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A CASTIL! BRAVADO
Revolting Scene Pictured by a
Spanish Novelist.
NERVE OF THE HAUGHTY DON
Striking Description of tho Daring and
Courage Displayed by the Old Gen¬
eral Who Would Not Permit an Eng
lichman to Outdo Him.
The realistic Spanish novelist,
Valdes, In ofie of his most popular
stories ("Sister San Suplke," trans¬
lated by Nathan Haskell Dole) gives
a description of a retired Spanish gen¬
to - ii'g afternoon out which will illu¬
minate many chlvalrlc Incidents-—fn
Spanish life and aptly illustrates the
reckless daring and courage of which
the average haughty don is liberally
possessed. The scene Is a sort of pic¬
nic grounds In the outskirts of Seville;
"Meantime the animation had iieen
on the increase among tjie ruffians.
1 he period of untnanuerly action had
come. One of them climbed upon a
table to make u speech, and then the
others, by way of applause, threw
sherry and nianzanUia In his face.
Another was trying to lift with his
teeth a companion whom drunkenness
had stretched out on the floor. He did
not succeed. He merely tore his sack
coat. Still others were committing
absurd and extravagant actions, mak¬
ing a great noise and uproar.
"The count remained grave and
Hlluut, drinking one glass of sherry
after aflbther. But his eyes were no
longer, ns usual, incomprehensible and
unfathomable, like those of n man tired
of life. Though he dhl not speak or
move about he seemed a different
man.
“Tho Englishman had taken off his
jacket and waistcoat and, rolling up
Ids shirt sleeves, was exhibiting his
biceps, which were really powerful,
and trying to break empty ImttlcH on
bis at®, once blood had come, but he
.went on breaking the bottles without
paying any attention to it. Then he
asked the waiter to bring a bottle of
rum and a large glass. Ho, filled this
to I be brill) with the liquor, and then
glow ly, without moving a lutwele or
even winking, lie drained It to the bot¬
tom, Then be sat down at the table
opposite the count and said solemnly;
•* 'Von can’t do that.’
“A flash of fury gleamed through
the harebrained nobleman’s eyes, but
he succeeded in restraining himself,
and, turning the rest of the bottle wait¬ Into
the glass, he calmly ordered the
er to bring him some pepper. He
threw in a pinch of it, then threw into
It ids cigar ashes heaped up before
him and, without saying a word, with
the same scornful, contemptuous smile,
drained the glass and, not content with
tlqit, bit it to pieces. We saw his lips
spotted with blood. The company re¬
ceived with olea and shouts of tri¬
umph this proof of an unconquerable
stomajh, in which it seemed as though
the national honor were concerned.
“Our neighbors in the other booths
must have reached the same happy
grade of temperature, for nothing was
heard but extravagant shouts, the
crashing of glasses, coarse laughter
and swearing.
“The count was not yet satisfied
with his victory over the Englishman.
While he was swallowing with appar¬
ent calmness the glasses of liquor
which were offered to 1 dm he did not
cease to devour him with his eyes,
carried away by a dull madness, which
soon broke out. His eyes, which were
the only part of his impassive face
that moved, gleamed more and more
ferociously, like those of a madman
when a straltjaeket has been put on
him. The Englishman continued to
boast of his strength. He was now
thoroughly Intoxicated and talking Im¬
pudently enough to the others, who
were not so drunk.
~ •• 'So you are very valiant, nre youf
asked the count, still smiling dtsdnln
fully.
“ ‘More than you.’ retorted the Eng¬
lish! an.
“Don Jenaro started to spring at him,
but the others unstrained him. Soon
calming himself, he said:
" ‘if y m are so brave, why not put
your hand on tiie table?’
“ ‘What for?’
“ ‘To pin it down with mine.’
“The Englishman, without an In¬
stant's hesitation stretched out Jhls
huge, brawny hand. The count took
qnt of his pocket a damaskeened dag¬
ger and laid ills delicate, geutlemanly
hand on tiie, Englishman's, and with¬
out hesitation and with a ferocious
grip he raised the point with the other
and drove It through both into the ta¬
ble.
•“The women uttered a cry of terror.
All of us men ran to their assistance.
A few left the place in search of help.
In an instant our booth was tilled with
blood. From the wounds R%rt X- drops
,» ua .
