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The Sioux County Journal,
VOLUME VIII.
HAIiKISOX, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 189(5.
NU31BEK 25.
TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
A CHOICE SELECTION OF INTER.
ESTING ITEMS.
Comaaenteand Criticism Haaafl tJpoa
the Happening-a of tha Kay Hia
torical and New. N otr-a.
The war flurry ha settled down to
the conviction that the Monroe doc
trine Ih a sure thing.
If Utah's claim that It Is th most de
lightful State to live In in well founded
It should change its name to Matri
mony. The best evidence that New York
realizes it in no longer a rivul of Chi
cago la tliat Its ntwspapers are scolding
St Ixmis for wanting Die IemoTUtlc
convention.
Greater Boston will have about 1,000
(100 Inhabitants, it Ih estimated. Hut
tlie town will not contain any more
wisdom than It do-s now. That surely
would In- impossible.
It will pay every American citizen to
reflect carefully uion how much more
wcurely the United States could
"Muff" England If the Nicaragua Canal
were own for business and we were
In control of It
Cripple Creek should be excelling
careful In advertising lis gold inlneH.
If England finds out there Ih gold there
It will be almost certain to Bend I.arry
Godkin with a regiment or two out
there to take possession.
Great Hrltiiln concluded that It would
lie no fun to run up against Germany
In South Africa. After thinking over
the matter a while Great Britain may
determine not to run up against the
I'nlted Mates In Month Atnericu.
Kaiser Wlllielm Is Ihuik1 to get worm
ed in his buttle with the German prow.
He has already hail several warnings
tlnil the people of Ids empire are angry
lit IiIh vigorous attempts to suppress the
free expression of opinion. Tin! sen
tence of Imprisonment Imposed umii
Jlerr Ilofrlchter, an editor who excised
the barbarous punishments lined In the
House of Correction at Hrauwcllcr, has
stirred (iernmiiy to the depths, and
Wtlheliu may soon feel his crown
Hhaky alswt his ear unless he sis-ellly
Icarus prudence.
Another of the old war correspond
ents. Col. Thomas W. Knox, died at his
rooms In the I-otus Club, New York,
where for many years he has lived a
pleaHaut bachelor's life. Col. Knox
was one of the ls'st ami most accurate
of the war corps of correspondents of
the rebel war, and did admirable work
for the New York press. After the war
he turned his attention to literature,
and became a great traveler. Scarcely
a part of the world was left unvlslted
by him, and the result was a series of
most charming liooks of travel and nil
venture for Ihpvh, the Income from
which enabled him to live In ease and
without the necessity of doing contin
uous work. Personally in- was a genial,
relined. " courteous gentleman with a
heart as big as his massive body. He
will Ik- sadly missed, especially by the
thousands of young renders to whom
his lxsiks have been a delight.
Cecil Rhodes, the Premier and big
gest man of Cac Colony, has resigned,
and his resignation has been accepted
by Kir Hercules Kohiuson, the Gover
nor npisilnted by the Queen. The Hon.
Mr J. Gordon Sprlgg. the Cedotilal
Treasurer, succeeds him by the Queen's
appointment. Cecil Rhodes, the iIchs
ed Premier, was a man of great execu
tive ability and towering ambition. It
is as yet uncertain whether he was
cognizant of the purMsc of Jameson
when he made his foolhardy Invasion
of the Transvaal with only 7m poorly
armed followers, without rations or
sufficient ammunition, to meet L'.(ss) or
.'l.OoO well-equipped ami well fed Hocrs.
every one of whom Is an accomplished
marksman. It has been staled that
Jameson was only his tool and again
that he knew nothing aliout the raid.
However that may be the English Col
onial Government seems to have made
a scapelsmt of him so that It may
climb down and get out of a bad scrape
all the easier.
