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is a young doctor and a sur
geon on hoard one of the sum II
gunboats placed on a great Af
rican lake Fresh colored still though
slightly lanued by exposure to the lake
winds with meiry Irish eyes of blue
gray a square cut jaw and obstinate
thin a long upper lip a little whisker
at the temples and short wiry black
brown hair Like many men of his
class he is a potential Darwin and
having no means to travel and study
natural history has entered the Jiavy
as a surgeon lie has landed on The
shores of the lake for a days shooting
hoping to get an elephant at least but
meantime content to study sunbirds
Let us in illumination enter his mind
see through his eyes what he saw and
lay bare his thought
Grass a forest of grass with stout
knotted stems six or eight feet high
and abundant leaves start ingfrom ev
ery joint Each stem ends in a droop
ing plume of riiened seed As the
doctor forces his way through the tan
gled herbage and cane like stalks the
ieeds shower down upon him each one
steadied in its descent by its long feath
ery stipule The seeds are sharp point
ed and barbed at the ends so they
pierce their way through his khaki
clothing easily and scratch the per
spiring llesh beneath This raises to
exasperation the discomfort already
felt to be well nigh unbearable for the
doctors face is now the color of raw
beef from the stilling heat and the
frightful exertion of forcing his way
through such a thicket of grass and
his hands are scratched and cut by
contact with the razor edged leaves
His Terai hat is constantly being
dragged off his head and it is all he can
do to carry his gun and elbow his way
through the obstructing herbage pro
tecting his face as well as possible with
the left hand So he is in an ill tem
per and cannot stop to notice the weav
er birds of liame color and black tiie
extraordinary stick insects exactly
simulating stalks of grass and the
green leaf like mnntises which throng
the dense brake on either side ITe is
after bigger game The most expe
rienced of his boys pioneers kim
through the stilling grass jungle anoth
er boy with a second rifle follows be
hind The idea is elephants ele
phants having been reported kereabaut
the previous day when suddenly they
Lave reached a space where the grass
is a little drier a little less dense the
pioneer boy comes doubling back on
his master with every gesture express
ive of Hush The doctor stops mops
his boiling face thankful for the mo
mentary halt and asks inquiringly
Elephants No says the negro iu
a panting whisper Lion There there
no not there You see that ant hill
Well climb on to its side and you will
see the lion lying in a clear space just
beyond A male lion truly its body is
nearly white and its mane is black
AVith Express rifle at ftrfl cock the
doctor advances gingerly through the
interlaced grass bent nearly double
keeping the muzzle of the gun directed
straight before hint md shields its sen
sitive trigger from the intrusive grass
Stems The ant hill is reached -he clam
bers to its sloping side Good God
the boys right What a beauty And
asleep too But something in the doe
tors coming has aroused the lion not
ten yards away aroused him partially
for there is a sudden movement lie
raised the great head set in a collar of i
yellow brown black mane slowly the
dim nictitating membrane passes over
the yellow eyes but as they are focus
ing to meet his own gaze ilm doctor
fires fires precipitately his position on
the sloping ant hill is insecure wounds
the lion somewhere somehow but does
not kill him The beast gives a sharp
explosive roar seems to jump into the
air with all four feet and then in three
bounds has crashed off into tire grass
jungle Silence -Well Im a muff
thinks the doctor He wasnt ten
yards away and I didnt kill him dead
I dont know quite where I liit him
in the chest I think But he cant be
far away and I must finish him off
He descends from the ant hill into the
clear trampled space where the lion
had been lying At the spot where the
beast had made Its first bound into the
dense grass hedge there is a groat
squirt of blood over the tangled green
ery the dark crimson liquid still drips
from leaf blade to leaf blade Ah
thought so he must be pretty badly
hit
Two black faces with starting eyes
and anxious grins now cautiously peer
around the ant hill The doctor rais
ing his head recognizes his boys and
beckons them down The three con-
Terse in whispers The situation is ex
plainedhow the lion was wounded
the direction iu which he bounded
away The boys urge caution Lion
plenty fierce Mkango mkali uditu
Master must take care better climb
iree and look all around not go into
grass But there is no tree anywhere
near A boy hoists himself to the slen
der summit of the ant hill and reports
