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HTflBflier SHARKS
A Whale’s Terrific Battle With a
School of Thrashers.
A CHINESE WEDDING,
A» Solemn ■ Funeral, With the We-
men All Weeping,
A ClUneso marriage Is all ceremony
—no iuiU, >.o levity oiid much crying.
The solemnity of n funeral prevails.
After the exchange of presents the
bride Is dressed with much cure In a
red gown, brocade or silk If she can
got It; her eyelashes are painted n deep
black, and she wears a heavy red veil
attached to a scarlet headdress, from
which Imitation pearls are pendent
over the forehead.
A feast Is spread upod a table, to
which the blushing bride Is led by five
of bur best female frlendR. They are
seated at the table, but no one eats.
The utmusi silence prevails, when (lnal-
ly tho mother leads off In a cry, the
maids follow, uud the bride echoes In
tho chorus. Then nil tho bridesmaids
leave the table, and the disconsolate
mother takes a seat beside the chair
of state where the bride sits.
Tho bridegroom now enters, with
four of his best men. The meu pick ^
up tho throno on which the bride sits ^
and, preceded by tho bridegroom, form
In procosslun nud walk around tho
room or Into an adjoining parlor, sig
nifying that be Is carrying her awdy
to his own home. The guests then
throw rice at the happy couple, a cus
tom we have borrowed from the heath
en.—St JameB' Gazette.
AN AWE INSPIRING CONTEST.
The Unequal Fight Was Ended by the
Death of the Courageous Mammal,
Who Was Torn to Shreds by Her
Ferooioue Assailants.
Early one morning while engaged In
building new quarters for the light
house keeper at Rreaksea Island, near
Rottnesi, Western Australia, the con
tractor and Ills men noticed a bull
whale, with n cow and cnlf, passing
the Island some distance off. They
watched them with Interest for awhile,
noting the Immense size of the two
parents and ibe methodical regularity
with which columns of water rose
from their blowholes and then resum
ed their labors.
An hour or so Inter—about 0 o'clock,
, to be exact—the meu were startled by
an extraordinary noise, apparently
coming from the eastern end of the Is
land, a noise unlike anything they bad
ever heard before. Dropping tlicir
tools and staring toward the east,
they beheld such a sight ns it fulls to
the lot of few people to witness.
There, not 500 yards from the shore,
was being waged a bnttle to the death
—a fight between the great cow whale
previously seen and a school of thrash
er shnrks. The calf was stylmmlng
about distractedly, but the old bull
had disappeared, hnvlng basely desert
ed Ills family at the first approach of
danger.
The sharks, ns though noting In ac
cordance with some preconcerted plnn,
bad completely surrounded the two
whales and. apparently realizing that
nothing was to be feared from the
calf, concemrnted all their efforts upon
the cow. Again and again they charg
ed In upon her. their jaws snapping,
tearing at her mighty sides until the
sea was red with blood. Meanwhile
tho cow lashed her tall furiously, hurl
ing up sheets of reddened water and
occasionally crashing down with ter
rific force upon one of her voracious
opponents. Maddened with pain and
rnge, she dashed this way and that,
but the sharks hung to her side with n
persistency uud ferocity tbttt mudo the
fascinated ouloolters shudder. Now
and again tho wildly hisblug tall would
catch one of the assailants, driving it
beneath the waves—no doubt killed or
disabled—but the remainder rushed In
undismayed, tearing viciously at the
mammal’s bleeding flanks or butting
her with the force of battering rams.
Presently the spellbound spectators
realized two facts—first, that the calf
had disappeared in the melee and, sec
ond, that the tortured whale was un
doubtedly becoming weaker. It was
obvious that the unequal struggle
could have only one ending. Still,
however, she fought on doggedly, win
ning admiration and sympathy by her
exhibition of hopeless courage. Alter
ing her tactics, by a supreme effort she
hurled her wholo great bulk clear of
the water for a moment, and the fasci
nated onlookers beheld the sharks
hanging from various parts of her
gleaming body by their serrated teeth.
Theu down she went again with a
crash like thunder, and for an instant
whale and sharks were burled amid
masses of foam, heavily colored with
the poor mammal's lifeblood. Rising
again, she essayed another change of
plan, making for the rocks uud desper
ately striving to rub off the clinging
sharks against their edges. But the
thrashers were equal to the occasion.
