HOIMSMBT IN IT
Some Leaves Prom tho Eccord of Testi
mony in tho Bartloy Oaso.
.IT IS THAT Of THE EX-GOVERNOR
A Orent Lobs to the Btnte That MIrM
Hwto Ileen Avoided Filing of Appcnl
In tho Cure of tho Stnte Against th
Hartley Ilondsmeu Ilocall Some Inter
esting Foots.
Tho filing of tho appeal In tho su
promo court a fow days ago, says a
Lincoln correspondent, of tho caao of
tho stato of Nobra3ka against tho
bondsmen of ex-State Treasurer Joseph
Hartley has revived public Interest In
tho transactions In tho dofaultlng stato
treasurer and haB caused many pooplo
to inqu(ro Into tho early history of tho
case. Some rather Important and po
cullar testimony was given by Govern
or Holcomb in tho first trial of tho
caao In Douglas county which, for
somo reason, was not repeated at the
subsequent trlnl of tho caso, notwith
standing tho govornor testified at each.
Tho failure of Governor Holcomb to
mnlco a proper settlement with Dartloy
and his nccoptanco of a worthless
bond, whereby tho stato lost half a
million dollars, Is a matter of record.
Holcomb was elected governor In tho
fall of 1894. Josoph Bartloy had then
sorved two years as treasuror and
thoro was a suspicion In tho minds of
somo that his accounts wero In bad
shapo. Tho governor-elect was warned
that tho treasurer was a defaulter and
that very careful accounting should
bo mado to protect tho stato from pos
nlblo loss through a careless seitlo
mont. In oplto of this warning and In
plto of tho law, tho new governor, ap
parently by his own carolesaues, al
lowed Bartloy to defraud tho state.
Aftor a long and prlvato consultation
with tho state treasuror, ho accepted a
new bond upon which most of tho old
and already accountable bondsmen
qualified for fabulous sums. Accord
ing to Holcomb's sworn testimony no
attompt was made to examine Into tho
roal worth of tho bond. On tho wit
ness stand Holcomb admitted that ho
Ttnow very llttlo of tho transaction and
could not even tell tho dato of tho
.nccoptanco of tho bond.
Ono of tho bondsmen was tho presi
dent of a bank which hold over $200,-
000 of tho stato money. Tho bank was
not a depository and therefore tho de
posit was unauthorized and Illegal.
'Governor Holcomb accopted this bank
tprcsldont as bondsman, who qualified
'In tho sum of $200,000 "over and above
all dobts and liabilities."
Tho worst part of tho deal was tho
protended settlement with tho treas
urer. Tho transcript of Holcomb's ov
Idenco In tho Omaha trial Is tho best
proof and It Is accessible- to tho public.
According to this tostlmony Holcomb
first held a prlvato consultation with
Bartloy and then they both cnterod
tho treasurer's office, whoro tho re
mained about two hours. Tho govorn
or testified that ho looked over a ledg
er, or some such book, In which thoro
were some accounts. Then Bartloy
produced a cigar box containing somo
slips of paper, representing what
should have been about $ 100,000 in
cash. Ho also produced $50,000 In cash.
Tho law required It to bo" all cash,
but according to Holcomb's testimony
"tho law was a farco and n sham."
This testimony Is a matter of record.
Tho governor did not examlno tho
slips of paper closely. Ho admitted on
tho witness stand that ho did not know
positively whether they woro genuine
or not. He knew that tho bank which
was not a legal depository was repre
sented In the cigar box by a slip call
ing for over $200,000.
Tho story of tho settlement Is best
told In the exact words of tho record.
Tho caso was tried before Judgo Clin
ton N. Powell and a jury In Omaha
during tho month of Februnry, 1898.
Tho following extract from Govornor
Holcomb's sworn testimony Is from
pages 617 to C23 of tho certified record,
"bill of oxceptlons, filed with tho np
poal of tho case In tho supremo court
last year, testimony being given on
cross-oxamlnatlon by J. C Cowln:
Q. I ask what ho was charegablo
with?
A. $956,000 or $958,000, If I romom
ber rightly; that Included tho money
In suspended banks.
