, «dltor Wine ana Spirit Review, Nor ls this the worst of it. Occasion thot ag'lu?" tbe soldier asked plain This done, tbe sergeant absolutely empty. himself and told it to several who very fond of playing billiards and and ridiculous!”—New York Post. ond volley. ally the cook’s relatives from another recovered recovered, among them being an old-«cbool tively after Bridget bad exhausted her That this 1* not tb* only occasion smoking a pipe and composing In bls The bullet* sang their song of death village come to pay her a visit of a fort physician. self by pouriug forth a flood of elo Edward Short of the San Francisco Call re upon which cannon balls of gold have bead. Jaataa v»a Llatel*. night or two- tasting as long as you quence that was more vigorous than all about him, but he remained un been cast I* proved by the fact that In also three of his friend«, vix: William Von Liebig was skillful in correcting will tolerate it—men, women and chil covered, “Rossini composed almost constantly touched. Again be loaded tbe Nordeu- Martin, Captain Hubbard of tbe Honolulu route lucid. and William Hawkins of the U- 8. Quarler- the treasury of the shah of Persia popular delusions on scientific subjects. and in all way*, rarely at the piano, dren, bringing more dogs, pig*, chick maMter's Department of San Francisco. , “Sure an’ it’s mesllf ’as already spoke feldt and discharged it a third time. there may be seen In tbe same room most ofteu in the eveulng or at night, A notable example of this may be A cry from tbe steersman rose above John A. Phelps of the Hotel Repeller, San ens, etc., to be boused and fed. Fortu me molud,” Bridget snapped. Francisco, and two of his friend«, etc. etc where stand* tbe famous peacock and, like Mozart, often fouud inspira found in tbe overthrow of the once nately. they are not accustomed to “An' yer father?" tbe sergeant haz tbe rattle of firearms. Tbe sergeant throne two small globular projectile* Tbe kidneys are the sewer« that strain the tion in a carriage or post chaise. In much discussed theory of “spontane “downy beds of ease” or sumptuous I P r “ jisonsoutof turned and *aw tbe Filipino lying mo the system. We can staud the 1 arded. derangement for a short while, but when tbe of gold. They were estimated by a re the Irregular joltings of these vehicles ous combustion.” a comparatively mod living, but consider themselves ini iuterferenoe beuouie« “Ye*, me fatb-ir! Ye know 'im, I’m tionless on tbe deck. Straightway be cent visitor to weigh about thirty-one _ ____23 chronic (permanent), m he perceived rhythm, and of these ern error, dating, it seems, only from clover if plentifully supplied with I Brst explained by Bright, it is ouly a question think!n', an' a betther coachman nlver left the gun and pounced upon another pounds each and are roughly made. . __________________ , , . . . , I of bow long before death will ensue It is then the year 1'25. but which persisted long rhythms melodies were born. There ls bean«, corn uieal and potato aoup, and M|)ad BrTgbi, ta>»» and incurable, ah cracked whip, though It's mesllf says gray faced, native. He drove tbe trem Their origin or purpose 1*, however, no doubt that be would have found after Lavoisier bad explained tbe real will sleep contentedly on tbe stone* of I bling Filipino to tbe wheel, then trouble* develop law ibt» form about it a* shouldn’t.” .. . * > a.». a . 1 I the 8th to Kith month. The above cases were totally forgotten. It 1* only known them in tbe trepidation of tbe railroad nature of fire, which was from time to .. the patio or the straw Of tbe stable. I incurable by all other known means. People “Yes, sure an’ I know ’im," tbe ser sprang back to bls post at tbe Norden that they are very old.—Chicago Chron if he bad dared to try, but be had such time put forward with success in tbe The danger 1. that rome of the stranger geant assented wearily, for he had no feidt and discharged another volley at icle. a dread of tills mode of locomotion that defense of persons on trial for murder hanfere on may not be as honest a? I reached tbe serious stage. Fulton’s Rtuul All this time tbe foe admiration for his prospective father- tbe enemy. no one was ever able to induce blm to and received Its last support from I the cook herself la supposed to be, and »V8)h‘’’jobn “ in-law. “But what Is tbe matt her wld maintained a brisk fire, but Flynn Charles Dickens. Hl* success In this WILD ANfMALS. set foot In a car. seemed to bear a charmed life, Aa yet cases are known where thieves and I Washington street, Sau Franctaeo, sole cum- •im?” direction throws a pleasant light on “Gluck composed violently gesticu even murderers thus gained admission w‘ u’ "Nothin’ at all, at all,” was tbe vig be bad no wound. The Beater* Set Meet ot Their I.Iona lating, walking up and down and act the progress of civilisation. One won to the Inside of the casa with dlsas-1 A chance shot from tbe bank struck orous retort. “It’s all thot frl'nd av From Natela. ing all his characters, often in tbe opeD ders what would have been tbe fate of trous results.