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Show 1 cJlP. ?adis0t j imuliofStoryettes I Historical, Epigram- & - T Otherw,.., car become too take the tip each of the the chin. Th iui give you all the This la the famous kltchi ln JJmfort Just c , touch r your Urt -- funder ,iliin (jeu ju for tha first wftS .iJhrntod soprano was In wld to I!,'l of her So 'tQwhen heconductor the t,er, te.rn..fvhy does that man He orchestra. j,ls stick?" B hlr" replied his mother; litUn is she what n ti,en, ? fir i and a po-- I your brother He ln watt t ,0U( you kill to and as Lt IV him oC,in .Ounces with left then winding his him t at once, waist, throw him ijce aroJindeller leave and thlirt,h hlm farewell, avoid which might cause ,55 corn grin. . j. j. Prince Edward sd5ow eleven years old, possesses "ut the unexpected lhhfn v JiUnB King Edward the "hth king asked him what he the little prince said: Asked ,5rkln hiiclf was the prince replied: of son the bS he was the he was the son of p parents. ther of the girl you are X or 2 In to put you out at eourt-;,d- w . him gently. attentions upon you, bv It seizing effecting 5d foot with the right hand foliar his dressing gown with 1 dicing your right foot against Lcb and thrusting him out the fol-- 4 5,t. These motions sluiuld another so rapidly as to form cak to force his ' 3, movement. one requested by dllbert was lately composer to fur- opera. HI score, remarked, was perfectly a b satisfactory, for he was iclan. though he had been edu-- I o In Mr. Gilbert, a chemist." express hi regret at not being 1 comply, said he should have a bom chemist who had been ballan amateur libretto of an an-Jt- musician." I ae course of a little family alter- wife should seize the rolling attempt to brain you, advance k- -r and with calm lil smile until Just within range e.apon. Hold your head withhin I her arm and as she swings the 1 and gra'P her around the waist bodily and I n goes by- - Lift Inver Into the corner, expressing 1 that she will enjoy the place. as f hr . a doc-- e ishman had occasion for Sing Loo, flaying In Pekin. he jnetor." said his servant; life once. Really? queried V aw-me "Tea. tellible hman. I' the reply; "me callee In an-bc- or. me He glvee medicine; me Me callee In another iv bed. lie come and give me more medl-m- e T a t velly, velly i Sing I We." I If he - hla 1 I- r utter stranger the of ringer badder. Me lie He no come, Loo. who en-ipe- ak at the railway In to you look you squarely the nose between the thumb of the right hand and upward until theShould he atthe meantime (or up and lay him at upon his neck, t ill tbt time to smile and ask 1 utward and the forehead. strike you In g ebel. trip him very politely t family. I theater the names given to mtiire a little puzzling to mix hiring a recent trip sent his coach-- I stalls." The fSarhome In the stables, but Oi'iter, returned ln due time, f gel the stalls?" Inquired the o,were iir, said the coachman, all gone, sir; but they Jff could give me a well that I pat you is a loose box, sir." I1 Mated In s friendly game of ecpmintsnce draws a knlfo ln th heart, catch f hie knife between the thumb "I ?d ,v " hort. quick I 1L lur opponent's throat. flhow "ml the knife f ,'h back of his neck. This ?"u nd should be used hy an f Jm f?a and11 then requires a eJ th to art lent festora I bard Kanstleld Owner to buy -- i L J. author of "Poverty" York alums, sat r ntif." I.ri"at on' you movement gJihert the young r -- ; t lady at n Irkaom Mr- - Hunter Interested In f1"1 ter pM. Im- - Oh, lady. Any Mr. Inquired seemed at a Then she replied: i,. mom0111) w "metown settlement AndMr h.VdyouT usn,l rn senators recounts T'ae ,Tr ,no, business man etlof tZ who had .n"rki "Well." said i!, .the recital hud kf,hn; oualitl cations, ke to rivirkv 1 sV11 J Place, but : W "J for I res-I special J .V'T al,igle dlS- under-Vrir,"'- exprrJLi! Csnie to ;,. T deepest eounte. afer during wi, " f " mumh ed rf . be asked. t yv. uhl. I right." Vy ,h 1 I ''"II. boss. I bln arrange If a I 5 u ba rounds 1 w In .ft able Jup- "",lconcerning I '"1'111' and Count He '"rmn chancellor. It .f . whi,b tok tr twrlv ."""rsmen at a re. indL,,M". T."n Hucl.iw, banler L1'kKJ'", ,,1 e 1 cirri,. - the 1 1, "''I diplomat j. ua fol Inouye." ha t ".e beginning to 'I'1 nf 'he Japan thfm, "air str.,t..f d. Pupils wo have 1 ur ritn,.rv I? Hi?" "11Iceman f your 'Ui,,l Vnn, 'ttr,y s at j crioanv. You I, a toiiir Inaugurating P n."v'"icnt I,, 'chiic.i "o' Mi.ire'wui1' 'here la tine you." ii hnn,'ll"P $ '" loqriT-c.,- f ff' t dil'lom, dexterously lUr;'h ths novelist, was ttnd unusual hr -- "i. -- i 'ir r,'"ln. .by i 'Cf t .''f hulJr:u -- ? " S'ldrcss, when h'm. and 'o;fM;0;'r..'rpss ;' A I.; talking ahont ','f h'u'n In ,,"" descrlla-to t.''rnor s'rn, nnV,r,:''''h d Una was said Gov. named 'lcrTn,.,n,.l,.Hn ,M Kmans-- , ,""ls Is ?nw' luwn-s- nd ,'lr l(r, T r I" fashhnis hlw ,,'i"',,rs SZ?,ry'y "i it 1 s' 1 m Ten "of "', a flsgesct I I lt?ourcXraet,ni v5rv whom he heeyraUk5! f to a Brl in love. She reiXrt Tpl?.and st-n- . cerely sad voice: 'Z'm 't suit In io.rv' vcry I could never but inarrv ifnvrj' Georv hair. with red That is nothing vlhf1',l ly ai''' S'ld: that, at the rate nn- h b7 t('lla me U ', - I be completely hnlri iu nlghtyHlo',nc01',1'1 frto "woke lu' the ,w n Dev,1n-th- e shire, the olherhospimi dav KinJ Kdward noted fact that wood. Ho siiiif- 0''Y.;' 'la ' U ws of have a glass one. I have 'C'dlnq as to that." Ho he g lvP ih! Last New Years i J pi,nl in his Review n;.vles'T.ks Japfi-eve- n nese were yellow oiiil.t k "To-da- y the Russians nov their a'ul mM86,' "Rr.hm phl,valry ge adds: h most vulgar-mindeVi ,!he sp't.rPneppL that as lighters the Russi-.