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THE PASEO.
The wavering heat Ss broken by long rowa
of sUm ae cIas , palms and nlamos.
In brave attire ther : walk , between ,
Jose , Andres and Agnwtln.
Andre , Jose and Agut tin
-I f Stroll down the nlatn rbi slow
Neatlr sprsulint ' , lxu'hs with nlath between
f Where ro + o and belhxl gr nada grow.
Tall gray sombreros , salver trimmed ,
1 Bedecked with spangle nrnph brimmed ,
Shade from bright my by clouds undimmed
„ The cyes of all.
e They loiter an with airy grace ,
A turn of head this way and that ,
While sparkling smiles light up the face
i Accenting gay , theatric dfat.
Their jaunty jackets reach the wah t ,
, f With rows of buttons closely } laced ,
And braided trousers , .tightly laced ,
Costume complete.
- A greater charm is found by far
Than shade , bright flowers and tropic
Weather
In Juana , Inca and Leonor ,
All pretty maids who drive together ,
Clearolive , faee , lips of red-
But back of them the warder's bead ,
The duena , accredited
' For watchful eyes.
The wavering heat is broken by long rows
Of Hlim acacias , palms auul alamos.
In bravo attire t ere walk between ,
Jose , Andres an "Agustin.
-L W. Green in "Land of Sunshine. "
THE CIRCUS RING.
It Is Always Exactly Forty-two Feet Nine
Inches In Diameter.
In various ways the circus of thopres-
ent day differs from that of the past ,
but the ring remains unchanged. It is
always 42 feet 9 inchesin diameter. Go
1 where you will , search the world from
j I China to Peru , with diverging trips to
1 - "tlie frosty Caucasus and the desert of
1 Sahara , and never a circus will you find
) I without a ring 42 feet 9 inches in di-
ameter.
There is a reason for this remarkable
I t ' uniformity. Circus riders and circus
horses are nomadic. wherever their
wanderings bring them they must find
' the ring always the same , else they
will be disturbed in their performance ,
if not really rendered incapable. Trained
to the 42 feet 9 inch ring , the horse and
his rider have grown used-worn , one
i might say-to the exact angle of declivity -
clivity toward the center of the ring
which the radius of 21 feet and a given
i Speed produce.
The mound on the circumference of
the ring always has on the inside a ] ev-
1 el , so to speak , of earth , at the same
V angle as that into which radius and
speed throw the driver. As for speed ,
that , after the horse hasgoneround two
or three times and is warmed to his
I' work , is the same through the act. In
fact , a strap generally holds his head
so that he cannot get beyond a certain
t pace.
pace.The
The ringmaster snaps his whip , the
clown shouts , tlobandplays ) louder and
louder , but the horse knows just how
t much this empty show means and jogs
' f on at the same old pace until , with the
last jump through a tissue balloon , the
at is ended.-Exchange.
The Roman Legionary.
The Roman legionary is a personage
1 j of remarkable interest. He is indeed the
f I i first soldier whom we seem to recognize
I as such-a disciplined man of the highest -
' est training , with pride in himself , confidence -
, fidence an his leaders and considerable
I esprit de corps ; in fact , a warrior whom
the modern soldier can take tohis heart.
There were legions and legions , of
course , as in modern armies there are
regiments and regiments. Some indeed ,
like the famous Tenth , enjoyed even a
nickname , "The Larks" ( Alauda ) . The
men , if we arc to believe Vegetius , suffering -
fering from the same weaknesses , could
be raised by the same means to the same
f excellence as the veterans of the peninsula
sula war. As to the lighter moods of
the Raman legionary , are they not immortalized -
mortalized in the name of a Roman
emperor ?
- Tacitus tell us how Germanicus , always -
ways a popular general , having had a
l son born to him in the camp , dressed
the lad like a little soldier , complete
even to his boots ( caliga ) , in the hope
of pleasing his men. The men of course
t made a pet of him and called him Cali-
gula , or Little Boots , and it is by his
camp nickname of Little Boots that
Claudius , son of Gerinanicus , lives in
history to this day. It is a curious example -
ample of the persistence in the nature of
fighting men. Cochrane's rough Chilean -
ean sailors dressed up his 5-year-old son
as a tiny midshipman and made a pet
of him in the same way.-Macmillan's
Magazine.
hoses In a Tomb Five Thousand Years Old.