Q. I understand. Thero was about
J47.000 only In cash?
A. In tho treasury vaults; cither
that or $57,000.
Q. Thero was about $241,000 that
was tied up In suspended banks, was
thoro not?
A. Yes, sir; I think so.
Q. That would leave about $713,000
looso money?
A. In that neighborhood; I was
thinking It was about $15,000; I may
not havo tho exact figures.
Q. I will ask you again, what It wns
fto brought these paper that you call
certificates of deposit out In?
A. Well, as I remomber It was a llt
tlo box.
Q. Cigar box?
A. Something of that shape. I
could not say It was a cigar box, but
something It was similar In size, tho
goneral shape.
Q. Of tho balance of this, outside of
tho $47,000 ho produced, nono of It In
cash, or If It was $57,000 you may say
It mayo be?
A. No, sir; no different from what
1 said Holcomb had testified to on a
former occasion and tho examination
continued:
Q. Ho opened this box that was
llko a cigar box, did he show you theso
papers ho had?
A. I do not remember that It had
any cover.
Q. And then took out papers that
ho called checks and certificates of de
posit did he?
A. Ho took out mostly certificates
of deposit. Thero may havo been a
fow checks.
Q, Have you a list of these?
A. No, sir.
q. you kept no memorandum of
thorn, did you?
A. No, sir; I did not.
Q. Now -ant Is tho only time you
over saw those, was It uot? You never
saw them afterwards?
A. Well, nov to inY knowledge.
Hero followed somo questions cover
ing tho same ground, and tho examina
tion ooncluand as follows:
Q. And then ho brought out a bex
that looked llko a cigar box, from
which ho took a lot of papers that ho
called certificates of deposit, amount
ing from $440,000 to $449,000?
A. I do not know whothor ho
called them certificates of deposit or
not; they wero certificates of deposit
mostly. There may havo been somo
banks checks.
Q. Ho showed you tho papers?
A. Ho showed mo tho certificates of
deposit.
Q. You looked them over and took
no list of them?
A. No, sir; I took no list of them.
A. Ho had a list of them.
Q. You took no memorandum of
thorn?
A. No, I took no memorandum of
them.
Q. And you turned them back to
him and ho put them back In tho cigar
box and went off with them Is that
right?
A. Ho put thorn In tho vault.
Q. Did you see him put them In tho
vault?
A. I will not say positively that 1
did.
Q. And that was tho end of tho ex
amination? A. Yes, that was tho end of It
Can Ho Deluilu tlio I'coplo.
Omaha Bco: : Ono of tho claims put
forward In behalf of Silas A. Hol
comb's candidacy for supremo Judgo
In tho recont address of tho populist
stato commlttco rests upon his "con
servatism and eminent fairness In his
every act, both public and prlvato."
As a mattor of fact no person oc
cupying tho executlvo offico of Ne
braska over displayed BUch rank par
tisanship and manifest unfairness aa
did Governor Holcomb, ospoclall
from tho tlmo ho secured tho support
of an administration of his own po
litical faith. In no caso could ho seo
further tho lines of his own party or
recognlzo such a thing n3 fairness to
political opponents.
Tho most glaring examples of hlJ
hidebound Bubsorvlency to tho un
scrupulous political machlno In con
trol of his party organization Is to
found In hlo cowardly Inaction when
tho pictorial ballot bill was presonted
to him lor his approval and ho al
lowed It to becorao a law by lapso of
tlmo without his signature Aftor hav
ing denounced tho pictorial ballot In
vigorous languago In his mcssago li
tho legislature, and having advocated
tho retention of tho law as it then
existed with a few modifications, Gov
ernor Holcomb silenced his own con
victions at tho behest of tho stato
house gang and hclpod put on tho
statuto book a law doslgnod as n
fraud upon tho pooplo In tho Interest
of tho trlpartlto political alliance. So
partial and so partisan was this law
that legislature Governor Holcomb's
populist successor saw no othor course
than to join tho republicans In wiping
It out of oxlstonco and substituting
for It a measure fair to all.