- nnndi1ir,1,,m are, man for man ttt 1Mst as a,) any BrUish troop8 Rosa, dlrertorTf r!,,llrv servatory. whom Society wJm mikii ,he,M,M d a gohf l,h day about astronomical errni Astronomical errors " tp - ,,nf-Stea- d, V, ml-da- ii In g plls 'ions6 Is the usual result teH you JwSJ?. it bout the' Ui'AonaTe No, never." UHP' ' hnow two 'a deal alike. One. though: h'clTvery 'good f.rge nose. The other was deaf. These twins attended one night atn ner party In Albany. The tw n win, large rioBe sat beside a very pretty girl and she. for some reason, got 1, m fused with Ids brother. She thoui-h- t that he was deaf, and she talked to the very top of her elear. sweet vole?. at ly he twa!' ffther o,atuUra was sueh a pretty girl annoyed that he tender of her feelings. Ho fear-d- . jrry If he told her of her error, It might embarrass her. So he Bald nothing. From the oysters on down to the salad he permitted htmself to be a man In a distant boat. shouted at like Finally, though, ho forgot his gracious his sentimental solieltude. For he alri shrieked at the top of her lungs to has been a beautiful day. hasn't him, It It And then, turning to her d neighbor, she said In her usual voice Id yU Ver "ee Uh a "',e ln your life? Involuntarily the millionaire's hand went up to his nose, and he stroked IL he said to Tnn young woman: " 'Pardon me; the It Is my brother who Is left-han- Jlatmn a. lfropA lvimV16! Ingenious Tricks j Hava Many Clever Devices for Hiding Goods. Abd Allah wi0 was t)ra I'uem eril,i111' about I47r) neIlv,yo.uIi!'.s.,.K'.,.'e t , Ul m. Kids? leave 0lllS Arab, slender and graceful. answered with hesitation. word is BlH.an-yu- ur tuther, the chief, has said It. never and again fi,I'Uv tarty, win e es of Kais rest upon a 'maid, Wl11 1,0 know ?s;lin the soft or -witt ngs bestowed by Allah. Kais goes to the desert.' Alas Kais, Kais -- not so. He relent, Peradveiuure the heavens may may VM flV V 11 ' den1 slnltt uln us," replied the iieJ'V183 J?01 ll0l'e." he answered, "Oh f a ,le maids of Persia, there .fC'i is hone u were a golden key only nmi ' would unlock the door of consent, n of,,ttn Arab chief is b 8 words, to win, to wear, e fair Delia and Kais, he !.o, Jewel' y .fare,w1l to the places that have knnuen to Joy. "to'mlm"111 Sy 'reweU to Usht K, nt wfse,1VhveoatI,1:,.'8::r. th?y aftcr. nnlAr811 Iv?iK was, indeed, gone. Lilia, a,,ll' wl1' 'he tears streaming rime!,"1!8' ,lU' sionllo,ir cricks sought own bowers. d:V there came i.- - t,lls Aft the seclu no word seemed to Leila as shut .Irc' " "ere within a wall of ev..2lw1 nce'. Though her heart wss Sc 118 w,'!t injury slie heard nothing, unlll at when had passed, she notedlast, one day ' ,K;rmS auotig tlie ladles of her com-- t s aiui 11 5 fnr w R that you say to one an- whispering;?" she asked, what Is f dll,C0UrKe? I will have It. speak."Uer nt, my ludy." one of them replied, 'clllng what is said ot tc? 'l8re "n .f, the Arab, who went to the i 8', hV'uths agone, and now hath be-t?ln1 I.cader of a caravan, arrlv,c(i deelares that his state y W'ell known to those that gd UaHhoU!i"? ri,ad' tlint 1,e ,8 utterly is called no longer but "irt' M' lnun, the distracted one."Kais," K!1 listened in silence though every .Tas a dllkger. und that time she was more distressed after even than be-tfl"! a? heavily did she grieve that nl AL I II 08 hfr .h'lher, that til uri u court should see to It abroad, and be not lioi.S to went dwell ln such seclusion, bo preparations were made, and on a 'aiP ,y 'ho camels and Arab steeds rf Jn readiness, wliile Ieiia. placed dear. ? nr htu own cnniel beautifully decorated occasion, came forth to start test- - It was 'J1 morning when the party set off early front the and there was laughing and city gates 1 as to please the" Lady ileliiw, 8i'Jd nothing and went bo R wns but foolishness In her ladles to make pretense of joyousness. farther and farther Journeyed, and after a while, whenthey horsemen had gone some distance In the advance, the drawn camels, of by sight green 6oms of Them Feel Their Defeats and there begun to separate, and here the Lady Le.ia. faint of heart and body, , Keenly and Die Brokenhearted. fell asleep as she sat upon her beast, and letting the reins fall upon Its neck, did not know that It went aside according Mcto its will, thus The reported breakdown of Terry from the others Govern recalls similar cases among well or the company. straying So It chanced that when Leila roused known pugilists. There Is nothing that will take the heart out of a lighter who from sleep alone In the has long enjoyed a vogue us champion trarkless solitude, therequite wns no soul near more than a defeat. It causes him to an,. .no,8kn of human habitation. She worry and fret until his nerves and called aloud and drove her patient beast health begin to sufTer, and ln the end he hither and thither, tint It was as though will become a wreck and sometimes die. all save herself of the human family had But for being whipped by Bob Fitzsimy been 8Wept from the face of the mons Jack Dempsey might have been globe But on a sudden she came upon a woodalive Dempsey never forgot Ills ed place and here was a shade, and one defeat at the hands of the Cornishmun, and the late Nonpareil's" friends