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Good night my care and sorrow
Good night if not good by
Tii the breaking of the morrow
-it my fuel your fardels lie
load uight my care and sorrow
T am launching on the deep
And till the dawning inorrow
Shall sail the sea of sleep
Good night my care and sorrow
Good night- perhaps good by
For I may wake to morrow
Beneath another sky
Good night all cares and sorrows
Welcome my boatlikc bed
None or many my to morrows
This one night is overhead
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THE LAMBTON
DIAMOND
famous Limbton diamond
THE back tile light from its
many facets and strange bril
liant colors shot from its depths It
was the finest stone I had ever set in
my life
I was particularly pleased with my
design for the setting No other band
bail touched it and I felt that the
frame so to speak was worthy of the
picture
The ring now that it was finished
was fit oven to adorn the hand of
Lady Gwendolen Forrest the beauty
and heiress of the season But I did
not envy young Lord Lambtou his
linucee in my own Nell I bad a girl
as good and as pretty as any in the
land
1 was about to take the ring to Mr
Nugent when Nell herself ran in She
was 1113- employers daughter and bis
private Ifouse was upstairs over the
large showroom in Clifford street It
was agaiust all custom for Nell to come
down to my workshop for her father
disapproved our engagement But to
day she had not been able to resist the
temptation of having a peep at the
Lambton diamond
Just as she bad slipped -it on her
finger and was dancing about twisting
her baud that the marvelous stone
might catch the light the door opened
and Mr Nugent entered I prepared to
defend Nell from a harsh reprimand
but none came Her father appeared
oddly preoccupied merely took the ring
from her examined it earnestly and
snapping the lid of the case down
upon it placed it in his pocket and
walked away
Next day I was sitting at work when
I saw a hansom drive up and Lord
Lambton jump out He came hastily
into the room which adjoined the
one where I was sitting where Mr Nu
gent was
Scoundrel I heard him say and
could scarcely believe my ears You
thought to fool me easily by a false
stone but I am as good a judge of
jewels as you are You are a thief
sir What have you done with the
diamond I intrusted to you
Mr Nugent answered in a lower
voice What be said could not have
made any great impression upon Lord
Lambton however for be impatiently
interrupted and at last an ominous
threat concerning the police reached
my ears
I sat still I understood very well
that Lord Lambton had deliberately
accused my employer of trying to
palm off upon him an imitation dia
mond yet I knew that I bad set the
true stone and delivered it to Mr Nu
gent only yesterday
My employer himself was a skilled
workman though not a good designer
and in the time that had elapsed be
tween my banding him the ring and
bis transferring it to the owner he
couid hve removed the stone and re
placed it by another But for such a
bold trick to succeed the imitation must
be magnificently made and the orig
inal diamond must have been carefully
measured
I had never known that Mr Nugent
kept any false gems about the place
and besides was it likely that a man in
bis position would care to run so ter
rible a risk Still I could not help re
membering how haggard and irritable
he had been of late and the keen in
terest that he took in the racing in
telligence
As I thus speculated on the astound
ing accusation Mr Nugent himself
opened the door of the workroom ne
looked keenly at me as if wondering if
it would be safe to trust me
Did you hear anything of what
passed in the next room be ques
tioned
I admitted that I had
Of course I shall be triumphantly
acquitted he announced clearing his
throat huskily as be spoke Still
Lord Lambtou can make things dis
agreeable And look here Wade I
havent always been as friendly to you
as I might but I can trust you Youll
be an important witness Do what
you can for me for the girls sake
The words sounded strange but I
was given no time to answer for at
that moment Lord Lambton returned
with two Scotland Yard men My em
ployer was given into custody and
4 a ken to the police station to be
charged the detectives remaining to
search the premises
Mr Nugent being a widower with
only one child the management of the
business practically devolved on me
and as the detectives ransacked the
place they put many questions to me
as 10 where the stones were kept The
safes were all pointed out to them
jbtit they seemed disappointed with
their operations
Later in the evening they came to me
in the workroom and holding out the
jing that I had made for Lord Lamb
ton one of them said
This Is your wprk we understand
Is that U10 atone you set -
I glanced at It but I -only replied
I dont call myself an expert in prec
ious stones and all I can say is that
this one precisely resembles in size
shape and appearance the one given
me to set
While this statement was practically
true that one glance had been enough
to show me that I was not looking at
the Lambton diamond
