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W a . « Dipl.m at, and Ha Outwitted
Abdul Hamid.
Diplomatists abroad tell how a
[listin^i' '1 member of the Bua-
lian t
diplomatique cleverly
Dutwittci. A I I I Hamid, the late
raltan of Turkey. The Russian
displayed a curious ingenuity in in­
troducing the business of his coun­
try in the guise of personal pleas­
ure.
It appears that the sultan had ab­
solutely refused to grant an audi­
ence to any member of the diplo­
matic body at Constantinople and
that during the period in question
Abdul Hamid spent the greater
part of his time in cockfighting, an
amusement whereof he was passion­
ately fond.
The Russian heard that his im­
perial majesty stood in need of
fresh birds to supply the place of
those killed in fight, whereupon the
wily Muscovite procured a fine look­
ing white fowl of the barnyard spe­
cies, ceased it to be trimmed and
spurred to resemble a gamecock
and sent it in a richly decorated
cage to the sultan.
The rase wae successful, but the
sultan, at first delighted with the
gift, soon eent for the diplomatist
to explain, if he could, why hit bird
had shown no inclination to fight
The Russian went, examined the
bird in the presence of Abdul Ham­
id and with great astonishment and
regret acknowledged that it was
quite unable to cope with the royal
gamecocks, which were undoubtedly
of a superior breed.
A conference followed on the
subject of gamecocks in general,
and when this was finished the Mus­
covite succeeded in drawing the sul­
tan in a mood for conversation of
a different character and in time
adroitly introduced the political
matter he had so long awaited an
opportunity to discuss. After a
long interview he returned to his
embassy triumphant over his col­
leagues.—Harper’s Weekly.
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A F r.s k Bass H it.
Writing on freak plays in base­
ball, Hugh S. Fullerton tells the
following story in the American
Magazine:
“A freak play robbed Doc Ca­
sey’s Toronto team of a game in
the Eastern league. The game waa
it Rochester, and Casey’s catching
staff was so crippled that the plump
little veteran was compelled to don
the wind pad himself. Casey is
short and quite stout. But he was
doing fairly well until the tenth in­
ning, when nocnesier nao a runner
on third with two out. A wild
pitched ball struck the ground in
front of Casey and disappeared.
The runner hesitated until he saw
Casey making frantic efforts to get
the ball from under his protector;
then he came home with the win­
ning run just as Casey located the
sphere, which had gone under the
protector and wedged itself past the
elastic belt tightly.”
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STAR I Lbu UAMLYLE.
H m Chari«« Godfrey Laland Brought
th« Cynic te Hi« gonooo.
O ur Grocery Department
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E. C. BAIRD
ture that birds like ostriches, fla­
mingoes and cranes extend their
stride only when alarmed. The os­
trich when it runs takes both feet
off the ground at every stride, its
progress being made by means of a
series of jumps so rapidly per­
formed aa to leave the observer un­
der the impression that one foot
remains on the ground until the
other is placed.
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Charles Godfrey Leland said that
on hia first meeting with Carlyle the
wise man showed himself in a some­
what cynical frame of mind, from
which he was aroused only by a bit
of wholesome opposition.
“And what kind of an American
may you be—German or Irish or
what?” Carlyle asked.
F«ast of Kioaoa.
“Since
it
interests
you,
Mr.
Car­
Halmagen,
in Roumania, pos­
Qamo to th . Last.
lyle,”
replied
Leland,
“to
know
the
sesses
a
public
which is
A man named Brown used to | origin of my family, I may sav that probably unique in festival
the
world.
It is
think that everything was a wise i I am descended from Henry Leland, a little' town of about 1,200 inhab­
dispensation. One year his crop was a noted Puritan, who went to Amer­ itants, and on the morning of its
washed away. “All for the best,”
1636.”
annual fair day the 'population from
said Brosyn cheerfully. “I had an ica “I in doubt
whether
any
of
your
about
eighty villages come trooping
overabundance last year.”
;
family
has
since
been
equal
to
in
in
swarms.