The Governor of Virginia makes a
sensible suggestion for the prevention
of lynching. After advising laws for
fining counties In which lynching oc
cur, he suggests that the penalty for
outrage on women be death In every
case, and th.it an Indictment for the
offense have precedence In court of all
otherwise.. The usual Justlllcatlou for
the lymliltig that has been going on In
the South, with such barbarities nt
burning nnd flaying, Is that It Is neces
stiry to awe the negroes Into leaving
the white women alone. This may or
may not Im true, but It Is easy to accom
plish the name result by legal means.
If the people are united In approving
such stitnmtiry punishment there could
be no difficulty In (Kissing low to Re
cure n short, sure and speedy puulsli
incut for the criminal. If tlie ordinary
court nre Insufficient It would be easy
to M-t up a special tribunal whoso de
cision should 1st beyond appeal ami
whose verdict should lie carried out at
onc In effect a court-iniirttat as a part
of the (cnre establishment However
objectionable such a tribunal may ap
jsmr to the lawyers, It Is much to tw
preferred to the lynching party that Is
usurping the functions of courts, .nd
would avoid most of the danger of
gKtiug the wrong man.
Americana have good reason to re
joice with the aturdy followers of "Oom
Paul" In the neatness and dispatch with
which they flayed the Jameson free
booters. They are, unless we are inuen
mistaken, the first colonial people to
wrest ludejeudeuce by arms from
Great Britain since our own Revolu
tionary war. The similarity between
them and the heroes of our struggle
for Independence Is strong. They are
a tough, deeply religious, pastoral peo
ple. They can fight and pray and
keep their powder dry. Theyllve sim
ply, read their Bible piously and shoot
accurately. They know how to mind
their own business and how to teach
their ncigblsirs to remain at home.
They love God. but they are not afraid
of the devil. They go Into battle cry
ing "The sword of the Ixird and of
Gideon," and the hosts of the Mldlan
Ites run like water before these leath
ery soldier men. One result of their
terrific defense of the republic has
been the overthrow of Cecil JohD
Khodes. The rocket-like career oCtblt
man stunned the common sense and
the conscience of the British people.
Flown with riches and arrogance, there
was nothing short of the conquest of
Africa to the source of the Congo that
seemed to satisfy bis ambition. He
was worshiped In Ixmdon last week;
this week he Is a fallen star, with the
murder of thousands of defenseless na
tives to answer for. Last week there
were two great men In South Africa
Cecil John Khodes and S. J. Paul Kru
ger. To-day there Is but one.
GREAT LAWYER'S INFIRMITY.
He Generally Loat Ilia Temper and
Also Hla Cane,
The bite Chief Justice E. G. Ryan, ol
Wisconsin, was, in many respects, the
most notably able man the State ever
reckoned among its citizens. He had
great learning, particularly In law.
Among veteran lawyers who knew
Judge Kyan there are few. If any, who
do not concede that he was better vers
ed In law than any other man In hla
profession In the State, but he was les(
fortunate In his practice than many of
the first -class lawyers.
The late Matt II. Carienter used to
win most of his cases when Judge Ilyau
was the opposing attorney, but often la
mented that he was not as good a lawyer
as his unsuccessful opponent. Once Mr.
Carpenter said: "Why, if I possessed
K. ti. Ryan's legal ability to go with
my good nature and skill In control
ling my temper, I would not lie averse
to meeting any lawyer In the world, no
matter how Important the case." Yet
Carpenter seldom lost a case when the
opposing attorney was Ryan.
"How is It, Matt, that you nearly al
ways defeat Itynn, even when It Is
plain that you have a poor case and he
u good one?" asked one of the great
Senator's friends.
"Hy keeping my temper and helping
Mr. Ryan to lose his," was Carpenter'
prompt reply.
That was so. Carpenter knew that
his brother attorney was always well
prepared when he went Into court
well loaded, cocked and primed and
he also knew that If Mr. Ryan did not
lose his temper he would win his case,
so he was careful to see that Mr. Ryan
lost his temper, and tired off his perfect
load so that It scattered and its effect
was wasted.
Age took the rough edges from Judge
Ryan's temper, so that when he be
came chief Justice he filled the high
station in as able and dignified a
manner as It ever hail lsen tilled.
