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Before His King.
One fancies that few types of men,
can, from time to time, have afforded
royalty more amusement of a quiet
sort than provincial mayors of Ens
land. "Prom the Foreland to Pen
zance," by Clive Holland, contains the
story of a mayor of Weymouth who,
during one of the visits of King
George to the town, was destined to
afford "comic relief to a ceremony of
some importance.
The occasion was the presentation
of an address of welcome to the king,
and we arc told that the mayor, on ap
proaching to present it, to the aston
ishment and dismay of all, instead of
kneeling, as he had been told to do,
seized the queen's hand to shake It
as he might that of any other lady.
1 Col.-Gwynner the-master of the cere
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faux pas, saying: "You should have
kneeled, sir."
'Sir, I cannot." was the reply.
'.'Everybody does, sir," hotly asserted
the colonel.
The mayor grew red, and evidently
much upset, exclaimed: "Confound It,
sir. hut I've got a wooden leg!"
History records that "a smile suf
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Marian, a little three-year-old. Is
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tion to a cow in a vacant lot and asked
what it was.
Marian replied, "boss" (horse) and
stubbornly refused to give in. Her
mother, wishing to get a correct an
swer without scolding, asked: "What
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lineator. Household Hint.
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dish?"
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"I have some novel ideas on the sub
ject." "What are they?"
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plant flowers in it." Washington
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get a bucket and pull up 90 gallons
from the well." "That's nothing," re
torted the other. "I get a boat every
morning and pull up the river." Unl
versalist Leader.
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whenever there is to be an execution
the Apaches flock from all districts of
the qity to witness the ghastly sight.
Silently they stand, gazing at "the'
grim instrument of death, until the
condemned individual is brought forth.
Then jeers and howls break forth
from the crowd, and as the knife falls
the Apaches rush forward to dip their
handkerchiefs in the blood. These
they preserve as souvenirs, or sell
them to the degenerates of the upper
classes.
Strangely enough, the male Apa
ches nearly all look alike. They are
hollow-cheeked, dark-haired, furtive
eyed, shambling of gait and sallow of
complexion always easily recognized
among the throngs on the streets.
The women, on the other hand, as a
rule, are handsome, spirited and In
telligent. They dress well and give
especial attention Jo the care of their
hair, which they never cover with a
hat. All of them, men and women,
profess to follow some trade as a
safeguard against the occasional
raids of the police on their haunts.
Official Paris is somewhat dis
mayed by the rapidly growing men
ace of these Apaches bands. The
number of robberies and murders at
tributable to them is increasing
monthly, and as the victims very
often are travelers from foreign lands,
the crimes are having an appreciable
effect on tourist business.
"FLAG DAY."
My Mrs. Edward Dunroy-Reed.
The general observance of June 14
as "Flag. Day" suggests the thought
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NE morning not long ago
a well-dressed foreigner,
evidently an American
tourist, was found dead
on the pavement in a side
street of Paris. Twisted
about his neck was a
dirty handkerchief with
which he had been stran
gled; he had been brutal
ly kicked and beaten,
and in his chest were
several knife wounds, any
one of which would have killed him. The unfortu
nate man had been stripped of all money, jewel
ry and other valuables.
"Les Apaches." said the police, stolidly. "He
.should have known better than to go prowling
about alone at night." And in the police records
another murder was put on the score of the
thugs of the "gay capital."
Paris is not proud of her Apaches, and the rest
of the world has known little of these criminal
bands, though theater-goers in many American
cities during the last season were given a glimpse
of one- phase of their life in the skillful but re
volting "Apache dance" imported from the French
music halls. Yet the" story of the origin, de
velopment and deeds of these outlaw gangs is
fascinating, if not edifying.
Nearly ten years ago there appeared suddenly
in the underworld of Paris a young woman so
beautiful and animated that she v once attract
ed general attention and admiration among its
other denizens. Her head was crowned with a
great mass of lovely reddish-gold hair, on ac
count of which she was promptly nicknamed
"Casque d'Or." or "Golden Helmet." Suitors
quickly flocked about the girl and in time she
selected from among them as her protector one
Lecat. known among his comrades as a clever
thief and a bold fighter whom the police would
be glad to have behind the bars.
AH went well for a time, until there came on
the scene a more attractive scoundrel, named
Manda. Pretty, fickle Golden Helmet promptly
transferred her affections to the newcomer, and
then the trouble began. Lecat, the forsaken,
vowed vengeance on his successful rival and
summoned his followers to his aid. Manda also
had no lack c? friends, and soon all the thugs in
the district of the Halles or markets had ranged
themselves on one side or the other. Many a
bloody battle was fought in the streets between
the two bands, cheered on by their female friends,
and not a few men were slain in these conflicts.
