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, _ _ --- MAN WALKED IN. Woman was all Alone-Recognized him as a Neighbor. Saturday night a man, very much intoxicated, rapped on a front door of a house on Broadway, and finding that no one opened the door for him to outer, took the liberty of opening ft himself, and onened also the parlor door and walked in. The lady of the house was not aware that the door Was unlocked ana when she heard the doors opened, waited a minute,, think ing it wns a member of her family, before opening the door loading from tho dining room. Wnen 'she finally did so she could see that a strange man waB in the parlor. The light wns turned low in the dining-room and the front room en tirely dark as tho lady wns getting ready to go out. She was all alono and mucli frightened. She ordered the man to leave tho house and seeing he mnde no attempt to do so, closed the door between the rooms and order od him again to go. Knowing that sho conld not fasten the door botWeeD tho rooms she mustered up courage to open (ho door again, when she found tho man had groped his way almost to the closed door. She again told ljiai to go oat of the honso and as lie mattered something and the light shone on l.im, she perceived that it was a man who livid on the next street. In Epite of her fright, she took him by the shonldcr and turned him around nud pushed him step by step to the front door and ont of tho house. By that time she wns so un nerved that Bhe did not recover from the offect of the fright for an hoar and suffered afterward with headache. If tho party ever enters the hocse again in like manner, lie will bo re ceived with a whip, or something worse in the shape of firearms. It is bad enongh.to see men, such as tha't one was seen in the afternoon, hang ing over a fence, so intoxicated that a yonng boy had to take him home, lint when it comes to one’s own home be ing invaded by snob, it is exasperat ing in the extreme, and time some thing was done to teach them a last ing lesson. CHRISTMAS SHOPPING. Everybody was Out Saturday Night Mak ing Purchases. Broadway has indeed a hoiidny ap pearance Saturday night. The stores made a very liberal display of' goods id their prettily arranged windows and wero brilliantly | iglited up, bet notwithstanding, the late evening train bronght a largo crowd of people to this town who Had been shopping iu Perth Amboy. A lady, who had been visiting friouds there, said tho oars wero crowded with shoppers from this bor ongh and some who wero seen coming from tho trains confirmed wiiat she si.i\ ns they wero carrying great packages from thero. One man alone had threo'doll baby carriages, besides other toys. NEW MEAT MARKET. Richard McClond opened his now <4 meat market yestorday and it cortaiu ^ ly looked fine with its new fixtures. Ho has a thoroughly up-to-date ice house, oue that was on exhibition at tho Trenton fair and it U a big ini , 1 rovoment on tho old style ice boxes, ns well ns being handsome and a big addition to the Btoro in the way of attractive fixtures. MISS ANNIE MC GUIRE. Mi6s Annie McGuire died at her home, in Augusta street, at 0 o'clock yesterday morning of pneumonia. Tlio foneral will take plaoe on Wed nesday morning. LADIES MEET TODAY Tlio ladies of the M. P. chnroli meot Tuesday instead of Thursday, for the purpose of quilting another quilt. LadioB, don’t get tired. I LOST—A CHILD’S fur collar nt Cen tral stvtion, South Amboy. Luoitt s Bakery, 12(5 Broadway. * 4380 12-15 1 Other* Can Trnnt. Wc all say we trust a man or we wouldn't do business with him. yet wo all keep a sharp lookout.-—Washington (la.) Democrat. Don't Ppt Them In Water. Fresh fish should never be permitted to soak in water. Put in a cool place, but never place directly on artificial ice. Experience. Experience often provides the raw material for unnecessary conversation. -_■ - Tlie Firnt Step. A failure to start often saves a mis erable finish.