THE AMERICAN. QUEER MONEY. Royalty and beccaroom. e canary's bodyguard. What rnprM llaa ml ! for ll a lTw of Kparrowa t'onalltata TharaaWaaa a Itojraaar oa the Klvlrr. riultwlors of lb IJUIa Son (alar. With 111 tlilld weather has come A lx-vy of Kngllsh sparrow that have pest In the form of unrfivt ahimls of taken powaesaion of one of the prettlrat UtWL Children they are mostly. and eliadl.-t little aide streets out In with shrunken, withered Inn ha. mm the r.rrollton district of New Orleans without tinners and many without have adopted Into their mldnt a canary bands, and they shove their mutilated 'i' ey. no doul.t. found straying tumps up Into the f-es of papers by, "" "" somewhere In the city, write. correpndont of the New Of course, It la lniHwalbl to -ay Ju.t York Heralds Kuropean edition from how the little yellow eM.gter did come Nice, Itary. The mayor of Nice beg. ""' "-". ' quite evident traniwe not to lve to theae profea- they are very proud of . a .l.l kr. ami reallv. voti Amerl. company and take the boat possible . ..., i.1 rare of him always. I noticed them .hen a nollre offlrer. who had wlt- MO, clvlnit fm-ly to that little Rlrl 'w.w(rh." "g0 " lhe '"BJJ j! neaaed the Incident, haatened to iDform rtthout handa. who. In half an hour, I " "" "7 .IT '',7 rb lrralalta Madlaa laat a alar reuna la Mr lira. Here la an amusing account of traveler who went many yeara ago to Meilco, and found the native uslnn trawte kind of currency. Sayt he: "In one of the email towna I bought bo me llmea. and nave the Rlrl one dollar In payment I3y way of change, ebe re turned to me forty-nine plecea of eoap the aize of a amaV blacalt I looked at ber In astonishment, and she re turned my look with equal surprise. had begged aa much money aa an able bodied man could earn by hard work In tree down at the corner of the avenue. and the canary waa perched comfort- . . ,, .... .. lahly among them, apparently aa a g-uoat I.'" " imii k v,. ,,, ....nhtl tn honor. were ruivui aiua uiitr ui mi uiwi uai- . , -,1th th.m .nrl It baroua of customs-that which, for the " J" " "'"""V,. TuJ I'i'r laiiui-aiiiiB iw nn it r - Tory aake of the money you thower forth, causes the Italian and Span lard to mutilate their children when tectlon of htm. When they make a rata I In the street or down Into the gutter I t. . I. a t.tn 1. .1 1 1 In j.nnllltlltlna a ey ar quite young cutting off their be.,de th. so they shrink up. etc. And all the money you give goea only Into me that for email turns soap waa legal tender In many parte of the country "I examined my change, and found that each cake waa atamped with the name of a town and of a manufacture authorized by the government. The cakea of aoap were worth three farth Inge each. Afterwards, In my travel, I freauentlv received similar chance. canary In some convenient tree top, well Many of the cakes showed signs of JUv i f ) r m ' M BV In th H V mOrit' I 1 Kaam In 4m ah . 11 K hut tl4it 1 1 li I I . V. U nnnyt,,n ..n nisiiu lA 1 ., . . . . 1 I I nooket of some vicious narent. whom AT. ... . ""TT.ll- acoveiet waa not at an uncumniD. - , . . ; . . . I louniain yon ma m aura to aw uougina: rounu gome adjacent corner, or on the op poslte aide of the road, never taking I hath la over. Ilia mualo aeema to de- i currency. Occasionally a man wcTild bis other eye off the maltreated child. ,lght thPm beyond anything and their borrow cake of a friend, wash Ula Clre baa bad quite an adventure! It nolliy chatterlnf voices Instantly oeaae bands, and return It with thanksj I came about In this manner: Ctro was when h. to alng. They appear mAia U8e ot my pieces more than once on. v.m iu . ..uup,..v uu mo auu-t0 take the utmost care or. nis aiet, ana Jewt of freeh-amoked haddocks and the the choicest tld-blta which they find virtue ana excellences ot nis tamous tntL their way down his musical "caricature" cocktails, when a strange throat and woe betide the strange bird customer arrived, a tall lady, most In- that venturea unon the allirhtest degree expensively clad a wonderful contrast 0f familiarity with him. I saw a mock- to Uiro s usual iaay customers ana ng ,ira nit down Into their midst the tie giuaious-iooktng gentleman with other