Finally in one of the fiercest of the encounters
Lecat himself was killed, and Golden Helmet
shouted aloud in joy. But her triumph was
short-lived. Another leader for Lecat's band,
known as "Le Mauchot." sprang up and the
feud was continued whh increased fury. One
night Le Manchot caught Manda off his guard
and plunged a knife deep into his back, and
for weeks the stricken leader lay in hospital near
to death. He recovered at last and was being,
taken in an ambulance to a cell when the blood
thirsty Le Manchot. seeing his victim escaping
from his vengeance, broke through the police
guard, leaped into the vehicle and stabbedMan
da to death. For this murder Le Manchot la now
serving a life sentence.
Golden Helmet, made notorious by the succes
sion of battles and crimes which her attractions
had instigated, now sought other conquests, and
decided that the drama was her forte. Only the
intervention of the police prevented her exploita
tion by an unscrupulous variety hall manager.
GoldenHelmet then speedily sank out of sight,
but the rivalry for her favor had lasting results.
Always the Apaches have one "queen" whose
rule over them is absolute if temporary. One
of the most notorious of these was "Chiffonnette."
vrho reigned last year. She was 23 years old.
all and graceful, and would have been a beauty
save for the loss of one
eye and the presence
of many scars, the re
sults of her numerous
boulevard battles. She
was elaborately tat
tooed and was mighty
proud of that adorn
ment. Chiffonnette'sca
reer came to an un
timely end last New
Year's day, when she
engaged in a desperate
fight with another
woman whom she hat
ed. Cheered on by a
crowd of her male and
female subjects, the
queen finally stabbed
herantagonist to death
with a stiletto, and
now she is. a prisoner
in St Lazare.
This year's queen of
the Apaches 'is Pepe.
She is only 18 years
old and as pretty as a
picture, but as fierce
as a tigress and a fit
leader for the wretch
es by whom she is
adored.
The comparative im
munity from arrest
and punishment pn.
joyed by the Apaches is due to their really won
derful organization. They form a community by
themselves, apart from all the rest of Paris,
with their own laws, courts and executioners;
their secret passwords, and almost their own
language, for the argot they use is practically
unintelligible to others. Merciless toward their
victims, they are no less merciless in punishing
those of their own number who are convicted of
treachery.
A few years ago one Painblanc was accused
of being in league with the police. He was for
mally brought to trial, the judge being a leader
known as "l'Espagnol." The charge against
Painblanc was not fully proved, but his loyalty
was so doubtful that he was sentenced to exile.
Rising from his chair in the obscure dive where
the trial was being held, he hurled his knife at
l'Espagnol with unerring accuracy, aid the judge
fell dead with the blade in his heart. The police
rushed in and carried Painblanc to prison, the
Apaches making no effort to save him.
Another alleged traitor was Albert Durin. He
was condemned to death and two" Apaches tied
him to the rails of a tunnel of the Belt Line
" railway of Paris He was found before a train
passed and rescued. How many traitors have
been executed by their comrades it is impossible
to know, for only in such cases as the foregoing
-do the police learn about the operations of the
"tribunals."
The Apache highwayman operates swiftly and
skillfully, and lone strangers in the streets of
Paris are never safe from his attacks. His favo
rite method, known as "le coup du Pere Fran
cois."!? to strangle hist victim by twisting a'
handkerchief about, his neck. After robbing the
senseless man, the thug frequently will kill him
with the knife, for the Apaches seem to delight
in wanton murder done in what they choose
to consider an "artistic" way. If the criminal
is arrested, a score of his companions springup
apparently from the very pavement, and unless "
the police are in force they are speedily routed
v and the prisoner is rescued.
An observant visitor in Paris may see Apaches,
male and female, on almost any street, but it, is
in the Place de la Roquette that they are to be
found in crowds on ocasion. There is set up
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No Doubt in the Baggageman's Mind
as to Contents of What Looked
Like Coffin.
In an emergency the 'manufacturer
of Limburger cheese was forced to
use strategy with a shipment. Ordi
narily his product went in special
cars, but in this instance no car was
available and the order must be filled.
Two hundred pounds of the fragrant
comestible was put in a rough, ob
long box, and taken to the railroad
baggageroom. Then the manufactur
er bought a ticket for himself and the
box, and entered the train. At the
first stop he went ahead to the bag
gage car to see that there was no
trouble. He stood by the box in a
disconsolate attitude and shaded his
eyes with his band. The baggageman
was sympathetic. "A relative?" he
asked. "Yes," answered the manu
facturer, "it is my brother." "Well."
said the railroad man, philosophically,
"you have one consolation. He's dead,
all right." San Francisco Argonaut.
UNKIND FAKE.
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The Shortsighted Lion Well, I
never dreamed I should finish my days
behind the bars of a cage.
Is Tired of Praying.
A little girl in St. Louis the other
vaning was 'going through the usual
form of prayer: "God bless mamma,
and papa and make me a good girl."
and so on. when all at once she
semed to come to a decision. "Now
that is the last time I am going to
say that prayer," she said, very grave
ly, looking at her mother. "You are
older than I am and it is your place
to ask for all those things and I don't
see any use in two people's asking
the same thing." Since then she has
firmly refused to pray, insisting that
it is her mother's place to ask God
for blessings.
