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BANDON RECORDER. emêM«....,_______ ___ : P olly L arkin VAtCING FHOM AXOFT. Peculiar Eieaaptlo« of Sailor Maa From Accident» of Thia Kiad. “One of the wonders of seafaring life," writes Chai I*» Protheroe in "Life In the Mercantile Marine,” la the sin gularly email proportion of sailors who meet with death or accident by falling from aloft. Whether or no the cherub who is supposed to sit aloft and watch over poor Jack la responsible for it I aiu not prepared to say. but the fact leuiaina. “Having to tumble up aloft at all hours and In all weathers to perform acrobatic feats that would almost puz ale a monkey, the aaylng among sailors about ‘banging en by the eyebrowa’ be comes almost a truism. “One would think the situation was highly aplced enough by danger with out needlessly Increasing It Yet It is not altogether an uncommon thing to see a man, if he happens to be bare footed, run out along the yard in pref erence to using the footrope placed un der it for the purpose, to reach wbat Is a post of honor, the weather eai» ring. “In spite of all this, although not knowing the actual percentage, I make bold to say that not more than one sailor man in hundreds is killed or in jured by falling from aloft. If 1 use my own experience as a base, the pro portion would be less, for In over twenty years of sea life I was never caused the pain of witnessing such a catastrophe.” Paresis as Teachers. Of all the teaching in the world ninety-nine one-huudredt-hs at least Is done by fathers and mothers. Every child learns more In the way of actual facts from the day of Its birth until the end of its seventh year than It can possibly learn In all the rest of its life put together. During these first hours and yeara of life the child learns to walk, to talk, and, what is far more Important, it learns the beginnings of self control. During the first years the child puts Itself In touch with the world Into which It Is born, and In these early years the parents, and the mother especially, are the teachers. They start the operations of the mind, giving It Its first bent And however able the teachers of the future may be, however conscientious and learned, in the great majority of cases the child’s future. Its success or failure, depends upon the first teaching Influences of the mother and father.—New York American. A Live Oak Too. The bride was fair and slight and the bridegroom was dark and stalwart. They made a most Interesting pair, and the people on the long distance train who had watched them more or less openly from San Francisco were cheered by the sight of a shower of rice which fell out of the bride's par asol two days later. The bridegroom saw the smiles, and. putting bls arm round bls blushing wife, he faced the carful of friendly strangers. “I reckon there's no need for me to say we haven’t been married long.” he announced in full cheat tones, “but I can teil you one thing. You don't want to smile any more than ’s polite, for she's my violet and I'm her Sheltering oak, and I weigh 204 pounds.” A Qnalst Examination. Silence, it appears. Is an unknown quantity at a divinity examination in Mandalay. The commencement is sig naled by the clashing of cymbals and the beating of drums. While the can didates are writing their answers they are surrounded by a Jabbering crowd, who pass audible remarks about what is being done. The test lasts ten days, and the people make the examination the occasion for gaining merit by feeding the candidates, and cart loads of provisions of all sorts find their way to the pagoda precincts, and Bur mans from every quarter go round col lecting money to provide the competi tors with the necessaries of life and luxuries as well.—Rangun Times. Ths Death ot Mark Aatoay. Mark Antony gave the world for a woman’s love, but found himself so poorly compensated by the exchange that In desperation at the approach of Octavius and being Informed that Cleo patra was endeavoring to make terms for herself by surrendering him he stabbed himself with bls dagger. Be ing revived, be received the message sent by Cleopatra that she desired to see him. He was carried to her place of refuge. Cleopatra and her mu Ida raised him by ropes to the window of the tower where the fallen queen found her last home. He was lifted In and died In her arms. Pceallarltlso of Fish. There sre two popular delusions about fish—one that they cannot live out of water and the other that they can live In nny pure water, the food supply taking care of Itself. As a mat ter of fact, then are fish In Africa which, having to exist in absolutely dry rivers for a portion of the year, lave developed lungs, while In many an amateur's sqtisHqm fish cannot !