thjt he sees the grass moving in the
direction whither the lion had with
drawn moving as though a sta
tionary animal were shaking it with
convulsive lhrces al of which is ex
plained more by gestures than by
words TIkj doctor clambering up be
side the boy thinkshe can descry as
the grass stems bow and droop before
some writhing object the lions wav
ing tail and a yeilow gray haunch He
fires descends from the ant hill to re
load A rush comes through
the grass a deafening roar some great
yellow object in the air above him
momentarily dark
against the sky - yellow eyes
insensibility
Click clock click clock click clock
v wonder what that funny sound
is am 1 in a train No it is
the engines of the steamer or is it the
pulse bearing in my temples They
have been asleep and in broad day
light with the blue sky above me and
in the broiling sun How foolish But
no it must be something more I know
tlvcre has something happened let me
think v the lion of course
a lion jumped at me Then I
must be wounded V Lets see raises
himself painfully on his right arm
blood my left arm has no feel
ing chewed by the lion hand
almost detached rest of arm a mass
of blocTd muscle bone and khaki
Oh God Im going to die
cant live he has torn open my stom
ach v that must be the pan
creas Im like a butchers shop
Whimpers A blubbering sound at
tracts his attention Hullo you here
Juma Plucky chap thought youd
have cut and run Wheres Saldi Eh
Speak louder Im deaf -1 Oh
gone to gunboat quite right
What the lion turns his head slight
ly there still living looks pretty sick
too The lion is lying four yards
away partly on his side one crippled
forepaw turned back the other out
stretched and the great head resting on
it eying the men with solemn yellow
eyes no longer fierce the pupil shrunk
to a pin point With each convulsive
shudder of the lions body the blood
pool round him widens slightly By
heavens if Ive got to die Ill die like
a man and he shall go first Who can
tell He might recover and hurt the
boy See here Turn a ts Juma who is
f My a pool ot my own
SOME GREAT YELLOW OI3IECT
supporting his back be very gentle
take a cartridge out of my belt put it
in the rifle v so now
mind my arm now
give me the rMie in my right hand and
come between my legs v so
stooi very low dawn like that Now
Im going to rest the rifle on your shoul
der and take aim Keep very still I
wont hurt you keep still
Ill aim just below the brutes
eyes A minute piuse Bang Doctor
falls back fainting Lion stretches out
his head three times with spasmodic
upward movement the tail and the
limbs all but the crippled one stiffen
the claws stand out from their sheaths
and beast dies
Juma is that you Water how
delicious more and on my forehead
so what a brick you
are Upon my word Id like to leave
you something Jnima You must tell
them that I said so you know for
sticking by me God bless you Is the
lion dead The sobbing boy nods
Yes Well then I must die too
Im enough of a doctor to know that
Dont cry Tell tlim I bore It like a
man But its beastly hard Whod
have thought my days shooting would
have ended like this Whimpers
Beastly hard Im so young and Ive
done so well up to now and
theres mother Who will break it to
her Shell never get over it
and Lily and damn it all I
eanM even send them messages How
can one tell such tilings to a black boy
Spose Im dying primarily from the
shock know Im dying some
howcant raise my head to look
Mother Mother
What rot to go on like that as if It
could do any good Now lis
ten Ine ndirini amai ndi miongo
Iwe Oh God How can I tell
him Its all slipping away from me
For the blood is the life
Where have I heard that That blood
is the life slipping away slip-
pint away n I must be In a boat
It is so soothing up and clown up uid
down so restful Sighs gently
Dies Sir H H Johnston iu the Sat
nrday Review
g PEARL FARM THAT PAYS
Only One in the World but It Yields
a Handsome Revenue
There is said to be only one pearl
farm in the world but that pays its
proprietor handsomely This farm is
in the Torres Strait at the northern
extremity of Australia and belongs to
lames Clark of Queensland Mr Clark
who is known as the king of the pearl
fishers originally stocked it with 150
100 pearl oysters Nov 1100 men 200
of whom are divers and 210 vessels
are employed in harvesting the crop
I have been fifteen years engaged in
pearl fishing Mr Clark told a corre
spondent of the Melbourne Age My
experience has led me to the belief
that with proper intelligence in the se
lection of a place one can raise pearls
and pearl shells as easily as one can
raise oysters I started my farm throe
years ago and have stocked it with
shells which I obtained in many in
stances far out at sea My pearl shell
farm covers 00 square miles Over
most of it the water is shallow In shal
