IN THE NATIONAL
Saturday, June V.
Washington, June 2. II. n greater
purl "I III" day wa spent by tlii renal
in dUciiHsing llm ft'Hiilut n directing
the purchaae ol Panama canal suppln
in America, unle the price hi eilor
I t I kail
tloiiitin ami iiiireawonaiiie. Miiory
t not loll to Sink (Hit the word "extor
tionate" was 1". Carmack
ought to limit tint government' action
to it preference f if good of homo man
ufacture, other condition being riiil.
It wa lost, Hit to 17. Itncofi wanted
no higher ! pul l (or American
good limn the American manufacturer
charged ahrnad fur the same article.
This went ilnwn, 117 to 15. Ciilhernri
wanted good purchased In th rht Hpcnt
fiirkit ; lout, .'IH to HI. An amend
incut proponed by I'eltu limiting the
purchase t the lowest responsible bid
der wa adopted.
Tlm hill wa passed, to 11.
Washington, June 2. Wlmt might
have been a serloti .h 1 1 iamentary snarl
hm desirously v i i I by Speaker
m n ri t) late Hi in f ( it ii m hi In t lie house
of representative, when Murphy, of
M immurl, rose to present what he de
nominated h privileged resolution. The
4-onferenc report on the rate and the
statehood I i 11m had been mm In and or
dered i r i f 1 1 1- ! , when the M Ihmoiii I con
grenrmau presented resolution re
minding tlm action of the hoiiHii send
ing tlm slate'iood hill to conference hihI
providing for vote on the aeuatc
in tii1 in mi t n .
I'ayne, of New York, leader of I
majority, iiiHtantly made the point
that tli' resolution m not r I r i l-- .
The speaker, with smiling face, held
that the resolution not j r I v 1 1 ihmI ,
the papers In tho dim' vti'iti with
th mutt.
Friday, June I.
Washington, Jnnn 1. The senate to
day panxed tlm hill regulating the lia
hility of railroad - nnpnti ii-n for injury
to employe, hut Daniel gave noire of
motion to reconsider, which, if it pre
vail, will have tint ffWt of again
bringing the qtientiou he fore the itenattt
for ionnlderatioii.
The remaining time of the opening
iMitmoii wa ilt'Vnte.l to a speech by
Mori; n in support o! the nnitertion ol
American lontrol in the Isle of Pine,
wml to a ilini'intition of the resolution
prescribing it policy for the govern
inent in the pun lm of supplies f ir
the Panama canal. Stone nppoed the
amendment a useless, and attacked the
ireident an weak and wavering in pol
ity. After a protracted etecutive ae-
ion the senate udjotirnrd until tomor
row. Washington, June 1 . A hlarkilraptn!
clenk in the hall of the houite of repre
aentativea rovered with J"ne flower,
hroutfht a ahock to almoet very mem
her when the house convened today.
It told, with a pat ho all of it own,
the tory of the passing of Kohert
Adam, Jr., late a congressman from
the Hicond IVnmylvania district, from
the net-ties of a husy, active life.
Following the reading of the letter,
Morrell presented a resolution direct
ing the nergeant-at-arma to make the
ntceHKary arrangement for the funeral,
xpeiihe to he paid out of the iQiitin
Kent fund of the limine, and then, a a
further mark of respect, the houne ad
journed. Washington, Juno 1 . The senate
committee on privilege and election
today voted that Hmoot, of Utah, was
not ent it led to hi seat. The report of
the committee will he ready for the
senate next Friday.
Thuraday, May 31.
Wanliiiigton, May HI. The Senate
today phhhihI the Knox immunity hill
and the omnihua lighthouse hill, and
w ith practically no clehate panned the
military academy hill, and wat only
prevented from passing the employer'
liability hill hy a motion at 2 p. in. to
mo into executive Hussion.
Mont of the afternooli wn devoted to
consideration in executive session of
the nomination of Judge .lame Wick
rsham to he Judge of the United States
irruit court foi the district of Alaska,
hut tie wu not conlirmod.