While those on the outside maintained
their grip, the others dived under their
enemy and charged her anew, tearing
at the whale’s side In uu ecstasy of
ferocity that was bloodcurdling to wit
ness.
More and more feeble grew the
whale’s struggles, and at last, to the
heartfelt relief of the spectators, for
her death fight Imd been terrible to be
hold, the great body turned over and
sank beneath the red tinted water.
The unequal battle was over, having
lasted from 0 o’clock until noon, as
awe Inspiring a contest ns man was
ever privileged to witness. The men
went back to their work greatly im
pressed by the unique spectacle, and
expressions of sympathy for the whale
were beard on every side.
\ Forty-eight hours afterward the
(Whale's body, which bnd in the mean
time become distended with gas, rose
tt> the surfnee and exploded with, a
roar like a miniature powder maga
zine, causing the startled people to
rush to the shore to discover what had
happened. On examination of the re
mains it wns discovered that every
shred of the outer flesh of the whale
had been torn off by the sharks, who
bad doubtless gone off to repeat their
tactics upon some other hapless levla-
than.—Victor Pitt-Kethley In St. Louis
Post-Dispatch.
mathematics.
Used to Locate an Asrollte That No
One Had Ever Seen.
Arithmetic, algebra and trigonometry
aro not romantic, but they may accom-
pllsb things which greatly Impress the
imagination. By imams of them a pro-
fessor at Vale university found a few
years ago an aerolite that no one had
ever seen
It appears that a photographer la
Anson lit. Conn., was occupied !u tak
ing pictures by the aid of a telescope
of a comet which was Invisible to the
nuked eye. When tils negatives were
developed one of them revealed the fall
of a Lueieor it was too small nu ob
ject to utiract the otteutlou of the
nmildcd eyes, but Us line on the pho
tograph Indicated that It must have
come to the earth.
The picture wns shown to nn astro-
nomicnl professor at Yale.' Ascertain
ing the point of observation and reck
oning with the aldlof the data which
tho photograph Itself supplied, he made
a calculation which proved that tho
meteor must liuve fallen Tn tho neigh
borhood of a reservoir some two miles
north of Dunbury, Conn. There the
aerolite was found in .the very place
Indicated by the calculation. It was
oval in form, measured fifteen and a
half Inches In length, seven and a half
Inches In diameter and weighed twen
ty-six pounds. It was sent to tho mu
seum of Yale university, where it
serves not only as an Illustration of
the nature of the vagrant bodies of
the skies, but testifies also to the won
ders of calculation which it is possible
for mathematical science to accom
plish.—Pittsburg Dispatch.
DROPPING ASLEEP.
The Way Mother Nature Charms Away
Our Consciousness.
How do we go to sleep? How does
Mother Nature charm away our con
sciousness? First of all she throws
her spell on those centers of our bodies
that preside over the muscjjlar sys
tem. causing one group of muscles
after another gradually to collapse.
Thereafter various powers of mlud
succumb In regular order. First we
lose nttentiou and judgment, thou
memory goes, and Imagination wan
ders away in reveries of Us own.
Ideas of time and space cease to con
trol thought ns geutle sleep, tho nurse
of our life, drnws nearer. Thou comes
the turn of the special senses, begin
ning with sight. Eyelids close, and
eyeballs turn upward and inward/ us
If to shut out all light, the pupils con
tracting more and more as slumber
steals over us.
The turn of the ears comes; the pow
er of hearing fades awny. The heart
beats aud breath Is drawn more uud
more slowly. The heart bents from
ten to twenty times less frequently
each minute, or 5,000 times less during
the night, while breathing Is not only
slower but much more shallow than
during waking hours. Temperature
falls by perhaps 2 degrees, nud the
body loses three times less heat than
when awake. And so at Inst sleep
covers a man all over—sleep that shuts
up sorrow's eye.—London -Express.
Both In Front md Behind.
A police magistrate recently learned
that it is possible to be back of a per
son even If you aro In front of him.
The means of this startling intelli
gence wns a stout German conductor,
witness to a "breach of tho peace”
that occurred aboard bis car.
“You were on your platform and yet
you say that the prisoner was In back
of you?” said the puzzled-magistrate.
“Ya.”
“Was the prisoner In the car?”
"Ya."