Flinders Petrie , the archeologist ,
while excavating among some ancient
Egyptian tombs , found a wreath of roses
which had been bound into a garland
and buried with the dead thousands of
years ago. M. CrePiu the botanist and i
microscopist made a careful examinai
I tion of this queer find and prepared a
paper on it , which he read before the
Royal society of Belgium. From this
paper it appears that in places where
the flowers were matted together they
still retained their color as well as a
very faint odor. The species to which
they belong is now extinct , but a rose
i resembling them in several particulars
is still grown in Egypt and Abyssinia.
-St. Louis Republic.
Have You a Shoe Tree ?
t The fashionable woman who does not
own a shoe tree in these days is far be-
r
. bind the times. These' "trees" are rather
expensive. They mustbe carefully made
,1- from the last of the shoes they are to
hold. They cost 5 a pair , and one must
have one less pair than she has slippers
and shoes. with ordinarynsage theyare
! ' indestructible. They keep the footgear in ]
l excellent shape and condition for the
lohgest possible term of usefulness.
I have a.o seen the world , and after
long experience have discovered that i
1 ennui is our greatest enemy and remu-
i nerative labor our most lasting friend.
-Justus Moser.
I
? hysic , for the most part , is-nothing
else but the , substitute of . exercise for
temperance Addison. : '
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RED TAPE IN SENEGAL.
I How a Trareier May Get a Bath In That
r Country.
A young French explorer , M. Gaston
Donnet , contributes to Lo RevneBleno
some vivid descriptions of the French
colony of SenegaL The following hap-
I pened at St. Louis , the capital , a dull , ,
unprogressive French colonial town ,
eaten up with red tape and officialism.
M. Donnet tells us that he and a fellow
traveler wanted to take a bath. There is
no establishment in the capital of Sene-
gal. Rumor bad it that it was possible
to hire baths at thehospitaL We asked ,
he says , one of the servants there for a
bath.
"Certainly. Take seats. Your names ,
eamames and birthplace ? "
"Bat we only want a bath. "
"Exactly. What is your name , and
where and when were you born , and are
you government servants , soldiers or
officers ? No. Well , the rules do not provide -
vide for this. Wait a minute. I will
read them over again. Yes , here is your
case. You first make out on stamped paper -
per an application to the governor of
the colony. After favorable notice from
the governor you send anqther application -
tion to the chief colonial doctor , who
will send for you and will examine
you. "
"But we are not ill. "
"It is the rule. Having examined
you , the doctor will give you two noncommissioned -
commissioned officers' bath tickets , to
be delivered to the assistant doctor. "
\Vhy noncommissioned officers'
bath ? "
"llon Dieu ! In our accounts we recognize -
ognize only two categories of persons ,
officers and civil servants , the latter
taking rank with officers. You are not
official at all. If officers were to find
you in their baths , they would probably
make a row. "
"How long will all these formalities
take ? "
"Oh , nothing at all-two or three
days , provided that your application is
approved at government house. "
A MILLIONAIRE'S AMUSEMENT.
The Now Wealthy Ex-Junrcman Spends
His Time in Whittling.
A millionaire must be allowed to have
some amusements , and if he is disposed
to amuse himself in ways that would
not be at all amusing to the big public
made of men who are not millionaires
he must certainly be accorded the privi-
loge.One
One of Chicago's greatest stockmen
and packers was once a dealer in junk ,
and it is said that he once went about
gathering old iron himself. Now he is
reputed to be worth X25,000,000 , and
rumor says that he has his property in
such shape that lie could , if ho chose ,
raise a larger sum in cash than any
other man in Chicago.