Vahington, May 31. The J'emo-
rat of the house reaumcd their tili
hustering tactics today, and demanded
roll calls on every ponsihlo parliamen
tary point. Notwithstanding theise te
tlious ilelayv, the house passed the dip
lomatic and cmiHular apropriatiou
hill, carrying an appropriation of 2,
734 Kit). A numher of amendments
Torrent of Anti-Smoot Petitiona.
WaHhington, May 29. Protests
against the retention of Heed Smoot as
a senator of the United Status flooded
the senate today, as follows: Minne
sota, hy Senator Clapp, (1,802; Indiana,
hy Senator Ilemenway, 8, .'541; New
Hampshire, by Senator Uallinger,
3.2(15; "Kentuckv, by Senator Black
hum, ahout 2.800; Alahama, by Sena
tor Morgan, 801 ; Kansas, by Senator
Long, 14,802; North Carolina, by Sen
ator Simmons, 2,098. It is said that
petitions will be received from every
state and territory in the United States.
Seattle May Dig Her Canal.
Washington, May 20. An under
standing has been reached by members
of the house committee on rivers and
harbors which will result in a favora
ble report on a bill providing that the
United States shall maintain the crnal
at Seattle connecting Lake Union and
ShiUhole bay with I'uget sound. The
consideration for maintenance of the
waterway by the government is that a
'lock shall be built by a private corpora
tion at the bead of ShiUhole bay,
HALLS OF CONGRESS
U I. .1.1 .1! J ...
"'" nui'jiii'ii, cmei among which were
changing tlm salary of amUson-lor to
.lapHti from $l7,r0l) to $ 1 2.000, ami
llxlng the salaries of tlm minister to
Helglom (John Harrett), The Nelher
land and Luxemburg at 1 0.000 per
year, Inslen-I of 112.000, a fixed hy
the hill when originally reported.
The legislative, executive hihI Judi
cial appropriation hill and tlm post
olllcn appropriation hill were ent to
conference.
Tuaidny, May 20.
Washington, May 2. Senator I'er
kln made an effort in the senate today
to secure a uhidy of 1217,000 a year
in addition to the amount now paid to
the Oceanic Steamship company, ply
ing between San Francisco and Austra
lia. The sum i the same a carried
lor that company by the shipping hill,
which passed tlm senate early in the
session, and when Patterson asked Per
kins why he did not wait for the pass
age of tl.o shipping hill, the latter re
plied that "hope deferred maketh the
heartsick." The amendment was de-
la red out of jrder on a point raised hy
flay.
Washington, Ma) 2!. During the
consideration of the diidomalic and
oiiRular hill today in the house, an in
teresting debate wa had on the amend
ment proposed by lmgworth, of Ohio,
to appropriate 1 1.000, 000 (or the ac
quisition in foreign capital of proper
site ami building for the embassies
and legation of the I'niled State f ir
the residence of ambassador and min
ister to foreign countries.
Loiigworth, in urging hi amend
ment, w hich w t nt out on a point of
order, insisted that, hy providing resi
dence for our ambassadors the ijnest ion
of rent would he eliminated. He said
that was now ti e largest necessary ex
pense. With a residence provided hy
the government, a man of moderate
mean could live in a dignified way on
hi salary.
Monday, May 28.
Washington, May 28. The senate
today sent the lailroad rate hill to con
ference, listened to a long defense by
Kittreilge of a sea level canal and three
I Vmocratic speeches on the resolution
in relation to the purchase of canal
supplies in foreign markets, and devot
ed the remainder of it time to the
postoflice appropriation hiil.
No objection wa m:c!e to tho ap
pointment of ranking member of the
interstate commerce committee a con
feree on the rule hill, and they weie
not instructed in any manner. They
are Klkins, Cullom and Tilimun.
Washington, May 28. Karly in the
session of the house today William,
Mi., the floor leader of the minority,
made the point that there was no quor
um present, and it took a call of the
house to start the wheels of legislation.
After the appearance of a quotum, the
house concurred in amendment nxle
by the senate to a number of house
bills. The house resolved itself into a
"city council" for the consideration of
hills relating to the District of Colum
bia. The compulsory education bill for
the district occupied most of the day,
being finally placed on its passage. On
u division, the absence ol a quorum wa
disclosed. Williams made the point of
no quorum, and a call of the house en
sued, the vea and nays being called on
the pansage of the hill.
