ACRES ANO MARY,
ftn op sn' awu/
At break o day.
». □»«».- of work I m weary;
For I »in« ‘hi* ,ODf
A, I-.oil along-
q-„ tot ten acre- and -*«rj.
Troubles enough—
For the worl’ i» rough,
A»' thing» will go contrary;
But ever th!» »ong.
A» I trudge along—
»r>e .ot ten acre» and Mary!"
No an.eel bright.
With wings of light:
Of a angel I'd grow weary
But a woman true.
I hat's a jay to you—
' 1're got ten acres and Mary.
■Adauta Constitution.
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S t HE FACE HE SAW :
:
a veil seemed drawn slowly over his
eyes. It grew more and more Indis
tinct. darkness gathered all about b.m.
and suddenly everyth.ng was black He
»aw no more.
Despair seized him. He thought he
hnd become Insane. He threw the mir
ror away, stamped with bis feet and
struck bin>a»|f in the face. Auua would
see h'tn. and she would be horrified.
She would forsake him—ugly and blind
—and she would go away Into the sunny
world and forget him. He must re
main behind, helpless and alone. All
the happiness was gone forever.
He sank Into a chair and sobbed like
a little child.
Suddenly he started up. A well-
known band careened his head.
"Is it you. Paul?" be beard her ask
In a whisper.
■'Yes,” said be, breathing heavily.
“Paul. I looked for you everywhere
In the garden and could not find you.
Then I took off the bandage.”
“And do you see me''" cried Paul In
deadly alarm.
“1 must say that I do not No, no! It
Is Just as dark ns It was before. The
operation was a failure. 1 see nothing
whatever,”
“And I nothing." said Paul exultlngly.
“I also took off the bandage, at once
everything became quite dark."
“Now," said Anna with a sigh, “we
must remain forever blind."
“It 1» better so," answered Paul with
a happy heart; and he tenderly em LAST OF THE “LONG HORNS,
braced bls poor blind friend.
BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF THE PARIS EXPOSITION GROUNDS AND BUILDINGS.
>
:
artWO blind people who love each
•If* ether.
He. an ungainly, stunted figure,
aiti> a very homely face; she, tai*, thin,
yellowish complexion and of sickly
tppearance.
Beuevoleut people had placid them In
- blind asylum years before. There
they were brought up.
a » children they had played together,
tnd were contented and happy. The
{>a»ures of the world were as strong
¡o them as its daily miseries. They
tnew that quiet, comfortable bouse, Its
large garden—and nothing more. There
they belonged. They could know noth
ing of w bat w us going on outside. One
’dilrg only was clear to them and that
»»»-that they loved each other.
A hot summer day. • • •
The two sat on a bench In the garden
chatting.
"Paul, 1 am so glad.”
"On what account. Anna?”
"Ah! Don't you know? To-mor
row—”
"Yes. To-morrow the famous oculist
will be here.”
"And he will make us both see.”
"If he Is really able to accomplish
that’’
"You are joking. Of course, he will
be able to do it. Tbat is bis business.”
'Then, at last, I shall be able to see
your lovely face. Of that I am glad."
“And of nothing else?”
“Nothing.”
“Paul.” said she, laughing quietly,
■bw do you know that 1 have a lovely
face?”
"Because I have seen you twice al
ready—In a dream. You had golden
balrand wings as white as snow.”
"Oh! If that were only true!”
"It Is quite certain.”
"Was I so beautiful?” she asked, seiz
ing him by the hand: “so beautiful?
But when I reflect. Paul, I think it
would be even better for us to be true
to each other than to be able to see.
That would be lovely. Don't you think i
•r
"I know not,” he answered thought
fully; and then both were silent • • •
The eventful day had passed. The
operation on the eyes had been perform
ed. If not all a delusion, it must prove
a success.
“Neither of you must take the band
age off the eyes for fourteen days!”
Such was the doctor's order before he
left
On the next evening, after the sun
had gone down, the two were again
seated In the garden, clinging close to
each other.
“Paul, when will re first see each
other?”
“In fourteen days!”
"I know, but that Is much too long,
Eight days would certainly be long
enough.”
“Less time than that, perhaps; but
we have the doctor’s order.”
“I cannot endure to wait so long.
What If the operation has been a fail
ure. and we have rejoiced in vain!