morning, doubtless for the pur her commenced to order so good a pose of borrowing some of the canary's breakfast that It left the Impression tunes, with which to regale his own ctHin him, after contemplating them, friends out In Audbon Park, but the that they were well-to-do country wily Plairlarlst mlaned connection that people. It waa early then, 11:30 In the I time surely, for the sparrows were down many tragedies have occurred thro morning, when two-third of Clro s n him In short order, putting him utter. L-innri and others losing their way or usual customers were wondering hy to rout, and he barely escaped with I frm hirt Tha Im. nr. hih ..!,.. It IU aorlw tn u. i... I "B " " " wucwin v vw j iv vy I Ufa alio iFlorida Home SECURED ON PAYMENT OF TEN DOLLARS, For Patriotic American Citizens. T HE AMERICAN HOME COLONIZATION COMPANY, incorporated, lias secured 4500,000 ACRES of the best Garden and Fruit Lands in the United States, and is prepared to sell them at prices and on terms the most liberal. These lands are located on the Southeast Coast of Honda, in one hiunrln d nu'T Lh" rhryUaknd rrovided the stamp were not obiiuiat- 0f the most healthy regions in the United States no fevers and no malaria. They have never bright? while he Jrens"n thTsun when !. the eoap did not lose any "infu been touched by frost, the temperature averaging 70 in winter and 80q in the summer, seldom going above or below these figures. This land was secured for the American Home Colinization Company by Hon. W. S. Linton, Member of Congre'ss from the 8th District of Michigan, and has been thoroughly investigated by him and other members of the Company. In my bath, and subsequently spent em." Harper's Round Table. Riga In tha Deaert. Signs In the desert, Indicating the trails and giving directions as to the Dearest springs and wells of fresh water are to be erected by Arizona and CM- SEVEN YEAR'S TIME IS GIVEN PURCHASER, fornla in the desolate regions on eiOjer if desired, in which to pay for their lands, no payment being demanded until the last Thursday were weii-to-do country wiiv uiaaiariat mied connection that aide of the Colorado river, wnerei so m Mav. after the nrst crons are eatnerea ana marketed, except siu.uv 10 secure an option anu 10 . . .1 - - 1 .. a a -J " 't11 insure good faith of purchaser, which amount will be credited on the first payment in May. Three louls for the breakfast was good enongh for simple country people, who, by the way, had a very strongly devel oped taste for Russian caviare which eeomed somewhat strange. Dut the climax came when on leaving the estab lishment 18 franca were left In the plate as the waiters "tip." DISTANCE LENDS TERROR. Death Lea Formidable When Close at Hand. The fear of death In the abstract Is a That natural Instinct, and. being natural. Is Enormous profits are made from these lands and purchasers should be able to pay for a 40- STt iron at the' top and I painted Acre Piece from the Pr0Dt3 0f 0116 roH aa that la the color that can be seen the greatest distance in mat pj z I ivlr lJ J L Jf f I r r I J - region, rne lettering win ten me dis tance from point to point and the lo tatlon ot the nearest water holes. waiter promptly asked the gentleman doubtless a wholesome one, says the whether he might not keen a table for Nineteenth Century. And this being so, them for the following day. The reply a constant realisation of It Is scarcely waa, "I can not say, but we will tele- to be desired. It is mucn to ds phone next time. We have break- questioned whether, to use the fasted very well here." Imager) of the hymn, the man to A little later a gentleman who knows whose consciousness it was con- tha amnreaa of Austria Intimately came I tlnuouslr nresent that his tent was la and sat down where the lady had nightly pitched a day s marcn eat "Do you know whom you had to his grave would be a useful here a few minutes axo?" he asked palener. But. In point of fart. Clro, CIro didn t. and when he waa no aanger that It win te so. i ne eiory told that it waa no less a nersonasra w tola of a priest who, unaer tne sen than her lmnnrlal maleatv tha am. tence of death In days when the penalty press of Austria, Clro waa struck "all