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First Flag to Float Over North American Soil.
"Red Cross of St. George." the banner of Richard
Couer de Lion In 119J. and planted at Labrador bj Se
bastian Cabot In lfflT as the royal ensign of Henry VII.
the Island of San Salvador, one of the Bahamas,
and again in 1498 at the mouth of the Orinoco in
South America; but the first flag to float over the
soil of the North American continent of which his
tory tells was planted on the shore of Labrador In
1497 by Sebastian Cabot.
The first stage of evolution was marked two
years before the settlement of Jamestown, when
James I. of England, in honor of the union, placed
the diagonal white cross of St. Andrew with the
red cross of St. George, bpth upon a blue field.
This is the first blending-of the American national
colors known to history. The red, white and blue
is therefore as old as the country, as it appeared
in the flags which floated over the Virginia settle
ment and was the flag of the Mayflower and of
Plymouth.
A Use for Liquid Air.
Liquid air made from carbon diox
ide, according to Dr. David HubSard.
liquifies at a pressure of 2.000 pounds
to the square inch. When liberated at
a low temperature it becomes car
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substance resembling common white
chalk, though of greater brilliance.
This snow has been applied with great,
effect to many skin diseases, such as
moles, warts, birthmarks, etc., a ten
second application ending the growth
and causing it to disappear.
Nothing Unexpected
"You can bring him right in."
body's Magazine.
-Every-
A young New York broker of con
vivial habits fell in with an old school
friend who had gone on the road.
"Whenever you're in towa come up
and bunk with me," he urged his
friend as they separated. "No matter
what old time it is. If I'm not there
just go ahead and make yourself at
home. Ill be sure to turn up before
daybreak."
Soon after this the salesman arrived
in town about 'midnight, and, remem
bering his friend's Invitation, sought
out his boarding house. There was
only a dinrlight flickering in the hall,
but he gave the bell a manful pull.
Presently he found himself face to
face with a landlady of grim and ter
rible aspect.
"Does Mr. Smith live here?" he fal
tered. "Ke does," snapped the landlady.
Just Possible.
"Truth Is stranger than fiction."
quoted the moralizer.
"And I suppose a good many men
avold.it," rejoined the demoralizer,
"because they are averse to associat
ing with strangers."
Convenience in Germany.
A purchase in a' German tobacco
shop entitles you to one telephone
calL
Continual Doubt.
"How many children have you?"
said the tourist, affably.
"I dunno exactly," answered the
tired-looking woman.
"You don't know?"
"Not for certain. Willie's gone
flshin', Tommy's breakin' in a colt.
Georgie's borrowed his father's shot
gun to go hunting' an' Esmeralda Ann
is thinkin' of elopln'. I never know
how many I've got till supper time
comes, so's I can count 'em."
HE PUZZLED THE BRITISHER
Evidently Doorkeeper Had Never
Heard ef the Lord That Ameri
can Minister Served
Judge George F. Lawton of the Mid
dlesex probate court told me a story
the other day of an American minis
ter who was spending his sabbatical
year traveling abroad. Arriving fern
London, ke made every effort to get
an intimate view of the two branches
of parliament In session.. Of course
no stranger la allowed on the floor of
the house of lords, but the minister
not knowing this, and with the usual
amount of American push, tried to
make his way in. There is a rule,
however, that servants of the various
lords may be admitted to speak to
their ministers. Seeing the minister
walking boldly In, the doorkeeper
asked:
"What lord do. you serve?"
"What lord?" repeated the aston
ished American, "the lord Jehovah!"
For a moment the doorkeeper hesi
tated and then admitted him. Tun
ing to an assistant standing near. 1m
said:
"He must mean one of those poor
Scotch lairds." Boston Record.
As the Boy 8aw the Lesson.
Prof. Charles Zeublin of the Univer
sity of Chicago was discussing at a
dinner the greatest paintings of the
world.
"The legends that are beautiful and
immortal." he said, "have in them
turtbs that we all, according to our
kind, take home. This is true ia
likeness of immortal works of art
pictures, poems, songs. For different
people they have different messages.
For instance, in my native Pendleton
some of the mothers used to cut the
' children's hair. They did it with
shears and a bowl. The operatic
was often painful, and the result was
, never elegant.
"In Sunday school a Pendletos.
teacher once told her pupils the trag
ic story of Samson and Deliah. Thea.
i she turned to a little boy:
" 'What do you learn, Joe,' she said.
t 'from the Samson story?'
" 'It don't never pay,' piped Joe, ta
have a woman cut a feller's hair."
, Cincinnati Enquirer.
Men Can Care fer Themselves.
A coal company In the Hocking val
ley, O.. employs both men and mules.
One mule costs $200. and in point of
work equals six men. The company
has this order standing otf its books.
"When the roof gets weak, take out
the mules." Vancouver Mining Ex
change. Nothing is so wholesome, nothing;
does so much for people's looks, as
little interchange of the small coia
of benevolence. Ruffinl.
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