What then?”
Texas Stockmun's I niqne Contribution
to the Paria Exposition.
DIVORCES IN VARIOUS STATES.
Oklahoma the Only One that Believes
in Muklii; reparation Eaey.
With the enact.nent of the law re-
quirlng one year's residence in North
Dakota before a divorce can be granted,
another State Joined the decent ma-
jorlt.v of those wuich are not Inclined
to make tilings easy for people who
wish to be separated from wife or bus-
baud.
Oklahoma Is now the only State or
territory In which only ninety days'
residence is required.
The term of residence now required
In other States Is as follows:
SIX MONTHS.
Arizona, Idaho, Nebraska. Nevada,
South Dakota. Tex»» and Wyoming.
ONE YEAR.
Alabama, Arkansas, California. Colo
rado, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas,
Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota.
Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New
Hampshire, New Mexico, New York,
Ohio. Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Isl
and, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia,
Washington and Wisconsin.
TWO YEARS.
Florida, Indiana. Maryland, North Car
oliua, Tennessee, Vermont,
THREE YEARS.
Connecticut, New Jersey.
FIVE YEARS.
Massachusetts (unless parties are resi
dents at the time of marriage).
During the reign of the nfnety-day
residence law divorces were sometimes
granted on curious grounds. For in
stance, a woman was granted a divorce
because her husband did not bathe fre
quently enough, thereby causing her
great mental anguish. Another man
slept with a razor under his pillow,
solely to frighten his wife, who was
accordingly given a divorce. A third
defendant made his wife climb a step
ladder to drive nails in the woodshed;
one woman complained that her hus
band treated her as a child; another got
a divorce because her husband enlisted
in the navy; a decree was Issued to a
woman whose husband cut off her
bangs.
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Kissing Our Buys Good-Night.
Oh, what a change comes over tbinga
What quiet fills the place;
The winter evening slowly drags.
The purple flames that race
Far up the chimney seem to shed
Less cheerful warmth and light.
When, putting on their little gowns.
We kiss our boys good-night
We follow them as off they go.
With ringing laugh and shout.
To fondly tuck them in the bed
And turn the gaslight out;
He was silent
And, clasped in one another’s arma
So warm ■nd »aug »nd tight,
“For all that we could-----”
They fill our heart» with worship
“Anna!"
When we kiss our boy» good-night.
“Only for a moment dear Paul, It
will surely not be wrong.”
And ■■ they drift to Slamberiand
“You will, notwithstanding---- ••
We linger round their cot.
“Only for a moment We will put For lol a »trange enchantment
the bandages on again Immediately.
Hinds us voiceless to the spot.
You need not be at all afraid. Please, And life somehow grow» sweeter.
please!”
And the sexing cares take Hight,
“Rather let us wait We have suf When, bending o'er their sleeping forma
We kis» our boys good night.
fered many years. Let us endure It a
few days ’onger.”
“No. I cannot wait If you love me. Then, looking to the future.
Into whose mysterious years
Io It or I will myself alone.”
They must go to meet life’s issues.
lie hesitated a while, but at length
Now with gladness, now with tears;
answered calmly: “We will do It”
We pray thsS He may lead them
“When?”
Ever in the path of right.
"To-morrow morning early—here at When no more beneath our rooftree
this bench."
We may kisa our boys good night.
Thanks. Yon wlU come at the ap —Galveston News.
pointed time?”
A Scotchman's Self-Control.
“Yes.”
Charles Mathews used to tell a good
“Good-night.”
“Good-night. I hope you will have a story tn support of the truth of the re
mark about a Scotchman, a joke, and a
food sieeja” • • •
surgical operation. When ' starring'' In
Morning twilight
Paul has ben long out of bed. He Is Edinburgh, his landlord, who seldom
tn dread of the next hour. Anna, of attended any other public meeting save
course, la beautiful, but he? Who knows the “kirk,” asked Mathews If he would
how ugly he may be? Perhaps be Is oblige him with “a pass for the play
handsome also, but he can never ap boose.”
■)n this favor being readily granted,
pear before her In this dreadful uncer
the “guld mon." a» Ian Maclaren would
tainty.
nay. donned his cheerful black suit, and
“Off with the bandage!”
