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ERIN'S ANCIENT KINGS.
Untimely Death Was tha Rula For
Monarch* of Old Ireland.
'Us ould Olrelaud can bate them all.
begorra. when It cornea to talkln' of
kings and coronations! For there was
probably a king of Ireland wben Nonh
was building bis ark. Tbero certainly I
was one In 1300 B. C. To be sure,
though, Ireland's ancient monarclis
mostly came to unhappy ends, either
dying of the plague, being assassinated
or killed In battle, says London An
swers.
For instance, King Lughaldb, who
reigned In the second century, was
killed by being thrust through the eye
with a spear during a conspiracy. His
successor. Feargus, was assassinated
by order of the next comer, Cormac
Ulfhada, who, however, was merely
choked to death by a flsh bone at
sapper.
"Slain by his successor," Indeed, was
the fate of very many Irish kings, bat
of Con gal Clonmagbair, who died in
086, it is simply .but eloquently re
corded that he "died suddenly." He
waa a "cruel persecutor of the Irish
church." In 888 King Dathy was
killed by a thunderbolt, while King
OHtaor died of grief in 887. And one
•of the greatest of them all. the valiant
Brian Boroihme, was assassinated In
1014 while at prayer after he had de
feated the Danes at Clontarf.
It is hardly surprising to learn that
four of Brin's kings resigned their
crowns to become peaceful, cloistered
monks.
Recommendation.
"Didn't your old employers recom
mend you?"
"Oh, yes!"
"Their word should have bees
enough."
"It was. They announced me as the
best man they ever turned oat"
The spring poetry crop this year Is
reported somewhat short, owing to the
Increased demand upon the poets for
semicentennial war odes.
Channcey M. Depew is seventy-seven
—and still talking.
Love and Business.
"I cannot marry you. 1 have prom
ised my hand to some one else, so I
must return all your, presents."
"Good gracious! Whatever can 1 do
with them now?"
"My fianra would buy them of yon
at a alight reduction."—Pde Vela.
No Free Hand Drawing.
Son—rather, I've decided to become
an artist Have you any objection?
Pfetfcer—No. provided yon don't draw
mm aw.—Boston Transcript
"What-did the lady say
Ml fear Iwaa oatf
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Nursery Wineows.
If the nursery window Is not pro
tected by outside bars hammer a large
screw or nail into the groove of the
lower sash, mo that the window cannot
be raised more tban six Inches. If the
top sash Is drawn down this is quite
enough for ventilation, and. no matter
how Ingenious or venturesome the lit
tle ones may be. they cannot wriggle
through the lower opening.—Philadel
phia Press.
Maybe Mary Waa Too 8edate.
Mrs. Nuwed-Mnry. for dinner 1
think we'll have boiled mutton with
caper sauce. Are tliere any capers in
the bouse? Mary—No. ma'am. Mrs.
Nuwed—Then go out in the garden
and cnt some.—Harvard Lampoon.
Putting In a 8ting.
Maud—Jack is telling around that
you are worth your weight In gold,
jfithel—'The foolish boy. Who la be
telling It to? Maud—Hla creditors.—
Denver Times.
Hew Hf Eeeeped.
"What do you think. A fellow stole
a drum from the orchestra yesterday."
"Did be get off?"
"Tea, saw a cop coming and beat It"
—Exchange.
Let ns be kind if wo wish to be re
gretted.—Pierre Lotl.
Hew Roots Penetrate Hard Ground.
The extreme tips of a delicate root
are protected by a sheath set with
minute scales, which as It Is worn
away by friction against the soil is a*
constantly replaced, so that It act*
as a wedge and the root thread ia car
ried down uninjured. Another aid to
penetration lies In the provision where
by the root as it pushes downward In
search of nourishment exercises a
slightly spiral, screwlike motion wh!ch
worms its tip Into the ground. An.
other Important agent ia the acid t-el!
sap, which exudes on to and dissolve:'
to some extent the rock or hard aoll.
This may be tested by placing a small
piece of polished marble In a pot In
which a plant Is set and covering it
with earth. After aome weeks the
marble will be found to have been cor
roded by the continuous action of this
add.
Navy lean Crop flood.
Richard Johnson of Carplo is try
ing an experiment in diversified farm
ing and has planted and has .growing
In a flourishing condition forty acres
sf beans. They are ordinary navy
beans, baked bean variety, and the
appearance of tho field would Indicate
a' yield o( fifty, to eighty bushels.
They bring fl.7K a bushel mi tha
market.
1 bold all indulgence*i
feu lltt sUghtMt ttaetn* of
tent t» ha agrsva dsHnqnenry.
