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QUEER CHANCES.
?Odd Way? in Which L??t Jewels Have
Bean Recovered.
Due of the most romantic stories
.r>f stolen jewels occurred with Fan
ny Semble for heroine. An impor
tunate America^ danced attendance
.upon her until one doy she finally
and peremptorily bade him begone.
.He gazed steadfastly at her for a
moment. Then, aeejng that she was
j-jaRy in earnest, he flung a packet
; ipon the table. fWell," he said,
**you-moy ' at least take this/' And
lae turned upon his heel and left the
mors, ?r.d she noyer ?aw him more.
Of course she opeaed the packager
what wWan would not ? In it was
a very beautiful jewel, which, as she
had pert the address ofJ the giver,
ali? lia4 perforce to retain, but not
for long. Some one^fcsides herself
appreciated its beauty and took it.
rx ears passed, and she had ceased to
repine for its 'loss. Then she was
staying in Italy, and to her at Sor
rento there carno a peddler, who,
?quito hy chance, displayed before
her his pack pf trivial wares. Th?ro
among them, its value all unsuspect
ed, lay the long lo3t jewel, with
nothing to tell how it came into the.
jpossesBion of the hawker.
{To match this story one must
iura to the experience of a Sushox
?clergyman. A ring which was an
heirloom in his family ..was stolen
dbrom Iiis keeping. Eighteen {years
ipassed, and-net a word was heard
.concerning tho article. Then it
iturned up inside ono of the fingers
int a/gl?ve lost at a bazaar in New
Zealandr The finder had promoted
?he bazaar, was . a relative of tho
.?owner o'f the iring and'was tho only
^person on that side of the world
who . could have identified ii?? The
(owner of the gloye. was . one of a
mtunbe.r of persona who had in turn
tposaessed the ring. It had 'pass?d
?rom hand to hand all around tho
tworld, to come, at the antipodes, to
?he only person who. could 6tay its
tfurther travels and restore it to the
.rightful owner.-^t. .Tames' Gazette.
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Learned His Lesson Well.
^."Stanley," 6aid his mother, do
laot like to see you playing with such
.?dirty boys. The language they us?,
too, is not fit for your ears. They
dare j* ot the boys.for yon to associate
witl
Tne hoy looked at His mother a
minute, and then as his little head
twas thrown hack he gravely asked:
''Who am >I that I should not as
sociate with these boys F*
.Tho mother was perplexed an in
stant, and then sbe^ said :
^ ?<But, Stanley, dear, that is not
it at all. The boys are not clean.
tTheir clothes are dirty, and they,,-i-r
. "Motlier," B?id Stanley, quick as
?a flash, "you have been reading to
me- about Abo Lincoln. Now, he
"wasn't clean when he was a hoy, and
2ie didn't wear fine clothes, and ho
twas president." ._. ,
iChe mother. ?ookedv at the hoy.
{She- hiad nothing to say> and in two
inmutes Stanley was chasing around
with three of the ragged, dirty, hut
plucky urchinsvt?tjiv whom he. was
so fond of playing.
? Mand Organ Monkeys.
' Most of the. monkeys, that travel!
iwith shows and organ grinders come
ifrom the isthmus of Pimoma, These
animals are captured by the natives
an rather a curious way. s They take
ix cocoanut and cut a hole in it large
enough^ to admit a monkey's paw?
!A string's then attached to the nut.
.Who monkey is. a very inquisitive
?little animal, and when he sees one
Cf these nuts ho inserts his paw
?fchrough the hole t^ find ent whiat is
. inside. When the paw is closed it
. cannot:withdrawn, and as the
noohkey has not sense enough to
Open his paw the nut is dragged by
the stiring and the monkey with it
!to within^reach bi thc captors, who
throw V net. over the monkey and
; lu that way secure him.
? Benefit Society Seven Cenitatfes Old.