He tore It loose and threw It on the witnessed Mathews' two great perform
table. His eyes were still closed. He ances. Sir Charles Coldstream In "Used
t*o to the cupboard and searched there Up,” and Plummer In "Cool as a Cu
until he found a small mirror. He then cumber," both downright “side-split
rent to the window, where be seated ters.”
_
.
Meeting his landlord on the stafra a»
himself and waited. His heart beat
riolently; bls bead was In a glowing he proceeded to bls own room after th»
performance. Mathews was cordially
beat
In feverish anxiety he sat there, bls greeted by tbat gentlem«n. of whom be
• ghtless eyes fixed on the little glass, then Inquired bow be bad enjored the
which his fingers held In a firm clasp. entertainment
the Norther».
“It
It taust now decide bis fate. In a few "“Aweel.
Aweel" ” said
L—.
minutes be would have certain knowl- pleased me vara much, ye ken. and I
*dge.
conseeder you played unco’ naturally;
but heigh, mon. I'd a hard matter to
Clear daylight came.
Ke felt the Ugbt opened his eyes keep free laughing.”
•rawly and stared at the mirror, trem-
A Noveltat'a Family.
1
all the while with tortnring ex-
Robert Barr, the novelist, when asked
I*e’»tmn. No. no. no! But see! What
that? Could that be blmaelf? An a few questions about himself and bie
pockmarked, ugly face!
He? family said: “My »'Ite 1» a Cani Ilan
• *e pale, sunken cheeks, that red, o' English descent My daughter Is a
•onsied hair, those decayed teeth, tbat Yankee, boni In Detroit My son Is an
»ng neck? It could not be possible, English man. born In London. I am an
American citizen, made one In Detroit’
it must net be!
He «-l.-aed bls eyes. leaned far out of
A scientist says the earth is shrinking
’be window, opened them wide and
**>ked arain. Hla image was still there. at the rate of three Inches a year Thu
- ranged. Still be would not believe may account for the anxiety of some
*• la horror be kept or staring at the people to get poaseaalea vf It before it
uatU it learn« clouded. Then dwindles away.
UbearvatioD» on Cor.monplaca Things
by tha Atibiaon Globa Man.
or something from South Water street
and---- ”
’’Blacksnake nothing, you old cats
pult. You want to get a new pair of
glasses. That's uotbing but a little
crooked line of melted tar that leaked
out of the street-repairers’ kettle. Tame
yourself and try not to get scared so
easily as to break up the peace of the
whole public with your elbows.”
The old gentleman went away very
quietly and did not look for his younger
friend to resume his lecture upon self-
taught courage.—Chicago Record.
BARB-WIRE TELEPHONE LINE.
Three Town« In Indians Connected t*y
I sing Ordinary Fence Wires.
One of the moat novel telephone sys
tems in the world 1» the "barb-wire”
line, which connects the Indiana towns
of Anderson, Pendleton and Ingalls. It
is fifteen miles lu length. Its Inventor,
builder aud sole owner, Cassius Alley
of Pendleton, now has six subscribers
at $50 a year each. The time Is not far
distance when there w ill la* tenfold this
number. Due clothing company at An
dersou. with branch stores at Pendle
ton. and the Waguer glass works, with
Orang-Outang vs. Burzlar.
Some two years ago a retired officer offices at Anderson and factory at In
of the merchant service, living In the galls are using this barbwire system in
Rue d'Alesia, Paris. M. Duchesne, their business affairs exclusively. They
brought home an orang-outang from use the line frequently. They eau con
Borneo. Since growing to Its full size i vert It Into a private line by plugs so
the brute Is a terror to the neighbors. arranged that when one party Is using
Its master won't bear of Its being the line he can cut out all others ex
i cept In Mr. Alley’s residence, which is
used as a centrnl station. Ordinary
phones are used with no special
strength of battery and there is very-
little trouble with the lines.
In constructing the line, Mr. Alley
used the top Ntraml of the barb-wire
fence of the Big Four railroad, making
the connections with the offices of Ills
subscribers with ordinary telephone
wire. In some instances where the
posts had rotted It was necessary to
paint the wire and posts with rubber
paint to Insulate the wire. This Is fairly
satisfactory and puts the line tn shape
to lie used as well in wet weather as at
any other time. The Inventor expects
to put In a newly Invented form of glass
Insulator, which Is very cheap ami the
only oue yet found that can be used on
a fence wire line.
