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IvlLIZATION has as yet mado llttlo
progress In Persia. Western mod
ern inventions in agricultural ma
chinery and scientific methods of cul
tivating havo passed over this country
without leaving any impression on the
farmers. The land Is tilled in much
the samo way as In the days of Noah!
Thp simplest and most primitive tools
and implements are still employed to
break up and preparo the soil. The plow, drawn
v n nnir nf zflhiiH. 1h a very crude affair. Tho
share, mado of soft Iron Imported from Sweden,
Is attached to rough wooden bars made by the
village carpenter, and tho plow is fastened to the
heavy yoke by a chain. The soil is merely
scratched on the surface, for tho depth to which
the share penetrates depends entirely on tho
physical exertion of the driver, who Is often mere
ly a youth. As soon as tho-rainy season sets In,
generally somewhere about November, field work
begins. Only two kinds of grain are grown In
Fars, wheat for bread and barley for the food of
tho horses, donkeys and mules, though now It Is
also often used for baking purposes by tho poorer
classes. When tho seed has been sown, a plank,
Ave feet long by ono and a half feet broad, pressed
down by tho weight of the driver, who stands on
It, Is driven over tho ground to level It and to
cover the seed so that it shall not be washed out
when tho fields are flooded by artificial Irrigation.
If tho rains are good and plentiful, tho young green
blades soon show above eround; but If the nour
ishing element falls, artificial Irrigation must be
resorted to, and the few springs which exist in tho
Shlraz valley become worth a good deal of money.
Water Is scarce In southern Persia, and has to
be bought by most farmers throughout a dry sea
son. On specified days in the week each field
owner gets hla supply for certain hours. The
fields are then flooded, and to retain the water as
much as possible each division Is crossed by num
bers of dams, two feet high, vhlch confine tho
water, and in this way the earth is thoroughly
Boaked. Where running water is not obtainable,
wells and underground channels are dug. From
tho wells, some of which are as much as 60 or 100
feet deep, the water Is drawn by horses or other
animals. A rope attached to tho harness runs
over a wooden wheel on a gentry above the well
mouth. Tho "bucket" consists of the skin of a
sheep or other quadruped, from the neck of which
tho water flows Into a basin level with the ground,
and then through narrow channels to the growing
crops. These wells can be seen and tho squeaking
nolso of the wooden wheels heard throughout tho
land. Tho canals, very often many miles long,
aro covered aqueducts, through which tho water
Is led from tho mountains to the plains and vil
lages. The soil thrown up in digging these
passages form mounds at the mouths of the shafts,
which are sunk at intervals of 25 or 30 yards. Tho
digging of these canals Is a special trade, and
tho secret of their construction Is guarded Jeal
ously by the men who earn their living In this
manner. . . 4
rr,o .mna hpHn tn rltien and harvesting starts
' towards July In tho Shlraz valley, but earlier as
one goes further south. The simplo slcklo Is the
only reaping Implement used all over tho vast
country. When tho crop Is reaped it Is not tied
Into sheaves, but Is morely stacked up. When
threshing time arrives, tho simplest of machines
appears on tho ccene. It Is combined thresher
and chaff-cutter. Between two broad wooden run
ners there is a pair of wooden rollors, In which
short, wide, blunt knlfo blades are fixed. The
upper part consists of four wooden uprights, on
which a board Is mounted as a seat for tho driver.
A pair of zebus drag this machine over tho straw,
which is spread flat on the ground, and Is cut, or.
rather, broken, up by tho constantly rotating
knives, while the pressure of tho runners sepa
rates tho grain from the huskp. Tho weight of
tho driver supplies tho necessary pressure. It
takoB eight or ten days to thresh out a stack, and
when this is finished, if tho wind Is blowing fresh
ly, the winnowing can begin. Again a very sim
ple Instrument, merely a wooden fork, Is all that
Is used by the peasants. Tho monsoon, which
blows In August and September over Southern
Persia, plays an Important part in thiB proceeding.