have standing who silentlv watched as she never forgiven him for causing it. After came. It was a wild dusky form, hut no Dempsey lost to Fits he began to show 'Vfor seized the heart of the maid for of falling health. He was depressed she thought on the Instant, "Alas, my signs In spirits and seemed to he brooding over Kais, my own Kais, may dwell In sueh a as this, and this stranger mayhap something, and It was apparent to all his state friends that there was something amiss can tell me of him and of his fate, so she asked very gently: with him. "Whence comest thou? and whv It was several years nfter that fight learned that the amongst these deserts dost thou roam? tbat Dempsey's admirers was me tliv name-w- hat once Invincible pugilist has dying of r Tell lured thee from thy friends destiny and home? broken heart. Jack conveyed this InImpresorder and the poor creature replied: sion In everv word and gesture. "Seek'st thou to know what slave am to forget the reverse. Dempsey began to began to suffer. I, forever doomed a wretch to rove? drink, and his health was done to cheer 'tls Kais, spent with misery, tls helpless Every possible thing Melnitn. mad with love. Dempsey up, but to no purpose. Then Lelia, with a sudden hound sprang "lion't let that beating by Fit bother to from her camel to the ground: "Ah Kais. you. Jack, Dempsey'smanfriends said are Kais." she cried, look up tls Leila I than you him. He Is a bigger she! and you were not disgraced. Thearepublic am His mind awoke. That magic name just had will never forget you. and you broke the spell, and to the earth lost as popular as ever." while beside would him. his head fell,' say. Mejnun all Dempsey That's right. champion- drawn to a resting place upon her bosom, "hut I've been licked and theI would not tears her and heart her falling Is gone. throbbing ship of America mind It. but a bloody Englishman took It In unutterable tenderness, was Leila. Suddenly, rousing he gazed Into her eyes, from me and that hurts me the worst.suc- hut was silent, and she, bending over lilm. All the same Dempsev s cronies Beloved, tell me all thy will: ceeded In rajollng him Into the belief that riled. Oh to Kais, let us never part: what Is the him he still could tight. Thev Induced to world thee and me?' My universe Is with a match come North and got him where thou nrt." I or Tommy ltyan at t'onev Island. former At Kais clasped her to his heart, this Dempsev was but a shallow of his bag ol he kissed her fair brow, nnd his lips self and It an made a punching quivered, but he answered slowly. "'Shall him. The mill was stopped before Dempof anoth- selfish Mejnun's heart he Idest and I,elln sey could suffer the humiliation prove the Arab's Jest? The eltv gates recovered never er knockout. Dempsey we mav we eunnot still the after that, lie became very 111, and died though tongues of foes. A thousand deaths let In the Wst from consumption. n lle but ere breath bv slander felt Lad. Mejnun Braintree Johnny (irlflln. the Ind . blown should sullv I .elm's purity. his defeat bv Holly Smith st Robv a short distance At onlv this moment, nit on from thtt llmp Y4iy (ofnlv mens awHV, could lie seen Ihe camel anil atCline set hi. Before Hmlth took his chief's of the daughter. Thev taste of liquor. tendants tire Gridin never knew theman were railing and making diligent search for n pugiHe was n model young for her. and Kais rising cried In brokenlist. admired and popular. SmithHe hearted tones, "Flv from mv arms that stung Grlttin to ihe quirk. d cl.isp thee yet. I feel mv brain with frento began ail pride in his ambition, zy burn! O transport! could I thus fornnd what might have been a laudaget" fnl. ble enrri-- ennm to an untimely Australian The tramp of steeds was heard near nt noted Jim Hall, the ones hand and Kills dashed off towards ths n8' never was middleweight, while Leila fell unconscious where desert laid hlmlowiu after Bob Fitzsimmons he line stood. ton yk,l,J, New Origan more than times lifted the mold and bore her aww. that Ija butThey many It was reported onlv a few weeks passed before they Incurable malady, an of was dying carried her father still, even to her last H h. the desert ha managed to regain his bheal resting place; and KlH?--liitt atlll speaks of lhe tod. feat, he went alone, hut not for long: sleep fell 1 Kid It. reconciled or leas iqmii hint one still, sunlit dav and In their rapid gait after death went down hill t they were not divided Anna It. Frank Fine wrested the championship Watson ln Memphis Commercial Appeal. I.nvlicn tii4 timj l THE AEKIH.K'k KVI to ihow thnt lH Mill roHNr(1thi qua ''b".r. b,i tics of an excellent rankled In his br.ast nf the no use. The defeat Graphic Interpretation Mnn. I'nrnlile of the IHeh 2Mh and ha m ver was himself sgaln. f of I read heard In the Evening Mail of the UIHv IMImmer was rarely "Van nr Conscience Tests" topic anti dropped hhn the ter Iedlnr Palmer qur-olor two i nine to the part where you putIn the count for the second time. order w whs III and "Would you exaggemte tl yesrs afterward lllmmer wrt tn and witul hl n conversation?' dd Interest to wrh nftn rporir. ilmt spiled the answer was found In Christ a J' ? Winner over Ills lost laurels lie kep'abmf"ffrom story of the camel and the eye of the friends and went .rip!, "'a' fw winters ago I attended one of Jmer wa tlremcnt. It was onlv after nl Tuckotioe McGovern the lertures given by Mine beaten bv Terry Jerul.idv