To them go out all
Later his bouse was burned down. your old Puritan i great-grand­ the young women,
or sin­
It didn’t feaze Brown. “All for the father,” growled Carlyle, and this, gle, of Halmagen, married
each
bearing
best,” he repeated. “It didn’t suit combined with some slurring re­ small flower garland and vessel of a
ns, anyway, and we were going to marks which he had previously wine and all attended by their god­
move.”
thrown out in regard to America mothers. This last precaution is
At last Brown was in a railway xnd
from motives of deference for
accident and got his feet crushed so spirit. her history, roused Leland’s taken
Mrs.
Grundy.
As the visitors ap­
that they had to be amputated.
“Mr.
Carlylb,”
he
said
deliber­
proach,
the
young
offer to
“Well,” iaid a friend who came ately, “I think that my brother, each a taste of wine women
and—a
kiaa.
to see him, “this is pretty discour­ Henry Leland, who got the wound
aging, isn’t it ? Both your feet cut from which he died standing by my
ip.
off. Do you think that’s all for the side in the war of the rebellion, The plant Fr of iondoh
friendship
grows
beet?”
was
worth
ten
of
my
old
Puritan
an­
only
in
the
warm
air
of
congenial­
Brown smiled sadly. “Oh, yea,” cestors. At least he died in a ten ity. Confidence binds ita parts to­
he answered. “They were always times
cause. And allow me gether and is the cohesive power of
oold anyway.”—St. Loois Republic. to say, better
Mr. Carlyle, that I think in its nature, while sympathy ia the
Tim« For (k o rg . to Step and Think. all matters of historical criticism life giving sap coursing through ev­
are principally influenced by ery fiber. It ia an evergreen and ia
He suddenly put his hand in his you
to all lands. Its most
the
merely
waistcoat pocket and drew out three atrical.” melodramatic and the­ indigenous
beautiful
flowers
during the
broken cigars. Then he looked at Carlyle looked utterly amazed night, and, while a open
perennial
bloom­
his best girl with a forgiving smile. and startled, though not at all an- er, it ia most fragrant in winter.
“Flor de King Alfonsos,” he air­
cannot wither or destroy it;
ily said. “Fifty dollars a hundred. P7- “Whot . s thot ye say?” he cried in ! Time
age
but
strengthens and develops.
But who cares!”
—-C.
S.
Field.
broad
Scotch.
“Let me see them,” said the girl. Mr. Leland repeated the remark.
She inspected the fragments A grim smile as of admiration came
Bryant’o Pootry.
closely.
Bryant
always
he could
the stern old face. It was with write much better thought
“Yes,” she quietly announced, over
poetry
than
that
a deeply reflective and not dis­ contained in hia “Thanatopsia,”
“that’s the kind papa always buys pleased
air
that
he
replied,
still
in
when he’s running for office. I Scotch.
which waa one of his earliest. Dur­
know the odor. Five dollars a thou­ “Na, na, I’m nae thot,” he said. ing his later days he on several oc­
sand. Somebody has fooled you, And he dropped into a milder-strain casions expressed some surprise at
George.”
preference shown by his admir­
made the interview an occasion the
ers
for
this particular poem “when
She was a wise girl, and she did and
not smile.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. to be treasured long in memory. I have done so many things better.”
He__.believed the translation of
When th « Ootrloh Hurrioo.
Convincing.
Homer to be the beat work he' ever
Two
feet
is
the
usual
stride
of
an
The late Wilhelm Jordan uaed to ostrich when it walks, but when the did.
be very much annoyed because of bird is alarmed and commences to
Unprotoetod.
the constant tearing up of the run it exchanges its mincing stride
streets in Frankfurt. One day he for fourteen foot steps, which eas­ The stage manager catches one
of the actors smoking behind the
said to one of the men at work,
carry it over the ground at a scenes.
“Why are you digging up the pare-- ily
rate of twenty-five miles an hour. “Here! You can’t smoke on the
ment again ?” “Because a new water Ordinarily
an ostrich makes no ef­ stage!” he says.
pipe ia to be put in.” “But the old fort to profit
ita length of legs, "What’s the odds? The scenery
one was still good.” “So yras the and many birds by with
legs less than is fireproof.” •
old Nibelungenlied, yet you wrote a a quarter aa long habitually
use a "But you’re not.”
new one, herr doctor,” retorted three and four foot stride, for
the laborer, with a laugh, in which seems to be one of the rules of na­ it As the actor discovered when he
got his two weeks’ notice.—Judge.
Jordan joined.
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