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He and Sho.
“If I were a king,” he said,
“And you were just a lowly beggar
With my strong hand I’d lift you to my
And crown you queeu; and in the
king’s bride
Men would not know,
Or would forget, the beggar maid.’
“If I were queen,” she said,
“And you, a careless, wandering
strayed
To my fair court, I’d set you on the
And being there, the greatest king
known,
I would kneel down
And serve you as your maid.”
—[Elizabeth Bisland in Outing.
A HUNTER’S PLIGHT.
Twenty years ago, before tho disap¬
pearance of the buffalo, and before the
power of tho fighting tribes of Indians
was broken, a white man could get al¬
most any sort of adventure west of
Omaha at a very early hour in the morn -
ing. The Blue Mountain country of
Oregon, in which rise two of tho
branches of the Columbia river, was
onco a hunter’s paradise, and hero it
was tho cinnamon and tho grizzly bears
grew the largest and were always ach¬
ing for a row with some on3. The first
white men in there after pelts chanced
so many perils that it was almost a mir¬
acle if any of them got out alive. The
Iadians were numerous and watchful,
bears and panthers as thick as mice in
a farm house, and an adventure of some
sort was sure to occur daily.
I had been in a bit of cove or valley
on the eastern side of the mountains
for ten or twelve days before I got any¬
thing like a scare. It was within
miles of tho south line of Washington
Territory, and tho country for a hun¬
dred miles around me was i| the tamo
eavago state as when Columbus dis
covered tho continent. The Indians
were further cast, on the Snake river,
or further west, on the Co umbia and its
branches, and only detached parties
were to be feared. While thi? was a
great burden off my mind, the bears
and panthers were so numerous that I
was in a state of constant alarm through
tho day, and dared not shut both eyes
to sleep at night. I had a pack and a
my arnv.ii, mill**. aad on the find nigb“.'o
w
burning, and the animals were tethered
within a stone’s throw, a panther sprang
upon old Bob, my riling mule, and
clawed him in a terrible way before I
could get near enough to settle him
with a bullet, Three or four bears
prowled around my camp all night,
and the screams of a panther kept my
eyo3 open until daybreak. However,
after I had thinned out the colony by a
dozen or fi.teen, the varmints began to
givo mo a rest.
On the 10th or 11th day of my stay I
loft camp at an early hour in the morn
ing loaded for bear. I followed the val¬
ley up for a half a mile, and then turned
into ravine which was the bed of a
a
creek during tho molting of the snows.
It ascended very gradually, and I had
been following it for half an hour, when
it took sharp bend to the right, At
a
this point there was a hole in the rig it
hand cliff, and as I halted to look at it
wondered if it was not the home of
I had moved on
some savage beast. I
when a grizzly, which
had been lying down among tho
rocks, suddenly rose before me. I was
looking for hi, kind, hi? appearance
was so sudden, and he showed fight so
quickly that my heart was beating alto
fast I pulled up for a shot.
ecther too as
It had to be a snap shot, for not more
than 30 feet separated us. J ln0 &
single-baTrelled rifle, and I also ha
knifo an? revolver. Tta tall*
bmia in the loft shoulder, and he spun
around dozen times like a top l
a
reloading when ho got
c,“.r the ravine "’“"““'tad —I?-;
up 100 feet apart. I
and wo were now before
knew I could not finish loading
d there was no other
he reached mo, an and hope that ho
but to run for it it
way seriously nded to overtake
was too wou
me. those days I could run like a horse,
In accustomed to all sorts of
lnU i waa 'but made ten jumps
^““'/occasion nd I hadn’t i ad
before my foot s PP
and I went down with a
00 * 9 within twenty
crash. O'd grizzly wa? cd 1 pitched
nf when I got up, »
66 t me took now
hi? face a? I a
my T fl ‘ to uttered lifted me a
The roar he
d I made a dozen «traor
,, , • - an
'i ’ it wasn’t a minute be
• a but holding his
f0rC that ho was
not tiainmg a little. No man
?r ° Un f if wounded and cn
’
can L’ u ’ s3 how far a 1 bclleV3
pursua him
laffo ‘ clear of this Lear
IC0U t but if
‘ ,t mouth of the ravine,
down to t i n would bo
en ough ho
ho pursue? me> \ mad« up
certain to o\e would the hole
mind I ran ^ 1 ^ try
as large enough for
in the chi l, was enough
- large
enter, . ht b 2 cou!d
me to ■ io ,ido I
for the bear, , Old grizzly
and us: > revo ver behind
^urn was hard y m a ro d hole and me
C ^ t he
when I P‘ li n ’ jjsnds and knees.
