TRAIN-ED BEAR CAUSES PANIC ,
Chicago , 111. ( Special. ) "Oh , let me
off ! Let me oft quick ! " shrieked a wo
man on an Ogden avenue car as a big
black bear clambered clumsily to the
front platform.
Her cries as she made for the rear
door attracted the attention of the
other passengers and for a moment a
panic was imminent.
Then it was seen that there was a
chain about the animal's neck , that a
man had hold of the other end of it
and that another man had hold of
him. All this precaution , together with
the fact that the door was closed and
the bear made no effort to open it , in
a measure reassured the passengers ,
but they sat durihg the remainder of
the ride with uneasiness written on
their faces.
The motorman , however , was not re
assured. The bear stood uncomfort
ably close to him and insisted on
standing on his hind legs.
The bear , too , was uneasy. He had
never ridden on a street car before.
The sudden lurches of the starts and
stops bothered him. At one , more vio
lent than usual , he laid a heavy paw ,
none" too gently , upon the motorman's
shoulder to steady himself.
The rapid transit ilgent was not used
to such caresses. Many a time , when
the car was crowded , he had been
grabbed by frightened women or men
who were not able to stand very stead
ily. But never before had a bear clung
nto him for support. He emitted a
screech that was heard for blocks and
at the same time , through fright , turn
ed the power on full.
The car leaped forward and the bear
and his keepers were flung against the
front door. By the time the 'motor-
man checked the car the two men
hastened to assure him that the ani
mal was harmless and he consented to
finish the trip.
Then the conductor came to collect
the fares. One of the men handed
him a dime. The bear looked across
the street.
"Three fares , please , " said the con
ductor.
"You don't charge ; for bears , do
you ? " asked the man. "You let dogs
ride free. "
"Yes , but a dog doesn't stand on Its
hind legs , " replied the conductor. "If
you don't pay for the bear I'll have to
put him off.
"Well , put him off , then , " said the
man , at the same time giving ] Lhe
bear's chain a savage tug. The animal
turned around with a growl and the
conductor decided to let him ride free.
The bear was on his way to court.
He didn't go of his own accord , but
had been seized by Constable Joseph
Pniewski , who was sent by Justice
La Buy to collect a judgment of $25
against Proprietor Ward of a little
circus at Twelfth and Leavitt streets.
BUREAU HELD BIG FORTUNE ,
New York. ( Special. ) By the acci
dental breaking open of an old bureau
it was discovered that Hazel Graham ,
eight years old , of 150 East One Hun
dred and Twenty-sixth street , is heir
ess to $30,000. She is the daughter of
Edward Graham , * an actor , and Mrs.
Kate Graham , an artist. Her grand
father , James McKenzie , of Woodside , .
L. I. , is a retired civil engineer who
is accounted wealthy. His second wife
died not long ago , and , as the children
. by his first wife were well provided
for , she made her own daughters her
heirs.
One of these daughters was the late
Miss Belle McKenzie of Woodside , an
elderly spinster , who had a great love
for her half-sister's little girl , Hazel.
She used to take the child on her lap
and tell her long stories , adding that
when Hazel was a woman she would
have money enough to live like a prin
cess. As Hazel's father was poor and
his "acting" was not very remunera
tive , theh child could never see where
her wealth was coming from.
But she accepted the prophecy in
good faith. When the spinster died
little Hazel was one of the most heart
broken of the family. To cheer her
grandfather Hazel was sent out to the
village of Woodside , and has been
" * xhere , the light and sunshine of the
house , ever since.
Mrs.Kate McKenzie Graham left her
amateur photography at her One Hun
dred and Twenty-sixth street home
long enough the other day to go to her
father's to see little Hazel. Hazel had
announced that the deserted rooms up
stairs in the homestead must be clean-
ed. When her mother appeared she
enlisted her help , and with one of two
sisters of Mrs. Graham the work be
gan. They entered the closed room
Avhere Miss Belle died and put it to
rights for the first time since the fu
neral. She having died without leav
ing any will , the estate was to be di
vided among the heirs-at-law.