Will Need More Money.
Washington, May .SO. What mem
bers of the house committee on appro
priations regard as an absolute disre
gard of the law authorizing the con
struction of the new building for the
department of agriculture is revealed in
the hearings before, that committee on
the sundry civil appropriation bill. In
litOH congress appropriated $1, 600,000
for this building. It was the general
understanding that this was for the
erection of a complete building for the
accoiiiuxxlatiou of the entire depart
ment.
It wa with some astonishment that
the members learned last week that
"soniebody"had ordered the construc
tion of two wings of what may be some
day a completed building and that the
two wings have practically exhausted
the 1,500,000 appiopr'ated for a com
plete structure. The wing, when
completed, will, according to testimony
given before the committee, be inade
quate to house the department lorce,
and congress will he called upon to ap
propriate another couple of millions to
(ill the space between the two wings.
May Not Confirm.
Washington, May 28. In the light
of the attitude assumed by the seiate
subcommittee on Judiciary, it is quite
probable that Williamg C. Bristol will
not be confirmed at this session as dis
trict attorney for Oregon. The sub
committee is not favorable to Hi idol's
confirmation, yet does not go to the ex
tent of recommending the rejection of
his nomination. It will probably make
no report to the full committee, which
means that the committee will not re
port to the senate and no action will be
taken botore the adjournment.
Proposes Postal Telegraph.
Washington, May 28. The idea of a
postal telegraph has a warm advocate
in Samuel W. Smith, member of con
gress from Michigan, who iu a careful
ly prepared speech today in the house
insisted that if the government would
undertake such a system, the deficit in
the postal department would be almost
wiped out. "We should," he said,
"have a first-class postal telegraph in
the United States in connection with
our splendid postal facilities."
OBJfcCT TO JUDGE SMITH.
Lawyers for Federation OfficialijAsk
Change of Venue.
(aldwell, Idaho, May .'10. When
the Canyon county district court con
vened hern yesterday morning, the
rasa, of Charles If. Moyer, William D
Haywood and Uoorge A. Pettlhonn, ofli
cer of the Western Federal iri of Mi
ner, who are charged with tho murder
of ex (iovernor Steoneiiherg, were call
ed, attorney for the prisoners i mined I
ately flel notice of alleged disqualifi
cations which should prevent Distri.t
Juilgo hrarik Smith from sitting as trial
Judge, ami gave notice of a motion for
change of venue.
Twenty-six reasons which are alleged
to disqualify Judge Smith are given
Among other points it i alleged that
(iovernor Frank It. (ioodlng ha Issued
a public manifesto, declaring the guilt
of the defendant and that he has proof
of their guilt.
The fact that Judge Smith is an ap
pointee of the governor is set forth, and
the allegation that he is subject to the
influence of the governor in made. The
manner of drawing the grand jury in
this county also is attacked. The peti
tion severely criticises the conduct of
loth (iovernor (iooding and Judge
Smith in relation to these case.
Pefore taking any notice of the mo
tion in behalf of the defendants, James
It. Hawley, chief counsel for the prose
cution, filed affidavits setting forth the
present statu of the habeas corpus pro
ceedings taken to the Federal Supreme
court on appeal from the Federal court
for the district of Idaho. He said the
trial of the defendants could noc pro
ceed until the habeas corpus matter
should he disposed of by dismissal or
final decision in the Supreme court.
Nothing was accomplished beyond
submitting to Judge Smith legal points
claimed for the proBcution to be a bar
to further proceedings at this time.
An adjournment was taken until Thurs
day. PASS DISEASED MEAT.
Special Commissioner Reynolds Saw
It Done in Chicago.
Chicago, May .'10. How 24 out of 'A I
diseased cattle were "passed" under
the eye ol James H. Reynolds, one of
President Roosevelt's special commis
sioner appointed to investigate condi
tions at the stock yards, was divulged
tcxlay by a man who accompanied Rey
nolds to the plant of the Standard
Slaughtering company. Tbi scene dic
tated in a large measure the report of
the commissioners and brought ahout
the inspection bill now before congress.
