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Show A Valuable Hump. """" For years there was a beggar on the steps of Saint Sulpiee with a hump which steadily grew. A few months ago he was taken ill, and in delirium jumped out of a window and was killed. A neighbor who picked him up upon investigating in-vestigating his hump found that it contained con-tained twenty thousand dollars in bonds and coin. Finding that the beggar had two relative's to whom he had left his fortune by will, the finder sent the money to them with the exception of four thousand dollars. The relatives discovered this fa ct, and after prosecution prosecu-tion for theft the man in question was condemned to two years' imprisonment. Samoan Luxuries. Apia,' the capital of the Samoan islands, is famous for its consumption of beer and umbrellas. It is no unusual thing to see a nearly-naked native walking walk-ing listless through the streets with a silk umbrella spread over his head. The use of the umbrella U to protect the carefully oiled an :l dressed native head from the cfioets of tlic sun's rays. Hair ch-c-ssiiiij is the sole toilet operation with the y-:-moans, and upon this they bestow avast amount of time and ingenuity. An American about to depart from Apia asked what he should present to the wife of a chief .who had entertained him. He was assured that nothing would please the lady better .than an umbrella. Willi some misiviuo-s as to the stock of umbrellas likely to be carried car-ried by the merchants of Apia he visited vis-ited a shop,.anii was astonished to find a large collection of the bet European umbrellas. He learned that they- sold v eil at good prices, and that the natives na-tives were extremely exacting' as to the quality of that particular article. As for the lady, she was delio-hted with the American's gift. |