The detectives left saying that I
would have to tell all I knew in the
witness box and then just as I was
about to lock up the place for the night
Nell came in It was the first time she
had let me see her since her father had
been taken away
The face which I thought the sweet
est on earth was marble white and
there were dark shadows under the
lashes
Theres something I must say to
you she panted something Ive been
wild to say all day lest it should be
too late but I dared not let anyone
suspect A month ago father confided
to me that he had lost a great deal of
money and he showed me how to
open a secret drawer in his Chippen
dale bureau If ever anything hap
pens to me he said dont lose a mo
ment but look into this drawer throw
away everything that you will find in
the left hand partition and keep what
may be in the right
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Together we ransacked the old bu
reau and at length Nell touched the
spring which opened the secret drawer
I drew in my breath sharply for the
light of the candle which I held struck
out a gleam from a pile of exquisitely
made false stones which lay in a parti
tion on the left hand while on the right
was the Lambton diamond
Involuntarily I betrayed the dread
ful nature of the discovery by an ex
clamation for left to herself Nell
would not have understood But she
was quick to comprehend and realiz
ing the worst she swayed staggering
backward
My poor father she moaned as
I held her He is ruined forever and
I too The daughter of a convicted
thief is no lit wife for an honest man
My darling you are a wife for king
and as for your father I swear to you
that I will save him yet
You you cannot
I tell you that I can and will For
even as I spoke an idea had flashed into
my head which startled me by its au
dacity In a moment I had thought
out every detail
I made up the stones Lambton dia
mond and all into a packet carefully
closing the secret drawer and contriv
ing to get away without being seen
and went straight to niy brothers
house in Kent managing to avoid the
service of a subpoena Thus I was not
present at the police court proceedings
which would have meant ruin for my
plan
Mr Nugent was committed for trial
and meanwhile I stayed in the country
working each night in locked room
with the tools I had brought with me
until the gray dawn filtered upon my
closed shutters
When I saw my old employer in the
dock at the trial I was shocked at the
ghastly change which had come over
him
The evidence at first went steadily
against him Lord Lambton swore
that the stone in the ring was not his
diamond One expert testified that
not only was the stone he now saw not
the Lambton diamond but was not a
genuine jewel at all but a marvelous
imitation Another was not so posi
tive He looked at the gem through
his glass turning it this way and that
declaring that in all his experience he
haa never seen a false stone so cleverly
executed as this Indeed he was not
prepared to swear that it was false
This was the first ray of doubt which
had been thrown by the evidence upon
Mr Nugents guilt and then I went
into the box I was very cool now for
the game I had determined on had
cost me many a qualm of conscience
But I had no intention of cheating
Lord Lambtou swearing falsely or
tarnishing my personal honor
The preliminary question of the pros
ecuting counsel brought out the fact
that I had designed the rings setting
and done all the work upon it
What sort of stone was it your em
ployer gave you to set was the next
question
An extremely valuable white dia
mond I replied
Do you swear that you set the genu
ine stone and delivered the ring when
finished to the prisoner
I do
Do you consider it possible that
stone might have been taken out and
an imitation one substituted
Certainly But I could tell whether
the ring had been tampered with since
it left my hands
Take this then examine it and in
form the court if that is the stone you
set
The ring was handed to me and a
hush fell upon the court The kind of
lull which denotes that a vital point in
a case has been reached
I put my hand in my waistcoat
pocket for my jewelers glassand the
sharpest eye could not have seen that
I also drew forth a new ring made in
the secret hours of the night an ex
act counterpart of the other save that
it contained the real Lambton dia
mond
I pretended to examine the imitation
with great care wrhile all eyes were
fixed upon me At length I returned
the glass to my pocket and with it the
false stone I could hear my own
heart beating but handing the court
usher the new ring I said firmly in
reply to the snappish Well of the
prosecuting counsel
I swear unhesitatingly that the set
ting of this ring has not been tampered
with and that this is the genuine dia
mond which was given me to set
A rustle went round the court the
doubting expert pricked up his ears
the prosecuting counsel with Lord
Lambton and the treasury solicitor
I were whispering over the ring
Mlud said the counsel I ask per
mission to recall the expert
1 stepped out of the box and the ex
pert stepped in The new ring was
put into his hand a friendly ray ol