**r in the water provided owing to lac*: of food,—lxjtidon Field. ItHuannblr Orta!a. “I ttnderstscd old Skta&al bar, got religion.” 'It’s possible.” “Do you really think so?” “Well, if Skinflint and religion have come together at all I think it la safe to say that he has got religion. There certainly Is nothing to lnd*cnte that re ligion has got him.”—Chicago Toot. The same boy wwho is taught to be lieve that the drumstick Is the b st part of the turkey grown up to Imagine that hla wife always gives In to hlin.- New York Press, ~A Self Milker. Mrs. Meadows— Yaas, Hiram got rid o’ thet brindie cow tbet uater steal Her own milk. Mrs. Komtop Dew tell! I a'poae hr took most anything be could get fo* her? Mrs. Meadows—He Jest got d< u w*at he paid fur her; sold her to tie- new man from the city'es a "self milker.” * ■» The preeiou» America cup that Sir Thomas Lipton has been trying in vain to recover and carry across the Atlan tic is now iu real daugtr, for next year the challenger for the long-coveted trophy will fly the pennant of Mrs. Graeme Huuter, wife of the Scottish millionaire. Mrs. Huuter is enthusias tic over the idee, aud has arranged that Mewn*. Iieuny of the Clyde, builder» of the last two Shamrocks, will build the yacht, but for a designer she expects to bring forward a.man whom she re gards as the equal of Herreabott', Alfred T. M. Mylue, who has designed a num ber of fast small boats and whose fifty- two-footer, Moy and, has gained a name for itself this season iu all the British regattas. Mrs. Hunter was preaeut at the final defeat of Shamrock III, has been visiting relatives in New York, and while keenly regretting the defeat of the trim yacht Shamrock she baa only praise tor the victor, and the en thusiasm with which she speaks of the excellent points of the Reliance is min gled with her deep sympathy for Sir Thomas Liptou. She is confident that Great Britain can produce a yacht bet ter than any that has yet been oou- stiucted in America, and as her hus band, who is mauy times a millionaire, shares her views on the subject, we will have to look to our laurels. We may have beaten Shamrocks I, II aud III, but who knows what the Scottish Thistle may do toward bringing down our pennant and wresting the silver cup that has been kept on this side of the Atlantic by the Reliance and carry ing it back to Great Britain. Polly has so much faith in women that I believe where they have a motive in view they will not rest uutil they have gained their point and accomplished what they have set out to do. Mrs. Huuter is an expert yachtswoman and has made this theme a study. She will no doubt note the fine points of the Reliance aud contrast them with the faults, as she sees them, of the Shamrock and profit by the misfortune of the latter. Polly does not think that Mrs. Hunter, or any other aspirant for the cup, will find the American yachtsmen napping, but still as long as there is an enthusi astic and determined woman at the helm of tills new project it Is well to tie on the alert. “Home people carry their grief on ttieir sleeve, Polly, and it is all outside show,” said an old friend the other day. “Such people can wail lounder, make a bluffof wanting to die, too, wear their friends out by their repining aud con stant lament, and yet get over their grief so quickly that It is a marvel to their friends, for they can be the gayest of the gay and the most conspicuous party in any place of amusement They are the kind, Polly, who prefer to wear a broad black baud of crape ou their arm, instead of dressing modestly and quietly in the plain black that has tieen the custom for generations past. Anything for a new fad. Mind you, I am not a stickler for heavy mourning, as some people term it, with crape cov ering uearly the entire drees and heavy crape vails falling from the crape bon net and enveloping the figure in its somber and depressing hue and folds, nor would I insist upon it if any of my people objected to mourning. If they wanted to wear cheerful, bright colors I would not consider it any lack of re spect to my memory, still the quiet aud unpretentious costume in black is more to my taste and more in keepiug with my feelings when death has claimed anyone belonging to me. Everything bright seems like a mockery to me then. I want to get away from it all and stay in the shadow uutil time, the great healer, has taken the keen edge ofT the new sorrow. You may think I'm old- fashioned, Polly, for I can never get accustomi d to this baud of crape on the sleeve as a badge of mourning.’’ It is only a fad, this band of orape ou the sleeve, and it will not last. In fact, it has already had Its day and its popu larity is ou tbe wane. Danae Fashion has already turned it down as a back number, aud from uow on it will be the exception and not the rule. I re cently saw a young lady attired in the brightest shade of red, and ou her arm was her badge of -mourning. “That young lady buried her father only last week,” said a friend, as she passed chat ting cheerfully about the new, or I should nay, the “old” play, “Every man.” “Things have changed won derfully during tbe past few years. Time was when a liereavemeut of this kiud visited a household that the mem bers and the nearest relatives bade goou-uy to society for a certain time— called the first period of mourning—and remained quietly at home, giving up amusements of all kinds. Why, I can remviubet w hen I wtw a child aud death called one of my little sisters home that the whole household was turned into mounting. Tbe crinieou-covered fur niture was covered with linen covers trimmed in black braid, the pictures were covered over In crape, and even the servants were provided with mourn ing. I am glad those days are past, for they cast a ghxmi over the whole house hold aud kept the shadow of death in the house and made us forget that th* departed was at rest and that there was a glad, triumphant song at the coming of a new soul into the land beautiful. All this hM changed, Polly. I know of one undertaker who lets in all the sunshine and pure air ho can Into the house of death. He, like many others, has dispensed with the long, narrow board, etc., and now the quiet sleeper Is made to appear as if sleeping sweetly on a little white couch or bed, aud frequently a canopy of filmy lace aud white ribbou falls gracefully about them. Bright hued flowers are used in designs and bouquets, and on the door, instead of the stiff rosette aud stream ing ends, is a dainty, graceful bouquet of exquisite blossoms tied with white* illusion telling mutely ot the grief with in the closed doors and of the one who baa grown tired by the wayside aud lain down to rest, sleep, aud awaken iu a new and a belter world. ’Tb> better so; we know they are better off; kuow that they have laid down the trials of life; never more will they lie weary or their hearts ache over the sorrows and disappointments that are In store for those who are not called hence. I never grieve for those who are gone, Polly, but for the ones who are left aud who find the world so desolate without the dear familiar faces of those we love.” THICKS WITH CARDS. SKILLFULLY done , they will amuse ANO MYSTIFY your guests . Hew to Tell Every Card la the Fonk With lie Back Tamed Toward Tea. Tke Tklrtv-eae Triek — A Clever War to Tell Drawa Cards. flXPOLEON’S tETTER. Hvw the Initial “M" Fnaatunted th« Great C«sss«nr’t Career. From Marengo to Moscow was the long swing In the pendulum ot Napo leon's life, the one the greatest battle out of which be came with his Ute, the ■other the abyss 'which engulfed him. Mr. J. M. Buckley, who Is a literary expert on coincidences, points out how strangel) the letter M played a part in the life ot the great conqueror Marbo«* was the first to recognize the genius of Napoleon st the Ecole Mill- taire. Melas oftened to him the way to Italy. Mortier was one of bls first gen erals. Moreau betrayed him, and Mu rat was the first martyr to bls cause. Marie Ixtulse partook of his highest destinies. Metternich conquered him on the fl *ld of diplomacy. Six marshals—Massena, Mortier, Mar- mont. Macdonald, Murat and Money— »tul twenty-six of his generals of divi sions had names beginning with the letter M. Murat, duke of Basaano, was tbe counselor in whom be placed the great est confidence. His first great bat tle was that of Montenotte; his last was that of Mount St. Jean. He gained the battles of Moscow, Montmlrail and Montereau. Then came the assault of Montmartre. Milan was the first ene mies' capital and Moscow the last in which he entered. He lost Egypt through tlie blunders of Menoa and employed Mlollls to make Plus VII. prisoner. Malet con spired against him, afterward Mar- mont. His ministers were Maret, Mon- tall vet and Mollien. His first cham berlain was Montesquieu. This undoubtedly Is one ot the beat illusions performed with cards, as it not ouly brings the whole pack Into use. but is also legitimately founded upon arithmetical principles. By this trick you are able to tell the whole pack of cards with the backs toward you; also to sort them after being cut any number of Units In the mere act of dealing them oat In a row It la per formed thus: A puck of cards being distributed on the table, with their faces uppermost, they are picked up one by one in the While we are on this theme my at following order: fl, 4. 