Chicago Times Herald.
Polsoneil Her flroori.
It has been claimed by observers ol
birds, that some of the feathered trib.
will feed their young If they are caged,
and If they fall after a certain time t
release them they will bring them
poisoned weed to eat, that death may
end their captivity. About a week agi
at the llolsteln ranch, in Nevada, tin
children captured the nest of three
young orioles, ami they were Imme
diately caged and hung In a tree. The
mother was soon atsiut calling her
young, and In a little while brought
them Home worms. She continued
feeding them regularly for several dayt
without seeming to pay much attention
to persons alsiut. lint on Sunday camt
Hie tragic ending that demonstrated tin
theory relative to birds. She brought
tl em a sprig of green on Sunday morn
lug and disappeared. In less than at
hour they all died. The sprig was ex
amlned ami proved to be the deadly
larkspur, a weed that will kill full
grown cattle. The little creatures la
dead In the cage and slightly foamluc
at the mouth, victims of their mother)
stern resolve that her offspring should
die by her own act rather than live li:
captivity.
Getting Krrn with Worcester.
The story Is told of Oliver Wendell
Holmes that when one of bis friend
announced his Intention of delivering u
lecture In Worcester Holmes cheerfullj
responded: "I'm awfully glad to beai
It. I always did bate those Woreestei
isN'plc."
jj ...THE POOR DUCHESS...
IT waa really very hard on the poor
Ducheaa, especially after all the
toll and labor she bad ungrudging
ly expended on her unattractive prog
eny. Her lot had always been hard
enough ever since she bad been a duch
ess; even before her wedding cake bad
grown stale she had been coping with
difficulties, brutal difficulties which It
required all her strength of mind to
face, and now, when a good share of
those difficulties were laid to rent with
her huxlamd, the late Duke, In the fam
ily vault at Ixinglands; now, when she
had Just manage! to retrieve the shat
tered ducal fortunes by bringing off the
engagement of her ugly, dissipated son,
the present Duke, to Claudlna Putnam,
the richest American heiress of the sea
son, now for this blow to fall upon her,
It was really too bad. The only balm to
her anguish was that It had fallen In
Longlanda, In the wilds of Yorkshire,
and that the whole thing might be
hushed up and hustled Into oblivion
without anyone being the wiser. Hue
had gone to I.onglands to recruit after
her superhuman expenditure of energy
during the Imdon season; her only
guest was Claudia Putnam, her son's
fiancee, with whom she was busy plan
ning alterations and renovations for
the new regime.
Hut the moment was robbed of all Its
savor by the horrible catastrophe; thl
what else could Hhe call it? thia driv
eling idiocy of the least plain and most
hopeful of her six ungainly daughters.
She would have knpt the hateful story
to herself If she could, blither heart waa
too full for silence; besides, Claudia had
her fair share of Yankee shrewdness
she might suggest a brilliant solution
of the problem so, as they sat over a
cup of tea In her boudoir, the Duchess
opened her new trouble to her future
daugbter-ln-law.
"I'm afraid, Claudia, dear," sihe be
gan, "that we are going to have serrious
trouble with Henrietta." ClaudLa was
very fond of the DucJiess, so she tried
to look symjMithetlc, though with Lady
Henrietta, who waa wrapped up In par
lull work, Who wore lmssslble clothes,
and did her hair grotesquely, she had
no symiwifhy whatever.
"Dear me!" she replied. "I'm sorry
to hear It; I hoje she's not sick."
"Sick!" repeated the Duchess. "I wish
she were, or anything half so sensible.
The fact Is, Hhe hm been and got her
self entangled In a most unbecoming
love affair."
Miss Putnam opened her blue eyes
very wide, and set down her teacup
with a Jerk. "My!" she exclaimed;
"and who on earth has been making
love to Henrietta?"
The Due.heHs lowered her voice. "My
dear," slie.'i1d, Impressively, "It Is Mr.