—Philadelphia Record. yours. Pirate Casey be unme. Faith tbe wheel and shattered it. A groan Dealers in wild animals get most of air, on the lawn, in a garden. Von Liebig bad be opposed himself to an’ tbot limb av Satan d ha red to call burst from the sergeant's lips as be lheir Ilona from Nubia. There the na "Beethoven also undoubtedly found such an error In tbe sixteenth century me father a dhrunken scaly wag, an' ’e saw tbe catastrophe. Tbi* was a dis- tive* search for a lioness with newborn PICKINGS FROM FICTION. a powerful auxiliary to Inspiration in when Kepler could only eave his moth — tbrltened to knock 'Is 'ead off av 'Im. cubs, kill the mother and bring up the motion and walking. Whatever the er from going to the stake for witch The mortality among babies during the Sure tbot’s a rale nice thing to 'ave Most of US look best at a little di» I tales taethln* year» la somethin* frightful. young beasts on goats' milk. When season, every day after dinner, which craft by satisfying her judges that she The census ot 1900 shows that about one In aphoken av au agid parint. It ye’re a kliey are two months old they are taken was at 1 o'clock, according to the Vien possesst-d none of the signs essential fence from one another.—“Paul Kel- every •even luccumbi. man, ye’ll knock the 'ead off av Casey The cause Is apparent. With baby's to the coast on the backs of camels and nese custom, be set out for a walk, to a witch. In those days Kepler did ▼er/’ Steniwr In I bones hardening, the fontanel (opening in the fer love av me.” M l** shipped to Europe. Lions are also ob and with big strides twice made the not dare to say that there were no 18 only in higher circles that worn-1 sgun) closing up and its teeth forming, all "But, Bridget, ma vourneeu,” tbe ser tained from Abyssinia and Senegal. circuit of the city of Vienna. Neither such things as witches.—W. A. Shen- eu can lose their busbands and yet re-1 the comlns at once create a demand for material that nearly half the little geant replied in in ucb dlstres*. "be me main bewitching.—"The Gray Wig.” Formerly the Atlas mountains furnish cold nor beat nor rain nor hall was able stone In Cornhill Magasine. are deficient In. The result Is •owl, I can't do It” No man wbo Is not an egotist Ot I I eevlohne»», weiikncm. awt-atm*. fever, dlar ed the tlnett lions, but the species now to stop blm. Then it was that Ills beat i a ........ ..- A i A ., A I rhoea. brain trouble*, convulalona. ate, that “Au’ ye dbare to sit trere, eatin* the Pbrea*l**y. no longer exists except a few speci of fancy attained its full ardor Worse 1* ever sure of a womans lovri^y, (rrribiy fatal. Th* d«*aiha in law under He cake I made wld me own 'anda, an’ Phrenology Is usually thought to till sbe bas told It with her own lips. — | Ihw year* wm an.sw. u. aa> nothin* of mens In menagerie*. Adult Nubian would enter a restaurant, sit down for the vast number outHide the big cltleH that let me father be insulted be a man not Hons are worth $1,000 apiece, while an lnstaut and ask the stupefied waiter have been first expounded by Gall and “His Daughter First." were not reported, and this In the United 'alf the soixe av ye! Ye’re a coward, Senegal lions range In price from $500 for the bill, without having ordered Spurzbelm and to be a comparatively Wbeu in doubt go to churcb. for I state» alone. Mike Flynn!” When baby begins to sweat, worry or cry modern so called "science.” But it there's nothing that lets a man thinkionT to $750. anything. Ills clumsiness was pro out in sleep don't wait. wait, ..i and the need 1$ “Sure, I’m not a coward, but I'm not Tigers vary in price from $375 to $1,- digious. He usually broke everything can be traced back to tbe sixteenth better than a long prayer and a slow I neither medicine nor namotica. What