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ì ©fe Puzzle of a Pistol Shot By HOWARD FIELDING Copyright, 1900, by Charles W. Hooks When I had heard this story I was about to enter the house, but at that moment Mrs. Harland and Emily ap peared, accompanied by Dr. Burrell. I perceived that there was some differ ence of oplulon between Emily and the physician. The man seemed to have been urging some course of action, to which the girl would not agree. As for Mrs. Harland, she was obviously distressed and nervous to the last limit of her self control. I was not long In doubt about the subject of discussion in that little group. At me very earnest opportu nity Emily Harland disclosed It to me, though, of course, without a hint that It had been In dispute. Tbe point was that she bad not been In the kitchen when Eldred was shot, but, according to her own story, on the roof of the veranda. In the chair which I had no ticed. She told me plainly that Mr. Sanborn had misstated the facts In his first account of the occurrence because he believe that Miss Harland would be liable to unjust suspicion if it were known that she was not in view of either himself or Mrs. Harland when the crime was committed. At this Dr. Burrell came forward with his idea of the affair. He began by scouting the notion that the re porters would do Miss Harland any injustice just because she was not with her mother. To all Intents and purposes Mr. Eldred was a stranger to Miss Harland, and— “I beg your pardon,” the girl inter rupted In a firm tone. “I do not re gard Mr. Eldred as a stranger. I pre fer to speak of him as my friend.” “Quite so,” said the doctor smoothly. "Mr. Eldred was a very tine fellow. I’ve no doubt It la the more obliga tory upon us all to clear up the puzzle of this assault.” Then he proceeded to tell me a tale which was truly important and Inter esting. It appeared that an unknown man enveloped In an atmosphere of mystery bad called at the house on Thursday afternoon and had Inquired for Mr. Eldred. When Informed that be was not at home the man had de parted hastily without explaining bls errand, but Mrs. Harland, who bad re sponded to his ring on the occasion of his call, had seen him hanging about the house on Friday and Saturday aft ernoons. Mrs. Harland, now In tears, support ed the doctor’s story with her faltering testimony. She added that on one of the rare occasions when she bad seen Mr. Eldred he had called her to his toom and ha •n her a scrap of newspaper b rverai portraits of men. He ha> • if she recognised any of the pic » »* , and she bad Imme diately pointed out one of them. “That's the man wbo called to see you yesterday afternoon,” she bad said. Eldred had seemed disappointed and had asked her to look agnln at the portraits, but she could recognize no other. This occurred on Friday morn- orihbem, reless*sl from prison recently perhaps and moved to murder by tbe thirst for vi-ugeaue. After considerable search among El dred's documents I fouud the news paper clipping iu a pocket of tbe coat which be bad woru at tbe time of tbe conversation with Mrs. Harland. With out hesitation the lady pointed out to me the likeness which she bud Iden tified, and I beheld, w 1th great sur prise, the pictured visage of u stferet service comrade named Antoido Do nato. He had been Eldred’s chief as sociate In the Philadelphia case. “Why, there’s Mr. Eldred’s picture, too!" exclaimed Mrs. Harland. "I did not see that before." It had stool at the (up of the group and had taien folded back, doubtless so that the lady should uot see It. “But wbo Is that?” said Emily, tak ing the paper out of my band and scrutinizing a snapshot [sirtralt which was less clear than the others. "It was a man wbo was mixed up with this case, but was never caught,” I replied. "He was kuowu In It as ’Mr. X.’ and was supposed to be the chemist who made the metal which these counterfeiters usml. Eldred got this snapshot of him while shadowing tbe gang, but he was not seen agalu.” "How strange!” said Emily. ‘ thought it looked like Mr. Sanford." "By the way,” I asked, “where is Mr. Sanford?” "He's gone to New York with oue of the police detectives," said Dr. Burrell. "They’re going to see if they can find any clew in Mr. Eldred's office.” I asked whether Mr. Eldred bad a telephone, and the answer was In the affirmative. Miss Emily happened to know. I went to a drug store near by and called up the proper number. It was the Jersey City detective who respond ed. I Introduced myself to my profes sional brother and then asked If Mr. Sanford was with him. "Yes," he replied. "Well, bold