—Chicago Daily Ne\ys. KEWS ITEMS. One of tho men working in the P. R. R. shipyards says they miss their foreman, tho late Mr. Wilson, very mncli at the yards. For twenty years lie had been at his post in faithful attendance and was a mnn who was partioolarly anxious that all work should bo done with credit to himself and workmen. Mrs. Kenpetli Stnits and children, of Prospect street, Maxville, will spend the holidays at Baltimore, Md. Mr. Straub has one of his former clerks, Albert South, of New York, to fill Richard MeOloud's place in his market house. Mr. South was with Mr. Stranb ton years ago. Miss May Gallaghor nnd mother were visiting friends at Perth Amboy, Saturday. Mrs. William Hendrickson, of the Heights, and Mrs. E. Giflins, of Broadway, were Perth Amboy visitors SaT.nrilav. Samuel Cramer has a position with Mr. Beck, the Darbcr, on Smith street, Porth Amboy. There will be chnrch in the “Old School Baptist chnrch” at Cheese quake, on Sunday, Dec. 20. Elder Doran, of Pennsylvania, will preach. Mrs. Whitworth and children, of George street, were guests of Mrs. Samuel Cramer, ot Perth Amboy, Saturday. Miss A, Culver, of Mntawan, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. C. Ben nett, of Bordentown avonne. Miss Bell Jackson, of Broadwny, is reported as improving. Miss Elsie Atwater, of Brooklyn, spent Saturday with her sister, Mrs. H. C. Pcrrine, Jr., of the Heights. Mrs. Jolrn Culver and Miss A. Brown, of Matawan, were Soutli Amboy visitors Saturday. A number of peoplo who purchased apples from the man who brought a carload from Now \ork state, say they are rotting very fast. The Ladies Aid Society, of the Bap tist church, will meet at Mrs. T. S. Walsh’s, 63 Catherine street. Tuesday evening. Mr. anil Mrs. Sidney Bloodgood, Jr., of New Brunswick, spoilt Sunday witli their parents at Mechanicsville. -Mrs. Fredlsely and Mrs. John Ward, of George street, wore Perth Amboy visitors Saturday. The oarpenters and plumbers are busy repairing Richard Stephenson’s house on David street. Mrs. N. Yockwien, of New York, spent Sunday with her daughter, Mrs. Render, of Catherine street. Fred Howlett has tiie contract for papering ana painting the house in David street purchased by Mr. Rich ard Stephenson. The turkey, goose and duck in Chris Straub's window, which aro to be given nway by Mr. I. Turner, makes the window look like a miniature (arm yard. Mrs. Charles Clumpp has returned to her homo, on Broadwny, after a lone visit with her parents at Gutteu bnrg. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dcy spent Sun day witli Mrs. Dev’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Whitehead at South Rives. The P. R. R. men were working at tho docks all day Sand ay and extra men were pnt on in the stook ynrds anil working full blast. Objection Well Founded. Mrs. Dearborn—She's a great match maker, I hear. Mrs. Wabash—I shouldn't call her so. “Why not?” "Because all the marriages she has made were misfits.”—Yonkers States man. I Nl’LEASANT REMINISCENCES. “See here, son-in-law, you ought to be more attentive to Alice! I hope you won’t forget that she’s your wife! ” “I try to remember it, my dear moth er-in-law. but that always reminds me that she is your daughter!”—Lustige Blaetter. Out of It. That he is “dropping peptic®” He doth declare with Uml By which we guess, who knbw the trlck3, That it is dropping him. \ .. V Marines Go to Yaviza. to Stop Advance of Hostiles. TO DEFEND THE ISTHMIAN CAPITAL Poller the Mavnl Autliorltlc* to ConrCntratB Force* ut Point* AVZiirli Fnnlile Them to AVr.tch For Colomhlnn Troop*. WASHINGTON, Doc. 15.—An official report to the state department says a company of marines from the United States cruiser Prairie lias been landed at Colon under ihe command of Cap tain Smedley D. Hutlcr and immedi ately started by train for Panama. The destination of the marines is said to be Yuvlzn, up the San Miguel gulf and Tbira river. It is believed that the decision of the nival authorities to station marines at Yaviza may possibly he owing to tlie reports tliat Colombian troops have . _ «, , .™- , , CAPTAIN SMEDLEY T. BUTLER, been seen in that direction, but up to the present time there is no reason to believe that any large force is under orders to*mareh on Panama from Cau ca. The opinion seems to prevail that the few Colombian soldiers seen were probably scouts, wlio were endeavor ing to learn what preventive and pro tective measures were being taken by the republic of Panama, anil that it was their presence which gave rise to the exaggerated rumors of a speedy at tack by Colombia on the Isthmus. It is more likely that the movement of marines to Yaviza is in conformity with the policy of the naval authori ties to concentrate forces ntcitoints which offer the best facilities beget ting immediate Information of Tiny movement by Colombian troops toward Panama and at the same time of af fording tile marines sonic relief from their confinement to the ships. The marines carried with them all requisites for camp life and also a number of machine guns. The news of the movement of ma rines southward from Panama, based as it was on the reported landing of Coiomoblan troops in that part of the isthmus, was received with keen inter est in army circles, where there has been exhibited for some time a desire to participate