sera mblcd atieau feet ; he hole
A K fter n’oinjj iu in about a d
" the left and na rr0 ^ re
turned to cig irrht feet further
***b!y, and seven or
COVINGTON. GEORGIA,
on I came to the end. As I did
hand so
encountered something soft
furry, and there was a hiss and a
that told me that a kitten panther
present. I( e lt all around me in
black darkness, but the kitten
only was
living object. He was a little
low, not more than four or six weeks
old, but ready to bits and scratch if my
fingers touched him.
Tho grizzly did not follow at once
into tho cave, It was five minutos be
foro I heard him working his
In, and by this way
time I had re¬
covered by breath and nerve. I was
certain he could not reach mo within
six feet, and was rather glad to hear
him wheezing and snorting as he pulled
bimself along. By and by I saw his
eyes shine. He could como no lurther.
His claws dug at the rocks and his roars
of rage deafened me, but I was safe, It
was now my turn, and I gave him two
shots from tho revolver which caused
him to redouble his roars of rage, For
about ten minutes I felt very queer
over the situation, hut all of a sudden it
struck me th it I had gained nothing by
tho change. In placs of being a fugi
tive I was a prisoner. The bear showed
no disposition to retreat, and I now be
came aware of tho fact that the cave had
a rank smell and that the body of the
bear prevented the fresh air from enter
ing, I felt that I must drive him out,
and Idid a very foolish thing, I edged
nearer to him and put four bullets into
his head, and alter a long-drawn moan
he closed his eyes and died, I congrat
ulated myself for a moment, but then it
dawned upon me that I had choked up
tho passage to liberty with tho carcass
of a bear weighing at least GOO pounds.
I thought I might be ablo to push it be¬
fore me, but when I made the attempt
I could not stir it an inch. I had done
an idiotic thin - f and there was no way
to repair the error.
I wa? wondering how I should get
out of it, when 1 heard the scream
of another animal at the entrance of the
cave, and in a moment more realized
that the mother of the cub panther had
arrived. It was well for me that the
body of tho bear blocked tho entrance.
Tho panther went wil l with fury when
her kitten began to call. Sho bit and
clawed at the boar, and by a great effort
tlie space’hedn so 'contracted sire couiu
probably have drawn it out, but she did
not have a fair show to use her strength.
Her eyes looked at me over the body of
the bear, and if one ever saw fury it was
in those orbs. .1 gava her a couple of
shots, hoping to drive her off. I think
I wounded her in the head, for she set
up a terriblo screaming and ran out,
but in two or three minute? she was
back again with more fuiy than ever.
I now pushed her kitten forward, hop¬
ing she would he appealed at its restor¬
ation. It climbed over tho bear and
reached her, and she took it in her
mouth and backed out. I was a pleased
man over this result, for tho cave was
as hot as an oven, smelled powerfully
stout of panthers, and tho powder smoke
almost stifled me. Being a bit rattled
had brought on an inteasa thirst,
and I felt that I had got to
do something pretty soon or
6u (locate. Pretty soon I crept for
ward, and began pushing at tho big
but had not been engaged over
or threo minutes when the panther
She had carried her kitten
a placo of safety, and w as now bent
revenge, She realized that the
carcass must be got out of the way be¬
fore she could com; at me, and had I
not seized tho grizzly by the car and
hung on she would have pulled the
body out of the cave, Sho laung to it
for half an hour before sho quit the
job, and then she retired in a way
which left no doubt that she would
watch at tho entrance.