One of the treasures of the dead wo
man was an old mahogany bureau
made in England in 1691. It had al
ways been kept locked in the lifetime
of .the spinster and at her death the
key could not be found.
A family consultation was held and
it was decided to break it open. This
was done , the back falling out and
revealing a secret compartment. The
first thing that c&me to the eyes of
the startled women was a faded bunch
of American beauty roses that had
.been in the bureau for years.
Under these were two bunches of
jjyellow ( [ letters tied with ribbon and ad
dressed in a man's firm hand to "Miss
Belle McKenzie. " Tied to one of the
Bundles was a package marked "se
crets. " This was opened _ with tender ,
Isaacs , the tame bear , was about the
only thing of value the constable could
find to seize , so he was attached. So
also was Trainer Thompson , as the
constable feared to take the bear with
out his master.
The arrival of bruin at Justice La
Buy's court created a sensation , as
might be expected in a community
that is not accustomed to daily asso
ciations with carnivorous creatures.
Clerk Matousek , who was formerly in
the circus business , at once recognized
the bear as harmless and was about
the only person in the room aside
from the late arrivals to retain his
composure.
"What are you doing with that
bear ? " demanded Matousek.
"He was about the best I could get
on the attchment , " said the constable.
"Well , the justice is not here , " said
the clerk , "and as the law requires
that prisoners shall be kept comfort
ably it will be incumbent on you to
share your bed tonight with this un-
| fortunate Mr. Bruin. If you don't
care to take such company into your
house you might drop into one of the
neighboring lodging houses. "
"Before I'd do that , " replied Pniew
ski , in evident concern , "I'll have to
bring the old toothless creature to Lin
coln park and toss him into the bear
pit. "
The serious dilemma was relieved by
the arrival of Proprietor Ward.
"This man is a scoundrel , " he thun
dered. "He broke up my show and
lost my business. "
"That can't be helped , " replied the
clerk. "You have a judgment of $25
entered up against you as a mechan
ic's claim and if you don't settle you
must expect to be taken by surprise
and put to some inconvenience. '
"Well , can I take the bear and the
trainer away for the night show , "
queried the proprietor more quietly , "if
I make good ? "
"Certainly. "
The $25 was promptly paid.
Dr. J. J. Lafferty of Richmond , Va. ,
possesses a remarkable cane. At the
time of the' burial of General Stone
wall Jackson someone planted a swig
upon the grave. It grew to be a sap-
ling several Inches in diameter. Then
friends of the Jackson family had it
removed. They found that the root of
the sapling had entwined itself about
his skeleton. "It was taken up and a
cane was made of a part of it. This
cane was artistically carved and given
to Dr. Lafferty.
India was in possession of.a . steel
secret once , which is now lost. This
was in the inlaying of steel blades
with gold in such a manner thaKAhe
strength of the blades was not im
paired nor their temper spoiler.
hands and reverent thoughts. In it
was the last will of the dead sister ,
which read like this :
"These letters are not to be read
by anyone while I am alive. At my
death they are to be given to my be
loved father. My whole estate I give
and bequeath to my sweetniece , Hazel
Graham.1 It was signed in the prim ,
delicate handwriting of Belle McKen
zie.
When the letters were taken to the
old gentleman he read the will with
swimming eyes. Then he turned to the
little girl and said :
"Hazel , she kept her promise , and
you are an heiress ! "
At the death of Miss McKenzie the
estate was the subject of litigation ,
which has never been settled , and , of
course , the property is intact now.
The discovery of the will upsets all
previous litigation and it is about to
be offered for probate.
A cold blooded scientist has just ad-
minstered a death blow to the tradi
tional belief in the "Blue Danube. " He
watched the big river for a whole year ,
giving to his studies an hour every
morning. The result of these observa
tions was that he found the water to
be brown 11 times ; yellow , 46 ; dark
green , 59 ; light green , 45 ; grass green ,
25 ; greenish gray , 69 ; other shades of
green , 110 , and that it never had any
thing like the hue with which it is
credited by the bards.
