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Show NOTES ABOUTMEN, - ' H Ernest F. Stanley ;.l6a?Wyonii5 V t I H way home after .Oi " over booto land J where he has been l.gS vcr dlcnto WJjT f JH on behalf of a big - ?-J evV eaw." KLf ft 'That Is the greatest country A ,e t H 1 declares Mr. Sanloy. and x agn,flCent ..yl TM eled all over tho -earth, its t. scenic beauty Is .u"uJP,aawith the advent M slbllltles of development, win j of Irrigation, aro boundless. m i j tho man who for thlrty-s l -o Franz :i L 1 private Bocretan- o rt6 Emperor .j Josef. Prom 1 1865 to JSWo edited V-, M ument sltmed by tho JBmp cror J remerr M H and placed beforo him by Aaou BOlut IB Von Braun. Tho Empcr had oiu m , H confidence In him and ofan, but XI V ' M vice. Braun was an fj10 on . f ' x i fjfl whenever tho conversation touenca lM politics ho became dumb. '".' Princo Cotcwayo, BrandMn of tho g; 'l . mous Zulu KInp who wAci0D?earS British In South Africa TtwenE ivotlnff 1 nKo. Is a student in London, deou inff , lm much of liis time to law and hlstoo-w , jM likes England and tho English, ho i saji, but hates their way of dressing. The lm- , maculate trousers, frock coat and tall hat aro to him a sore affl ictlon, but ho finds relief at night, when ho strips and roUB himself In a blanket Tho late Duko of Cambrldgo looked up- ' on all Innovations In army discipline wiuj VM great suspicion, and It was only with the utmost difficulty that ho could bo induced . JB to mako changes. A story lllustrat ng thla j Vm is now afloat in London. An appointment In tho Horso Guard3 was vacant anu a ; i certain Captain was suggested as suit- . able. The Duko said: "I know ids mime qulto well, but Isn't thero aomethlnsf against him? Didn't he write a book on , , the army?" Ho was assured to the con- Jm vrary. "I feel suro I heard he had written t !m a book or something," Insisted tho old . . , man, "Is ho ono of thoso fellows who have Ideas?" "Oh, no, your Kracc, abso- lutely none," answorcd tho military Bccre- tary. "Very well," said tho Duke, "ha may bo given tho post." Mark Twain likes to recall and tell pf , tho days when ho was a characteristically 1 Impecunious reporter. One day ho had a1 noto to meet, but labored under a total jeH lack of funds. Half distracted, he wna ; rushing around San Francisco in a fever- , ish hunt for enough cash to tldo him over IfH tho trying time. Ho rushed a little too - ciulckly, howevor, for as ho was turning k ' a cornor ho collided with a little man and Jv' i liflH overthrew him. Tho victim regained his ' ' I'lH feet and yelled: "You do that again and , I'll knock you Into tho middlo of next ' IfH weekl" "My dear sir," said tho apologetic i ' lH humorist, "do It by all means. "If I can ! HLH got through till then without breaking I'm ,,i , i , fafaffl safe." The originality of this reply struck & '"itH tho fitranper, who after some talk handed ff , i 'H Mark a check for tho necessary amount. ' 1 |