him,” said I. "He's the man. I’ve got the case all figured out." "Tbe deuce you have!" said he, or words to that effect. "The surest thing you know,” I re sponded. "Eldred Is In love with Miss Harland and she with him. Then along comes Sanford, whom he has met in Trenton, where she visits regularly, and to whom she Is engjaged. Eldred spots NEW SHORT STORIES] CHOICE MISCELLANY HUMOR OF THE HOUR WASHINGTON LETTER The Mlal.tor CoalSa't Spare Hlaa. Tbe late Rev. Elijah Kellogg, it Is •aid. was ouce fiercely opposed during one of bis pastorates by an infidel in tbe towu, who was a leader in all op position to rellglou and took muck'sat Infection in discovering Inconsistencies in the lives of church members and IB publishing them through tbe neighbor hood. For some reason Be decided to re move to another part of tbe state. Meeting tb»‘ pastor one day, be said, "Well, I «uppoee you know I am going to leave towu, and I suppose you will be glad of it.” “Glad of It? Why, no,” replied the doctor. “I shall be very sorry ts lose Klep«oa»a'>lne A |>.'e, A mysterious outliresk of ^leptuma uia has iuva*le»l the bouse of commous. Tbe origin of the disease has been tracts) to a ease which huppeut-d two or three weeks ago. when six cakes of boUM of common» soap were found bulging out of a legislator's coat ¡xu-ket. Since that» the malady has spread with alarming persistency. Oue mein b»*r of parliament, w ho In a fit of men tai abstraction took a pair of hair brushes stamped with the royal arms, was taken before the sergeant at arms ; and gently admonished, but even then the disease was not exterminated. Table napkins have l>eeu mysterious ly spirited away by one overwork»*! legislator, while another unconsciously i took somebody Blue’s check book | Recently tbe kleptomaniacs have eon fined their attention to silk hats, ami so many have disappeared that some members now think It necessary to put skullcaps in their pockets as a safeguard against going home bare headed. Every night now when the cry is raised of "Who goes home?” it Is found that there are not enough bats to go around.- London Express. An Inventor's Discovery. A Hungarian professor and chemist of the Bruun university claims to liavg rediscovered the secret of the ancient Greeks by which they were able to render mortar Imperishable. The rea son for the remarkable preservation and hard texture of the sealing ma terial of the Acropolis at Athens, which is as good today as it was when first laid centuries ago, has always puzzled scientists and archa«H»logists. This Hungarian some twenty-five years ago procured a piece of this flintlike mortar and ever since has been engaged upon ascertaining the se "HOW IS THAT?’’ ASKED THE MAN. cret of its manufacture. He has lu you. Y’ou are so useful to me in my work here I hardly know bow I can vented a chemical compound, liquid in character and yellowish color. Tin spare you.” claims of this inventor are that by Tbe man was much taken aback and the application of this compound the asked, "How is that?" density of nearly every description oi "Why,” rejoined the pastor, "every stone, including granite, is doubled and time a sheep gets Its foot out of my is rendered absolutely impervious to fold you bark from one end of the water. It Imparts to all metals the town to the other. You are the most power to resist rust and is a great, useful watchdog that I ever knew.”— powerful germicide. These properties Sanford as a man who was mixed up In Boston Herald. are not transient, but everlastiug. a counterfeiting case In Philadelphia three years ago and threatens to expose htm. Sanford denies It. Eldred isn't quite sure, so he sends for his old com rade In arms. Tony Donato, and tells him to hang around the house and make an Identification. Sanford Is partly ‘on’ to this game, and he Is desperate. He takes h long chance and shoots Eldred, having fixed up a fake with a window of the next house so that It would seem as If some- body had crawled in that way." "This looks straight," said the deteo the "What shall I do?" "l’lnch him,” I replied promptly. He did it upon my responsibility, which he forgot to mention after my story to him had been verified by careful Investi gation and by Donato’s testimony. Sanford was convicted and is now in prison, Eldred recovered and has mar- rled Miss Harland. PATRIOTIC OLE BULL. Tlie GreuieMt I'olittcal Influence ta Modern Norway. % Anecdote of Senator Elklnn. "There was a time,” said Senator Scott of West Virginia, “when my col- league Elkins was a bustling young freight agent in New Mexico, His of- lice was u I hix car. and ills principal troubles were in making his receipts of freight tally with his bills of lad ing. One day he had a carload of household furniture switched to his siding. Tbe seal of the car door was quickly broken, as young Elkins then, as now, always liked to keep up with his work. He was greeteil with the bray of an ass as tbe door slipped back on its rollers. The bill of lading was at once scanned, but there was nothing to show that the animal should be a passenger on this particular car. The goods were all checked out, and then Elkins wired the general office thus: “ *I'm a bureau short and a jackass long on this carload of furniture.’ “After a little delay the answer came: ’All O. K. The bureau Is a burro.’ ’’—Travel. A True Bear Story. (Sia-v..U Correapoinienee ] Stranger (up iu Maine)—I praauas you have seen u good many I »ears in your time? Hunter-'Bout a thousand. Stranger- I wish you would tell me a bear story—a true one, of course, every detail exactly as It happened. Hunter—Eb? Want a true bear »lory? Waal, I swan! All right, I'll give you one, but sho you won't care for it. Baek In the sixties, about ’ffi), I think, or mebhy It was *70, I was walkin' along, not thlnkln* of anything In particular except Josh Peabody's chances of election—Josh and me were great friends—when, all of a sudden, just as I'd cross«*«! a log over a stream and sat down on tlie further end of the log for a little rest, I felt a jar, and, looking up, there at the other end of the log. with one paw on It, waa the biggest, ugliest lookin’ bear you ever see. I had my gun, but it was empty, and I hadn't as much as a bird shot to load with—just gofn* home, you know. My buntin' knife bad got lost some how that same day, and all I had was an old fashioned barlow pocketknife, a good deal th»* worse for wear. Well, I looked at that critter and be looked at me for *bout two minutes, when I sort o' sidled off the log and crept along upstream about twenty feet, meantime openin’ tbe old barlow knife. I couldn't get any farther on account of a high bank, a thicket of laurels and the jagged roots of a big tree that was blown over. Well, there I stood and there that critter stood, me eyin' him and him eyln' me, fer full ten minutes, when all of a sudden— Mighty good cigar this is. Stranger—Yes, yes. Go on. Hunter—Oh, yes. All of a sudden that bear crossed over the log anil walked away.—New York Weekly. I Barking back to the days of their grandmothers, womeu prominent iu Washington have tnkeu up the weav ing of rag carpets. Of course tbe prod ucts don't bear the ugly old name. They are »'ailed "souvenir rugs." Not are they made of bits of all sorts ot cloth, as iu tbe old days. They are woven from fragments of modem gowns. The pretty daughters of Sena tor Wetmore of Rhode Island started tbe fad lu Washington, and mauy girls have succumbed to It. uot only »laugh ters of resident familitxi, but some wbo are only temporarily lu the national capital. It is said tbe craze Is stron gi st anioug arlst»s*ratie old Washing touians, who look dowu from immeus urable heights ujkiii the passing throng brought thither by politics and win turn a cold shoulder on the newly rich Their mansions are rich iu relics an»l l»oor In modern carpets anil the where withal to buy them. Putting on a Good Front. "<f you’ll give me a finer quality of goods," said the professional window trimmer, “I can make a splendid dis play.” "If I had the fine goods I could make the display myself," remarked the pro prietor of th»* store. “What I’m paying you for Is to make a splendid display with cheap goods.”—Chicago Tribune. The Kennon. Look Not to the East. For a long time it has been declared that those whose heads pointed toward the north while they slept enjoyed bel ter rest than those whose feet were pointed in that direction. Now a savant gravely declares that th»* position of one’s desk largely In fluent es his capability and that to de one's best work the seat must face the west. It Is asserted in all gravity that those who face the south lose at least one- third of their capability, and a seat facing the east Is only lees hurtful than one which faces tb»> north. The originator of the theory declares that he stumbled upon the solution by finding himself unable to work In a new library until the position of his desk liad been changed and that he has verlthsl the correctness of his claim by experiment with a score of Ills “I wonder why Caroline Is willing to friends. In the course of time tlie com marry that stupid young Sappington?” pass will become as essential to the “You seem to have forgotten that landsman as to the