Mr. Reynolds reached the slaughter
house shortly after 7 o'clock. Unknown
to those in the place, he made an ex
amination of the cattle in the pen.
There were -fl diseased cattle standing
in the pens when he visited toe place
W ithout exception, the umps in
their jaws, according to the testimony
of one who was with him, were from
the sixe of a cocoanut to that of a peck
measure. Mr. Reynolds watched these
cattle brought to the killing beds and
slaughtered.
"How many of them were condemned
on post-mortem inspection?" he asked
the city inspector, after all had been
killed.
"Seven," replied the inspector.
The commissioner turned away sick
ened. "What becomes of the products of
these vats?" asked the commissioner of
Cornelius Short, manager of the
slaughter house.
"The grease goes to the butterine
man and other users of grease, the
solid to the fertilizer."
"What is done with the meat that
passee?" was the next question.
"There are two firim in Chicago
that make a business of buying it, and
it is sold to certain restaurants and
hotels."
"There was not a dozen in that
tmnch of 31," said the commissioner to
his companion, as he walked out of the
place, "that could rightly have been
passed."
The Standard Slaughtering company
was organized during the administra
tion of (iovernor John P. Altgeld, who
compelled its establishment so that the
handling of diseased meat Could be
centralized and thus better controlled.
Supreme Judge Brown Retires.
Washington, May 30. Official an
nouncement of the retirement of Jus
tice Brown from the Supreme court of
the United States was made yesterday
by Chief Justice Fuller. In making
the statement he gave out the corre
spondence between the retiring justice
and the court, in which the eight col
leagues of Justice Brown expressed
their high appreciation ol hpi as a jus
tice. Justice Brown replied in fitting
terms to the members of. the court,
thanking them for their expressions of
good will.
Damage to Federal Buildings.
San Francisco, May 30. Judge W.
W. Morrow, of the subcommittee on
federal buildings, reported as follows
at yenterday'e meeting of the commit
tee of forty: The estimated damages
to federal buildings in San Francisco
on account of the earthquake, fire and
use of dynamite is as follows: Ap
praiser's store, $10,000; eub treasury,
130,000; mint, $65,000: postoflice and
United States court building, $500,000;
revenue cutter storehouse, $0,000.
Land Open to Entry.
Redding, Cal., May SO. The Red
ding land omce received notification
from Washington that 820,000 acres of
irrigation and forest reserve land fn the
Klamath lake section in Siskiyou coun
ty will be thrown open to entry and lo
cation September 8. It is valuable
agricultural, mineral and grazing land
and a big rush is expected.
DIG THE CANAL NOW
Chairman Sfionts Calls for End lo
Delay Over Flans.
LOCK .CANAL IS THE BEST TYPE
Accutes Congress of Throwing Ob
stacles in the Way of Benefits
to Present Generation
Atlanta, Ga., May 31 . Theodore P.
Shonts, chairman of the Panama canal
commission, a the guest today of At
lanta friends. He delivered two ad
dresses. The first was at the dedica
tion of a new building at Aanes Scott
Institute, a college lor women, in De-
catur, a suburb of Atlanta. The sec
ond wa delivered this eveninir before
the chamber of commerce, in which he
spoke of the relations of the south to
the Panama canal. He took strong
ground in advocacy of the lock canal
system.
Mr. Shonts said that between the
time of the selling of the supplies
which will enter into the construction
of the Panama canal and the period
when the opening of the canal will re
sult in the development of the country
gulf is fixed. How great and how
wide that gulf is will depend on the
type of canal selected. Mr. Shonts
spoke in favor of a lock canal as recom
mended by the minority of the consult
ing Ixiard and indorsed by the canal
commission, lie said, in conclusion :
"The practical question for all sec
tions of the country is, How long shall
we wait lefore we can enter upon the
period of development which the open
ing of the canal will bring to the coun
try? I am not surprised that European
countries are indifferent to the early
completion of this canal. I am not
surpr s-d that they are indifferent as to
how much this canal may cost our gov
ernment. I am not surprised that they
can view calmly an indefinite postpone
ment of the operation of this ttreat
waterway. They are neither paying
the bills nor will their commerce and
industries suffer by waiting for the
comple'ion of this undertaking.
