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When the gorgeously attired young
"ro man with the Imperious air entered
the Intelligence fflce the manager's
desk waa vaeanL Halt a doaen girl
and women were seated la chairs, evi
dently waiting for her return.
"I want a cock," announced the Im
perious - young woman, after gating
about her for a moment''
Nobody spoke or manifested any
particular Interest
Who U In charge hereTT demanded
the young woman.
After a long pause a faded blonde
In rusty Mack sitting In a far corner
of tbe room said: The lady iss not In
now, but she konis back poorty qvlek,
I kess."
The young woman frowned and
tapped lur foot on the floor impatient
ly. "Isn't there any one to atteud to
roe?" she asked. , .
SOME CURIOUS RACES.
Ostrich Beat Pelican, Doc, Cat aa
Monkey In KgyvU
When King Edward was last In
Egypt says London Tlt-Blts, he found
' much amusement In a race, which In
cluded a pelican driven by Lord Pun
more, an ostrich ateered by Gen. Dor
mer, a pig by Capt Maxwell, a monkey
piloted by Capt Kekewlch and a
Cairo dog. a turkey and a cat respec
tively under the control of Capt Lewis,
CoL Sandwlth and MaJ. Campbell The
pelican started a hot favorite; but alaa!
for human anticipations, while hold
ing a good lead he caught sight of
water and promptly made for It; the
monkey spoiled the cat's chance by
Jumping on IU back, and the ostrich
won with ridiculous ease from the pig
a bad second and the dog a worse
third.
A ladies' race recently witnessed at
Mhow was both novel and startllnj
in Its developments. The fair compet
itors raced to a line of baskets placed
across the course, and on a given sig
nal each raised the basket in front
of her. Surprise! Delight! Conster
nation! From under three sprang up
tiny recruit boys, who presented pretty
prizes to the fortunate winners, while
from the other baskets emerged a reg-
ular menagerie. Here doves soared up
Into the sky, there a cat bolted as If
pursued by a hundred dogs, while
partrdiges, geese and hares scuttled
away Into the crowd.
In many a country district In Ger
many there Is held an annual ox race,
which attracts thousands of spectators.
Each one Is ridden bareback by Its
owner, without whip, spur, yoke or
harness; and as the race Is across a
field a mile wide, and the riders have
" only their voices to guide the vagrant
animals, the results are often highly
diverting, especially as the spectators
can add to the fun by shouting and
: ccstlculatlng at the oxen and doing
their best to divert them from the di-
rect path.
, Not long ago at Nogent-sur-Marne
the International wooden-leg running
championship was decided in the pres
ence of 5,000 spectators. The distance
was approximately 220 yards, and the
winner was found in a M. Roulln, who
' proved the swiftest of sixty-seven com
petitors, and covered the Journey in
thirty seconds. Bordeaux finds its
chief excitement In stilt racing. In a
recent competition a youth, Alme Mar
gin, covered 275 miles In a shade over
seventy-six and one-half hours, using
stilts six feet long and weighing six
teen pounds; while a short time ago
the mayor of a small French town or
ganized a race among the local drunk
ards and won It himself.
But few, if any of these eccentric
races are as exciting as the "hurry
Bcurry race" beloved of Canadians.
This Is a contest between canoeists,
who at a given signal dive into the
river, swim to their canoes In mid
stream", get In, cast loose and paddle
for dear life to a distant buoy. Scarce
; ly have they covered a dozen yards
when the pistol barks again, each man
tumbles out of his canoe and as
quickly climbs In again to paddle
' away as before. At the next shot each
man upsets his canoe and rights it
again; and so on every few yards un
til the goal is reached. So expert are
some of these paddlera that they can
upset, right and climb into their canoes
In less than four seconds.
STRANGE CASE OF DEATH.
Man Was Shot, bnt None Could Tell for
Tears Whence Came Ballet.
"I suppose you've all either read or
leard of Zangwill's book, The Big
Bow Mystery,' " remarked the man
who, according to the New Orleans
Times-Democrat, had listened with an
air of Interest to the talk of strange
cases that nonplused the detectives.
But I happen to know of a case, not
fiction, either, that was even more
mysterious than the one related In
that story. The man met his death,
not by his own hand, before the doors
were opened next day, In a room that
do one could possibly have entered
doors locked on the inside, windows
closed and shutters down.
"I knew the victim well," he con
tinued, "for the mysterious death oc
curred In the little town where I was
born and reared. He had a number of
enemies, some desperate characters,
who bad threatened to kill him, and
eo when the news spread one morn
ing that Henry Kllliam ha'd been
No one answered and the young
woman frowned agalu and then sur
veyed the gathering.