mariner. Caroline is thirty-two.” What was It that made Ole Bull nn- deniably the greatest political Influ ence Iu tlie history of modern Norway? The riddle is easy to read. Although lie voiced the peasants, bls own voice was that of no peasant, but one of the Where Hebrew Is au Innovation. His Prescription Wasted. most severely leu rued of European ut Yiddish is an archaic and corrupt Dr. Clinton Roberts believes that terunces. Ilia instrumental mastery most nervous Ills have their origin In torm of German extensively spoken by was complete, and tbe technical dlfli Jews in many countries besides Ger cult les of Ills compositions have left the mere conviction of bad health. many itself. A startling instance ot When victims of this form of hysteria them for tlie most part unperformable. come to him It is his custom to pre Its popularity Is given by a writer in But Mozart was bis chosen theme, scribe, instead of medicine, some kind the Jewish Chronicle. In Jerusalem worshiped with such an ardor of con he met “a worthy man who denounced secration that the whole range of his of mental relaxation. Dr. Roberts liim for being unable to converse with himself is fond of theater going, and works had for him no secret. His frequently bls answer to a professed him in Yiddish. ‘You are no Jew,’ he fume, therefore, was of that order that protested, "for you do not know the opens all doors. Statesmen and chief Invalid is the suggestion that he wit Jewish language.’ I answered that ness one performance or another which captains like Bismarck and Von Moltka the man of pills considers especially Hebrew was the Jewish language and were bis Intimates, and he was their good. that I was quite willing to try to confidant. To world artists like Liszt, Not long ago a dejected looking indi speak to him in it. His rejoinder was, < hopin and Mendelssohn lie was own vidual called on the practitioner. "I'm ‘I have no patience with this newfan brother. Indeed, a curious physical all In,” he explained wearily. “Been gled idea of speaking Hebrew in Jeru resemblance betweeu Liszt and liimself salem.’ "—London Globe. led to many amusing contretemps on working through the summer without any rest. Lost interest in life. What this score. And sovereigns, diplo would you advise?” Swell Hanlan Burglars. matists and great nobles were all The arrest of a band of burglars “I'd advise a little amusement," re proud to name him among their friends. turned tbe doctor. “Why don't you go whose operations would have delighted In him. then, Norway had found one and see Jefferson De Angells In ‘Fan- Balzac to celebrate is described by the wbo could stand for her in tlie highest tana ?’ ” Svlet of St. Petersburg. Thirteen men ranks of the nations, learn for tier tlie “Alas," replied the patient, “I am Jef and women, the flower of the profes secrets of statecraft and recover In ferson De Angelis!”—New York Press. sion, are under lock and key. They had her behalf the trick of thinking like a a town bouse in Moscow, rent $2,000 a king. For this is oue of tlie losses en A Little Aid. year, furnished at a cost of $10,000. tailed on a people who are governed Mayor Kirkendall of Wllkesbarre They had a country house near Mos by foreigners from a foreign seat—that told at a reception a story about a cow worthy of a Russian nobleman. they forget to think of their country young Wllkesbarre clergyman. They had stables of fine horses and as a whole, the habit that is the secret “He was married a year,” the mayor gardeus kept by the best gardeners of rulers. said, “and his wife interested him In a Yet It was only as a man atitl not charity for miners’ orphans. He ad They never condescended to an opera by any means as a politician that au vocated this charity often from the tion likely to yield less than $10,00(1 “BUT wpo IS THAT ?” autocrat could claim the friendship ot pulpit, and when a subscription reaeb Their last exploit In May brought in $25,000. Ing. after she hnd told Mr. Eldred the dlstinguishtsl artist. His own sov ed him he would acknowledge it the ereign felt that he had cause for grave next Sunday in church. llarmonr In the House. about the stranger's call. A humlreil women thronged the space “It happened that last June there Mrs. Harland described the visitor as offense when tbe uews reached Stock holm. In IMS, of his heading a pro came to this minister on the same day inside the rail at tbe west side police a very handsome dark eytsl man of the cession in Paris to preseut the Norwe a subscription for $25 and a young court In New York one day recently Italian ty]»e, and she mentioned some gian colors