The winnowers start on the weather side of the
threshed stack, tossing tho straw into tho air
with their forks, the breezo blows the light chaff
.ovnrnl vards to leeward, where It collects in a
"heap, while the heavy grain falls at the feet of tho
workers, and In this rough-and-ready manner the
separation of the grain from the chan ib eneciea.
The remaining operations of harvesting aro very
simple. Tho chaff Is baled up in large, specially
mado nets, and brought on donkeys to the vil
lages, while tho grain follows In bags on tho backs
of camels or donkeys. The poor people aro now
allowed to glean over the fields, sifting tho dust
and gathering such grain and chaff as are left.
, Before tho grain goes to tho mill It is cleaned
onco moro In a stone mortar with heavy wooden
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Side Show Sidelights
Diverting Chronicles of Circus Life
By FRANCIS METCALFE
(Caprrisht by W. C. Chapman)
THE AMOROUS BABOON AND THE
ANIMATED ART GALLERY.
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pestles, to get rid of the remaining
husks. Tho Persian wheat bread Is sold
in big, flat, pancako-llko pieces called
sangak (from sang, tho stone), from
the fact that it Is baked in an oven
with a floor of heated pebbles. As It is
so thin, It is baked through into crust,
and tastes bost whllo still hot. As the
poorer classes all over the south of
Persia live on nothing else but bread,
tho harvest means everything to them, and the
prico of wheat Is a very serious matter. Bread
riots break out If prices reach the famine point,
and are a source of much troublo to tho authori
ties. Many a governor has had to face them, and
therefore it Is the aim of every ruler in Fars as
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soon as ho enters tho gates of Its capital to fix a
low price for the bread, which means that all the
poorer classes prolso him and stand by his side
whllo tho big landowners grumble and Intrigue
against him to get him removed to some other
dlBtrlct.
Tho fame of Jocko tho Jealous, tho
amorous baboon, had procedod him to
America, and when the animals from
tho Paris Hlppodromo had boon safoly
transferred to their dons In tho arona
ho wae the center of attraction as ho
llmbored up his muscles in tho largo
monkoy cage, after tho cramped ac
commodations of tho small traveling
box. Ho had gained a roputatlon as a
mashor In Paris; but novor had tho
monogorlo attendants seen htm bo
madly In love and bo Insanely joalouB
as upon his first Introduction to Amort
can beauty as exemplified by tho fair
woman who stood before his cage.
Jocko wae not tho first malo bolng
who had been fascinated by the
charms of tho prima donna during her
career; for Bho had boon through tho
marriage ceremony so often that sho
could say It backwards, novor forgot
Ung to cross her Angers before saying,
"Until death do wo part." Tho Pro
prietor drew tho Stranger's attention
to tho group beforo tho cage, a mis
chievous smilo on his faco as he
looked over tho half dozen of callow
youths who aro alwaye In tho trnln of
tho prima donna.
"Watch out for squalls ovor there,"
ho said. "Jocko Is affectlonato now,
but thoro will bo something doing In a
fow minutes." Tho monkoy was using
all of tho blandishments known to an
amorous baboon and although tho
words of his soft chattoring were un
intelligible, their Import could not bo
mistaken by a past mistress of tho
gontlo art of lovo making; but tho
prima donna could not bo beguiled
Into placing herself within reach of
tho hairy paws. Suddenly his mood
changed, for ono of hor male com
panions placed hla hand on her arm
to attract her attention and Jocko, giv
ing a howl of rago, danced madly up
and down on all fours, showing a
not tho sort to meet tho cntiro ap
proval of tho missionaries so that a
bargain was concluded and tho
woman's grief allayed by a generous
sharo of tho purchaeo price. As near
ly as ho could mako out, she had found
tho little thing tn the jungle when It
was only a fow days old and had
reared It In placo of a baby which had
lust died. Sho was a low typo of
woman, oven for an Afrlcnn savago,
but tho maternal Instinct was strong
enough to mako her grlovo for llttlo
Consul, as tho captain christened him.