Can you cook?" she asked abruptly
of a woman who sat near the desk.
The oerson addressed opened her
cloak and unloosened a pearl and gold
lorgnette from the bosom of a lace-
trimmed, lilac ellk waist After ex-
a mining the young woman with mild
curiosity throuch Its shriveling me-1
dinm: Rh anA ln.rooL even terms: I
"No, I am afraid I cannot Can your
The imperious young woman colored
slightly. -I beg your pardon,- she
said.
"IHm't apologrtie," said the other
with aweet insolence. "We are all
likely to make mistakes. Before you
told ua what you wanted I really had
an Idea that you were looking for a
place. Chicago Dally News.
found dad In his armchair, with a
Winchester bullet In his heart It was
Immediately Inferred some one had
shot him through a window or door,
"He was a bachelor, living alone,
the servants all left at night, and
nothing could have been easier. It was
a winter night, and the victim, being
subject to rheumatism, had closed
every opening except the chimney. No
bullet hole was found. Clearly he
was not assassinated. Suicide next
suggested Itself. But It was known
he never kept a pistol In his room and
none was found when the magistrate,
summoned by the frightened , house
help, broke the door in next morning.
Still something had to be done, and
the sheriff, for want of a better idea,
arrested two or three who had recent
ly made threats against the dead man
and who were seen in the neighbor
hood that night Certain circumstances
did cast a slight suspicion on them,
but the physical facts, of course,
acquitted the.ra at the trial.
"It looked as If the mystery would
never be solved. When the man was
removed from the room It was at once
locked up, the colored caretakers re
fusing to touch an article in what
was known as the 'haunted chamber.'
"Tears passed. At last the heirs de
cided to sell the property. I went with
the Intending purchasers, friends of
mine, to Inspect the building, which
was thrown open to us, completely.
My curiosity at the unsolved mystery
of Kllllam's death revived as we en-
tered the chamber where It occurred.
it waa as ne naa lert it ine ashes
were In the grate and thick dust, that
rose In light clouds almost at a touch,
was on all the furniture. The air was
damp and musty.
"It was here In front of the Are
Mr. Kllliam was found dead, was it
not? I Inquired of the colored man.
who had mustered courage to enter
with ua. 'Tas, sub, he replied, turn
ing almost pale at the thought
'Scarcely had he spoken when I heard
something roll from the grate and drop
on the hearth. I picked it up by a
audden impulse. It was a Winchester
cartridge shell, blackened with heat
To my mind it told the story plain
ly.
"It had evidently got mixed with the
coal thrown on the fire by the servant
and had lodged In some crevice be
tween the bricks that held it firm and
fast Mr. Kllliam carne In on that
fatal night, lit the Are already laid for
him by the servants, closed every
cranny to keep out possible drafts and
sat down to rest and comfort before
the blaze. The heat quickly caused
the cartridge to explode, and, by one
of those curious but not Infrequent
coincidences, the bullet found Its way
straight to the heart It must have
been an accident; I am sure jnone of
his enemies would ever have thought
of this plan of murder with Its free
dom from suspicion, and even if It had
occurred to them they would naturally
bve believed it was a million to one
the scheme would miscarry."
Catching Snakes.
"How do we catch live snakes?"
echoed the dealer In response to the
query. "Oh, It's easy enough when
you know how. In the first place you
have to be absolutely fearless of
snakes. A person who Is without fear
can handle even deadly reptiles with
out danger. Most snakes, you know,
attempt to escape when approached
by a human being. That's where the
catcher gets in his work. He will make
a detour and head off the fleeing rep
tile, whjch then comes to a stop and
retreats in another direction. Another
detour again starts the snake on a dif
ferent course, and these tactics are fol
lowed until the reptile comes to a be
wildered pause. Then the catcher will
take out bis handkerchief. This he
waves at arm's length to attract the
snake's attention," and 'all the tune he
Is edging up closer until he is right
over the snake, which Is .concentrating
all Its attention on the flapping hand-
kerchief. A quick movement enables
the catcher to grasp the reptile back
of the head, and an expert will have It
subdued and under his control with a
few gentle stroklngs. Black snakes,
bull snakes, pine snakes, and other
Jess venomous; varieties are captured
that way .without difficulty." Phila
delphia Record. .
Occasionally you see such a homely
woman who has married that the situ
ation demands an explanation. '
Some Congressmen have. fixed opin
ions after the lobbyist soes them.