with the navy in any military movements on the isthmus. The general staff gave the subject im mediate attention. There was, how ever, no outcome in the shape of orders to troops, though the arrival here of Brigadier General .T. Franklin Bell, su perintendent of the general staff col lege at Leavenworth, was regarded as confirming the previous statements to the effect that the army is making ready to do Its share at n moment's no tice. General Bell has been in consul tation with the members of the general staff. It is reported that the Colombian friiluiiva (’siptncrpnn siml IM11 zon sailed from Cartagena on the 3d Inst, with 1,500 troops and provisions, the intention being to lanfl them some where on the const of the gulf of Da rien or San Bins and to open up a pas sage for the Colombian army, which is expected to follow in a short time. Great excitement and anti-American sentiment prevails at Cnlainnr and Car tagena. General Tovar and staff left Barran qullla via a river steamer for Bogota on tlie 2d inst. Walker Determined to Die. ELMlltA, N. V., Dec. 15.—William Walker, aged twenty-eight years and married, a prominent insurance man of Corning, was found unconscious in his eiilce here, with two self Inflicted bul let wounds over ids heart. He was taken to the City hospital snd. it is be lieved, will die. So cause' for ills act is known. Miners Want Eight Hoar Day. TELLT7RIDE. Colo., Dec. 15.—The miners' union has voted to continue (he strike in tlds region until :i settle ment on another eight hour day basis Is reached with mine and mill man agers. Managers says they will not recognize the union or grant its de mands. Stepping on Turk Cuunsl Donth. SAX DIEGO. Cal., Dee. 15.—Dr. Jo seph LI. Greer of Fort Wayne, Iud., has lied here of bluod poisoning, the result jt stepping on a tack In a sleeping car while coming to San Diego recently to ittend ills wife, who had been stricken with paralysis. Injured I'rlcat In llllud. OTTAWA. Dee. 15.—Rev. Father Me Tnrty. who was hurt in the Ottawa miverslty lire. Is blind, lie is still in a lellrium, and his life Is despaired of. [father McGurty earne here from l<ow *11, Mass. The Evening News is on sale at Ost bnrgs’ 44 Main street, etui at John Boss' Hotel, formerly John Kali’s stand. Extra conies of the News and all NewYork papers can always be se cured. OFFICERS TO BE INSTALLED. At the meeting of Richmond Coun cil No. 80, Knights of Pythias, of Tottonvillo, on tiro first Monday in January, the following newly sleeted offioers will he installed by the Grand and State officers of New York city: George W. Dnbois, chancellor; James W. Lee, vice chancellor; George W. Cole, Jr., master-at-arms; R. C. Wat son, prelate; Olaf Hostal, Keeper of high seats; Fredrick Edwards, master of exchequer; A. C.fCortright, master of finance; William Frcricbs, SrT, master of work; William Carpenter, district deputy, and also representa tive to the grand lodge. SNOWBALL THROWERS. During t-hs recent snow storm many complaints were received at tho local police station against boys and young men, who were throwing snowballs. The police will watch very carefnlly and dnriug the next snow, any bov caught throwing, it will go hard with him. PLEASED WITH PLAY. The play, "JThe District School of Blaeberry Corners,” was given Friday night by tho Nickel Clnb, of St. Luke’s church, Rossville. A number of the triends of tho clnb were present and they were well pleased. The actors were also at their best and de serve great credit. A BEAUTIFUL CANTATA "The Birth of Christ” is tho Christ mas cantata winch Bethel M. E. Sun day School pnpils will give Christmas eve in the chnrch parlors on Arabov avenue. The contain consists of twenty-six sold parts besides the chorus and instrumental work. GOT THE WATCH. Reuben Androvette won the gold watch which ~was offerod at John Boss’ Hotel, Main street, Saturday night. At least fifty persons tried fer it Tho money is to help place Mrs. Dagget in the Old Ladies’ Home at tho other end of the Island. GIFFORD EUCHRE CLUB. The Enclire Club, of Giffords, met a wook age today at the home of Mry Stcrhen Gi bey, Amboy avenue. The first prize, a taboret, was won bv Mrs. Gcorgo Sprinstead. Miss L. A. House won a paper cutter, as second prize. Mrs. Robert Metcnlfo drew the consolation prize, a sofa pillow. The meeting today will bo held nt the homo of Mrs. Joseph O. Mclioe, Am boy avenue. TO HOLD A BALL The Hebrew Benevolent Society, of Staten Island, are to bold a gland hall and reception this year. It lias been decidod to bold it in the German club rooms at Stap!eLon, on the night of January 2ti. The Jewish Endeavor Society of the Island will also hold a ball and entertainment at the same place on the 8th of February. Sitnatiou Want nds. printed free. — Fo£g 8 Aen fr Women,® Sk--4 « * wswr. > ir..