to Lamartine. But even son. seeking warrants to arrest husbands details of bis attire. Suspecting that royal anger could not resist tbe good “A good deal of laughter was excited who bad deserted or refused to support this person was mythical, I was vastly stories told on the next visit, and tbe the following Bunday when, rising in them. Probation Officer Canfield of the surprised wilt'll tno poltrrmen put In king stood lilting Ills lip at tin* careless tbe pulpit, the minister said that he his oar to this effect: court in commenting on tbe vexed bonhomie of Ole Bull as he turned felt very grateful for the small succor "Why, sure. I saw that feller. I suddenly and said. “By the way, sire, problem of the desertion of wives says saw him around the corner last even you should have ls*cn with us the otliot that had arrived last week.” — New that 'n these cases all nationalities and Tork Tribune. all occupations figure, but adds that ing looking up at Eldred’s window.” day iu Purls when we went to ac This unquestionable evidence Intro claim Lamartine.” Margaret E. Nobl< there Is one occupation never yet on Nat Kimball Was Not Afraid. duced some new theories of this affair. In Century. his list. No musician has ever been It became msessnry to know In what Among the well known characters In haled before his court.—Boston Herald Biddeford twenty years ago wa« a manner this “unknown” could have en i hiftWit) M. brick manufacturer named Nat Kim tiled or left die bouse it be were El Egypt Saved by Her Dam. Chimneys constructed on modern ball, who was noted for his witty re dred’s murderer. With Mr. Sanborn on The Assouan dam In Egypt has principles were almost unknown to the torts, says the Boston Herald. One gaved the cotton crop this year. The the front stoop and Mrs. Harland In the kitchen (into which the only rear ancients, ls*lng used only in the large day the old man was taken very 111 i Nile this year Is very late and low, the baths, where great quantities of hot and seemed very near his end when 1 gauge showing three meters below door of the house opened), there s»*emed to be an element of difficulty. An water wen* needl'd, Chafing dishes, the minister called. The conversation thirty years’ average The stored up assassin would hardly have risked braziers of glowing coals and bottles drifted around to the matter of future water assures the Irrigation of the del coming In under such circumstances of hot water were employed by the existence. ta and middle Egypt, but large areas “Mr. Kimball." said the preacher sol In upper Egypt will remain unlrrigat upou the chance of shooting Eldred ladles of the middle ages to keep their rooms warm, and a curious picture Is emnly. “don't you have any dread of I «xl. Ilie experience of this year will with tils own pistol and escaping un- obeerved. When, however, I ascended extant of three Norman la<!i<*s chat m«*etlng the king of terrors?” ' probably cause the construction of an “Huh!” grunted the old man. “1 other great reservoir already projected to Mr. Eldred’s room the case took on ting together, each with a bottle of a wholly different aspect, for I discov hot water, placed between her feet. don't know why I should. I've lived to be expedited.—San Francisco Chron ered that a window of an unoccupied Chimneys are believed to have been tin- with the queen more’n forty year.” icle. kuowu iu England until the twelfth bouse, separat»*d from the Harlands' by century, but by the end of tlie four Pb<»t«xrapblns l.lvhtalas. Missed Her Chaaee. only four feet of space, was open and teenth were generally employed in do An English writer tells how light May—I believe that Miss Passey bad that there was no trouble at all about mestic architecture. For a long time ning ‘‘sits" for Its photograph: ••Light crossing from one to another. there was a chimney tax all over Eug- ning can only be photographed nt a proposal when she was sixteen. It bwitnw Imperative to send out a land.—London News. night. It Is also impossible to use any Blanche—Indeed? And the poor thing general alarm for the dark skinned, cap or shutter for this work, inasmuch was so young and thoughtless that she handsome stranger, and to aid In the as the eyes do not observe n tlgph of did not accept? Jas« a Hlat. search I tried to secure the piece of Auntie- How smart you look thia lightning till at lenst a tenth of a sec newspaper U[>on which tbe man's por afternoon, dearie! Dolly (wbo has ond after It has passed. ®o that, hav The Real TeSRa. trait appeared. My theory was that l>«*en forbidden to ask If aha may stay ing focused your camera t>e foreha nd. “Is he a thoroughly honest man?" the picture had l>een published at the to tea) Well, you see, I put on this draw the shutter ami bold the camera “I don't know," answered the man time when Eldred broke up a very bad costume so that If anybody did ask In the direction you think the flash from Missouri. “1 have trusted hlte gang of counterfeiters I* Philadelphia tn»1 to tea I could atop. (Conscience will take and yott must trust to the with buudreils of thousands « dollars, and that •>»■ Individual whom we now stricken)—I—I haven't asked, have I?