Tho eamo blind partisanship was
clearly demonstrated in almost all of
Governor Holcomb's official acts. In
his appointments to oillco whoro tho
law required tho recognition of dif
ferent political parties ho persisted in
selecting men who voted tho samo
ticket under tho flimsy pretoxt that
they satisfied tho conditions of tho
law by masquoradlng under different
party labols. Not onco, but repeatedly,
was tho law thus evaded upon bucIi
technicalities with tho palpable pur
pose of promoting partisan ends and
manufacturing party capital.
Can a man who a3 govornor has
showed himself so partisan and unfair
bo expected on tho bench to bo non
partisan and Impartial? Can a man
who In tho oxocutlvo chair has played
tho willing tool of tho stato houso
sham reformers bo expected as su
premo Judgo to bo Independent of tho
machlno's pressure? How then can
ho hopo to doludo Nebraska voters with
promises of doing better If thoy will
only glvo him a vindication by elect
ing him again to another offico?
Ominous I'opnorHtlo Words.
Lincoln Journal: "Vory long will bo
tho way, vory hard tho hills to climb
with Slippery Si Holcomb wolghlng
down tho popocratlc band wagon In
Nebraska." Theso prophotlc words
from a part of an editorial that ap
peared In tho Papllllon Times shortly
boforo tho lato convention of tho al
lied forces of reform. They wero tho
spontaneous uttcrancos of a man who
has long boon rocognized as ono of
tho foremost fighters in tho sorrled
ranks of popocracy. Thoy woro spokon
before the party lash had been swung
by tho bosses over tho heads of thoso
who would dissent from ring rule.
Howard Is silent now, becauso Bryan
demands it. But, Is Silas Holcomb
any less slippery than when thoso
lines wero written? If ho was dishon
est then, Is It likely that he 13 honest
now, or will bo by nrc. by?
Spending the People's Money.
Deputy Land Commissioner E. W.
Nelson Is defrauding tho utato out of
his salary theso days, says tho Lincoln
Journal, by spending his tlind at tho
headquarters of the populist stato cen
tral committee. Callers at tho office
of Land Commissioner Wolfe who In
qulro for Mr. Nelson havo to be told
that ho Is at tho end of the political
machlno Instead of earning his sal
ary which tho stato pays. This sub
ject Is considered fit for anothor in
vestigation when the next legislature
meets. If Mr. Nelson woro ablo to do
any good In tho fusion headquarters It
would not be so bad, but a vacation
on salary from tho stato under pretoxt
of being able to help reform is uot
along reform lines so much preached
by professional roformers.
He Ought to KxpUln.
Holdrego Citizen: Holcomb Is on
1ho stump hunting for votes for su-i
premo Judgo. It might bo well for
htm to explain his connection with
that famous recount commission and,
tho schomo to count enough fraudu
lent ballots to seat his old partner on
tho supreme bench. In vlow of his
career la It any wonder thnt ovon such
a staunch democrat as Edgar Howard,
editor of tho Papllllon Times, should
tn a fit of Indignation call him "Slip
pery SI."
FOE BOYS AND GIRLS
SOME GOOD STORIES FOR OUR
JUNIOR READERS.
Ur. Oreen's Onrden A Isy Man's
Irfmd, Willis Will Carry n Smart Man's
tjoad Hereafter Queer Turtle Flshlne
The rrlnces of Kdoubay,
Tho l'rlnc of Kdenbny.
There wero two llttlo princes of Eden
bay Princes I Can't and I Can;
And to school thoy wont ou tho vory
first day
That tho very first school began.
And tho Prlnco I Can't took a poor
little whim
Into his royal head;
And whenever n tnsk was given to him,
"I can't! I can't!" ho oald.
Now ho was a prlnco who had hla
way,
And a poor llttlo way 'twas, too!
For ho nothing did from day to day
Savo Just what ho wanted to do.
Dut his brother I Can, a younger lad,
Was mado on a different plan,
For to every single lesson he had
Ho would say, "I can! I can!"
So wlso and groat grew tho Prlnco I
Can,
By doing as ho was bid;
Dut tho other bocanie an Ignorant man,
And naught that was good ho did.