When the panther had gone I struck
a match and looked at my watch. It
■was nearly noon, and I was really suffer
ing for water. Thero was a damp spot
oa the rocks over my head, and I
licked it with my tongue and in that
way got some relief, but I would have
traded my whole outfit for one glass
of cool water, I felt that I was in a
bad box, and as is generally the
case in such instance 5 , I thought
^ ever y way out of it but the easiest
one I reloaded my revolver and
.
, anno q t0 wait until tho panther would
lcaVQ the neighborhood, but about 2
o<clockI suspec t c d, from tho move
mentjJ ia the tunnel, that tho ono I had
cncounte red had hunted up her mate
ftnd brou , h t him to the front Such
600n proved to be the fact, but as only
^ could cater tll o p \ aC e at a time, at
was n0 advantage to them. They took
turn3 tugging at the carcass of the bear
an d the new comer would have dragged
_ t out in short orJer but {or my i nter .
fcrence There was a space of about
_
gix incheJ between tho body and the
r0 of of tho tunnel, and, though the
fumcg of th3 powder almost choked me,
j s hoved my revolver along until close
tg {he paa ther and then put two bullets
: 1Dto him; lie let go his hold and backed
^ aad tho waJ he did nva up and
dowQ that ravia0 made my hear stand,
^ wounded both aad neither of
them ventured into tho place again,
For a > )0U t an hour I heard them growi
i,g and snarling outai le, and every
click of their claws on tho rocks wa?
plainly audible bit by and by they gaT*
it up as a bad jobnnd went away.
It was now closi an to 3 o’clock, and
I went at the carfass with the determi¬
nation to push it Jofora me. It was too
late; tho limbs hid stiffened like sticks,
and the feet caught at every inequality
and resisted my efforts. There I was,
a man of 30, a giatt in strength, a bora
hunter and Indiai fighter, penned up
like a rat and justa? helpless. It came
to me, even with W1 that meat befors
me > that I was dooteed to die of hunger,
and it was only ns tho sun had almost
been iost sight of tutside that common
sense returned to npf aid. The way to
rid myself of that carcass was to cut it
up. It ought to hsre occurred to me at
the very outset, but the race and close
pursuit had upset i|e. I had a stout
hunting knife, and il had just begun
work on tho bear when I heard tho
voices of Indians ontiide. I also heard
them inside, fcr onem the follows crept
into the tunnel a fe w feet, and shouted in
his own language to his friends outside:
‘‘It smells very string of boar in here,
but the beast docsi’t seem to bo al
home. ”
lie backod out after flinging several
missiles at tho roar of tho cave, and
from tho voices and movements I was
satisfied it was a hunting party number¬
ing eighteen persons. They sat down
right there for the night and built a
camp lire, which reflected right into tho
mouth of tho tuunel, and kept theii
chatter a-going until nearly midnight.
They had three or fom dogs with them,
and tho miserable curs took turns at
sticking their heads into tho opening
and trying to raise an alarm. One of
the Indians encouragtal his dogs to enter
and the animal came almost to the dead
bear, and raised such a fuss that had the
red men been the least suspicious they
would have investigated. I did not get
a wink of sleep that long night, and
was a thankful man to hear tho Indians
move off in tho morning about sunrise.
They had no sooner departed
than I fell to work upon tho
bear, and in the course of half an
hour had cut him up so that I could
squeeze out. As tho Indians had gone
dowu tho ravine from • P ^mountain, I
expected and lie they ambush would D * *4 ° 3 >3
in during night,
had killed both mules the
Luck was with me, however. The
Indians crossed the valley too high up
to discover my camp, and I found the
mules safo and sound. That afternoon,
as I was looking after some traps set on
a creek about a mile from camp, I
found a panther dead in a thicket. Ha
was an enormous fellow and had two
bullet wounds, and it did not need
much cogitating to convince me that he
was tho male of the pair which sought
to get at me in tho cave. Ono of the
bullet3 had gono square into his head,
aud almost any other animal would
have died at once, but he had not only
survived it for two or threo hours, but
had traveled a long five miles from the
cave.—[New York Sun.