low water shells attain the largest size
I ship my pearls to London in my own
vessels The catch each year runs
roughly speaking from -10000 worth
up to almost five times that amount-
Rochester X Y Times
In Silver Paper
I wonder if the men who pop the nur
mentous question only to receive a
negative feel particularly awkward
when they meet the woman who de
clined the honor The proper observa
tion I understand for the lady to make
after the painfuland delicate duty has
been performed is But I trust we shall
remain friends The man may shake
his head and mutter Friends be
hanged but there is no help for it As
they move in the same set they can
not avoid mooting each other and of
course in a friendly way It is only in
a very much lower rank in society that
the rejected one swears that no other
man shall have his beloved object and
buys a second hand revolver to pre
vent it Just at first it must be very
embarrassing and there is probably al
ways a certain queer feeling between
them as of a semi attached couple who
might have been one for life but for
that monosyllable and scarcely articu
late No As a matter of fact she
never does say No but wraps up the
negative as it were in silver paper
I respect and honor you Mr Tones
who hoped to be called Edwin be
yond everything but what you ask can
never be
A Devoted Iloyal Couple
The devotion of the venerable king
and queen of Denmark is described
as positively touching During the
time of the Queens illness which last
ed something like three months no ono
about the court was allowed to see her
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save her husband a lady in Availing
and the physician in ordinary The
King Avas ceaseless in his devotion
He rarely Avent out save Avhen duty
compelled him abandoned his custom
ary exercise and passed hours every
day reading to his Avife or playing
cards and chess Avith her and telling
her what aais going on in the Avorld
outside The long abstention from his
Avalks and rides his constant attend
ance upon the invalid avIio happily
recovered in spring told rather
on the King and in turn affected
his health
The Queen seldom appears in public
Ceremonies to her as to the Princess
of Wales have ahvays been ceremonies
from Avhich she preferred to escape
unless duty absolutely called her Of
a bright and most youthful disposition
she likes to have gay and happy folk
about her
I cant bear to see long faces near1
me she Avill declare
Of their numerous grandchildren
both King and Queen are immensely
fond and are seen walking about with
them hand in hand at Copenhagen
A Wrons Supposition
The people moved out of that house
this morning and that is the landlord
just going in
He appears to have a great many
prospective tenants
Prospective tenants indeed They
are only neighbors going to see in what
condition the people left the house-
LShdon Fun
Untimely
Do you knoAV what you are trying
to say asked the financial faultfinder
Avhen you speak of a man going to an
untimely grare at the age of SO
I do said the undaunted obituarist
The old villain ought to have gone
there forty years ago Cincinnati En
quirer
Men do not learn half as much by ex
perieuce as they should
1
THE BOOMING CAKN0N
RECITALS OF CAMP AND BAT
TLE INCIDENTS
Survivors of the Rebel lion Relate
j Many Amusing and inrtlirf Inci
dents of Marches Camp Life Iorajr
ina experiences and Ltattle cces
Called CraKv J ck
Strange is it not that Jackson like
Sherman should have be n considered
crazy the iirst year of the war In
deed before the war so eccentric was
he that he was called Crazy Jack at
the Virginia Military Institute No
body seemed to understand him But
so it has ever been and ever will be
when we ordinary mortals cant com
prehend a genius we get even with
him by calling him crazy s3ays the New
York Evening Telejvam
I remember well how uneasy ome of
the Confederate generals were when
placed under Jacksons command early
in 1S52 Ewell didnt like it and
Dick Taylor didnt like it They
were afraid Jackson would lead them
into some dreadful scrape or other
And when Ewell with his division was
lying near Gordonsville In late April
ISOU but subject to Jacksons orders
Ewell and Taylor Ave re anxious to get
from under him either to go cIoavi to
Joe Johnston at Yorktown or to
lurve some general sent to the valley
AVho would rank with Jackson So
at Taylors instance he Avas sent to j
Itichmond by Ewell to see Mr Davis
his and Mr Benjamin
then Secretary of State but recently
Secretary of War about getting away
from Jackson But Avhile Taylor Ava
gone Jackson ordered Ewell to come-
a runuing to the valley The camp
he had left in the morning at Swift
River gap on the nortliAvest side ot the
Blue Ridge Ewell occupied that night j
Jackson Avas gone he kneAV not Avhere