was more common than now, obtained of a heap" ahurl, aa the French ex th Privilege of preaching to his fellow Oress It convicts In like case. It Is a scene which la repealed in a mouaana aiuerem Good. Patriotic Neighbors, llotation of Crops the year round no dead time, enormous profits on products, good shipping facilities, healthy climate, no big coal or wood bills, plenty of fish and game, and other things too numerous to mention in space allotted. Write at once and secure an option on the most desirable lands in the United States. The courts U of very common occurrence. hanj8 wjH go fast and the first purchasers will get the best. At 8, rule a hill or field Is selected to ., , , Through excursion trains will start from Chicago, Detroit, Tittsburg, JNew Yort ana rnnaaei- Crow Hold Court. Dr. Edmonson assures us that In the Shetland Islands the holding ot crow act as a courthouse and the session nearer commences. The proceedings are con- on October 1st, and a one-half fare rate has been assured to Jacksonville, Fla. From Jack , th. iL"lSrTvS. sonville south to our lands the rate will be one-half fare, this last amount to be returned to the AB 0 IUO CaOH Miuuv v. uui v, I , a Al A? A A whether counsel are employed or a jury purchaser by applying amount on the first payment Impaneled no ornithologist has been able to Inform us. All Dr. Edmonson tells us is that after a great deal ot cawing the whole court falls upon the Address, for full particulars, unhappy prisoners, and they are . . . ... I .. . , ... - ,1 VI.V Stories A l.ont Worth. places every eunaay morning, tui u la promptly exterminates, aner wuiuu nrf ahm,t Wnrih i in nunorea o one mi me situation uuea the court rises ana tne crows aisperse, nd many an old chestnut of his proo- T m?,9 eltnr Poacher or people un- h tQ hu own district. a. as a business man as well as an Pl""tly and you will find each going arUst will be revived. Americans have nom.e ,t0 dlnner. M cheerfully as if he rPPr.uti amto,. uffered much at his handa in point of r,T ,P . . x?1 , . ',. fm He-"Your-er-father and mother hnva noucea i uiu-ci-touiuj uu o BEA FTY, "talk" and extortion, but the majority have ever professed to be perfectly con tent aa long aa the Worth cachet was . l I ,A lh. tt.ul.la Kalt rt Therr gown. Mrs. rotter stood b. ! " 'P Secretary American Home Colinization Company, Rooms 603-4 Association Building, CHICAGO, ILL. tn Worth's best books. He said In , . . before making a fresh start. And so came to his atelier In the Rue de la .. .... ...... ... I mill ui'oiil. f uuuauio aa lb a,iiraia from a distance, the more one looks ' I k. . .1.. -I..l A ,V,ln. -.1.. .. . wn,.l.l .alk. ,M. k.. ' lc' "J ""' i1""' "'"v" who-.ve; -i zrz ralx. No dress ever left his ahop cost ing less than $200. One of the Worth torles that received credence a few years ago In the American colony waa to the effect that a certain rich person went to him with a quantity of almost priceless lace to be used on a gown she desired to wear at a grand wedding. The dress came home In due aeason, and then the lady observed a change tn the disposition of the lace that by BO means pleased her. She could awarcely believe her own senses, and called In a friend who accompanied her at Its final trying-on, and left It to her If the lace did not seem scant and till vru nnma tn It la a hnmalv fnavlm. i i. ..i.v,i v.n v, vnu nulte freauently. haven't they?" out. It simplifies life. Tou Imagine It to She "They couldn't very well help A IJolt flf .IpQliq fihNSt u . - - " "Are they mad?" t . t . i. it "Not a on. "Truly?" "Certainly. They know It isn't my fault that you come so much." when you reach the spot It turns out Into the subject, the more certain It be comes that mankind, when brought to a hundred to one that the situation docs agreed In some blind way to recognize In the enemy whose aproaches they have been so unremitting In their efc forts to ward off sumethlng altogether different from the terrible and hostile force which they have been accustomed to consider It. "We fall on guard, and. after all, it is a friend who comes to meet us." BISMARCK ON HAPPINESS. quite different from its original ar- We Has Had Very Little of It Em parol