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Show COMEDY AT A BOX PARTY. - ' -- HI I E and bndegroonj they w ere who sal In toe J0 L)fiont box. dividing tb,r attentlou between the pjjj audience nnd a large box of mixed chocolate? When the curtain at la-t wen! up and the play began ife) .to thrill them, the audience and the candj were alike ined forgotten. y-iii, Ten minutes after the act had begun a large. lm S3 ?ijvnrta nt lady entered the has and. pushing her we Co ylthe front, -at pompou-ly down :fl the -cat slightly in ipfront of the young couple, Her dress, from its Im- iire--ii e ru-tlings. was o idcntlj ( tie stlffest slljf. BieJif sjhe drew 3u opera gla-s from her bag and 6Urveyfd flrW:tur stJ:o At first the vcung "Upie paid uo attention bo her.. iTii'Mi i he uiff. uiti, a utile -asp caugbl ber husband idAj the sleeve and pulled him toward her. "Oh, iyC0 George"' she whi-pered hysterically. ' She's" lf Jf "Hush'" interrupted the voiing man. I know I II yjfltec to it." So he bent forward toward the brond back iflinl - ml "I beg '".in pardon, Madam, hut" e ' The neweomer turned and glanced at him casually, teoljr. He could teel the rebuking C0ldue83 of that ' lglance even in the darkness, for the stage was in semi-8jlofclooni. semi-8jlofclooni. '.rasping his courage tightly it" ,ifdh hands, lite I be again spoke t'l ber. fills lime she turned on biin rU: ponderously. "Kindly explain why you per-i-l in Interrupting the -jerforrnaoce. ' w .said. ".Mv seal does not obstruct iflTyour view of th.- -tape, does it'." fJI "Not in th'- li-a-t. 1 assure you Madam, but I must g freiue-t you to move. You" 111 Au-aiu -he hiv.k,. m. .uu di-lurbing you in 00 IJjWvay that I know of. Kindly attend 1" your uwu nf-.fairs. nf-.fairs. Your eondu- t i inosl impolite and extremely gfl miH-rtluent Please do not address inc again." p One.- more she turr.'-sJ a way. The young husband grinned in the ob-. uniy. then teaued forward nnd lu ,Qt V uio-t .ip....'L-eie win per .-did -"I regret the ueces-lity ueces-lity of disturbing you again, Madam, but the lact is )Jou are sitting in an open bos of chocolate;." ----- - - -- - - - - , , v. ..'.'...,, .v,i, , " vvflm ww w w w w w w w w wwww ww-wwww w -m mm v Good Matured Nature Studies A Babboon Hero. N companng the monkeys of the Old World with the I marmosets and monkeys of the New the curious sua gestion has been offered that the movements of the Old World monkeys are free and unfettered Compared with the clinging and creeping of their American cousins Their character, It is contended is .shown bv their conduct In the presence of danger and by the awe which they inspire lo bunting dogs A t.erman naturalist bad an interesting adventure with babboons in Africa His dogs, beautiful, klendi r greyhounds, accustomed to tight successfully with hyenas and other beasts of prey, rushed toward the bdbboons. which from a distance looked more like blasts of prey than like monkeys, and drove them hastily up the precipices if' right and left. But only the females took to tiigbt: the males turned to fai e the dogs, growled, beat the ground with their hands, opened their mouths wide, showed their glittering teeth, and looked at their adversaries so fiercely and inaliciOUS! that the hounds, buttle hardened nud usually bold, shrank back discomfited. Before the naturalist and his party hud succeeded in stirring the bounds to show tight the position of the monkeys had changed considerably and when the dogs charged a second time nearly all the simians were iu safety. One little monkey, however, about one year old. had been left behind It shrieked loudlv as the dogs rushed toward It. but succeeded in gaining t he top of a rock before they had arrived. The German's doga placed themselves cleverly so as to cut off its retreat, and the party Mere confident that they would catch It. But they were disappoiDled Proudly aud with dignity, dig-nity, without hurrying lu the least or paying any heed to the huuUug party, an old male Stepped down from the security of the rocks toward the hard pressed litile one. walked toward the dogs without betraying the least fear, held them in cheek with frightful gestures and sounds thnt seemed almost like the speech of an angry mau, slowly climbed the rock, picked up the baby monkey and retreated with It before the men COUlt reach the Bpot and Without the slightest attempt lo prevent bim on the part of the dogs While the old monkey performed this heroic feat the other members, densely crowded on the cliff, ui-tered ui-tered sounds that the naturalist had never beard before be-fore from babboon- old and young, males and female-., roared, screeched, snarled and bellowed all ,o-gcther ,o-gcther in fearful Reclaim of the deed of the old monkey mon-key . The Monkeys of Dalhousic. ' T !s said that for cool Impudeocp nnd sheer au-I au-I da city the hill monkeys of the Himalayas staud alone Tbey slip into the bungalows at Dalhousic and. il is averred, cany off anything that Is not too heavy for them to handle. They spring from iree to tree, from house to house, gayly disporting the articles '.hey have stolen from the breakfast or dining rooms of the I albousie pic Few people like to shoot a monkey and so tbe little fellows grow bolder all the lime A story is told of an Englishman near DalhOUSle who whs trying to protect his sugar cane patch with a great trench aud a palisade covered with nails All to no avail bow-ever. bow-ever. The own.