Gibson, the curate. She vows she will
marry him. Ixn't 1t awful?"
"Rather awful for the curate," thought
Claudia to herself. Aloud she said:
"Have I ever met Mr. Gibson?"
"Ortalnly not, my dear; we do not
invite him here. He Is uit a gentle
man." "Then where did Henrietta meet
him?"
"Oh, In the cottages and at the school.
You see, she likes imrlsh work, and I
encourage her; It sets such fl good ex
ample, and we've always had a married
curate before. However, when Mr.
Gibson came I never thoughtof chaper
oning her, because, you see, he Isn't a
gentleman."
"But, I suppose, Henrietta thinks he
will make her a suitable husband?"
"My dear," cried the Duchess, "she
can't possibly think so. Why, li Im father
keejw a saddler's shop! He hasn't been
to the university, oh, It's altogether
dreadful! And she's as obstinate as a
mule alsiut It."
She broke off as the door opened to
admit young man In a shooting suit.
He was a plain. Iimlgnllleant-looklng
personage, with an air of extreme self
approval. "I've Just biM'ti telling Claudia about
this Nlupld affair of Henrietta." went,
on the Duchess.
"And wliat docs Claudia think alsiut
It?" asked the plain young man, who
waa Claudia's aiveptcd lover and who
dcHltcd his long limbs on the sofa
beside her nnd tried to bestow a furtive
caress on the hand nearest to him.
"I guess I'm jrretty well taken by sur
prise," said Miss Putnam, drawing her
Ixind out of her lover's reach.
"So'm I," said the Duke, placidly.
"I'm dashed If I can Imagine what he
sees In Henrietta. She ain't pretty;
t'other way alxnit, rather; she's got no
money, and she's years older than he
Is. I'm dnahed If I'd marry a woman
like Henrietta, even if I waa a saddler's
son. I'm dashed If I could even feel
spoony on her."
Miss Putnam looked at him. Hhe waa
going to marry a man very like Henri
etta, and she did not feel very spoony
on him; slie had accepted him for sun
dry reaaofi, love being by no means the
first or foremost
"He uiiifrt be til awfully susceptible
chap," went on bis graoe, "to Ume bis
heart to a girl like Henrietta. And he'a
o obstinate, too, about It; seems aa If
be really cared about her. I thought,
perhaps, It waa mostly ambition her
title, and that sort of tblEg, you know
and I've offered blm all my Influence
In the way of a leg-up to preferment,
but be won't bear of It Funny thing,
ain't It? Now, If it had been a girl Uae
you, Claudia "
"Duchess," cried Mlaa Putnam, sud
denly Interrupting her lover, "I have an
Inspiration. You Just send Henrietta
away. She can go to Jertoho, or any
where else, for a month or so, and whan
be comes back the engagement will be
broken off. I'll manage It you bet"
She wouldn't answer any questions.
She said she thought she understood
the exact lie of the land. They might
leave It all to her. Bo to her It waa
left, and the next day Henrietta waa
packed off to a married cousin In South
Wales.
The following day, at lady Henri
etta's customary hour, Miss Putnam
walked Into the Tillage achool-room.
8he wore a dainty blue cambric frock,
whkrh fitted her aa no frock In all Hen
rietta's lifetime had ever flttad her.
The little boys and girla opened their
eyea wide to look at her, so did the
school mistress, who waa hearing the
wioie sohool In It churcli catchlsm.
"Good-morning," said Mlas Putnam,"
sweetly, "I'm staying at the Towers.
I have come In Iady Henrietta's place
tliia morning. She haa gone away for
a few weeks, and she would like you
all to know It"
She lxked round the room aa the
said it and finally fixed her eyes on
the curate's frank, simple face.
"I hope." he bewail, hesitatingly, "that
liuly Henrietta la not 111. Thia absence
Is so un unforeseen."
"Guess not" wild Mlas Putnam. "She
Isn't ill, rtlie never was better In her
life; but die Duehfa thinks a change
will do her a world of gooel."