Many 3?iig??shmeu aro wont to
jr?ide themselves that England is
Stine home and parent of tho mutual
benefit friendly Society. The claim
; ?ou?d scarcely be substantiated. In
t laid Morit??i?er^ther?i st?l fiouriBhes
\ & .mutual.; benefit friftn4?y' society
[ lander the title of .Sfc'' J?&ith which
I : ima an unhroken?i^toTy ?^tmg.haek
io about ig^o; Statute books dat-;
5ng to ^ 2 60!? are ?tiU pr??crv?d, and
they ar?.heii?ved to bo hut reprcduc
; ; ?wons of,statutes in forc? a century
j ; tor two ear lier, which were burned
i' ] Buringthe civil war of th? s??pt?ehth
; century^ D?Hn^
I ?r?es /tlje.; ?oeieiy: has' heverf?ile?l ;ite
jSicmbera in case of sickness, injury
I C^uwiU^ditl^
I' ??u?ts; than to choke thsm hy WWz
I ?igVirtue^ Ba- not-; think
E jV?xy J^ksb? > Who carnes near' you
9 look for . what M good &a?' ?tror?g.
m OUondr that, rejoice in it and, es yosi
Si-.gn. try ia ann^t^Jfajm?^^fajaj^
S gj?? drop ?R ?ik? aea?r^evp ^w??a
s-. Iheir^tim^ ^ *
fi' Xha :l??tt?!l Vftn' ?lfl?A ??!M>?t(ft'.0ii?i???f
BESSEMER'S DEVICE.
KU Reward For lt Cam? When Ho No
Longer Wanted Money.
In au autobiography of Sir Henry
Bessemer is told how, in 1833, when
he was a youth of twenty, he learned
that tho British government was
losing about $500,000 a year
through the use bf forged1 stamps.
He set about Anding a remedy. In
nine months he discovered how to
forge government stamps' with the
greatest ease. This was a risky bit
of knowledge for a struggling young
man who wanto*} money wherewith
to get married to the girl of his
choice. ?ut young Bessemer, hav
ing invented forthwith the perforat
ed stamp that is now known every
where, went gavly to the govern
ment officials with the forgeries in
his pocket to esk if they were gen
uine. When Sir Charles Presley
passed them as genuine Bessemer re
.marked that he knew they were
forgeries--"simply because I forged
them myself.'* Then he suggested
a remedy. It was accepted. Besse-,,
mer was offered the post of superin
tendent of stamps-for piont and
staff must be reorganized-at
$3,000 to $4.000 a year, ,V <:?};?f&"~
Young Bessemer weat away hap
pily' to tell his good luck to the girl
of his choice. Ho explained to her
the 'situation, how old stamps had
been picked off documents and used j
again and how he, had invented an-j
elaborate plan to remedy this.- "But
surely/' said the young lady, "i? all
tho stamps had a date put on them
-they could not at a futuro time bo
useci vithout detection/' This
rath?r startled young Bessemer.
But he devised a simple method of
marking the date. The British gov
ernment was delighted. The device
was accepted. And, as no change of
machinery or stab: was needed, Bes
semer was informed that nc superin
tendent of stamps would be appoint
ed. Thus he had . deprived himself
of a job.
Forty-five years later, after he
had invented thc bessemer proc
ess" of preparing iron and had made
a- great forune, Bessemer wrote to
Lord Beaconsfield, then prim? min
ister, pointing out that he bad saved
tnc country millions without the re
ward of a penny. He no longer
wanted money, but the government
acknowledged tho debt and paid it
with a knighthood.
Th or deal To ache r.
:: Before all, other qualifications the
I . teacher's character is the fundamen
.tal requisite. That must be above
reproach in oil v things. Milton's
words about' tho p\>etic power aro.
specially true in regard to the power
'to^teach. ."He who would net bs
frustrate/' said the great poet; "of
his hope to write well hereafter itt
laudable things must himself be a
true poem." He who would not be
frustrate of his hope to teach well at
any time ought himself tb be a lofty
exemplar of the virtues he would
impress upon his pupils. The teach
er who stands before a class'for
hours every day ought to exert
greater influence even than thp^cler
gyman who speaks from the-pulpit
one day in the week, and he ought
at least to have an equally lofty
character, known arid recognized by
all men. The teacher who is mas
ter of his subject "and who has this
nobility of character needs no help
o?; artifices ; to assist hiin in govern
ing lus pupils; nc has simply to be,
and they obey.--rArtbur Gilman in
Atlantic.
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Why She Wanted Work. ~
"There are a lot of queer: people,
in this world," said the man ib j
charge of tho book department cf ?
large store yesterday. * "This morn
mg a young woman carno in here
and applied., for a position selling
hooks. I explained that there was
nothing. I could give her. Then I
said pleasantly;;
"Tm awi ul sorry/ *
cf 'Oh/ she said," turning .ip go^
'you needn't bo sorry. I really don't
need the money.. t simply wanted
to work here SQ ? cokld; r?ad the
books/ "-Kansas City Times.
A ..Classical Ennountcr.
