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THE BED CLOUD CI1IEF, FRIDAY, MAY 22. lHSItf.
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GEN. EITZHUGH LEK.
OUR NEW CONSUL-GENERAL
TO THE CITY OF HAVANA.
lie I Not it St run cor to tho Hronci of
I'nrniiRn Now llelng Cimdiil lu
Culm Nephtw of the Confederate
Ohloftaln.
ENERAL FITK.
htigh Loo.tho newly
appointed COtlHUl
general to Cuba. Ik
not unfamiliar with
the scones of war
that await him at
his post. He lias
Keen Home service.
Ho Ih a nephew of
General Robert E.
I.wj ami served tin
Scr (he great confederate leader dining
the war of the rebellion. He wan horn
In 18.15 nt Clermont, Fairfax County,
Virginia, and was graduated from the
military academy In ISM. Coinmls
tlonod ns lieutenant lu the Second civ
ilry he went to the frontier, wassevoic
y wounded by the IndlanH and was 10
?nlled to ho ItiHtructor of cavalry at
IVost Point. When the war came Lieu
enunt lw resigned IiIh commission and
lolncd the confederate cause. At first
he did Htarf duty anil waH adjutant gon
nal of Ewoll's brigade. In September,
I8C1, he was made lieutenant colonel
)f the First Virginia cavalry and coon
lfterwaid was promoted to he colonel.
He served lu nil the campaigns of the
limy or northern Virginia. In ISGl!
Lie was made a brigadier general and
t major general lu ISM.. At Wlnehes
er, In 18fil, he wan disabled by n severe
A'ound, which kept him from duty for
icverul months, lu lSii.'i he was placed
n command of the whole cavalry corps
Df the army of northern Virginia, and
i month later surrendeied to (lenoral
Meade nt Farmvllle and letlred to his
Virginia home. In 1SS.. he was elected
Rovemor of Virginia. General l.co
goes to Cuba with absolute liberty to
travel about wherever he pleases un
obstructed and unrestricted by the
Spaniards. Should the President de
sire uny information concerning the
state of affairs In Cuba the new con
mil general will he in a splendid pusl
llon to Rather It. It Is known that (Jen-
grs. FiTznron lei:.
rnl Lee, while being n fair man, warm
ly sympathises with the insurgents.
Water of (inlil mill Silver.
Tho tlnie-honoird custom of shower
ing rlco upon tho depaitiug bride, and
gioom has its painful side. Many young
couples have begun their honeymoon
in actual physical pain, thanks to the
stony grains which have stung their
eyes ami ears and found their way
into their clothes and down their necks.
Worse disasters than this aro on rec
ord. Horses have taken fright at tho
reckless showeilug of these grains and
this, In some cases, has led to the over
turning of the carriage and severe In
jury of Its occupants. Attempts have
occasionally been made to mend this
state of affairs hut until lately nothing
has taken the place of rice. The piob
1cm Is at last solved, however. At u
recent double wedding confetti was
used as a substitute for the offending
rice. For the benefit of such readers
as uic unacquainted with confetti I may
describe them as tiny paper wafers,
principally gold and silver, with u few
coloicd ones Intermixed by way of ad
ding t" the effect. The pi ogress of each
brldo down the staircase to the cai
rlago on this particular occasion was
made in a shower of gold and silver-
surely quite as good an omen for her
future prosperity as could possibly lie
afforded by tho prosaic grains of rice.
Tho effect of the myriads of sparkling
confetti was absolutely charming and
fairyllko as they Muttered to the
ground, tho sun catching them as they
fell. Certainly they clung about the
dresses of tho newly married couples,
but they did no harm and were joon
shaken off. In tho house, as they fell
on tho lloral decorations and sparkled
among the roses and ferns, they pro
duced a result that Is well worthy of
notu. by thoso whoso business It Is to
provldo novelties for functions of this
sort.' Ah for tho horses, they were sub
limoly unconscious of the tiny gold and
silver pieces with which their backs
lind been sprinkled by tho time they
started. Wnverly.
Now lie I.earnevl tho Neirn.
Senator Stephen IJ. Elklns of West !
Virginia tells an Interesting story of bis '
election to his present seat. "I was sit- '
ting In my study nt my country home,"
said he, "nwnitlng tho returns that
should tell mo whether or not I had
been chosen to take tho place of Senator i
Camden. Tho operator nt the tolegraph
station had orders to open ull telegrams
nddressed to mo and to telephono their
contents to mo Immediately. Suddenly
tho telophono boll rnng nnd the chil
dren's governess, who answered tho
'phono, camo to mo und told mo that
the person at tho other end of the wire
was saying something about 'shoes,' Bho
nnbin't nulto make Jt put. 'Oh!' said I,
'It's my wife's shoemaker, probably.
