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Winged insects, at tracted by the saliva of the beast, gather in swarms upon its tongue just as though it were a sheet of 11 v paper. When a number has collected it closes its jaws suddenly, and witli a gulp the little torments have disappeared, affording at once revenge and ait agree able flavor. You have often heard, I dare say, of the little bird that enters the mouth of the crocodile without fear, in order to pluck therefrom cer tain parasites which the reptiles could not otherwise get rid of. That is a fact, although it failed to be recog nized as such by science for a long time. "On many occasions I have had op portunities of observing alligators in pursuit of pre-. They will eat meat in any shape, from water fowl to lishes. Sometimes they moor themselves y their tails to the shore, with mouths agape, and silently absorb shoals of mullet and other comparatively small fry which pass along through the shallows, lint a favorite way of theirs is to lie upon the surface of the water and quietly gobble any ducks or other animals that come within reach. Their heads are so constructed that when they are thus flouting only their eyes and the tip end of the nose are above the surface. Thus they are able to breathe and to see at the; same time, without exposing themselves to any extent. A snap and all is over with the victim. How He Got the Mouey. William S. Walsh says this story was told him by a traveling friend. The friend was in Paris. Presenting a check at the bank he was met with the customary formula: "You must be identified." "Whom shall 1 get tlie American cousul?" with a shade of sarcasm in his tone. "No, I don't know the American consul." The traveler objected that it was rather hard to expect of a total stranger that he should have already enectea an entree into the society srraced by the teller. But the latter was obdurate Then th'e traveler had a brilliant idea. lie went into a neighboring cafe and called the waiter to him, "Do you know the teller of that bank?" he asked, pointing to the building. "Oh, yes, he stops in here every day for his lunch." "Well," saiil the travel er. "I want you to step into the bank with me and tell him that I am M of New York:" The waiter shrugged his shoulders. "Oh, mon sieur. but I don't know you." "That makes no difference, here's half franc." The argument was conclusive. The waiter took the tip, accompanied the traveler to the bank and the teller accepted the identification with out a murmur. Once a Week. THE INTELLIGENCE GIRL. She Wasn't Suited with the Which She Was Sent. ri.tce t She ambled into the office, looking like the champion lady performer at a skating-rink, says the Detroit tree Press, and the little man behind the counter hustled forward to wait on her. "You get places for girls?" she in quired, setting the furry trimmings of her cloak all a-flutter. "Yes, mum! Do you want a second girl or one for general housework, mum.-' I've some jrirls coming in this morning. I ex pect one from the country every min ute. "I hat s me, said the girl at the counter, giving her furs another flutter. "Land, mum miss. I thought you was a missus lookin' for a girl," said the surprised man. "I'm a girl lookin' for a place not much missus in mine, though. Now, you send me to a good place and here's your dol lar." "An' here's your place," said the man, giving her a number. "You'll find them O. K. Their girl got mar ried, so they want anew one." "What kind of a house is it?" asked the girl. "Go an' see for yourself, miss," was the curt answer. And she went. At noon she rang the bell of a house on Alexandrine avenue, and when the mistress opened the door she announced herself: "I'm the new girl." "Oh, come right in. I'm so glad you've come. We haven't got a loaf of bread in the house "I'm not expected to do the baking, am. I?" asked the girl. "Didn't you do that in your last place?" "I never lived out before." "Oh, you'll soon learn," said the lady encouragingly. "I'll show you myself. You can wash, I suppose?" "You don't expect me to do the washing, do you?" asked the girl, setting her furs in violent motion. "Well, I suppose lean do that myself," answered the lady ironically; "perhaps you wouldn't object to washing the dishes?" "Why, I kim away from home to get rid of washing dishes "cause the hot water chaps mv hands." "May I ask what you can do?" "Oh, I don't mind sweepin' and helpin' to make the beds and settin' the table. But I don"t think I'll suit. There an't no electric lights in the house, is there?" "No." "The doctor says gas isn't good for me eyes. How many times a week can I go out?" "Just once. There is the door. I won't de tain you another minute," answered the lady, indignantly. The little man at the intelligence office had just buried his nose in a newspaper, when a flutter of fur announced the return of the girl from the country. "The idea!" she exclaimed; "they expected me to wash and bake like a bound slave. An't you got a place where jthe girl won't have to do such things? Ef ye an't, you can give me back my dollar." She got the dollar. The story was told at the Whittier celebration that when the poet asked a farmer to whom he had lent a volume of Plato how he liked it the farmer re plied: "First rate; I see he's got some of my Ideas." Toniatoe were not cultivated seren-ty-flTe years ago. BISHOP WILSON. HsnVhoM Heart Was In Lowly Work. A Great His In the seventeenth century llishop Wilson was sent to the Isle of Man then containing a lawless