Show 1 THE WIDOW SHEARS AND ALL SHE HEARS A certain little Flemish watering Catering place much frequented by English and aM American visitors has two attractions a Presbyterian church and a a. roulette table At a recent service in the church I that it Occurred to one of the pillars it might be lucky to play the number numb of the hymn after the sermon at the roulette table So he stole out of the church and did so It t happened that I Ithe the number of the hymn did turn up and the lucky coup coupe became the t talk k of the village for tl est rest of the week Next Sunday the church w was vas s c crammed to the door The pious pastor was re rejoiced rejoiced rejOiCed re- re In heart After a powerful address address address ad ad- dress he gave out out Hymn No 27 The T e moment the words left his lips to his consternation there was s a a. rt nish sh to the thedoor thedoor door and and- he was left with left with a a. faithful i handful to upraise their agitated strain of praise A As for or the rest they made madea a beeline from the house of prayer to the house of play It is said that their little adventure co c cost st them all very dear Sir W. W Martin Conway a well-known well traveler says of r the They are not not giants as some have supposed and as as the geographies teach They are large in comparison with other South American natives natives- that Is all But they they- are very fat That Thatis is why they can stand the cold so well I have seen Patagonian men and boys running around unclad while I was wrapped in warm garments with the snow falling failing upon them In quantities quan and the wind blowing bitterly They are Se dirt Patagonia Pata Pata- Patagonia kept warm by their fat fat and and gonia onla is one of the dirtiest places Im Im- im- im The cosmopolitan n nature of the pop population lation of Manila Is Js shown by an Inci mci Incident Incident dent recently f m In the Police Pouce court there A white American with an American negro a a. Spaniard and a Chinaman Chinaman as his bis witnesses wi appeared before the magistrate to press Dress his ii complaint against a whom whom be he had bad caused to be arrested on or the charge of stealIng stealIng stealing steal- steal Ing his trunk The The case was wa-s held ov over overto over overto r to give the defendant an opportunity to procure the attendance of ot his witnesses witnesses wit wit- nesses a a Mala Malay and a Japanese Few v other cities In the world can caD match such a a. combination A law has been promulgated In the official Journal of France which makes mak vaccination against smallpox compulsory compulsory sory so in the first year ear of a child's childs life childs life Ufe and requires at the age of 11 11 U years and also algo ten years vears later It ItIs ItIs ItIs Is the most sweeping vaccination law lawI I yet promulgated anywhere |