MKUOMinwiM IOta,
“A doctor who happened to be among
tt,n the bystanders dressed diessed ii,e the wounds Hounds
prov skmally with the few means at
lus disposal. ’I he count smiled whUe
they were dressing hs i
Englislmuin was as sick as a horse. . |
and soon the count was the same, and I
both were taken to snch 800 ms as the
establishment had to offer and went
to bed. Every one left, commenting j
on the barbarism of the deed.”
Hit Harder.
“Woman is considered the weaker
vessel.” she remarked, and yet
“Welir she queried as she
“And yet,” she continued, "man Is i
the ofteuer broke.”—Exchange.
Bo rich in patience If thou In good*
foe poor.-Dunbar.
THE WIND OF DEATH.
Life Lint* In Trieste’s 8 treet For U*i»
When the Bora Blows.
That which was once Illyria Is now
Dalmatia, or, rather, that part of
Illyria which reaches the Adriatic Is
Dalmatia, the half forgotten country,
as the Austrians called It, .when it fell
Into their hands not so many years ago.
It Is one of the few bits of Europe
that remain in a measure unhackney¬
ed, and it is siiil out of the beaten
paths of the tourist, who himself is al¬
most as much of a curiosity to the
people as they are to 1dm. There are
seasons, according to hu article In
Appleton’s Magazine, when the bora
blows, that wind of death, as the
natives call It, which comes out of the
blue with more than a suddenness of
a tornado and shakes the earth and all
that Is on the earth, stinging, blinding,
choking. In the square of Trieste life
lines are prominent features which the
citizens must grasp when the bora
clutches them, and they grope their
way through the whirling dust and the
promiscuous missiles flying In the
darkened air. But the bora goes as
quickly ns It comes, and when it is
gone the people simply excavate them¬
selves out of the drift and think no
more about the winged demon, which
has left no trail whatever In the re¬
stored serenity of (he scoured Sky.
HIS SYMPATHY.
It Would Have Been Worth More Only
He Lacked Presence of Mind.
In the criminal court in Baltimore a
darky was on trial for stealing a
watch, which he bad pawned. He was
identified by the owner ns the person
who grubbed the watch out of ids pock¬
et, yet the darky claimed to be inno¬
cent, When asked how lie came lu
possession of fho watch ho said:
“I was standing ou the corner when
a man comes up to me and says lie Is
hard up and hasn't a cent to buy food
with, and he wants to sell me this
wateb for $3. I knew J could get $4 on
it in pawn, and I felt sorry for him
and bought the watch for $3 and pawn¬
ed it for $4, That’s how I got the
watch."
The prosecutor then asked, if he had
bought tho watch for $3, knowing he
could pawn it for $4, simply to help
the man along because he felt sorry for
him, why he did not advise him to
pawn It ldmself, and then he would
have had $4 Instead of ?3.
“Well, you see," said the prisoner, “1
didn’t have the presence of mind to do
dat.”—Judge’s Library.
Th« Old Suez Canal.
Few people are aware that there had
been u caual across the isthmus of
Suez before fie Lessops ever conceived
the Idea of his monumental enterprise.
A canal across the Isthmus was actual¬
ly constructed 000 years before the
Christian era and served ub a water¬
way l'or small vessels until about 1,000
years ago, when It was allowed to fall
Into disuse. Napoleon revived tho Idea
and instructed one of the great engi¬
neers of his day to investigate the mat¬
ter, but though a favorable report was
presented to him, tti which M. Lepere
recommended the restoration of the
canal, the work Itself was never touch¬
ed. When M. de Lessops undertook
the task of cutting the canal he thought
at first to follow the idea of Napoleon
and restore the ancient waterway, hut
this plan was abandoned and tiie pres¬
ent plan determined upon. *
The Other Way Around.
The loyalty of the Scottish highland¬
er to his kilt is a picturesque thing.
He will never admit that it makes him
cold, and highlanders who were suffer¬
ing from cold in the ordinary dress of
civilization have been known to substi¬
tute the kilt for it in order to get
warm, though this would be much like
removing one’s coat and waistcoat and
rolling up one’s shirt sleeves for the
same purpose.
It ts said that tv stranger, seeing a
soldier In full highlander uniform shiv¬
ering In a cold wind, asked him:
"Sandy, are you cold with the kilt?”
“Na, mi, mon," the soldier answered
Indignantly, “hut I’m nigh kilt with
the eauld.”