Tho monkoy grieved ovor the separa
tion, too, but Bailors mako much of
animals and ho soon became recon
ciled to It.
"Thousands of people saw him after
I purchnBod him, and you enn Judgo of
tho reputation he attained when I tell
you that I was getting fifteen hundred
dollars a week for him In Berlin when
ho died, and ho wns booked for tho
entlro season at that price. Peoplo
had soon him cat with a knife nnd
fork, smoko a cigar, ubo a typewriter
and do all of tho stunts which simply
aped humanity, but you had to llvo
with the llttlo beast to appreciate how
lntensoly human ho was. Everybody
connectod with tho show loved him.
"When ho was In company ho was
as well mannered as most men, but,
of course, ho had his 'prejudices nnd
had to bo watched. His special aver
sion waB a negro, which Is strango
when you consider hlB early associa
tions, nnd If ono enmo around when
ho was looso ho waB apt to attack him.
Wo had to consider that In traveling,
for Consul nlways stopped at tho ho
tels with his trainer and nat about tho
lobbies, smoking hlB cigar ltko any
othor guest, but If thoro woro negro
servants about, wo had to bo vory
careful not to let them como near him.
"Ho had tho reasoning power of a
child ton years of ago; ho was pa
tient when anything wob wrong and
wo had to do disagreeable things to
Old-Fashioned Agricultural Implements
Times have changed In agriculture, bb In many
othor things, and at the present day wo can
hardly reallzo the difficulties that beset tho farmer
upwards of a century ago. Early spring was
often a trying time for him, when his supplies of
cattle food woro apt to bocomo exhausted before
tho now grass appeared. There wore then no
turnips, mangolds, oil-cake, soy beans or similar
foods to bo procured and he bad some
times great difficulty in keeping his cattle from
starvation, especially in the late districts. It is
difficult to believe, but It Is nevertheless true, that
in parts of Scotland tho cattle wero at times so
weak In spring from want of food thnt thoy were
unable to rlso from their stalls when the now
grass did come. Tho custom therefore aroso for
farmers In a neighborhood to moot together and
go from farm to farm for tho purpose of carrying
the helpless cattle out to the fields. This was
termed the cattle lifting, a much moro humane
method of "cattlo lifting" than that which used to
prevail on tho borders.
In the wilder parts of Scotland, where gorso or
furze was plentiful, the young shooto wero ofton
used In spring as a supplementary food for both
cattle and horses. Tho shoots wero cut down
and then removed to the farm to bo thero crushed
Into a rough pulp which could bo oaten by the
cattle. It was eagerly devoured by them, and thoy
throvo upon It. Cows gave richer milk when they
wero supplied with crushed gorso, and tho milk
was free from unpleasant flavor, such as other
green winter foods sometimes induce. Horses,
too, relished the food.
Oreat faith was placed In tho nutritive value of
whin shoots. Indeod, bo popular did whin diet
become, that fields,, especially where the soil was
dry and light, wero sot aside for tho whin crop,
tho seeds being sown in drills in March, so that
the shoots became ready for use In tho autumn
of tho following year. For several years in suc
cession forage was obtained from tho original
crop.
Thero were several methods employed for pulp
ing tho gorao. In small farmB, where only a limit,
od quantity was needed, the method usually adopt
ed was to lay the young shoots on a flat stono or
block of wood and hammer them with a mallet
similar to that now used for driving In paling
posts. Sometimes ono end of the mallet was fitted
with Iron blades for chopping tho sorse, while
the other end was flat for pounding it. Othorwlse
a "rammer" or "bruiser" might be employed, an
instrument consisting of a "shank of wood, three
feet eight inches In length, a bulged out part to
give the instrument weight pn being used, and a
base which Is contracted into a square, and shed
with an Iron shoe embracing parallel Iron cutters
one inch asunder and throe Inches deep, and
sharpened at their tower edge."
