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Wonderful Victoria Falls.
“It Is well nigh impossible to de
scribe » scene of such wonder, such
wildness," says Lady Sarah Wilson in
her “South African Memories” of tile
“Victoria fails. Uut“ she gives this
graphic description: "Standing on a
point flush with the river before It
makes its headlong leap, we gazed
first on the swirling water losing it
self In snowy spray which beat re
lentlessly on face and clothes while
the great volume was noisily disap
pearing to unknown nnd terrifying
depths. The sightseer tries to look
across, to strain his eyes nnd to see
beyond that white mist which ob
scures everything, but it ts an impos
sible task, and be can but guess the
width of the falls, slightly horseshoe
in shape, from the green trees which
seem so far away on the opposite
bank nnd are only caught sight of
now and then as the wind causes the
spray to lift. At the same time his
attention is fixed by a new wonder—
the much talked of rainbow. Never
varying, never changing, that perfect
shaped arc is surely more typical of
eternity there than anywhere else.”
Smart Bobby.
Minister—So you are going to school
now, are you, Bobby? Bobby (aged
six)—Yes, sir. Minister—Spell kitten
for me. Bobby—Oh, I’m further ad
vanced than that. Try me on eat.—
Chicago News.
A Great Thinker.
“Bliggins puts a great deal of
thought Into his work.”
“Yes; he works ten minutes and
then thinks about it for an hour and
a
f'igvre it c„«. • lourseir.
Tf you want a hard case there is the
case of a man who late at night
bought a bottle of whisky at a public
house—price. 3s. fid.— says the London
Globe. He handed over a five pound
note, aud the publican would not
change it. "All right,” said the cus
tomer. “Give me the whisky nnd li>s.
fid. and keep my five pound note.”
Next morning the customer came In.
planked down four sovereigns and
said, "Give me back my five pound
note and we shall be straight" The
publican and the sinner looked at each
other. Can you tell at a glance which
got the better of the bargain when the
customer went away with his five
pound note in his pocket?
The question puzzled a whole office
full of literary, financial, sporting,
philosophical and editorial men—until
it reached a girl of eighteen w ho is en
gaged in dealing with cash. All the
rest were calculating on paper aud
reaching the result by devious ways.
The cash girl saw it lb a flash of the
eye. Do you? Shut your eyes and do
It in five seconds if you wish to beat
the cash girl.
Thermometer Down.
Little Willie—Say, pa. doesn't It get
colder when the thermometer falls?
Pa—Yes, my son. Little Willie—Well,
ours has fallen. Pa—How far? Little
Willie—About five feet, nnd when it
struck the porch floor it broke.
Her Prize.
Daughter—Did you have to fish
much, mamma, before you caught
papa? Mother—Fish, my dear—fish! I
was bear hunting.—London M. ‘A. P.
The Beet Kiteflier In Town
Some years ago there died in Ns
braska a man named Walsh, who. as
a boy, started a suspension bridge.
When Walsh was about ten years old
the first steps for the construction of
the suspeu-ion bridge at Niagara were
taken. »The first thing necessary was
the stretching of a single wire across
the eb ism. The engineer in charge
had thought of a way to get it m-ross.
“What boy is the best kiteflier in
town?" he asked.
The Walsh boy was named as the
best kiteflier in the town of Niagara
Falls, and the engineer accordingly
asked that he be brought to him. He
waa made to understand that he must
fly his kite across the Niagara riTcr.
He flow it across and allowed it to
come down on the other side. Men
were there to seize it. Then the en
gineer attached a wire to the string
on bis side, and the men on the other
side detached the kite aDd by means
of the string drew the wire across. By
this, in turn, a cable was drawn across,
and the bridge was well begun.—Har
per’s Weekly.
Antiquated Custcms.