the golu’ to lick Casey, not for nobody.” little Is crying out fur Is more bona '1 material. ..... system ’ 500 apiece and more, according to tbe he touched. Not a single piece of fur century at least, for In a book pub sermon. -“Adam Rush.” Sweetman's Teething Food sup “Thlu 1 repate me remarks, Mr. variety and rarity of tbe animal. Si niture in his house, and any article ot lished at that time by “Mayster Jhe- There are sixteen ounces to th« I piiaa it. It has saved the lives of thousands Flynn, ye’re a coward, wid no more They begin to Improve within rome of Bruynswicke" to a profile of berian tigers, for Instance, sell at the value les* than anything else, was safe pound still, but two of them are wrap- |"Xx-*eb|«ht hours. Here la what physician« •phunk than a squeakin’ rat. an’ ye latter figure. They are large, beauti from bls attacks, and many times his a head on wblcb are moat distinct plug paper in a good many store*.— I think of it. can whistle fer a wife whin ye want 3934 Washington 81.. fully striped creatures. In tbe winter ink pot fell into the piano by which he ly marked phrenological attributes. “Letters of $ Self Made Merchant.” San FranclBco, June 2, oue, but It'll not be Bridget Maloney, they grow a long, woolly winter coat. was working, which, religiously pre- “Imaginative” occupies tbe place now Gentlemen—I am _ prescribing _ your food In I used to think that marriage made I’m thlnkln’. She'll have no man wbo Some full grown tigers are captured In served in tbe museum at Bonn, still given on tbe chart* to "ideality;” men old, sour and suspicious. I find the multitude of baby troubles due to im- . peded dentition. A targe percentax« of In- '•su't 'eart to defend an agid parint.” “ fantasia" takes the place of tbe mod pitfalls, but most specimens of these retains its indelible traces. Although I was mistaken. It 1* not the wife; it I ranni, mi and r.ialiti<•» are the result of “Burst an agid parint!" cried the animals are caught while small cubs he had always lived in tbe midst of the ern "marvelousneaa," “eatimantia” of ls the money market.—"Ixive and the I ;,o.w. Y,iu' fo?d «rappilPB what the * I deficient «y«tem demand«, and I have had sergeant recklessly. He rose to hi* while “cogitan- and raised on milk. i high Viennese aristocracy, in which “construct! veness,” Soul Huilters. I surprising success with in «core« of ease« feet and attempted to bestow a chaste _ The hippopotamus, the rhinoceros drawing room dances were beld In tla” is given instead of “hope.” The I b'lleve in havin' a good time when|^*’ tn.“"' regular foed, ha« salute ou the damsel's lips, an effort to «heck the infantile diHtresHeH. and tbe giraffe are difficult to secure. high honor, be never succeeded in danc author states that tbe brain bath cell* you start out to have it g If you git I I not Several of the more serious cases would, 1 that resulted In bis being soundly or chambers, and each cell contains a feel sure, have been fatal without ft. It can It is practically Impossible to capture ing in time. knocked out of one plan yon want to 1 not cuffed. Under this treatment his ardor be too quickly brought to the attention part of the understanding, and that a full grown beast of these species, and git yourself another right quick, be “Herold composed while walking, of the mother« of the country. It 18 an ab- cooled, and he retreated toward the the young one* are hard to rear. A humming or singing, often in tbe these parts may be expressly seen in fore your sperrits bas a chance to fall. •olute necesalty. door. With his hand on the latch he L. C. MENDEL, M. D. baby hippopotamua will drink thirty Champs Elysees, and often passed bls tbe figure of the bead. Phrenologist* —"Lovey Mary.” turned to say: pinta of milk a day and a baby rhi best friends by without recognizing can at least disclaim against their Petaluma, Cal., September 1, 1943. “Per'aps I nlver told ye, but It's beliefs being newfangled. — London Dear Sir«—I have . just tried the teething _ noceros almost as much. Thus It re them. How Climate Has Cteaaged. ~. food in two cases and In both It wa« a muc - truth I’m tellin', tbot Casey saved me Chronicle. quires tbe presence of a large herd of cesB. One ,wau a very serious case, so criti In Switzerland a mean temperature “ Gounod composed especially at the lolfe once in a fight. Casey can mop cal that it was brought to me from another goats in the wilderness to supply