Tell Iif in to let the mntter test until to
morrow.' Sue delivered the message,
but returned shortly to hay that the
man Insisted on talking to me. I went
to the telephone. It was the telegraph
operator and the message ho wus trying
to transmit to me was: 'When ulinll I
send you my Bhocs? Johnson It. Cam
den.' Then I knew that I had been
chosen to fill the Hhnfs of that worthy
gentlemen." Exchange.
liilirn I" I'rin lilrn t.
The pictures pi luted lu southern
newspapers of the new homo of Sain
Jones, the evangelist, at Cartersvlllc.
Georgia, show that It merits tho term
palatial, which is applied to It. Archi
tect and builder weiu apparently giv
en carte blanche, and the Interior dec
orations yud furnishings were supplied
regardless of expense. The revivalist
Is now "well fixed" with the treasures
that moth and rust are supposed to
corrupt. There are line hordes In his
stnbles. thoroughbred dogs in his ken
nels and other comforts of wealth. Mrs
1Q
SAM JONES.
Jones takes special pride In a collec
tion of souvenir spoons said to havo
cost five hundred dollars.
I.liiilil 1'iKil f"r llrlliiln'ii Fleet.
The British admiralty has taken an
Important step in directing that tho
new fleet cruiser Gladiator, building at
Poitsmouth, be fitted for the consump
tion of liquid fuel. Success has attend
ed the experimental use of various
forms of liquid fuel In several navies,
notably In the Italian, Russian and
German services. Tho Itallnns have
put Into all their new ships petroleum
burners on a system Invented by nn
Italian engineer named Cunibertl,
whose system has ulr-o been ndopted by
the German government with satisfac
tory results, the fuel used being not
crude petroleum, but petroleum residu
um, the use of which. In connection
with Cunlbertl's burners, Is said to be
most economical, while It can bo burnt
without producing smoke, an obvious
advantage from a naval point of view.
It Is curious that the use of liquid fuel
has come so s lowly to the front, consid
ering that experiments with CuniberU'ts
apparatus were carried out nt Spezzlu
in 189:!, and that M. Weyl, tho well
known French naval expert and edi
tor of Le Yacht, was enthusiastic In Its
favor four years ago. It Is anticipated
that before long the use of some form
of petroleum fuel will be general
throughout the navy, as It has the en
ormous advantage of Increasing the ra
dius of action of a war vessel by some
GO or 70 per cent, and further, will
probably go some way towards solving
the dllllcult problem of replenishing
tuel supplies at sea.
Tho Ottoman Kniolre.
The Daitmouth debaters have chosen
the first question submitted by Wil
liams for the first annual debate, which
will he held In Mu. The question reads
as follows; "Resolved, That the gen
rial welfare demands he suppression
of the Ottoman empire by the European
powers." Dartmouth chose tho nega
tive. Spcik ell of III.
Two distinguished visitors from
England, John Oliver Hubhes and Har
ry Fiirnlss, have taken occasion to pay
their respects to us since their return,
and it Is profitable to compare the ob
jects of Interest they found here. Mrs.
Cralgle, who has succumbed to a Hrit
Ish Interviewer, was Impressed by the
fact that we aro n deeply ldlgious pco
JOHN OLIVER HORDES.
(Mrs. Cralglo.)
pie, Independent, frank and not given
to Itilo or malicious gossip,' Amcrlcnn
women seemed to her very witty nnd
exceptionally well drcsjcd. Mr. Fur
nlss considered his own Impressions
worthy of a lectin e, in the courso ot
which ho commented on tho pertinacity
! of reporters, the large appetites ot Chi
cago girls, and the superabundance of
chiropodists In New York, lie, too,
like Mrs. Cralgle, was struck by tho
prevailing enurtcousness of manner of
Americans toward each other,
An oath on thn lip shows that the
devil is in tho heart.
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BABY AS A SHIELD.
A KENTUCKIAN USES A SIX-MONTHS-OLD
INFANT.
ThrcntcinMl hy III llnnnlrs lie flouijtit
thn Mint Cmtnrilljr Weapon of Do-
feimr liter llrarcl of A Typical
Mountain 'I rial.