On tills line, wagon roads arc crossed
thirty seven times and railroads six
times. At these crossings the line Is
either carried through a gas pipe con
duit, with Insulated wire or by building
bridges, which Is done by merely nail
ing a piece of timber fifteen feet long
FAMOUS DOBIE STEER OF TEXAS.
to the last fence post and extending
horned cattle of the plains that gave chained up, contenting himself with high enough to allow clearance for traf
to Texas Its additional nickname of shutting the animal In bis lied room fic.
The whole line of fifteen miles was
“The Long Horn State.” The steer before going out. This was done yes
measures 15 hands and weighs be terday, but unfortunately for him. built at a cost of about $100, and the
tween 1,000 and 1.700 pounds. His Nicolas Bargeve, alias "The Devourer,” outfit for each house, consisting of re
enormous horns from point to point hnd determined to make a professional ceiver, transmitter, battery, call, etc.,
measure nine feet seven Inches. The call at M. Duchesne's apnrtment with costs not over $10. The magnet bell
horns could easily be made to measure Intent to burgle. Now as this Illustri call Is used.
This barb-wire line Is connected with
over 10 feet If taken off the steer, ous character had only been three days
steamed, and straightened. When the at large after completing his ninth term the Independent long distance tele-
steer is standing in a natural position uf Imprisonment, he was naturally un tance telephone line at Ingalls, anti In
on level ground the tip ends of his aware that such a pet as the orang this way Indianapolis and Greenfield
horns are fully six feet above the outang was tolerated lu these particu may be reached by the users uf Mr.
lar rooms. Consequently, when the Alh’y's system.
ground.
The line has been In operation since
Time was. fifteen or less years ago, burglar was suddenly pounced upon by
when the long horns were no curiosity two hairy paws, he was somewhat sur December and has not Ix'en out of or-
In Texas, but to-day there are few re prised, and his screams soon brought der except for a few hours, when a
minders of the grand old herds that help, with the result that M. Hnrgeve fast train on the railroad struck a cow,
have been so closely interwoven with was drawn out of the room by bls feet threw her tsxly against a fence and
the history of the State. The steer tn In a very Ignominious fashion, He uns broke the wire. A telephone communi
Paris will excite the wonder and com taken to the infirmary, and It la report cation. by this simple method. Is placed
mand the admiration of all visitors tu ed that lie baa gone mad and now Im within the reach of every community.
agines himself to have beeu changed Farmers who do not have regular tele
the world's great show.
phone outfits and wires leading tu their
Into an ape.—London Post.
HOW TO ACQUIRE
residences are supplied with a small
Unique among the exhibits at the
Taris Exposition will be the contribu
tion of a Texas stockman, J. M. Dobie.
of Ramires. Live Oak County. Ills
curiosity is the celebrated Dobie steer,
than which there will be no exhibit
more remarkable and yet so character
istic of the Lone Star State.
The Dobie steer Is known through
out South aud West Texas. He is the
rough and graphic standard of meas
urement of the West Texas stockman.
“Big as the Dobie steer” Is the hyper
bole they use when describing a pair
of horns. It Is a hyperbole, for travel
the wide plains over and another steer
with a pair of horns such as has the
Dobie steer cannot be found. He Is
the last of the old tribe of monster
A Contempt for Danger and Coolness In
Time of Peril.
An elderly man and one much young
er than he were walking along Fifth
avenue a few days ago, moving In the
direction of the depot As they pro
ceeded they conversed on the one topic
, which is now uppermost The younger
man had spoken of the dangers of war
and said be thought that few of the
enthusiastic recruits who were now
spoiling for a fight understood what It
was to be actually face to face with
death.
“Well,” said the old gentleman with
a deal of feeling manifested lu bls face.
’ “I don't know aJbout that I am getting
along toward the vtose of life, of course,
and perhaps I may view It differently,
being naturally expectant of dying be-
fore long. But as a fact when I «i
down to think It over, «leath dues not
seem such an awful thing after all. It
Is a mere episode. We have to face It
some time—why not once as well as an
other occasions? If people could only
bring themselves to look upon these
things In a proper light they would find
tbat danger los«’» Its power for III and
that peril need not make one afraid.
