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Show oo Careful Milkman. The other day when the milkman, who is a new man on tho route, called at Mrs Green's apartment, to collect the bill, sho Bald to him severely, "Do you know that several mornings lately late-ly I have not heard you whlEtle when you left the milk on the dumbwaiter?" "Sure that's good, ma'am," returned tho milkman complacontly, oblivious of the note of sorority In Mrs Green's Tolce, "and I hope I'll soon git it down so fine ye'll not hear mo at all Ye see, ma'am 'tis Impossible for me to be leavin' the milk any later than I do, but since the day ye told me I came too airly and woko ye from your sleep In tho mornln' I'vo been careful to blow the doombwalter whistle as softly as I can so eb not to disturb ye But sometimes I do put moro breath into the toob than I ln-tlnd ln-tlnd to, and thim's the times ye hear me whistle." Original Panamans. The Chocos Indians, who live on the oouthweBtern coast of Panama, aro believed be-lieved to ba descendants of the tribes which Inhabited that part of the world when Columbus discovered Santo Do- I mlngo ' They are tall and stalwart, with kindly natures, a free hospitality and an innate honesty. Few white men have ever been among them. Tribos of a somewhat similar nature are aUo found on the southeast coast, many of them having never seon a white face in their lives. While tho republic of Panama nominally rules this section, tho truth Ib that these Indians govern themselves entirely, and havo absolutely absolute-ly no intercourse witbrthe white. They do not nllow a white man to visit their lahdB and still fly the Colombian flag Their houses arc grass huts, their clothing Is almost nothing, but they seem to enjoy life In spite of the fact that they are unacquainted with the benefits of religion, fashion, eociety and government. |