“Well, then, he must have been In
front of you."
“Neiu,” said the mnn patiently. “I
am the conductor."
“Then." exclaimed the magistrate,
“you were on the rear platform. The
prisoner was In the car. Now, how In
heaven’s name was he In back of
you ?”
The conductor smiled sweetly.
“My back was turned.” he said.—
Philadelphia Times.
Lived Uo to Her Name.
Apropos of the eternal domestic ques
tion, nn Englishwoman relates this ex
perience: "1 engaged a maid named
Pearl, and as 1 simply couldn’t ask a
Pearl to fill the coal scuttle or to holy
stone to the doorstep 1 sold: ‘I would
rather call you by some other name.
Have you a second oue?’ •Yes/'Teplied
the damsel brightly, ’my second name
is Opal.’ So 1 stuck to Pearl. At one
time 1 all but engaged a maid named
Hermione, but upon asklog her, ‘Have
you a blnck dress, white caps and
aprons?* she replied acidly: ‘Yes, I
have, but I’m not going to wear ’em.
Ma dldta’t christen me ’Ermlono for to
wear a livery.’ ”
Thought He Had Seen It.
Yankee Tourist (watching Vesuvius
in eruption)—Great snakes! It reminds
me of hades. English Tourist (looking
St him In amazement)—My word! You
Americans go everywhere! — Boston
Transcript.
Not Necessary.
A country bridegroom. when the
bride hesitated to pronounce the word
“obey,” remarked to the officiating cler
gyman: “Go on, mister. It don’t mat
ter. I can make her.”
Still Grieving.
"So she has lost her husband? Has
she recovered from her grief yet T'
"Not yet You know how slow those
Insurance companies are in settling.”
Calamity Is the opportunity of vir
tue and a spur to s great mind.
THE MIRROR TONIC.
When ■ Peek Into a Hand Glass May
Help a Patient.
The looking glass, wbeynq- u plus or
a minus quantity, pla.vs a more impor
tant purt lu the sickroom ttinn aunt
nurses and physicians give 11 credit
for.
“All thiugs considered, I thiuk It u
good plnn to give u sick person a
chance to look ut hltusclf occasional
ly,” said a prominent doctor recently.
“Of course tho Indulgence must be
granted with discretion, if u patient
is really looklug seedy u turn at tho
looking gluss Is equivalent to signing
his death warrant, but If taken at a
time when braced up by some stimu
lant or a natural ebullition of vital
force a few minutes of communtou
with his own visage bouts uuy toule
I cun prescribe. It thrills tho patient
with uew hope. It makes him feel
that he Isn't quite so far gone ns ho
has thought and that possibly a fight
for life Is, after all, worth while. Be
ing thus sensitive, a perslsteut with
holding of a mirror convinces the pa
tient that bu must be too horrible for
contemplation, and he promptly de
cides that the best thing for him to
do is to give up tho ghost and get out
of the wuy.
“That Is one of the mlstnkcs hos
pitals were apt to make up to a few
years ago. When I was a young fol
low getting my first practice after
graduation 1 served on the staff of
several hospitals, and in all, especially
in the free wards, those aids to vanity
wore strictly forbidden." — Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
THE TIPPING HABIT.
It Was Worse In the Eighteenth Cen
tury Than It Is Now.
The tipping habit Is bad enough now
adays, but In ihu eighteenth century It
wns a greater evil thnn It Is at tho
present time. A writer In the Coru-
hlll Magazine tells some stories to Il
lustrate the old condition ol' things.
In Edinburgh In 17(10 tipping became
such uu evil that the Society of Clerks
enacted that all servants should bo
forbidden i,u take tips and members
bo forbidden to give them. This ex
ample was followed by other clubs uud
societies. Today there is a rule In
most clubs against feeing the servants.
An eccentric Irish gentleman, Lord
Tatiffo, used to ntteud Ills guests to
the door, uud if they offered any mon
ey to tho servants who were lined up
with the guests' baggage the host
would suy, "If you give, give It me,
for It wus l that did buy the dinuer."
A well known colonel while sitting
at dinner inquired the mimes of the
host’s servants. "For," said he, “1
cannot pay them for such a good din
ner, but 1 should like to remember
tbetn In my will."