«riUBii, "• I arc very much in fashion] ' £3 lyk. Everybody it seems is . tel ' "wearing them, a There's nothing We ! know of more > va suitable f°r a gift. 1 55 Let us show .you ' I Simmons I | Watcb Fobs | § Some are of delightfully E § quaint ]latterns,others most I £ delicately wrought. | Also every tiling ■ g to be found in a First | | Jewelry Store | jj' L.Kreielsheimer I 'tl 122 Smith St. Ferth Amboy N. J. | I SOUTH BAPTIST CHURCH. A gospel teni]>erance meeting was held in the South Baptist church, on Main street,2 Sunday afternoon at 4' o’clock. It was well attended. The Christmas festival of the Sunday School will he held Tuesday, Decem ber 29. A good time is In store for all who attend. FIREMEN TO MEET. A meeting of the Tottenvillo fire de partmeut will be held in Protection Hook & Ladder Company's headquart ers, Broadway, tonignt. The meeting will be called to order at 8 o’clock. All members are requested to be present. FIREMENS FAIR. The volunteer firemen's fair, held it Giffords, last week, was a grand success. The people showed that they appreciated the way in whicli the fire laddies helped them in their hoar of weed, by turning out to help the fair along. NEWS ITEMS. Miss Gertrude Birkholm, of Henry street, Tottenvjllo, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Ueorgo Knefel, of New York city. Miss Elizabeth Forman, of Princess Bay, was In Perth Amboy, Saturday. Because of the Christinas holidays there is no nigiit school in the Totten ville school until nfter Christmas. The biggest bnilding at the Acker Motor Engine plant lias been raised high anil dry oat of the water on pilings. Milton Mcrsereau, of Centre street, will soon be able to walk without his crutches. The members of Court MidluDd, Foresters of America, held j ball at Stapleton last night. Tonight the Ladies Aid Society of the South Baptist church will hold a special service iu the church ou Main street. It will bo a thanksgiving ser vice. A new fence is being nnt up on tho Broderson property, Bentley street. Lester Rogers, of Johnson aTenne, spent Sundny with friends in Staple ton. F. Ferd Peterson, of Tottenville, is bnck at the S. S. White dental works, Princess Bay, after n two weeks vaca tion. O. C. Smith 1ms recovered from his illness and resumed his duties at the S. S. White deutal works, Princess Bay. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Snrre, of Man hattan, are visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Hoehns, Totten ville. William Bloodgood, of Tottenville, spent Sunday in Jersey City. Mrs. H. Reed, of Tottenville, spent yesterday in Newark with her daughter. Miss Agnes McDonald,"'of New York, is visiting Mrs. George Hoehns, of Tottenville. William Frerichs nnd Eugene Cuny, of this place, wero in New York, Saturday. They took in the six-day bicycle race at Madison Square Harden. B. D. Brown, formerly of Keyport, N. J , is now a resident of Main itreet, Tottenville. Frank Sehanb, of Giffords, has a position in West Brighton. Cnlnrnria Vvtm gn .000.000 For War. SOFIA. Bulgarin. I)(v. 15. Tile so branjp at n prolonged secret session rip proved the ministerial proposal for an I'xiraordiunr.v military credit of $5, XXIiOOO. This vote recoups the govern ment for the expenditures incurred dttr ttg the Macedonia revolution. 1.0Tibet Will Visit Italy. ROME. Dee. 15. It is semioBlelally tnnotuteed that M. I.oubot. president of the French republic, will pay a visit to Italy extending from April (1 to April 11. Preparations on an extensive seals for the reception of President I.oitbht ire now being platmod. Sfprrtarr of State Hay Better. WASHINGTON. Dec. 15.—Secretary Hay was so far improved that he is tide to sir up in his hcdrnbili and ex pects to get about the house very short ly. lie is receiving a few special call ers at his liott.se and is kept nctpmlntetl with the business of his department. Cnaflrld'a Trial Opens. BINGHAMTON. N. Y.. Dee. 15.-The trial of Richard ('nnlield. charged witii keeping a gambling house In New York. „ was opened today in the su premo court here. District Attorney Jerome asked for n postponement. Ur*. Potter Palmer Better. PARIfl. Dec. 15.