These princes' descendants you'll find
today
Wherever Is civilized man;
Tho "I Can't" folk3 who havo had their
way,
And the pcoplo who say "I can!"
Emma C. Dowd.
Mr. Oreen's Onrden,
Next to the small red cottage whero
Archlo and Nellie King lived thoro wa3
a largo vacant lot with a high fonco
around It. Tho only yard tho Kings
had was a narrow strip back of tho
houso, and as they had onco lived In
tho country, this seemed very small
to tho children, and they used to
peep through tho cracks in tho fenco
and wish they could get over thero
among tho weeds to play. Archlo was
nlno years old, but a hurt received
when ho was a baby had mado him
lame, and Nellie, who wns two years
younger, was almost as tall. Their
father was dead, and Archlo was very
anxious to help his mother, who had
to work hard to support them; but
thero did not seem to bo anything
for such a llttlo boy to do excopt to bo
useful at homo, and ho tried to bo
that. On tho othor sldo of tho vacant
lot thero was a shop that had been un
occupied for a long time. Ono morn
ing, when tho children passed on their
way to school, tho door was wide open,
and n tall, rosy-faced man stood thero
superintending tho carrying In of a
Quantity of lumber. Ho nodded pleas
antly to them In a way that said quite
plainly, "I llko llttlo people. I was
young onco myself." It was not long
beforo they found out that his namo
was Green, and that ho had rented tho
shop for somo sort of carpentering
work. Ono day, ,whon they wero at
play In tho back yard, tho children dis
covered somo men cutting down weeds
In the vacant lot. "What do you sup
pose they nro going to do?" nsked Nol
IIo. "Build a houso, I guess," said
Archie. Tho prospect of this was ex
citing, and with tho aid of some barrels
and boxes thoy contrlvod to got up
high enough to seo ovor tho fenco.
And thoro was Mr. Green busily direct
ing tho men! Ho saw thom and waved
his hand. "I am g6tng to have a gar
den in a short tlmo," ho said. This
mado Archlo think of tho garden they
used to havo in tho country, whero cab
bages nnd potatoes and all kinds of
vegetables grow. Ho had helped his
father tako caro of It, nnd ho won
dered If Mr. Green would not want a
boy to weed his. Ho spoko to Nolllo
about it, but sho was sure It would bo
i flower garden, for pcoplo didn't have
vegetablo gardens In town. This might
be. Mr. Green had not said what ho
expected to raise; but then, flowers
would havo to bo weeded and watered.
So without saying anything to anyone
Archie slipped over to tho shop noxt
day. When ho wns fairly Insldo tho
door his heart almost failed him, and
when Mr. Green looked up from his
desk, whero ho was writing, nnd ex
claimed, "Hello I Whero did you como
from?" ho was bo startled ho camo
near running away. Ho didn't, how
ever, but went brnvoly up to tho desk.
"I havo como to oeo If you don't want
a boy to weed your garden, sir. I
know how, and could do It, nnd I am
anxious to find a place, becauso thoro
Is no ono elso to help mother. Nolllo
would help, too, nnd we'd bo very
eareful." Mr. Green looked down nt
him with an odd expression In his
yea, nnd said: "So you want to weod
my garden, do you? Well, I may need
a boy, by and by, whon my crop begins
to grow." Tho children wont away for
everal weeks, and camo homo lato ono
Bvonlng. Early next day they ran out
lo seo how Mr. Green's garden was
coming on, and behold! Instead of po
tatoes and cabbages, or oven flowers,
Ihoro woro rows of gaily painted
iwlngs. Thero wero slnglo swings,
tnd double swings, and swings to
hold four porsons, nnd somo had awn
ings ovor them to keep off tho sun. !
rho ground was covered with tan-1
bark except around tho edge, whoro
Ihoro wns a border of grass, and tho
board fenco on tho street had been ro
placed by an iron ono with a gate,
ibove which was this sign: "Automat
ic Swing Co." While tho children were
fazing nt this surprising Bight, Mr.