TYPICAL trial In
the mountainous
regions of Ken
tucky has just been
concluded at Hay
den, In Leslie coun
ty. A boy named
Abe Pace killed his
uncle, and he and
his father wero In
dicted, Pace fled to
the mount a. I n s,
where his father and all his relatives
lived. After some difficulty, both Abe
and his father were captured.
The trial of tho boy began week he
fore last, nnil all the mountain people
descended Into Hnyden, nrmed to the
teeth, to Intimidate witnesses und get
the boy clear. Judge Floyd Hall, who
Is a very brave man, Issued an order
that none but witnesses should be ad
mitted to the court room, and that the
sheriff should search them nt the door
and check till weapons.
So tho trial progressed poacenbly
enough. The sheriff sat behind a huge
pile of weapons nt the door und the
witnesses glowered helplessly at one
another. The boy was convicted and
was sentenced to Imprisonment for life.
As It was feared that the further con
tinuance of the strain would result in
bloodshed, the muttering of the friends
and enemies of the Paces growing
louder every day, the trial of the elder
Pace was postponed and he was released
on $4,000 bond.
Pace had to get back to his house in
the mountains. The family and friends
of the man his son murdered bad sworn
to take his life. So all the way home
he would piactlcully have to run the
gauntlet. To protect himself he took
with him a six months' old baby. His
plan was to carry the child and, If he
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SHIELDED BY AN INNFANT'S INNOCENCE.
was attacked, to hold It In front of him.
He knew that his enemies would not
kill the baby, even to kill him. This
was the only thing that saved his llf.
The baby proved to he a complete pro
tection. Once back in his mountain
fastnesses he was safe. Hut, of course,
the end is not yet. They have long
memnrk'B for hating in the mountains
of Kentucky.
UIG POKER GAME.
The limit Stake "l.iirk" llalilnln linked
In With 1 our Aeon.
"The biggest game of poker 1 have
nenrd of in the past few years," said
a California!!, "was played in San
Francisco about two years ago between
'Lucky' Baldwin and a California cat
tleman. The game was limited, but one
by one the players dropped out, until
nobody was left In but Baldwin and
the cattleman. They agieed to waive
the limit, and the cattleman set the
pace. He wanted to bet S1O.U00. Bald
win staid ami offered to go him $10,000
better. The cattle owner scratched his
head, and said he didn't have that
much to lose, but he would like to put
ii)) his cattle as collateral. Baldwin
was agreeable, nnd tho cattle were as
sessed nt 10 a head. Thou tho cattle
man raised Baldwin $10,000. That
made Baldwin scratch his head and
hem and haw a little. Ho said he was
In tho same predicament as his friend.
He didn't have quite that much to lose.
" ' But,' said Baldwin, 'you know my
house on Market street,' giving the
number of the property; 'well, I'll put
thnt against "00 of your cattle, mak
ing a total of tTa.OOO.'
"The cattleman ngired, and then
It camo to a show-down. The rurnllst
laid down four queens. Baldwin laid
down four nces. It was the stlffest
game of poker pbyed on the Pacific
coast for many long years."
Klnc I'.xlln
All Interesting book could bo written
telling the story of tho African Kings,
or rather great chiefs In exile. There
is an Arnbl lu Ceylon, nnd Zobelr, who
was sent to Gibraltar. Thfiii there is
Ja-Jn, whom tho English dispatched to
tho West Indies (with a badly selocted
lot of wives, as ho complained pathetic
ally), anil Behanzln of Dahomoy, who
was lately Indebted to tho French for n
passage to Martinique. The English,
too, havo Zulu chiefs Interned at St.
Helena Gungunhana nnd Prempnh
whoso future placo of resldenco is still
to ba decided,
i Lord Blythswood snys that he has
an Instrument capable ot muuGurlng
'down to tho sixty thousandth part of
.an inch.
A MAINE "LEATHER STOCKING."
He .Shot Throe llrer In Very Short
Order.
On the level lowlands of the Molun
kus, a short distance below Sherman
Mills, Aroostook county, on u farm as
level and as smooth as any western
prairie, resides Mr. Joseph T. I.eavltt,
a gentleman upward of GO years of age,
well and favorably known In that sec
tion ami also In western Penobscot and
East Somerset, where he formerly re
sided, says the Lewlston (Me.) Jour
nal. He Is not a hunter bv tiade or
profession, his two principal occupa
tions through life having been farming
and blacksmlthlng, still he has n skill
at hunting, trapping and fishing that
few can equal.