Labor of Ants.
It would perhaps be pushing meta¬
phors to an unwarranted extreme to
Speak of “dignity of labor" In connec¬
tion With the occupations of ants. But
if by the phrase we mean that labor is
the honorable lot of all #tizens aud
that all labors of whatever sort are
upon the same level of respectability
then we might venture to apply the
saying even to the labors of an ant
hill. For therein all are workers, from
the newly fledged eftllow to the vet¬
eran of a second summer.—Harper's
Magazine.
M Nothing.
A eockucy tourist who had invaded
lrela , « d was tr - vin S bls banrt at cbaffiug
a
,, , , . ““* . ,, mm,us .
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‘ ’ ■
,5tul B lu the place , where your brains ,
ought , t to t h , er
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N . rroW ElcApe .
John—You " onu very nearly got 7 engaged
^ile you were on your tour in the
mountains, 1 hear. M ichael—-Precious
moment I fortunately fell down J ust precipice. :lt tbe s !ast |
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Pearson’s Weekly.
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At the Club.
Mrs Bloodgood- I thought, her quo
tatlon WHS apro , H>s iU dn’t you? Mrs.
Newrttch-Dear me! 1 always sup
‘ his name W!l8 mgaT .uiau.-Ex- |
”
A judicious silence is always better j
than truth spoken without charity.—
De Sales.
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THE MURRAY NEWS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1907
PANBESA’S LETTER.
An Account of an Egyptian City Thirty
Centuries Ago.
Probably the oldest letter in the
world is the letter of Panbesa, written
fifteen centuries before Christ t,o his
friend, Ameuemapt, a scribe.
The manuscript is of perishable
papyrus, and it is amazing that it
should have survived for more than
thirty centuries and stllLUe legible.
It is preserved In the collection of
the British museum. It has been sev¬
eral times translated. It presents an
interesting picture of life in Egypt in
the time of Itaiueses II. It is more in
the nature of a literary productions a
poem composed In celebration of the
visit of Pharaoh to the c-lty of Pa¬
nameses, than an ordinary letter of to
xlay.
Panbesa “greets his lord, the scriiw
Amenerunpt, to whom lie life, health
and strength,” and then goes on to de¬
scribe the verdant fields, the thrashing
floors, the vineyards, the groves of
olives, the 'orchards of figs, the great
daily markets, with their fish and wa
terfowi and swarms of purchasers.
The citizens had their “sweet wine of
Khemi, pomegranate wfue and wine
from the vineyards,” and to these they
a (hied “beer of Kott.”
* There was music in plenty furnished
by the singers of the school of .Memphis.
On the whole, Pa-Bain ones seems to
have been a pleasant place to live In.
"The lesser folk are there equal with
the great folk," and Panbesa writes
that its maidens were “In holiday at¬
tire every day," with locks “rcdoleutof
perfumed oil.”
THE CITY OF CANALS.
Venice and the Many Islands Upon
Which It Is Built.
Venice is one of the most singular
and famous cities in Europe and Is
built upon a cluster of islands in the
lagoon. This lagoon Is banked off from
the Adriatic by a long, narrow sand
bank which is divided into a number
of Islands, six in number. Inside of
this sand bank and between it and
the mainland is the lagoon, a sheet of
shallow water. * In parts of this
marshy, sea covered plain Islets have
become consolidated Into ground, firm
enough to be cultivated.
And in the midst of a crowded
duster of such islands, amounting to
between seventy and eighty in num¬
ber, the city of Venice is built. The
chief of these .inlands is called Isolds
de Blaito, or Island of the Deep
Stream. The Islands, in many places
mere shoals, afford no adequate foun¬
dation for buildings, and the city for
the most part Is built upon an artifi¬
cial foundation of piles and stones.
The Grand canal divides Venice into
two equal parts and is the main thor¬
oughfare for traffic and pleasure. The
city is subdivided by some one hun¬
dred and forty-six small canals or
water streets, and the gondola is used
for the carriage. Access cun also he
had to various parts of the city by
land, there being over three hundred
bridges neross canals. The Blaito, the
most famous bridge, spuns the Grand
canal. There uro also narrow lanes
In among the houses.
The Overruling of a Judge.