The Manufacture of Ribbons.
It i3 known that the manufacture of
was fairly established in St.
France, in the eleventh cen¬
and that the place remains to this
the centre of industry. During the
attacks of the Huguenots in that coun¬
many of the St. Etienne operatives
went to Basle, Switzerland, and estab¬
the industry there, where it be¬
second only to Etienne. The
third most important centre was Coven¬
try, England, but Crefeld and Vienna
are also large producing centres. Today
thero aro manufactured in the United
States quite as many ribbons as are made
in St. Etienne. Tho products of Swit¬
zerland consist mainly of plain stylos;
that of France largely of fine and fancy
millinery goods; that of Crefeld mainly
of black silk and black velvet ribbons,
tho latter a specialty; that of England
largely of plain goods, while tho United
States trios everything with much sue
cess, though dependent chiefly upon
Europe for the lead in styles.
It is a curious fact that for 500 years
ribbons were worn mostly by men
rather than by women, especially dur¬
ing the long period of effeminacy in the
male attire, In ths fitteenth to
seventeenth centuries their use in Eng¬
land was restricted to tho royalty
gentry by statuto. la tho time
Charles II. and Jamas II. the wholo
tire was covered with ribbons. A
in those day? was described as
ing more than would stock half a
shops of twenty country peddlers,
is another curious fact that in tho
facture of ribbons tho self-acting
was inuso 100 year? before
invention, and that ia more recent
little new has been added in that
of the silk industry.—[London Time*.
Looking for Something Choice.
“Enny good butter? ’ inquired an old
lady of the grocer.
“There’s never any flies on our but
ter, madam.”
Then tho old lady, whose knowledge
of English i? very limited, said:
“Well, if flie* won’t eat it, ’tainl
good ’nough for me, and she went
across the way where only the
brands are sold.—[New York Sun.
A RAJAH AT HOME.
Story of a Visit to an East
Indian Potentate.
Caste Prejudices as They Exist
Among the Hindoos.
I went through a labyrinth of dark
corridors and frowning gateways, and
found the king in a little room with a
mud floor and whitewashed walls. Ho
had not thought it necessary to put on
his brilliant robes and jewels of state
for an old friend, so I found him sitting
on a bed with a blanket wrapped about
him and his turban by his side; but as
his servants approached him they took
up ths dust from the earth and placed
it against their foreheads, and oven a
portly uncle who came in with me
touched the king’s feet by way of salu¬
tation. When I had taken my seat I
offered him a cigarette; ho watched his
servants leave tho room before ho ac
ceptod, adding by way of explanation:
i. These people think that I ought not to
put into my month anything that you
have touched.’’ Tha rajah was fond of
smoking and ho made an arbitrary dis¬
tinction between cigarettes and any¬
thing ehe that passed his lips. Ho
would have been horrified if I had laid
my finger on his hookah or touched his
drinking-vessel, but to the unclean
hands that had lingered tho Egyptian
cigarette that ho was smoking ho paidno
heed. Such exceptions to caste rulos
are growiugmore numerous every day.
All drugs and mdicines havo long
been taken by Hindoos without blame,
and in some places ice and soda water
are consumed by rajputs who would not
drink water drawn for them by an Eng¬
lishman from the well. Caste preju¬
dices have always been capable of
adapting themselves to necessities or
very strong desires.
Tho Hindoos are an exclusive people,
and many casto observances are devices
to exclude foreigners. Evon if a Hin
doo leave his home and settle in another
province his family will not always re
ceivo him back into caste, though mado lie hi Tina
a strange people Has in a
foreigner in their eyes.