. "Hore I have been a supplicant at
tho throne bf your heart for weeks/'
oaid tho lovesick young man of
Shakespearean tastes, who had been,
trying to win the affection of a Mus
kogee young woman, "and what
boots it ?" he cpncluded, "wit^i^l^ffi
pcration.
"I do/' roared the young womnn's
irate^father as he- raised the young
mari bnihe toe of his Nc, 12 gently
but firmly to the curbstone: below.
?-~Xa3?as' City Jonrnsi.
,'. / A Little Butt .
It v>as an irishman ot course,
thougVxh? had shed his accent from
havingNSeett in this" countsy'''for two
;F/.:
ing at a well known e?ectn ^1 elga
on ?db?l?trest the: other day. "It
I were in the center o? Africa and
;..iaj&Mji^^ once I
T-waa m iv cw Orleans Hew Or
leans
- *ihat Missouri preacher who has
! a|?ef^?red70^nn)teiy tb at satan Jives
j ia l'aris sotted a question , that feas
! longdisturbed the hhmR? mind. 0b|<
j ??go b??, '-bartended;/that he dwelt in
: ; Hc^ Yof'k. and New, Yor* h aa located
..Mm;.}p\-Chicago, while other pities
i h?vsspotted-':.' him in both. Sam
I Jones' once cad ;tho auda&tyla* ??.
houna?that lie lived ia ?^tisvUicv If
; the-v-MiM0?^ftni.-??n provo that' Sat?n
i'? ':;str?;a?ly..?'n the^th?r.side ^f.tn?.At-.
, laeti? th??r> ' b%hC to be'ssav?; way of
HOW MOROS MAKE FIRE.
Bamboo Stick, Bit of China and Tindtr
Their Apparatus.
Thc match"has been said to * be
tho greatest civilizer of tho world,
but it has not yet completed ita
work.. There are still j, tribes of
barbarous and sernibarbarous peo
ple who use nature's means for pro
ducing fire, either by friction with
or without apparatus or tho contact
of two substances whicn produce a
spark, as flint and steal.
The Moros uso a method distinc
tive from- o ?her savage races and of
interest not only for its uniqueness,
but as showing the effect of environ
ment on invention.
This apparatus consists of a bam
boo stick, a bit of china and tinder.
Cylindrical cases are also part of
the device, one being a case for to
bacco and the. other a ?ase for tho
china and tinder. The whole, con
nected with cordi, is worn at the
belt. To use the apparatus the na
tive takes the bamboo firmly in his
left hand and in his right holds the
bit of china by the finger and
thumb and on the thumb side
pinches a bit of tindor. The edge
of the china is then struck Sharply
down and! along tho bamboo, pro
ducing a bright and long spark,
which catches in the tinder and ig
nites it. Very littlo practice is re
quired to enable a novice to light a
.fire by this means. Obyiously,-when
the apparatus waa first devised, no
china was available, and doubtless
some sharp stone took its place.
Kow, however, bits of broken chino
such as are fotmd in cheap eating
houses aro regarded as best for the
purpose and universally usecL
iThe thoughtful readei will at
once draw an analogy between this
means of fire making and the flint
and steel of our own ancestors, in
the eastern tropics, however, bam
boo is the commonest o? woods and
so was doubtless observed many
times to make a bright spark when
struck where flint, in; contact with
metal, .was seen once. In conse
quence after the first bright thinkex
had devised this Way of using thc
spark the method held its popularity
and obtains, to this day, although
the flint and steel is so much sim
ple;, easier and more portable.
L|&The philosophy of the device will
afc once be4 apparent;. The sharj
edge ot the china, scrape^ > off a bil
of bamboo-not mb cn. ; bemuse th*
Wood is hard and the outside: hat
'g?ito a glaze-but enough to b(
.riiade incandescent by the frictior
?f the stroke, ?he tinder catches
this spark, and tne desired flume if
the result.-Scientific American.
Mu .' . 'r-r-:-? ;.,.'.
; story of Adolph and Anna.