rangement. Assuredly. What could he the matter? In all haste the two women rushed off to Interview the great man, only to be told he preferred the trimming as It waa and should not alter It. But I had more lace than you have put on, Mr. Worth!" ex claimed the owner. "There were five " "Madame!" Interrupted the auto crat, "Is not the dress beautiful?" And that waa all the satisfaction the lady William Had Mora.f At Leipslc the other day Prince Bis marck made a speech, in the course of which be said: "In my long life I have rarely been happy. If I were to figure out the total of the rare moments of happiness that I have had.. I would And nerhaDS in all about twenty-tour hours. In politics I have never bad time enough to be happy. I have always had to struggle, ver received. She threatened to go to and when I was victorious cares came law. but was deterred by the advice with the victory, and I had to make of friends, who knew the dangers of the most of them. Invoking French Justice where a ques- "In my private life I have had mo tion of dressmaking waa concerned, ments of happiness; first In my youth air. v,orth professed to have un- when I shot my first hare, and then aft- hounded love for antique laces, and it erward when I became a farmer. I waa la Burmised this passion got the better also happy with my wife and children. of him. Health and 3olora. But to know how to enjoy good fortune a peculiar gift that my old mastr. the emperor, possessed in a high degree It is necessary to be both phlegmatic The woman whn la pi ovop a A on a K ok ninrn to her nv Th. m.u.it. and sanguine. I often had a great deal of brown-haired, gray-haired Amerl- of dlfflculty ,n bringing him to a reso eans do not rank, properly speaking. ,ut,on- bi't onf,e, to?mA lt a. hlnnde nr hmnM inrl ohn.,1.1 YOU COllld build hOUSOS on it He all color traditions behind them and Placed k-uJi aov ever) thing, and dress according to their health or feel- sometimes public affairs compelled us in. t know a woman whn ini.-ioi,i to remove ourselves a little from the HU Flnt. Young Sprigglns (gleefully) Con eratulate me, old boy I Mother and child are doing well. Old Boy Eh? So your are a father, eh? What is it, boy or girl? Young Sprlgglna (blankly) I I tor- got to ask. J Errors of Youth.! 0 a.ft SUFFERERS FROM I lerroM Debility. Youtwal m WBt YOUR OWN PHYSICIAN. I Man? mm, (Vom tha t Ifcrti of youthful Impra- ' al m hm Bpouithl alwul of mbnn ( m thu ku ndurad lli gnr.l rrtfra to nun-; u to Si Indur lmt wry oilier dim") MM tl ll I mun 0f h troull icrrl. t bln luitwctrd, al th.. . a.nrMl lir Avirvthins but the right on. I Durinc our eittnilv coUiRand hotpital nrarttc a W wt have dlwred an 'd onnccnlrUMl rm- W( Th MonipanTinf prwription UMlirMi Jh rTIN ni psn.Y t -ml, huriilrtdi ol ak curt harlnl tirm ntiml lo Of rftel hijlth by III I um after all Mhr rindiM fcilril. Hrrtly pura ' a inrrrti'ili murt b uil In the preparaliou of mu ( A u rni hmvvlnn enea. 1 drachm. Jrrubfbin. 1 drarhm. i W HrlonlM Diolra. t drachm. OlMtnin, 8 fraina. I i.A lalia amara (alccVll t fraina. Ext. Irptandra, 8 acruplea. I Olyeerme, q a. MafcOplH.. Take 1 pill al I p..ti. . and anothar I T on roinf hi bed. Tim renmly U ada,wl lo arery . weAnm In either an. and aapeeially in thoae I m, reaultinf from Imprudence. 1 ne reeuperaliTe povera of llni rertoralive are wtonlaklns, and ak uee continued Ihr a tiortlimechanari the lanairld. . a lift and .lor. h......... v. To tnoac ana woum pf.o-r . .. t remirlinl 1. a aealed parkaae ccinlylnj f filla. ( careful!? compounded, ill be aenl by mail Irom A our prleate laboralorr. or we will turnlah pack- ( W aeaT which will cure moat caMa, (or Si. AU leaeea SB aaonulla oaukbiwial. NEW ENGLAND MEDICiL INSTirUTE, g VA I rmon now, duvwm, 4 a. TO roi'B nus ix. One of VICTOR HUGO'S wittiest and moat sarcastic poems, tranaiatea irom me French by OHA8E ROYS, S3I r Street, WA8HINQTON, D. O rhrtat takea a look Into the Vatican; con verges with one of the pope's guards and t cardinal. Blnnle copy 11) copies " 100 coplea 5 00 NOTE Now edition, lncreaned by 18 Danes, The life of Victor U ago ; The Canon Lawi and their source; A. P. A. 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