These methods, however, entailed too much
manual labor where gorso was used in consider
able quantity. In such case a gorso, furze or whin
mill, as it was variously called in dlfferont dis
tricts, was utilized. Tho whin mill was built aftor
ono of two types; tho most common consisted of
a circular stono, shaped somewhat Uko a mill
stone, stnndlng on edgo, with approximately a
diameter of four feet and a thlcknoss of a foot. In
tho center of the stono a hole was cut, through
which a shaft about 14 feet long was fixed. On
end of the shaft was attached to an Iron pin firmly
fixed Into an earth-fast stono, and tho other end
was fitted with tackling to which a horso could
bo yoked. The gorso shoots wero then thrown
into a circular trough or course, where they wero
crushed as tho mlll-stono slowly revolved. Tho
farmer occasionally, stirred them up with a hay
fork and sprinkled them with water to facilitate
the crushing process. Crushing went on for about
a couplo of hours, by which tlmo tho gorse was
sufficiently pulped to be eaten by tho cattle.
In tho second type of mill another form of stone,
shaped somewhat Uko a field-roller, was utilized.
This pattern was not so common as the wheel
shaped. Tho roller revolved on a flat circular
course paved with stones, and had one end rather
thicker than tho othor to enable It moro readily
to turn round tho circle.
In process of time those gorse mills gradually
fell Into disuso. As the land bocamo better popu
lated, gorso bocamo Iobs plentiful and cattle food
moro abundant. Tho Introduction of turnips, too,
provided a plentiful supply of food In spring, when
it had formerly been vory scarce. Farmers, more
over, grudgod the amount of labor entailed In pre
paring tho gorse, and were not unwilling that the
apparatus should fall into decay.
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HE SMOKED HIS CIGAfl IN THE LOBBY LIKE ANY OTHER GUEST.'
INAPPROPRIATE.
Scruggs While I havo noticed many steam
ships named for cities, I have never Boen one
called after Cork.
Buggs It would nover do to speak of the
Cork's crow.
COULD NOT AFFORD IT.
Mrs. Bnobbs I wintered at Palm Beach this
soason and expect to summer at ML Savage.
Mrs. Hobbs I sprtnged at Pratt City and ex
pect to autumn at Bessemer.
HOW STUPID.
"Yes," observed a young medical graduate
"all tho communications that I receive have Dr.
on them, but the senders will put the Dr. after
my name Instead of before IL"
PERFECT HUMAN FORM
What constitutes a perfect form Is
largely a matter of personal opinion.
Certainly however, the old hourglass
shape Is entirely out of date, and what
blessing it Is. Recently the follow
ing figures were given out by a group
of artists as being those of a perfect
figure: HolghL Are foot eight inches;
welghL HO pounds; neck, IS inches;
chesL 33 Indies; bust, 36 inches;
-wa&sL JC Inches hips. 36 lnchea;
thighs, 34 Inches; calf, 16 inches;
upper arm, 11 inches forearm, nine
Inches. However, as I have stated be
fore, there aro many who would sot
deem this their Ideal lu many re
spect. Of course, it you are shorter
or taller, the proportions of your
body will vary from these somewhat,
and your present state will reflect
the habits and training of past years.
The proportions should be observed.
aa nearly as possible, If milady would
appear up to dato In tho newest
dresses. Tho satno hip as bust meas
urement, with a ten-lnoh docroase In
the waist line, aro tho lines rocom
mended by tho high-grade corsetleres
of today for the woman who would
be strictly modish. Woman's World.
"See You Home Company."
Commercial enterprise goes far and
displays boundless ingenuity in these
days of competition. But it is doubt
ful whether it has ever found a more
unexpected outlet for Its energies than
that of tho "See You Home Company"
which has been started in Bolglum.
Agents of the oompany visit the
hotels and restaurants at an advanoed
hour of tho evening and convey safely
to their domicile those In whom th
desire to go home Is greater than the
ability to accomplish the journey.