tlrcon como walking down botweon
tho rows of swings and asked them
ho,w thoy liked his garden. Thoy lik
ed It very much, Indeed, but Archlo
couldn't help feeling disappointed un
til Mr. Green said: "I have to bo in
tho shop most of tho tlmo, and I want
somo ono to stay around hor and lot
mo know when customers como In. Do
you think you and Nolllo could dej
this? Of courso l'-J oxpect you to
swing a good deal, lor that will help
to advertise." So It happened that all
throtfch tho Bummer In pleasant wcath
or passera-by saw two bluo-oyed chil
dren In a swing near tho gate, nnd If
any ono entered ho was mot by Archlo
with, "Do you want to look nt swings?
Wo havo Boino very nlco ones. I'll call
Mr. Green." Tho Automatic Swing Co.
did n good business that season, nnd
ovcry Snturday tho chlldron dropped a
silver quarter Into tholr bank, nnd oven
Archlo camo to tho conclusion thnt for
a town a awing garden was bottor than
a vegetablo garden.
MAUY F. LEONARD.
A taxjr Man's Load.
Thump, thump, thud! How many
times It had occurred In tho last fow
minutes that nolso! Wllllo didn't
cry, for hadn't grandma called him,
only thnt morning, "My llttlo man,"
nnd who ovor heard of a man crying
becauso ho had let fall an armful of
wood? Novortholesa, ho did look bo
woo-bogono nnd humpty-dumpty-like,
sitting on tho lowest Btnlr In Brand-'
pa's woll filled woodshed, with his lato
nrmrul of wood scattered about hlint
llko a "spill" of gigantic jackstraws! k
fully gathered tho straggling sticks,1, "uc
making "'most n cord," It scomod to 30c
Wllllo. Ono, two, thrco stairs hadlimncys 01c
been mounted, whon ngaln thump.SliimncyH 06c
thump, thud! went his wood, flyings 07c
In moro directions than boforo. "WolLys (Lead glass) 10c
well, woll!" 'Twas grandpa's J""y;
" J't.t, la tltillOUll, Ufa UIIU LUIU'
voico as ho looked down from tho floor
above. "O, grandpal I'vo had Just
tho awfulcst tlmo! Tho wood won't
stay wnoro I put It!" nnd Wllllo's so-,
bor, upturned fnco was met by grnndn
pa s smiling countcnanco coming dow
tho stairs. "I'm afraid my Wllllo-boy
nas been taking 'a lazy man'B load.1
hoy?" said grandpa, as ho surveyed tho
crisscross sticks on tho floor. "Why,""" II ' 1SJ pi tJ p
grnndpn, I'm not lazy, am I?" askod ' :E,
Wllllo, quickly. "I tried and tried to -
carry ns much no you could I dldfrSClSr
really and truly!" "Ah, thoro's whoro
you mado your mistake my boy,
Couldn't you havo gono a numbor ot
times easily with a smallor load, whllo
you woro tugging awny with so
much?" "Y-o-s!" answorod Willie,
thoughtfully. "Trying to carry too
much of anything," said grandpa, slow
ly, aa ho sat down on tho sawhorso, "Is
what I call 'a lazy mnn's load;' for a
lazy man always tries to carry every
thing nt onco, for fear ho may tako a
fow useless stops,, and by so doing
causes himself doublo work, besides
unnecessary worry and troublo. Had
you taken a smnller load, you would
havo had no troublo In carrying it, nnd
by this tlmo your wood box would
havo been full!" "Grandpa," and Wll
llo put his sturdy llttlo arms rosoluto
ly about his grandfather's nock, "I'm
tired carrying a lazy man's load, nnd
shall nlways carry a smart man's load
horoaftor." Then ns ho ran nway
whistling with what wood ho could
comfortably carry, grandpa nodded,
"And ho'll remember It, too!"
ADELBEHT F. CALDWELL.
Smile nn Mo.
A sweet story Is told by Miss Anna
Gordon of n llttlo threo-yoar-old -girl,
tho pot of tho household, who camo
down a fow minutes lato to broakfast.