"But I am surprised that those who
are supposed to represent the best in
terests of the American people should
try to throw obstacles in the way of
realizing the benefits of this work at
the earliest possible date. When we
can get a better canal for lees money
and receive the benefits ourselves, why
wait? Why make it a heritage to our
children, with the possibility of their
being deprived of its benefits through
some unforeseen contingency? I have
spoken of a gulf. Now how wide that
gulf shall be depends on the people
Do you want to reap the benefits of
this undertaking yourselves, or do you
want to transmit a hope to your child
ren or your children's children?"
INSURANCE MEN'ARE SLOW.
Rebuildtng Stopped Because'JThey Do
Not Pay Losses.
San Francisco, May 81. Building
operations in the ruined portions of
this city have received a decided set
back owing to the dilatory tactics of the
underwriters. Almost before the ruins
tiad cooled the owners of large build
ings in the business section which had
not been destroyed beyond restoration
planned for their speedy and complete
rehabilitation. In a few days after the
great fire throngs of men'were engaged
in strengthening the shells and clearing
8wav t lie dehris ol the great omce
buildings and hotels in the downtown
district.
Today the men engaged in the Crock
er, Shreve, .Mutual Savings bank build
ing and the St. Francis hotel in these
operations were given notice that all
work must cease because of lack of funds.
Accordingly the army of lahorere and
skilled mechanics who were making
the ruins of the great buildings hives
of industry were laid off, and quietness
once more reigns in these sections of
the devastated district.
Good Provision for Queen.
London, May 31. Under the mar
riage treaty signed here May 7 and is
sued in the form of a parliamentary
paper todav, King Alfonso engages to
secure to Princess Victoria, as Princess
Ena is now known in Spain, an annual
public grant of $90,000 while both are
alive, and in the event of her widow
hood $150,000 annually while she re
mains a widow. A private settlement
is also made. The treaty recog
nizes that the princess forfeits all he
reditary rights of succession to the
crown of Ureat Britain.
Stampede Empties Town.
Goldfield, Nev., May 81. Remark
able strikes have been reported from
near Alkali Springs, 17 miles northwest
of Goldfield, and today Goldfield is
nearly depopulated of mining men and
prospectors. For two days the stream
of goldseekers has been pouring into
the district from Goldfield and nearby
camps. The ore taken out much re
sembles the Tonopah, bearing gold and
silver in nearly equal quantities. The
field is large.
Serious Revolt In China.
Shanghai, May 81. A serious rising,
assisted by secret societies, is in pro
gress at Yingshan, in the province oi
Kiangshi. The people are seeking re
fuge in the cities. The British gunboat
Snipe, from Sangchang, will proceed to
the scene of the disorder. The gover
nor of the province is sending troops.
No missionaries are involved.
f
: :
It liiia been discovered Hint many of
the recent great bush fire In New
Honfii t,Um and Victoria, Australia,
'a ere cnuwd hy tho phosphorus pnat
Inld down to kill rnbhltn. As soon a
the mixture dries It '-atdie fire under
the boat of the Hun's rays.
Of the r.8,.'i21 square mile of Kn
glind and Wnle. Mh Nora E. Mac
Munn find that 20,482 are under 2."0
feet In elovatlon above tho ae.i, 10,305
aro lietweeii 250 and 5'0 fevt, 10,470
are between 500 and l.WiO fet, 4,0'JB
are between 1,000 and 2,0()0 feet, 3jO
are between 2,(rf)0 and 3XX) feet and
four are moro than .1,000 feet.
Tnntallte, the metal recently employ
ed In (tannany for making an Improved
filament for electric lampa, has found
another uma. Meaars. 8 1 emeu and
Halake have produced pens of taritallte
which are snld to be at the same time
harder than steel and more elastic than
gold Tnntallte Is very resistant to
chemical. It Is the Intention to em
ploy this metal for tho manufacture of
various kinds of tools.