There Is no court in Europe more
tenacious of its etiquette—which was
Inaugurated several hundreds of years
ago—than that of Spain, it is said
thnt King Ferdinand VII. once made
a minister resign because be bad ac
cidentally touched his band. One of
tbe quaintest ceremonies is the closing
of tiie royal palace gates at Madrid
every night. Electric light has been
in use in the palace for quite a long
whll;. but nevertheless every evening
at 11 o'(flock tiie officiating gentleman
in waiting appears, acb»*uipsiiiied by
several servants, who carry ancient
iani ■i ns. to demand a huge key from
a higher official to lock the doors of
the palace. This is all tiie more amus
ing as the huge key does not tit the
modern keyholes. The key is then re
turned to a third official, and every
night gentlemen In waiting have to
patrol the corridors of the palace,
though sufficient guards are about, to
watch over tbe slumbers of their royal
master.
Paul the Tyrant.
Paul I. of Kussia was very deaf nnd
also very tyrannical. One day an aid
de-cauip. Intending to please him, ap
proached and cried in ills ear. “I am
glad to see, your majesty, that your
hearing is much Improved:”
“What is that you say?" growled the
czar.
Raising his voice, the atd-de-camp
acid, "I am glad that your majesty's
hearing is so much Improved!"
"Ah, that's it, eh?” chuckled the
czar and then added, “Say it once
more.”
The aid-de-camp repealed the words,
whereuiKjn Paul I. thundered: "So you
dare to make fun of me, do you? Just
wait awhile.”
Next day the aid-de-camp was on
his way to tbe mines of Siberia.
The Lesson She Learned.
A fair western co-ed and one of the
mule seniors fell violently in love aud
neglected their studios shamefully.
Both were expelled. The fair co-ed
therupon wrote this interesting reply
to the faculty:
Gentlemen—You have expelled me for
neglecting my studies, yet 1 have learned
at your Institution more than you will
ever know. I have learned the meaning
of love. What Is the use of studying bot
any if I am not allowed to gather roses?
Why should I devote myself to astron
omy If 1 may not look at the stars?
What does It profit me to spend years on
mathematics and neglect my own figure?
You have expelled my fiance also. Do
you think he Is unhappy? We were mar
ried last evc-umg.
—Exchange.
Sand Swept Asia.
In the arid lands of central Asia the
air is reported as often ladeu with
line detritus, which drifts like snow
around conspicuous objects aud tends
to bury them in a dust drift. Even
when there is no apparent wind the
air is described rs thick with fine dust,
and a yellow sediment covers every
thing. In Ivhotan this dust sometimes
so obscuras tba sun that at midday
one cannot see to read fine print with
out a lamp.
It Really Happens.
The Woman—Here’s a wonderful
thing. I’ve Just been reading of a
man who reached the age of forty
without learning how to read or write.
He met a woman, and for her sake
he made a scholar of himself in two
years. The Man—That's nothing. I
know a man who was a profound
scholar at forty. Then he met a wo
man and for her sake made a fool of
himself in two days.—Cleveland Lead
er.
A Silent Man.
Jorklns—There's Perkins—you know
Perkins—entered into an agreement
with his wife soon after their mar
riage, twenty years ago, that when
ever either lost temper or stormed the
other was to keep silence. Boh—And
the scheme worked? Jorklns—Admi
rably. Perkins has kept silence for
twenty years.
Josh Billings used to say that when
a man begins going downhill all ere-;
ation seems greased for the occasion. 1
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Llot Troubled.
Irate Tenant—l asked you when I
rented this place if you had ever been
troubled by chicken thieves, and you
said no. Every one of my chickens
was stolen last night, and I am told
that the neighborhood has been infest
ed with chicken thieves for years.
Suburban Agent—l never keep chick
ens.
Why Ho Desired a Cannon.
It is related that an Indian chief
once approached General Crook and
wanted to borrow a cannon. |
“Do you expect me to loan you a
cannon with which to kill my sol
diers?” the old veteran inquired.
“No,” the chief replied; “kill soldiers
with a club. Want cannon to kill cow
boys.”