As I was talking about theso things
with the raj ih, an ancient nur3o hob¬
bled out of tho women’s apartments
toward u3. Her bent back and wiz
zened, suspicious face would have made
her fortune as a witch on the London
stage, but the aged dame had not out
growu her tasto for ornament. Enor¬
mous gold ear-rings hung at the side of
her face, and in her nose was a large
gold ring, through which the withered
lips smiled me a welcome. She brought
me a plate of spices and perfumes with
a pretty speech from tho mauarani, say¬
ing that everything in the palace was
mine, and hoping that I should not bo
put to any discomfort in their poor
home. Sho added that she had never
seen a European, and was very anxious
to, so that if I would walk
the courtyard sho would
plea ure in wat ching
through tho trellis. So tho rajah
me to tho courtyard. Behind tho
stone-work I could hear tho lit¬
ladies tittering and the hurry of
feet but could not catch sight of
anything more than tho deep rods and
golds of their shawls. I displayed my¬
self for a few minutes from every point
of view, but found it difficult to main¬
tain a proper look of concern and
natural dignity, for the rajah was twist
ing and skaking with suppressed laugh¬
ter. At last he fairly bolted and
roared immoderately, and I had to leave
the stage precipitately for fear of com¬
promising the dignity of the British na¬
tion, of which I was at the moment the
accepted type.
The maharani sent down to say that
she had been charmed, but could not
help wondering why a rich Englishman
should put on clothes “liko an ass’
skin. I tried to excuse my gray tweed
coat by saying that our poor northern
complexions would not bear tho gor¬
geous colors which looked so lovely
upon her countrymen, but I found out
afterward that I had struck a wrong
note, for sho would, rather have been
told that her own complexion was as
fair a? mine.
As I was taking my leave of tho
rajah I offered to shake hands with him,
as are usually did, but ho drow back,
saying; “I have just bathed and am
going to eat my dinner. If I were to
shake hands with you I should havo to
bathe again before eating. You won’t
j i mind? ’—[Pall Mill Gazatte.
A Wanton Crime.
Mi?s Beilina Prior, daughter of tho
late Colonel Prior, was arrested recent¬
ly at the residence of her mother, Vicar’s
hall, Armagh, Ireland, and charged be
j oro tho magistrates with having
drowned Ann Slavin, aged 3 years.
cv jHence showed that Miss Prior enticed
; the child into her house, gave it
1 and then drowned it in tho
mea ts
kitchen boiler. Prisoner said she
mittod the crime because she
treated unkind y at home, aad she
n ot caro if sha were hanged.—-[Corn
mercial Advertiser.
VOL. XIV. NO, 38.
Wild Tribe# of Burmali.
About tho wild tribes in Burmah wa
have some interesting details, given
in tho Saturday Review. A young
staff officer fresh from a fort near tho
plateau of the Southern Shan tribos de¬
scribes the country as abounding in
wood and water, and the Shans them¬
selves as addicted to blood feuds of a
not very alarming or dangerous kind.
Two clans had fought for thirteen days
consecutively without coming to closo
quarters, and with only ono casualty.
Tho Northern Shans are divided into
some twenty-four semi-independent
tribes, always squabliug and fighting.
The Burmese exercised over these clans
a sovereignty which varied in oppression
and weight accorJing to distance. An¬
other tribe, that of tho Chins, has its
home near the head waters of tho Irra
wadi and tho Chindwin rivers. A
curious fable about tha origin of the
human raco from 101 eggs is too
long to quote or analyze. That
theso Chins have devoted most of their
energies to tho preparation of khaung,
an intoxicating drink, without any
prompting from the English pioneer, is
a very melancholy fact which wo com¬
mend to Canon Farrar, The details of
this mixture are repulsive. Bark, tho
root of the egg plant, beans, pepper¬
corns, garlic, the entrails of a porcupine,
and rice flour are all mashed up together
in balls, exposod to the sun for three
days, then buried with parboiled rice,
and diluted with water. The prepara¬
tion is now fit to be sucked up through
tubos— liko American drinks—and is
pronounced “divine.” Indeed, by rea¬
son of its excellence, it must be first of¬
fered to tho Nats or spirits. The
system of cultivation by burn¬
ing strips or terraces of land is,
liko that of all tribos on tho east¬
ern frontier, wastef ul and improvident.