— c mrtesv of the lightning to be there but I never tried him with » book or on time.” susp»*cta4 of this crime had been one Punch. an umbrella.” Washington Star. •• - Her Sure Accomplishment. Her Rival—What a color Miss Love has tonight! I wonder if she paints. Her Adorer (turning wistful eyes to ward tlie central figure of an admiring circle)—I don't know. She certainly draws well.- Brooklyn Life. Every One Knew It. Hicks—Miss Ix>wd was in your box at the hors«* show the other day, I heard. Wicks—Yes, and everybody else within fifty feet of the box heard too. —Philadelphia Ledger. Kind Hearted Ladr. Mr. Brown—Well, I guess I’ll turn off that electric fan downstairs. Mrs. Brown—Oh, David, don’t! If some poor burglar got in be would sim ply stifle.—Indianapolis Journal. The True Poeta Are All Dead. "A true poet writes poetry because he can't help it.” “Oh. no; a true poet writes poetry be cause nolHxiy can stop him."—Chicago Record-Herald. An Appetiser. Visit ot the lleehablte». A meeting of the Washington mem bers of the Independent Order ot Reehahltes was recently held here ami arrangements were made for tbe re ceptlou of visiting del»<gutes ami past representatives to the forty-ninth an nual sesslou of the high tent, to be held in this city commencing Oct. 10. Tlie high chief ruler of the order, John C. Moore, is a resident of tbe capital. Waste or City Water. The city has a new nitration plant in operation which has heeu several years lu building. Water from It is turue»l into tbe mains, but not enough greatly to influence the supply. It has beeu discovered that the very day tin* plant is finally completed it will not handle so much water as tlie city with Its natural growth of population and busi ness Is then likely to want and that the clean water will have to be supple mented all the time by a certain amount which has not beeu run through the flltratlon plant. This Is very dis appointing. The trouble hero Iles ill the frightful waste of water through luck of meters. . A strong op|M»sltlou against the meas uring of water always shows Itself in congress, even though the plan pro posed be to give at the regular mini mum charge a quantity sufficient for all ordinary household uses and needs and to let the extra cost dependent ou the measuring begin only after that limit has been passiAl. But for the activity of those who had meters to sell this sentiment would have beeu Ir resistible. A small appropriation Is now available for the introduction of meters, but the movement must pro ceed quietly. The privilege of letting water pipes leak year in and year out ami of tolerating defective plumblug many p»*ople regard as among the In alienable rights of au American citizen, with which the law should not try to Interfere. But unless there is some such interference tbe flitration plant, completed at a huge cost, will perform but slight service. Progress of Union Station Work. It will be eight»*en mouths. If not two years, Engineer Hunt predicts, before the union station is ready for occupancy, although steady progress is being made. Foundations for the station are nearly all complettsl and a large amount of tbe steel framing and granite and brick work of the super structure is in place. Tke Surgeon Genernl's Library. The government printing office is completing the tenth volume of an Index catalogue for the office of the surgeon general, tills being tbe second series of the same Import. An idea of tbe size and complexity of the library of the surgeon general is derived from the statement that there have beeu twenty-six large volumes of Index cat alogues published, and it is said that by the time tlie present series is com pleted there will be sufficient material on hand for a third series. Speaking of the character and scope of the surgeon general's library, L. C. Ferrell, superintendent of public documents, salil that this oollcctlon of books was undoubtedly the largest and most complete of its kind in tlie United States and probably the most up to date, if not the largest, in the world. The medical museum Is not only the home of this wonderful medical library, but the depository of a great number of specimens of interest to the medical fraternity, snid to be the larg»*st collec tion in thiR country, New Rifle Range. The rang»' of the National Capital Towne—So you went home with Stin- giman for luncheon today, eh? What Rifle an»l Revolver club, an organiza- tf<xn that was charter«»d early in the did you get? Brown—An appetite for dinner.