who was Is.ra ami rented In N. Y.. that Dimmer musteredaBuin. V It In salem and who has pubile r t cmtrnge to inis In rouple of tsuts wmk to make plain the parables In brlst tried bis ba the m. read of and other t aching we skMI and sPal were " Ms wnluif I Htt'H'l'! Th I 'ft turner Is said to hs In Sout y have re n plained aiaiut ihe parable you Afrlnt 111 frlniM lull tlmt h Mill tnlk? rovrrril h 'HheVid Its liow. until not so very many lilR, H itotit th iwor that gates of J"ru- fmgavc J n yen is ago. St besuiisi t the John I.. H illlvan never one of the doors, over close, would vMorv saliPt Jdtu. latter's the for It Corliett regards though, having a small This in In olden and to this dav Hnlhvnn could pass. bett s tin eni'tny. 1' was wai needle. rimes f t''r tl the ; ; wns ableto lie fore Pulllvnn door In the have wor ! In It the eve. Behind this defeat INrhaps 111 tntali had sometimes after nl t s watchman su lie health eltv ried himself Into man wltlx ItlH ha the gates were dossil a not that Ids popularity said been com! desiring to i would come, snd, not wnned, ll-- h Fltlmm.tis often r he ell y overiilgllL would oul.t'le Jet elinip that It not for the fet Hint i-re permission t enter keep r gain ' door. ri- Is a bigger man than bhnseif Imaid f f UMI the th1 . through bis eliiss to I bat hs Went nut Of ' A rich man s eanml was usually Ida '? was animal hint he might Ihays tskeit the I thee adornments was J C uV pi.-'heart. Geot ge rimin feels the " proud, but now. asl iethecamel of all tills v.rv keenly m I vthis'fldav. would strip thev suuill r to England slant .s on Mm. Ills adornments so. has hem whliqml him Slidwill oidit alwuvs make the cnniel dot-m- rys unless never he He says that stuhla.rn. It needed m di f;'"jn Is not he Is assured I hut Ids to Insa through that Inopening. the longungs M"iintrird then. 'kh'GoVern has not been hh'IS'-lsn' ofmips tla.ugh a camel ti e Fa-- 1 nnl n.'llng he '" olta of the Stroke to tfoiill fnrladt ktoa'ked him J'U would be W.rs there , began he time. Terry had hoped that roaxltigly get the animal to some orbett on tables " Mile to turn the rT.c El Hhe opening was cot their Unol , a,, gate, hilt somewhat ralsedi, lav, and In would ''I'D allowed u How much coszlng It retrieve hliiiself. Mr that he extiiit " . t.1 w hat trouble It was to make Govern never iiipaied lo nttj that ' h Of imt of lale Ids friend dlaie through this "'snlttwl I Ims been Imbibing freelv. They Itrenk down, WMd.l referred thrlst some time ego that h" to this Jesus constant "V" . t...tlv easier Mr the camel McGovern Is highly strung, end Ills He ssld It "toe left the eye of th- - training In the pastIn has He king- weak a It ttinn to enter thconstitution rugged thntl "fur n rl o Hie csmel Ills j iifiil !" ly till vty nf si (lam tTcrrhls sometime- rich York Halt. Pve yeara ota.-Nt.e--.'"Tihlnk more f "heir Tork abavfc Cur. S 'ef Whatever you do, don't make too tuutk dp over an adieu ReVersesr nof heav-.Jly.,h- at Pugilists She-wa- s y. rle, )' try Dsl-pnt- e. r h'','lf f.: vrl fr n, ls ml pear old-llr- To-da- dr ;', ' a'!',1! ' " "'re ,kv.r f "' f Vi lld l. lte ew re lhe Romances of Bank Notes Smugglers Sut littht ff a dark lantiin' an,in.d. flnl the ot a revolver in vom rouzzle vicious looking thug thf hacked by a hands and surrender P Your j. 'Justso won't help you any. Visiting the She Sory of Celia and Kais. I Smuggling effectively Is one of those fine arts thnt have decayed, nt least ln ttu're. us we have duties on little ele than toh.icco, tea and und where we have, a seaboard spirits, closely watched, It cannot be earned out to any extent successfully. Now and then the revenue men are outwitted, but rarely on a large scale, and never can a conttnband trade be carried on for long undetected. It Is not at the present dav worth mens while to apply their minds to the overreaching of the coast guard, says Chamber's Jour-no- l, and consequently the art Is ln Its dotage and decline. Attempts are made occasionally to outwit the preventive officers, as w'hen a vessel came Into the Colne some years ngo with lie cordage of twisted tobacco, but It was found out. Oil cans made, or were made, with nn interior are consisting of an inverted funnel of tin. When live officers put a stick through the neck and turn it about they draw it out nmi find thnt th rod has been In oil. But the upper bulging sides of the can contain smuggled spiilts. s An old woman died lately at Causnnd who for long hoodwinked the const guard by carrying about a babv. This was actually a bottle or jar of brnndy, which she drew off from a hidden receptacle of the smugglers. Youve a very quiet child there; never hear It 8H d of the guards to her. f.r.o lhat may be," but I Nanny, warrant you hes replied got a deal o' spirit ln him. And he let her pass. In Gower, at Llnngenneth. the run-neof smuggled goods had contrived a most Ingenious cache. A little stream falls In canon ties from the mountain above. They diverted the stream, formed a cellar under the spot where the water splashed down, well covered with broad slates unoye, oil which they cast torrent rubble and In this hid their kegs. But a storm brought the stream down with such violence thnt one night It tore away the roof and revealed the concealed run goods. When Joseph Ronsparte wns king of Bpaln a good many Individuals, even those highly placed, enriched themselves at the expense of the revenue. On day a rontrabnndlsta met a dier at