Each morning the millionaire's man
comes into his office with a bundle of
clean pine sticks , which he places in a
corner not far from the millionaire's
desk. When the millionaire 1ns read his
morning mail , and business men come
in to see him , ho takes one of the sticks ,
and with a big , old fashioned jackknife
whittles it into bits , the shavings falling -
ing on the floor. Sometimes he walks
up and dawn-he walks much-and
whittles. By the time business is done
for the day his office looks like a carpenter -
penter shop and the bundle of pine
sticks has vanished. The harder the
business problems he has to meet the
harder lie whittles. And that is the way ,
he amuses himself.-Chicago Record.
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The Making of Tubing.
One of the of
most important parts r
the bicycle , because it is tire most in
evidence , is the tubing. The manufacture - 1
ture of tubing is now carried on to a I
large extent in this country , although it
is but recently that the home production
i
has reached a stage of perfection where
it could successfully compete with that I ,
of the English concerns. ;
There are a number of methods of ]
making tubing , but the one mostly in
vogue at present is what is termed the
cold drawn process , and it is of this style
of tubing that all the high grade machines -
chines are at present being made. The
machinery required is ponderous , and t
the power required to draw out a piece
of steel without heating it is another ex-
bibition of the perfection of modern ma-
chinery.
There are a number of variations to a
the method employed , one of which consists -
sists in taking a piece of steel in the ' t
shape of a bar or ingot. This is bored
through the center. It is then passed ,
through a die , after which it is heated ' s
and treated to a bath in a secret preparation -
ration which removes the temper that ]
the drawing process imparts. This is repeated -
peated a number of times , and each die e
used is smaller than its predecessor\vith s
the result that the tube grows smaller
and longer. This is continued till the
tube is the right diameter and gauge.-
Chicago Tribune.
To Prevent Chapping.
h
As cold weather approaches womeu
try to devise means for preventing t
hands and lips from chapping. An excellent -
cellent remedy to prevent chapping is
cold cream. The manicurist told me t
that it also whitens the skin more than
my preparation. It has taken the place
of the old time remedy-mutton suet.
It should be well rubbed into the skin ,
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and gloves-preferably white-slipped
on. The palms of the gloves should be c
slit in several places to allow the air
and prevent cramp of the muscle , and
the finger tips clipped off.
Vaseline .should never touch the
hands. It turns the skin yellow and
eaves a stain on the nails that is hard t
to clear away.-New York World.
Removes the Odors.
, r
A paste of ground mustard and water o
s a first rate agent for removing traces c
of disagreeable smelling substances from i
the hands , such as salts of valerianic
acid , cod liver oil , etc. Huver claims 1
hat any oily seeds when powdered will a
answer this purpose. The smell of carbolic -
bolic acid may be removedby rubbing
with dampened flaxseed meal.
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A HT TAI OLD ,
BUT THE MAN EATING SHARK TOOK
$45,000 OF THE BAIT.
4he Ex-Divar'e Story of an Adventure In
the "Great Days"-Silence Smeared Itself
All Over time veranda at the Completion
of the Tcra.
"I suppose , " quoth James T. Gaulin
of Winchester , Mass. , who wa's sitting
on the hotel veranda , ' 'that I had the
honor of killing the most valuable fish
that ever swam the seas. I did it single
handed too. I aver that this flsl was
worth more at the time of its death than
the finest sperm whale that was ever
harpooned , although we should really
leave whales out of the question when
speaking of fish. It was 30 years ago ,
and I was young and foolish enough to
be a deep sea diver. Our diving schooner
and crew had been sent to Cuba to try
to recover some stuff from a Spanish
boat that had foundered off the coast of
Cuba , just where I don't now recollect.
It was quite a long trip for us , and as
the employment of a diving outfit was
an expensive thing in those days the
boys knew that there must be something
pretty valuable in the hold of the wteck.
I was quite close to our skipper , and he
told into that there were several boxes of
gold coin in the wreck. On our arrival
at the port near where the wreck lay in
30 febt of water the agent of the owners
of tine sunken schooner told us something -
thing more surprising. It was that the
gold had not been stowed in boxes in
the cabin , as was usual , but for some
reason had been bagged and placed in
the hold , being billed as copper washers.
