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Show 9mBm(BmQeommm , , ; " Old You Ever? ynnirX5r bnvv n woman go to buy a pi,P ,i .C "hoes r"alS toll the shopman that nho a.i rfan.te(1 "umber "twon7" BSheWVe- ""P.the wily "sorter" over a, 8",elvoa and boxes noro wld,,0111,1' flcndUl.' chuckle a large. wiuo slzod number four. Then this 1nitocent" In enllco secured ilio iirotTorcd teat fS?2?n,cncc'l to tnko her "nrtlcs" At thn iJiLA pn.lr ' we rown feot! nroi,?,1.!1!0' w,"ch the, "Horter" gazed Hut wn ..2i!n,nwo n"d rrlht' XS?t,,lcd l"ek to his senses when slio said, "ThoyTo rather tlgnt," SaId hh , fau,.t 'ny In tho lnstep,'-and That thl iV?ht " mighty odd Jn,yidl3nt keep assortments that Then nJSiJ"! a trine broad. h.?a n ho "Pes his boxes and before tno dainsel nut CCwWSuH' . ,nrK nine number live. In which she crushed her foot. Theni,,H?,M0Ws UP" tho "sorter" as ho A miii!!lre8 i"p tlw shoes JifJr ho " the only man that over guvo her "twos " S5.ih. !,0.or behind her swings sho For 1 e5l,ot J,oa- the laugh; rtS.Snve hvr u" "ho "skcu for-by a -Ti n ' ?nu n half . r. Kckert. In Philadelphia Press. Horse 28 Years Old at Work. Thero Is a horso in tho town of Boydton, Vn., lnown ns Morgan, which is older thnu most of its inhabitants. inhabi-tants. Ho was foaled In tho month of April, in tho year 1S7C, in tho county of Mecklenburg. Morgan has no claims to aristocracy, aristoc-racy, and his pedigree is not recorded In tho books, but for more than twon-ty twon-ty years ho has boen a faithful collector col-lector of taxes, his master boing the treasurer of tho county to tho 1st of January last. Though Morgan is 28 years of age, ho has until now performed all tho duties of any horse. Ho has rocoived no favors because of ago, and has met overy ongngomont in tho time, and j when not engaged In collecting taxes ho was tho favorite driving horso of tho ladies and children of tho family, and in addition hauled his own bedding bed-ding and wood for tho winter. Mr. Wells, Morgan's master, thinks his horse's long llfo and fitness for servico la duo to methodical attontion and treatment; that ho discovered tho exact quantity of food, particularly particular-ly grain, necessary to keep him In tho best condition. Richmond Times-DIs- tmtch- ?pk Handle, Fiddler. Frank Clawson Is tho nnmo of a singular fiddler 0f Atlanta, who Is without hands. jlany years ago ho was caught In s blizzard and his arms frozen so badly that both hands were amputated at tho wrists. For a long tlmo tho violin was silent and ho 'supposed 'sup-posed that his fiddling days wero oyer. Ho decided, however, to export-I export-I mont, and, being a mechanical genius, i ho mado a contrivance of heavy wlro which would enable hlra to wlold tho bow. Tho fingering was moro dim cult but by long practlco ho tralnod tho stump of his left hand to mako thd nccossary shifts from ono string to another and Uo varying positions. With tho violin held in place by his chin nnd knoos and with tho help of his flngerless arms, Clawson manages to play his old-tlmo selections with nearly as much skill as ho formerly did. Odd Carving. A nowly Imported statuetto of a priest carved In ono piece of Ivory shows how rcmnrknblo tho Japaneso nro and what a wonderful patlonco thoy havo. The priest Is bearing in I his right hand a staff, to which is bound a lotus bulb, whilo In the open palm, of Uio left hand ho holds ri mlnlaturo figure of himself, oxact ub to detail. Every hair of his head and overy detail of tho body and drapery aro perfect Tho flowing robes aro as thin as paper. Ono can almost soo undor tho finger nails; tho arras show as far ns the elbow, insido of the looso slooves, evidencing the wondorful skill of tho carvor and bow carefully ho must havo dono hia work to pro-vont pro-vont tho dcKcato Ivory from breaking to pieces under his tools. Star Photography. Star photography Is ono of the most tedious operations lecown. In some cases tho oxposuro of tho pinto mtiBt last for soveral hours. During all thi3 time, both tho plato and tho telescope must bo moved so that tho imago . of tho stnr will bo stationary on thu ' plato. Tho exposure for a star of tho ICth magnitude Is two hours, and only tho imago of ono at a time enn bo socured, unless thoso adjoining happen to bo of tho samo size. Live With Father-ln-Law. In somo parts of Korea and among some Korean families it Is tho custom for brldogrooms to dwoll undor tho roofs of tholr fathers-Iulaw until the first son has bean born and attained to years of manhood Should any Korean, however, stay In tho house of his hrhlo's peoplo'fof more. than three days after his wedding, he Is com polled to remlr for an entire yoar. |