"Her grace Is very cruel," murmured
the curate.
"I beg your pardon?" said Claudia,
blandly,
"I was about to say," resumed the
curate, turning to the expeetant eUill
dren, "that as her ladyship U unable
to come tills morning you will be de
prived of the Interesting objeet le-saon
she generally gives you. I'm sure you
will all be very sorry."
"Oh, they shan't miss their object les
son," said Claudia, still more blandly.
"I've promised Iady Henrietta to give
it to thera for her."
The curate had been in the habit of
staying for Iidy Henrietta's object Ies
sonr to keep order for her, he would
have said, had the Dunnes questioned
him. So he stayed to keep order for
Claudia, which was quite superfluous,
for If her manner of administering In
struction was not of a nature to keep
the attention of restless children, there
were her fascinating gown and her
pretty trinkets, not to apeak of the
charm of her face, to hold her audience
siellbound. And when the lesson was
over he had got Into the way of walking
with her ladyship along the school lane
and through the park. He escorted Mlm
Putnam to-day, because he wanted to
ask how long his liege lady's banUh
ment was to last
. "I don't know," was Miss Putnam's
rply; "I suppose she won't come back
till the Duchess chooses."
"The children will mlas her sadly,"
moaned the curate.
"Guess we must make It tip to them,"
said Claudia graciously; "I've promised
Henrietta to wtanel as much In the gap
ns possible."
He gave her a grateful look.
"When shall I come and give another
object lesHon," she went on; "to-morrow
V"
"Oh, no," said the curate; "to-morrow's
geography day. Her ladyship
always gives a geography lesson on
Thursday."
Ho Claudia put on another bewitching
frock, varleel her trinkets, and did her
bort with a geography lesson on Thurs
day, which was mainly devoted to a
flattering but Inaccurate description of
the United Suite's. On Frklny she wres
tled with sums, and by degrees she
learned the whole school routine. She
altto vlsiteel, under Mr. Gibson's escort,
one or two of Henrietta's old women,
who, bethought, would f themselves
negleei(?d In her alwence.
Her fia uce laughed at her. "I see what
you're up to," he said; "of course, It's
a clever move, but It's rather rough on
a susceptible ass like Gibson."
"Why do you e-all him an ass?" asked
Miss Putnam, shariy; "because his
fathef Is a aaddler?"
"It's a splendid opportunity for you
to make yourself popular in the parish,
dear," said the Ducheaa. "Of course,
woen you are mistress here you will
like to be popular among the people."
"I suppose I shall," said Claudia,
musingly.
Hut lu spite of her Incipient popular
ity 6he would next have the marriage
hurried on; she waa equally deaf to the
Duke's ImpatieiK-a and the Duchess'
hints.
"There are such heap of things to do
and to think of before anything can be
fixed," she said, vaguely, when her
fiance urged the matter upon her.
"Well, get on with the heap of things,
then,"heretorted,"and don't trifle away
so much time at that confounded
school."
And Lady Henrietta was still In ban
ishment In South Wales.
Finally, Miss Putnam's stay at Long
lands came to a rather unsatisfactory
end, for ahe went away to London leav
ing the wedding day untiled and the
hangings of the new drawing-room un
choseu. The day after her departure there
were two letters for the Duoheas one
from the curate, the other from Mlas
Putnam. She opened the former first
because ahe felt more curious as to Ha
contents.
"Madam,". It ran, "although your
grace did not seriously entertain my
preKaJ for the hand of Henrietta, I
fed inyaelf in honor bound to let you
know that my eyea have been opened
to the folly and unsuitabllity of the
marriage for which I would fain have
bad your sanction. I have written to
Lady Henrietta, explaining, as fur as I
can, the folly of our past, and begging
her to forgive me If she be in any way a
sufferer by our mistake. I am leaving
Longlands at once, therefore the em
barrassment of any further meeting
will lie avoided. Yours, faithfully W.
Gibson."
