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LISZT AS AN IDOL
The Great Musician Was Petted
by English Royalty.
A SOUVENIR OF THE MASTER.
The Singular Memento That Was Sa-
crcdly and Secretly Treasured by a
Cold, Rigid and Rather Disagreeable
Old Englishwoman.
‘‘When I was a very small boy In
deed,” writes Ford M. Hueffer In Har
per’s, ‘‘when I wore green velveteen
clothes, red stockings and long golden
curls, thus displaying to an unsympa
thetic world the fact of my pre-ltu-
pbaelite origin, 1 was taken one day
to a very large hall. In front of us
was a wooden platform draped all
In red. Upon the platform was a
grand piano.
“In front of me the first row of the
Btalls had been taken away, and in
place of them there had been put three
gilded armchairs, before which was
a table covered with a profusion of
flowers that drooped and trailed to the
ground. Suddenly there was applause
—a considerable amount of applause.
A lady and gentleman were coming
from under the dark entry that led to
the artists’ room. They were the
Prince and Princess of Wales. There
iwas no doubt about that even for a
small boy like myself.
“And then there was more applause.
What applause! it volleyed, it rolled
round the hall. All were on their feet.
People climbed on to their chairs,
they waved hands, they waved pro
grams, they waved bats, they shouted,
for in the dark entrance there had ap
peared, white and shining, a head
With brown and sphinxlike features
and white and long hair and the eter-
'fabl wonderful smile.
“They advanced, these three, amid
those tremendous shouts and enthusi
asm—the two royal personages lead-.
Ing the master, one bolding each band.
They approached the gilded armchairs
Immediately in front of me, and the
prince and princess indicated to the
master that be was to sit between
them at the table covered with flowers.
“He made little pantomimes of mod
esty, he drew his hands through their
grasp, he‘ walked quickly away from
the armchairs, and because I was just
behind them he suddenly removed me
from my seat aud left me standing un
der all the eyes, solitary in the aisle of
the center of the hall, while he sat
down. S do not think I was frightened
by the eyes, but I know I was terribly
frightened by that great brown, aqui
line face, with the piercing glance and
the mirthless, distant, inscrutable
smile.
“And immediately just beside me
there began what appeared to be a
gentle und courtly wrestling match. A
gentleman of the royal suit approach
ed the master. He refused to move.
The prince approached the master. He
sat indomitably still. Then the prin
cess came and, taking him by the band,
drew him almost by force out of my
stall, for it was my stall, after all.
“And when be was once upon his
feet, as if to clinch the matter, she sud
denly sat down in it herself,, and with
a sudden touch of good feeling she
took me by the hand—the small soli
tary boy with the golden curls and the
Ted stockings—and sat me upon her
lap. 1. aloe, have no trace of the date
on which 1 sat in a queen’s lap, for it
Was all so very long ago; the king is
dead, the master is long since dead,
the hall Itself is-pulled down and baa
utterly disappeared.
“I had a distant relative—oddly
enough an English one. not a Ger
man-who married an official of the
court of Weimar and became a lady in
‘waiting on the grand duchess. As far
ns I know, there was nothing singu
larly sentimental about this lady.
^ When I knew her she was cold, rigid
and rather disagreeable. She had al
ways about her n peculiar and disa
greeable odor, and when she died a
few years agoelt was discovered that
Bhe wore roundPffier neck a sachet, and
in this sachet was a half smoked cigar
"This was a relic of Franz Liszt. He
had begun to smoke it many years be
fore at a dinner which she had given.
Und, he having put it down unfinished.
She had at once seized upon it and bad
worn it upon her person ever since.
This sounds Inexplicable and incredi
ble, but there it is.”
Settling a Bill.
When Andrew Jackson lived at
Salisbury, N. C., be once attended
Court at Rockford, then the county
Beat of Surry, and left without paying
his bill, which was duly charged up
against him on the hotel register,
K hich seems to have been the hotel
dger at that time, and so stood for
many years. When the news of the
Victory of tho 8th of January, 1815,
was received in this then remote sec
tion, the old landlord turned back the
leaves of the register, took 'bis pen
and wrote under the account against
Andrew Jackson, “Settled in full by
the battle of New Orleans.”