Segovia, about to return Brigawith empty caissons to Madrid. Look here, my friend," said be, "t want you to convey for me a quantity of cannon balls and shells to the capital as many as your horses can draw." Then he showed him piles of these munitions of war. 1 he brigadier demurred the weight would be prodigious. "Bnh!" replied the smuggler. "They are all of blackened pasteboard and are full of velvets, tobacco, brandv and liquors. Oct them safe Into the Prado and you shall be paid for your pains 75 louls d or. They will let cannon balls pass the barriers without taxing them. The Brigadier agreed, and managed to get them Into the Prudo at Madrid ln the night; but as those ln the plot were unloading the goods up rode an officer. Hello! said he. "The thing we want. I have orders to sendvery a convoy of shot to Seville wanted against those dogs of English. And he confiscated the lot; but. finding them remarkably light, broke one, and forth gushed the finest cognac. In Parts for some time by an Ingenious contrivance a good deal of wine and spirits was passed beyond the barriers without paying duty. A subterranean passage bad been made from the village of Los Vertus, near Ht. Denis, ln the house of a citizen, and It led into the cellar of a blacksmith near the Foire St. Laurent. The passage was lined with planks well greased, nnd gegs were sent rolling along It filled with every kind of merchandise that ought to pay toll at th octorl. At the blacksmith's there were extensive cellars in which these goods were stored. But one who was In the secret betrayed It, nnd the officers of the low came down on the blacksmith, suddenly to the cellars, nnd with thepenetrated contents loaded seventeen wagons. At the present day a great source of annoyance to the Spanish frontier guards Is th extensive smuggling that goes on from Gibraltar, and dogs are trained as the mediums. They have laces nnd all kinds of English produce sewn around their bodies nnd are let loose. They know perfectly whither thev are to go, and the guards fire on all such dogs that they see coursing over the country. In the same way In Perlgord dogs are educated to poach truffles, which they dig up and n hide In caches, where their masters can recover them. On the Swiss and French frontier an Italian plied his trade. He had a hear and a monkey thnt sat on the back of bruin. Sometimes he was in France, sometimes In Switzerland. Put actually the beast he traveled with was an ass. Tin receptacles had been formed adopted to his sides and back, and these wv filled with brandv, and the whole was covered over with the skin of a huge bear. As the showman with hla beasts the frontier one day, as III luck passed would have It. his hear gave voice. "Hello!" said the custom house officer, "whut a very remarkable bruin, thnt brays tike a donkey!' and so the trick Wns discovered. There lived near the French frontier a learned ornithologist, who not only himself hud a collection of rare stuffed birds, but he also wns consulted' by amateurs end bv learned societies throughout Europe when collections were sought to be made up: nnd lie undertook to procure tlmt were desired In the specimens Franc or Germany or England. Consewas constantly going on a quently there trade In ornithological specimens over the frontiers, and usually our savant accompanied these, as they were rare and valuable and liable to Injury If roughly handled. Now, It so chanced, that he bought a live parrot, with whlrh It entertained him to converse. After a meal he would stnnd by the perch and say: "Poll, pretty 4 oll! When you are dea.1 I will stuff you with laeca." or else, "Poll, I will stuff von with eau d coNow It fell out that once our logne." naturalist wns cunveving a collection of specimens across the frontier, and Unluckily lie Imd Ills parrot with tjlm. At the rtitom house, all nt once It screamed out: Pretty poll When you are dead 1 will stuff yon with lace! Poll! poll! When you are dead i will stuff you with de cologne!". e.i will trouble "I you." said the custom house officer, to let me Investigate your collection of stuffed birds." Aye!" said the ornithologist bitterly. Pretty Poll! I shall wring your neck for telling secrets. "Mv husband Is the most unselfish of men," exclaimed Mrs. Yoiiiigw'lfe 1 gave him a whole hog of cigars, and he onlv smoked one and gave nil the rest awnv." Washington Life. rs well-know- Pack of Wild Dogs krar Atlanta. Probably It Is not known thnt within thro" miles of tlie city limits there Is a pack of wild dogs which commit frequent and which are almost the depredations, terror of those who live within a wide Hiding of the woody forest that they Inhabit. These are not dogs which are wild because tbev have not been brought Into contact with man nnd with rlvlllzatlon, of dogs, which hut dogs, or descendant have reverted to the wild stale were nt hand, and they have gradually recruited tlidr number until now. It In said bv residents of Hint section, there are some forty or fifty of the wolflike animal on the hunt for prey Between West End snd Fort Mcth old t'ampliellton rosd Pherson hrgnelieg off from the East Point road, Hie government reservation and Ihdwsen tlie t'amphellton road there la a vast Mr. est, snd along that road hnhlintlntia are tew. though, an Is well known, Ihe rond In East Point ls well populated. t'IHgens of tlmt section vouch for ths that this forest la ths horns of the d"t park, and from this onforest. It