- OLD -FAVORITES
IUnrcn oa the Khin.
A soldier of the legion lay djlug In Al
geria:
There was lack of woman s . nurnlnj.
thr Waa dearth of woman s
tear:
But a comrade stood beside turn, while
his life-blood ebbed away,
And beut with pltyln slanee to hear
what he might say.
n . , n-Ui uu,. h. took that
comrades hand.
kDA k mU: I never mors shall see my
own. mr native land.
Tike a mesas m and a token to soms dis
tant friends or lotue;
For I was born st Bingen at Bingen on
the Uhlue!
"Tell my brothers and companions, when
the meet and crowd around
To hear my mournful story, lu the pleas-
snt vineyard ground,
That we futwht the battle bravely; and
vhen the day was done
Full many a corpse lay ghastly pale be-
nenth the setting uu.
And 'midst the dead aud dying were
some crown old lu war,
TUs death-woumls on their gallant
breasts the last of many scars;
But some were young, and suddenly be
held lifs s morn decline;
And oue had com from Bingen fair
Bingen on the Uhioe!
'Tell
my mother that her other
hull comfort her old age.
sons
For I waa still a truant bird that thought
his home a cage;
For my father was a soldier, and even as
a child
My heart leaped forth to hear him tell
of struuKies fierce and wild;
And when he died, and left us to divide
hla scanty hoard.
I let them take whate'er they would
but keDt my father's sword;
And with boyish love I hung It where
the bright light used to shine
On the cottagn wall at Bingen calm
Bingen on the Rhine!
"Tell my sister not to weep for me, and
sob with droopiug head,
When the troops come marching home
sgaln with glad and gallant tread,
But to look upon them proudly, with a
calm and steadfast eye,
For her brother was a soldier, too, and
not afraid to die;
And If a comrade seek her love. I ask
her in my name
To listen- to him frankly, without regret
or shame,
And to hang the old sword In Its place,
my father's sword and mine.
For the honor of old Bingen dear Bin
gen on the Rhine!
"There's another, not a sister; in the
tinnnv Hats artnA hv
y0.d have tnown ner by the merriment
that sparkled In her eye;
Too Innocent for coquetry, too fond for
Idle scorning;
0 friend, I fear the lightest heart makes
sometimes heaviest morning.
Tell her the last night of my life (for ere
this moon be risen
Myody will be out of pain, my soul be
out of prison).
I dreamed I stood with her, and saw the
yellow sunlight shine
On the vine-clad hills of Bingen fair
Bingen on the Rhine!
"I saw the blue Rhine sweep along; I
heard, or seemed to hear.
The German songs we used to sing, In
chorus sweet and clear;
And down the pleasant river, and up the
slanting hill,
The echoing chorus sounded through the
evening calm and still;
And her glad blue eyes were on me as
we passed, with friendly talk,
Down many a path beloved of yore, and
well-remembered walk,
And her little hand lay lightly, conQd
ingly in mine;
But we'll meet no more at Bingen loved
Bingen on the Rhine!
nis voice grew faint and hoarse his
grasp was childish weak;
His eyes put on a dying look he sighed,
and ceased to speak;
His comrade bent to lift him, bnt the
spark of life had fled;
The soldier of the Legion In a foreign
land was dead!
And the soft moon rose np slowly, and
calmly she looked down
On the red sand of the battlefield, with
bloody corpses strewn.
Yes, calmly on that dreadful scene her
pale light seemed to shine,
As It shone on distant Bingen fair Bin
gen on the Rhine!
Caroline E. Norton.
DIQ3 CYCLONE CELLAR.
Difference Between the Habits of
Hare and a Rabbit.
The difference between a hare and a
rabbit is, the former lives on the sur
face of the ground, while the latter
dlS8 a clone cellar and uses it as a
reception room, writes Thomas A.
Herndon in the Washington Post.
There are about 30 species of rab
bits and hares in the world, and all
countries except Australia originally
possessed some specimens, but even.
Australia cannot now complain that
she Is without representatives of a spe
cies that make themselves a power In
the earth.
The polar hare, the Eskimo of its
species, dwells amid the snow and ice
of that desolate region, and nature has
so arranged that the color of bis clothes
harmonizes with bis surroundings
South America Is poorest In having but
one species.