Adolph, ? an \ Austrian artisan
i adored Anna, an aristocrat, An(
Anna -adored Adolph. Another aris
tocrat, Alfred, .an ambassador
adored Anna. A^na abhoirred Al
fred. "'^Ured';.)??^e^?4''?A??i?? adi
mitting admiration. Anna assum?e
amazement. Alfred abjured Arina
Arina admonished -Alfred. Alf re*
adopted aggressiveness. Alfred':
audacity alarmed Anna. Alfred at
tempted abducting Anna. ' Anna
afraid nrid agitated, acquaints
AdolphV ' Adolph, accused Alfred
Alfred, angered, abused Adolph aw
iully.:-. Adolph answered ; Alfred
Alired- attacked Adolph. Anns
I aghast, aided.Adolph. Adolph ani
j ?Trii?- almost annihilated Alf red
? ??lfred .abdicated absolutely. Ann:
accepted Adolph. Adolph and An
ria absolutely absconded and aban
d??ed Austria altogether, ,arriviu:
at Antwerp, and always abidiii;
abroad afterward.-Exchange.
Reit After Meale. ' -,
j . "After dinner sit awhile,*' .is
I tirrio honored saying; It; is- alio;
velcy true : find phyriologically.^ coi
rc-ct one, for wb^cn our. ^pod is mi
^?rgoing digestion ?ur^^y/ia.'d??n.
;n gt?at d?ai of important' work. Ii
therefore, we persist in taking exei
eise after food we, are really ''burc
lng 'thc candle at both ends": an
joying; bur body double work to dc
with thc result that indigestio
sppner^vbr later attacks us. -\ W
should therefore : rest after meali
and before them ns well," and |th
feeling of restfulness and indispoa
tipn to work just after a meal is
natural warning arid indication thc
we should s?ek repose at that time
not necessarily sleep, but quietn?*
and .rest.' : ?
. , \ A -.Lawyer** ?*i|re,
hot? Chancellor Eldon pr<
nounced the word 'Tien*' os if wri
ten lion, ' git Artfcmr pigott, a di;
txnguisKed -cl&neery lawyer, mah
tained ;^j^i^ie^^^tay^i^!ii ? ps
nounced like, lean, arid one day eat
made ? stand in coi^^
Ho pronunciation,: whereupon ?Tel
yll, a witty lawyer, perpetrated tb
rhyming pun/ which ; alludes. to ^
j ps?ftbnQnious firrsrigeroent? of ti
cfcfcriceUor'a kitchen;
Sir AifiKir, 6hr Arthur, vrhy, what do yt
. mi&n .
By ??yin? tba chaac*Hor*s lion te leaal
;jParo think ?hat. him kitchen's so bad aa i
that.
That nothJaa within it can ever s*t tai
-Londori'N?ws.
- Among th?sei successfully pa;
?^lhe?^fit?Tnelramination -for e
missie a to the ?? av al Ac ad e my, y?
Luther Welsh, of Kansas City, w
Hading during hip. .'preparatory wo
that he was toe short to meet, the ?
?qriir?f^ftot?, which demand that thc
.entering., tho; AoadeUf^?m'ttHt he
./least, ?ve* feet ..it? o' in-?h'*\;W. jie.ig?
[ Un d cr H-r-ht .af>tr?to.Uina' pr??a<js
wliiuh ' a ?pwally . devised.)??u?h?
figured. AVeU h - ?u>j u.-' ? t !; ou?'.cd
PAUL JONES.
Mia Last Yoara War? Not ?f Poverty
and Obscurity. .
. Even Hanchettey the French
naval authority, speaks of4 John
Paul Jones as having died in great
wretchedness, obscure and poor. It
is such outrageous perversions of,
truth/ that I have felt impelled to
meet and combat.
After tho war of the Revolution
Jones was received in London with
the greatest distinction. The Army
and Navy club delimited ?to honor
him. Burke nnd F<Rc were his ia
miliars. Horace Walpole was his j
intimate friend. To them all he
was "dear Paul/' The only act of
"piracy** ever alleged against him
was his descent upon Selkirk castle,
whence some of his roen, failing to
find Lord Selkirk, carried away the
family plate. Learning of the pil
lage, Jones, immediately after ?get
ting back to Brest, purchased it out
of his own pocket and returned it
to Lady Selkirk with a letter of
apology. The Selkirks thencefor
ward were among bis most ardent
admirers.^
In his last illness tho king of
France sent daily to ask for his
: health. Had he lived a week longer
he would have been admiral of
France. The French assembly rose
upon its feet and stood uncovered
while the resolution of respect was
being passed. He left a largo sum
ol money to bis two surviving sis
. tere. He died the ranking officer
of the American navy. Three weeks
after his death letters came from
Washington and Jefferson. plicing
pur marine interests in Europe in
his hands end authorizing him* to
organize an Expedition to go after
tho Barbary pirates. He stood in
the relation of a son to Franklin,
cf a brother to Jefferson, possessing
the fullest confidence of the. Father
of His Country. Whenever he ap
pears upon tho written page we eeo
not only a naval commander, but a
statesman, his writing, in rta calm
wisdom and crystal lucidity; remind
ing us of the writing of Abraham
Lincoln. ? :^|?