This was probably a scheme to avoid
any chance of the spirit of cupidity arising -
ing in the crew , for the treasure was
very great.
"As the confidential man , I was selected -
lected to go down first and find the lnon-
ey bags , attach lines to them and have
them taken out before the other ( livers
should proceed with the work of taking
out the other freight that the water had
not harmed. I was soon in the hold and
was surprised to find that the bags were
only a little distance from the hole in
the side that had caused the schooner to
founder. I had been told that there
would be 12 bags , but I could lay my
hands on but 11 of them. Finally T
spied a torn bag lying near the hole in
the hull , and on picking it up discovered -
ed that it contained a few gold coins. I
decided that the heavy triple sacking
had been torn open in some way or oth =
er when the schooner sank. I fastened
lines about the 11 bags that were intact.
and had them hoisted , afterward going
up for air , for our apparatus was not
very good.
"In a few minutes I returned to the
hold to search for the scattered coins.
Very few of them were in sight. It oc-
cnrred to me that they might have been
washed outside the boat , judging from
the position of the wreck and the fact
that the hold was far down toward the
slip's bottom. Iwas about to crawl out
of the hole when I remembered that it
might hazard the air pipe , so I was
pulled up and let down again over the
vessel's side. I was disappointed not to
find any i idication of the gold near the
bolo in the schooner , but set to work
digging resolutely in the sand. I had
; ono but a foot down when I struck the
gold pieces all in a lump. I picked out
a great handful and turned the light on
them , for I was a lover of gold then ,
even though it did not belong to me.
"Just then I saw something that
nade the rubber helmet rise from my
lead. It was a man eating shark. I
hadn't thought of one in so long that I
lad neglected to bring my knife. It was
rushing at me. The stupid creature
never stopped to consider that with a
ribber and lead dressing a diver makes
I poor lunch. I was kneeling beside the
old. At the shark's onslaught I natural-
y hung to the handful of gold as though
to use it as a weapon. He turned on his
side , opening his horrible mouth. A
feeling of grim humor had come over
me. The cruel goldbugs had sent me
down here to be devoured , after saving
housands of dollars for them. I would
be a spendthrift at the last. So with all
my force I flung the heavy handful of
coin into the yawning mouth.
"The shark musthavethought it was
part of me , for he snapped his jaws
over the golden morsel. I am satisfied
hat he broke some teeth. He swam
back a little , and then rushed at me
again. I had no weapon but the gold ,
o again I flung into the hideous maw
enough to bay me a home in New Eng-
and. I saw him snap and swallow it.
Again and again was the attack repeat-
d , and as often did I hurl gold into the
hark's throat. Pretty soon he became
dizzy , as it were , for the gold had uii-
balanced him , settling in the forward i
part of his body. Then he writhed in
agony , and I had to keep dodging his
flurry. Then , with one terrible shudder ,
1e sank to the bottom , weighted down
by the gold. I tied aline about him and
hen gave the signal to be pulled up. \
Then I helped hoist the shark. We cut
him open. Gentlemen , you must take
he word of an ex-diver that there was
545,000 in him. Goklhad killed him. "
Silence smeared itself all over the
veranda. The pale moon slid behind a
loud. The amphitheater organ slowly
wove a weird chunk of melody. The.
Nimes began to ring. "Those were
great days , " said Mr. Gaulin sadly.- .
Buffalo Express.
The Lowell Family.
The Lowells hold an honored place in
he local history of New England. One
member of the family introduced cotton
pinning into the United States , and r
,1im the town of Lowell is named. .A
ther left money to found in Boston the
ourse of lectures known as the Lowell
nstitute. The most famous of them all
was James Russell Lowell , bore in ,
819 at Cambridge , Mass. , on Feb. 22 ,
lso the birthday of the most distinguished -
guished of all Americans.'James
Russell Lowell , " by Brander Matthews ,
U St. Nicholas.
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A POLAR NIGHT.
Graphic Des + iription of This Time of Gloom
and Deaolatlon.
