Show THE W WIDOW SHEARS AND AL AiL SHE HEARS w I Some om years ago gO a a. steamer touched at Colombo to coal and a Moorman went ent a aboard and and asked Sir William Gregory to buy a catsey for rupees It was was' worth orth 1000 rupees but the dis dis- dis I Moorman's father was in Jail and he be wanted t to buy him out Gregory Gregory Gregory Greg Greg- ory listened to tol the old story and then offered otI red the wily dealer one rupee for foe forthe foeth forth th the the- gen gem Thelman Theman went off se seo seemingly offended o but presently ret returned r ed and offered the gem gein for rupees Noone No one rupee repeated the Irishman As the four hours hour passed the Moorman came ba back k at at I regular Intervals with witha ltha a lower offer each time time three three thousand thousand thou thou- san sand two one then and so on till finally as the steamer was was was' about to start he handed ser over the catseY cats cats- eY elg and took Gego Gr one rupee For once In a way the Moorman dealer had met his match match Nev New ew York Tribune Capt William Driver a Salem Mass skipper is credited with the bestowal of ot the name name Old Oid Glory on the Stars I and Stripes It vas was vas In 1851 and the flag to which Jie le ie g gave ve the name nath name was carried by the brig Charles Doggett Dogge tt all aU allaround ar around und the d and is now on exI exhibition ex ex- ex- ex I itt the Essex institute Salem A A. Georgia paper paper sa says s 's At a revival meeting a 0 man arose arose and said he he was the wickedest man In the town Id I'd go t tp I should die tonight he h concluded Immediately an old dea dea- con started the hymn If you get there before I do look out for me Im I'm com corn comIng corning coming ing toot too And then the deacon wondered wondered won von dered why everybody laughed An astonishing sentence of ten years' years penal servitude was Vas inflicted on a 13 year-old year boy ii in England latel lately lIe He lie was convicted of pushing a smaller boy Into a reservoir where where he was drowned after robbing hl him of a watch that h he wanted The T I Judge regretted that he hewa wag waa not a ae year jear e l' l older so that he might t have been sentenced to death for mur mur- der In Ip In England however the case cate has lias provoked Pro a a discussion as to whether er there h re is s no po better way of or treating tre lins child criminals ls S Ernest Lego e the senior of the Fr French academy has las completed his year Jear He entered the academy in m 1855 1815 His known best-known plays are Adri which he wrote With Uth Scribe and Medee i in IQ which w acted He lie is reported tobe to tobe tobe be in good health and In full possession posses sion of or his t faculties Carp are ore wild animals according to toa toa toa a late hate Ion London on Police court decision Several hundred of the fishes had been exposed for tor saI sale in In a small tank Wh where rc th Y nasally P J-P died It lt was held tha at th S to ils' ils guilty under the cruel ty tr n o animals act r 17 Fix J l |