Personally he was the most capti
vating of men, handsome and gen
tle. When he came..back from his
wonderful sea fight the Duchess bf
Orleans. lodged him in the Palais
Royal. The king made him a cheyi
aiier of France, Paris went wild.
In .the court, in the highest French
society, he was literally "a howling
swell," though ho himself did none
of the 'liowling." 'There is not a
blot, on his1 escutcheon.^-Henry
Watterson in Louisville Courier?
Journal. ?' '_
Finger Nails Uko Bird Claws.
To what extremes physical;^'de
formation, for the sake of comply
ing with certain fashions or as the
fulfillment of ascetic vows, can be
carried is* explained .by Dr. I. Ranko
of Germany in his anatomical trea
itis-: entitled "Der Mensch" He
demonstrates that in all lands : cer
tain forms of malpractice have been
indulged iii. In old Peru, for in
stance, little children were placed
under a head press and their scalps
.were shaped oblong. This waa espe
cially the case with tho daughters of
the nobles and with the'members of
the royal families. The climax is
reached, however, in the case of the
' ^Chin?se ascetie who is sot apart as
' "a holy man to serve in the joss
. house, who does net. perform any
manual labor and permits his finger
nails, with the exception of those on
his index finger, to grow; several
inches long. Finally they become
entangled and resemble somewhat
the claws of an old bird". - .
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. . Tattooing. '
It is quito common in l^iji and
Samoa for a man to bear upon,his
arm of body a certificate of his birth
which is practically indelible. Tat
tooing is carried on in these islands
? ^O-r^^t^urd'^ex^entj and it ia the
practice tb tattoo on the hand of a
mother v the date of her c*bildrett*s
: birthsl Sometimes an; enth?si?stio
father ...i^:-;^itoo:Hhe:.date;'--.o? tho
birth on the child itself, and no niat^
ter $LOW long it, lives the certificate
will reman? ^
some adjoining islands every child
is tattooed almost from bead to ffcot
on ita completing its twelfth year.
The xesult is very remarkable, espe
cially if the child is growing rapidly,
so that the spaces between, the tat
too inarka increase in sise yew by
. year. ^ . ' .. -
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, T?? Ma^y Fer Him.
At the conclusion of tte regul?r,
lessons at a certain Sunday school
the superintendent wade a short ad
dress to the assembler! classes. > At
the end of his remarkshe said: '
<?NoWj all you THHTS and girls that
wcnld like to go to heaven when you
i dio hold UP votir banda,"
;i?Mta0%."every cMld bad a hand
in the air except ono'littlo fellow:
.sitting in the far corney wjaoi ia
?answer to the superintendent's
question, "Don't you want to go to
heaven ?" replied, *^oV eireey not if
that crowd's a-goinV Ladies'
Home Journal.
_?,:-. ;, ;" , --? .
- A Ltndba dentist named White?
. hpuse bas invented a device which bc
believes will overe?me tb? motion; of?
'. vcjael at so?. as far as tho sensation
*. ^t&vilters'in their berth is concern
1 ed. He suspends the berth by four
cords so that it swings freely. By
. means of 'electric motors theS'0'^M?M
fet-o automatically operated so th M
V ;tKe motion of-the - boat Ja-t?aaotferaet
j -A wuo can w*rry t? girl for her
iln^k3; but when it comes JO living
? w'i?ii her winn h? cominis ou ts her djx
?
WINNING HIS NAME.
An Indian Boy's Battle With a Wolf
* tn Old Newfoundland.
With tho following somewhat
gory 3CCU0 Theodore liobert? opcus
his story of old Newfoundland,
"Brothers of Peril:" 'Tho boy
! struck again with his flint knife, and
again the great wolf toro at his
shoulder. The eyes of the boy were
fierce as those of the beast. Neither
wavered. Neither showed any signs
of pain. The dark spruces stood
abovo them, with tho first shadows
of night in their branches, and the
western sky was stained red where
tho sun had been. Twico the wolf
dropped his antagonist's shoulder
in a vain attempt to grip the throat.