milk table, or at least in his bead. When he equal to that of north Africa at the city for treatment. Fatal results were feared. up tbe floor wld thot howly parint av Hat Btleaette. for such creatures. A hippopotamus Is wrote, everything was absolutely clear In three days the baby ceased worrying and preseut time to shown by Its fossil yours, but I'll not lay me 'and ou ’im." Tipping tbe hat Is a rare thing among commenced eating and is now well. Its action worth from $2,500 to $3,000, a rhinoc In his brain. His manuscripts prove “Be all tbe saints, I never saw a man men when there are no women around. flora to have prevailed during tbe mlo- in this case was remarkable. I would ad eros slightly more, while giraffes sell at this. vise you to put It in every drug «tore in thl« so chicken hearted; afraid to stand up A few fine old fellows cherish tbe habit cene or middle tertiary epoch. An city. Your«, $2.500 or more, according to size, age “Wagner liked to write standing up of tipping to each other and to stran thropoid apes lived in Germany anti " M. PROCTOR, M. D. to a man no 'Igher than the stomlck The bullet* tang their fong ot death all and condition. I. about him. Franc*; fig and cinnamon trees flour- before a large table desk like tbe cash •v ye! Sure, an’ yer an ornament to gers when introduced, but ordinarily Sweetman's Teething Food will carry bub, Isbed at Dantaic; in Greenland, up to desk* in the shops. His scores were the army. Did ye Iver see tbe loikes aster beyond remedy. Of no use now tbe band never touches the brim. In safely and comfortably through the me«t dan Jamaica Crocodile*. written without erasures, in a superb business offices there is no sort of eti 70 degree* of latitude, magnolias serous period of child life. It renders lanc av ’Im,” she continued, addreasing an to bring back tbe screaming Filipino ing of the gums unnecessary. It is the safest There nre a good many crocodiles In calligraphic band, admirable for it* quette. Men in tbe sweep and rush of bloomed and vine* ripened tbelr fruit, plan and a blessing to the baby to not wait Imaginary audience while pointing the wbo dived into the hold. There was tbe more distant reserves of Kingston clearness and firmness aud worthy of while in Spitsbergen and even in Grin for symptoms but to commence giving It the no help for it — tbe launch must go un business have no time to give thought finger of contempt at Flynn—“a sojer harbor and at tbe mouths of tbe Ja a professional copyist. fourth or fifth month. Then all the teeth to hats. But certain decencies should nell Land, within little more than 8 will come healthfully, without pain, dis- for tin years an' nlver a scratch on the guided as chance might direct. Tbe maica rivers, but they are exceedingly “Berlioz, wbo played no instruments prevail. On entering a private office degree* of tbe pole, swamp cypresses treaa or lancing. It Is an auxiliary to their tinder skin nv 'im! Sure, If Iver 'e’a sergeant turned grimly to bls gun and wary, and a most cautious approach Is but the guitar, flute and flageolet, nec regular diet and easily taken. Price 60 cents touched at all, at all. It'll tie In tbe fired another volley, while tbe air look at tbe bead of tbe occupant. If ■nd walnut*, cedar*, limes, planes and (enough for .aix weeks), «ent postpaid on re necessary If one wishes to get close essarily worked at the table. back av ’Im." Then again she turncil about blm was hissing wltb tbe rush be baa bls hat on, keep yours on; if his poplar* grew freely, water lilies cov ceipt of price. Pacific Coast Agents, Inland enough for an effective shot "Franck, who was tbe head of a hat is off, remove yours. The removal ered over standing pool* and Irises Drug Co., Milla Building, San Francisco. of missiles and tbe deck on wblcb be to the disconsolate sergeant: Just as tbe lion bas bis jackal and school, scarcely composed at all till stood had become slippery wltb blood. of your hat to a compliment and a lifted their tall head* by tbe margin* "Not a word more will I apliake to tbe shark his pilot fish so the crocodile after 9 o’clock in the evening. Now at last a bullet sought blm out courtesy and does not indicate that you of stream* and river*.—Edinburgh Re ye. March out ov me kitchen, ye loaf Ancient H c <I m . Is almort always accompanied by a “Meyerbeer wrote io a regular man are Inferior or subservient.