1, 7, 6, king, 8, 10, tention has ueeu called to the fact that knave, 9, 2, queen. Repeat the same se a lady who says she bellevis tn the ries of every thirteen cards. Four times “eternal fitness of things,” states that over will of coarse complete the pack. That the above order may be remem the Poetoffice Department is at fault Iu not having before this seen to the issu bered, the following words are used as ing of a mourning stamp. “Thiuk of a a guide to the memory and they are red or a green stamp ou a black bor Intended to enumerate the cards: •I 4 1 dered envelope! Gau anything 1 e more The slxty-foorth regiment beats the out of place or more absurd than that?” 7 6 king she asks iu discussing the matter. She seventy-fifth; up starts the king, with is not the only one who is Interested in 8 10 < 8 knave this sLbject, for the Poet office Depart eight thousand and three men and 0 2 queen ment is constantly Iu receipt of requests for the issue of a mourning stamp for ninety-two women. Hence this trick is said to be done use ou black-edged stationery. Peraons “by wonlt!” in all grades of life send in their plea The pack being arranged. It may be I bat there is no harmony or appropri handed to any »f the company “to cut.” ateness in an euvelope with a black with the proviso that this operation be Woriliworth'i Secret. edge aud a red stamp iu the corner, and done whist fashion—that Is, by taking And Wordsworth's secret? Any poet’s they beg the department to Issue a a portion of tke cards off In a mass secret? Well, for aught we can see, It black stamp. The |>oetal authorities and placing the lower division on wbat remains a secret, a something as far have given much thought to the sub was before the upper one. This done beyond human subtlety to explain as It ject but have been unable to oomply fairly and properly, it may be repeated Is ueyond human ingenuity to produce. with the requests on arcouut of the any number of times, as the audience “The wind bloweth where it listeth.” muy think fit. You then take the pack "Genius,” “Inspiration”—it is hard to rules of their Universal Postal Union, and by a feist catch sight of the bot get on without the old words, vague which prescribe that our lowest value tom card. Hiving learned this (It may though they be. Nay, It Is precisely stamp shall be green; that the stamp be done at l glance, in a second of because they are vague that they serve used for domestic use shall be red, aud time), you hive the key to the whole so useful a purpose. Even Professor the stamp carrying foreign mall (6 trick. Then commence it by dealing Raleigh, after speaking almost con cents) shall be blue, so they have deemed the cards out In the ordinary way. but temptuously of “impatient critics” who it impossible to meet the r quiremeuts in thirteen heaps. Having dealt out seek to account for Wordsworth's of a mourning stamp, as the depart- thirteen, begin again and eover them; “amazing Inequality” by assuming that then go on al before. When finished sometimes he was inspired, at other men! does not deem it advisable to there will be of course four in each times not, is heard a little afterward print a stamp in red and also black, heap. Now every heap will contain all lamenting that In Wordsworth's case, The suggestion baa been made, never- four of the si me denomination, as the as in Coleridge's, “the high tide of In tbeless, that the 3-ceut stamp now four knaves It one heap, the four sev spiration was followed by a long and printed iu purple might lie lamed in ens In another, and so on. The thir wandering ebb.” One feels like quoting Lowell, whose black, so that persons desiring a mourn teenth. or last heap, will be of the same ing stamp might procureone by paying denomination as the one at the bottom arrow in such competitions is apt to which you hive contrived to see, and, hit the white. Wordsworth, he says, tlie extra cent. according to whatever that card Is, all “was not an artist In the strictest sense the suits will follow, but In the reverse of the word; neither was Isaiah, but he BRIEF REVIEW. order, as tbs words above Indicate. had a rarer gift, tbe capability of being Thus suppose the eight was the bottom greatly inspired.”—Bradford Torrey In German Winegrowers. card. Then on dealing them out they Atlantic. The winegrowers of Germauy have would be In the following order: Klug, Phil May Hla Models. 6. 7, 1, 4, 6, queen, 2, 9, knave, 3. 