Several years ago Mr. Lravltt left
his house with his repeating rifle in
pursuit of deer. A light snow had re
cently fallen and ho soon struck the
fresh trail of deer Hint he knew must
be near him. Being on the windward
side of the deer and fearing that they
would scent him nnd lite, he made a
wide circuit around the place where he
Judged them to be, moving with all the
stealth, deliberation and caution that
was In olden times said to characterize
the movements of an expert scout trail
ing an Indian warrior or vice versa.
On reaching the leeward side be
moved forwaid a few paces as nolse
lesly as Cooper's Indian Chlngachgook
and caught sight of n deer Just as the
animal was lying down. In lying down
the deer became hidden from view by
an Intervening log. The hunter's reso
lution was Immediately taken. He
coeknl his rllle and threw It forward
for Instant use; then he calmly reached
out one hand and snapped a small
twig. Tho noise was slight but suffi
cient. The deer sprung to Its feet and
was shot on the Instant.
The report of the rllle brought an
other deer to Its feet nnd the second
deer was as promptly dispatched. Near
the second doer a third deer was now
seen running, but was speedily over
taken by the third bullet from Mr.
Leavltt's repeater. Looking about to
see If there were any more worlds to
conquer nnd llndluc none at hand and
then suddenly remembering that the
law as It then was only nuthoilzed him
to kill three deer, Mr. Leavltt, like a
law-abiding citizen as he Is, promptly
ceased hunting and set about dressing
the three deer, shot single-handed and
alone. In whnt was probably the quick
est time on record in this country.
tin Wni Happy.
"She is mine," murmured Algernon
Roseleaf Vincent.
"She Is mine."
A balmy zephyr softly sighed outside
the sparkling lights shone brilliantly
o'erhcad that was what they . wero
there for. The whole world seemed
saturated with pure Joy.
Ho drew her closer to him and his
eyes gazed lovingly on hers. "My
queen!"
He did not speak nloud but he was
filled with such ecstatic bliss that the
spheres in their courses seemed to sing:
"My queen!"
But Algernon nh, sordid soul!
loved her not for her looks alone. For,
though she was Indeed a welcome sight
tho thought that she would bring him
wealth caused In him this rejoicing.
She would capture the pot, contain
ing $1.37 and two beer checks.
Ho nlready had two queens nnd n
pair of aces and she filled his hand.
Detroit Free Press.
Sltut On hy Hehoolhoinieii Mnnly.
Superintendent Linden, at tho in
stance of Director Rlter, called tho at
tention of the pollco lieutenants and
sergeants to the ordinance of Nov. 11
last, regulating the speed of trolley cars
In passing snhoolhouses, ninl.lng It un
lawful for any passenger railway com
pany operating In the city to run any
car propelled by electricity between the
hourB of S r.. r.. and 5 p. in. at a grent
cr rate of speed than six miles an hour
over a distance of 150 feet on either
side and In front of any public school.
Tho ordlnnncc also provides that it
shall be tho duty of tho bureau of po
llco to Instruct patrolmen on duty
whero public schools aro to time tho
speed cf tho earn at least once a 'day so
as to become familiar with the rate of
speed und to report tho same to their
superior officers. Tho penalty for a vio
lation of tho ordinance Is a lino of $20.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Municipal Government.
Every city wants good streets nnd
good sewerage and suitable school
buildings and public works ot various
kinds. Tho affairs to bo attended to in
a city are not political, but financial. A
city is like a great business firm. Poll,
tics ought not to have anything to do
with city elections. Tho very best men
to maniiKo imnortnnt public enterprises
I ought to be chosen to olllce. Rev. Cyrus
Richardson.
ODD BRIDAL TRIPS.
THERE SEEMS TO BE NO
TO ORIGINALITY.
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Ono t'oiipln Mr.iin I ho Sound An
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t.ntomotWc. V
N THE HONEY
inoon, as In every
thing else, the
times have greatly
changed, says the
New York Record
er.
Two young per
sons who hip to be
married this month
have planned to
spend, their honey
They expect to stay
and tlii bridegroom.
moon In Siberia,
nt least a year,
who Is something of a writer, eon
templates gathering materials for a
book upon the social and political con
ditions of the country before they re
turn. Another couple will Journey slowly
around the world, spending a season
at Nice, a winter in Egypt, a summer
among the Norway fiords, several
months in the orient and Australasia
and a leisurely return homewaid acrojw
our own continent.
Last spring one happy pair took a
trip through Alaska and returned
home with Innumerable KJiivenlrs and
native trinkets.
