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Show ( ' SCKAl'S. Medical practice pays in London, provided you got on the top wave of success. Sir William Gull, tho famous London physician, diod worth over a iiuillion, mainly mado from his profession, profes-sion, lie had the faculty of charging. 1 A superfluity of red tape in tho pub-flic pub-flic schools is just as contemptiblo there 'as it is anywhoro else, ilo place or cause can "consecrate" red tape and 'when it is intrusted with podants and email-minded peoplo there is dagger. A dull English clergyman who recently re-cently preached a very brilliant sermon ' on tlio text "Thou Shalt Not Steal" was charged with having stolon it. Ho indignantly denied this, asserting that ho had paid for it in eash at an jigoncy where lithographed sermons were sold. Ex-King Milan, "formerly" of Scrvia, is in Paris. Ho is keeping up his reputation repu-tation for foolish daring aud is tho most, reckless gambler in tho French capital. After a man has souuded all tho depths he becomes indiU'crcut to tho consu-tjueuces. consu-tjueuces. To gain or loso is ull tho sanio to him. Stanley is going to hav o a big time when he gets into Europe. Ko previ-, previ-, ous explorer over had so many honors as he will reap on his way from Alexandria Alex-andria to Loudon. When Stanley twines to America of course ho will visit Kansas City, "tho most phenomenal phenom-enal city" on the continent and tho city he saw in his infancy. A few days ago John Hall, of Koch-clle, Koch-clle, Ga., had a log-rolling, and about 12 o'clsck, while the men were at din-ner.an din-ner.an old hen came into tho house, jumped upon tho bed, deposited an egg, which ono of tlio small children took to carry to his mother, and on tho way ho aecidentially dropped tho egg, which was broken, and to tho astonishment of (hose present it was found to contain a chicken fully developed. Two mammoth red bats, of the species spe-cies identical with tho vampire bat of the Brazils, hare just been captured in Tensas parish, Louisiana. They are in shape like bats, but many times larger, measuring twenty-two inches from tho 1 tip of one wing to tho top of tho other. . In color they are a revolting blood tint and are of a snapping vindictive temper. tem-per. Tho animals, will besent to : zoological gardens of some 'northern f oii.v. t |