10, 8, always had an evil repute, as a elate. Many of the figures In Phil May's and you begin reciting In the mind the Nearly four centuries ago Erasmus de words you use from that passage in the book "Guttersnipes’’ were sketched nounced them with burlesque violence, sentence, working from right to left, from memory while staying up the riv protesting that all the ills which afflict which the card Indicates In the above. er. ed bis old age were due to the foul de You would say: “One day,” he said, when speaking on the subject, “I saw a delightful lit 3 knave 8 10 coctions he drank when an innocent Eight thou land and three men and tle model for my purpose, a dirty, rag youth, although he had most certainly ged bit of girl humanity. I spoke to 6 4 9 2 queen avoided German wines for mauy years. sixty-fourth her and wrote a message on my card women; The trial of Dr. Hchlamp von Hofe aus ninety-two for her to give to her mother. Next • 1 ? Nierstein shows that his fraternity regiment beats the seventy-fifth; up morning she came In charge of an older still practices the ancestral arts, with sister, as tattered and unkempt ns her king improvements suggested by modern starts the king with, etc. Here, of self. When I had made my sketches science. It was proved that this in course, Is your starting point. of the two of them I asked the elder genious personage, one of the largest The same principle bolds good what one if she bad any more sisters like winegrowers of the country, first added ever the card may be. Any person ask herself. ‘Oh, yes. four or five, worse 5 per cent of water to his vintage. ing for a card, ail four of every suit than I am.’ ‘Bring them round,’ said I. ‘Is the little un to come again?' she Then he mixed a quantity of cheap may be found In the same heap and can be quickly turqgd up as soon as re asked. ‘No, I’ve done with her.’ The Greek wine and fortified the whole quired with a little practice, to the ut next day they came, the little un In with ammonia, taunic acid, gelatin, ter astonishment and wonder of the cluded. She had persisted In it, for isinglass, raisins aud sugar, finishing company. she said: ‘He's my artist. I found him with a few drops of some mysterious By taking up the cards In the same first.’ "—London Tit-Bits. li<|Uid which be carried in his pocket. order as before, but all of one suit, you British Museum Lottery. The fine is 8300 or imprisonment for may easily discover the position of any The British museum was begun with 300 days in default. Dr. Hchlamp urged one card that is demanded. A fine trick with cards is called “thir 8500,000 raised by a lottery scheme. Of the public prosecutor to spare him on that lottery, authorized in 1753, the the ground that nearly all of his col ty-one.” It is played with the first six of each suit, the aces lb one row, the archbishop of Canterbury, the lord leagues did the like, and exposures deuces In another, the threes in anoth chancellor and the speaker of the house would ruin the wine trade. It was a er, then the fours, fives and sixes, all of commons were the managers and business-like argument, but the prose laid in rows. The object now will be trustees. Ths amount was 81.500,000. cutor heard it unmoved. to turn dowu cards alternately and en raised by fifteen dollar tickets, to pro deavor to make 31 points by so turning vide 81.000,000 for prizes and 8500,000 or ns near to it as possible without for the purchase of the Sloane collec Suit for Marred Beauty. overrunning IL and the one who turns tions and the Ilarlelan library and for Hearing of the efficacy of the Roent down a card the spots of which make cases, house room and attendants. gen rays for the removal of hairs from The operations of one “Peter Ix*hciip him 31 or so near It that the other can the upper lip, a lady in Hanover, aged not turn down one without overrun Esq.,” says the fxmdon Chronicle, made 36, applied to Dr. Karl Bruno Hchur- ning It wins. This trick is very deceiv; the lottery notorious. He fraudulently mayer, a properly qualified doctor and Ing, as all other tricks are. and re "cornered” the tickets. 6,000 or so ol Roentgen ray specialist, for treatment quires much practice to be well under them passing by liis aid to a Sampson He operated twice, but instead of re stood. The chief point is to count so as Gideon, who sold them at a premium. An inquiry instituted by the house of moving the superfluous hairs the oper to end with the following numbers— commons resulted In the prosecution ation resulted In the skin of the face vis, 3, 10. 