The charges vary. "Summary eo
varance" costs but 16 cents, convey
ance in a wheelbarrow covered with
a sock 80 cents, but conveyance la
a cart drawn by docs, 60 cent
vicious set of fangs as his lips curlod
tn a hideous snarl. Tho bars of his
cage were strong and so closo together
that ho could not get out to attack his
rival; but ha gathered up a mass of
litter from tho floor and showered
prima donna and calloiy youth allko.
"Jocko gave qulto a performance
tonight," said tho Proprietor as ho
joined tho presB agent and tho stran
ger at tho tablo aftor tho show "That
baboon is crazy about women; but ho
hasn't tho discrimination of Consul,
tho most Intelligent monkey that over
lived. You may remember that ho
waB never quiet In his cage, but it a
specially well-dressed woman stopped
In front of It ho played entirely to her
and when sho movod away his eyos
followed hor as long as ehe was In
sight."
"There will never bo another like
Consul," said tho Press Agent, shak
ing his head sadly.
"Never until the missing link Is dis
covered," ropllcd tho proprietor. "I
don't bellove a moro human monkoy
will ever bo found, and I attribute his
wondorful lntelltgenco to tho fact that
ho associated ontlrely with human bo?
lngs, almost from the day of hla birth.
I got him from the captain of a tramp
steamer which traded to tho West
coast, and I paid a goodlsh bit of
monoy for htm, too. I havo nevor
dared to tell his early history as It was
told to me, for fear I should bo
laughed at for a liar; but stranger
things happon In tho animal business
than ever get into print, and If I dared
risk my roputatlon by telling tho
things which actually occur in a men
ngorio. I should novor noed a press
agent."
The Press Agent looked at him re
proachfully, but agrcod with tho propo
sition. Tho Proprietor, smiling at htm ap
provingly, consented to tell tho history
of Consul, tho famous chimpanzee,
when the Stranger expressed his entire
credulity and tho Press Agent as
sumed an encouraging and sympa
thetic attitude.
"Of course, 1 havo to Uko the ship
captain's word for what happoned be
foro I bought him, but from the way
the chimp dovelopod and the intelli
gence ho displayed after bo came Into
my possession, I am prepared to be
llove It. Ho told mo that ho got him
from tho natlvos at tho mouth of a
small river on tho West coast, whoro
ho anchored his steamor to trade.
They camo off about the ship In their
canoes, but ho did not care for tho
rubber and Ivory thoy had to offer
and he was about to hoist anchor when
ono of thorn, who waB In a small canoe
with a woman, motlonod to him to
stop. Tho woman was crouchod up
In tho Btern, nurclng what tho captain
thought was a baby, but when tho man
dragged It away from hor, In eplto of
'hor voluble protest, ho saw that It was
i small chimpanzee. The man seemed
. oprrately anxious to trade and I
r ,.'. -jl tlio captnln's trado goods wore
him, appreciating that it was for his
bonoflL Only onco did wo have to use
force, when It was neceBBttry to pull
a tooth, and I am glad It wasn't often
er, for it took soven men to control
him and they thought they had dono
a day's work when wo finished. The
last tlmo he went abroad ho was tho
llfo of the ehtp, but ho pretty nearly
killed hlmBelf. Tho doctor prescribed
a cough medicine for him and Consul
liked It so well that bo got up In the
night, after his trainer had gono to
sleep, opened the valtso in which it
was kept and emptied tho bottle I
ttum
guess thero must havo been inudanu
In It, for thoy had to work ovor him
tho rest of the night to save him.
"Ho would walk tho deck with the
lady passengers, who made a great
deal of him, and when tho "customary
concert was given, nothing would do
but that ho must perform and then
pass tho plato for tho collection. He
was In evening dress and behavodMIke
a perfect gentleman, and the collection
waB a largo ono. It wae heaped on tho
plate, and ho was just about to present
It to tho captain when a native West
Indian stopped forward, to make a con
tribution. Tho monoy for tho Seaman's
homo went flying to tho four corners
of tho salon and tho trainer had a dlf
flcult tlmo In persuading Consul to re
tiro without tearing the clothes off of
the man whoso only offense was his
color. Tills was Consul's last voyage,
for ho contracted pleurlBy nnd died In
Borlln."