To enable people to send their voices
to tholr friends through the malls la
the ambition of three French Inventors,
who have united their Ingenuity In the
production of a wax-like material
called "aonorlne," which may be spread
upon a poet card. Spoken mesas ges
may be Impressed upon the prepared
enrds by placing them In a phono
graphic apparatus. Into which the
sender siK-aks, and the receiver of such
a card has only to put It through a re
ceiving phonograph In order to hear
tlie voice of his friend as In a tele
phone. One of the strangest crgoes a ves
sel could possibly have was unloaded
nt the London docks toward the cloae
of March. It consisted of several
sacks filled with dried flies, consigned
to a large firm of grain merchants.
These files, exported from Brazil, have
been purchased for use In the manu
facture of food for chickens, cage birds
and the like. They were caught on the
River Amazon by Brazilians, who trav
el up the river In flat-bottomed boats
and who are provided with gauze nets
with which they capture these Insects
' ii millions, as files hover In dene
clouds over many of the swampy
renches of the Amazon. The flies thus
caught are killed and dried In the sun.
Neunian Tobias of Kingston, Ja
maica, has Invented a remarkable lock.
The combination consists of four sets
of twenty-four letters of the alphabet,
which can be set to a sentence In most
modern languages. When one letter Is
used In one alphabet and another In
the second set and so on It becomes
a very complicated matter Indeed. Fur
thermore. Instead of letters, the In
ventor has employed four sets of nu
merals. Assuming that the lock Is set
to a figure In the number of 8,030,803,-
030.303,030, It would take any one
who undertook the Job of unlocking
the safe 90,000,278 years 269 days 30
minutes and 30 seconds working at the
rate of sixty numbers a minute to ar
rive at the proper combination. During
that time he would have no time for
eating, drinking or sleeping.
TALKING OF GRIZZLY BEARS.
Ilnnter lafi Wild Antmala An
Dantrerons Only When Attacked.
"In the mountains of Wyoming,
where I have hunted for years, you can
find any kind of savage animals that
you get in America except alligators,
(rlzzlles, black hoars and mountain
lions are commonly killed there," says
Hugh Snlverly of Sheridan, Wyo.
Some of the men that come out there
to hunt think that if they stir 100
yards away from camp they must be
armed to the teeth for fear of being
attacked by a hear or a 'painter' and
killed. There's a heap more danger of
getting killed on account of leaving
your gun at home when you go down
Market street. Someone might shoot
you on the street In a big city, but It
is dead sure that a hear or a moun
tain Hon will never attack you unless
you drive hlni to It.
"I've hunted through the best dis
tricts for big game in this country and
I've seen a good many grizzlies, but
I've never seen one of them go after
a man unless he was cornered or
wounded. If you run Into a grizzly
bear In a lonely place you'll hear a
grant, something like that of a mam
moth hog, and then there will be a
mighty crashing of underbrush as he
makes off In the opposite direction as
fnst as he can go. All you can general
ly see of a mountain lion Is a tawny
streak as he mokes off at Incredible
speed. If he has any Intention of
going after you It must be his Inten
tion to go around the world and catch
you In the rear, for If you are standing
to the east of him he Is sure to go due
west
"Mountain Hons In the winter time
will follow sleighs at a distance, wall
ing as they go, but there Is nothing In
that to Inspire terror, for I don't think
they have ever been known to close In
on anybody. Their terror of human
beings Is the thing which makes them
bard to shoot In all the time that I
have been In the mountains I have
never heard of anyone being attacked
by a wild animal that has been left
strictly alone. But I've known men to
be killed even by deer when the brute
was driven to desperation.
"Grizzlies are the best game In the
world. When you once get their dander
up they are savage fighters and the
hunter's life la in danger every minute
unless be Is a good shot and baa a
steady nerve. If yon ever get wlthlnl
reach of the grizzly's paw you are a
dead one. These stories of men killing"
them w ith knives In hand to-hand
fight ore atxmt a reasonable as It
would le to talk of stopping a locomo
tive hy getting In the way of the train.