A judge once awoke in the night to
find his room in the possession of two
armed burglars. Covered by the pistol
of one of the marauders, the judge
watched the proceedings with his usu¬
al judicial calm. One of the depreda¬
tors found a watch. “Don’t take that,”
the judge said; “It has little vfpue and
Is a keepsake.” “The motion is over¬
ruled,” replied the burglar. “I appeal,"
rejoined the judge, The two bur
glars consulted, and the spokesman
then replied: "The appeal Is allowed.
The case coming on before a full tri¬
bunal of the supreme court, that body
is of the unanimous opinion that tin;
decree of the lower court should be
sustained, and it is accordingly so or¬
dered.” Pocketing the watch, court ad
Journed.
Logic and Metaphysics.
Joaquin Miller was once conversing
with a learned professor who was vis¬
iting California. To the poet's query,
“What do you do?” the professor an¬
swered that he held the chair of meta¬
physics And logic at a New England uni¬
versity. Whereupon the venerable Mil¬
let, with an encouraging smile, reas¬
suringly patted the professor on the
shoulder. “Logic and metaphysics, eh?
Well, I suppose we must have people
to look after those things, even if they
don't exist."
Torture.
“The Carthaginian mercenaries,” he
said, “Incased their prisoners in a ce¬
ment that ns it hardened contracted.
You can't imagine how uncomfortable
Oils was.”
“Oh, yes, 1 can," she answered. “1
once had ou a tight bathing suit when
it began to shrink." — Los Angeles
Times.
Mr . cMn. (tookl.ie ,mm IH. ,.»■
per)—The doctors , 1 ,i,->, hau. ,, discovered discoxered m an
other new disease. Mrs, I’hipps-Well,
looking for
diseases long enough to find a cure for
my old rheumatism. —'London Teie
graph.__
Both Disappointed.
He—I suppose, then, we may as well
break the engagement aud say we have
both been disappointed in love. She—
There seems to be no other conclusion.
You thought 1 had money, and I cer
tatoly thought you had.-Judge,
He Told Her.
She--1 wish I knew how I could !
make you extremely happy, dear Karl.
He—Well, write to your father and j
ask him to double your dowry.-Mtg
geudorfer Blatter.
HAPPY MARRIAGES.
Value of the Spirit of Compromise Li
Wedded Life.
If marriage meant the wedding of
tt saint and an angel there would l«?
no problem# to solve, no perfections !o
attain, no progress to make. This may
he why there are no marriages in
heaven.
On earth it Is different. Husband
and wife are strongly human. No mat¬
ter liow lovingly united or how sweet
their accord, they never have the same
temperaments, tendencies or tastes.
Their needs are different, their man
per of looking at things Is not identical
and in varying ways their individuali¬
ties assert themselves. At any critical
moment if both express at the same
time a desire to defer to the other s
taste the result is foreordained—hap¬
piness. This makes matrimony not
merely union, but unison and unity.
The spirit of compromise does not
mean a continuous performance in the
way of seif surrender ntitl self sacri¬
fice; it does not mean eeaslug to be a
voice and becoming an echo; it does
not imply or justify the loss of indi¬
viduality. It means simply the in¬
stinctive recognition of the best tV#y
out of a difficulty, the quickest tacking
to a old a collision, the kindly view or
tolerance in the presence of weakness
and errors of another, the eon rage to
meet an explanation tlf half way, the gen¬
erosity to Us-first apologize for sv dis¬
cord, the largeness of mind that does
not fear a sacrifice of dignity in sur¬
rendering in the Interests of the high¬
est harmony' of the two rather than the
personal vanity.— Itulltieator.
ALWAYS CHEERFUL.
Even When Ho Lost Bath Feet He
Could Find Consolation.
Brown’s cheerfulness was a source
of wonder and admlraiioh to his
friends, accord^ to the Ladies’ Home
Journal, Either his religion or Iris
philosophy taught him to Hecept ev¬
erything as a wise dispensation. But
then he had a large share of worldly
goods, Ills friends argued, and nothing
hut adversity would shake Ids faith.
Thetcfore when a promising crop
was washed away by a flood the neigh
hors were much astonished to heal - him
say: “It’s all for tho best. I was bless¬
ed with an overabundance last year."
In the winter his house was burned
to the ground. To hls'nelglibors’ so¬
licitations lie calmly responded, “The
house never suited us anyway, so it i gg
ail for tfie best.”
Other calamities befell Brown, but
still lie refused to be disheartened.