"Have you found that early associa
tion with human belngB makes the oth
er nnlmals ensler to train?" asked tho
Stranger, and tho Proprietor shook his
head.
"No; I would rather train ono taken
In tho jungle than an animal born In
captivity, Thoy do raleo thepumas In
South America and havo them about
the houses as we do cats; but I
wouldn't trust ono of 'cm. And as for
tho bigger cats, tho lions and tigers,
thero Is no such thing as taming them.
They may be trained to do certain
things, but thoy are never trustworthy.
Wo had a queer Illustration of that
when I was travollng with a caravan
circus In Franco, Ono of the lionesses
had a litter of throe cube, and In the
excitement of tho moving and strange
surroundings, sho killed two of them.
Wq took tho other ono away and the
woman who cooked for us volunteered
to raise IL Sho became very much at
tached to It and dovelopod tho theory
that sho could overcomo its savage
instincts by diet, and for a tlmo It
looked as It sho woro right. Tho beast
was with her for about two years and
grow to a fine animal, but sho never
let htm tasto raw food. Ono day, when
he was comfortably lying before the
stove, eho pushed him with her foot
to get him out of tho way and he re
sented it. Whether it was that alono,
or whother tho odor of meat which she
was about to cook appealed to him, I
don't know; but all of his savage in
stincts wero aroused and when we se-
evirrd htm wo found that ho hnd taken
most of her scalo oft "
"It's funny how somo people are al
ways looking for n chance to got dam
ages," said tho Press Agent, settling
himself comfortably in his chair. "Wo
had a caso of It whon Morrllt and I
were running a dlmo museum out
west. Tho freaks all lived togothor at
a largo hoarding house and ono morn
ing, when they reported for duty, the
'Tattooed Lady' was missing. It was
beforo tho days when they wero so
common nnd we had spent a lot of
money to hnvo her decorated and mado
her our Btar attraction. Of course,
nono of tho tattooing was vlslblo when
she was in street costumo, but when
she sat on the platform dressed in low
neck nnd short skirts tho locturor had
something to talk about, for tho mon
agerlo pictured on hor was a thing ol
beauty, and the fow choice texts like,
'Ho good and you will bo happy,' which
wore scattered In between tho animals,
wero highly moral and elevating, and
that was ono of tho strong points of
our show. Merrltt used to spread him
Bolt when he was telling how sho was
shipwrecked on n desort Island nnd
held captive by tho cruel cannibals,
whoso high priests spared hor from
tho menu to tattoo hor with tho sym
bols of their heathenish worshln. It
nvo him a great chance to como in
strong on tho moral part, when ho ox
plained about tho texts and told how
they wero added after tho cannibals
had been converted to red flannel
ehlrts, silk hats and n vegetable diet,
by tho missionaries, and I have seen
ancient maldon ladles moved to tears
by this recital. So when he had to
glvo his lecturo without her, ho got
mixed up and called attention to tho
marvelous growth of hair on tho face
of tho 'Circassian Beauty,' thinking
sho wns tho 'Bearded Lady,' and near
ly pulled tho ears off of tho 'Dog Faced
Boy,' trying to explain thnt ho was
'The Man With the Rubber Skin.' Or
courso, thnt mado trouble among tho
freaks, who are a mighty touchy lot
anyway, and I have noticed that trou
blo nlwayB comes In bunchca In tho
show buslnoss, so I wasn't surprised
when a husky guy that looked like a
farmer camo in with blood In hla eyo
and asked for tho manager. I looked
around for Merrltt, but ho had gono
around tho cornor to get something
to drown his eorrow, so I slipped a
piece of lead plpo under my coat and
acknowledged tho soft ImpcaclimenL
"Look'eo hero, wot kind of a shin
game bo youeo fellers runnln' here?'
says the guy and I took a good grip
on the lead plpo and tried to turn away
wrath by a soft answer, nnd quoting
from our advertisement that It was a
highly moral nnd lntelloctunl entertainment.