Mr. Constantin Nossiloff , reporting
in Le Tour du Mondu his scientilo researches -
searches in Nova Zembla , fnrnishes an
interesting description of his sensations
and o.periences during the long arctic
nighti which began Nov. 3 and ended
Jan. 20.
September was pretty comfortable , he
says. Then suddenly snow covered the
mountains. The Samnyedes , his only
companions , put on their winter clothing -
ing , the fishing boats set sail for Archangel -
angel , the ground froze , the sun lost its
warmth and heavy snows fe1L Winter
had come in earnest
On the day when the sun showed itself -
self for the last time all hands went
out of doors to bid it farewelL It remained -
mained in sight for half an hour ouly.
For a few days longer there was a
morning twilight. Then this faded and
gave place to black ] light. The stars
shone the whole 24 hours. The huts of
the colony were buried under the snow ,
of which thick whirlwinds filled the
air. The wind shook the lints to their
foundations. Sometimes for days together -
gether the inmates of the different huts
could hold no communication with each
other , though the huts were side by side.
If any one went out , he was seized by
the wind and had to be dragged back by
means of ropes.
In this darkness and desolation the
aurora borealis did much to entertain
and cheer them. It lasted sometimes for
five clays 1n succession , with splendors
of color that Mr. Nossiloff tries in vain
to describe. To enjoy the spectacle lie
used to remain for hours in a hole in
the snow , sheltered from the wind.
"I have never seen anything more
terrible than a tempest during the polar
night , " says Mr. Nossiloff. "Man feels
himself overwhelmed in immensity. "
When there carne a lull in the storm ,
the men ventured out to breathe the
air and purge their lungs of the exliala-
tions of the smoking lamps fed with
seal oil.
Twilight appeared again in the middle -
dle of January , and on the 20th tile SUfl
rose above the horizon , while the members -
bers of the little colony stood in line
facing it and fired a salute. No one had
died or been seriously ill , but all had
the look of corpses and were feeble as
convalescents after a long sickness.
iealthr retuned with the appearance of
the slur.-Youth's Companion.
A B'ird's Eevenge.
A lady who was one day watching a
pair of redstarts as they worked in a
tree was startled by a violent commotion -
tion that arose in the shrubbery hard
by. Catbirds screamed , wrens scolded
and the robins shouted "Quick ! " with
all their might. A chipmunk was dragging -
ging a baby catbird by the leg from its
nest and all the birds round about had
come to help make a row about it , including -
cluding a Baltimore oriole. The screaming -
ing and the swish of wings as the birds
darted about made the squirrel abandon
its prey and then the commotion subsided -
sided as quickly as it had risen. All the
birds but the oriole went about their
business elsewhere. The oriole had not
said a word so far , and beyond the countenancing -
tenancing the hubbub by his presence
had had no part in it.
The squirrel , laving dropped the
baby catbird , cocked itself upon a limb
and began to chatter in a defiant way ,
while the oriole sat not far away looking -
ing at it , but doing nothing else. But in
a few moments the squirrel left its seat
and ran out on the limb it had been sitting -
ting on until it had to use care to keep
its hold , and then the oriole's opportunity -
nity for a terrible assault had come.
Flashing across the space he struck the
chipmunk in one eye with his sharp
pointed beak , and then turning instantly -
ly struck the other eye in a like manner.
Quivering with pain , the squirrel let go
the limb and dropped to the ground ,
where it rolled and struggled about apparently -
parently in the throes of death. The
oriole flew away to his favorite elm ,
where he sang in his most brilliant fash-
ion. The lady put the squirrel out of
its misery and then saw that the oriole
had destroyed both eyes.-Chicago Rec-
ord.
Chameleon Spiders.
An interesting instance of color mim-
[ cry in spiders has been observed in the
south of France. The spiders of that region -
gion when in search of prey hide in the
convolvuus ] flowers. It has been noticed
that a white varietyof spiders frequented -
ed the white fiowrs , a greenish colored
variety made the green flowers his home ,
and a pink one lived principally in the
pink flowers. The colors of the three
varieties were at first supposed to be
permanent , but it has recently been discovered -
covered that the color of any one of
these spiders changes within a few days
f the insect be placed in the convolvulus
of a different colored flower from that
which le has been using as his home.