la nightly said, thev venture forth shote or even prowls, and I nn chicken, safe unlesa well protected young calf from th" hungre animals. These dogs ere breed; rather of all breeds, of to It were; but all that have tt nngr-- l, of gsid else and Well qualiare seen been hard fight should they be fied to put UP cornered. Atlanta I'unstltution. sia-el- Peculiar Made by the BankJ Payment of England. On one occasion tlio Bank of had presented to It tor payment England a hard ball of paier. It was a (.5 note which had been given by a prominent a rust to hla sister for payment of a bill. The young woman had placed It ln the pocket of her drees and promptly forgot It till the same dress inudo Us return trom the laundry. Washing, siaiching and Ironing had not Improved the bank notes appearance, but when the bull of paper was carefully unrolled there was sufficient to that It had been a hank note, and the hunk paid the money without hesitation, says I'ear-so- n s Weekly. More than ones ths Bank of England has paid twice for one bank note. On one occasion they lost In this way 30,000. It happened that one of tlie directors, desirous of purchasing an estate, drew from the bank a single note for the amount mentioned. This, on returning homo, ho pluced On the mantelpiece, when. Immediately on doing so, lie was called from the room. A few moments later he came Into the room again, but alas! the note had mysteriously disappeared, 'l'o the directors mind there seemed little doubt lhat the valuahle piece of paper had fallen Into tlie lire. Robbery was out of the question, Mr no one had entered tlie room. Hi colleagues at the bank, believing this story, gave him a second note on the understanding that the first, If found, should be returned. Thirty afterward, when the Director hadyears been dead a considerable time, a stranger presented the missing note. Being payable to bearer, tlie bank could not a old their obligation, and they had to be the losers of the sum. It was learned afterward that a builder had bought the banker's house ,umt In the course of the demolition find discovered the note hidden In a crevice of the chimney. liow a hank note once saved a mans life ls a most romantic story. In the ordinary course of business many years ago a Bank of England note now In possession of a famous collector was fiutd Into a Liverpool merchant's se office. On coming Into the hand of the cashier he found, while examining It to discover lts genuineness, that there were faint traces of red writing upon It. The note had been In circulation for years, and It was only by the dint of extraordinary pains that the partly obliterated characters were finally deciphered. This was the message It Imre: If this note should fall into the hands of John Dean of Imghlll, near Carlisle, he will learn thereby that Ills brother Is lan a prisoner ln Algiers." guishlng Mr. Dean was communicated with, arid he appealed to the government to en deavur to obtain his brother's release from captivity. Interesting themselves warmly In the matter, the prime mlnlater and the Joint foreign secretaries after the moat arduous and determined Inquiries, learned that the unhappy prisoner, who had traced the above sentence with a splinter dipped In his own hlood, had been a slave to the Dev of Algiers for about eleven years. Eventually, the government succeeded In ransoming Mr. Dean from the Dey, but the poor fellow iiad endured so much privation and hardship while working in the galleys that he lived but a short while after his freedom. An elderly courdo living In Turls have recently met with a snd misfortune. Inside a dilapidated old hnthnx, which the most experienced burglar might have Ignored, they had placed their entire fortune a sheaf of banknotes, amounting to over .V(Xst Periodically either the husbnnd or wife opened the box and counted the notes to see that their wealth waa still Intact. Imagine their surprise when, on going to It the other day, not a single note was to be found onlv a little heap of dust. Rats had entered tlie tmx and devoured every scrap of the precious paper. More fortunate waa an old Belgian at first site peasant woman, although was thrown Into Just aa hopeless despair. a Hhe had laid on the grass Jacket con43 altogether, taining bank notes worth and then set about her work ln ths fields, accompanied by a pet goat. To her horror she sinhletily cs light sight of the goat munching something that looked like her precious fortune. Examination proved her surmise to he true. The gout hud been browsing on her bnnk notes. That same evening the pet was killed and the chewed paper removed from Its stomach. It lM)ked a sorry mess, hut the old woman lost no time In submitting It to the National Bank at Belgium, which, after verifying tlie facta and proving hy eliemleal analysis that the paper had been notes Issued byAliem, paid the woman the 48. Worse Shtxn nOslerism t I wonder," one young business woman was saying to another in the smart club-roo- I where they lunched together; wonder whether, after all. actual chloronot sometimes forming of the old would heartache Hian be kinder and cause less really do? the Hungs young "Ill tell you why I've ben thinking"Inu It " slut went on, nfter a minute. one of the E.ist side avenues there W my a tiny shop where I usedas to buy and perieiU magazine and each things wns on my envelopes. The little pines and first work, way t nnd from my mv mtUe Ih'Oiiuk of the placla