and ignorant community with such unlimited power over clergy and people that it is a wonder he succeeded in doing good rather than evil, says the Youth's Co)Hxtnion. A tyrant did he prove, but a loving one, and all Manxmen to day bless tfic good bishop's name. In time of famine he threw open his own house to the needy, and 'ave withou. I stint, u-kin" no man whether lie w.re ! ' . . . i ... ..i.. :t i... I saint or sinner, nut um n nc Hun gered. When his own means were gone he begged from England, though lie was, as one historian declares, "a man who would not have held out his hat to save his own life." lie never desired preferment, but clung to his own thorny road with the zeal of one who has renounced mate rial good for the love of the highest. "See, my lords," said Queen Caro line one day, as he approached the crowd of churchmen who surrounded her, "here is a bishop who docs not come for translation." "No, please your majesty," said Wil son, "I will not leave my wife in her old age because she is poor." His island was, indeed, a -poor sjt; he had wedded it for life. One day in the market-place a little girl of seven years crossed his path. She was rosy-cheeked, bright-eyed, bare of head and feet, and with a rush of love the gray old bishop patted In r head, saying. "God bless you, my child!" The little maid eotirtesied. "CJod bless you, too, sir," said she. "Thank you, child, thank you!" said the good old man. "I dare say your blessing is as good as mine." It was customary in those days to employ journeymen as tailors. One, Danny by name, was making a long walking-coat for the biskop, and in trying it on he made numerous chalk marks to indicate the place of buttons. "No, no, Dannv." said the bishop. "No more buttons than enough to fasten it. One will do. It would ill become a poor minister like me to go a-glitter with things like these." Now Danny had already bought the buttons, and hail them at that moment in his pocket. Therefore he was sore discomfited, and said, pulling a woful face: "Mercy on me, my lord! What would happen to the poor button-makers if everybody was of your opinion?" "Button it all over, Danny!" said the bishop. "Button it all over!" A True Story. It appears that a bright little lif-teenth-century Italian boy, a son of humble and honest parents, was pos sessed by a strong desire to go to sea; and so, when he was about fourteen years of age, he was allowed to make his first voyage. Of course, there was no such thing as steam navigation in those days, so this boy went on a sailing-ship, and a pretty mean one at that. At the start he was as proud and happy a little mariner as one could wish to see. But trouble came. The ship caught fire, and as this Italian boy never had heard of your old friend Casabianca, and the situation was des perate, he sprang overboard. Fortun ately, he caught hold of an oar, and with its assistance he determined to swim all the way to land, wherever it might be. It was a hard tussle with the waves for a boy of fourteen, but he had grit and resolution, and. in short, there was other work waiting for him somewhere, he knew. So he swam on for a mile,then another and another and another -and another and finally, persevering manfully, he accomplished the sixth mile, and reached the land in safety! I believe in that boy; and I'd like to know what became of him in later years what he accomplished; what he suffered; whether he was a benefactor to his race or not. Who can tell me about him?" SC. Nicholas. His Offending Ijigneons Ijimb. "A cork leg is no end of a bore," said the man who limped to a Star writer. "Just think of it! I was at a dinner party the other night, and it was my happy lot to have a most charming damsel fall to my share at the feast. We conversed most pleas antly through the oysters and the soup, but when the fish came on she became silent and seemed unaccountably em barrassed, lo draw her from this mood I redoubled my efforts to please, but in response she only flushed and looked angry. Finally, interrupting me in the midst of a little mot which I had composed carefully while dress ing for the dinner, she said, sotto voce: '"I thank you to stop squeezing my foot!' "Imagine my embarrassment! I had been treading upon her toes with my cork foot of course without know ing it. (Joulu anything have been more innocent? It is an annoying thing to have to explain to a young lady at a social festivity. Neverthe-. less, I was forced to do so. She ac cepted my apology. ami then proceeded to injure my feelings by giggling." Washington Star. The AVorld's Newspapers. The number of newspapers publish ed in all countries is estimated at 41, 000, of which number about 24,000 ap pear in fcurope. uermany heads the European list with 5,000, then comes France with 4,100, England with 4,000, Austria-Hungary with 3,500, Italy with 1,400, Spam with 00, Kussia with 800, Switzerland with 450, Belgium and Holland with 300 each, and the rest are published in Portugal, the Scandi navian, and the Balkan countries. The United States has 13,900 newspapers. Canada has 700 and Australia also has 700. The people of the United States, therefore, read and support about as many newspapers as England, France, Germany, and ' Russia . combined. Paper. ' . A scientific journal states that a little sugar put on the hands with soap will greatly increase its lather and cleans ing power. J King Solomon's Mines. bridge, where we were met by the riittllnic of anus and the hoaru rballiMivH f a n.