Another bride and groom spent six
months upon a yacht ciulslng about
the Pacific ocean, and still another pair
took their Introductory journey into
the realms of matrimony by means of a
carriage drive throughout their native
state.
An athletic nevrly-wedded couple of
New Haven, Conn., aro reported as
having "hiked" it through three states,
and one notoriety-seeking pair even
rode to church and back on their wheels
instead of using the conventional coach
nnd white horses.
Many men and women Iwivo been
united In the bonds of matrimony while
at a considerable altitude from the
ground In balloons, but it remained
for two natives of the Wolveilne state
to plan a honeymoon In one of these
hips of the air. Owing, however, to
I the extreme nervousness of the bride.
I nn early descent was made and the
i distance actually traversed was but
trilling.
Wo.vn In Alabama, quite near the
city, where the songster "drej'int he
saw n pretty yaller gal," an Impecuni
ous pair decided on a novel wedding
trip. They traversed a considerable
distance, the groom trundling nn old
wheelbarrow, which contained their
luggage, and, upon occasion, even the
bride herself.
Another enterprising couple of our
own city, who, for purposes of econo
my, combined with honeymonlcnl bliss,
engaged, respectively, as steward and
stewardess on a West Indian passenger
steamer, enjoyed their tilp so much
that they havo retained their positions
Indefinitely.
Along our northern frontier and
across the line In Canada, honeymoon
trips on skates, snow-shoes and In
sleighs, Ice-boats and toboggans have
becomo of common occurrence, and
numorous collides have occupied n
hunter's log cabin In the backwoods
during the joyous season.
It Is Interesting to note that a couple
swam the whole distance of Long Is
land Sound as their wedding journey.
When, however, It Is further explained
they were accompanied by a naphtha
Inunch and were both piofesslonal
swimmers, tho mystery It. not so mys
tcrlouB. Another expcrlenco that might al
most seem to rival the foregoing In
originality was the case of the Balti
more & Ohio engineer who received
ardors to take his locomotive out with
in a few minutes after the cei emony
was performed, and, with the aid of
his fireman, smuggled his brldo Into
tho cab and took her to tho end of his
tun.
But probably tho most strikingly
original form of the wedding journey
that has ever been accomplished was
the one that too!: place last fall, the
happy pair being married by tele
phono. The reasons for Ibis wero al
most wholly of an economical nature,
tho bride's dwelling placo being in a
New England city, while the groom was
engaged In business at Los Angeles,
Cal. After the ceremony the twain made
their respective way to tho nearest
railway station, whero they took train
nnd met, as pre-arranged, at Council
Bluffs, Iowa, tho groom accompanying
his brldo thence- back to the home he
had prepared for her.
One admirable feature of the present
fashion of long-distance hone moons
Is tho diversity nfforded In choosing
suitable gifts. Thus tho couple bound
to tho tropics, the mountains ol India
or the Aztec ruins of Mexico appreci
ate such articles as a camera, a pair of
lleldglasses, an alpenstock or half a
hundred other similar articles ot real
uso or necessity, nnd tho almost Incvl
tnblo dupUcato butter dlshoi nnd ollvo
tongs aro avoided. It Is true that an
overplus of photographic or optical ap
paratus might thus result, but then
these articles are always more or less
desirable even In quantities, nnd no
criticism Is engendered oy their absence
from a prominent position on the buffet
or dining table.
Somo fow years ago, when the happy
pair were accustomed to rumble awny
in their coach to tnko train or boat for
a few weeks' jaunt to somo near-by re
sort, tho minds of tho wedding gucsti
wero filled with naught but pleasure
and anticipation of the joys in store for
l the departing newly wedded.
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But when wo begin o throw pliocs
and rice after couples who have their
faces turned toward such romantic
parts of the world as Siberia, ct al., it
becomes a much more serious matter,
nnd many a heartfelt prayer for tho
voyagers' safe return accompanies tho
effusive congratulations over the happy
event.
A MALAY GIRL'S LIFE.
i:n;:isel to I!p Married When Hho I
One Year Old.
At evening, when the tierce sun vent
down behind tho gr'on banian tree that
nearly hid Mount Pulol, the khnlecb
would sound the call to prayer on a
hollow 'log that hung up befoio tho
palm-thatched mosque, rays the Over
land Monthly. Th'en Busuk and her
pliiymatis would fall on their faces,
while the holy man sung in a soft, mo
notonous voice the promises of the
kornn, the men of the campong answer
ing. "Allah II Allah," be would sing,
and "Mohammed Is his prophet." they
would answer.