Four spiders-pink , white , green and
yellow in color-were all put in a box
together , and within three days all \vere
\vhite.
She Controls a Newspaper.
Under the able management of Mrs.
Marie Louise Myrick the Americus
Times-Recorder continues doing mag-
niflcent work. It is a fact not generally
known to the public that last January
Captain Myrick turned over to his wife
the editorial management of The Times-
Recorder , devoting his time tothebusi-
ness of the paper. Since that time she
has managed the editorial department ,
superintended the local , and , in fact ,
had absolute editorial control. The
rimes-Recorder is unquestionably one
of the brightest and best of Georgia's
dailies and is always found on the side
of the people.-Atlanta Constitution.
Art thou in misery , brother ? Then I
pray be comforted. Thy grief shall pass I
away. Art thou elated ? Ah , be not too
gay. Temper thy joy. This , too , shall
pass away.-Paul H. Rayne.
It is stated that of every 12 coins \
dropped in automatic machines two are
bad. 1
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SACRED RUNNING OXEN.
They Are the Greatest Cnrioeltles Among
Ceyloa'a Domesticated Animals.
One of the greatest curiosities among
the domesticated animals of Ceylon is
a breed of cattle known to the zoologists
as the "sacred running oxen. " They
are the dwarfs of the whole ox family ,
the -largest specimens of the species never -
er exceeding 30 inches , or 21 feet in
height. One sent to the Marquis of Canterbury -
terbury in the year 1891 , and which is
still living and believed to be somewhere -
where near 10 years of age , is only 22
inches high and weights but l09 j.
pounds. In Ceylon they are used for
making quick trips across the country
with express matter and other light
loads , and it is said that four of them
can pull a driver of a two wheeled cart
and a 200 pound load of niiscollanoous
matter 60 to 70 miles a day. They keep
up a constant swinging trot or run and
have been known to travel 100 miles in
a day and night without either feed or
water. No one knows anything concerning -
ing the origin of this peculiar breed of
miniature cattle. They have been known
on the island of Ceylon and in other
Buddhistic countries for more than a
thousand years. One story told to account -
count for their origin is to the effect
that they were originally cattle of the
ordinary height and bulk ; that a Bud-
dhistiq priest was once imprisoned in a
stone building , one-half of which was
used for a cattle stable. During the
night he managed to dislodge one of the
stones in his prison wall. The stone in
question was exactly 21.E feet square.
It was almost daylight when this
apostle of Buddha felt the air rush
through the opening he had made and
realized that he was all but freo. He
knew that ho would ho unable to got
out of the enemy's country on foot , so
he prayed that he might be provided
with a beast of burden that would safely
carry him to the pontes of the followers
of Buddha. No sooner had ho done this
than one of the large oxen which had
been quietly feeding in a stall at his side
walked leisurely to the 30 inch square
opening and miraculously passed
through it.
The priest followed and mounted the
now sacredly dwarfed beast and was
soon safe in his own country. Since
that time , so the story goes , tltero has
been a breed of "sacred ruining oxen"
in Ceylon , which never grow too tall to
pass through an opening the size of
that made in the prison wall by Bull-
dha's representative on the night when
he miraculously escaped on the back of
the first of the famous dwarfed oxen.-
St. Louis Republic.
, Recollections of Ilismarek's'artiure. .
In the columns of The Kreuzzeitung
Herr Andrae , a well known Conservative
politician and friend of Prince Bismarck -
marck , gives some interesting recollections -
tions of the period of the war of 1870.