Sho had ono foot on tho round of her
chair, but was not allowed to climb
up until her papa had asked tho blcas
Ing. Then, as sho looked nil around
her and saw every face grave and sorl
ous, sho thought tho family woro of
fended, and her child's heart was
brokon. "Oh, mamma!" sho cried,
with qulvorlng lips, "smllo on me."
The child's lmpulso was natural. A
smllo means cheer, lovo, sunahlno, nnd
tho cry of tho human heart nlways Is,
"Smllo on me!" A young girl on her
way to school mot a poor old man on
tho street corner with flowers to soli.
"I had no pennies to buy (lowors
with," tho girl said simply, "but I gavo
him a smllo." Tho smllo warmed tho
old man's heart for tho noxt hour and
softened his hard life with a glint of
happiness. It is a pity that any ono
in tho wholo world should go hungry
for a smllo when a smllo costs noth
ing. With each ono of us, wo know
bow loneliness and hcartacho may bo
cased and how tho nspect of a wholo
day may bo changed by a kindly
glanco, a friendly look. Let us see to
It that wo do not withhold this com
fort from one nnothor. In hoavon God
Bhall wipe away tears from all oyes.
Let us anticipate heaven, and make
earth as much llko It as posslblo by
remembering tho little child's cry,
"Smllo on me."'--Francos Bennett Cal
laway. Queer Turtle Fishing,
A curious mode of catching turtles
Is practiced In tho West Indies. It
consists In attaching a ring and a lino
to tho tall of a epeclcs of sucker fish,
which Is thon thrown overboard, nnd
immedintoly makes for tho flrst turtle
ho can spy, to which ho attaches him
self very firmly by means of a sucking
apparatus arranged on tho top of his
head. Tho fisherman then hauls both
turtlo and clicking flsh In.
No Candy or Cakes.
Tho Cubans mako no candy to cpeak
of, nnd tholr cakes aro so high In prico
that only tho rich buy thorn.
Do not anticipate troublo or worry
about what may never happen. Keep
In the sunlight. Franklin.
TAMING WILD BEASTS
ANIMAL. TRAINER RECOUNTS
SOME OF HIS EXPERIENCES.
Hrad In
Icon's Mouth The Hag
Kings of
tho Forest Are Hard to
Train and Ara Never to lie Depended
Upon.
"Extra hazardous" might well qual
ify tho "risk" that would be placed
with tho namo of a lion-tamer should
ho havo tho hardihood to npply for nn
nccldcnt policy; but tho Intrepid In
dividual who puts his head In tho lion's
mouth and chases Irnto beasts up and
down narrow cages does not apparent
ly think so much about theso things
as tho man of sedentary occupation,
Bays tho Now York Telegraph. This
was tho opinion of a famous trainer,
who has been following tho perilous
profession for twenty-flvo years and
who discussed tho pros nnd cons of
bis business with cheerful candor,
Tho trainer, who haB only boon out of
tho hospital n few days, exhibited with
nonchnlonco a bandaged leg whero a
lioness had nipped through a fow
Inches abovo tho ankle. Tho samo
animal had bitten him In tho samo
place a fow years boforo In Manches
ter, England. It was evidently a favor-
.,tywV.KJth.hor.,
",3C
Sterling Silvei'
Velveteen Skii
Two-quart lVi.
Silk Mitts
kailica' Velvet
4 yards FuhhIi '
Vaseline per 1 I
Corset Laces, .
Alarm Clocks.
White Bed Spr
Baby Kibbon ai
Bone Buttons,):
-12c, 15c and 18ci
20c
a? cn t c-oa nn
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SOICI al UjlQ JLTICQ 101' ')
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.., w w , . 1
o
ful In tho hnndllng of animals." Dur
ing my resldenco In this country tho
last threo years I havo met n number
of Americana who gavo every ovldcnce
of handling animals as fearlessly as
any men I havo over met; thoy aro not
so patient, perhaps, as tho Germans,
In trying to teach them tricks, but
thoy aro very alert and daring."
"How do you go about tho business
of training lions?"