— spring, is now ready for bnslness. It is located at Congress heights. Philadelphia Press. It is the club’s purpose to revive the interest In rifle work, which has long Row Did Sho Know! He—Funny thing about surf bathing. been dormant here for lack of proper It makes my mustache smell so salty facilities, especially 200 yard schuet- zen work and revolver shooting at fifty for a whole day afterward. She—It does so. That's - fact.—Bos yards. Trap shooting will also be a feature If the members desire It. It ton Transcript. Is purely a civilian clnb, open to all, and has already on its rolls tbe names A Cerloua Matter. Tee—A Scotchman can’t see a Joke, of a numtier of prominent business ami professional men, as well as many of they say, and yet he originated golf. Putt—Well, golf Is no joke.—Detroit the best Kbots of tne national guard and metropolitan poll«*« force Any Free Pre »s. rifle or revolver may be used, as with such a club there Is no ground for re To an Invalid Typewriter. striction. as only tbe pleasure of Its My oLd typewrlxter! y earn have gon. 3ut you ur ju.t« thE Bam.« members Is to be served. No bad effect has TiMe XXX upon Alignment key or xxx frame. Why. I reMeMber year re ago WTien I. new In the gaMe. Would maK mistakes ((no longer so(( A let youxx taK the blaMe But youx weretruo A dldnot k lek And neverdoso now, A that is Why I fain muST stick Th se laurels on yourrr browl My old typewrlxter! Dontt get ill! We yet may maK thing .hum,— If girl s t e n ographers don't fill ?Thy Joints wit h Chewing ruM'l •-Peter Pry Bhevltn in New York Herald. Bespoken. Naval Veaael to Be Wrecked. Tli.’ hull of the old naval steamboat Phlox, which lias been lying at Dean's boat yard, a short distance north of Alexandria, Va., ever since she was dismantled about two years ago, has been taken to a point on the Maryland aide of the river opposite Alexandria, where she will be wrecked to obtain the metal In her timbers. The Phlox for many years ran on a route between the Naval academy at Annapolis and Baltimore and was a very handsome traft. CARL SCHOFIELD. Balldlwg Rome. Teacher—Tommy, when whs Rome "I can attend to tint divorce case for built? Tommy—In the night Teach you, If yon like.” suggested his friend, er-How came you to make such a the lawyer. mistake? Tommy—You said yester “I'm sorry, old man,” replied «e day Rome wasn't built In a day.— western Benedict, "but the fact Is I Miooi Board Journal.______ promised tbe case to a friend of mine Qaeatlaaera. before I was married.”—New York Tommy—Oh. my pa says you’re a Press blamed nuisance, teaqjjer. Teacher What? Tommy—Well, that's what he All other knowledge Is hurtful to him says I am when I ask questions, and wbo ha* not honesty and good nature. that’s wbat you’re always a-doln'.— —Montaigne. Philadelphia Press. FLED FROM TEMPTATION. A Briber VI ua <»e<ttnit < lo«r |«> Tbt« lluuvMt Maes's Prive. Several secret service men were ium hing w . downtown cafe the other «lay when tbe talk turn«*«! to the gen erul subject of graft and briliery. “1 am reiuiude»l," said one of them, “of the story of au iudivklual who was well kuowu lu the w»*st al»out a ilccade ago as a man of unimpeachable hou- esty and sterling integrity. And it wasn't Just a belief or a general Im pression, but a matter of cold, bard fact, as tlio eireumstauces had proved more than ouce. "It hapi»eued that atxiut the time 1 meutioii a big eastern corporation which baudlt*«l millions of dollars' worth of gisxls annually wanted a man for a position of the highest trust and after seari-bing the country over light ed ou th«* gentleman iu question. He ac«-epte«l tlie |>osition, delighted with th«* honor done him, but ouly held it for a month, when he handl'd lu bls resignation. As he bail given splendid satisfaction in the short time, be was pressed by his employers for an ex planation. This be finally gave, as fol lows: “ '1 had belli this place only Hire«' days wbvu n well known Individual cam«* to sec me and, after pkxlging my honor to secrivy, offeri*il me a britie of $10,000 to do u certain thing that would have Is'i'ii faithless to my trust. I bad him shown out of the office.