sunshine lighting up the jewel
This is very remarkable he said
at last Its the first time I have ever
made a mistake This stone is genu
ine I cannot doubt it
And so the prisoner was free but
when the verdict of Not guilty was
pronounced a faint groan echoed it
and a dead man- was taken from the
dock A spasm of the heart had
proved fatal
Six months later Nell and I were
married On our honeymoon we were
walking in a lane near Ilfracombe
when we came face to face with Lord
Lambton Avho was stopping with his
bride in a neighboring country house
Ah Mr Wade he exclaimed I
havent seen you since that very mys
terious case of mine Do you know I
have always since thought of you as
a veiy clever man
Thank you I said quietly Will
you allow me my lord to present you
to my wife the only daughter of the
late Mr Nugent
Lord Lambtou raised his hat looked
keenly at pretty Nell shook hands with
us both and murmured
Ah I understand
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Professor Boofelt says The average
amount of sickness in human life is
nine days oiit of a year
Indians never use profane language
until they learn English and become
civilized So says Bishop Leonard of
Nevada
A canary ol Germany has been
known to continue a single trill for a
minute and a quarter -with twenty
changes of note in it
How fast can a bee fly A hive on
the roof of a train was carried at the
rate of thirty miles an hour before the
bees were left behind
Clocks and watches are not so much
required in Liberia The sun rises all
the year at G a m sets at 6 p m and
is vertically overhead at noon
Vegetarians will be interested in a
new food claimed to resemble ordi
nary meat extracts in every respect
that has been obtained from malt and
hops by C OSullivan principal chem
ist at Bass brewery Nothing is em
ployed in the preparations that is not
a product of the vegetable kingdom
The natives of Fersia have an odd
way of testing a carpet to see if it is
a true Persian product A piece of
red hot charcoal is dropped upon It
which leaves a round single spot If
the carpet is the first quality the sing
ed wool can be brushed oil with the
hand without leaving a trace of the
burn discernible
In experiments with the compressed
air pipes at Westphalian coal mines
H Schab has found that the greatest
distance to which the sound of the
voice could be conveyed in a straight
pipe was between fifteen and seventeen
hundred feet For moderate distances
a pipe of about twenty inches in diame
ter gave the best results a slightly
larger one being better for long dis
tances
The great cause of heat in a room is
of course the glass which under the
suns rays will become too hot to bear
pressing the fingers It is shown that
those who cannot enjoy the luxury of
an outside sun blind can extemporize
a good substitute by simply lowering
the upper half of the window frame
and turning the curtain outside This
not only screens the window but cre
ates a strong draught between the
panes and the linen and thus makes
the glass comparatively cold
The Sun Was liate
They were telling stories about
watches and the man who always
waits until last had just concluded a
wonderful story of how a watch of the
same make as the one he carried had
disclosed an error in the fall of the time
ball at Greenwich England supposed
to be the most accurate time recorder
in the world when a minister spoke
up That is not so bad but they tell
a story equally good on Dr nam
ing a well known Columbus divine
Whats the story he was asked
Why you see Dr owns a very
accurate watch of which he is quite
proud It happened one winter even
ing that he was looking over an al
manac as the sun was aboiit to set
According to the almanac the sun was
due to set in a very few minutes al
though it was still somewhere above
the horizon Pulling out his watch
the doctor exclaimed You had better
hurry up old sun or you wont get
down on time Since the almanac and
the watch could not be wrong it fol
lows that the sun was behirid hand
The ministers story was voted the
prize and no more watch stories were
told that evening Columbus Ohio
Dispatch
Avoiding Dangerous Ground
That man Levoles never ceases to be
a perfect gentleman said an admiring
acquaintance
Yes was the reply he absolutely
refuses to be led into conversation
about the weather Washington Star
Everyone puts off as much work for
to morrow as if he expected the day to
be a week long
So many people who start out to be
great wind up as gossips
Kentuckians would never water their
lawns if all flesh were grass
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An English lady living in Ireland has
her dog cart provided with the biggest
carriage lamps in the country so big
in fact that her friends are wont to
chaff her about their size but an acci
dent when they were lighted was look
2d upon as impossible On a recent oc
2asion however a wretched little donkey-trap
crashed into her cart consid
erably to the damage of both What
do you mean said the wrath
ful lady recognizing the offender
couldnt you see my lamps Bedad
I did me lady said Micky meekly
but I thought it was a shop windy