—Mrs. Potter Palm er of Chicago,- who is convalescing from nr. attack of typhoid fever, was reported ns much better. Yesterday iftornoon she went out driving. • w OODBRIDGE STRUCK BY TRAIN. _ I William Shotwell was Crossing Tracks , at Rahway. William Shotwell, a painter and pnperhanger in Railway, met with a1 serious accident on Monday morning. ! i He is very well known here and j hoards with his consiD, Mrs. Charles j Demarest. Yesterday morning he left | Woodbridge as usual and in crossing the railroad track in Rahway, was struck bv a train. He is is still liv iug, but the doctors have given up all hopeB. The accident has affected his brain. FIRE AT PORT READING Quite an excitement was caused at the school on Monday afternoon at 1.30 by the ringing of the firebell. Two horses were quickly brought over from Carpenter's livery stable and in five minutes the hook and ladder and hose cart were ont. The fire was a honse in Port Reading owned by Mr. Nels Smith. By the time the fire company reached there little could be saved. The honso was not insured. THREE YEARS LATE. Train Stnrtcil In Scnicmlicr. won, amt Ha* Just Ilcuchei! !t* Destina tion 7o tlilen Away. Persons who become iretful over the delays of senate cars or the de'.entior of steam trains ought to sit up and bt cheerful when they read what the New York Press has to say of a Texas train. 'T'V, cv Dne.nn .c. * U „ . . 1— _ & Interstate railway train arrived in Beaumont nearly three years late, and explains the matter as foliowf;: The train loft Bolivar, just across Galveston bay from Galveston, on Sep tember 3, lilUO, and was caught in the great storm which so nearly destroyed Galveston. Bolivar is "5 miles from Ec-aumont. Eeiore the train had trav eled far on its journey it was caught ip the storm. Thirty miles of the trace were washed away, and the train was left stranded cn a sandy waste. Dozens of persons who lived on Boli var peninsula were saved from tieaih by taking refuge in the train. After the storm subsided they walked to Bolivar with the passengers. But the abandoned train war left on the prairie. The storm bankrupted the railroad, and no effort to rescue the engine and cars was made until recently. Had the road not suffered so seriously in that storm the property would have proved of great value a few months later, when oil was struck at Beaumont. The road is now undergoing rrpairs and develop ment. and a little while ago the train was drawn into Beaumont, where it was greeted by a cheering multitude. In Indio. Things sometimes happen in India which puzzle evc% those who have made a lifelong study of Indian matters. Tree daubing and well-poisoning are weil known, and a very remarkable move ment, which ;has recently been taking place at Behar. must be added to the list. A strange order was circulated some weeks backup the district that for the space of 2<i days sons should not look on their fathers, nor fathers on their sons, and that if the order w-as dis obeyed the time would be extended to 2% months. Only Hindus were affected, and even queer “waves of underground excitement” indicate that there are mil lions in India still who can be. swayed by mysterious agencies over which the civil government has no control, and to which It can sometimes find no sort o! clew. Imitation Fronted (ilttt. To imitate frosted glass dissolve Ep som salts in beer, and apply to the window with a brush. As the solution dries it crystallizes and may be var nished. London and r.tatKait. A ehiid born in London may expect to live about 41 years, but a Glasgow baby has only a little over 35 years' expectation of life. Any Book You choose and LIFE For 13 Weeks $1.25 j Subscription begins at once. Send us $1.25,money order or check, and we will mail to you LIFE for 13 weeks and any book of fiction published pre vious to Oct. 1902, and listed by publishers at $1, $1.25 or $1.50. In selecting book give full tide, and, if possible, author and pub lisher. We pay postage. LIFE is published Thursdays, 10c. a copy. $5 a year, $ 1.25 for ! 3 weeks. GIBSON draws for LIFE every week. LIFE PUBLISHING CO (/’ West 31st Street, N.Y.Gtyl j EOLEYSKOKEY^'MN surpm No opiatoo ’ HUNTING FOR EELS. Winner port That Is Popular Along1 (be Coant of Lunff | Inland. I Hunting eels is the chief winter sport imung the dwellers in the stretch of uiintry lying back of the' sand dunes on he Long islarid coast. Scores of ponds, lone of them larger than a hundred ores, lie scattered through that dis .rict. Naturally fresh, they have been nadc salt by means of channels cut hrutigh the confining sand banks which Ldi.i.r the ocean tides. This minglingof : ■ jit wat r with the fresh has en lanccd the growth ar.d improved the liav< r ot the shell fish native to the lot.cs. ana made of peculiarly excellent piaiity the < els which abound therein in ;.o otlm r waters, fresh or salt, saya he New York Tribune. OurifSg the summer time no more ac* > ive cr abrt creature