The fastest mile ever run by a horse
was in 1:35 % . The fastest mile by an
engine was 0:32 made by No. 999 of the
New York Central road in 1893. The
fastest time by a dog was in a race
at Buffalo , in which Drake Carter
ran 200 yards in 0:11 , which is a mile
in 1:41. Experiments have shown that
a salmon can swim a mile in less than
two minutes. Last comes man. The
fastest mile ever run by man was run
by W. G. George in England. He cov
ered the distance in 4:12 3-4.
Bobolinks reartheir young on the
shores of Lake Winnipeg , arid then go
to Cuba to spend the winter. To do
this twice a year they fly 2,900 miles ,
with one stretch of two hundred miles
over water when they cannot light to
rest. Some of them even continue on
to Porto Rico.
A
Agiant crustacean of unknown spe
cies , but which from its appearance
must be the father of all lobsters from
the beginning of .time , was found ift a
scoopful of sand and stone at the ex
cavation at the big Wachusett dam
at Clinton recently. It is 31 % inches
long , and nobody in Clinton has ever
seen any fresh water creature like it.
FORGFD A LAW IN MISSISSIPPI ,
Jackson , Miss. ( Special. ) The bien
nial report of the attorney general to
the legislature , just issued from the
press , calls attention to one of the
most daring , artistic and successful
legislative forgeries in the history of
the country.
Several years ago a man named
WInemann obtained possession of an
immense amount of the state's public
domain by a fraudulent colonization
scheme which enabled him to evade
the provision of the law forbidding the
sale of more than 160 acres to any one
man for a homestead ; He imported'
immense droves of negroes who bought
the lands at a very low rate under the
homestead act and then assigned their
property to Winemann. To defray the
expenses of this fraudulent scheme
Winemann spent something like $15,000.
It was regarded as a very shrewd and
successful scheme for a short timebut
it afteward developed that the state's
title had failed to the tracts involved
and Winemann lost the property by
a decision of the state supreme court.
He then bent his energies toward se
curing a refunding of the money paid
by his assignors to the state for the
land whose title had failed , but the
legislature refused to pass any special
act for his relief , or any general law
which would include his case" At the
last session an act was passed for a
refunding of money paid for land
where the state's title subsequently
failed , but it was stipulated that the
law was to apply only to such lands
as had been gotten through the land
commissioner's office.
This reservation was intended to ex
clude Winemann , who assignors had
gotten through the secretary of state ,
which official had charge of land mat
ters at the time he made his pur
chase. Efforts were made by agents
of the Winemann heirs , while the bill
"was pending in both houses to have
the case of lands purchased from the
secretary of state included as well as
those gotten from the land commis
sioner , but both .houses refused. When-
the bill was enrolled and signed/by the
governor , however , it was found to
have this addition , in spite of the fact
that the record showed both houses
voted it down. The governor having
signed the bill as presented to him by
the enrolling clerk , it became the law
under the generally recognized rule
that forbids the courvs to go behind
an enrolled bill to discover the legisla
tive intent. When the matter after
wards came up in court the lower trial
judge ruled that way , and there is no
doubt that the supreme court will fol
low the decision and the Winemaim
heirs will , after so many years , secure
a refunding of the money.
An examination of the original bill
from which the final enrollment was
made show that the fateful words "or
secretary of state" were interlined
with a pencil. By whom the forgery
was committed it not known. Attor
ney General McClurg in his report to
the legislature in regard to the case ,
which he handled for the state , boldly
says it must have been some agent of
the Winemanns. In view of the facts
in the case , he specially recommends
that the legislature pass a law abol
ishing the rule that courts cannot go
behind the enrolled bill to discover the
genuine legislative intent in cases of
fraud and forgery. *
FACTS FROM EVERYWHERE.
Infectious diseases are said to be un
known in Greenland.
Sometimes when a man is told to
take a back seat he takes affront.