GUARANTEE OF QUALITY AND PURITY
Copenhagen Snuff is made of the best, old, rich, high
flavored leaf tobacco, to which is added only such in
gredients as are component parts of natural leaf tobacco
and absolutely pure flavoring extracts. The Snuff Pro
cess retains the good of the tobacco and expels the
bitter and acid of natural leaf tobacco.
AMERICAN SNUFF COMPANY, 111 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y.
EARLY PAYS OF COACHES.
When Complaint Waa Made That "the
World Runs on Wheels."
John Taylor, an English poet, known
as the "water |»oet." who died in 1654,
had this to say about the use of
coaches:
The superfluous use of coaches
hathe been the o« anion of many vile
and odious crimes, as murder, theft,
cheating, hangings, whippings, pil
lories, stocks aud cages, for house
keeping never 'decayed till coaches
came into England, till which time
those were accounicd the best men
who had the most followers and re
tainers. Then land about or near
London was thought dear enough at a
nobie the acre yearly, and a ten pound
house rent now was scarce 20 shil
lings then. But the witchcraft of the
coach quickly mounted the price of
all things except poor men's labor and
withal transformed in some places 10.
20, 80, 40, 60,00 or 100 proper serving
men into two or three animals—vide
licet, a butterfly page, a trotting foot
man, a stiff drinking coachman, a
Cook, a Clark, a Steward and a But
ler, which hathe enforced many a dis
carded tall fellow (through want of
means to live and grace to guide him
In his poverty) to fall into such mis'
chlevous actions before named, for
which I think the gallowses in Eng
land have devoured as many lusty
valiant men within these thirty or
forty years as would have been a auf
Sclent army to beat the foes of Christ
ont of Christendoms and, marching to
Constantinople,, have plucked the gnat'
Turk by the beaid bat. as is afore
raid, this is the age when wherein the
"world runs on wheels."
Considerate. rx'4
Mrs. Ben ham—Ton look mad.
Benbam—I am mad. A man called
me a born fool today.
Mrs. Benbam—You ought not to get
•tad about it. I think It was very
considerate In him to blame It on your
ancestors.—Brooklyn Life.
Waated Effort.
"Sony, Bill, I can't come to tho the
ater with yon tonight Now, don't look
so cross. You ain't cross, really, are
yer. Bill?"
"No, I ain't exactly cross. Lis, but
still It la a bit aggravating for a chap
to find he's washed his face and hands
for nothing, ain't it?"—London Tele
graph _.
Two' Michigan soya browned, if
Traverae City, Mich., Aug,.While
sailing along the shore of Traversa
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KEPT HIS MOUTH SHUT.
The Lady Guaranteed Silenoe, and She
Made Good.
Unexpectedly an uptown pastor who
encouraged congregational singing
gained a new parishioner. Keen
though his delight in bearing hla peo
ple sing, there was one member of his
flock whose endeavors be never en
couraged. But .he man sang without
encouragement, much to the discomfi
ture of pew holders anywhere near
him. who claimed that his loud, unmu
sical voice threw them out of time and
tune.
Repeated complaints convinced the
minister that somebody would have to
assume the responsibility of silencing
the ambitious singer. He decided that
the mail's wife was best fitted for the
Job. Owing to a difference in reli
gious views husband and wife attend
ed different churches, but the minister
knew her, so he called and explained
his predicament. She was genuinely
surprised.
"Do you mean to say he sings?" she
paid.
"Tries to," amended the pastor.
She thought a minute. "I ahall bar
to come there to church," she sail.
"I shall be glad to see you." sal I the
minister. "But what effect wll! that
have on your,husband's singing'
The look she gave blm wan more
significant than words, and tlicy
meant a good deal.
"John will never open Ms mouth
when I am around." she said.
And John never has. —New York
Times.jp
A Chinese prince In this country vis
ited police headquarters In New York
and was much Interacted in the thumb
mark records preserved there as a
method of identification for criminals.
"Wo have used thtunb marks for
several thousand years as seals on
mercantile and other papers." the Cbl
naman told the man In charge of the
thnmb mark bureau, "hilt wo do nbt
use them In any other way."
"How do you identity your crimi
nals?" asked the thumb mark man.
"Oh, we have a very simple method
of Identification—we cut off their
heads."—Saturday Evening Post.
.- tyaMrfoun4|an4,
tWr-
of CHy rssjdente.
Into the bar hya
•tit *i»« aM ware drowned whsn
tinlr' haat eanMned feaM mOt
In spite of ease and swiftness of
communication we break down over
the pronunciation of names that lie
outside our front door. There Is New
foundland. Oureartiest speculation In
American settlers. Bat yop can't pro
nounce it UK as to satisfy everybody.