-ntrv. Intadoos Kave some password tu;ii i cimiiiI not catch, which whh met witli :i salute, and we passed on tlironli the ci-ntntl street of the preat grass city. After ii(:irly half au hour's tramp, past endless lines ol huts, In failons at last halted at the "I a little KH'H of huts which sin i 1 1 : I I a small court yard of mvIt red limestone, and in formed us that these were to be our "p(or" quarters. We entered, and found thai a hut had been assned i ea h ot us. T.iee huts were snpeiior to any which Ii.i l yd seen, nnd in cacti was a mt comlorlaMc hed made of tanned skins spread 1 1 ; 1 1 m Utrcss es of aroinai ic nr.iss. Food, ton, w as ready for us, and us soon ius wj h id washed our selves with water, which stood ready in earthenware jars, some youmt women ot handsome ajcaraiice hioiulit us inasted meat and meuiie cobs daintily served on wooden platters and presented to us wil!i deep olteisaures. Wo ate and drnnk, nnd then the l-ds hav ing by our request, been all moved into one hut, a precaution at which the iimiahltt youtijr. ladies smiled, we tiling ourselves (town to sleep, thoroughly wearied out with our long journey. When we woke, it wan to find that the huh was hiirh in the heavens, and that the female attendants who did not seem to he troiihic.l by any false shame, were already standing inside tlm hut, having been ordered to at tend and help us to "make ready." "Make ready, indeed," growled ;,,od, "when one has a flannel shirt and a pair of boots, that does not take loiisr. I wish you would ask them for my trousers." I asked accordingly, hut was informed that these sacred relics had already been taken to the king, who would see us in the forenoon. Having, somewhat to their astonishment aixl disapixiintmciit, requested the young ladies to step outside, we proceeded to make the best toilet that the circumstances admit ted of. (Jood even went the length of again shaving the right side of his face; the left, on which now appeared a very fair crop of whiskers, we impressed upon him ho must on no account touch. As for ourselves, we were contented with a gixxi wash and com th ing our hair. Sir Henry's yellow locks wen? now almost down to his shoulders, and he looked more like an ancient 1) ui" than ever, while my grizzled scruli was fully an inch long, instead of half an inch, which in a general way I considered my maximum length. By the tim that we had eaten otsr break fast, and smoked a pipe a message wu brought to iw by no less a p-'i'MMucre than lu fadoos himscif thai Twaia. toe king, was ready to see us, if we would be pleased to come. , We remarked in reply that we should pre-, ter to wait till the sun was a little higher, we were yet weary with our Journey, etc., etc. Jt is always well, when dealing with uncivi lized people, not to be in too great a hurry. They are apt to mistake politeii"ss for awe or servility. .So, although we were finite as anxious to see Twala as Twala could he to see us, we sat down and waited lor an hour, employing the interval in preparing such presents as our slender stock of goods per mitted namely, the Winchester ritle which had been used by poor Ventvogel, and soi beads. The rifle and ammunition we deter mined to present to his royal highness, and the beads were for his wives and courtiers We had already given a few to lufadoos and Kcragga, and found that they were delighted with them, never having seen anything like them before. At length we declared that we were ready, and guided by Infadoos, started' off to the levee, Umbopa carrying the rifle and beads. After walking a few hundred yards, we came to an inclosure, something like that which surrounded the huts that had been al lotted to us, only fifty times as big. It could not have been less than six or seven acres in extent. All around the outside fence was a row of huts, which were the habitations of the King's wives. Exactly opjosite the gateway, on the further side of the open space, was a very large hut, which stood by itself, in which his majesty resided. AH the rest was open ground, that is to say, it would have been opeu had it not been filled by company after company of warriors, who were mustered there to the number of seven or eight thousand. These men stood still as statues as we advanced through them, and it would be impossible to give an idea of the grandeur of the spectacle which they pre sented in their waving plumes, their glanc ing spears, and iron-backed ox-hide shields. The space in front of the large hut was empty, but before it were placed several stools. On three of these, at a sign front Infadoos, we seated ourselves, Umbopa standing behind us. As for Infadoos, he took up a position by the door of the hut. So we waited for ten minutes or more in tbu midst of a dead silence, but conscious that we were the object of the concentrated gaze of some eight thousand pairs of eyes. It was a somewhat trying ordeal, but we car ried it off as best w e could. At length the door of the hut opened, and a gigantic fig ure, with a splendid tiger-skin karross flung over its shoulders, stepped out, followed by the boy Scragga, and what appeared to us to be a withered up monkey, wrapped in a fur cloak. The figure seated itself ujon a stool. Scrags; took his stand behind it, and the withered-up monkey, crept on all-fours into the shade of the hut and squatted down. The door of tfte hut opeiied, and a ffigantU; figure tttrpped out. Still there was silence. Then the gigantic figure slipped off the karross and stood up before us, a truly alarming spectacle. It was that of an enor-Continued.