The world is wide , but some people
take a decidedly narrow view of it.
A girl is sometimes satisfied with one
admirer when that one is herself.
The editor of a funny paper says it
costs him something to take a joke.
Kittens come into the world blind ,
but chickens at once take a peep at
things.
The United States produces as much
Borax as the rest of the world com
bined.
The theatrical representative doesn't
make a good impression if he's too the
atrical.
Court plaster is the best adhesive we
know of for mending broken engage
ments.
Western railroad magnates are put
ting on more trains to accommodate
increasing passenger traffic.
The total sales at the art galleries
of the Pan-American exposition at
Buffalo amounted to less than $15,000
for twenty-seven pictures.
The fish commission sent out from
Washington to Honolulu has already
discovered about thirty new varieties ,
many of which are good for food.
The Lamas of Thibet , in some of
their religious ceremonies , use drums
which are made by stretching snake
skins over the craniums of human
skulls.
The values of the cotton manufac
tures sold by the United States in the
Chinese empire last year was one-
third of our total exports of such com
modities.
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An industrious seeker of the curious
has discovered that President Roose
velt is the first occupant of the White
house in whose name the letter "a"
does not appear. *
During the burning of the Standard
Oil company's tanks at Bayonne , N. J. ,
in July , 1900 , an immense column of
smoke , shaped at the top like an um
brella , rose into the air , where very
little wind was stirring , to an eleva
tion , measured by triangulation , of
13,411 feet , or more than two and a
half miles. Above the column white
clouds formed in an otherwise cloud
less sky , and remained visible for two
days , the fire continuing to burn and
the smoke to rise. After the explosion
of a gas oil tank flames shot up to a ' j
height of 3,000 feet , and the heat radi
ated from them was felt at a distance
of a mile and three-quarters , where
it was more noticeable than close to
the fire.
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V
+ + SAYS HE IS AN ANARCHIST ,
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Albuquerque , N. M. ( Special. ) An
tonio Maggio , an Italian Anarchist , is
still in jail at Las Cruces , where he
was taken from this city several weeks
ago. He was Indicted by the grand
jury of the United States court at
Las Cruces for conspiracy to murder
President McKinley. When the grand
jury returned a true bill against Mag
gio he was brought before Judge F.
W. Parker and placed under $5,000
bonds for trial at the April term of
court. In default of bondsmen Maggio
was remanded in the custody of a
deputy United States marshal , and as
soon as the court as Las Cruces ad
journs the prisoner will be brought
for safe keeping to this city.
While at Silver City in February
last , a few days after his discharge
as a musician from the Andrews opera
company , Maggio indulged in drinking ,
and in the saloons of Silver Citywhere
he had been engaged as a violin player ,
he frequently prophesied , it is alleged ,
the .assassination of President McKin
ley , and is charged with having stated
that he knew that the president would
be killed before October 1 of this
year.
Leaving Silver City a few months
later , Maggio went to the mining camp
of Santa Rita and followed the occu
pation of a barber and played his vio
lin in the saloons , where , it is said , he
reiterated his declaration that he knew
the president would be killed. He also
proclaimed himself an anarchist , and
frequently declared himself an enemy
of government.
, When the assassination of President
Mcinley occurred persons in Silver City
and Santa Rita , who said they had
heard Maggio make the assertions
mentioned , informed the secret service
officials in Washington , and te was ar
rested.
"I was born at Cepatu , a small town
near Palermo , in Sicily , 25 years ago , "
said Maggio , when interviewed , "and
came to this country in 1892 , landing
at New Orleans , where I remained a
few months , and then visited several
small towns in Louisiana , being with
a small circus one season as a musi
cian. Then I went to St. Louis and
thence to Chicago , where I was a mu
sician in Thomas Day's show. 1 then
left for Omaha , and during the Trans-
Mississippi exposition was a member
of Hagenbach's wild animal show
band. I left Omaha and at Carbon-
dale , Kan. , joined a minstrel show us
a musician , staying with them several
months.