The Ducheas 'heaved a sigh of Intense
relief. This was Claudia's deng. Olau
dla was a right down ciever girl. She
had certainly spent a great deal of valu
able time lu treading in Henrietta's
footsteps, but she had dlseuehanted
Mr. GIImou and lifted a horrible Incu
bus off tlie family alsiulder. Sha was
really far too good for that stupid, mud-dlehe-JuliHl
son of here; still, she (the
Dueiiesw) supposed that a title was an
Infinite attraction to a born demoe-rat,
so things were, after all, not so very
uneven. Then sho took up Claudia's
letter. "D"ar child," she murmured
as she broke the seal.
"My dear Duchess," she read, and
with each stK-ceM'dlng line her dismayed
astonishment increased; "I'm glad I
came to stay at Longlauela before I took
the Irrevocable stp to the altar. I don't
want to say anything nawty or mean,
but, really, I never did c-are alxnit the
Duke. I only accepted him because I
thought yem'd make up your mind to
have me for a elaughter-ln-law. I should
have made him perfectly miserable if
I had married him. Mr. Gibson finds,
too, that he made a great mistake in
thinking he cared for Henrietta. He ex
plained It all to me, and I am quite sat
isfied. He and I are going to be mar
riml before Advent. I shan't mind hav
ing a saddler for a father-in-law. Yours,
always, Claudia Putnam."
The Duchess threw the letter across
the table to her son. "Read that South
down," she said. "We've gt Henrietta
out of her scrape most splendidly."
It mi.lly was too hard on the poor
Duchess. St. Paul's.
He Wanted the Brst.
A little story, which emphasises the
fact that there Is a great deal of human
nature where one would scarcely expect
to disK'over it, is told of an old Quaker.
Many years ago, when church organs
were regarded with disfavor by many
people, It was projiosed to Introduce ono
Into a New England meeting house, one
of the pillars of which was an old man
of Quaker bleiod.
He was one of the most violent op
ponents to the plan, and expressed his
views so strongly that the person who
was collecting money for the organ,
when It was at last deeided to have It,
did not venture to call upon the old
Quaker for a subscription.
He met him on the street one day,
and was greatly surprised when the old
man took out a substantial-looking wal
let, and presenter! him with a most gen
erous sum to add to his collection.
"Why," stammered the young man,
"I I am greatly obliged, sir; but I
hardly thought, you would care to be
asked to contribute."
"My won," said the Quaker, with a
suspicion of a twinkle In his serious
eye, "If thee will worship the Lord by
machinery, I would like thee to havi
a tlrst-rnte Instrument"
Followed the I'sual Course.
"Isthey any way I kin git a receipt for
this here letter?" asked the thin-haired
mail with the crocheted tie.
"You can get It registered for eight
cents extra," answered the delivery
clerk. "If the letter la one of Impor
tance and Its delivery Is of particular
consequence, registration Is advisable."
"Oh, the letter ain't of no particular
Importance at least not. eight cents'
worth, 1 don't think. I merely allowed
mebbe I could git some kind of a re
ceipt to show I had mailed It to gfvc the
old woman. I guess I'll save the eight
pence an' put up with beln' called a ole
liar, os usual."
Count Tolstoi on a Wheel.
Count Leo Tolstoi, the famous Rus
sian author, Is an enthusiastic bicy
clist. So great a devotee of the wheel
has he become that his daughters, fear
ing that the strain will prove too much
for him, have also purchased wheels
and accompany him on hla trips to look
after him. Tolstoi Is now 07 and la
tireless worker,
"As It Was lu the Fifties," by "Kim
Bllar," a story of a young Englishman's
unsuccessful quest for fortune In Brit
ish Columbia, has been published.
A little book, entitled "Ancestry ," has
been compiled by Eugene Zleber. It
Bests forth the objects and the require
ments for membership of the hered
itary societies and the military and
naval orders of the United States, and
contains a transcript of the acts of Con
gress relating to the Insignia of the
war-hereditary societies.