" 'Not by a dern sight, It ain't,' says
ho. 'It's a blasted man-trap to ketch
tho unwary, an' I'll have tho law on
yo an' make yer pay fer trifling with
my young nffectlonB.' I havo had somo
pretty tough things said to mo In my
.day, but that was about tho worst
ever, and pretty nearly took my breath
away, but ho went right on.
"'I deliver milk to that boardin'
houeo down tho street an' I see a like
ly lookln' gal thero lately an I want
ed somo ono to help milk an' look aft
or tho house, bo I asks her to marry
mo, Sho says sho will, so we hitched
up an' I nover know she was ono o'
yer dern freaks until It was too lato.
She says she's a "Tattooed Lady," an
sho's all covered with plctere.'
"'Well, what's tho matter with 'em?'
says I. 'Aron't thoy good pictures?'
"'Good enough,' says ho, 'for them
as likes 'em; but I don't hankor after
no docoratlone o that kind an', b'gosh,
I'll mnko yer pay fer palmln off a
damaged article on mo. Shu's all over
snakes nn' other beasts an' It makes
mo sick tor my Btummlck every time I
thinks of 'om.'"
"How did you Bettlo it did he' get
damages?" asked tho Stranger.
"Damages 1" exclaimed tho PreBs
Agent as ho wiped the foam from his
mustuchc. "Why, Merrltt camo In,
nnd when ho heard tho guy kick he 111
right lnto him.
'"Blame youreklnl' he yelled. 'I've
a good mind to havo you arrested for
slenllng the pictures from my art gal
lery. I havo a claim on 'em, for I paid
for thu liquor to keep a sailor happy
for six weeks while he was doing thnt
job.' The guy got onto tho fact that
she wns valuable, so they adjourned to
a cafo to tnlk It over."
"With what result?" asked the Pio
prletor, as he tobo from the table.
"Well, Merrltt got her back on the
platform, tho farmer Eold his farm,
and within six wdeks ho was wearing
more yellow diamonds and throwing a
bigger chest than the husband of a
grund optra prima donna."
Apropos of the Turkey.
Senator Atlee Pomereno wns carv
ing n turkey at his home the other eve
ning when he recalled n terrible ex
perience of tho early days of his prac
tice as a lawyer.
Ho had jiiBt been mnrrlod nnd had
to go to a biiiall town jn southern
Ohio to try n lawsuit. The tai.e ran
up to tho day beforo Thanksgiving
without ending.
Tho lawyers were nil anxious to get
homo for Thanksgiving, especially
Pomerone. TowardB tho close of the
afternoon session he suggested to tho
judgo that a he had somo new wit
nesses he wanted to look up. he would
like to havo the ease continued.
"Young man," Bold the Judgo, shak
ing his linger sternly at Pomorene,
"you'vo got more turkey In your eyo
now than you'll have In your mouth
tomorrow. We're going to stick fight
here."
And he did.
This Bird Left No Descendants.
This Is according to James Bruca,
tho eighteenth century traveler:- "In
1021 thero was brought into Abyssinia
a bird which was about the bigness of
a hen, nnd spoko Indian, Portuguese
and Arabic, It named tho king's
name; although Us voice was that ol
a man, it could likewise neigh like a
horse and mow Uko a cat It was pro
duced beforo the assembly of thi
judges and tho prlesta, and there it
spoko with great gravity. The &b
sombly was unanimously of opinion
that tho evil spirit had no part In en
dowing It with those talents, but to b
certain It was thought prudent to taka
tho advice of Res Sela Christos ani
tho superior of Mahebar. To them i
was Bent, sttt it died on the read."
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