Lepus callotls la the name which sci
ence gives to a species of this wonder
ful animal, that when danger threatens
knows so well what to do with its feet,
but In common vernacular, and' for
business purposes, be is known as the
Jackass rabbit or Jack rabbit He de
rives bis euphonious name from our
great American mocking bird, the Jack
ass, from the supposed resemblance of
their long ears, and the Jack rabbit as
far excels all of his species In speed
as hi hamesake does in strenuous
song.
Jack rabblta are the largest of all
the hares, being 23 Inches In length,
while the ordinary rabbit, or cotton
tail, la 1? Inches. The hind legs and
ears are lonjj, color above yellowish-
gray, sides and back of neck lighter.
below whit, tall sometimes black, but
In the north entirely white. Like all
hares, they do not burrow, but build a
nest on the top of the ground.
In northern climates the rabbit turns
pure white lu wtuter, while farther
south the change la partial, or does not
occur at all. Their home Is In the
boundless west, from Texas to Min
nesota and westward to California.
Tne tw0 bl frou' twtn of tht TP"
Mnw ar th ,1'n.of the rodent, but
behind these are two little teeth, which
do not reach far enough down to aid
lu the gnawing, and scientists have
agreed that these little teeth are to
the rabbit what the appendix la to a
man a perfectly useless piece of fur
niture, a grandfather's clock, so to
speak, once useful to hla ancestors, but
now outlawed by more recent dlscov-
erlea and Inventions. But these little
teeth prove that the rabbit's ancestors
had four Instead of two large teeth, ns
at present
On account of the peculiar anntoml
cat structure and arrangement of the
bones of the. forelegs, a rabbit cannot
turn them Inwardly and use them as
bauds, as can the squirrel and other
rodents wheu feeding; but the forelegs
seem designed to be used In runulng
or the curious stamping In which rab
blta Indulge when angry or excited.
Jack rabblta are not believers In or ex
ponents of race suicide, and at the
close of each season they can point
with pride to the Increase In the num
ber of their family. Unlike kittens, the
youug rabbits come into this sinful
world with their eyes wide open, and
when a week old they are active and
well able to take care of themselves
and look after their own safety. At
the end of a month or two they are
weaned and are soon ready to set up
housekeeping for themselves.
In a natural state their Increase Is
held In check by the scarcity of food,
but when the farmer produces enough
food suited to their taste they feel It Is
their moral duty to produce enough
young rabblta to eat 11. The eagle and
hawk frequently kill Jack rabbits, es
pecially the young, but their most de
structive foes, next to the great assass
in, man, are the wolves and foxes.
The coyote Is satd to be an expert on
the subject of rabbit hunting, and he
considers It an unlucky day when he
docs not carry In his Inside pocket the
left hind foot of a rabbit During the
autumn and wluter Jack rabbits are
hunted and killed In great uumbers.
The most popular method Is shooting
them from wagons or buckboards, with
the assistance of dogs, who start the
Jacks from their cover,
One man will sometimes kill dozens
of the rabbits in a day. But the great
est number, however, are killed In
drives. An area of several miles In
extent Is beaten over by men on horse
back and ou foot, who close In as they
advance, driving the game before them
into some kind of an lnclosure or cor
ral,' from which there is no escape,
The number of rabbits taken In this
manner runs from a few hundred to
several thousand.
The most sportsmanlike way of hunt
Ing the Jack rabbit Is by coursing with
greyhounds, after the manner in an
cient hunts In Europe, and the speed
of the rabbit does not allow any loaf
ing on the part of the greyhound, and
If the rabbit la not off bis training he
wll) give the greyhound his money's
worth In the preliminary spin.
If the Jack rabbit bns a fair start In
the race be can outdistance the grey
hound and does not turn or double un
less closely pressed, but then he takes
advantage of every trick or turn which
be has learned In the school of experi
ence, and the greyhound that bents him
fairly must not be a "tenderfoot, but
to the manner born.
, A Solemn Thought.
It Is a solemn thought,
Most solemn, of a verity,
With pregnant meaning fraught,
That we were once posterity;
The people we've forgot,
Even the very pink o tbem,
Were once unduly hot
To know what we would think o them.
From this a lesson good
We learn about futnrlty;
Cense vain solicitude -
And rest in full security.
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Common Form of Solor Blindness.
The most common form of color
blindness is an innbllity to distinguish
red. Last year thirty-four officers ana
would-be officers of. the British mer
cantile marine service failed on their
color tests, twenty-thfee , being red
blind and the remainder unable to dls
tlngulsh green. The 4,600 candidates
for certificates were also submitted to
the form vision tests and twenty-two
of them failed to distinguish the form
of the object submitted.