A visitor has protiMtsd. Tha nasae
has thrae soUd syllabus. Ok. Mat
win. In BagUsh months the aoesat Is
MMtaltr sat
for tha aap fennd their day.
HOW TO BECOME INVISIBLE
A Sample of the MumMMy Used la
Anoleht Witchcraft
Some curious formulas of atident
witchcraft are given in Mr. A. B.
Walte's "Book of Ceremonial Magic."
Here Is a recipe for becoming Invis
ible:
"Begin this operation on a Wednes
day before the aun rises, being fur
nished with seven black beans. Take
next the bead of a dead man. Place
ene of the beans In his mouth, two in
his eyes and two in his ears. Then
make upon the head the character of
the figure which here follows. (Omit
ted.) This done, inter the bead with
the face toward heaven, and every day
before sunrise for the space of nine
days water It with excellent1 brandy.
"On the eighth day you will find the
cited spirit, who will say unto you:
'What doest thou?* You shall reply: 'I
am watering my plant' He will then
say: 'Give me that bottle I wll!awater
it myself.' You will answer by refus
ing, and be will again ask you, but
you will persist In declining until he
shall stretch forth his hand and show
you the same figure which you have
traced upon the bead suspended from
the tips of his fingers. In this case
you may be assured that it is really
the spirit of the head, because another
might take you unawares, which
would bring you evil, and. further,
your operation would be unfruitful.
When you have given him your vial
he will water the head and depart.
On the morrow, which Is the ninth
day, you shall return and shall find
your beans ripe. Take them, place
one In your mouth and then look at
yourself in a glass. If you cannot sec
yourself It Is good. Do the same with
the rest or they may be tested in the
mouth of a child."
ESKIMO WIDOWERS.
Six Weeks Is the Limit They Will Wait
Before Remarrying.
In civilization it is said that a wife
doea not always add to ii«*r husband's
ease or render bis life iuiv mipporta
ble. but up on the barren grounds the
worst of wives would
Ik*
beiier tban
none.
There, among the heathen tribes, if
man's wife dies—provided be is not
a polygamist. in wliicb case, says the
Wide World, there is less need for
hurry—be ofteu marries again within
the week.
Even the Christian Eskimo widowers
are with difficulty persuaded by the
Moravian missionaries to allow six
weeks to elapee between the death and
remarriage. On the very day after
the six weeka have lapsed tbe hunter
presents himself with a new bride and
asks that tbe marriage service may be
speedily read.
Tbe reason .Is not fat to seek.. It is
said In civilization that '"a woman's
work Is never done," and far more is
that true of the belpmate of tbe sav
age and tbe..semf-savage, the woman
of tbe barren grounds or of the Ice
edge. She makes and breaks camp,
cooks, cuts up and carries to camp her
husband's kill. She dresses the skins
of deer and seal.
She is responsible for the fashioning
of footgear and clothes. On a Journey
she often paddles the canoe, and on
portage she carries a heavy load. In
fact. It Is easier to write down the du
ties not expected of a squaw iban
those which by immemorial custom
she must perform.
A Turkish Love Story.
A Turk knocked at his beloved's
door, and a voice answered front with
in, "Who is there?"
Then he answered, "It Is L"
Then the voice said, "This house
will not bold thee and ma."
And the door was not opened
Then went the lover tntogthe dsssitj
where there is nothing bnt^AllabV^atfd"
tasted and prayed In solitude.
And after a year be returned and
knocked again at tbe door.
And again the voire asked. "Who la
therer
And he said. "It Is thyself."
And the door waa opened to blm.^
D*Oraay-.and Mia Tailor. '-,~
"D*Orsay, the Complete Dandy," as
Mr. Tlagnmouth Shore calls hla In his
biography, was fully aware of tha
value'of-hi* patronage to the tailors
When clothM arrived for blm. In 'the
most mysterious manner banknotes
bad found their way Into the pockets.
Once, when this accident had not hap
pened. D'Ortay bade his valet return
the gamenta with tha message that
"tbe lining of the pockets had Gfeen
forgotten."
The Old, Old Story.
"What did you do when your bus
band told yon tha old, old%tory?"
"I told bim to shut up before ha waa
half through."
"Why. what a funny way to reply tc
a confession of lover
"Oh. Is that what you mean? I
thought ou meant the story. be told
last night when he came home from a
time with the boys."—Houston Post
Her Strong Chin.
Dawson-Jfhe facial features" plainly
Indicate character and disposition. In
selecting your wife were you governed
by her chin? Spenlow^No. but-1 have
been evar since we wero married.
•i-i': A Case of Weoseetiy.
