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Show I tt i $ t GROVER CLEVELANDS LITTLE SON little bkotiieb IT KB ray eldest daughter Maatvichusetts coast last It41 her return we were summernot In 3 respects satisfied that her summlr trip bad been a success. This distinct disappointment since wa the exp8 had made quite ft dent In my back account, and 1 had hoped that a certain iLtleesnesa with which she hid b11 abetted would quite disappear. 1 bail melted ,hat 8h would at rdf before her return, since least It walk011 lo be tpidemlc all along Jly jvaSbter visited confessed to the deed before a magisthe'Ex-President- s trate. There seemed to be no donbt about the truth of the atory, that the woman sacrificed herself for the sake of her children, and that her husband And those who had helped him acted Hsrlml Allv. In good faith The superstition, howOna of these extraordinary case Of a ever, that the that police work In India occasionally leper Is a transthe against protection brings to light came to notice recently mission of the taint would appear to almost accidentally. In a district of the a very rare one. Two constable. be northwest provinces Kobbat Singh and llup Ram, while pa 'Off for or." troling on their beat, overheard in conI always y I bought it off Jones," versation that a mail named Durba bad murdered his wife. They look and up to (tow, through so constantthe man to the police station at once, ly hearing people, my late father Inand he there stated before the officer cluded (he always used to pronounce The Aost famous of Childrca. If a boy, said a phyaioian in Drover Cleveland' home one noontime two year ago. The interested public will never beknow Just how the haved when the doctor confided In him the good news All the public does know or will ever know Is that Cleveland waa badly disappointed on each at three previous occasions when the doctor bad said' "It's a girl Now, the student of Princeton col- - - r- - t &"& . -- , t ' X; V - v, ' ,, V jS?We? v-- . 4 M' V 'v i I v( e A. h e w' V ra. ' V-- ' j was V ' '." SV ' ' - e i, tor M V'.ljW' - the coast. It took In both arms, and when she returned e hoped that she would pass rcgulsrIJ through the stages and acquire the art and language. But there was something wrong She was willing to plJ the game but did not care about It '11 h the right enthusiasm. 1 did my best to draw her out. 1 would say, that I understand golf U ver) engrossing" child ana a gam of (kill for tn aw.pt Why, one think of nothing elae while on the links! And then, the conocaut exercise "Exercise!" said Bobby. There aint any exercise In golf! Excuse me," eald the young doctor, "hut I thought you didnt know anything about the game! I didn't thle morning," aald Bobby. But I know all about It now. "You do? inquired Dr. Simmons with a satirical smile, "You must have made very rapid progress. Yes, I did," Bobby answered very cooly. "I thought It was time I found out what you two cranks were up to, and so I went over to the link thl morning." Here Gwendolen began to look uneasy. Bobby, eald. "you ah dear, mustn't talk so much at the table." But Bobby ignored he?. "Ye. he went on. "I thought I'd like to knew eomethlng about the old game, and to Ive been talking to you? caddie." To Benny Jones? asked Dr. SimYes, ten;' mons, frowning at Bobby. I supp1' sou tan hole out a brassy Yes," said Bobby gleefully, and with U best of them" be explained the whole game to me." Thai U t I Now, father, exclaimed-Gwendole- n, Mother, - wont you are not lutereued'" you ring for the coffee? It I would But really 1 am go on seem very warm In here." I am. indeed of Only, eagerly! I was surprised to see that both t thoroughly up lu the course, lm and Dr." Simmons earned Gwendolen game. I'd like to learn, Immensely. I disinclined to pursue the subject of a a golf links, and buy think IH Join okolt, For acquirement rapid Bobbys caddie. amusseemedimwensely it my part, Is Carthe the raddle who But boy load him on. endeavored la I and " ing. rie tbs clubs she said wearily. He was only too readyt Welt, then. Ill Join "He dv8 h Come. Bobby." I said encouragingme a putty. the club, and buy ly, let us hear Benny Jones account "Now you're only Joking." she eald "It Isnt a putty, but a putter. And of the game. .... will be very nappy so the Big Sister future is i also assured. Saturday Evening Post. ANIMALS AND MIRRORS. A Omk Cm! That Eajoyad Coat. pUtisf Hi Esfleettoa. I saw a performing monkey the other day, say the London Daily News. Ha went through many trick very successfully. Toward the end of the performance he was ordered to put on hi cocked hat before a hand mirror which be did. He wt next told to set It straight, and he tried on his general's headgear repeatedly, at different angle, causing much laughter. -- When all was over, and the organ man, hi helper and the two monkey were preparing to depart, I saw that the general had possessed himself of th little mirror and wa studying hi own countenance with great delight! He had placed the glass on top of the barrel organ and be bent over It again and again grimacing energetically. -picked up the mirror; and end himself earnestly contemplated contentedly at different angle. HI face htitUeen profoundly sad like the faces of most monkey I have seen tmrnoW the' w rtnkli s smoothed them- Selves out and he nearly smiled! Why la It that dogs hardly ever regard A picture a anything but a fine surface with patehea of color dotted over It? . In all my large canine acquaintance I know but one