Hu says : "Bismarck read on the 9th of
July the speech delivered by the Duke
of Grammont on the 6th. Ho was at
dinner and handed the newspaper to his
wife , with the words : The Duke of
Grammont must have soon got tired of
his office. I shall , of course , have to ask
for his resignation. ' Later in the evening -
ing , while walking in the park at
Varzin and thinking of the matter , the
idea suddenly came to him , Napoleon
wants war , and Grammont's speech was
dictated by him. '
'He went to his roomhis first thought
being to telegraph to the king , at Ems ,
as follows , 'It would be best to mobilize
at once , declare war and attack before
France is prepared. ' His nerves were
strung to the highest tension , and he
passed a sleepless night. Lying awake ,
thinking , there crossed his mind the
text , Blessed are the peacemakers , for
they shall be called the children of God. '
'So that won't do , ' he said to himself.
Then all the political consequences of
his contemplated action became clear to
him , and he ended by casting the first
message aside and telegraphing to King
William simply nottopledge himself to
anything with Benedetti , who , if he became -
came pressing , was to be told , 'My minister -
ister of foreign affairs is at Varzin. ' "
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A Triumph of Elementary Education.
The following little incident happened
in a London suburb : A bootmaker's apprentice -
prentice , a lad of about 14 , delivered a
pair of boots at a tradesman's house.
The tradesman's .wife , accustomed to
orderly business ways , asked the lad ,
after handing him the money for the
boots , to receipt the bill. At this request -
quest the lad showed the greatest confusion -
fusion , so that the woman , to reassure
him , said , "Just receipt it , as a matter
of business. " Whereupon he wrote
laboriously something on the paper. In
the evening , when the tradesman exam.
meld the papers on the spike , ho came
upon a bootmaker's bill , at the foot of
which was written in large letters in a
schoolboy hand , "As a matter of busi-
ness. " It was the youthful apprentice's
literal interpretation of the demand for
matter of business.-West-
a receipt as a - -
minster Review.
How Tennyson Asked For an Apple.
Mr. Sherrard . dds that his father I
used to tell him that when he was a
boy he once met Tennyson at a dinner
party , and that he was v ry frightened
at his appearance. "Tennyson was at I
that time very sallow-almost yellow I 1
-and had long black hair. At dessert I
the poet bent across the table and addressed -
dressed my father , in front of whom
was placed a dish of fruit , and said , H
Evolve me an apple. ' 'I did not know
what he wanted me to do , ' said my fa-
-Westminster Gazette.
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A Good Auctioneer. i
"I'm going now. Yes , I'm going ,
going , " murmured Steigher.
"What an excellent auctioneer you'd
make , " said the heartless but tired Miss
Nycegirl.-Boston Courier.
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. Sweet In Comparison.
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"Doesn't the rag peddler annoy you
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\vith his horny"
"Not half as much as the piano pedf f
aler nest door. " = Detroit Free Press. I
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LIN OLN S LOVEMAKING ,
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Abe Encouatered His Political Rival While '
Addressing Miss Todd.
In 1839 Miss Mary Todd of Kentucky
arrived in Springfield to visit a married
sister , Mrs. Edvarlls. At. the instance
of his friend Speed , who was also a
Kentuckian , Lincoln became a visitor
at the Edwards' , mid before long it was
apparent to the observant among those
in Springfield that the lively young
lady hull him captive. Engagements at
that time and in that neighborhood
were hot afIlonfCCl as soon us they
were made , and it is not at all impossible - !
blo that ; Suss Todd 811(1 Mr. Lincoln '
were betrothed mmnynonthis before any
other than Mrs. Ldwartltiuudllr. Spend , +
knew of it , writes John Ginner Speed ;
in The Ladies' Honio Jonrhal.
At this time , as was the case till
Lincoln was elected to the presidency ,
his one special rival in liliiiois wits
Stephen A. Douglas. Mr. Douglas had -
moro of the social graces than Mr. Lincoln -
coln , and it appeared to Mini that nothing -
ing would be more interesting tluut to
cut out his political rival in the alice-
tiellS of the entertaining and lively
Miss Todd , and so lie paid her court. s
A spirited young ladyfroni Kentucky
at that tune in Illinois would letve
beet ) alliiost less flan hm an if she had
refused to accept the attentions of tile '
two leading rnen of the locality. Therefore -
fore ltiliss Todd , being quite human , encouraged -
couraged Douglas , and again there was j
what ltowadays would have been called
a flirtation. This course of action did 1
ifotSpn1 Lincoln ell in his devotiell , but !
made Iris less ardent , and he concluded , 1 1 ,
after' ilileh self worrineut , to break off '
the elln"aa"eiiielit + which ho dill , but at a
the saute interview tlrre were a recou
ciliation and a renewal of the engage- r
merit.