"Why are you breaking up house
totftigr
"My wife's florist says eb*ti bave to
take the rubber plant te a different
ltauta.' WasUagten Herald-
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The Order That Wae Founded by
the Great Napoleon.
THRIVED
After Napoleon's downfall tbe ques
tion of suppressing the Legion of Hon
or arose. Chateaubriand, whom Napo
leon had not decorated, strongly urged
its abolition. So did Pipso dt Borgo.
Marshals Victor, Marmont and Mac
donald opposed. After debate It waa
decided to recognise and retain tha or
der, not On any high moral Or patriotic
grounds, but because Louls XVia.
could not afford to make himself mora
unpopular than- he wis already by
stripping people of their decoratkma.
Chateaubriand and Lamartine consent
ed to accept the red ribbon, but It was
also conferred upon a great number'of
worthless personages and so brought
Into contempt
There have been many Legion of
Honor scandala since those days, but
one of them surpasses all tbe others In
magnitude. This is, of course, tha
Wilson scandal, tbe history of which,
though intricate, is worth recalling.
The trouble may be aald to have be
gun on the day on which Mile. Allee
Grevy fell In love with an opera singer
who need not be mentioned here. He
wanted to marry her. and she wanted
to marry him. and the papers Were be^
ginning to couple the two namea In a
manner most embarrassing to tha pres
ident of the republic. The president,
however, sent the opera singer about
his business and found bis daughter
another husband, not a very good hus
baa* bnt the t^bi»ba«r:fe^«ojW4
His choice fell upon M. Daniel Wilson,
who bad long been one of M. Grevy's
political supporters and waa a financier
of some mark.
Mo sooner woe M. Wilson establish
ed at the Klyaeethan-he proceeded to
enrich himself by various means.
Among other things he founded a pa
per called l« Monlteur de llxposttkm
fJniverselle.: which, really covered a
ttifli'lo decorations. The whole story
came oat In a state trial toward tha
end-Qf l887. It was peovad that Wil
son had made a regular practice of
selling tha Legion of Honor, or, rather,
of Inviting people who wanted It to
bribe him to use hla influence to obtain
It for them. His overtures were pre
sented through his jackals. Generate
d'Audlan and Cafferel and Mmes. Li
mousin- and Hatand. and the whole
party uad to stand in the dock to
gether.
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DESPITE RIDICULE5
The Despotio Coraloan Proved by the
Inauguration of the Dacioratlon That
He Was a Keen'Student of Frenoh
Human Nature.
France owes tbe Legion of Honor to
Napoleon. All orders of chivalry had
been abolished by the revolution and
had left a gap wblcb it. was not easy
to fill. "They are mere geegaws," said
Monge, the chemist who had taught
the revolutionists bow to make gun
powder out of plaster of pafia. "Gee
gaws. if you will," the first consul an
swered, "but people like them. Let us
approach the question frankly. All
men are enamored of decorations,
the French more than any. They posi
tively hunger for them, and they have
always done so."
This was at Malmalson in 1802. In
May tbe conseil d'etat was Invited to
consider the project of tbe institution
of the Legion of Honor. It was ridi
culed by many, notably by Morean.
who as victor of Hohenllnden was-bit
terly jealous of the victor of Marengo.
At a dinner party be sent for his .coolt.
and said to him in the presence of his
guests: "Michel, I am pleased with
your dinner. You have Indeed distin
guished yourself. I will award you a
saucepan of honor." Mme. de Stael
was also satirical upon the subject'
"Ah, one or the decorated?".she used
to ask each guest who was shown into
her salon.
But Napoleon had gauged human na
ture correctly. His Legion of Honor
did meet a felt wanf. and it waa defl-.
nltely inaugurated on July 14. 1804.
Among the eminent men of science
and men of letters on whom It was
then bestowed were included Laplace,
the mathematician Lalande, the as
tronomer Cuvler. tbe naturalist, and
Legouve, the poet Tbe most notable
name omitted was that of Bernardln
de St. Pierre, just then in disgrace for
championing Mme. de Stael, whom Na
poleon bad banished, but be got tbe
decoration later on tbe entreaty of
Queen Hortense.
Wilson was sentenced to two years'
Imprisonment a line of 8.000 francs
and live years' deprivation of civil
rights. He appealed, and the cotirt of
cassation annulled tbe Judgment Tbe
accussd, aald the Judges, waa obvioas
ly guilty of everything that be wan
charged with, but as bis offense*
not anticipated by any punitive law I
he could not be punished. So ha fjip I
tired to tbe country aud tried to Uva
down his bad name. As be ultimately
got blmself elected cbnaalller general
one must suppose that he succeeded i*
this object-Pall Mall Gssetta.
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