"I then went to Kansas City and
was again with Hagenbach during the
winter. I also was a barber in Kan
sas City. After this I joined the band
at the National Military home of Kan
sas , at Leavenworth , where I was for
about a year. I joined the Andrews
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Helena , Mont. ( Special. ) The Indi
ans of the Northwest are taking from
the shoulders of President Roosevelt
his self-appointed burden of trying to
find the solution to the problem of
making the Indian a self-sustaining
citizen of the UnUited States. Presi
dent Roosevelt's long residence in the
west has made him especially interest
ed in this problem. Washington dis
patches state that he has been holding
long conferences with Indian Commis
sioner Jones.
Commissioner Jones , like an econom
ical official , is looking at the financial
aspect of the situation. He believes
that the present annual appropriation
of $15,000,000 for the care and main
tenance of the various Indian tribes
could and should be cut down. He
proposes that every Indian be given
160 acres of good agricultural land and
told to go it alone. He wishes the
President to urge congress to take ac
tion along these lines.
So far Mr. Jones is all right , but
the facts do not bear his statement out
that the continuation of the present
system of caring for the Indian wards
of the government is making them
more dependent every year. This cer
tainly does not hold true in regard to
the Indians of Montana. Some inter
esting facts along this line have been
developed of late.
CITES TRIBE OF CROWS.
For instance , Major J. E. Edwards ,
agent for the government on the Crow
Indian reservation , one of the largest
in the state , said to the Chicago Amer
ican :
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"Aside from a few mendicants and
paupers , the Crows are selfrsustaining.
My reports to the department at
Washington will bear out my state
ment that the Crows are today the best
and most industrious band in Mon
tana. This has been an exceptionally
good year with them. Those who have
farmed raised good crops and found a
good market for them. "
"The principal business and the big
money maker for Indians is stock rais
ing. Those following this line also did
exceptionally well this year. . Their
cattle brought a good price. Many
carloads , have been shipped east from
the reservation. Nearly all of them
used their profits in buying yearlings
and generally increasing their herds.
Some goo d horses were also sold by -
the Indians to agentsof the British
government , for use in the South
African war.
"The 2,000 Crows on the reservation
are taking kindly to the new order
just put in force from the department
at Washington , namely , that the ra
tions be diminished by degrees' and
finally cut off entirely ; but the Crows
have been practically self-sustaining
for some time. "
Opera company as a musician at Leav
enworth in the winter of 1900 , and last
February , , while the opera company
was In SilverCity the manager and
myself had some trouble over my an
archistic leanings and I was discharg
ed.
"Up to my arrest , since which time
I have been confined in jail at Albu
querque , Silver City and Las Cruces ,
I followed the trade of a barber , also
playing in saloons and dance halls In
southern New Mexico.
"I deny that I ever told any person
that President McKinley would be
shot. I was surprised when he was
assassinated. I have told many per
sons that I am an anarchist , but I
am not against the United States. I
am against my own country , Italy. In
the United States a person gets from
$2 to $3 per day for his labor , while
in Italy you are starving all the time
you are at work. Since I have been In
this country I have made good wages ,
while in Italy I could only make a few
cents a day.
"These conditions abroad have been
brought abput by the monarchial gov
ernments , and that is the reason I am
an anarchist against my own country.
I would like to see a revolution in Italy
and other foreign countries of like
character and every crowned head to
be made a victom.
"When I asked for my passport to
come to this country the Italian gov
ernment gave it to me with the under
standing that when I became 21 years
old I should return to Italy and serve
the allotted time in the army of that
country at about 2 cents per day. Yea ,
I am an anarchist of the worst kind ,
but not against the United States. "
Maggio expects his mother , brother
and sister , who sailed from Palermo ,
Sicily , a few weeks ago , to join him
here some time this month. He has a
brother , Rosario Maggio , at Baton
Rouge , La. , and another brother.Frank
Maggio , at Leavenworth , Kan. All are
barbers , musicians and anarchists.