*
She Meant Well.
The late Sir Wilfrid Lawson, the
rigid apostle, of temperance, while on
a week end visit made the acquaint
ance of a sharp young lady of seven,
to whom, on leaving, be said: “Now,
my dear, we have been talking some
time.. l am sure you have no idea who
lam.”
“Oh, yes, X have,” the little missy
replied. \ “You ore the celebrated
drunkard.”—London Graphic.
GOT OUT OF HIS LINE
And Ho Felt That the Punishment
Fitted the Crime.
Years ago Irvin 8. Cobb, the humor
ous writer, was a eorrespimileut for
various out of town papers while
working in Paducah, Ivy. Not a great
deal of genuine! news for out of town
consumption Is manufactured at Pa
ducah. As Mr. Cobb needed the mon
ey there was a period during which
it appeared that Paducah had become
the news center of the middle west.
Not a day passed that some astound
ing story was not printed Under a Pa
ducah date. “We stood for them."
said the former telegraph editor of a
St. Louis puper. “because tt^ey were so
good, even though we knew they were
fakes. But oue day the boss called me
in. ‘Who is this man Cobb at Pndu
enh?’ he asked.
“When I had satisfied bis thirst foi
knowledge he told me to fire Cobb.
‘I know all the stories be has writteu
are fakes.' said he. 'but l can’t stand
for that one he sent us yesterday. I
like some sanity even in a fake story.
It must souud as though It might pos
sibly under certain conditions be partly
true.'
“So." said the ex-telegraph editor.
“I fired Cobb. I thought he would gc*t
nngry over this, but he didn't. He
seemed chastened In spirit, though.
He wrote me a letter in which he
made no protest or complaint about
getting fired. 'It served me right for
getting out of my line.' said he. 'That
was the only story I ever sent you
that was wholly true."’— Cincinnati
Times-Stnr.
Not by yeare. bat by
Dignifying Dad.
The wife of a wealthy business man
of Chicago was the daughter of a po
liceman. As they grew’ rich both she
aud her husband concealed the fact
as much us possible for the sake of
their social prestige. At a luncheon
several society women of high posi
tion had been talking about their fami
lies. "What wu8 your father's busi
ness, Mrs. D.?" was finally asked of
the business mun’s wife. Mrs. D. was
not disturbed. “My father was in the
copper bu8iues8,“ she said, with cool
emphasis.
Won His Appointments.
When Hoke Smith was secretary of
the iuterior he was especially gener
ous to Georgians In the matter jof de
partment clerkships. It was generally
conceded that around the patent, pen
sion and laud offices one could not
throw a stick without hitting a.Geor-
giuu. Senator Voorhees of Indiana
had been trying to place one or two
Hoosler constituents, but had failed.
One day the senator came along whis
tling “Marching Through Georgia”
and keeping step to the tune.
'What are you doing that for?” ask
ed Hoke Smith.
“Just can’t help it,” said Senator
Voorhees. “It is just- like marching
through Georgia to come through your
department.'*
He got the appointments that day.
vStung!
The police of a certain uptown pre
cinct in New York have for a long
time been trying to get the goods on
the keeper. of a certain little restau
rant. Last Sunday the plain clothes
man assigned to the job gave up in de
spair. “I can’t get through the door,”
be said to a couple of friends. “He
knows me. But you take this dollar
and go in and buy drinks and then
come out and tell me, and I’ll make
the pinch.”
“Fine, Bob.” sold the friends. “Fine.
Give us the money.*’
And they went into the restaurant.
They, were there for an unconscionably
^7^
“DID YOU GET THE DRINKS?”
long time. By and by they came out,
smoking good cigars and obviously
pleased with themselves. The detec
tive ran toward them.
“Did you get the drinks, boys?”
“Sure. Bob.” said they.
“Whnt did you get—beer, wine or
whisky? Hurry, so's 1 can make the
pinch.’’
“Well, you see, Bob,” they explained
apologetically, “we’re both on the wa
ter wagpn, and so we took ginger ale
and cigars.”—New York Cor. Cincinnati
Times-Star.