Another eccentric geullemun after
patiently redeeming his hat, sword,
enne and clonk to the very bottom of
his purse turned to the two remain
ing servants who were waiting obse
quiously, each with a glove, and said
affably: “Keep those. 1 will not trou
ble to buy them back. They nro old
and not worth a shilling.”
A King’s Trick.
King Gustnvus 111. of Sweden had
been frequently Invited to the little
court of Schwerin. In 1783 he paid n
visit to Germany, aud as soon as tho
Duchess of Mecklenburg beard of his
approach she prepared fetes In his
honor. Bui Gustavus, who disdained
the petty courts of the small rulers,
sent two of Ills attendants—a page
named Peyron and Desvouges, a valet
who had formerly been an actor—to
be entertained by tbe duchess. Tho
two personated the king and his min
ister, Baron Spnrre, and sustained the
characters throughout. They accept
ed as their due all the homage mount
for their master, danced with tho
Mecklenburg IihIIps who were present
ed to them, and Peyron weui so far
as to ask one of the ladles for her por
trait. Meantime Gustavus wns enjoy
ing himself elsewhere In secret.
* Richmond Castle.
Richmond castle was originally one
of tbe strongest of Norman keeps. It
was probably founded by Alan Rufus,
one of tho sons of the Duke of Brit
tany, who took a prominent part In
the suppression of the Saxons. At a
later age the castle passed Into the
possession of Edmund Tudor, who
married Margaret Beaufort nud be
came the futlter of Heury VII. Henry
was born Eurl of Richmond, and he
bestowed the title upon the magnifi
cent palace which when king of Eng
land he built upon the bunks of the
Thames. Thus the Richmond beloved
of cockneys hns a comparatively mod
ern origin. Tho curfew, by the way,
Is still rung from the tower of Rich
mond custle at 0 a. tn. aud 8 p. m., a
custom "tbut has continued ever since
the time of William tho Conqueror.”—
Loudon Globe.
Game In Manchuria.
Tho long haired tiger Is found
throughout Manchuria wherever there
is hilly country, but is never found on
the plains. It Is extremely diffi
cult to bag and Is by no means nu
merous. In addition to tiger tbe fol
lowing game may be found In Mun-
churla: Bear (black nnd brown), wapi
ti, Slka deer (two species), roedeer,
serow, wild pig. leopard and lyDx. All,
however, are scarce and hard to bag,
with tbe exception of roedeer aDd pig.
—London Field.
It All Depandi,
Teacher—Now, boys, here’s a little
example Id mental arithmetic. How
old would a person be who was born
In 1875? Pupil—Please, teacher, was
it a man or a woman?—Loudon Gen
tlewoman.
BUZZARDS' NESTS.
The Sama Ones Are Rarely Used Two
Consscutlve Seasons.
Tho (light of the buzznrd Is as well
nigh perfection as Is possible to Qud.
In fact, he might be called the most
perfect aeroplane In existence. To see
him soaring between the bare hills,
with a vnst green fertile valley below
him nnd with tho H)tvlng sun lighting
up his browu plumage as lie slowly
Balls uvouud with outspread pillions, is
a sight never to bo forgotten.
The buzzard usually chooses n lodge
cn a cliff for an eyrlc. but lit certain
parts of Wales thoro nro a few well
used tiests lu trees, nud us they are
generally used by some bird of prey
each senson they grow to an enormous
size. Tho buzzard does not. ns a rule,
use the snmo nest two consecutive sea
sons, but returns to it the third, nnd
after that allows another senson to
elapse before occupying It again.
Two nests are often constructed In
one dingle, nud nn amusing Incident
happened a few years ugo tn one of
tlioso places. Tho hen laid one egg In
each nest, nnd, as It was quite Impos
sible for her to sit on both at once, we
did her a good turn by placing otto of
those eggs in the nest with Its com
panion. Tho result of our kindness
was that a collector passed by about
two hours nfterward nnd put both
eggs in his collecting box.
When I thought, the matter over I
came to tho conclusion that thnt old
buzzard was not half such a fool ns
wo took her to be, and If we had left
thd eggs as wo found them tho bird
might have had a chuuce of rearing
one youngster.—Country Life.
A STRANGE REVERSAL
Napoleon and Wellington and an Ex
change of Rosidences.