dog who see that portrait are llkenesse of people! As for hi own reflection In a glass, a dog generally mistake it for an enemy end "goes for it! Later, when knock on the nose and the absened of scent have done their part In convincing him of hi mistake, a dog will look coldly, at- - the mlrror. not to Sometimes It Is as If dogs resented their reflections as caricatures of themselves. Unlike the dogs was Cocoro a Greek cock, to whom a devoted owner dedic&tedfeurteea years of affection. One of hi pastimes was to contemplate hi reflection for hour at a ttme and quite demurely. lie placed himself opabove a chest of posite a looking-glas- s purpose He drawer for died last summer, and his owner wan disconsolate. Cocoro knew hi name, wa th Joy of came when called-an- d his Greek metres. Perhaps London society, or the diplomatic world, ha not forgotten th canary that belonged to the daughter of a minister to tha court of St James. Tha bird awoke the young ladlee dally by pecking their way of kissing lipsI Thts waa-o- ne this-expre- -- -- . tog taka. as much interest Cleveland as does Grover Cleveland In Princeton college. Therefore, when an old gypsy woman hobbled about the historic halls around the campus that afternoon he found a more ready sale for gossip on the advent of the latest scion of Cleveland than b did for nd candy In oranges and banana little bags. But a short while before she had learned the news by Tare mischance, while trying to drive a trade with home. the butler of the Bhe hobbled up to the back door, removed an old colored shawl from her pack, and asked to display her wares i-- ferlng from leprosy; that latterly the complaint had become worse, and that the woman had desired to be buried alive in ordef that her children should not Inherit the disease. In compliance with her Importunities he and his son dug a hole outside the village and burled the woman alive In it, four neighbors assisting them In covering the unhappy creature. The six have been arrested and have ac-ens- ed THEMOST BEAUTIFUL (HILD IK ENGLAND to the servants. "Go away, my good woman," said the butler, tossing a coin to her. You cant sell anything here now, A baby hoy was born here today, and the people have no time to trade with you. And when you go out dont walk on the gravel; the noise will annoy the babys mother. The old woman hurried away, shaking her rings in her ears, and told everyone she met. Princeton first heard of It through the gypsy woman, and within five minutes the college bulletin JwaTdJxirq Jhe following notice: Grover Cleveland, Jr arrlved today, at 11 oclock; will enter Princeton with the class of 1916, and will play center rush on the championship football teams of 1916, T7. T8 and 19." The boy of Princeton have made a prophecy In regard to the little fellow which may or may not come true. After the baby came the name Richard Folsom Cleveland was given, gome one said the day the boy Was horn that the name Grover Cleve-lan- d, ' Jr.," wouid well befit tbs stranger. But the happy parent thought differently, and bestowed upon the child the name of Richard Fol-ao- m. e Down In Princeton they ay th fellow came Into the big. wide 'lt-tl- world handicapped, because he wa born in the land of Jersey, but Ur. and Mrs. Cleveland dont think as do their friends. Th three other children of are girl. Two were the horn at the enmmer home of the Clevelands In Gray Gables, and tha third in New York city. Ruth, the oldest, waa born Oct 8, 1891, In New York; was born JSeptt.9,latILGray Gables, and Marlon waa horn July 7, at the same place. Young Richard, the baby, wa born at th home of the tx-- p resident In Princeton, Oct 28, 1S97, and Is, therefore, a little over two years old. Tha four youthful Clevelands go to Gray Gables every summer, where -- theirfather has a beautlful vacation home. One of the upstairs rooms in the residence is fitted np especially Mlsa Ellaline Terris (Mrs. Seymour The little one will never know a tor the use of the children, and here as of the less youngsters play English ac- grandfathers love, because her grandthey Hick), the well-knofather, William Terris, wa stricken noted people play, with toys and dolls and mother down la the happy proud tress, by an assassin blow behind th and kittens, having never a care for who 1 said to be the scenes In a London theater about two the future, since they are yet too small of a baby girl moat beautiful child In all England, year' ago. to know what th future means. YOU SITS DOWN AND TALKS. ros Join a club, and the use? away and But what i and then she would walk sigh. i Here wa who wouldnt talk about golf! It was most alarming. There was only one encouraging lymptom, and be we a young doctor who used to call well, quite often. Bhe had met him on the links, so we golf-play- er galpred,and certainly the two talked about golf whenever they met so tar knew. as we wasnt long before my daughter cams to me for the Initiation fee to Join a golf club to which young Dr, Simmons belonged. I gave her the money with eager Joy, and at the first It opportunity I thanked the doctor for his kind Interest tn my daughter. T "You are a shrewd young man," I aid, "and you ought to rise In your pnofesataa. You have seen how anxious we kart been to Interest Gwendo-le- s la golf, and you have seconded our efforts ably. I appreciate your disinterestedness and shall not forget it He seemed contused, and murmured something about his own pleasure," hat I smiled courteously and cut him short. son Bobby was at first