The boy, pressed to tho ground,
Hiing himself about like a dog and
repeatedly drove Iiis clumsy weapon
into tho wolf's shaggy side. At last
the fight ended. The great timber
wolf lay stretched dead in awful
passiveness. His fangs gleamed like
ivory between his scarlet jaws and
black lips. A shimmer of white
menaced the quiet wilderness from
thc recesses of the half shut eyelids.
"For a moment tho boy lay still,
with the fingers of his' left hand
buried in the .wolf's mane and his
right hand a blot of red against the
wolf's side. Presently, staggering
on bent legs, he went down to the
river and washed his mangled arm
and ?houlder in thc cool water. The
shock of it cleared his brain and
steadied his eyes. Ho waded into
the current to his middle, stooped
to the racing surface and drank un
stintingly. Strength flooded back
to blood and muscle and the sleudex
limbs regained their lightness.
"By this time a few pale stan
gleamed on the paler background oi
the eastern sky. A long finger strealt
of red, low down on AIIO hilltops
still lightened the west. The bo~
gav/ nothing of tho changing beauty
of the sky. . He returned to the deac
wolf and set abc t skinning it wit!
his rude blade! He worked witt
skill and speed. Soon head and pel
were clear off the red carcass, and
collecting his arrows and bow, h<
flung the prize across his shouIde i
and started along a faint trai
through the spruces.
"After walking rapidly for nearlj
an hour the boy came out on a* sinai
meadow bright with fires. Nineteei
or twenty conical wigwams made ol
birch poles, hark and caribou hide;
stood .about the meadow, Tw<
women who Were broiling meat al
the fire looked from the shaggy
blood stained pelt to the stol wari
stripling. They cried to him softij
in tones of love ind admiration
; *N6w firive me my man name/ de
mandoe! the boy.
"A stalwart man, the chief of th(
village, strode from the dark jbi
terior of the nearest wigwam. Hil
cyeB gleamed at the sight of hit
hoy's torn arm and the white teetl
of the wolf, 'Wolf Slayer I* he cried
He turned to the women. 'Wob
Slayer/ he repeated.. *Let this b<
his man ia ame-Wolf''Slayer.'".
Bluestockings, Bowarol
Woman after woman lined up ai
the glove counter and got ~~r.ited on
hut tho call of the woman with th<
hook under her arm wa? still un
heeded.
"Why is it/' she wailed to a pass
ing acquaintance, "that I can't ge
anybody to sell me a pair of gloves??
"It'is that hook that dees all tm
mischief/' said ?thp acquaintance
"You will never get waited on prop
erly so long as you go shoppmg witl
a book tucked under your arm. I
gives you a studious look/ and shoj
girls abhor a bluestocking of air
' description. They claim that i
woman with literary tendencies buy
. in smr-U quantities, at low pricea
Therefore it doesn't pay to giv<
their time to hbr until ali the smar
/customers have been waited on/
New York Press.
Tho Low of lt.
. The old buck in the story wh<
dropped a sovereign in the plate a
church, mistaking it for a penny
could get no great satisfaction/ou
bf the sexton, as willhe recalled, bu
he was not tke old buck to give u]
easily. ,
Accordingly he sou|ht legal ed
vice, with a view of instituting ?
suit at law. .
I f ;' Bht. the lawyer whom ?e consult
I |pd was one cf those rare and gifte?
souls! who would rather be witt;
than rich, Or almo?t anything else
for that matter.
"Sir," said he at once, "yon hav
i foo case. . You were guilty of con
; ^butory negligence/r-Puck.
? >? ? i i mn i j -
\ ??:. Tho Credulity of Women,
There are notable exceptions i
, the rulo, if this is really the rule
hut tho statistics ? of the St. Loni
. postoffico are sn astonishing con
Ji^naation ox the ease with whic)
: thousands of women ali over th
country can,be induced to? mail har*
? patted money/* running up finally fc
a < total of millions, fdr "safe keep
ing" hy men of whont they knot
nothing except through the appea
of the incredible made hy circulai
-St. Ix>uis Post-Dispatch. ,
' '.. --y.? > - ' i / ; _
; ' - Miss ?leaor .Williams., of Lon
? doti, England, for, twenty years
. -preaoher of the gospel, occupied th
pulpit in the Chathram Street \V*eh
' Baptist Church in Pittsburg latel
fl and made so geod ari impression tba
; ia^?Ve ha? been *et pp "foot to ca!
the y^iingVKn?Hihvv.imai) to tho: pul
pit. \Mr.-; Wi5iV<4u?*?, f>4} 8 she will con
fsMf'r the oiFi v
ll -au''y is hut sliiiwUcp- .tn
. Mjofc-t ji .?'.nh* ?re o-< f >?Uy iViin in Wy J"
SHREWD SCHEMES.