In the days before the Suez canal
was opened to tho world St. Helena
was a frequent port of call for British
vessels bound to and'from India and
the far east. This custom, explains
Harper’s Weekly, was caused by the
need of obtaining supplies for the long
voyage, nnd It was therefore for this
reason thnt the ship which ou one oo-
enslou bore the Duke of Wellington,
then Sir Arthur Wellesley, returning
to England from India, touched ut the
Island. The great commnudor spent
one night at Jnmestowu at the house
of a Mr. Balcom.
Ten years later Napoleon Bonaparte
landed to begin his six years of exile
nnd wns assigned to the same room
that Ills conqueror at Waterloo had de
cupled. This coincidence - sine to the
knowledge of tho duke ut fv.ris during
Its occupation by tbe ulli.-d forces, and
he dispatched the following letter to
the British officer then In coinmund ut
St. Helena:
“I am very much obliged to you for
Mr. Simpson’s book, which l will rend
when 1 have a moment’s leisure. 1 am
glad you have taken the command at
St. Helena, upon which 1 congratulate
you. You may tell ’Bony’ that 1 find
his apartments at tho Elysco Bourbon
very convenient and that 1 hope be
likes mine at Mr. Bnlcom’s. It Is a
droll enough sequel to tho affairs of
Europe that we should change places
of residence.”
HIs Quick Wit 8aved Him,
An ancestor of the great Tolstoy was
an officer In the Russian annv and a
great mimic. One dny he wus imper
sonating the Emperor Paul to a group
of his friends when Paul himself en
tered and for some moments looked ou
uupercclvcd at the antics of the young
man. Tolstoy finally turned nnd, be
holding the emperor, bowed his head
and wus silent.
"Go on, sir,” said Paul. "Continuo
tho performance.”
Tho young mnn hesitated n moment,
and theu, folding bis nrms niul Imltat-
lug every gesture and lutonatlou of Ills
sovereign, lie mild:
"Tolstoy. ,vmi deserve to be degraded,
but I remember the tliiiiiglillossucss ot
youth, ami you are pardoned."
The czar smiled slightly at tills
speech
"Well, lie it so," lie suit!.
Willing to Pay.
When the llrltlsll square at the hat-
lie ol Aim IS lea, In the Nubian desert,
was pelletinied liy the dervishes one
ol lItem ntioiiipiod to spear a gunner
who was In the art of ramming home
n charge. I’lie Briton brained the Su
danese, hill the rilmiller Head split ou
the man's hard skull. Next day the
guiltier wiis sent tor. Mistaking Hie
reason and knowing from experience
that soldiers lire charged for govern
ment property which they break, he
led off: "l’lease. sir. I'm very sorry I
broke the rnminer, but I never though!
the fellow's head could he so bard.
I’ll pay for Hie rummer so us to bear
no more ot I he ease."
Obedient.
"Well, my little man." queried the
minister win was making a cull, "do
you nlwuys do as your mamma tells
you ?"
"You bet I do." answered tbe preco
cious five-year old. "and so dues pupa "
Papa Was Seen.
She—You wifi usb pupa, will you
not. or must 1? He—Oh. 1 have seen
him. Fact Is, he made tbe suggestion
that It wub about time for me to pro
pose.
Conceited.
Oyer—That fellow Pufltlna reminds
me of a ball of twine. Myer—What's
tbe answer? Gyer—He's completely
wrapped up in himself.—San Francisco
Star.
Truth la the highest thing a man
rosy keep.—Chaucer.
A CURIOUS WATCH.
Made by e Cievor Workman on a Chal
lenge From Royalty.
Some yours ago the czar, hearing of
tho mnrvclous Inventive genius of a
Polish mechanic, determined to put
him to the test and accordingly caused
to bu forwurded to him u few eoppel*
nulls. Home wood clippings, a piece ot
broken glass, an old erueked china cup.
Borne wire and u few erlbbage board
pegs. Thu box was accompanied by
the request ilnii the Polo should trans
form these unpromising nrtleles Into a
timepiece.
It wns a challenge and one thill few;
walchuinkers would have cared to Hike
up. But It would have taken a harder
task than this to daunt the Pole, lie
set to work on the unpromising inn
torluls and out of them fnshhmcd n
watch that was quickly dispatched to
the czar, .lust eight hours after hr
began Ills work of transformation Hie
wuteh started on Us Journey to St. Pe
tersburg, where It arrived safely, to
the groat delight'of tho czar.