Apropos of the recent death of Dean
Liddell one of the joint authors of
Liddell and Scotts Greek lexicon a
Btory goes that a freshman came before
the dean and was asked how much he
knew of Aeschylus Oh I know all
about Aeschylus was the jaunty re
joinder whereupon Dean Liddell set
the young man to construe a passage
and speedily had occasion to find fault
with the rendering Where did you
get that from asked the dean I
got it from your lexicon came the an
swer Really the dean wasiieard to
mutter half to himself I did not know
that Scott wras such a fool
An American woman in London en
gaged a cab to convey her to Etiston
Station and urged the cabby to drive
fast as her time was limited After
proceeding a quarter of a mile at a fu
neral pace the passenger warned the
cabby to whip the horse He did so
but the speed soon subsided to the
original pace Again the lady remon
strated saying Cant you whip your
horse on some tender spot to wake him
up a bit The jehu looked at her a
moment and replied soberly Well
miss Ive hit the pore oss all over is
body except is left ear and Im keep
in that for the Euston Road
Louis Gallet a French musician pre
sented himself at the directors room
at the Grand Opera in Paris one even
ing during the administration of Eu
gene Ritt The latter was a great
stickler for the dignity of the place
and remarked as the visitor took off his
top coat that he was not in evening
dress Yes my dear director re
turned Gallet I am come just as I
was So very much pressed How
ever I have not had to cross the thea
ter Ah he sighed but on the
stage of the Opera one ought always
to be in evening dress Neverthe
less G allet answered lightly I just
now saw Jean de Reszke very stylish
no doubt but in a frock coat a frock
coat Yes yet no doubt but but
he is a tenor
Cardinal Wiseman used to tell a story
of a rough Irish lad who entered the
confessional of a priest and hinted at
sanguinary revelations What is it
murther ye mane Indade an it is
father and a many of them What
father now if it moight be a matther
of six or eight He recounted a
grewsome list I dont think there
were any more he said doubtfully
as he closed Now what were all
these people sternly demanded the
confessor Well father they was jist
tax githerers Tax githerers is it
exclaimed the priest now why didnt
ye tell that at first There was no need
to be takin up me time ye dont come
here to gossip ye come to confess yer
sins
During the early part of a dinner re
cently given in Washington the guest
of honor a young married woman who
is the proud mother of two very small
boys suddenly paused with a startled
look in the midst of an animated con
versation with her host and cried
There if I didnt forget those boys
again Have you a telephone in the
house and may I use it Her host
conducted her to the telephone and
presently she returned I do hope you
will pardon me she said but you see
I always have Georgie and Eddie say
their prayers to me before they go to
sleep In the hurry of getting off I
forgot it to night so I have just called
up their nurse She brought the chil
dren to the phone and they have Just
said their prayers over the wire so my
mind is relieved
Lieutenant Carlin the executive offi
cer of the Vandalia during the terrible
hurricane in the harbor of Apia Sa
moa was an enthusiastic ballplayer
and while the crew was at Mare Isl
and prior to their Samoan trip he had
given the preference in the selection of
sailors to those who could play his fa
vorite game During the hurricane
after the vessel struck the reef and the
men were clinging to the rigging with
the surf sweeping over the deck many
of the men were washed overboard
Lieutenant Carlin determined to make
a desperate attempt to carry a line
from one part of the vessel to the main
yard Into the howling wind he shout
ed I want some volunteers good
sailors And out of the darkness a
voice replied Lieutenant there aint
no sailors here but theres plenty of
ballplayers
TO MAKE PAPER MATCHES
Talk of Using a New Material on an
Extensive Scale
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It is predicted that paper is the com
ing material for matches The prospect
of the wood match industry being ap
preciably affected by a new process
for manufacturing matches of paper is
held to be extremely probable particu
larly as the best wood for this purpose
is constantly growing scarcer and more
costly The new matches are consider
ably cheaper than the wooden product
and weigh much less which counts for
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much in exportation The sticks of the
matches consist of paper rolled togeth
er on the bias The paper is rather
strong and porous and when immersed
in a solution of wax stearine and simi
lar substances sticks well together and
burns with a bright smokeless and
odorless flame Strips one half inch in
width are first drawn through the com
bustible mass and then turned by ma
chinery into long thin tubes pieces
of the ordinary length of wood or wax
matches being cut off automatically by
the machine When the sticks are cut
to size they are dipped into phosphorus