If the big fellow get a chance to de
liver one blow It I nil over. There
was a grizzly tip our wsy that the cow
hoys called 'Big Hen' who killed about
150 steers before he was finally shot.
Ho would break a steer's neck with one
blow and then ho would lift him up
and csrry him off to a secluded plac.
Orlzzlle look awkward, but they are
mighty light on their feet and they can
beat any man In a foot race." Louis
ville Herald. '
A BtJDE JOKE.
One can display no greater breach of
courtesy than in deriding anything
which a people hold sacred, no matter
how absurd the object of veneration
may seem to the foreign mind. In an
Incident told In "Temples and Ele
phants," by Carl Bock, the Slsmese
audience showed by their silence and
restraint a politeness superior to the
funmaker In the ring, although the
circus men belong to a nation supposed
to be more civilized.
The sacred white elephants of Slam
are clearly albinos, but they are sel
dom. If ever, white. Their usual color
Is a pale reddish brown, although there
may be a few real white hairs on the
back.
An English circus at one time visited
Bangkok, where the performances were
witnessed by the king and princes. One
day It was announced that a "real
white elephant" would take part In
that evening's show. The circus was
crowded.
After the usual program had been
carried out two clowns came Into the
ring.
"Did you ever see a white elephant?"
asked one.
"Oh, yea," answered the other. "The
king's got a whole stableful of them."
"No, the king hasn't. They're all
chocolate. I will show you the only
genuine white elephant In the world."
A small Indian elephant was led Into
the ring as white as snow. The audi
ence gave a gasp of admiration and
reverence. The animal went through
various tricks, tumbling about, grind
ing organs, and so forth. As It per
formed the secret of Its color gradual
ly leaked out. Whatever the elephant
touched became white. Presently the
first clown told the second to "rub his
red nose on the beast arid 'twould leave
Its mark on him."
The audience had been growing very
stllL They saw that the so-called
white elephant had been chalked all
over. When the clown made his speech
It was received by an ominous silence.
Their religious belief was being ridi
culed. With admirable restraint, they left
the circus without any sign of annoy
ance; but once outside, they expressed
their confident belief that the proprie
tor would be punished by Buddha.
Curiously enough, not many days after,
tho trick elephant was killed, and not
much later the circus proprietor died.
When the Siamese heard of the calam
ities, they declared that It was a Just
manifestation of Buddha's wrath for
the disrespect shown to the sacred ani
mal. At apoleoa'a Tomb.
Henry Vlgnaud, secretary of the
American embassy at Paris, enjoys
telling of an American who was being
shown the tomb of Napoleon. As the lo
quacious guide referred to the various
points of Interest In connection with
the tomb, the American paid the great
est attention to all that wus said.
This Immense sarcophagus," de
claimed the guide, "weighs forty tons.
Inside of that, sir, Is a steel receptacle
weighing twelve tons, and iuslde of
that Is a leadeu casket, hermetically
sealed, weighing over two tons. Iuslde
of that rests a mahogany cotHu con
taining the remains of the great man."
For a moment the American waa
silent, as If In deep meditation. Then
he said :
'It seems to me that you've got him
all right If he ever gets out cable
me at my expense." Success.
Tiot to De Put Down.
A parUh clerk who prided himself
upon being well read occupied his seat
below the old "three-decker" pulpit
and whenever a quotation or extract
from the classics was Introduced Into
the sermon he, In an undertone, mut
tered its source much to the annoy
ance of tho preacher and amusement of
the congregation. Despite all protests
In private, the thing continued until
one day the vicar's patience being quite
exhausted he leaned over the pulpit
side and Impulsively exclaimed: "Drat
you, shut up!" Immediately, In the
clerk's usual sententious toue, came the
reply : "Ills own."
Ancient, but It Goes.
Peebles (about to be operated upon
for appendicitis) Doctor, before you
begin I wish you would send and have
our pastor, the Iter. Mr.. Blank, coma
over.
Dr. Sawem Certainly, If you wish.
It but an
Peebles I'd like to be opened with
prayer.
Experience may be a great teacher,
but a man's experience with a woman
doesn't teach him sense.
There Is usually but one end to a
woman's line of talk and that U tha
beginning.