It was a most unique timepiece. Its
case la-lug made of ehlnn and Its
works composed of tho umterlnl tlint
had accompanied the old cup. Yet II
kept good time and hud to be wound
up only once In three or four days. So
pleased wus tho czar that he sent foi
the Pole and conferred upon him sev
eral distinctions, besides granting him
u pension.—New York Press.
A TRAGIC OLD CUSTOM.
Human Beings Onoo Walled Up In
Building Foundations.
The practice of putting money uiider
the foumliiHun stone of a new building
Is the shadow of nu older tragic cus
tom. The money stands thru roll rally
for the ransom ol’ the human being
who by iiiii-lenl superstition should
have been hurled In Its plill-c. Other
wise, It was held, the building would
not stand llnu mid endure.
There was n time when this purlieu
Inr kind ol human sacrifice had n
vogue extending tu most parts ol i lu-
world. Even in England skeleton-
have been fun nil Imbedded In the liases
of ensile walls, and there Is record ol
one Gorman fortress at the building ol
which a child was bought from Its
mother with hard cash and walled
Into tho donjon tower, the unnatural
mother, according to the story, looking
on tho while. Elllgles of human lie
lugs aro still used In some parts ot
Europe as harmless substitutes, and in
remoter and more ruthless places the
old custom crops out from time to time
In all Its grim reality. Within the Inst
century two children, n boy nud a girl,
were. It wns reported, walled Into a
blockhouse by some Inborers at Dugn.
Asiatic Turkey.—Westmluster Gazette.
CHEST NOTES.
Varying Sounds That May Ba Heard
Through the Stethoeoope.
Tho doctor hears Home curious noises
when be places tho stethoscope against
your chest. When the lungs are in a
healthy condition tile medical gentle
man hears a pleasant, breezy sound,
soft In toue, us you draw lu the breath
and expel It. Should tho Instrument
convoy to his oar n gurgling or bub
bling sound ho makes a mental note of
tho fact that you tiro In what Is known
as tho moist stugo of bronchitis, lu
the dry stugo of Uiq sumo complaint
the sound is a whistling, wheezy one.
One of the signs of pneumonia Is the
crackling noto that comes through tho
stethoscope. It Is not unlike the sound
thnt cun be licurd when your Unger
aud thumb bnvo touched n sticky sub
stance and you first place them to
gether nnd then part them, holding
them close to your oar.
Doctors occasionally hear a dripping
sound, and that indicates that air and
wntor have got Into some pnrt of tbo
chest where they hnve no right to be.
Blow ncrosB u bottlo, and you will pro
duce a sound which Is actually to be
heard In your chest. It Is caused in
the snmo way—thnt is, by air passing
over n cavity.
What He Sold.
One of tho witnesses In a case in a
Dublin court was asked, "Did you sell
Major Studdert a horse?” “No, sor.”
“Did your father sell Major Studdert
a horse?" "No. sor." "Did your
grandfather sell him a horse?" “No,
sor." “Well, then, did any member of
your family sell Major Studdert any
thing?" “Yes, sor.” “Who did, then?"
■T did, sor." “And what did you sell
Major Studdert?” “I sold him a mare,
•or." The counsel sat down, and the
court roared.
Politeness Is like an air cushion—
there’s nothing In It, but it eases tbe
Joints wonderfully.
Millais' Faith In Himself.
Tho artist Millais, writes J. E. Relil.
wns ns open nud frank ns n boy Id ex
pressing IiIh belief in himself. When
tho Leylnnd collection wus on view,
previous to Its dlspersnl. Millais went
to sco it and openly asserted that his
"Eve of St. Agnes” wub. the best pic
ture there. This egotism was pnrt of
Ills character, a thing It wns Impossible
to resent on account of tho tunnner hi
which It wns expressed. Millais never
lost the self confidence of youth, in
this respect, ns in many others, ho ro-
mnlncd a boy to tho end. Neither wnw
tho egotistic note confined to art mat
ters. His public speeches wero In
variably nbout himself. His conversa
tion on all subjects wns Impregnated
with the essence of a sincere convic
tion of his own authority to speak.
He liked to be always right, nnd such
were his grasp of realities and his
power of reasoning thnt It required
vory strong evidence nnd a very clever
nrgument to convince him that ho was
wrong.—Youth's Companion.