A new edition of Robert Louis Ste
venson's "A Child's Garden of Versea"
has Just been Issued, with .new Illus
trations by Charles Robinson. The
verses are well known; many have read
them, not because they are good poetry,
but because Stevenson wrote them.
The Illustrations do not add to tha
byok; they aie In Walter Crane's man
ner, but badly drawn.
How completely the Black Cat Bos
ton's new 5-cent magazine, has captl
TaDed the story-reading world Is shown
by the fact that in three months It has
already readied a sale of 150,000 copies.
And the favor it has found with the
press Is equally well Indicated by the
editorial comments of leading papers
throughout the country. The New
York Mall and Express, for Instance,
refers to It as "the literary pet" while
the Louisville ComrwTcial says: "We
predict that this delightfully original
and Interesting magazine will have the
largest sale ever reached by any publi
cation. Its cleverly told stories of mys
tery, exciting detective tales, and thrill
ing stories of adventure render the
Black Cat a delightful new departure
In story-telling."
Until the present day, the only occa
sion on which the Monroe doctrine was
Ktively asserted by the United States
was when Napoleon the Third and the
Austrian Maximilian attempted to
found an empire in Mexico. It was
fleetined to fail, even without the inter
vention of the United States, and Its
memory is kept green by the pathetic
fate of the Empress Oarlotta, who is
now dying lu the close confinement
Dieted only to the hopelessly mad. The
itory of her affliction is told anew In
(he memoirs of the Baron de Malortlo,
i gentleman of her court, which ha1
lust been published in Paris. Much of
It is the narration of his own expe
rience, and what he did not see or hear
was dictated to him by Mme. del Bar
rio, a lady-ln-waitlng to Cartotta, who
has remained with her Imperial mis
tress to the last. It Is a book of unus
ual Interest, and presents some start
ing facts about Napole. n's treatment of
Carlotta.
Courteous Hints.
Perhaps there is no greater strain
tileu "neighborly feeling" than livim;
next door to a poultryyard whose in
mates are allowed to "run" making
pxercise ground of the adjacent flower
and vegetable gardens. A San Diego
young lady who was subjected to this
annoyance politely asked her neighbor
to keep his jiets at home. She asked It
several times, and still no attentlou
was paid to her grievance. Finally She
hit uiKin an Ingenious method of pro
tecting herself.
She prepared grains of com by tying
to them, with strong carpet thread,
small cards bearing the weirds, "Please
keep your chickens at home!" and dis
tributed the grain about her flower
beds.
The chickens came to feast as usual,
and groe'dily swallowed the corn, not
perceiving the thread until the card
was against their Jaws. Then they
could neither swallow the card nor rid
themselves of the swallowed corn.
Twenty or thirty of the marauders
ran home, bearing the pellte request
to their culpable owner, who, strudj
with the method of the hint, promptly
cut the threads and cooped up the
birds.
This was forcible, but a delicate hint
upon a like offense was conveyed from
one aggrieved relative to another
where stronger measures would have)
been out of place.
The suffering victim of hens was tak
en ill, and the perhaps unconscious of
fender slew his chole'est birds and sent
them to tihe Invalid. The Invalid feast
eel thereon, and sent back a message of
thanks to the effeet thnt the fowl was
delicious, and tasted of her violets!
The Flrat Iiawyer Lord Mayor.
It may be of Interest to lawyers to
know that although the ancient cere
mony of the reception of the lxrel
Mayor of Ixmelon has taken place regu
larly for the last 800 years, this last Is
the first known case lu which a prac
ticing niemlsT of the bar has been elect
ed as lrd Mayor. Chief Justice Rus
sell made an address to the new Mayor,'
In which he culled attention to the fact
that there Is no longer any real ground
for complaint of the law's delays In En
gland. An Error.
"I want to pay this bill," ho said to
the hotel clerk. "But I think you have
made a alight error here In mj favor.
I've Aeen reading over the extras, and
I cannot find that you havo charged me
anything for telling me you thought It
might rain."