—New York view. In’ coward!" and pierced bls shoulder. Yet be gave small plover, which perches upon the In ancient times tbe beds we read That same night Sergenat Flynn no b<“d to it, for be was not disabled scaly ridge of its back and is just vis ner in tbe evening, and bis servant bad Press. •bout were simply rugs, skins or tliin Whe* «be Barber Was a Wit. found himself ordered to accompany by the wound. He was determined to ible above tbe filthy water In wblcb Its orders to drag him away from tbe niuttresses which could lie rolled up In original literature the barber la Her Age. piano at the stroke of midnight. Schu Major Howard, who was to start the stay at bl* post and work tbe gun until big patron loves to wallow. a great figure, and Arabian tales are and carried away in the morning. At "Madam, ” replied the judge sternly, mann would not admit that any one he fell beneath tbe enemy ’ s fire. next morning on the Oceanic, an armed On the approach of man or any other full of him. In Italy and Spain he waa night they were spread on the floor, launch, wltb supplies in tow for the But by a miracle tbe unguided boat danger this tiny bird flutters into tbe could write otherwise than at a table. “you must answer the question. What often the brightest man In town, and which in tbe better class of houses is your age?" Mendelssohn made much use of the Oeste In the Rio Chico. In It* wav beld steadfastly on Its way toward air and utters a abrill cry to warn Its was of tile or plaster, and as the shoes "I was born tbe same year your hto abop waa headquarters for wit piano and preferred to work in tbe his position was one of Importance, an safety. And now. while tbe sergeant. “chum.” were not worn In the bouse and th* and Intrigue. Jasamln became famous honor was. That would make me morning. Auber generally worked at Importance essentially Increased by the Incredulous of escape, loaded and fired Tbe crocodile dives, and you may sit aa a poet in southern France and re feet were washed before entering a •mall size of the expedition. I11 addi and awaited death, a re-enforcement in your canoe and nurse your rifle for night and very late, till 2 or 3 o'clock about”— cited his verses with razor, scissors, room the fluors were cleaner than “ It isn ’ t necessary to go into partic in the morning, in order to avoid out tion to Major Howard, there were only arrived. an hour without a chance of a shot. brush and comical gestures as be dree . ours. After a time a sort of bench, ulars. ” interposed the judge stlffiy. side noises. two white soldiers on the Oceanic— Tbe engineer, bavlng at last cowed three feet wide, was built around two Tbe Jamaican crocodile Is shyer of “Halevy bad a table piano that had "Gentlemen, have you any further uae ed the hair and beard of fine ladies and or three sides of tbe room about u Bergeant Flynn, who was in command. bla native, assistants Into attention to man than most of its kind.—Chicago gentlemen in bls shop. He had a grent for tbe witness? You may stand said*, been made for him by Pleyel. From ■ nd the engineer. There were. too. a tbelr duties, rushed on deck wltb a Newa. run, made money, hived fame, and foot above the floor and, covered with time to time be would draw out hta key madam.” clvihan clerk, with the major, and two magazine rifle and. standing undaunt a soft cushion, was used during the Smiles made a book about him. board, strike a few chords on it, and blacksmith* going up to report to the edly exposed in tbe stern, fired toward day to sit or lounge on and as a sleep A Trnearranhieal Brrer. TMe Dlaaer Hoar. then push it back like a simple drawer any point where a flash of light In tbe cnva.'ry regiment. The crew of the Ing place at night. The bench was “I've come,” said tbe visitor, "to see Tbe hour for dinner has undergone A Llahtsisa Chanae Artist. laun< h aliove and below was made up tblcket of grass betrayed the lurking several changes. About 1400 it was ■nd continue to write. why you called me a political jobber in1 The rapidity with which chameleons sometime* made like a settee, movable “ Boleldleu also wrote at tbe piano. place of a foe. Tbe sergeant gave a Itnd of carved wood or Ivory.—London of Filipinos. your paper today." 10 a. m. Henry VIII. dined at this change their color la marvelous. You Ti..