also by machinery and the dried head
easily ignites by friction on any sur
face There is some talk of utilizing
the new invention in the manufacture
of matches on an extensive scale for
export in India The invention involves
no waste whatever and the paper is
delivered in rolls like the telegraph
tape and converted at one operation in
to match sticks and by a second into
matches that would dry without stov
ing for a large part of the year in In
dia One thing however must be made
sure of that a wax is used which will
harden at a shade temperature of 140
degrees Fahrenheit at least Boston
Transcript
A SCIENTIFIC THIEF
The Russian Chiefs Dexterity As
tounded liven the Czar
One day while dining together the
French Ambassador and a Grand Duke
of Russia were discussing the clever
ness of the pickpockets of their respec
tive countries The Grand Duke claim
ed that the Russian pickpocket was the
most skillful Seeing the Ambassador
incredulous he told him he would
Avithout knowing it be relieved of his
watch before leaving the table He
then telephoned to the liead of the po
lice to send at once the cleverest pick
pocket he could lay his hands on The
man came and was put into livery and
was told to wait at the table withthe
other servants He was to give the
Grand Duke a sign as soon as he had
done the trick
But this was not given very soon for
the Ambassador was very wary and
always kept on the alert and held his
hand on his fob even when conversing
with the most distinguished guests
At last the Grand Duke received the
preconcerted signal He at once re
quested the Ambassador to tell him the
time The latter triumphantly put his
hand in his pocket and pulled out a
potato instead of his watch To con
ceal his feelings he would take a pinch
of snuff his snuff box was gone Then
he missed his ring from his finger and
his gold toothpick which he had been
holding in his hand in its little case
Amid the hilarity of the guests the
sham lackey was requested to restore
the articles but the Grand Dukes mer
riment was changed into alarm and
surprise when the thief produced two
watches two rings two snuff boxes
etc His Imperial Highness then made
the discovery that he himself had been
robbed at the same time that the
French Ambassador had been despoiled
so craftily Syracuse Standard
The E Flat Horn ot Santiago
At the battle of Santiago when the
army moved forward in the charge
you probably have all read the account
of it In the newsapers how the man
who played the E flat horn in the band
left his place in the band and rushed
forward with the soldiers in the attack
ing column Now you know the bands
place is in the rear They have no gun
or sword they cannot fight and their
position is in the rear of the column
out of danger But this man unmind
ful of everything broke away and went
far up the hill with the charge carry
in his horn over his shoulder slung
with a strap For a time he went along
unobserved until one of the officers
happened to see him And he said to
him What are you doing here You
cant do anything you cant fight you
havent any gun or sword This is no
place for you Got down behind that
rock The soldier fell back for a
minute half dazed and f eebng the pull
of the strap on his shoulder replied I
cant do anything I cant fight And
so he got down behind a rock But al
most instantly he raised his horn and
began to play that grand old air The
Star Spangled Banner They heard
him down in the valley and immedi
ately the band took it up and in the
midst of those inspiring strains the
army charged to victory I would
rather have heard that soldier play
ing The Star Spangled Banner behind
the rocks at Santiago than to hear the
finest and most perfect music that
Theodore Thomas ever produced
which had no soul in it though much
of Thomas music has Col R W
Conwell
Watchdogs on the Water
It is a common thing to find a dog
on coasting vessels making apparently
short trips on wood schooners for ex
ample and other vessels so engaged
that they are frequently tied up at
wharves or anchored in harbors Dogs
are also found on fishing boats and on
oyster boats These are mostly kept
for watchdogs and they serve this pur
pose well The thief who strolls down
a wharf or pokes around a harbor with
intent to board a boat that is anchored
is apt to think twice about it if he sees
a big dog standing with his hind feet
on the deck and his fore feet on the rail
waiting eagerly for a chance to nab him
the moment he puts a foot on deck
New York Sun
The Worlds Sheep
The number of sheep in the world is
estimated to amount to 550000000 Of
this number between one third and
one half are believed to be merinoes
Its hard enough under any circum
stances for a bachelor to hold a baby
but its simply torture when the babys
mother is the girl who jilted him two
years before
GLADSTONES CHIVALROUS ACT
Tracked a Wnj ward Wife to Induce
Her to Return Home
Attention has been recalled to a but
little known and much misinterpreted
nnicndP in the career of Mr Gladstone
by the bankruptcy of Colonel Horace
Walpole nominally the adoptea sou
but in reality the illegitimate issue of