Maggio says he did not know Czolgosz ,
the assassin of President McKinley ,
and when told that the assassin had
been electrocuted he said the punsh-
ment was entirely too light.
Maggio is short of stature , has a
pleasant face , small mustache , and is
an inveterate smoker of cigarettes.
The United States authorities of the
territory believe that they have a most
important prisoner , and United States
Attorney Childers is collecting a large
amount of evidence which he will in-
troduce in the trial next week.
Judge : The Countess You've no idea
embarrassed the count was when
he proposed to me. The Dear Friend
I heard it took considerable of your
father's money to pay his debts.
The Assiniboines and Gi-os Veritre §
on the Belknap reservation are other
important tribes in this state. Con
cerning their condition , James C. Fitz-
patrick , on his way through Helena
for a vacation trip in the east , said :
"There is no feeling of unrest among
the Assiniboine and Gros Ventre In
dians. They are contented and happy
and , what is better , they are becoming
ambitious and thrifty.
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" 'Gros Ventres , ' a name given by the
Canadian French many years ago ,
means 'fat and lazy , ' but this tribe is
fast dismeriting the name. While they
are suave and easy going they are by
no means lazy. I believe contact with
the Assiniboines has done" more than
anything else to dispel the ennuiwhich
so long characterized the tribe.
GIVE UP LAZY .HABITS. .
"It used to be that the Indians were
satisfied to lounge about their huts
and draw their rations , but of late
years they have become ambitious.
Many of them are successful farmers.
Others have large herds of cattle and
horses.
"The new order for the department
for the cutting down of rations will
principally affect the 'squaw men , '
who are white men married to Indian
wives. For years the government has
been paying their grocery bills , and
they have been steadily growing rich
from their stock , fed on the free
ranges. I believe most of them will
move to other parts of the state now
and take up land. Strange as it may
seem , some of the happiest families I
have ever seen have been among this
class. The 'squaw men , ' as a rule ,
are kind and Indulgent to their wives
and families.
"I believe the Indians are ably sec
onding the apparent efforts of the gov
ernment to make them self-sustaining.
A table made from historic woods
and exhibited in the Woman's building
at the World's Fair
in Chicago , as
the gift of the women of Dauphin
county , Pennsylvania , has just been
presented to the Keystone state , and
wil be placed in the rooms of Gov
ernor Stone at the executive building
in Harrisburg until the state's mu
seum is opened in the new capitol. The
hand carving on the table is skillfully
done and the mosaic design of the top
-is inlaid in woods from many histoalc
places.
Another Millerite syndicate of New
York brokers which promised their
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patrons 10 oper cent Interest , has shut
up shop and eloped with a good slice
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of $3,000,000 taken in.
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"Buffalo" Jones of Kansas Is enjoy-
ing the rare distinction of reading nil c
own obituary.
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A KLONOYKE IN OKLAHOMA :
Oklahoma City. Okla , ( Special.-
There Is a bis rush to the gold field *
of the Wichita mountains In Okla
homa , A fresh Klondike Is said to ba
springing : tup In the Klowa and Co-
manche Indian reservations.
Gold , copper and oil are said to be
found In many places , but whether In
paying quantities has not been defi
nitely established. Before the results
of assays are known the rush contln-
lies. The trails are covered with a
mass of humanity. Tne hills are dotted
with men swinging a pick over one
shoulder with one-hand and carrying
a grub basket In the other.
There have been 6,000 mineral claims
taken , with half that number left va
cant. The remaining ones will not
last long.
For three years there have been cer-
tain old miners from California and
Colorado who prospected for gold In
the mountains of Oklahoma. "What
they found will never be known. Some
have gone away and are said to be
living In luxury in other states , others
remain and guard zealously the claims
which they are working. If they ara
taking out gold in paying quantities
they do not seem anxious that it be
come known.