Tho Bad Bankers.
An Irish laborer in thofederal prison
at Atlanta had to undergo a serious
surgical operation when he was serv
ing his term. His nurses were two
prominent bank officials who for the
sake of their sins were wearing away
the days by working as attendants in
the prison hospital.
“How are you today?” the doctor
asked the Irishman when he was con
valescing.
“Olb pretty fair,” he answered, “but
these bapk presidents make mighty
bum nurses. They don’t know tbelr
business. I should have been well, but
they have put several bad checks on
my recovery.”—St. Louis Republic.
WHEN SHAW WAS SHORT.
His Days of Poverty When a Shilling
Looked Big to Him.
In Mrs. T. P. O'ConDor's reminis
cences. “I Myself." where she tells of
her early acquatntaiiees. we get a
glimpse of George Bernard Shaw In
the days when lie was siruggimg for
fame and fortune and when In his des
titution a shilling lonkerl big and ear
fares were seriously considered. In
September. 1888. we find him '(radio
ing nn Invitation to accompany Mrs
O’Connor to West fCensingtou. He
wrote:
“I walked home from my lecture at
Dalstou last night to suve a tram fare
—think of that and blush! Probably I
shall walk home from the New Cut to
night for the same reason. Lust month
I earned £0 12s. The month's rent Is
£5. I have another paper to 'prepare
for Oct. 5, equal in difficulty to the
Bath one and equally paid in the grati
tude of posterity. I have two books
commissioned, payment by royalty aft
er they are published—und you talk of
the Italian exhibition! Ha. hir! Do
you know what the Italian exhibition
costs? Our tickets, third class. Includ
ing admission, half a crown If they
would cost a penny. One program be
tween us. a penny; the Blue GrottOt
threepence (for you—I should wait out
side. as I have seen the imposture ul-
ready); sixpenny seats at the Coliseum.
1 shilling; threepenny seats ut the
Mandolinists, sixpence; shilling seuts
at the Marionettes. 2 shillings; switch-
back railway, one turn, sixpence; re
freshments. say fourpeuce. us we could
be scrupulously economical; loss of
time reckoned at Star rates of pay
ment, half a crown apiece; total, 12s.
2d. So that even if I borrowed 10
shillings from you to start with (which
an army reserve man tells me is the
cheapest plan of managing an affair of
this sort) 1 should still be 2s. 2d. out of
pocket. Two shillings und twopence to
gratify the whim of a giddy young,
woman who proposes (monstrous con
ceit) to take my education in hundl
My education! You a baby, still look
ing with wide open, delighted eyes at
the glitter of west European white
wash. und advising maids, wives and
widows with the artless wisdom of an
Incomparable and unique naivete—edu
cate me! Stupendous project! No. I
learn from everybody, and what I learn
I teach, but I am nobody’s,, pupil,
though I should be glad indeed to meet
my master."
THE ROOSEVELT DAM.
One of the Remarkabls Engineering
Feats of the Age.
The Roosevelt dam, in Arizona, the
most important masonry structure yet
undertaken by the reclamation service,
was formally dedicated on the after
noon of March 18 by former President
Theodore Roosevelt in the presence of
the prominent territorial officers, the
government engineers und citizens
from all parts of the southwest.
This dnm Is one of tile most Impres
sive irrigation structures in the world,
and its construction Is one of tfie
great engineering feats of the uge.
From foundation rock to top of para
pet walls It is 284 feet high, its length
on crest Is 1.080 feet, and Its cubical
contents are 320.000 yards. Its base
covers approximately an acre of
ground. The first stone was laid on
Sept. 20, 1006. und the structure was
finally completed on Feb. 5. 1011.
The Roosevelt dam serves a dual
purpose—first as a conserver of floods
and. second, to develop power. The
storage reservoir created by the dam
is one of the largest artificial bodies
of water In the world. Sprend out a
foot deep, it would more than cover
the entire state of Delaware.