What are these big guns which shoot
destruction In time of war, slaying
their thousands ami their tens of thou
sands? Mere cjl|n<’eri'
steel and not
to be dreaded. The thing Is to teacii
one's self not to be afrahL You can
acquire a contempt for danger Just a»
you can acquire a lagtK'in« or « knowl
edge of astronomy. It is all training.
1 myself---- "
At this very tnatant his glance fell
upon the white surface of the pavement
where be was about to set hla foot lb
seetne.1 to stop In the middle of the mo
tlon. and leaped sidewise, crying In an
agonised voice:
"Look out! He'll strike yon. and If
be does you're gone! Heavens above!
How did the reptile get upon a city
pavement? Get out of my
De
pushed over two women and < .re
men In getting sway from the fatal
spot ard HfmNsJ upon a flight of steps
to watch while directing tbat soma
body kill It
“Kill what?” Inquired a gruff man.
who had been partially tele«« -I" d
“Bla« ksnake! Venomous kind. Must
bave got here la a bunch uf Uanana-
HOMESPUN PHILOSOPHY.
he could Imitate the grass by some
means he could elude the watchful sen
tries aud make good his escape.
Through the aid of bls convict friends
he procured some pieces of burlap, and
with the aid of some ro|>e made them
Into a long coat that would cover him
completely when lying on the grass.
He theu secured some wheat from the
prison stable and sowed It on the first
layer of his coat. lie cast It down
carelessly at one end of the prison
grounds, and watered It dally. In a
few weeks the grass grew up through
the sack coat, and before a great while
the piece of burlap was conformed Into
a grassy lawn.
He was now ready to carry out hla
plans, and patiently waited an oppor
tunity. At last he succeeded In getting
Ills new contrivance across to the north
west of the prison, and In a few min
utes was under his grassy coat.
Slowly he crept along with the clever
ness of a worm, and from all ap;>ear-
ances success would crown hla efforts.
But his progress was too rapid and
very soon he heard footsteps coming
In bls direction. The moving grass plot
which was slowly making Its way up
the hillside soon enme to a sudden
standstill as the eye of a guard had no
tlced the grass moving and came to In
vestigate the phenomenon. A kick In
the ribs apprised Caaey that bls plan
had been discovered. The guard took
Casey and a red shirt now covers hla
breast.—San Francisco Call.
As a rule, a man who can wait pa
tiently. has nothing to do.
Every man falls heir to something;
usually tu a bad case uf kin.
The older people become, the more
excuses they are able tu fiud.
Everyone thinks he works for a man
who Is mighty unappreciative.
After a man does a clever thing, he
usually talks about It too much.
A bad nreaeher Is tolerated a great
deal longer than a bad newspaper.
Duly oue man In ten Is methodical
enough to keep a match box tilled.
After a man passes fifty, half hla time
Is devoted to huutlng his spectacles.
There Is a disease among cattle
know u as big Jaw ; many people catch
IL
A woman w ith a little practical sense
Is a great evangelist, and accomplishes
great good.
If you have a bad dr<*am about a man
don't tell him. Nearly nil men are su
perstitious.
When a woman gets In trouble she
sends for her preacher, w bile u man
sends for his lawyer.
Nearly every man ow ns a collar and
cuff box, ami keeps his collars and cuffs
lu the bureau drawer.
People who are very positive that
they have a right to their opinions deny
the same right to others.
When a woman's first gray hairs ap
pear. she believes that they are due to
secret sorrow and uot to age.
Whenever a mother's attention Is
calle«I to her children, she makes a dive
at them, and w ipes their noses.
A man can no more be cool under ex
citing circumstances than lie can have
his leg cut off without flinching.
Thos«> who give uothlng to charity
themselves, usually criticise those who
do, aud say they should give more.
A man may perhaps have a better
time if he goes on a trip alone, but his
health Is better If be takes his wife
along.
In planning a week's work, a woman
now substitutes club meetings for the
time formerly taken for baking and
dusting.
Rome people's Idea of a good show Is
one where the price of admission Is ten
centa, with a chauee on a tea set
thrown in.
When the measleN break out In a
large family of children. It becomes a
continuous performance lasting at least
four weeks.
A novel may be wicked, but If It has
enough history In It to make an ex
cuse for tli«> literary clubs, the wicked-
uess Is overlooked.