the late earl of Orford and for whose
unworthy sake the old peer left every
stink inil vestise of property awaj
from the earldom which descended tc
his nephew the present peer who for
tunately is married to a rich American
girl daughter of the railroad magnate
Daniel Corbin of New York
Some forty years ago the late earl ol
Orford eloped with Lady Lincoln wife
of Lord Lincoln who was at the time
Mr Gladstones most intimate friend
and who subsequently became duke ol
Newcastle Lord Lincoln subsequently
obtained a divorce from his wife and
the most important testimony furnish
ed in support of the petitioners case
was that of Mr Gladstone who ad
mitted in court that he had spent much
time and money in tracking the fugi
tive eounle all over Europe until ho
finally ran them to earth in the north of
Italy The idea that Mr Gladstone
should thus have played what appear
ed to be the role of a private detective
in the affair brought upon him much
obloquy which it took him many years
to live down Yet those who know
him best are aware that there was noth
ing further from his mind when he un
dertook the arduous task of following
the eloping couple through Europe than
the idea of playing a role in the divorce
case or to securing testimony for Lin
coln Gladstone believed that he had
great influence with Lady Lincoln and
his one and only aim was to induce her
to return to her husband who was so
deeply attached to her that he was pre
pared to forgive her and to restore her
to his heart and home if she had gone
back to England with Gladstone If
Mr Gladstone failed in his mission it
was not for want of pleading but sole
ly and entirely because Lady Lincoln
wasso infatuated by the many and
undeniable charms of that handsome
cultured and dashing married roue the
late Lord Orford that she declined to
leave him under any circumstances It
was only then that Lord Lincoln relue
tantlj made up his mind to obtain a
divorce and asked his friend Gladstone
to help him in the matter
Lord Orford a couple of years later
deserted Lady Lincoln who ultimately
became the wife of a picture dealer at
Brussels where she died a few years
ago But Lord Orford undertook to
provide for the son whom she had
borne him on the shores of Lake Como
in Italy and as his countess had pro
vided him with nothing but daughters
he got to be very fond of the boy and to
look upon him as his only son He per
mitted him to bear the name of Horace
Walpole which was his own Christian
name and patronymic secured for him
a commission in the guards when he
grew up and when he died a couple off
years ago left him every bit of property
that was not entailed It has not lasted
the colonel long for he has been de
clared a bankrupt with liabilities of
500000 and assets of about 20000
this too in spite of the fact that not
alone landed estates yielding an in
come of 70000 a year but likewise
almost 1000000 in ready cash The
colonels losses have been incurred al
most entirely on the turf St Louis
Globe Democrat
Operated on a Tiger
Rev Samuel Haughton was not only
a clergyman and a man of science but
a medical man to boot and his knowl
edge of surgery enabled him on one oc
casion to perform with complete suc
cess under circumstances of great per
sonal danger an operation on the paw
of one of the tigers of the Dublin zoo
The claw of the animal having become
distorted had grown into the foot and
gangrene was threatened A net was
thrown over the animal and he was
drawn forward to the door of the cage
and then while the assistants held bis
paws excepting the diseased one Dr
Haughton cut away the claw The rage
of the tigress looking on through the
bars of the side den was terrible to
witness and jifter the operation she
turnid up the paw of her mate ex
amined it and then licked him as a cat
licks a kitten A week later Dr Haugh
ton was again at the zoo to see howhis
patient was going on When the tiger
espied him be began to purr like a eat
and allowed he doctor to examine the
paw Indeed for years afterward both
the tiger and tigress showed them
selves most friendly and grateful to Dr
naughton London Chronicle
The Moorish 31rriage
In Morocco a marriage is preceded
by a seven days feast accompanied
with almost incessant music And
the bride certainly cannot lead
a hap
py life On one of the nights she may
not go to rest but has to lie on the
floor wrapped up in a blanket while
the gueste keep it uptalking jokin
and laughing and do not go home tin
morning But the actual wedding day
is quite as tedious and tiresome to a
sensitive woman She is on view
as it were and is compelled bv custom
to sit on a bed with her eyes shut for
some hours at a time while all her
neighbors and acquaintances from far
and near come to have a good stare
as her finery to
express their good
wishes and to make a small weddin
present
Why So Named
In the early English coinage the sil
ver penny was minted with a deer
cross When it was broken into two
parts each was a halfpenny and when
into four each was a fourthing
or
fartmng
yhen a young man squeezes an
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