The valley campaign had opened he j
Avas making his strategic detour back j
southwest over to Blue Ridge tOAvard j
Charlottesville thence west by rail
past Staunton to Buffalo gap thence
nortliAvest by long marcnes to McDoav
ell Avhere he struck Milroy But there
avo were for a feAV days at Swift Run
Gap without hearing a thing of Jack
son General EavoII may have knoAvn
Avhere he Avas but I doubt it
Meamvhile Taylor returned from j
Richmond to the old camp near
donsvlile to find that Ewell had gone
to Jackson in the valley Taylor A as
thunderstruck One of his commands
happened to be a little Avay out from j
camp on the road toward Gordonsville
when Taylor came rattling doAvn the
mountain side in his ambulance lie
aked me Avhat meant Gen Ewells
being ordered to the valley I told him
I did not know He then asked me
Avhere Jen Jackson Avas I again had
to confers my ignorance and could
onlv sav that he had broken camp on a
certain morning going Avith his oavu
vision southwest no one seemed to
know Avhere and that Gen Ewell occu
pied his camp that night and had been
there ever iuce i
Well said Taylor this is strange i
Nobody at Richmond knows anything
about it But he addd there is
one consolation We Avont be under
j tliis d i 0ii crazy fool long General
Lougstreet is coming to take com
mand
It Avas too late hoAvever to change
commanders Jackson was then light 1
ing Milroy far to the Avest of us He
probably never kneAv how near he
came to missing his great fame in the
a alley and that iu that campaign he
not only defeated four Federal com
manders but outflanked tAvo of his
own best generals and the folks
back at Richmond
Jackson disturbed his immediate sub
ordinates by never telling them his
plans nor consulting them ITe never
expliiiQd any proposed campaign to a
subordinate nor called a council of
Avar nor asked advice Soon after
Ewell joined him in the valley I re
member riding Avith Gen Taylor and
coming upon Gen Ewell Taylor asked
him what the movement meant hi
-is curt half abstracted way Ewell re
id I dont know If Gen Jackson
were shot down I Avovldnt know a
thing of his plans What said Tay
lor You second in command and
dont knoAV If I Avere second in com
mand I would know You would
would you smiled Ewell in his odd
way holding his head to one de like a
sap suckr peeping around a tree No
you wouldnt know any more than I
do uoav You dont know the man But
Ewell and Taylor found their crazy
reticent commander to lune more Avar
sense than all of them put together
So they ever pinned their faith to him
admired him and loved him
No Ijinp
Jones County Mississippi
a com-
ruinitv that is uoav being terrorized b
a hiAvless band has a history Until
Avithin the past ten years it was re
mote from railroads and sparsely set
tled The natiA es were of an ignorant
character They Avere likewise very
poor They did not oavu slaves pre
vious to the war and the farming in-
terests Avere of but little consequence
The county is situated iu the heart of
the long leaf pine belt and lies mid
way betAveen Meridian Miss and NeAV
Orleans During the Avar its
tion did not exceed 3000 When Mr j
Davis made his call for troops there
Avasut a single man in that county
that responded Officers of the Confed 1
erate army AAere sent there to drive
thQ recalcitrants into the ranks but
they AAere impeded in such A ork by
the immense and almost impenetrable
swamps and forests that abounded in
that country The natives took to the
Avoods whenever they saw a gray coat
They hid in the bushes and among the
cane brakes Finally they became tired
6f dodging the conscript law About
oi of the most prominent of her
mtt at Kllisville one day and
adapted a resolution offered by a man
naed Jem declaring the countys in
dependence of the Confederacy A
separate and distinct government was
formed A constitution was framed
and submitted to a viva Aoce vote
which was agreed upon
The county vas to be called the Re
public of Jones and was to be free and
independent The article declaring
was framed much after
that famous document inspired by
Thomas Jefferson An election was
ordered but before it took piace Gen
eral Robert Lowry since that time
twice Governor of Mississippi took
2010 Confederate troops down there
broke up the new republic and drove
all of the ablerbodied men that blood
hounds could locate among the trees in
the forests and forced them to the
front Many of the men were shot out
of trees where they were hiding as a
wildcat would do They were quite re
bellious all during their service and
many of them were court martialed
and shot Whenever the opportunity
was afforded they deserted Dozens of
these wc re captured at their homes and
executed But it is iid that while
they were in battle they fought vnth
the ferocity of a wounded and enraged
beast