The climax came when he was in a
railroad accident. Both feet were so
badly crushed that amputation was
necessary.
Sympathetic friends gatheijgd from
all quarters. They dreaded to hear (lie
lamentations they were sure would
greet them, for even Brown could
hardly be expected to puss this light¬
ly by.
"Guess you are pretty well discour¬
aged, aren’t you. with both feet cut
off?” ventured some one. "Do you
think tliis is all for the bestV”
But Brown nodded his head, smiling
wanly, and said:
“They were always cold anyway!”
Unprofitable Adam.
There is occasion for much beating
about the bush for answers to many
questions put by wise theologues to
timid people, but one set of men found
their match in the old Scotchwoman
under examination for admission- to
church fellowship.
“What are the decrees of God?” she
was solemnly asked.
“Indeed, I trow, he kens that best
hlmse!*.”
“What kind of a man was Adam?"
“On, just like ither fouk!" was the
quick reply.
The questioner insisted on a more
definite answer. “Wool,” said she. "he
was just like Jeotns Madden, ye ken."
“How so?"
“Weeiynacbody got anything by him.
and many lost.”
Curios.
Mr. Chow has a passion for curios,
but was not aide to distinguish ft gen
nine article from a. spurious one. One
day a dealer came to him wishing to
sell the lacquer bow! of Emperor Shun
(B, C. 2255), the rod with which tiie
Duke of Chow (about II. C. 1123) flog¬
ged Pak Kam, and the mat ou which
Confucius sat (B. C, 551), Mr. Chow
sold all his worldly possessions and
purchased them. Holding the bowl
in his left hand, clutching the rod in;
his right hand and carrying the mat
upon his back, lie went around begging |
for a copper coin of King Woo (B. c
1122).—From the Chinese.
Naturally. ,
Two men met at the gate of thecem- =
eter.v, and each with excessive polite
ness bowed to tiie other to pass in be¬
fore him. After a Tew minutes of this,
„
when neither would give way, the
younger of the two smiled and said:
“You are the elder of the two. so
naturally you ought to go first.**—
Sourire.
I
Run and Unrun
“When I-first went to housekeeping
I tried to run everything. 1 ended with j
naming nothing.” :
“Well, perhaps the gamut of the ;
emotions .now and then.’’—New York
World.
His Position.
Peckem—My wife referred to me as
the head of the family today Meeker
-How dkl that happen? Peekcm
She was talking to a man who called
to collect a hi!!.—Chicago News.
Many a man finds out too late that
he cannot hide anything from his own
conscience.—Pliny.
ATS - PANTS
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Remember we sell the best
Hats for
98 cents,
$1.48 and
$1.98
And the best Pants for 98c.,
$1.48, $198 and $2.98
the pair.
It Bargain J
27 Hamilton St., Dalton, Georgia a
WINS LEGAL FAME BY
DEFENDING MOONSHINERS
Col. Wm. r. Day, 80 Years Old
Has Given Liie to Pictur¬
esque Cause.
In the mountainous nooks and
hamlets of North Georgia, where
revenue officers even yet find life
adventurous and eve ry cave and
crag has its legend of a secret
still, no name bears such a charm
as that of Col. William T. Day. -
He is the nroses of the moon¬
shiner tribe, their veteran law
giver and most trusted defender
at the bat. Not that Colonel
Day has ever countenanced or
connived at an illicit thing. It
is purely in counsel’s capacity
that he has had to do with the
matter of unlicensed distilleries
But when he believes that a
moonshiner is innocent he de¬
fends him with all the learning
and energy at his command and
he generally clears him.
Promptly at 10 o’clock Monday
morning Colonel Day was at his
post in the United States court
room at Atlanta, with a crowd of
bis dependents behind him. Ev¬
ery spring and summer for the
past quarter of a century he has
been coming here as regularly as
the young foxes are whelped or
the persimmons turn brown and
sweet,
“Since the beginning of the
‘80s,” he said Monday morning.
“I’ve been handling some 200
moonshine cases a year. I have
studied tiie manners and beliefs
of these people. I know the map
of their country as well as Ido
the palm of my hand. I think I
can tell when one of them is guil¬
ty or innocent.” t
If ex-Senator Spooner has won
fame as a constitutional lawyer
Colonel Day has earned equal re¬
nown as counsel of the mountain¬
eer. He said monday morning
that he intended soon to retire
from practice. What will the
hounded moonshiner do when lie
is gone.