- Oceanic steamed down to Aryat, cheer In houor of bls brave ally and time and supped at 4. In tbe six Fellcien David, not being much of a “I regret that error of tbe type* gather one from an outdoor shrub and Standard. In Luzon, and there took In tow two discharged a last volley. Then a bullet teenth century dinner was at 11, break pianist, sometimes sought tbe aid of quite a* much as you,” replied tbe ed it Immediately becomes dark, almost his violin. Adolphe Adam almost al No Sense of Proportion. huge ca*cos of supplies. The cnsi-os touched bls temple, and be fell. fast at 7 and supper at 5 or 0. In tbe ways worked at bls grand piano the itor. black, hissing snd with Its mouth wide A moment later the launch swung The young man wlio had spent Ills bad a guard of twenty soldiers, hut “ Ah! Then you didn ’ t mean to call following century meals were an bour right hand side of whose keyboard open, threatening to bite. Meanwhile efforts for several years without re ( this protection was rather theoretical around tbe bend of tbe river, and there later. me that?" it is never still, but continues to crawl was stained wltb Innumerable splashes than practical. Inasmuch a* the men In before her lay tbe Oeste. Promptly “No, sir. I wrote 'robber' very dis upward whenever possible- up you. up sult In studying art was talking with Disraeli tells us that in tbe reign bi* practical uncle, who bad patiently lhe boat* were shut down beneath the then tbe machine guns of tbe Oeste. of Francis I. of France folks rose at 5, of Ink. He played eight, ten or twelve tinctly.’’—Philadelphia Pres*. your sleeve, always upward. By de paid tbe hill* heavy bowed mats with which the free now to open Are since there wa* dined at 9, supped at 5 and went to bars, and then wrote them down. Bizet frees the angry Mack ciungva tareo “Of course,” said the young artist no longer danger of bitting tbe launch, bed at 9, which, according to a popu worked especially In the evening and rascoa were covered and were thus un Rajataimte WHk tei»e; .... “ whatever color is nearest. If one's • bls to tight except after elamlierlng poured tbelr fury against the Insur lar aayiug. made tnem live to tbe age still acre at utght; be olten made use Minnie—Well, I'm glad Kit Rpurkmg dress is of a brownish color so Is ths ”1 know I haven’t made much of a go of it, but I don't think you ought to ad sut aiow'iy one by one from the central gents. Even tbe soldiers In the casco*, of uinety-nine. Iziuls XI!., It Is said, of a piano bureau by Pleyel, like Gou Is going to be married at last. chameleon's. ___________ clambering one by one from beueath hastened hta death by altering bls nod and Halevy.” •penlng tn each mat. vise me to try something else. You _ Lutle—Tbe tone of your voice doesn't Sergeant Flynn understood that this the mats were able at last to send a hours to please hta young wife. In teat to put "klT your eggs In Indicate It. ■er Atvaata*«. transit of «npplle* through the enemy's few shot* In tbe direction of tbe en one basket and watch that basket.” • Hituiie—"But l am. When tbe list of stead of dining at fi a oi and Knlnt emy, _ ......._ ... . "Oh, dear“' said little Harold'* territory was not_ without .risk* In “Um! That may be, Charlie; but did “Where were they married?" marriage licenses to published every to bed at 6 p. m„ be took to dining at • ••*••• deed he reckoned up the chance* with "I ain't jest sure,” answered the body will find out she's thirty-seven mother, who wa* somewhat rheumatic. you ever think bow foolish It I* to put noon and often sat up till midnight. "I seem to ache all over.” out enthusiasm. The launch was un ao many baskets around one bantam “There's a young lady come to vtolt ■mall boy, “’cause they left me borne, years old.—Chicago Tribune. protected v armor. Her supply of you. Flynn, my buy," said tbe surgeon “Well," Mid her sweet child, “I'm •re?" —Youth’s Companion. but I guess it was in tbe steeple. ” The Ladder Dwarf. •arry, but not a* sorry a* I'd be for AUeat I guua was limited to a single Norden In the hospital at Manila two days aft "In the Steepler’ "Among tbe strange and weird de feidt five barrel rapid firer. This wrap- er the engagement of tbe launch. "Butterfly to awfully absent mind father if he felt that way.” The Urea« Perrelete Tower. "Well, I beard ’em say It wa* a high mon* and bogie* which are believed ou was wretchedly Inefficient, for ft "Why would you feel more sorry for ed.” "Sure. It's nlver— Has she blue eyes, In 1430 A. D„ after nineteen years ot church wedding.”