1 . rnn r rMI L S V I ) , IN TRICKY ELEPHANTS. Ths Cunnlna Thsy Dlsptsytd In Prs curing StoWn Msal. Singular aa It may seem, elephants which hate associated with men enter, tain the notion that under ipcclnl clr cumstnnces. they nro not responsible If they utlllto another to commit an llto gal act The following Is an Instance of this elephantine morality. A man In Rangoon bought three, young elephants to tend to England. They wcro tame and playful, but tun ning. Knowing that It wns wrong to steal paddy (unhusked rlccH-tho Idea bad doubtless been Impressed upon them by punishment for stealing they would not touch It themselves, but It n boy went to aeo them ho would bo seised by one. the llttlo trunk would bo colled around his arm, and he would bo ted to where the paddy was kept In bags. The elephant wonld make neat's paw of the boy's hnnd to take up a handful of paddy. Then. Ictttug go, he would turn up the end of his trunk, open It and ccaxlngty luvlto tho boy to drop In the paddy. Should tho boy, however, put It back in tho bag his arm would again bo seised by tho trunk, and bis hand would be again Inserted Into the paddy bag. The liy, anxious to be released, would usually drop the paddy Into the trunk, and tho elephant would blow tho rice Into his mouth. After repeat log -tho operation several times tho elephant would scamper off, feeling tbat ho had got the paddy without stealing IU Harper's. GAMBLED IN SECRET. jTM Romano of Mark Lomon'a Most' 8uccttful Dro. (There Is a singular story connecJt4 n-with the play "Hearts Are Tromsa.' .which Mark Lemon, tho famous rupch editor, wrote many year ago. Wbea Jtfark Ijemon was visiting a friend's house one day he fonnd thero an elder ly gentleman with long whlto hair and a worn, sad face. Ha was very ieedtly clad, and there was something In his appearance which excited Lem on's curiosity. When the visitor had no Mark Inquired who he was. "A rich man once." replied his friend. "Lost everything at tho gam ing table. Hut the strangest part of tho story Is that no one, not even tho members of his own family, suspected him of gambling until the crash came. Ho had kept It a secret from all who knew htm. He Is now llttlo better thnn a beggar. He comes to me some times and I give him a good meal for the sako of aukl lang syne." The talc haunted Mark, says Thor mnnby In "Tho Splco of Life." Ho Imagined a daughter waiting at homo night after night for the gambling fa tjicr, ignorant of his erej vice nntU the day of ruin revealed tho cnuio 6t all thoso mysterious absences. IIo worked tho Idea Into n play which ho called "Hearts Arc Trumpo," tho most successful of nil his seventy drnmns. On tho first night It wna produced, glancing Into the pit, he saw seated among the nudleueo tho very man whoso career had suggested tho plot, A Contrast In Monarehs. Emperor Nnpoleou has often been seen detaching hla own cro of the Legion of Honor to place It himself on tho breast of a hero. toula XIV would first havo ashed If the brave man was a noble. Napoleon asked If the noble waa brave. A sergeant who In battle had performed prodigies of valor was brought before 1-ouN XIV "I grant you a pension of 1.200 litres." said the king. Sh, I should prefer the crow of St. Louis." "1 should think so, but you wtit not get It." Napoleon would have embraced the sergeant Louis XIV. turned hW tack an him. It la the decldtHl deduction which separaten the two epochs. From "Itecollectlona of an Otllccr of Napoleon's Army." MEN OF WEIGHT. Only Thrst of This Notahla Elsvin Wer Undtr S00 Pounds. On Aug. 10. J778. General Washing, ton and ten other otuecrs of tho Revo lutionary army were weighed at West Point. N. V.. and the result Is pre served In an Item from tho English magazine Notes and Queries. Only .thjeo of the eleven weighed less than 200 pounds. The heaviest was Colonol .Swift, whoa 431l) pound mado hlra lead, the next. General Knox, at 250, by thlfty-nlue poimds. but Knox was only twenty-eight years old. Then follow Colonel Michael Jack son. 332; Colonel Henry Jackson. 23S; Gsuersl Lincoln, then forty-tiro years old. 22', Lieutenant Colonel Hum phreys, 221; Lieutenant Colonel Hun tington, 212. General Washington, forty-sir years old. weighed 200 pounds and was fol lowed at quite an Interval by Lieuten ant Colonel Cobb and General nun tlngton, who weighed 182 pounds each. It Is amusing to note that the heavi est man'a name was Swift and that of the tightest General Orcaton. who Is credited with ICO pounds, IC3 less than Swift's record. The total weight of the eleven, 2.IS3 pounds gives 22(1 pound as tho aver age, but Swift being omitted the other ten averaged only 217 pounds. Tbey were certainly men of weight and substance and a heavy team If wo may compare them with a modern football eleven that might well chal lenge comparison also with our mod ern military men. 8ULLETSJNJATTLE. Osath Wounds and