look on the face nf the proprietor, who the door, usually sat out In front of where he could smile nt the customers a a they came within sight. "I was lonely that winter, and somehow a smllo and a gentle greeting from even an old German went to my heart Whrn I jot itn) wurnH'd It rnmfortiihly. that ths better aeq uulnted 1 learned who run two young fellow old man s presses at the laick waa ths were cozy, there overhead son; snd that living rooms, and thnt though humble, wife a hud up father and son eucli m pde there. "One day In spring, several years ago, ml hla tone the young man nsked me excitement. I was full of suppressed thought to follow him Up the nurrow steps. Wondering. T did so; awondering. darkened I passed behind him Into room: und not wondering nny more, but I shiirbK the Jov of the sy fnther, bent over the tiny baby wrapped In the failed covers. more cor"After that I was welcomed In I stopped almost dially Inthan ever. clint with ths old man, who Iiad dally own of Ids III" a culm philosophy of building: or to smile at the baby boy, who gri w very like Ids father nod wna a most beautiful child. The grandmother was never about the shop, being busabove, but Hie ied with the to ms all out younger wife, who seemed not the gentle of place, because she hnd Speech of the others, hung about the litmade sab tle stationery counter and whenever she could reach a customer first. "Then I moved to a distant part of town and saw no mors of my friends. A few dnva ago I mad" occasion to hunt up ths little shop, snd was glad to see the old sign still In Its place. I was afraid they might huve moved swsy. But there they weie. and right welcome Ihe old man tnnds me; so welcome, Indeed, thnt my heart smt ins for my long neglect. We talked of tunny things; he remembered just wtmt kind of tend I wanted In my pencils, snd what sized ruhlier bands I used. Then of a sudden It rams to me thnt ths pines wns strange, iv quiet. 1 looked about anil to ths bnek. It whs quite empty, No baby carrlnge; no scattered toys; no printing presses Sven. " The hnhy?' I asked. Iiesltntlngly. "She have go away, wna the answer, and tbs old man's voles broke so thnt I turned to leave, not Wishing to press him In tils sorrow. Hut Hie little withered wife coins In from some side door, and. Standing tngetner, ths tears falling over both Hieir fare, they told ms all about lionie-keeptn- if It. t The son hnd been their dnrllng; Hen ths parent snd His girl children hnd sa:en rrosis that the bv with ths poet a eye might have th da In Hr hs loved. Then he married rashly. In the young wife's pride she wanted a shop. Bo the old man took all his little savings, f'JKl. and put It Into the shop. The young couple had fulled and got Into debt. Tlie father g ive up iris own trade und came to the rescue; he put tlie son at the presses In the buck, and hhnsi-ibrought Hie Htalionery business up to a paying basis. But the woman's ambition grew; she wanted a whole shop. Hhe thought .IA0t tM UMPIP3 dll) fl ZttoAlua pUS Sliauud lies ot aqu jou hm utnu P0 eqt him: he suoiild lake a basket nnd peddle candles on tlie street corners, while the old woman upstairs looked after the baby and young blootruiunaged the shop. 'This tlie old man refused to do. and, goaded by the wife whom ha had married. the boy with tne poet's eyes had taken hla woman, his rhlld and his presses and had gone away, and the parents would never see him again. "He had sent hack word tlgit hla soul was In hell with suffering: but the old people could only hear nnd suffer the more themselves. They could not help him. So I Just thought there was something more erne) than chloroform when 1 looked ot that old man and his wife, looking the way (heir hope has gone, while the tears rain over their wrinkled cheeks nnd wet the smiles they try to turn upon their little customers." New York Tress. ' i Some Irritant Hovsc Plants Every ono knows enough to give poison ivy a wide berth, und the sufferer (roin t huy fever iimtersliinds only too well wliut particular plants huvn an Irritant action on hla mucous membrane. It Is not so generally known, however, thut plants umtnlly regarded As harmless, even such ns are commonly grown Indoors for occasionally poison those who coma In contact with them. An article contributed to Cosmos (Paris) gives a number of Instances of this kind. The writer notes soma Instances where disease is due to the presence of animals. He writes: "Severn! years ago there was noted at Parts an Infections disease communicated to man by parrots, and named pstttaco. sis. This affection, which wo very often fatal, ls somewhat similar to typhoid fever, but Iihs sufficiently clear eharueterlstles to make It dlstlnnC There are few animals that have not the power of communicating some disease to man, ' from thn domestic dog, that may give him hydrophobia or tapeworm, to the rats of our cellars that disseminata the plague, and to our rows, which so often I shall only suffer from tuberculosis. mention Insects, such as files that prop- agate malignant pustules, and mosqut- - j toes tliHt may Inoculate malaria and many other parasltlo affections, especially lit Africa. "Ws may live far from stables, keep no dogs or birds, and wage a war of extermination against rats and parasltlo Insects. Tills, however, Is not enough for These enemies of the the hygienists. poetic will not allow us to place In our windows bird cages or flower pots. House plants, or at any