17 or 24. For example, we will suppose It your privilege to com by the attorney general of I^lieup becoming red and the lips swollen. mence with 3 and your adversary The penalty was a fine of £1,000, but The lady thereupon brought an action would add 6, which would make It 9. this was by no means excessive, at against the doctor and was awarded It would then be your policy to add 1 £40,000 was Tx*hcup’s estimated profit! (60damages,against which heapi>ealed, and make 10. Then, no matter what from the fraud. but the decision was upheld. number be adds, be cannot prevent Savage Revenge of a Gypsy Rand. you counting 17, which number gives A young Hungarian gypsy who had Product of Alcohol. you the command of the trick. We will betrayed bls party to the authorities A molocule of alcohol is composed suppose be adds 6 and makes 16. Then after a robbery begged the magistrates of two atoms of carbon, six of hydrogen you add 1 and make 17; then he adds 6 at Magyar Egres for protection, ns bls and makes 23, you add 1 and make 24. companions threatened to kill him. The and one of oxygen; so synthetical al Then be cannot possibly add any num man was given shelter, but tbe room cohol is obtained by uniting these ber to count 31, as the highest number was found empty on the following dn« atoms accordingly. For a long time it be can add Is 6, which would only Eventr .lly l>ls body was discovered has tieen known that by direct combi count 30. so that you can easily add the In a flela The eyes had been burned nation of carbon and hydrogen in the remaining ’., or ace, and make 31. out, the tongue excise«! and tbe man electric arc acetylene can be obtained. There are, however, many variations to hanged by tbe feet on two aeHcia trees The body bad been cloven In twc. Sufficient hydrogen must lie added to the trick. A clever way Is here given in which the acetylene to produce ethylene, a A Slap at Whlatler. to discern one or more drawn cards. constituent of illuminating gas. In com A young San Franciscan, the owner Turn unperceivcd the bottom card of a bining water with ethylene alcohol is pack face upward; then let several of of a large and valuable collection of nil obtaiued. Thus alcohol is produced In the company draw a card. Reverse the tographs. once wrote to Jam«*« MacNclll France without the employment of ver- pack rapidly that the bottom Is now .Whtjtler. politely requeytliw bl'. Mirim- etauie matter. the top card, and thus all the other ture. The letter was scut in care of cards are turned face upward unseen tbe London Royal academy, with which the famous American painter Was nt The premier of New South Wales has by the spectators. Hold the pack firmly In your fingers outs. After four months the letter was been urged by a deputation of ladies to returned to tbe San Francisco address institute the curfew bell, prohibit the and reqnest those who have drawn to replace their cards In the pack. Thus from the dead letter office in Washing employment of barmaids and prevent all the drawn cards will lie with their ton. Covering the envelope was the the sale of cigarettes to yuuug children. faces downward, while all tbe other word, repeated numberless times. “Un cards will 11« with their faces upward. known.” The most prominent Austrian trade You now step aside, select the drawn union, the Gswerbe Veretn of Lower cards and show them to the company The Real Fare«, Austria, baa decided to send a deputa —Boston Herald. “Man does bls best when be Is hard ____ put to It. Necessity, you know. Is tbe tion to the United State t In 1904 to visit Well Connected. mother of Invention." said tbe observe! the St. lamia exposition. Vlaitor—I hear I must congratulnte of men and things. yon on the engagement of your son. “Yea.” replied the bcn«'dlct. "but If It is announced that the British mu What an extremely nice looking girl necessity were invention’s mother-in- seum has fiurchsued the ten |x>und abe la! law then you'd see how invention aerolite which fell recently at Urumlin, Mrs. Nolonger Brown—Yea. and so would have to bump itself.”—Phlladcl County Antrim, Ireland. well connected too. In fact. I’ve been phla rress. told that her ancestors were relation« I»’,e your neigblior as yourself, but of Vie 8panlsh armada. Evidence of an Eyewitness. put a barbed wire fence around your Guest— Why do you believe In second wife aud your securities. If a row threatens you don’t let It go sight major? so far that you become bitter and are Major Darby (in an Impressive whis The fellow who makes a tool of him willing to hurt yourself la order tr per)—Because 1 fell in love at first self is never lonesome. hurt your enemy. Sight!