Flesh Wounds and ths Coaling Whtn Qlruok. In "Serving tho Republic" donors! Nelson A. Miles say, that, UUo every other soldier who bus seen much nctlvo service, ho Is often asked how It feels to bo wounded Ho himself was wounded four Union nnd twice almost fatally, so ho Is nhlo to speak from experience. Ho says: "Ouo Is often asked how It scorns to to woumled In bnttlo. Tho (light of bullet Is quicker than thought nnd has parsed through a flesh wound befors one realises that bo has been struck. I havo seen bodies of men dead on the Held of battle where the brain had been pierced and death hud liecn In stantaneous. They would remain In every position of the 'tuauual of anus,' with an ansloua look, a frown or a smllo on their cold and rigid faces. "My wounds received at Fair Oaks, Fredericksburg and Petersburg were tlrsh wound nnd disabled mo but a short time. While riding down the line at Clmnrellorsvllle uno of the ene roy'a bullet struck my metallic Ml plate with great force. This cnned n slight deviation as It entered the Iwdy Tho result was an Instant deathly sick ening sensation. My sword dropped from my right hand; my scabbard nnd belt dropped to tho left I was com plelely paralysed below tho waist. My horso seemed to reallxo what had oc curred. He mopped, turned and walked slowly back. I holding to the ommel of tho saddlo with my hands. Wo soon reached a group of soldiers, who took mo off and. placing me In a blan ket, carried me to the Chnnecllorsvlllo Houso and pulled a dead man off a couch to make room formo." TOOK HIS TIME. Ill Qsvt ths Old Man Long Walt Fop tho.Bsektog. Bklppcr Norwood was born in a llt tlo Nova Scotia town. D.urlng tho long winter evenings young Dill used to IIo nut In frnnt of tho blfi ODCn fireplace. and Juit about tho tlmo he had got warm and comfortablo ( and a trifle drowsy Norwood senior would make up his mind tho nro was getting low unit al.nil his SOn Out IfltO tllO SHOW tO bring In a backlog from tho wood pile. Eventually theso nocturnal pilgrim cm mt on vounc Dill's nerve, and ono night when his father sent him out after tho backlog tno sou conun uiil nn nasi the wood pile and across country to tho nearest seaport, whore bo shipped on a wlialcr. Nino years later Dill came back. It ten n littler winter n!cht.uud the snow ,was falling. Dill sneaked up to the window nnd looked Into the otd sitting I room. The tire was burning In tho old I Urcplace. and Dill's father nnd mother were seated In front of IU He uollred 'that the tire was a trltlo low. Ho ha wont to tho wood plfe, elected n big backlog, carried It Into tho houso and stood for n moment by tho lire wllh tho log on his shoulder. "Father," said Dill, "Pvo brought In that backlog you sent mo after." Tho old man novcr budged nn Inch. Instead ho spat luto tho (Ire nud re torted teslllyt "Sot It on tho lire. Vou'vo been n long while (iltttn Itr-Bnturday Even ing Pot Ths Oruo CUrk's Csllsr, "A man enmo In yesterday nnd want, cd something we didn't havo. Ho had been looking Into the window, nnd he must hnvo thought this was a book store Just hocninn wo were advertising some novels and stationery nnd dic tionaries and n lot of that left over Junk. Well, anyhow, he came to me nnd ho says, says ho, 'I want Lincoln's Gettysburg address. "Look for It yourself, sir, says I politely, llko we're taught to do There's n directory over thero in the corner. Dut I don't think you'll Oud It. Theso directories only hnvo the subscribers' cliy addresses.' "Well. say. that fellow was so mad ho wouldn't wait. Called mo Ignorant and nil kinds of things. Dut that Just shows you what us drug clerks have got to put up wllh."-Cloveland Plain Dealer. Cost Bin Msaiursmsnts, A solid cubic foot of anthracite coal weighs nlnctythreo younds. When bro ken for use It weighs about tlfty-four pounds. Dltumlnous coal when broken up for use weighs about tlfty iioiiuds. Tho consequent rulo for tho approxl mate measurement of coal In a bin or box la to multiply (ho length lu feet by tho height In feet and again by the breadth In feet, and this result by fifty four for Buthraclto coal or by fifty for bituminous conL ,Tho result will equal tho number of pounds, and to find the number of tons divide by 2.000.Popu tar Mechanic. Ths Obliging FrUnd. "Tou know that Griggs and I both lovo you. Can't you mako a cholco to dayr "A choice, Indeedl When I do mako n cholco yon can rest assured that It Kill not Interest youl" "Thanksl I'll toll Griggs." - Ex rhange. Oood Llttlo Do. Mrs. Scant-Will joii havo another lleo of enke. Hobble! Hobble No, thank you; mother said I must re rune n second piece, 'euiiso you mightn't hnu It to pnro.