Women do all the hard work and be
como prematurely ugly and old. Mar¬
riages are simple in form, and are ac¬
companied by a largo consumption of
fowls, pork and liquor. Deaths and
burials aro equally tho occasion for a
sacrifice and 1 easting. Tho corpso is
first burned, and the calcined bones aro
kept in a p ot for qne;£car, and jUsttdfc
killed “by shot and steel" are wrapped
in a mat and burned in tlie jungle with¬
out rites.
Facts About Moiiiton Lnco
Honiton lace has a curious checkorcd
history with many fluctuations, says tho
London Saturday Review. It is said to
havo been first introuccd by the Flem
isli, who took refuge in England, to os
capo tho persecutions of the Duke of
Alva. Many Flemish names are still to
be found in the neighborhood of Honi¬
ton—namely, Stocker, Murch, Maynard,
Trump, etc. In 1600 there was such a
demand for it that Franco thought it
necessary to issue a royal ordinance
providing that a mark should be affixed
to English thread lace. Two
great fires at Honiton in 1756 and 17G7
gave the first great check to its produc
tion. Queen Adelaide tried to revive
it after 20 ycar3 of severe depression by
ordering a skirt made of sprigs, copios
of natural flowers, commencing with
the initials of her name, for a very de¬
based and hideous set of patterns had
como in. This does not seem to have
produced a great revival of the trade,
and when our present queen required
her wedding lace it was fouad difficult
to provide workers; but eventually a
dress worth £1000 was made at the
small fiffiing village of Beer, The Eng
lish royal family have been most con¬
stant patrons of Honiton lace, and havo
done immense good in keeping tho
trado alive.
Three Gold Dollars.
At a meeting of the Missionary Socie¬
ty of tho women of tho Southwest Mis¬
souri Conference a letter was read stat¬
ing that three gold dollars had been
sent to the society, tho doner request¬
ing that ono bo sent to tho missionary
in Brazil, another to China and tho
third to Mexico. Tho history of these
gold dollars was told, About forty
years ago a little girl and two brothers
were each presented with such a piece
by their mother. When the war came
oa the boys had grown to manhood and
entered the conflict. Both were killed
and the gold dollars passed into the
hands of their sister, now an aged and
infirm woman, who treasured them un¬
til a few days ago, when she sent them
there to be disposed of as above stated.
The Independence auxiliary, when this
report was made, requested that it bo
allowed to buy these gold dollars at $2
each and that it would return them to
tho Treasury, only wanting the coins
long enough to exhibit them in th3 dis
trict meeting. This was dono and a
similar proposal made by the Lexing
ton auxiliary, through Mrs. J. B. Silver
was also accepted.—[Chicago Times.
Not W hat It Used to Be.
Woman (to tramp): “You must find
life very easy.”
Tramp: “Easy! Why madam, tho
amount of brain work that I am forced
to do to obtain food, aad to partially
clothe myself, would kill a weaker man.
Competition, madam, has wrecked the
profession.”—[Epoch.
When Wife's A-go’n’ Away.
Somehow yarns around the grocery
Ain’t so funny as before,
An’ I’m all the time forgottin’
This or that ’ere little choret
When I git out in the kitchen.
Want to hang around an’ stay;
Guess I’m foolish cau3 this ev’nirf,
Why—my wife’s a-go’n’ away.