The county is now one of the most
prosperous and civilized in the South
Its chief commercial interest is in the
lumber trade and the finest of pine
timber is shipped to all parts of the
Avorld from its hundreds of sawmills
Ellisville is the county site is a town
of 10000 people and is a thriving place
Grant atil Sherman
Ill the Century Gen Horace Porter
says in he eour e of his Campaign
ing Avith Grant
A little before 0 oclock on the even
ing of Sept 4 Avhile the General Avas
having a quiet smoke in front of his
tent and discussing the campaign in
Georgia a dispatch came from Sher
man announcing the capture of Atlan
ta Avhk h had occurred on Sept 1 It
Avas immediately read aloud to the
staff and after discussing the neAVS fci
a few minutes and uttering many
Avords in praise of Sherman the Gen
eral wrote the following reply I have
just received your dispatch announcing
the capture of Atlanta In honor of
your great Aictory I have ordered a sa
lute to be fired Avith shotted guns from
every battery bearing upon the enemy
The salute Avrll he fired Avithin an hour
amid great rejoicing
In the meantime the glad tidings hud
been telegraphed to Meade and Butler
Avith directions to fire the salute and
not long afterward the roar of artillery
communicated the joyful news of Aic
tory throughout our army and bore sad
tidings to the ranks of the enemy An
answer Avas received from Sherman in
Avhich he said I have received your
dispatch and Avill communicate it to
the troops in general orders I
have ft that you Avould take
personally more pleasure in my success
than in your own and I reciprocate
the feeling to the fullest extent Grant
then Avrote to Snerman I feel that
you huAe accomplished the most gigan
tic undertaking given to any general in
this Avar Avith a skill and ability Avhich
Avill be aeknoAvledged in history as un
surpassed if not unequaled It gives
me as much pleasure to record this in
your favor as it Avould in favor of any
liAing man myself included
The above correspondence with Sher
man recalls the letters which were in
terchanged between them after Gen
eral Grants successes in the West
The general Avrote to Sherman at that
time What I want is to express my
thanks to you and McPherson as the
men to whom above all others I feel
indebted for Avhatever I have had of
success Hoav far your advice and as
Mstance have been of help to me you
knoAV Hoav far your execution of
Avhatever has been giA en you to do en
titles you to the reward I am receiving
you cannot know as well as I I feel
all the gratitude this letter Avould ex
press giving it the most flattering con
struction Sherman wrote a no less
manly letter in reply After insisting
that General Grant assigned to his
subordinates too large a share of mer
it he Avent on to say I believe you to
be as brave patriotic and just as the
great prototyi Washington as un
selfish kind hearted and honest as a
man should be bur the chief charac
teristic is the simple faith in succtss
you have ahAays manifested which I
can liken to nothiug else than the fait
a Christian has in the Saviour
I knew I was that you
thought of me and it I gor in a tight
place you Avould help me out if aliA e
The noble sentiments expressed in this
and similar correspondence AA ere the
bright spots Avhich served to relieve the
gloomy picture of desolating war
Johnny Kcb ipe
Joseph Dael of Mt Clemens AAiio
served as a private in the Sixth Michi
gan infantry has a pipe which he
found lying beside a young rebel lieu
tenant after the battle of Baton Rouge
It is of laurel root shaped like a can
non and artistically carved On the
front is a finely carved portrait of Jeff
Davis surrounded by a Avreath and on
the black cut in small letters is the in
scription A Southern Confederacy or
dea tli Not until after the close of the
AA ar lid Mr Dael discover that the pipe
contained a slide Avhich on being raised
disclosed the picture of a beautiful girl
It was so situated that the young offi
cer while smoking could gaze upou
his sweethearts face
The report of the New York Free
Circulating Library for 1S9G shows
that its seven branches circulated dur
ing the year 752320 volumes an in
crease of 978TS over 1S95 The reading-rooms
were used by 234730 per
sons The library now possesses 93
772 volumes it closed its books for the
year with a deficit of 278
OSTRICH FARPyiS
Aftr Twelve Years of Costly Kx pert
inents They Now Pay Dividends
It is estimated that seven ostri6b
farms in Southern California have sold
over 190000 AA orth of feathers during
the last year and that iioaa after more
than tAelve years of costly and dis
couraging experiments a majority of
the ostrich farms in this region pay
dividends Several of the enterprises
re pronounced successes and have
paid good interest on the capital in