-Judgc. DstUr Days. Ethel (of her llunrct-Poor Trcd has seen better dnyn. Kilty-Yes; he used to le engaged to me. llostou Transcript A JAPANESE L.E0ENP. It-Tslls a Prslty 8ry of ths Origin sf ths Chryssnihsmum. Tho Japanese hnvo an Interesting legend In connection with the origin of tho chrysanthemum. In n gardun bathed In the aoft moonlight ft young girl plucked n flower nnd commenced to strip the petals to see If her tlanco lored hor truly. Of a sudden n llttlo giut appeared before her nnd assured her that her (lanco loved hor passion itcly. "Your husband will live,' ho added, "as tnony years as the flower which I will let you choose has petals. With these words ho disappeared. The young Rlrl hastened to search tho garden for a flower which should have an abundance of petal, hut each one appeared to promise, but a brief fa turo for her beloved. At length she picked n Persian car nation, nnd. with tho aid of n gold pin taken from her hair, she separated earh ono of Hie petal of tho Mower so as to Increase tho numlier of foliates and of the numlier of years accorded by tho god to her tlanco. Boon under her deft fingers 100. 200, 300 petals, thin, pliant and beautifully curved, had been evolved, ami tho joung girl cried for Joy to think of the happy future which her ruso had assured her flance. Bo. runs tho legend, was the crjsanthenuiin created ono moonlight night In a Japanese garden, where sil very brook murmured softly as they ran beneath the little bamboo bridges. -London Qlobo. CRY OF THE GIRAFFE. It I s P.oullsr Oound Gemsthlng Llko s Qhtsp'o Blsst Those, who read the accounts of ths giraffe In the textbooks and ths de scriptions given by travelers may have noticed that no mention Is mads of Its voice. Sportsmen, In fact, al ludo to Us apparent rotcelessness. Nor so far as tha records go has It ever been beard In captivity. Up to tho present It appears that no one could say whether tho cry of a glraffo was a groan, a bellow, a bleat or a neigh; hence tho record of tho recent experience of a naturalist In east Afri ca, who has actually heard Its voice. Is of special Interest Dlaney Perclval, tho naturnltst In question. stcnt tho day In concealment over a wnlertm'o where tho wild ani mals en mo to drink. He had at time seen glraffo and xehra drinking with lu thirty feet of him. Whllo thus watching ho had tho good fortuno to hear the giraffe. It was mnklng a bleating noise, but Mr. Perclval sny It Is qulto luiioal bio to describe the sound In writing "The nearest I con get to It." ho says. "Is wnr're rather drawn out, not Jmt n 'baa, like a sheep, but more pro longed, nnd the softening at tho end more uotlceahlo. liudnii Field. An Cessntrls.Vlssr. , nun wmidnrs wlirit London thmieU of Hubert Htephen Hnwkor, tint fnr . '.... ...I.. .it ttn ailll..., ,.. or aiurweiisuiw, iHc " imin'ii mv doti (for tha second time In his life) In 18(11. !nrd l'.xuiouth. Invited to Intuit wjlh liltii nt the Grout Western lintel, PaddliiKton, found him dressed pre cisely ns ho used lu dress In his Cor nish vllliigo-flshrrmaii'a knitted j,r. ' sey, long purple coat and wading hoot, Lord Kximmth. bubbling with lniiK,. , ter, said, "I nut not surprised Hie wait, er should say there wns no clergyman hero." To which Hawker replied' ', doubt you would rather sea mo dreimrd like a waller, vlth n black mat and white chnkerl I've felt obliged to nny 'fllr' to him twlco already.M-Undon Express. DysUs Fend of Monksy Msst. Tho Dyaks of southwestern Hornm hunt nearly nil tho gamo In tho vlclul ty of their settlements wllh spears ei eept In the case of the nmug oiilnng. which Is hunted vlth guns. It scorn that these wild wopii are very fund of tho meat of the ornng oiilnug and rausequently thoso nulmals are very scarce In tho neighborhood of lijmk cain. Not Acquainted. "Are you at all faiulllar with Plator . asked Mr. Oldcaslle. ' "No; that's one thing Jostnh always blames me for. He says I never nuke ' real friend with anybody." Wtteom. "I s'pose I look like a tramp, Csth erlns Ant. but I'm your cousin. Cy Darker, back from tho Klondike with tlO.000 In, gold Gee. don't smuttier mtr-Cblcsgo Trtbuus, A Quosr Monumsnt A monument erected In the Sirs sllsno cemetery ha a very curious history. It I that of an old woman of Genoa, who made n living by telling strings of nuts In the streets, lly frugality nnd Industry sho succeeded In amassing a small fortuno lu Hits, way and then commissioned a wrll known sculptor of Genoa, Lulgl Oreo go, to make a llfu sited xr(ralt of h-r lu marble Just as she npared at her pllvh lu tho street. This statue she ordered to lm placed lu tho fni'Hi Htragtleiio cemetery, pmbalily lln lr gesl lu tho world -Wldo Wurld Msfi t sine. Bwstt and Hard. The Royal tand ws ikying for tl.t king. Imls XIV.. the "Mleren of l.ul ly " The king was on his knees and wt was the nhotn court. HU msWy kept the nwkward altitude until H end of the hymn After Using. It" klii- iiirtust to tho CHiut lie llrsiu mout ami asked how he found the mu '4 sic "rry et to tho ear, sire, buti very hunl on tho Luers," ELA1ER NISWONQER W. P. 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