OTTO OF BAVARIA
GOT THE BODY BY VERDICT.
Reninrknble Mtorg of the Insane Mon
arch and Hie First Love.
The following remarkable story Is re
lated alxjut the unhappy King Otto of
Bavaria. This last week lie ate almost
nothing for some days, although Ills ap
petite is usually uniiiitutnlly good. He
sobbed, walled and screamed uninter
ruptedly for hours, and even became at
times dangerous. One morning, how
ever, Ills physician and a keeper cau
tiously pushed aside the heavy brocade
curtain which divides tiielr bedroom
from that of the poor monarch and
found him with tears running down bls
cheeks, gazing Into a little silver case
which they had often seen In a drawer,
the key to which King Ottu wore un a
hue steel chain round hla neck.
As soon as the King perceived th nt
be was watched be turned round and
smiled so happily and naturally that
the doctor, surprised, stepped nearer.
Wealing the same Joyful expression
the Klug cried out tu hhn: "Countess
L. has passed a better night Rhe 1s
now out of danger.” He then carefully
locked up tin* little silver box, which
contained nothing but a few dried
strawberries, and spent a very quiet
day. lie also enjoyed Ids dinner again.
This Is the other part of the story.
In INU7 there was a merry pleulc In a
wood Among the guests wns the love
ly se.enteen year-old Countess L., with
whom the young 1’rlnce fell madly In
love nt first sight He sat next to her
Little Willie «nd bister Grace.
They cut pa's tromwrs down for u>
don't get nothin' new;
I have to wear his cld coat» out, bia old
suspenders, too!
His bats and »ho«-» don't fit me. but 1
»'pose they will some d»y,
And then they’ll come to me instead of
bein' thrown away I
My sister Grace la twenty-two
And she can sing and play.
And what »he wear» is »¡»ar« row —
Not »tuff that's thrown awayl
Sbe put» on style, 1 ted you wbatl
She dresses out of »igbt;
She's proud and haughty and »he's got
A beau most every a.gbt.
I never get new things to wear; I'm just
\ . luniHPgTi IM
.JS
X.
• boy, you see,
And any old Jhinga good enough to doc
tor up for me!
Most everything that I’ve got on one day
belonged to pa—
When sister's through with her fine
thing» »he hands 'em op to ma,
—Chicago Time» Herald.
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Artificial Willow.
One of the curiosities at Chatsworth,
the Duke of Devonshire's place, I» a
weeping willow made of ccpper, and so
dexterously fashioned that at a d:»
tance It resembles a real tree. It ‘a
actually a shower bath, for by preea’ng
a secret tap. a tiny spray of water
can be made to burst from »very
branch and «wig of the tree, to tt t dis
comfort of any who may be under IL
They K«-war<l lx>oie»tlos.
BARB WIRE FENCE TELEPHONE.
Instrunient at ■ very small cost This
little «mntrliance la no arranged tbat It
caD be attached to the main barb wire
at any jxilnt ami thus the farmer Is
enabled to call up his city merchant, or
broker, or lawyer Just as well as If he
had the ordinary telephone equipment
P enetrated shrewd
disguise .
at lunch, paid her the greatest atten
tlon, and then disappeared with her
Into the w«xxl. As th« young people
did nut return, and It was getting late,
the mother of the Countess tie«’a me
anxious, and s«-nt ir«n servants out In
all directions. The culprits were found
with their hats full of strawtierrles.
which they were merrily eating. The
next morning '.hey were separated for
ever.
Prince O'to went with the King to
Munich, and the youthful Connteas was
sent to ’.be Convent of Mlseri«x>r<le,
where she has remained up to this day.
During the few days throughout which
the King had shown such unfavorable
symptoms, the girl whom he had loved
In his youth ««• really lying danger
oualy III In her cell. Somehow or other
— how Is not stated- the Incurably In
sane monarch had become aware of the
fact— Berlin cable London Newa.
When >a German servant girl reaches
her fortieth year in the employ of one Prison Guard Was Interested In a Mov-
Inu Grass Plot,
family she is presented with a gulden
Green Caaey, a convict at San Quen
cross by Empress Augusta Victoria.