- ranch. NEW SHORT STORIES CHOICE MISCELLANY Oscar llamiaeratela aad His Caw. Oscar Hammersteiu was pacing up and dowu tn front of his Victoria tbea ter tbe other afternoon when a boy ap proached leading Sukey Ixmgtull. the cow who Ilves in tbe Dutch village on bls roof garden, says the New York World. Sukey had been ill the night before, and a veterinary w ho had been called In suggested that she be taken out for a walk. With much difficulty the anl ma I was taken down tbe passenger ele vator. She bad spent hours dodging trolley cars to tbe joy of a crowd of small boys. “Can you get her In the elevator all right?” inquired Oscar of tbe boy. “Sure! Kin youse eat?” responded the boy, who had been hired by the prop erty man and didn’t know Oscar. Wltii much clatter boy and cow dis appeared Inside tbe door and headed to ward tbe elevator. A moment later Mr. Hammersteln was startled by a loud crash of glass, bellows and shrieks. Darting inside he came upon a wiki eyed boy flying around at tbe end of a rope. At the other end was Sukey Longtail. Around her neck was the fnfine of a picture stand, and on tbe of! hind hoof was what was left of a pho tograph of tbe manager himself. The cow no sooner laid eyes on O*ar than she lowered her bead and pre pared to advance. Mr. Hammersteln 1» valiant by nature, but he realized that It would be better to be discreet for five minutes than a cripple for the rest of bis natural life, and be disappeared in the box office. The cow thereupon laid waste much of the foyer. Mr. Hammersteln reappeared with a look of strategy on his countenance. In one hand he held a white granulated powder. Sukey sniffed, and Mr. Hammersteln called softly after the manner of a farmer at the pasture bars. There was more sniffing, autl then Sukey advanc«*d cautiously. Mr. Hammersteln retreated to the elevator. Finally both were inside, and up they went. At the top the manager backed out toward the cow stable, followed by Sukey. An Instant of suspense and the door was locked. “Say, boss, w’at w»s yer glvln’ her?” inquired the admiring boy. “Salt, young man. salt," responded the redoubtable Hammersteln. “If you can catch a robin by putting salt on its tall you certainly can catch a cow.” A Riley and Hye Joke. James Whitcomb Riley tells this: "Bill Nye and 1 once played a good trick on a New York millionaire. Twem- low was the fellow’s name, and he wan an insufferable snob—Insufferable. Al) over his house hung family trees, an- Irish Horal Castle. There is some talk that Kyle more castle, in Galway, will be selected as the royal residence In Ireland. The king drove through, a. portton of the grounds during bis recent visit to tbe Emerald Isle and expressed admirattor for tbe l>eauty of tbe place ami Its surroundings. Kyle more castle Is tbe biggest of all the great Irish homes, having been built about twenty yeara ago by Mitch ell Henry, a wealthy Yorkshire rnuuu facturer, who sat for an Irish coustlt uency as a Liberal. A vast fortune was sunk In tbe build ing of Kylemore. Some idea of Its ex tent may be gathered from tbe fa«-t tha.< there are 200 bedrooms In the house. The groumls cover thousands of acre« and are wltliln a mile or two of th" coast. The castle has remained unten anted and neglected for many year« and the man who built it hardly < n Joyed It. He had made in the ground« two larg«« lakes, aud in one of these th - only duugliter of the bouae was a<« i dentally drowned while gathering wa ter lilies. From that day Mr. Henry refustsl to occupy It. No suitable tenant was found for the property, although It has been to let for the last decade. A la mt six mouths ago tbe trustees put II h - estate np for sale, but the property wus withdrawn, as tbe highest bld was only 8150,009. Sympathetic Brtaaads. Modern banditti retain In Epirus all the audacity, with some of the pic tures«] uen«*ao, of th«* ol«l time brigand A somewhat striking Instance Is re corded from the town of Konltza. A bridegroom, with hla family an«l man friends, was pro<e«>dlng with violins, fifes and other musical instruments, ac cording to the custom of tbe country, to bring the bride, when, half way, the.« found themselves beset on all sides by seventeen urm<*d brigands, who, at the gun's muzzle, compelled the surrender of every farthing In money and every article of Jewelry they possessed -even to the nuptial ring. The <M>up la-lug quite successful and the laxity large, as tbe family was well to do and there were many handsome wedding gifts aud personal jewels, the brigands en tered Into the spirit of the «xvaslon. re turning tbe nuptial ring and coins equivalent to 20 pence per bead In or der that the bridegroom's friends might not cut a too humiliating figure at tin- nuptial merrymakings. Then, with many go«xl wishes for the future happi ness of the bridal pair, the robbers de parted. Shoplifters "Who “Exchaaue” Loot. Every large department store In New York city has to make au unnual al lowance for stealing. A big store In Brooklyn sets aside 810.006 at th«* lie- ginning of every year for that purpose. Stealing by employes makes the small est part of the losses. Shoppers with “lifting” proclivities are the chief of fenders, though truckmen get uway with many dollar«’ worjb of merchan dise In the course of a year. One of the most impertinent features of this stealing 1s the fact that the g«xxls are almost always brought back to the store from which they are taken and exchanged for other articles or cash. The old rule of requiring the check given with the'pureliase to be brought when an exchange is made d«x*s not defeat the plans pt the tldevea. as It Is a rule that was long ago found to be ill advised, making enemies of regular patrons who had los< their checks.