Flogging at Eton.
Ou tnoro than one oeeuslou Dr. Horn
by, ibe fnmous headmaster at Eton, is
said to have (logged tho wrong boy by
mistake. A boy thus victimized wns
usked why lie did not attempt to ex
culpate himself or offer nny explana
tion. “If you hud not boon complained
of." said the tutor, "why did you not
say so to tbo hendinnsler?” "Well,
sir,” he replied. "I thought thnt If Mr
— had not complained of me some
other master might have dono so."
Tbo young scapegrace wgs so season
cd a campaigner that he Was prepared
to take u flogging without asking cap
tious questions, ns all In the dny'H
work.—From “Eton Under Hornby."
The Story of Four Uncles.
“I have four uncles." writes a cor
respondent. "who nro all widowers.
Uncle Sum and his wife used to light.
Uncle Tom wns always flirting, and
Uncle Joe was ruined by his wife’s ex
travagance. Uncle Martin nlono loved
Ills wife, and when she died he was
broken hearted. Still, he Is tho only
one who murrled again. Ho married a
girl who bus all the qualities he used
to proudly boast bis wife lacked. Men
are funny and grow funnier nH you
know them better."—AtcblHon Globe.
Under Water.
Howell—They can take photographs
under water, can't they? Powell—I
guess so. I got a negative there once.
Howell—1 don't understand you. Pow
ell—A girl refused me while we wero
In bathing.—New York Prvss.
The Limit.
Worthless Husband-Going to leave
me. are you. Moll? Didn't you take
me for better or worse? Long Suffer
ing Wife—Yes. but you are absolutely
the worst. I didn’t take you for thnt.
—Chicago Tribune.
It Is the temper of the highest lienrts
like tbe palm rrcii. to strive most up
ward when most burdened.
Filipino Buglere.
“Speaking of buglers," says Boat
swain Juraschka in his article, "Cap
tured by Filipinos," lu Wide World
Magazine, "it astonished mo to find
that tho insurgents had so many bu
glers and thnt many of them were of
tho boat. They knew all our army
calls, although thoy did not know their
significance. I was often asked the
moaning of various calls and was care- '
ful to give them any but tho proper
one. Ono lusurgeut colonel asked me
what call was sounded ns tho retreat
from tho chnrgo. I told him that wo
hnd no such call, but that, the charge
once Bounded, American soldiers-'find
sailors went through or never chose
back. Ho wub vory much Interested
and with good reason, as ho had Just
escaped from tho attack of our men at
Iloilo nud could woll believe it. He
said that cbnrglng was unfair—that
both sides should simply sulpe at each M
other."
8o He Would.
A little country girl visited city rela
tives who dwelt lu a fiat. Her visit ,
lasted two weeks, nnd all of tho time
they wure warning her not to make so
much noise, not to run across tho
•treat and not to waken the people in
the adjoining Huts. In fact, they were
constantly curtailing her freedom.
When she got homo sho told her papa
she never wanted to go to tho city
again, and ho said:
"You must have had a bard time of
It. You do look hollow eyed.”
"Woll, papa," sho said, “If you had:
folks hollerin’ at you all tbo time you’d
look holler eyed too.”—Pittsburg Dis
patch.
Not Ambiguous at All.
In onu of England's elections a can
didate for parliament, the late Lord
Bath, called attention to himself by
means of n donkey, over whoso back
two panniers wore slung bearing a
ribbon band on which was printed 1
"Vote For Pupa." It must be added,!
however, that In oach pannier stood
ono of Lord Bath's daughters.
Sightseeing.
On u visit to Ills grandmother Harry
examined her hnudsome furniture with
Interest and theu asked, "Grandma,
where Is tho miserable table thnt papa
says you always keep?"—Success Mag
azine.
An Extremist.
A London bookseller recently re
ceived this order from a customer;
"Please forward me a copy of Tenny
son's poems. Do not send one bonnd
in calf, however, because 1 am a vege
tarian."
Good Reason,
“Here's the doctor again, miss. Don't
you think he comes more often than.*
he needs to?"
"It all depends. He may be very
poor, Marie."—Frou-Frou.
Think not that thy word and thinet
alone must be rlght.-Sophocles. i