Eery night ISustil; would lie down on
n mat on the floor of the house with a
little wooden pillow under her neck nnd
when she dared she would peep down
thronpii the open spsicof in the bamboo
floor Into the darkness benenth. Once
she board a low growl and a great dark
form stood rir.'.it below her. She could
see lia tall hahlng Itr slde-s with shoit,
v.hljMlkr movements Then all the dogs
In tho ennipong began to bail: and tho
men rushed down their ladders scream
ing "Haiimaii! Haiimau!" (A tiger! A
tiger!)
The next morning she found thnt her
pet dog Fatitmi, named after herself,
had been killed by one stroke of tho
great beast's paw. Once a monster
python swung from a ceiceninut treo
through the window of her homo and
wound Itself round and round the peist
of her mother's loom. It took a dozen
men to tie a rope to tho serpent's tail
and pull It out. So the days were passed
In tho little campong under the gently
swnylng cooonnuts and the lithe Malay
an girl grew up like her companions,
free and wild, with little thought be
yond the morrow. That some day sho
was to be married she knew, for bIiico
her first birthday she bad been en
gaged to Muiniit. the son of her father's
friend, the punghulo of Bander Buhru.
Saeil hy n Drink.
A child U years of age hud developed
a bad habit of rising in the night to
drink from the water bottle, and had
been forbidden In vain. On the night
of a recent storm his parents being
away, his aunt tucked him safely lu
bed.
"Now, Dickey," she said, "remember
I can tell if you go to the water bottle."
"Oh, no, auntie," ho smiled slyly,
"how can you?"
"I can tell," she said with conviction.
"But how?" said Dick, skeptically.
"I can," she repeated; "and since you
won't promise, you nnughty boy, I shall
empty the bottle." And she did so, to
the) young reprobate's consternation.
In the mlillc of tho night the gablo
of the house was blown down, and
crashed like thunder through the cell
ing of master Dick's room. As his aunt
and the servants rushed In a terriblo
sight met their gnzo. The bed was al
most hidden by masses of bricks and
masonry, two Iron feet at the head be
ing driven completely through tho
Moor. With a shriek his aunt fell em
her knees. "O, Dicky, poor Dicky!" sho
cried. "He's been killed."
The words hud hardly left her lips
when there came a light, faltering step
from the bathroom and as they turned
there stood Dicky, his teeth chattering
with cold, a candle lu ono hand, and a
full water bottle In the other. For a full
moment he surveyed the bed with its
ton or two of debris, and then shook his
head with sorrowful admission.
"Yeth, aunty," he declared; "you thed
you could tell If I did." Boston Globe.
Climbing Down the (.olden Ktulri.
"You know what enemies Wilson and
Watson were? Well, when Wntson died
old Wilson sent a beautiful lloral 'gates
njnr' "
"I'm glad to hear it. I hate to think
a man could not forgive "
"Wnlt till I get through. Behind tho
gntes wns a stairway- leading down
ward." Indianapolis Journal.
FLOTSAM AND JETSAM.
A largo factory for the manufneturo
I1UUIII1U
sJkig
rhe In
of razors by special machinery lsg
erected near Berlin.
A French society Is being lonnel
Paris for tho study an.l Improvement
of the vnrlous breeds of iineep dog.
Tho Brooklyn llolglus Elovnted
Railroad Company has furnished a
reading anil recreallon-room for Its
employes. '
Within n quarter of nn bcur on Tues
day, March 3, Londoners experienced a
thunder storm, a gale, snow, ball, rain
and sunshine.
Tho lato Mrs. Charles Tllcson ot
Boston bequeathed to the Bostonlan
society a map of Boston harbor In 1799,
with the shore and Islauds worked in.
silk.
During tho coming summer tho
school grounds of Cincinnati will bo
used as playgrounds for children. It
1b proposed to provldo sand piles Tor
the children to roll In,
The sea Is Infinitely more productlvo
than the land. It Is i.'stlmated that an
aero of geiod fishing will yield moro
fooil lu a wee',; than an acio of tho best
land will yield In a jear.
Several English theaters aro now
warmed by electric radiators, to tho
gie-at delight of their patrons. It 13
said that all draughts havo been dono
awny with by this method of heat
ing. Tho vital statistics of Steuben, Mo.,
for tho twelvo months Just closed show
a, curious coincidence. During tho
year thero wero In tho town, sixteen,
births, sixteen deaths, and sixteen mar-
rlages.
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