She’s a-fixin’ things up for me
With a thoughtful, lovin’ care,
Teliin’ me that somethin’s here,
An’ somethin’ else is over there;
Lookin’ sober, speakin’ low voiced,
Though she hasn’t much to say;
Ketch her eyes on me all dim like—
Guess she hates to go away.
Wish ’twas over—wish ’twas way off—
Wish we didn’t have to part;
That’s jist what I keep a thinkin’,
An’ afeelin’ in my heart.
P’raps our speerits see much furder
Than the partin’ of today,
An’ jest hint what they can’t tell us,
When a loved one’s goV away,
Calls to mind another journey,
By an’ by we all must go.
Wonder who's a gettin’ ready
For the train that moves so slow?
Brings tho tears so think about it.
So Igit nigh her an’ pray
It may be my time for startin’,
Jest when she's a-go’n’ away.
—[Omaha World.
HUMOROUS.
Tho latest out—The boy kopt after
school.
The anatomy of melancholy is boiled
old hen.
An office that seeks the mau Is the
police office.
The silent watches of the night are
not Waterbuiys.
When the captain wants to stop the
vessel, does he hoist a stay-sail.
Even truth itsalf is not always vora¬
cious. It lies at the bottom of a well.
Tho man who is always in a pickle
doesn’t preservo his tempet worth i
cent.
There aro two things that a woman
will always jump at—a conclusion and
a mouse.
( t Is life worth living?” has become*
quostion. Wo answer: It de
*• /J — X X— - IX.- of the collar at
was never spoken paper
this time of the year.
It is no new thing for a popular man
to bo banguetod at a hotel, yet some
people would call it a modern inn ova¬
tion.
When tho spider described tho beau¬
ties of his parlor to the fly ha forgot tt
state that it was furnished on the in¬
stallment plan.
A musician recently submitted a song
to a publisher, entitled “Why do 1
live? ’ After reading a small portion of
it, tho publisher wrote the composer as
follows: “Because you sent it by a
messenger boy.”
At tho circus recently tho loopard be¬
gan teasing the elephant. The elephant
boro it in majestic silence until the
thing ceased to bo amusiDg. Then he
growled, “Hush, child, or I’ll knock
the spots off you!”
Correct diagnosis. Doctor (feeling
patient’s pulse)—What is your husband’*
business? Patient’s wife—lieu a pro
tographer. D.—Has ho been working
hard of late? P. W.—I don’t know,
doctor. He took tho portraits of four
babies, yesterday, D. — H’mi Brain
fever.
Fixing the Blame—Judge—“You say
that your father died from a sudden
shock to his systoin. Was he an elec
trician? ’ Prisoner—“No. He fell
from a scaffold, Judge—“Oh, *
brick-layer, was he? Was it his own
fault?” Prisoner—“I think it was th*
sheriff's fault, yer honor.”
The President's Proper Title.
In the first congress under tho present
constitution, in 1789, the question of
the titles of tho president and vice
president was much considered, and a
joint committee of the senate and the
house reported that it would not be
proper to employ any titles but those
‘‘expressed in the constitution;’ and
such was the conclusion adopted, though
not enacted in a statute, A special
committee of the senate, however, aux
IO us for something like monarchical
gorgeousness, proposed that the chief
magistrate should be called “Hh High¬
ness, the President of the United States
and the Protector of their Liberties,”
but the level-headed republicans of that
day wou’d not see it. The appellations
“His Excellency’’ and “His Hon or' 1
of
were s poken of, but those who wished
for distinguished titles did not hold
] them adequate, The debates on tha
1 proposal were animated and the result
wa s that the official title and the eti.
quettical address of the president havf
ever since been those of the constitution
| »lone. He and is he the is president addressed of the simply United *s
| States,
j Mr. President and the unwritten
That is the usage
law to this day. No foreign minister,
no member of the president’s cabinet,
aa d no officer of the army or navy would
be allowed to employ any other form of
8 peech. It is tho form of official, legal
politeness, and the custom of good so
c iety; and everything beyond is snob
buhness.—[New York Sun.