Last year 144 of these crosses were dis tin. baa won the admiration of all bls
tribute«!, only one of which went to a fellow convicts at the prison for the
novel contrivance he has Invented In
resident of Berlin.
order to make bls escape from the pris
Hensitlva Gol<i-Weighing Machine
on walla some time ago. and through
A gold weighing machine in the Bank Sheriff Langdon of Manta Clara County
of England Is so sensitive that a pon the story baa leaked out
tage stamp droppe«] on the scale will
Casey «as a kind of trusty around
turn theSndex un the dial a distance of the prison ground«. and while working
two Inches.
In one of the grounds In the vicinity of
Nine people out of ten who inquire the prison be toofe It Into hla head that
sympathetically, ''Can I du anything ?" lie would l‘4e to escape, and wua l«e-
glnnlng to tax bis mind as to the most
do not mean It
P>>ee hililles In the Mouth.
advantageous way to suit bls purpose.
If our Mouthern States alone were as
Actions «p«-ak louder than word« As be was strolling around on the gre»n
of men never say die but they si ginss which grows In abundance around densely settled as Germany they would
the prison an Idea struck him that If have a population of ever lw.uuu.uuu.
do It sooner or later.
How Undertukcrs Use«! to Fight In the
Old Leadville Days.
In the ohl days, there used to be great
rivalry between the undertakers ot
Leadville. It wasn't necessary to sit
iH-fore a man's house to lx* the first to
ask for custom w hen he tiled. Men tiled
too suddenly anti there were t<x> many
deaths for that. This happened after
the mines were discovered. People
were coming to Denver by the thou
sands anti there was no place for them
tu sleep.
At an nltltude of 11.1MI0 feet sleeping
In the open air was uot conducive tu
good health. Men tlletl like sheep the
first night they got there of heart dis
ease, or mor<* slowly of pneumonia and
other kindred dlseaaea. All lintl money,
some a good deal and others a little,
everybody enough to pnj funeral ex
penses. Tills fact was an encourage-
inen to the doctors and the men who
attend«xl to the last rites. For a time
1,000 men slept under the shelter of a
shed. Rome mornings twenty ot them
would he found dead.
William Rimpson and John Moran
were the principal undertakers of the
town. The competition was keen and
both mon had scouts to look for bodies.
The scouts had many fights over their
claims for the right to tak«> a luxly for
burial. John Atkina was the scout for
Hlnipaon and Bill Green the Scout for
Moran. Things came to a climax one
morning over the txxly of h young En
glishman.
"It’s mine,” said Atkina.
"You're a liar,” responded Green, “It’s
mine. I was the first to find he was
dead."
An argument of that kind could only
lie settled In one way In Leadville nt
that time. Both men drew revolvera,
both fir«-«! and both fell.
The coroner held an Inquest. Tho
verdict was;
"John Atkins and Bill Green came to
tiielr deaths by pistol shots. Hill Green
died first and therefore Atkins won hla
fight. It Is the opinion of the Jury that
William Rimpson, the undertaker, for
whom Atkins worked. In entitled to the
txxly of the Englishman.”
UlKlertakera In those days of sudden
death wouldn't chang«> salaries with
the President of the United States.
Germany «nil
Nine.
The figure 0 has a peculiar connection
with th«* career of the German Em-
peror. His Majesty la the ninth King
of Prussia. He was Isiru in the fifty
ninth year of the century, entered tl.e
army In Item «ml completed his univer
sity career In 1X711. The dates of hla
birth arxl marriage. January 27 and
February 27. both make nln«* If th - fig
ures 2 and 7 are added together.
Fingers In Asia.
In some other parts of Asia It Is con-
»l<!er«xl lnim«xiest for a woman to show
the end« of her fingers, while among
Mohammedan woman of Arabia who
are closely veiled, ex;x>slng the ¡sick
of the neck In an emergency la held to
be a much greater breach of de-mrum
than displaying the face. Boston Trav
eler.
The Reason of It,
"I hear that Laayman has Just had
a raise In salary. Wouder how it hale
pened.”
"They say he's the only ntan on the
staff that hasn't attempted any spring
poetry.”
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The nmslles« Hora«.
The smallest horse In the world la a
Shetland p«>ny oMOttl by the Marcheae
Carcano. In Milan. It la twenty four
Inches high, am! when standing beslda
Ita owner the pony's back is uuly aa
lu< b above hla knee«
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