Made an Impression.
First Bee I don't believe that small
boy will bother us any more
Second Bee Do you tnins ne unaer-
Htnnds that his presence, is not
wanted? "
First Bee well, I gave him
strong pointer to that effect Detroit
Free Press.
It doesn't make much difference If
the young man Is eligible or not; Moth
er smiles patiently when the daugh
ters claim to him that they made the
bread.
Old age can dye Its whiskers, but
old age tan't look young.
THE OLD FOLKS AT HOME
Are Never Without Pe-ru-na
tarrhal Diseases.
Independence,
. 133.
Under date of January 10, 1807, Pr. I "I have been troubled with rheuma
Uaitman ncelved the following letter: tlsmandcatarrhfortwenty-flve years.
"My wife ha. Iu a sufferer from a JKl not sleep day or nigh . Alter
compilation of disease. o, the P, 25 SK: VKSrS
years. Her case baa natllu the skill
of tome of the most noted physio ahs.
One of her worst troubles wu chronic
constipation of several years' standing..
he waa also passing through that most
ctitlcal period in the li.'e of a woman
change of life.
"In June, 1895, 1 wiote to you about
her case. You advised a couise of Pe
runs and Manalin, which we at once
(ommenrcd, and have to say it com
pletely cured her.
"About the same time I wrote you
about my own case of catarrh, which
had been of 25 years' standing. A
times I was almost past going.
I commenced to use I'eruna accord
ing to your Instructions and continued
its use (or about a year and It has com
pletely cured me. Your remcuics uo
II that you claim for them and even
more," John O. Atkinson.
In a letter dated January 1. 1000,
Mr. Atkinson says, after five years' ex
perience with Tei una:
I will ever continue to speak a good
word for Peruna. I am still cured of
catarrh." John O. Atkinson, Inde
pendence, Mo., Box 272.
Mrs. Alia tk-hwandt, tranborn, Minn.,
writes:
Good Holes foe AIL
A cap worn at a rakish angle Is no
sure sign of a riotous disposition, but
some persons think It Is. The better
way Is to take no dinners, and If one
la-willing to regulate his cap and oth
er things by good authority, he may
profitably heed these rules, which the
rresidcut of a New Englaud railroad
company has Issued to his trainmen:
Don't wear your cap over your ear.
Don't wear your cap down over
your eyea.
Don't wear your cap on the back of
your head.
Don't wear your cap askew.
Wear It firm and square on the top
of your head.
Keep your shoes polished like a mir
ror.
Wear a linen collar, and keep it
clean.
Wear a dark necktie.
Crease your trousers.
Brush your clothes.
Wear a glad smile, and lire np to It
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Worms .Convulsions .Feverish
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EXACT COPY Of WBABECR.
in the Home (or Ca
J"anborn
Minn.
affected with any kind of sickness Pe
runa will be the medicine I shall use.
My son was cured of catarrh of the
larynx by Peruna."
Mrs. Alia Schwandt.
Why Old People Ara especially Lia
ble to Systemic Catarrh.
When old sge comes on, catarrhal
diseases come also. Systemic catarrh
is almost univetsal in old people.
This explains why Teruna has be
come so indispensable to old people.
lVruna is their safeguard, reiuna is
the only remedy yet devised that en-
Urely meets tne-e cases, turning
an effective syntonic remedy can cure
them.
A reward of $10,000 has been de
poiited in the Maiket Exchange bank,
Columbus, Ohio, as a guarantee that
the above testimonials are genuine;
that we bolu In our possession authent
ic letters certifying to the same. Dur
iny many years' advertising we bava
never used, in pi ft In whole, a sin
gle spurious testimonial. Every ona
of our testimonial! are genuine and In
the words of the one whose name is ap
pended. Longest Kern re la the World.
The longest fence In the world la
probably that which has been erected
by a well-known American cattle com
pany along the Mexican border. It la
seventy-flve miles In length, and sep
arates exactly for Its entire distance
the two republics of North America.
The fence was built to keep the cattle
from running across the bonier and
falling an easy prey to the Mexican
cow punchers. Although It cost a
great deal of money, It Is estimated
that cattle enough will be saved In
ona year to more than pay for It
Worse Than Traveling Alone.
"You say that you came from Den
ver alone?"
"Yes, sir."
"Now, Isn't It the truth," roared tha
lawyer, "that your husbaud came with
you?"
"Sure, but I didn't think that It
would be competent and relevant to
say that I was worse than alone."
Detroit Free Tress.
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