- walked down to It one morning and found a row of monkeys seated on the palisade. The moment he came within reach they threw his own sug;n cane into his face, aft' which tiny got down ami strolled away, leisurely munching. The Britisher grew irate Such things were not to be bbrui He ( based a l"t f th monkeys into a tree, felled the tree and cftugl)! f"lr u!' flve .vLuug monkeys. The parents wji ked near i Sre8' Perturbation, anx-iou.'N anx-iou.'N wati hing w hile their infant - were painted from head to foot with ttcai lo "' fJrtar emetic. On being allowed to go i hey ru-hed off Uto the fond and web Couiiug arm- and" w-te immediately carried up into th.. woods and there a -sidu-msly 1 " ked clean from top to i ic bv their loving parents. J be inevitable effects followed and the uiibuppj w,"' ,f "Id ou-keys ou-keys can easily be imagined, l he. never rltbd that patch of sugar cane again- Sir John Lubbock's Pet Wasp. THERFO have been many old frlend-blp ber ween man and animals, bur perhaps the strangest pet man ever hail wa- a wasp thai Sir John bubbock caught In the Spanish Pyreac - He began by teaching :t to lake it- meitb) ou rr.s hand. nd. although the tlnv reature was at first shy ot going through the operation on such an un-usujI un-usujI basis, in a very sbon time it grew to expect to be fed thai wav Sir John preserved bis pet with the greatest care. It stuug him but once, and then it had every excuse for doing so. The natun.list whs examining It while .n n railway Journey, and the door being opened by a ticUt-i collector he unceremoniously stuffed the wasp into a bottle ami the offended Spaniard, Indignant at i in unusual treatment, gave sir John a gentle reminder re-minder as to the proper way to trv.tt n gu-st The wasp was a pet in every sen-e Of the word, and became -o fond of it owner that ir allowed Itself to be stroked Ir enjoyed the friendship of the naturalist for a period "f nine months, when it fell UI. and. although Sir John did all that could be doue to prolong Its Hie. it died Many wasps were afterward after-ward under Sir Ibhn's Observation, but be never had another pet like this one The Horse's Pedometers --1-HFJ whorls ot hair on ibe coats of horses and I ,';her animals me natural Jiedomelers masmUCb as they register the locomotive activities of the animals on whose miie? they are found 1 ho best examples and Ihe greatest number of these halrv whorl and cresCS are found on tbe domestic horse A notable Instance Is the graceful fen the: lug that eXtpnds along the lumow of the Haul, dividing the trunk of the animal from Lbs hind quarters There are also crests and whorls un tbe horse's chest aud other parts of its body. a study of the action of (he underlying muscles explain ex-plain 'I'0 origin of these peculiarities In the lay Of the hair and furnishes The Justification for culling them pedometers, although the analogy Lb, of course, mereJy superficial. THE BEAR AND THE BEETLE. j yr rEN.N.svi.v .1A. om e witnessed a curious In- I -Xcideni in tin mountains of his Slate, whereiu a I black bear was ihe principal figure, it appears that the winter before ihe nrood cutters I of the mountains bad broken tbe haudle of one of J their tools a beetle A rope wa- tied about the beetle- j dead and it had been IpN hanging t the low limb of ,i tree The man who witnosssed ihe Bpectaols hap- pemii to be in the vicinity "ne summer day, aud. re- mcmberipg the beetle, started after it to carry It As he came near t lie place be saw a black bear Slowly circling around the hanging beetle I't a -lis- 1 ranee of a few feet lb wa- too much occttpTed to notice 'he map, who stopped t" tee whar brum was The hear acted as If he thought -lie beetle were -ome kind of trap lie would approach within a few reel and nllT Then he WOUld baek Aff a Ifltle ;n, squal on his bauncnes and give a low oort eying tan t"ol g the Mine ! Willie he was thUI engaged a -uduen breeze sprung up ami -et the beetle swingiug lightly The animal I snorted again and ba'ked off a step or two 600U ;i bei gusi struck the I He and swayed it still i more The bear reeouded by a louder suort a oort j of challenge A- -non as the l.cctle -topped swinging bruin got up ami eir. led aboul II several times Al length he I Weill near ihcn nearer He rea-.hed opt hi- paw j nnd touched the thing gently, a- It swung toward I him he hit il. this time rather fort Iblj I rii'- beetle-head was ,i round bn ( hicftbry with heavj ir..n rings al each end As it rebounded from tbe second "i"" of the creature's paw it hit him fairly on the nose Angrv at thl- he ru-hed at the beetle again nnd gin e n a souudlugblpw v" it came toward I bim he dodg.sl a little just enough '. 5SVe hi- llOSS and receive the blow in bis Icfl eye' He lilt It again and hi- uose another blow phai huri so much it, at he growled nngrilj aud rooted rlclouely in the Hrutn was furious by tin time and wont at mat beetle US If he meant to annihilate il- He gave II i tremendous blow with his right paw and the tool swung clear over the limb, came down "ii ihe Other Side and -truck him on top of the head. He uttered a roar that m ob' the wood- ring, finally he caught th,- beetle In his paws pulled upon it until be broke i tbe - .me. and then weut to cutting and biting the i""i-When i""i-When be round that It did not right ba- k any m-rt bruin let It roll to the ground. Tbeu he sh.k bmiaeu nd walked off into the woods. j |