It was not until August 6 that any
one was legally allowed to prospect for
gold in these mountains , but even prior
to that time about 2,000 claims had/
been staked. Some were worked for
years , and not all without bringing
good fortune to the prospectors. Not
a few half and quarter blood Indians
have taken out lumps of gold and
traded them in the stores at Moun
tain View , Oklahoma , for cash. The
store keepers there profess no surprise
when they get a lump of ore to send
off for assaying purposes. Two-thirds
of the miners pay that way.
The specimens are sent east. The
cash Is returned to Mountain View ,
then transported to the mining camps.
The Oklahoma Mechanical and Agri
cultural college has assayed some gold
ore taken from the mountains south
of here , and officially reported to be
worth from 8$0 to $800 "a ton.
Granite City is the typical Dawson
City of the Wichita gold excitement.
It is on the branch line of the Rock
Island railroad and is reached from the
main line of that road by stopping oft
at Chickasha , I. T. The trail from
Granite to the mountains is worn out
deep. Every Saturday night the min
*
ers strap their gold dust or whatever
else they have found , Into a bag and
hit the trail for Granite or some other
mining camp. . .
A FEW SHORT JOKES.
Cleveland Plain Dealer : "Miss Smllax
out ? Didn't she get my note this morn
ing ? " "Shure , sor. I thought It was a
bill from the face she made. "
Chicago Post : "Don't you dare to
kiss me , sir ! " she exclaimed , as she
thought she detected symptoms of an
effort in that line."I don't dare , " he
replied. "Then , why don't you ? " she
asked.
Washington Star : "I am afraid , " "
said a certain small boy's father , "that
you are overeating. Aren't you a little
apprehensive ? " "No- ' was the answer , .
after due deliberation , "I'm not afraid/ ' '
You know ladies are naturally timid. "
Philadelphia Press : Tess , How do
yo uknow Bess Is goln gto marry Mr.
Hoamlimug for his money ? Jess She
told me so , herself. Tess What ! Did
she really say that ? Jess Same thing.
She said she was going to marry him.
Boston Transcript : Miss Stalemate
Do you think-a woman Is justified In
lying ] abouther age ? Miss Spring
If her looks won't lie for her , I sup
pose she is forced to do It herself.
Chicago Tribune : "Sir , " said the
subordinate officer , * touching his hat ,
"I have the honor to inform you that
the ship is badly ventilated. " "Ha ! "
exclaimed the captain , starting from
his reverie. "Who has been ventilat
ing us ? "
Chicago Post : "What makes your
father look so blue tonight ? " "S s shl
Somebody thoughtlessly mentioned the
fact that Christmas is coming. "
Detroit Free Press : Mr. Marmaduke
Jenkyns Well , old boys will be old-
boys , Mrs. Jenkins. Mrs. Marmaduke-
Jenkyns Oh , no ; you mean that old
boys will keep on trying to be young
boys. .
Philadephia Catholic Standard : Knox
I sat down in my easy chair last
evening and picked up that new novel
of Scribblers and I didn't get into bed
until 4 this morning. Cox The idea !
Why , I thought it awfully tiresome.
Knox Exactly , it was 4 o'clock when.
I woke up in my "chair.
M. Berthelot , the French chemist ,
has been trying to find what is th
smallest weight of any odorous sub
stance that can excite the nerves of
smell in a human being. By repeated
dilutions , he found that .even such. an.
unimaginable quantity as three-eighths
of a millionth of a grain of iodoform
would produce the characteristic smell
and musk was many times stronger
still.
Mr. Whimper thus describes the com
mencement of an eruption of the vol
cano Cotopaxi : "A puff of steam was
emitted and then a brief pause. Five
minuteslater a column of inky black
ness began to issue , and rose up
straight in the air with such prodig
ious velocity that in less than three
minutes it was 20,000 feet above the
rim of the crater. The top of the col
umn was about 40,000 feet above the
level of the sea. "
The Turkish postal system has of
late be gi reformed with much benefit
to the people of that nation. It used
to be a frequent occurrence for letters
to be irrecoverably lost. The pay of
the turkish letter carriers In so low as
to oblige themto cimbine with their
official profession that of mendican
and ask publicly for Vbactaheeesh. " _