With the water supply now guaran
teed by the Roosevelt reservoir near
ly a quarter of a minion acres will
soon be in cultivation. The jMinual
Income from this land when fully de
veloped will be greater than th# en
tire cost of the whole project, which
Is estimated at approximately $9,000,-
000.' So rich is the soil and so assured
and abundant are the crops, it is con
servative to estimate that the irriga
ble area is capable of supporting in
comfort and In homes of their own
not less than 15,000 families on tho
farms,—American Review of Reviews.
A WOMAN AND A CHECK.
FIRST AERIAL POST.
SEX AND LONGEVITY.
Woman Has the Better of Man In the
Term of Llfo.
It is a well known fact, proved over
and over again in vital statistics, that
the term of life of women is slightly
longer than that of men. Just why
this Is so has never been explained sat
isfactorily, One fact, however, Is clear,
and that is that during early years fe
males possess a greater tenacity of life
than do males.
The difference of the mortality rates
during the first few years of life is
striking. During the first year the
mortality among males is decidedly
greater than among females.
Although more boys are born than
girls, the proportions are reduced to al
most even terms at the end of the first
year by the excessive male mortality.
Even during the first four years the
mortality among males exceeds that
among females, notwithstanding the
fact Jhat there are practically no dis
tinctions made in the management of
the two sexes. Both are subject to the
same conditions, are dressed virtually
tho same and receive the same food.
At the age of about five years the
comparative death rate among girls be
gins to increase. This has been at
tributed to tift fact that boys of this
age ‘are more in the open air. The
mortality in both sexes diminishes
from this time until the twelfth year,
when it attains its lowest point It
then steadily rlRes, being larger in each
successive year. Between the twelfth
and sixteenth years the death rate
among girls increases more rapidly
than among boys, but after the six
teenth year for several 1 years the rate
of Increase is more rapid on the male
side.—St Louis Post-Dispatch.
How Byron Fought Fat.
Poetry and a too pronounced plump
ness do not harmonize' well, and no
one was more widely awake to this
fact' than Lord Byron. Many were the
means be adopted for-ridding himself
of his unwelcome “adipose deposit"
In a letter to hlB solicitor be says:
“I wear seven waistcoats and a great
coat, run and play cricket In this dress
till quite exhausted by excessive per
spiration. use the bath'dally, eat only
a quarter of a pound of butcher's meat
in twenty-four hours. By these means
my ribs display skin of oo great thick
ness and my clothes have been taken
In nearly half a yard.’.’
Tho Whole Thing.
“I suppose," said the absconding
cashier to the friend who bad run
across him in parts unknown, “that
there was a good deal of talk about me
after I disappeared.”
“1 should think there was!” answer
ed the friend. “Why, man, the weath
er wasn't mentioned at all for two
weeks.”
Rloh Man, Poor Man.
You can easily tell n poor man from
a rich one by examining bis mall. The
poor man’s mail consists of requests
for money that he owes, the rich man’s
for money that be doesn’t owe.-Llp-
pincott’s.
. Tho Reason.
Daughter—There ain’t (anybody OOUM
in for dinner today, ma> Landlady
(griraly>-No; this is the day that they
all promised positively to pay.-pUt
It Was Only an Exhibition Experiment,
but It Was a Success.
Among the letters which recently
reached England by the Indian mall
from Bombay were several from Alla
habad bearing a new postmark, which
may become historic. The postmark
represents nn aeroplane flying overt a
range of mountains and bears the in
scription “First Aerial Post, U. P. Ex-
hlbition, Allahabad, 1911.” The ex
planation of this postmark is that
the Indian postal authorities recently
granted permission to Captain Wind
ham to establlstrnn aerial post In con
nection with the United Province ex
hibition at Allahabad for the purpose
of demonstrating the possibilities of
an aerial service for the use of a be
leaguered town.
The arrangements were underthe
personal supervision of the postmaster
general of the United Provinces, and
only letters und postcards were allow
ed in this special delivery. The postal
authorities would not agree to an in
crease in the actual cost of delivery,
but the letters to be forwarded by aero
plane were sent under spedul cover to
Allahabad with an extra fee of 6 an
nas, which was devoted to the funds
for the new buildings of the Oxford
and Cambridge hotel at Allahabad.