scornfully to the attractions of the new gsm. He used to cough In a highly artificial way when Dr. Simmon and Gwendolen were exchanging view about bogle, and puttees, and hunkers, and lofters, and would try to engag me in a vigorous discussion as to the charms of Jackstoncs. old maid, trivial gamesTBo far u golf was concerned be seemed an My superior Well," said Bobby, here what he aid. There a lot ot kinds of golf, say Benny, YesT ay I. Yea, siys he. There golf golf, and theres dude golf. Oh, say I, and which kind doe Dr. Simmons playf Oh, he play dude golf, says Benny. exclaimed Father," Gwendolen . hastily, I do hope -- Noaene.I aald, langhtng.Lta hear th caddies sld-It. You and the doctor have held the field long enough. Go on, Bobby." To my surprise, Dr. Simmons and Gwendolen seemed really annoyed, but I wa resolved not to mind their silly Sensitiveness. And Bobby went on " What dud golf I asked Benny. And Benny, he says: 'Why, you get your best girl, and you holds her hand tgshow Jierhowto drive, and you holds her hand to show her hovr to putt, and you comet to a nice shady place, and you ills down and talks for two hours while the caddie whittle end his feet get asleep, But I mw that I had made an awful mistake. Luckily we had finished our coffee, and at this moment my wife rose hastily, and in a moment Bobby and J were left alone. With masterly skill I suppressed the rest of Bobby's story nd turned th conversation to hit last school report which soon repressed any tendency to further converMtfon on hi part. A soon possible 1 sent Bobby to Ot f and" a, bad. i film-mo- ns W h eu I "Johred the ladles-D- r, and Gwendolen snd wa gone, her mother were evidently too deeply Immune. Therefore w were all much sur- engaged In conversation to he Interprised, one evening at dinner, to hear rupted. I merely mentioned In pasthim interrupt Dr. Simmons, who waa ing thatTFaff writing to do. and delivering an enthusiastic eulogy of betook myself to my study. th royal game. When alone I drew up $. report of "It adapted, said the young phy- - th occurrence and made formal, sp 1 (urination of billiards, with the added lories of the open air. It Is cheap and engrossing. The simplicity of the to P-drive th ball toward Its goal and to place It accurately on the given, when It Is deftly propelled Into th bole alone makes It simple for tha r T a pension for lean Humorists Little Broth Sister's the Big M Bobby er jf application was successful, and 1 provided tor, Bobby's future next day wtth Pr. Interview My Simmons was also very pleasant, and couol T have no doabtthat tne young for j - ; good-morro- FUNERAL CUSTOMS. Muiw ef Placing a Toffln U a ud of Carrying It. While in old times It was more or less the custom, in the Interment of bodies, to bury them with their feet to the east, custom now "substantially"'"'" superseded by the almost common practice ot burying tha body with tha feet to the path along the front of tha lot, so wa it once more or less the custom to place the coffin in the room In hlch the deceased was to lie before burial wtth the feet to th east. Nowadays the disposal of the body la the room would be determined altogether by the shape and site ot tha room, except that commonly th feet would 'he" placed - toward 'the door. Though the common way is to place the body in the center of the room, another way, in comparatively modern practice, la to plactbe coffin or casket terms one corner of the room. This . gives opportunity for a convenient and effective disposition of flowers snd floral pieces, and tt perhaps afford a better view of th face. Aa to the manner of moving n body to Ita burial, that 1 always done with the feet fore- most. It Is carried out of the house In that way put tnto th hearse feet foremost, and so 1 borne to the grave. PrlBeas Prank. de Llgne, a resplendent figure among the brilliant courtiers and adventurer of the time of Louis TCti. totd'tnsny atrrenlng anecdotes hw? hta-- "Memoirs, one of which Ahow him, aword In hand, at a duel which called for gaiety rather than courage. Th Comte de Segur and the Prince d Llgne were coming out one very rainy night, after supping with Madame de Pollgnac In the Rue de Bourbon. No coach was 'to be seen, and no person there to fetch one, "Let us pretend to fight, the prince Mid to Comte de Segur, and that will bring the watch. 1 aeyll arrest us, and well make them get a carriage to take n to the commissary." On which they took their swords in hand with a fearful scufAre you fle, and cries of Oh? Ah? dead? Are you wounded? The watch passed and repassed quite near them on th Port Royal, but apparently frightened, they did not arrest the wtth duelists, and they, half-dea- d laughter And the fatigue of th battle, had to go home on foot in the rain, " ' after all! ' A The Prince ' raraork.a save the time of Writers readers by abandoning very and giving an overworked word a rest of a It has earned that rest. Tewyears. That word, a an adverb, is found lea than twenty times in the King James translation of the Bible. The rarity of Its use makes it count for all the more when utilised. - When It Is said that the man Moses was very meek,", on understands that he was meek beyond the custom of the Israelites of - should 6t James saygthe; -- Lord la very pitiful the very is full of significance. But 1L the 'good and the bad deeds, the cruel and the heroic . acts recorded In fh Bible were to be described by most writers of ths day there would be a very in almost evenr line. Chicago Tribuna w - 4 ' |