—New York Press. Ai Incenloas Freaehm« t. “JUST TOLL HIM HIS UMCLB PHOM THS WOBKHOCaX CALLKD.” A thrifty Parisian has Dit upon a ticw system of safety deposit. A visit wa*-tnade to tlie police station in the Faubourg Montmartre by }d. Samue. V., who came to claim a parcel ot jewels which be had lost a month pre vlously valued at 800,000 franca. Tbe commissary consulted his register. M. V.'s jewels bad been found and taken to the station by M. L«*on D. "It la very curious." said an employee. "These Jewels were lost on the same date last year and brought here by M. Leon D. nnd claimed a month after ward by M. Samuel V.” "It Is very curious, too curious,” said the coinmla sary. Explain this strange coInci dence.” After a slight hesitation M Samuel V. explained that being afraid of burglars while away for a month'» holiday he thought it would be difficult to find a more secure place to put them cestral portraits, crests and coats ot arms. You'd have thought him de scended In a direct line from at least a hundred earls. “It happened in New York one day that Nye was upset by a dray and rolled about in tbe mud. When he got up he was a sight. His cloth«?» were in rags, his shirt and face black and bls bat without a rim. “ ‘Let’s go and see Twemlow,' he said suddenly. ‘Think how disgusted he'll be to see me In this rig.’ "We went to Twemlow’s bouse, an«! a flunky In knee breeches answered our ring. ‘“Mr. Twemlow Is not at home,’ he said. Germans the Greatest Headers. “ ‘Oh, very well,' said Nye. ‘Just tell According to recent statistics. Ger him that his uncle from the workhouse many heads the list as a reading na- called.' ” ‘tlon, Russia falling to zero. With re gard to uewspa]>ers. the following facts The Judge Also Ran. are even more significant: In tbe Unit Judge Holman of Indiana, famous ed States of America 75.000.U0U of in for years ns the “watchdog of the treas habitants are catered fox. by 22.UOO ury,” was one of the picnickers from journals, while Russia, with Its popula Washington who went to see tbe first tion of 130,000,000, has only 8OU I. e., battle of Bull Ruii fought. He drove thirty-seven times less. This paucity down with many other members of Is easily accounted for by the censor congress, firm in the Idea that the Un ship. In Germany the actual number ion soldiers would make short work of of professional writers is estlmatisl at the Confederates, and, with the r«wt. 12.000. 400 of whom are poets. It was panic stricken when the Confeder would therefore appear that Deutsch ates chased tke Union soldiers back In land Is not only the "reodhqrest" but confusion. the "writlngest" country In tbe world. Years later be was telling of his ex —Kansas City Journal. periences. “I was there,” he said, "ami pretty soon the soldiers and citizens Criminals* Eyes. who bad gone to see the battle b)*gnn A Russian savant lays claim to a dis- to come by. running fit to kill. I watch covery for detecting criminals. A«x*ord ed them for a spell, and then I thought Ing to M. Karloff, the scientist ill ques I’d better be getting along home.” tlon, you can tell a criminal by tbe col "Did you run?” asked Judge Culber or of his eyes. Murderers and tblevtsi son. have maroon or reddish brown eyt*s, “I hastened a bit” confessed Hol tramps light blue, and ao forth. M. man. Karloff has classified eyes Into fami "Which way?" lies nnd has drawn up rules which be “To tell the truth." said noIman, “I ilf'clares to be Infallible. Honest folk veered a trifle to the north.”- Saturday have dark gray or blue eyes.—Ixindoa Evening Post._____________ Globo. _ tee Test., Lily—Well, did you s«*e her? Is It true? Is she really engaged to him or is it only Idle rumor? Nellie—There Isn't a word of truth in It I had a long talk with her and told her of tbe men who are Just wild about me, and she never said a won! about him.—Brooklyn Life. Flllaa It Oa. Dedude- That man called me a liar, a cad, a scoundrel and a puppy. Wouhl you advise me to fight for that? Old Blunt—By all means. There’s nothing nobler In this world, young man, than fighting for the truth. As Others Knew Her. "Fhe seems to be a natural flirt." he "Come, dear, kiss my cheek and make said. up,” she said forgivingly. “Natural?" the woman Impatiently "I’U kiss it” he answered, "but I replied. "There’s Dothlt* natural abou don’t think it wants any more making her but the framework.”—Chicago Rec •rd-Berald. Meaa.