rate a considerable number of them, are dangerous, and are secused of causing akin diseases "We already know the Irritating properties of the nettle and those of the clematis of the hedges, called also begweed because professional mendigars cants are in the habit of producing with the leaves superficial eruptions thnt gala for them the sympathy of compassionate hearts. A large number of plants have the power of produiring effects of the same kind, and we see ehronlo eczetnus brought on by house aplants memoir published M. Dtihreullh, in In the Bordeaux Medical Journal, recalls a number of cases of dermatitis caused by primroses. A gardener who had suffered from violent attacks nf ecsenm In the right hand every spring for nine year was relieved when be excluded r j these plants from his house. Not less curious Is ths rase, published woman had a of who every by Hetzdorff.181M to lizil In the latter part year from of October a violent eruption on the hands and face, which did not yield to treatment and would not disappear till spring. This lady onalways 5received aa a Get several pot birthday present of China (Primula oheonla), primrose which she cared for herself until sprlnft when they were set nut In the garden The removal nf the primroses caused the eruption to dlsnppesr. Such Is also the story of another worn-ma- n, who, having received a plant of China primrose, cultivated It and suffered an acute eruption of the forearm and fare, with InMamiiiatlon of the eye and eyelids. In this esse, and In others lhat hove been reHrted, the liiitammatton caused bv the primroses wns localized In the hands and fuee. Nevertheless, It Is not always so. Flzza hue observed an had eruption on the chest aof a Indy whoPrimcarried on her perzon bouquet of who Klrke a oheonla. attended ula Indy had a habit of biting off and eating primrose blossoms anil wiiu hnd acuta sores on the lips and In the mouth. . . , "Primroses are not the only houss plants capable of causing suchIn eruptions. the MuQuite recently. In nn article nich Medical Weekly. M. Hoffmann, assistant to Prof. Lesser of Berlin, reported tlmt a woman, after having spent six hours In rutting chrysanthemums, whs taken with Itching and burning on Iht. face ami arms. , . . Another case thn mine kind, observed tiv lloffte y, wns that of a waiter In a rests' , who, after having crushed fingers a leaf of arbor vitae (Thuf dentalls), touched Ids face. Hone e wuS attacked by nn eruption on tli Taco and hands which It took ten days to cure. "ln hls article, M Jiubreullh olte also several species of Ithiis, which are used In Amerlen as house plants nn account of their fine foliage. Some people cannot even touch these without being attacked These rases are worth nothv eruption ezenp-Hoing. Thev const It ills, however, and are rare. A special predisposition Is necessnry. Those who are afflicted mav, will some wreca utloiia, continue to keep flowers. They should touch them as little an iHissllile, and when the eruption takes plnee, washing It with al- mho) to dissolve the Irritant matter and then with soap and water will mam atop ns ' the smarting and shorten ths duration of the malady. Translation mads for ths. Literary Digest. If ths represenlstlves of the regular echo'd of medicine hud been Invited to celebration of ths IVIth partlelpat Inofthe Hie birth of Samuel Hahanniversary nemann, they might have Joined In the festival with gMHl grace, with no derogation of the dignity of their own school, and without any Irntdlratlon that they believed Ids maxim, Kimllis slmlll-lut- s euriintur." to bn tin v llin less than their fathers It fitly or seventy-fiv- e veirv ago. Ws mean tills the that regular practice has hy learned so much from Hahnemann and Ills suee saors, with regard to ths acres, aory method- - tliut It employes, that II wight well afford to honor Ms name. When llanetnann eanic, It was customa patient for any sort of ailary to bleed ment. I lid hs a fever? Phlrtartomlza) Was bis rtotiiHch troubling trim? I'hele. hotomlre was ths rule. Tha patient f blond flowed from Infancy to Hd ass. Th strung were weakened by hlnod-et- ting, uild the weak were Weakened n further, lamturs were propotly described as leeches on nrenunt of lids practice. Next In Inevitability to the dot tor's knife, In cnee of almost any llluexa, pftr year ago. was hi blue pill. This Internal althilon w i even more woeful than It wus apparently adthe ministered on Iha theory that th Intekind of luh, rior nf ths body wus which from time to tun needed washing out with a pnlnn. If th patient hud a fever, hs wus kept hot, thirsty and In Hi" darkness, Medicines were given at long Intervals, and lu heavy dimes, II llahneninnn came taught the World to leave Hie sick man Id Idond. to cool bl head In fever, and lo give him purs water when h thirsted I Is proclaimed the there penile use of light and air. II" taught III value of perkallidly In the giving of medlclii. in brief, he Introduced common sens In tha cars of Invalid. 'I line test all medicine and nil max- Ims It extract th modicum of truth that thers may b In s fallacy, It preserve ths tru and llmlnales th falsa. It add to unlversnl prnctlcs what Is In homeopathy, Just a It must add whnt I vuluniils in osteopathy sr any d other system Medical sd-nran well affmd to lay wren'll tomb th upon Hahnemann' which betoken lis obligation to ihe rw funner ot an outworn praetlo. bliMHl-lettln- vnl-un- til new-mn- cs i J , |