Thoso Doviscd by Shoplifters Keep De
tectives Guesaing. *
To detect tho female shoplifter
used to be the easiest thiug in the
world. Nowadayd her wiles call out
the lynx eyed vigilance of lady de
tectives, says London ?~ Answers.
They aro in all* our big drapery and
furnishing emporiums-and they
have a busy time,
The shoplifter, bom in mind, is
not, as a rule, tho homeless creature
hi rags. Sho is a fashionable butter
fly, who flutters about the most ex
pensive stalls. She has a conde
scending smile, a patronizing air
and the majestic grace of a newly
.presented debutante. And sho
sweeps along-choosing crowds
Sveanng a bog skirt and a belt of
fish hooks.
This iish hook device is ingcuious.
The shoplifter wears them level
with the ?neo underneath her loose
and flowing skirts. They are spaced
just far enough apart to keep them,
from, becoming entungled. To the
inner side of the underskirt a wide
band of oiled silk is sewn. This, I
with similar bands around the
knees, saves, both tho thief and her
skirts from being hooked and per
mits the hooks themselves to hung
free.
Tlio thief who wears these iish
hooks wears also two little spurlikc
?rejections at tho back of tho
'renoh heels of her shoes. With
these Bbc picks up handkerchiefs,
blouses, silk ?nd other materials of
a like nature and raises them be
neath her skirls to the other hooks.
All this can be done by an expert
in the most unsuspicious manner
possible, even beneath the eyes of
the detective, without giving that
individual the slightest intimation
of what is being done.
Another thief uses a large hook
and heavy sinker, these- being sus
pended beneath tho skirts and capa
ble of being raised or lowered by
means of a small reel carried inside
the shoplifter's pocket. The thief
knocks the article to bo stolen off
tho counter as if by accident and
stands over it. With ono hand sho
calmly proceeds to lower the hook
until it touches the floor and
catches the blouse or piece of silk
there. Then up comes the hook
with the stolen goods, end the shop
lifter walks quietly away.
A Defeat In the Hands.
A good story ia told of an English
lawyer who, having succeeded in
making a litigant of every farmer in
his county, having grown rich at
their expense and thus established
a valid claim to their consideration,
consented* to sit -for his portrait?
which was to adorn the courtroom
of the county town.. The picture
was duly painted by a London artist,
and previously to being hung was
51 submitted to a private view. "Most
1 j uncommon!i ice, to be sure," was tile
. ? general verdict. But one old chap,
regarding the canvas critically, dis
sented from tho prevailing opinion
ns follows : "That bo somewhat like
his face, but it ain't the man. This
inon has got his hand in his own
pocket, you see. Now, if have know?d
him for five and thiity years, and
all that time he's hud his hand in
somebody else's pocket. This chap
ain't him/*
YetT He Had to Serve.
. A Kansas City youngman had an
unusual' but excellent, reason for
complaining when he was impaneled
for jury tduty. He. was waiting in
the hall outside the courtroom and
worrying over the problem of how
ho was to. be excused. He looked BO
dejected .that finally another juror
asked him what was Wrong. "Why,
I'm summoned here on the jury/'
vw?s the reply, "and J don't see how
I can possibly serve." - "Why can't
you serve*?" :asked the other. "Be
cause/' said the worried young man,
'^'v? got on engagement to take a
young lady, riding this afternoon,
and if I don't keep it shell never
look.at me again. Darn it*!" But
the young man was kept on tho jury
panel. ? . ' ' .? ? '
A Fair Proposal.
. A story is related of a man who,
on a--visit to Scotland, went to the
kirk on " the "Sawbath." Feeling
vefy drowsy/he succumbed entirely
efter the t?rst sentence or so of the
sr rm on. An elderly mr.n, who had
been watching with rising wrath
the odiously "irreleegious" attitude
of the-stranger, bent forward, shook
him and whispered in his ear: "Gie
the mon a chance. Wait till he gets
along a bit, and then if he's no'
worth listening to gang to sleep, but
d'nna gang before ne gets com
menced?*
3
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Over forty different kinds of sur
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bouse of a surgeon at Pompeii.
Some resembled tho instruments
now in use, while others are BO com
pletely different from anything oi
the kind now employed that theil
: uso is entirely conjectural. All w?re
inclosed in brass or boxwood cases,
and some even retained the exquisite
polish that they had when buried.