"Well, tho flrst thing Is to got thom
to know you from work In front of tho
cago; go Into tho den every morning
nnd read tho papers my wlfo used to
tako her sewing nnd work nn hour or
so. This Is tho early stago boforo you
uso a whip. You can't train lions to
do much; you can urgo them to run
about tho cago, Jump tho hurdlo and
leap through a hoop. Of courso, put
ting your head in tho lion's mouth Is
always a rlBk nnd should not be at
tempted unless tho animal Is quiet.
You stroko tho bcast'B back as you
would that of n cat. This sort of
Boothcs him and you inny tako advnn
tago of this fact to quietly pry open
his jaws and press your head bo closely
to tho teeth ns your courage permits.
Of course, It tho animal Is disposed to
closo down on you nt this tlmo tropan
m'ng would bo necessary If you ever
got out nllvo. Personally, I um moro
afraid of a lion's pnws than I am of his
Jaws. Talk about 'upper cuts,' left
hooks' and that sort of prlze-flghtlng
fancy Bhots! A Hon is wondorfully
clever and ho does It without gloves,
A lion's cluws tako hold llko a flsh
hook. A tiger or leopard gives with
tho paws a sldo slash that cuts llko a
knife.
"Lions nro fed after thoy perform;
(hat Is part of their roward for tho
work; so that tho Idea that thoy nro
'dopy' and overfed whon wo go Into the
cago Is a mistake. I would rather
work with lions any tlmo than ele
phants. They aro bucIi treacherous
and powerful-beasts. I havo hnd their
tusks each sldo of mo thrust through
throe Inches of board nnd I havo had
'cm goring tho ground as I lay botweon
tho Ivories thinking each moment
would bo my last.
"Oh, yes, lions are cantnnkerous nnd
hnvo their bad days. Somo of them
seem chronically bad.
"Tho lioness that I nm working now
Is not a good nulmal. Tho fact Is sho
has killed nnd maimed flvo keepers,
not to mention tho horses nho has kill
ed when sho has been on tho rampage.
You may remember, sho got out In
New York four years ago nnd wns
gono two days. I finally caught her
In a stable, whero sho had been dining
a la carte off tho poor horseB. A year
go In Kansas City sho killed her last
keeper. I havo not worked with her
for threo years until recently. I
showed you tho result of our first
scrimmage after my return," nnd tho
man pointed significantly to his ban
daged leg."
Hit Ilelow the Kelt.
"You and young Chubblolgh don't
apeak to each othor any more, Ethel.
What Is tho mattor?"
"Nothing, only ho told mo ono day
when wo woro at tho park that I had
a swanllko nock, nnd I told him ho had
a swanllko walk."
Food Jn Russia.
In somo parts of Russia tho only food
for tho pooplo consists at present of
acorns, leaves and the soft bark or
tretrt.
ODD MARRIAOE.
A Wedding Fee of Only Two Cents Ta3K
toned by Ono of SAO.
A pastor of ono of tho prominent
churches In Brooklyn, whono son has
n chargo In this county, had a Strang
cxporlonco about flvo years ago, wl!ctt
was novor spokon of until recently,
when unlookod for dovolopmwits mado
It consistent to rolato tho Inoldont The,
eldorly clorgyman was nt homo ono'
evening, and about 9 o'clock ho hoard'
a qulot knock nt tho door. Ho went to
tho porch and admitted a rcflnod ap
pearing young man and a girl. Tho
latter suggestod modesty, whllo tho
companion showed tho result ot do
bauchory, but ho novortholesa gavo
ovldonco of Intelligence. Tho young
fellow defined tho purpo30 of their
visit, which was to bo married. Tho
couple woro refusod emphatically by
tho clorgyman at first, but finally thoy
submitted to all tho Interrogations ot
tho mlnlstor, and thero wns no appar
ent reason why they should not be
tved. Aftor tho ceremony tho pastor
was handed an envelope by tho groom,
after which they departed on tholr
honoymoon. Tho minister entered tho
study nnd tnklng tho gift from his
pockot, opened It. Tho contents con
sisted of two copper ponnlcs. Tho son,
who wns In collogo at tho tlmo pre
paring for tho ministry, hopponed to