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THE REGENT DIAMOND. . ,
The Ore i'recious Stono'rluat Cowes Near-
cst to lacing Flawless.
'illo Regentdlanicnd ilo surpassed
in size b3 the Great Mogul and several
other well known stones , is really the
finest of all , being nearly faultless in
form and purity alitl the must brilliult
diamond in the world today.
Its French history dates bade to 1717.
In that year it was purchased from its
English owner , for tie French regalia ,
by the Duke of Orleans , then regent of
Franece , wlereo its presctt none. It
ha(1 previously been kilo vJL by a name
almost as famous.
Iii 1717 French finances were in a.
desperate strait. The people were starving -
ing , the treasury was nearly exhausted ,
credit oven was lost , yet under the persuasions -
suasions of tloScotchfinancierLaw awl
the Ficucli Duke of St. Simon tllo regent -
gent of France , licsitating where every
monarch of Europe had refused , finally
agreed to the price of $675,000.
Greatly to the relief of the duke , his
act appealed to the pride of the French
people , told instead of corlleniatrou for
his extravagance he received their ap- j
plauso. In the light of subsequent events
their approval has a toneli of the pro-
photic.
The first prominent appearance of the
diamond in the French regalia was in
the circlet of the crown made for the
coronation of the boy Louis XV , in 1722.
After half a century it was again the
center of a new crown , tlat which in
1775 weighed heavy on the lead of the
young Louis XVI till hr cried out in
discomfort "It hurts me ! "
Then come 17S9 and the fire and I
blood ; old fury of the French revolution. '
-Charles Stuart Pratt in Lippineott's.
The Army of Tramps.
There can bo no doubt that the tramp
is in a certain sense the maker and ,
chooser of Iris own career. The writer's
experience with these vagrants has convinced -
vinced him that , though they are almost
always the victims of liquor and laziness -
ness , fully four-fifths of America's voluntary -
untary beggars have begun their wide
and restless ways while still in their
teens , and have been furthered in their
wrong tendencies by unwise treatment
applied to them when young.
Year after year , even month after
month , trampdom is increased by squads
of youths who will soon take and hold
the places of their elders , who will naturally -
urally drop away with the years. These
boyish roadsters are more often illegitimate -
mate than lawful children and consequently -
quently proper subjects for htato care
and guardianship. And the fact that
every tramp in the tnited States has
spent seine part of his youth in a reform
form school , or , worst of all , in jails ,
demonstrates that there is a failure
somewhere in our system of correction
and reformation and makes it necessary
and only fair that the sociologist as
well as the reformer should know the
tramp from boyhood to manhood. Superficial -
perficial and unsympathetic studies of
his character , with shallow theories
about reniedial measures , have so far
failed signally in checking his malign
influence Upon society.-"How Men Become -
come Tramps , " by Jo ialt Flynt , in
Century.
Hospitable.
A peculiar epitaph is inscribed on a
tombstone in the old churchyard of an
Ohio town. General Wayne was at one
tine iii comina nd of the fort mentioned
n the epitaph.
Margaret ,
Wife of David Gregory ,
Died Aug. 12 , i21 ,
Aged ceyears. .
ere lies the woman , the fist 'awe one ,
That rcttled on the Miami above Fort Hamil.
ton.
Her table was spread , and that of the best ,
And Anthony Wayne wag often her guest.
-Youth's Companion.
Living on One Food.
We hold that a well devised dietary
system does not need frequent change.
All do not require to eat the same in
amount or kind. Uncooked fruits and
huts suit some. Othtrs live almost en-
irely on bread and oatmeal , but when
iie correct diet has been font : it is not
necessary to change. Animals in a state
of nature live on one feed throughout
their lives.-Vegetarian.
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