dwells in water ban the eel, but it is of thin blood, and i <?n the water begins to chill with the il . ; ach of cold weather the eel lose# M . .in and friskiness and prepares to : mdon such uncongenial environ in' - The sar.d dune pond eel doesthia j\ imply burrowing into the muddy ' por in cf its summer habitat? with the r.'entica of lying there dormant until ;!i" winter is over, going down to the average depth of a foot, then turning Its head upward to the roof of its winter some, puncturing a hole through it and passing in’o lethargy with its nose at he ventilating opening thus made. The holes that eels bore in getting Jown into the mud ar.d those they make lor ventilation remain to betray to the :el hunter their hibernating retreat#. Like tbe bear and the raccoon, the eela co into hibernation laden with fat. and. consequently, even in the months of their ravenous feeding were never so 8t ror the table. When the eels have thus betaken themselves to their winter _._. 1__1 .1_Lninivnn longer able to trap or fish tor them, be come eel hunters. In his boat, and equipped with a barbed and man}- tined spear, the eel hunter passes along the edges and over the shallow places of a pond, where tha bottom is within easy sight. The tell tale holes discovered, he plunges the spear vigorously into the mud between them, and almost invariably draws it out with an eel impaled upon it, wrig gling and squirming, for the contact cf Jk spear s~t ms instantly to awaken the re; ;o ail its summer time animation. Hut wh<th>r an eel comes up with the spear or lines not. the hunter turns his head quickly and glances about the surface of the pond in all direction*, jfl This is that he may determine whethev 1 he is over a paying eel bed or not. II he is, he will know it by an infallible The spear may not have brought an jfl eel from the mud. but if there are eels jfl buried anywhere near by, the shock of ■ the spear piidnusto the rand will M them ; ,-o to cause tbe^^^^Wflflsntly^ eject from tbpir breatmngboiea Jets of air. These rise in hubbies to the stir face. In the language of a sand dune eel hunter, “if it was a bear thus dis turbed from its winter sneeze, that breath would be a snort.” When the eels send these hubbies to the surface It is known among the hunters as “smoking." The current greeting of tha sand dune people during the eel-hunting season is: “How do? Heerd whether the eels is smokin' any this mornin’ or not?” By this “smoking” sign the hunter knows where to work his spear to ad vantage. and a good smoking bed will I frequently yield him dozens and dozens of good, fat eels. When the edges and shallows of a pond have made their yield to the hunter, he dies new channels in the dunes, or deepens old ones. This drains down the water and provides hunting grounds that were previously out of reach. This g nroh'rc for eels in the mndrlv l^ittoms M of these odd por.ds Is not only a winter m pas'ime. but an important business with J9 the sand dune native, for by it he sup plies very largely the New York market dB with eels at a season when but for ej supply ;hat fish would not be much itwJHS r.ider.re on the city stalls, and gaiuM^B —a profit prdHHH gr. than Ms summ^^HR and r.u return him. Bp WIFE B3UGHT AT AUCTION® What \\n*> It <-if an an a .Joke TernfiffnjBp ttted iu the Mont Serloun Manner. While some furniture was being ' jfjf recently at auction at Orkellyitagi t* fit Sweden, a curious incident occurred. _ ' \rjr ports a.London paper. A young -v-v“ pushed iter way through the * . she was quite close to the auctioneer_ so ' lose, indeed, that she somewhftt !ni 1 • : him when he desired to makeef Iukv. gestures. Being a man of hiunccj l.i resolved to get rid of her. and, there to:- , taking her by the arm. he shouted: "Here, now. is an excellent bargain! A young girl, age 19. very pretty and weil educated! What am I offered? Come, ae'll start it at 3,000 crowns." At once there w as brisk bidding, which tontinued until an elderly bachelor farm er offered 10.000 crowns. The auction eer tried to get a higher bidder than this, but failed, and so ho declared the farmer to lie the purchaser of the girl. All those present thought it was a good joke, but it was more than that, I for a few days later the farmer and the girl were married in the presence of the mayor, and before the ceremony the larmer presented the young woman, who is an orphan, with 10.000 crowns, the exact amount which he was willing ] tc pay for her at auction. That'. All. ■ Tommy—Pop, why do people have to pav duty on things they bring from Europe? Tommy's Pop—Ju-t as a ra leustotn, my son. —Philadelphia/ k i