bo homo spending a vacation, and was
ft wltnoss to nil that occurred subse
quent to tho wedding. Ho enjoyod
Immensely tho Joko on his pnront, and
between shouts of laughter ho
Informed his fathor of tho trou
blo which wns auro to fol
low auch nn absurd Indiscre
tion. It wns at onco presumed to bo
an clopomont, nnd doubts wore brought
ns to tho nccurnoy of tho girl's age. Tho
father folt somowhat annoyed, but ho
wns confident that ho had hold strictly
to nil tho laws regarding tho porform
nnco of tho corcmony. For flvo yoara
nothing wna heard of tho couplo, and
but a fow weeks ago tho minister
found that ho had not got Into any dif
ficulty. About tho samo tlmo In tho
evening ho hoard a knock at tho door,
nnd ho recognized it nt onco. A strango
feature of tho occurronco wbb that the
con was nt home again visiting tor a
few days. Tho sonlor clorgyman hur
ried to tho door and his ear was not
docolvcd; tho callor was tho man ho
had married flvo yoara boforo. Tho
young follow, In an unassuming man
ner, remarked that ho always folt that
tho minister dosorved an explanation,
nnd ho announced tho purposo of his
second visit. Ho said that ho was
walking along tho streots of Brooklyn
when ho mot tho girl ho married nbout
a half hour boforo ho visited tho par
sonage Ho continued, stating that
ho figured that sho would not bo worth
moro than two conts to him, nnd that
tho feeling regulated his fco to tho
mlntator. Concluding, ho declared that
sho had proved to bo ot Inestimable
vnluo to him, and ho quietly aroso and
handod tho clergyman anothor onvol
opo, which contained a check for $50,
payablo at tho Chemical bank. Troy
Press.
AN EMPEROR'S ROMANCE.
In tho study ot Kaiser Franz Josof
of Austria, who, by tho way, entored
his 70th year recently, hangs a framed
but withered bunch of flowers, to which
a romnntlo llttlo story Is nttachod. A
few weeks beforo tho announcomont of
his engagement Kalsor Franz Josef
nnd hla flancco wero walking botweon
Isclil nnd Lauffcn, when sho saw a
meadow bright with gayly colored wild
flowers. "Walt, I will pick you a
p'osy," sho exclaimed, and a fow min
utes afterward handed her betrothed a
llttlo bouquet.
Tho futuro Empress Elizabeth took
tho black velvet riband which bound
her magnificent hair and tied It round
tho flowers, offering thom with a play
ful courtesy to tho kaiser, who kissed
thom boforo placing thom In tho outor
pockot ot his military tunic. Sudden
ly as thoy ncared Ischl, the kalsor dis
covered that tho precious posy was
gono.
Somo days aftor, when the Incldont
had bcon forgotten, tho valet was as
tonished to find that tho lost posy
had been hidden deep down in the tu
nic pocket all tho while, and was, as
n natural consequence, so withered that
ho did not llko to show It to tho kai
ser. As It was equally Impossible to
throw away flowora picked by tho fu
ture kalserln, ho hit upon tho happy
Idea of pressing thom, with a vlow to
presenting thcut to his Imperial master
on tho lattcr'o wedding day.
But In tho whirl attendant on such
an Important event ho forgot his plan
and It was not until the Kaiser Franz
Josef nnd his consort colobrated tholr
silver wedding In 1879 that the old va
let reminded his master ot that long
forgotten day, ns ho produced tho with
ered bunch of flowers. Tho kaiser and
knlsorln wero much touched and a
command wns given that the rello
should bo placed undor glass and fram
ed, so that It might bo hung where
the kaiser could always seo It.
Light Housekeeping.
"You advertised for a girl for llgtit
housekeeping nnd"
"Woll, this Is tho lightest houso In
tho vicinity. It may bo blggor than
Bomo of tho othors, but It's a framo
houso, whllo they're all stono or
brick."
Wnffcs of London IUU Posters.
London billposters struck for $8.25
per week, fifty-three hours to constl
tuto a weok'a work.
It !b not necessary to hang up a codo
of bemo lavs In tho houw where lov
la dwelling.