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No.lt (dally)-Leave Belton 3.60 fp.
m. : Anderson 415 p. tv. ; Poad loton 4.47
p.m.; Cherry 4 64 p. m. ; benoca 5.31 p.
m : arrive Walhalla 5.55 p. m. .
Ko. 9 (dally except Sunday)-Loavo
Belton 10.45 a. m.- Anderson 11.07 ?. m.;
Pendleton 11.82 ?. m.; Cherry 11.39 a. m.*
arrive at Seneca 11.67 a. m. ? ? .. ..
No. 5 (Sunday only)-Leave Bette*
11.46 a. m.; Anderson 11.07 a. m.; Pei?
dleton 11.82, n. m.; Cherry 11.39 a. ny
Seneca 1.05 p. nv.; arrive Walhalla I.S.
P*No. 7 (dallv except Sunday)-??VS
Anderson 10.30 a, m.; pendleton 10.50 a.
m.; Cnwry 11.09 a. m.; Seneca 1.05 p, m.;
arrive Walhalla 1.4ft p m.
No. 3 (dally)-Leave Belton i>.15p. m.;
arrive Anderson 9.42 p. m, .
No. 23 (dally except Soc \?y)-?*m
Belton 9.00 a. m.; arrive Anderson 9.89
'1- EAS BO UND,
No. 12 (dally)-Leave Walhalla aaSo.
m.; Seneca 8.58 sw m.; Oborxy 9.17 o. m.;
Pendleton 9.25 a. m.; Anderson 10,0ffs.
m.; arriv? Belton 10.25 a. m.
No. 15 (dally exoept Sunday)-^Leave;
Seneca 2.00 p. m.; Cherry 2,19p. ra.; Pen
dleton 2 28 p. m.; Anderson 3 10 p. m.;
arrive Belton 8.85 p. m, ?
No. 6 (Sunday only)-Wayo Andeisba
3.10 p. m.; arrive Belton 8 85 p; rn*
No 8 (dahy)-Leave Walhalla 8,10 p.
m.; Siraeca 5.31 p. m.| Cherry 5.59 p. rn.^
Pendleton G.12 p. m.; Anderson 7.80 p.
m.; arrive Belton 7 58?p. m. ?
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? '_ Anderson, 3. C _
C. & W. Carolina Railway.
Sohedule in effect Jan. 23, 1905.
Lv Anderson.1
" Calhoun Falls.
Ar McCormick.....
Ar Augufita..........
Lv Augusta...... ....
fi Yemnsaoo ............
f? Charleston............
" Savannah b (cen t)
" Beaufort b......
" Port Royal ...........
7.00 a na 2:10 i*A
8.29 am 4.10 p ai
9.29 am 6.05pm
l?.l?am ........rZ
?2 35 p m o 7.00 am
4.80 p m 8.55 am
6.40 pm 10.05 u m
7.40 p rita.55 p>m
0.45 p m 011.15 om
6.30 p m oll,05?m
0.40 p m 11.10 a m
Lv Port Ko val b. 7.25 a m o9.00 pm
.4 Beaufort,...,. ........ 7.40am 9.10pm
" Savannah b (cen t) 6.40 a ia o7.15 pm
" Char leaton b. 7.10 it m e8,20pm
!! T?.*a5a??. 915 ? m in?<? P
" Allendale... 10.25 a ta 11.31 p m
Ar Augusto............... 12.20 pm 1.80 a na
Ly Augusta. 2.55 pm.$
Lv McCormick. 4.40 p m 6.00 a m
Ar Calhoun Falls. 6.45 p m 7.87 a m
" Anderson..... 7.10 o m 10.00 a m
Lv Anderson. 7.00 am
Ar Greenwood...12.39 p m
Waterloo (Harrie Springs) " 1.17 p m
" Laurens .:. 1.45 p m
" Greenville .....\. 3.25 p m
g Spartaabnrg...... '..?.....?...{ 3.80 p na4
^Glenn Springs b"...i Uftpn
Ly Ohma Spring? (G. B. KR.)., 9.00 a m
Lv Spartan bur? (U. <fc W. C.... 12.01 p m
Lv Greenville.............. 12,15 pm
Lv Laurens. 150 p m
Lv Waterloo. . 2,20 pm
Lv Greenwood. 2.46 pm
Ar Anderson .......v......... 7.10 pm
. W. .ally exoept- Sunday; e. Snnrlr?
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