them for several years The greater
part of the money invested in the pro
duction of ostrich feathers and in the
big birds in California his come from
England and New York The industry
Is a popular one for young Englishmen
fresh from college or the academies
and possessed of ample means and a
spirit for novelty of business- pursuits
There are over fifty bright young men
from England uoav engaged in manag
ing cstrieJi farms in thispart of Cali
fornia and there are others recently
from London who are in search of suit
able localities among the and
foothills in this region for new ostrich
farms It takes a capital of lT0O0 to
establish any sort ff u ostrich farm
and 2000 to -O is reqrired for a
first class Avel tock d t I scientifical
ly arranged larm
The nun who been in the os
trich plume inutistiy in Soutluern Cali
fornia since LSl say that there has
la en such a demand for ostrich
plumes as this season Dame Fashion
has made their business suddenly-become
most profitable and every imin
engaged in ostrich fanning is hoping
that the present fashion for Avearing
ostrich plumes in profusion Avill con
tinue for several years Last month
the heaviest consignment of ostrich
plumes ever made from Southern Cali
fornia Avent to Paris from Los Angeles
Ostrich farming was first made an
experiment as Los Angeles and Fall
brook in R 3 by a company of French
men The profits from the seAeral os
trich farms in this section have groAvn
each year as the habits of the birds
haA e been learned and the ostriches
have become acclimated There are
now successful ostrich farms at South
Pasadena Anaheim Fallbrook Santa
Monica Corona da and Pomona
There are aboit 400 ostriches in
Southern California and they have be
come so common that none but the
tourists who come to spend the winter
seasons In re tzke any curious interest
in the birds The capita invented in
ostrich farming in this region is iough
ly at KiKOtOO and there Avill
probably be SOOiu to S7uo more in
vested in the industry before the year
is over St Louis Globe Democrat
Bound to Have One
John said Mrs Atwood thought
fully everybody in society appears to
think an iavIuI lot of g ieilogy these
days
Jennie Avhat V exclaimed John look
ing up from Ills evening paper
Genealogy repeated Mrs Atwood
Whats tfinfr
I dont exactly know replied Mrs ji
AtAvood but I think its a tree of some C
r
kind At least I heard some ladies re
fer to it as ji family tree
Well Avhat of it he asked
Why it seems to be a sort of fad
you knoAV and every one aa Iio is any
one has to hue one I suppose
Buy one then he said irritably
Buy the best one in town and have
the bill sent to me but dont bother me
Avith the details of the affair Get one
and stick it up in the coinseiwairory if
you AAant one and if it isnt too large
But I dont knoAV aiayUug about
them
Find out and if its too big for the
conservatory Ntkk it up on the lawn
and if that aint big enough 11 buy
the next lot in order to make room
There cant any of them fly any hLdier
than Ave can and if it comes to a ques
tion of trees Ill buy a whole orcJiard
for you
Still she hesitated
The fact is John she confessed
at last I dont just kuw Avhere to go
for anything in that line Where dov
they keep family trees and all suchr
things
What do you suppose 1- know about
it he exclaimed Youre running
the fashion end of this establishment
and I dont Avant to be bothered Avith it
If the florist cant tell you anything
about it hunt up a first chtss nursery
man and place your order AAith him
Out It FIpav
Lady Ellenborough a renowned
beauty on one occasion accompanied
the Judge on circuit on the distinct un
derstanding that she should not en
cumber the carriage AA ith bandboxes
his abhorrence During the firtriays
journey Lord Ellenborough stretching
his legs chanced to strike his foot
against something under the seat It
Avas a bandbox DoAvn went the win
dOAV and out it fleAA The coachman
thinking the box had fallen out at once
dreAV up but his master furiously roar
k1 out the order to drive on
On reaching the next assize town
Lord Ellenborough proceeded to equip
himself for the bench
NoaaV said he where is my wig
My lord replied the attendant it
was thrown out of the carriage win
dow
Why So Called
Some authorities say that the pistol
was so named from the city of Pistoja
Italy where pistols Avere first made
but others think the A ord Avas derived
from the Latin pistillum pestle be
cause the first pistols looked much like
the pestle used Avith the mortar The
word pistol ws used by Shakspeare
but there is nothing In its employment
by him to show that it meant a firearm
After all there are feAV compliments
more eftectave than AvJiea a Avomaa
says hi repeating gossip I wouldnt
tell this to anyone In the Avorld but
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