—Chicago Tost by miner* to-bsunt tbe working* un constantly jammed. •or-»” your father, love?” "What to hia latest r ceaseless labor and an expenditure of derground not tbe least horrible I* tbe However, nearly the whole distance “ 'Cana* they'd be such a lot mor* of about £800,000, the Chinese govern "Ob. It'* tbe same girl!” quoth th* “ He was driving a nail and ham There are two kinds of unhappy peo wa* traversed without disturbance, Surgeon flippantly. "And here she 'Ladder Dwarf,’ ’’ said a former pros him to ache.”—Chicago Record-Herald. ment finished the wonderful porcelain pector. “I never saw tbe creature my ple In the world—those who are sad mered his thumb. He bowled and put Finally the Oceanic, wltli the caaeoi In raanaa,” the nail in bl* mouth and tried to tower at Nankin, which stood for near because they are not known and those self, but be to described a* hunch tow. rounded the great bend at the Prejtedlee. Rergeant Flynti turned to aee Bridget fling bl* thumb on th* floor.’’—Ctovs- ly four and a quarter centuries, until who are miserable because they are backed, with a short body, targe bead mouth of tbe Rio Chico. wlilcb from udge—Do you solemnly swear to 1856, tbe most marvelous building ever hurrying toward him. She fell on her taud Plain Dealer. •nd enormously long and powerful known too well. thia point circle* away toward Tarlac. knees by tbe sergeant's cot and kissed I tbe truth, the whole truth and erected by human bands. It was of •rm*. In fact, be resemble* an ex Here tbe launch wa* almost in safety, ill* hand. nothing but the truth? The Rattle aa a Decay. octagonal form, 200 feet in height, with Bapert •! It. aggerated gorilla. Hia favorite trick for bardly a quarter of a mile farther That the rattlesnake usee bis tail to Wltueas—I do. "Oh, Mike, forgive me, me darllu’! nine stories, each having a coruice atd Townley—This paper says that one to climbing tbe ladder* by means of on lay tbe guntaait Oeste. Tbe ser An’ 'twas mrailf tbot called ye a cow Judge—What to your occupation? decoy birds has been observed a num of those Idiotic colleges to going to a gallery without. wblcb the miner* leave tbe mine*, geant rejoiced, with a dear conscience, ard. an' ye tbe bravest man In all tbs ber of times by a correspondent of the make Senator Boodler a "doctor of Wit n ess I was employed In tbe ■Ince the defective mechanism of tbe world! Och. I'll marry ye tbi* bllssld raising himself with bta long arms, Scientific American, who says: "The laws.” weather bureau. Cbelly’a rapid firer wa* not bl* fault. Tbe en inlnlt If ye aay tbe word! An' father •nd aa be pauses tbe rungs kicking ■uake bides himself in the tall grass Judge—You are excused —Ph 11»del Brownley—Well, that's appropriate “Cholly to ao clevab at wepartee!” gineer blew a gay blast from the wills hlmsllf '•• licked tbot Casey, bad cess them out one by one. He la supposed and imitates tbe bussing of a bee. The enough. He doctors tbe laws every pbia Telegraph. exclaimed Clarence. to always do this just before an acci r U* a* signal to tbe Oeste of tbelr ap to'Im!” Insectivorous birds, such as tbe pbcrbe time he gets a chance.—Exchange. "Isn't heT’ said Reginald. “W|iat'» dent of some kind In tbe mine. ” proach. Bad Or era Vara. and kingbird, are attracted by the * With Bridget'* lips on his. that In hi* latest r Hers tbe left bank of tbe river wa* trepid warrior. Hergeant Flynn, was at sound and become an easy prey for his Philanthropist-You say bad liter«- "A gweat. howwld bwute said to Men do not change much, after all. snakeship. I have seen rattlesnakes no mors than a hundred yard* from peace with all tbe war Id. taro brought you here? What made him, ‘You are tbe biggest fool In thia Three hundred years sgo a wise man concealed In the dense foliage of trees th* launch, and It rose to »ucb a you read it! State.’ And Cholly answered wight off. wrote this: “A man knows little who twenty feet from tbe ground practicing height that It seemed to overhang the Osivlct l didn't—I wrote It 1 wui T don’t agwee with you F ''—Cincinnati Clara—What came between you? tells bls wife all he knows." — Atchi boat The sergeant peered with dread tbe same deception on tbe birds and • poet an* bad ter steal ter keep from Commercial Tribune. Cbloe Oh. he abowed ao much Impa son Globe _ . _ at that tangle of grass and bushes tience with lido. - Detroit Free Press getting tbe bird every time.” starvin'.-Judy» ♦ 11 The Vindication 1 of the Sergeant ------- I WHY WE ARE AGENTS T Save the Baby. J