- Tlie next day a representative of his mist'd the tendered bril»«» to $20,000. I refuse«! indignantly. Several days later the offer was raised to $50,000, and some time after It was increasi'd to $75,000. Still I refused with scorn. “'Last week the well known Individ ual himself again came to see tne and offered to make tin* britic $100,000 iu cash ami $100,000 In stock, auii I rv- fust'd tin* offer and reslgneil.’ “'Ami why did yon resign?' asked bls former employers, gazing at liiin in admiration. “ ‘Gentlemi'ti.’ said th«' man of un impeachable honesty anti sterling in tegrity. ‘my repuSatlou is all I have. There has net er Is-en a spot on my mime, and bribery and graft and I have been strangers all uiy life. Such will contlnu»' to lie th«* ease. Gentle men. I resigned because that last offer was simply near my price.’ ’’—Wash ington Star. WILD BABOONS. An Incident hich HluNtrnteM Cuiitioii of the Xuliiialn. th« One ot the farm boys drew our at tention to what secimxl little more than a couple of dark specks on tin* slope of the hills to the right, lint we could soon see that they were moving, and when they came within half u mile of us we could distinctly recognize them as a herd ot baboons. Th»* boj said that he was quite sure tin') were ou their way to tlie water; but, to our enrpri.-e, they «li»l not make any advance. A quarter-of un hour elnpsi'd, half an hour; still no sign of their approach. All at once, ns If they had started from the earth by magic, at th»' open eml of the pond, not sixty yards from our place of ambush, sto»sl two huge males. Wlii'U or how they got there no one could tell. Probably they had come by a circuitous way through the val ley. or it might b<* that they had crept straight down through tin' glass. They had eertalnly elud»'d our observation. Being anxious to watch the move ments of tin* animals ami to ascertain whether they lielonged to th»' lienl playing under the mimosas. 1 refrained from tiring ami determined to see what would follow next. Botli baboons sprung toward tlie water, ami, leaning down, they drank till they were satls- fli'd. Then, having gntvely stretched themselves, they solemnly stalked away on all fours in th»' direction of the herd. There was little doubt, there fore. that they lieloiigtsl to tbe herd ami had l>een sent forward to r«*con- noiter, for as soon ns they got back tin' entire herd put Itself In motion toward the pond. Then1 wit »' mothers taking care of their little ones; there were linlf grown animals, tin* boys and girls ot the com pany. At first only on»' Imlioon at a tinii* cam»' to the water’s edge and, having taken its draft, retired to tho rest, but win'll about ten bail thus ven tured separately they liegnn to come in small groups, leaving tli<* others roll ing and jumping on th«* sand.—Youth’s Companion. ODD FACTS ABOUT DEER. Wmalrrtnl Jumpers, Willi » Marvel- mm Nvnne of Smell. “IX mt are wonderful Jumpera, ns may be inuigincd." says a writer. “I have six'll a hind clear fifteen feet or so and buck ns high as a tall man merely to avoid a small drain, and also, at a drive, I have seen a stag jump clean over on»* of th«' lieaters, taking a fence at the same time. There Is still ex tant the record of a famous leap made by a stag down on tlie borders of Et- tlek during a hunt l»y one of tin* old Scottish kings. The place is known as ‘tlm Hart's Leap,’ and Is commemo rated by two stones, which the mon arch bad erect«'«! to mark the spot. They measure twenty-eight feet apart. "Deer have a marvelous sense of smell. With a strong wind blowing they win ,e«'iit a in'll' n ni'Je off Yot, though their powers of scent are mar velous. I c mfess to having hnd one Illusion quickly dispelled. From read ing various old books on tho subjt'ct I hnd come to regard their sight sh something quite abnormal ami fondly Imagined that, on spying deer, any, a mile or so away, a cautious a<lvan«*e was necessitated, after the ninnncr of our ancient enemy, the serpent. "Now, though deer do have gissl sight, they arc certainly Inferior In tills resi»ect to the roc, and so long ns you keep perfectly still, will hnve grent difficulty in detecting you. I proved this ngnlii nrnl ngnln one July when trying to »»btaln photographs of wild de«T. I d!»l not get nny photographs, though plenty of experience, but I was often lying within fifteen ynrds of deer without tlii-lr being conscious of iny prisM-nce.” A Red Habit. The Heiress I’apn, I am iouslder- ably embarrasse»! to discover that I am engaged to marry both the duke and tbe count. . “IIow like your mother, to jump In and buy more than she wants, ^nst because it is cheap!”—Life.