“I ant convinced,” he declared,
that inoonshining is rapidly dis
. The boys losing
appearing. are
heart. More important than this,
is encroaching upon
the wilds. Respect for law and
conceptions of what government
means are supplautiug tlieprimi
tive love of ... adventure, „ the .
tn
stinct of defiance.
Increase of years, however, is
the main reason the colonel as
signs for his withdrawal from the
profession. He is now in his
eightieth year. But you could
never tell it from his sharp eves
an< ^ amit rearing. He is a tall
old man with cheeks as ruddy as
a well seasoned apple, and when¬
ever he questions a witness you
realize that Ins cunning insight
. ^ buman nafcure is as spry as
ever. He loves to , talk ... about , ... the
great, secession convention of the
‘JOfi of which he is oue tf the
three or four surviving member
or of bygone sessions of the leg-
Mature where he lias appeared
several times as representative
of Pickens county, his home.
When Colonel Day ends his
duties at this term of the
federal court he expects to go
back for good to the books and
fireside of his mountain home,
there to live his old age like.—
Atlanta Journal.
Obstinate cases of constipation
and nasty, mean headaches
promptly disappear when you
take DeWitt’s Little Early
Riser Pills. Sold by S. H.
Kelly.
Red Band Pure Seotch Snuff.
Don’t get out of patience with
the baby when it is peevish and
restless, and don’t wear yourself
out worrying night and day about
it—just give it a little Casca
sweet. Oascasweet is a correc¬
tive for the stomach of babies
and children. Contains no harm¬
ful drugs. Sold by S. H. Kelly.
Ask your merchant for Bed
Band Pure Scotch Snuff.
i BALANCE IN THE AIR. 1
Th* Necessity For Equilibrium In Bird
Flight.
It Is likely that the bird's superb
ease and grace in the air are due to tta
ability to maintain absolute balance.
If a gull makes, the mistake of bend¬
ing until the wind strikes its head
and wings on the top U will tnmble
Instantly. And the sailing birds,
though they make no flapping motion
of their wing-i, are constantly balanc¬
ing themselves, like a man on a tight
rope. Some scientists have maintained
that the air sacs make it possible for
♦be -bird to manage minute changes
that are very valuable* in restoring
equilibrium, It is known that th*
wing is joined to the body of the bird
by What is culled a universal joint,
enabling tile creature to make almost
every" possible motion. The body of a
man is heavier than water, hut if he
gets Into a position of perfect balance
he will flout. In some suck way. it la
Claimed, the bird floats In the air. But
gs the bird would fall much more rap¬
idly lu the air than a man’s body
would siuk in water the necessity for
a far more subtle ability to keep the
center of gravity on the part of the
bird Is apparent; hence, accord lug to
this theory, the bird is provided for
this purpose with the most sensitive
equipment, made op of nerves and
mysterious air duets, many of the wing
feathers perhaps acting as sentinels,
warning instantly of the slightest ap¬
proach of shifting curmw-c—Every¬
body’s Magazine.
ENTERTAINING THE DUKE.
Rudely Interrupted While Wm
The dally Chatting With do Reyeijp,*
papers their 1 buf
pot even their ubiquitous re| in la¬
fives garner all the store of got things
which attend a royal visit to ♦eland,
says the London 8 ketch. No paper at
the time printed the cream of the sto¬
ries which grew out of a visit of th*
Duke of Connaught to the Emerald
Isle. "Welcome to Ireland!” said a
man as he saw the duke on the steps
of a hotel in the little western town to
which he was staying. “Welcome to
Ireland, your royal highness. I hope I
see your royal highness well." “Quite
well, thank you,” answered the duke.
“And your uobie mother, the queen. I
hope her ould lcddyshlp la enjoyin’ the
best of health?” “Yes. thank you. The
queen Is very well indeed,” said the
duke, vastly amused with the easy fa¬
miliarity of the peasant “It’s glad I
am to hear it And tel! me, your royal
highness,” the other went on, "how
are ail your nobis brothers and sis
tersT’ Before the duke could answer
an aid-de-camp appeared, with, “Herp,
get along there.'' The peasant looked
up with Infinite scorn. “Arrab! What
are yez Interruptin’ for?" be exclaimed.
“Can’t you see that me and bis royal
highness is houidtn’ a conversation?"