The mall was. duly carried by aero
plane from the exhibition grounds to
Allahabad postofflee and was there
distributed, and to mark the event a
■pedal die w«b cast in the postal work
shops at Aligarh.—New York Post.
Rembrandt’s Homo.
Within a short time Amsterdam will
possess u new attraction to lovers of
art. The houseSvhere Rembrandt lived
from 1639 to 1058 and where be passed
the most happy years of his married
life with Sashla van Ullenbut'g, is be
ing restored and arranged as a small
Rembrandt museum. The historical
building, long much neglected, became
the property some time ago of a so
ciety, nnd is now being restored under
the direction of a famous architect
One would have gladly seeu the house
restored as It was when Rembrandt
inhabited it. but that could not be, as
It was quite impossible to obtain again
all the works of art which it once con
tained, and thus it is now arranged as
a small museum, where chiefly etch
ings and drawings, about seventy in
all, by the great painter will be on
view.—London Globe.
Inburanoo Against Rain.
A new Interest Is added to life. Pol
icies are to be issued at Lloyd's for in
suring against loss—loss of pleasure
and loss of profit—from rainy weather
in the holiday seuson. Holidays are a
gamble, and the weather calls to the
holiday maker, “Heads I win, tails
you lose.” The insurance people in
compassion will alter all that, and
while the rain is coming down the in
surance money will be coming In.—
^London Saturday Review.
A Colony of Coughsra.
The Prussian government Is consid
ering the establishment of a “whoop
ing cough colony” for children on the
S ores of the Baltic, where afflicted
ildren refused admission at the ex
isting seaside resorts on account of the
fear of contagion may enjoy the sen
air. Fourteen thousand Infants be
tween the ages of one nnd two die an
nually in Prussia from whooping
cough. — Berlin Dispatch to London
Mall. v
Want of Coal In Cjiila.
The greatest drawback to Chilean
prosperity are a lack of good harbors,
for with few exceptions goods qnd
passengers must be landed in open
roadsteads from boats and lighters.
The other is the want of coal, which
at present does not seem likely to bo
met by a home supply, although dis
coveries are reported both in' Chile
proper and the strait of
if a
Mr«. Black Was Not Absolutely Help,
laes In Money Matterc.
Some few persons still chfLh the
Idea that all women are absolutely
helpless in business matters and tluu
they are so lacking In financial abiliiv
that they cannot safely be trusted to
handle money.
Mr. Black belonged to this class He
had been in the habit of paying ail the
household bills at the end of each
month, and his wife, though allowed
unlimited credit, had never had nn al
lowance. Oue day the Blacks hap.
pened to be passing the comparatively
uew building in which the bauk was
situated.
“Do you know, John,” remarked
Mrs. Black. “I have nctually never
been inside the l^uk since it was built
more than two years ago?”
“You haven’t!” exclaimed John, “if
that’s the case I'guess I’d better give
you a check this month and let you
pay the bills. Do you think you’d
know how to ensb it?”
Mrs. Bluck 0 received the check,
which by the way, happened to be at>
unusug^jHarge one that month.
That evening Mr. Black asked, not
without sarcasm, if she had succeeded
In indorsing it properly.
“Oh. yes!” returned Mrs. Black
^cheerfully,
“How many bills did you pay?”
“None. It seemed a pity to waste all
that money paying bills.”
“Then what in the world did vou do
with it?”
“Oh,” returned the little woman se
renely, “I just deposited it in my name
and opened an account of my own with
it!’
^.Setting Her Right.
On one of the corners of a busy
thoroughfare sat an old man blind and
minus one leg. A sympathetic lady
who was passing stopped and gazed
at him in pity.
Finally she approached him and be
gan asking him questions. She asked
him if he were married, how many
children he had, where he had worked
last, how he had met with the accident
that had incapacitated him for work
and a thousand other questions.
Finally the unfortunate one became
peevish. “Madam,” he exclaimed harsh
ly, “you may think this is an infor
mation bureau. It is not. It is a
collecting agency—Cincinnati Com-
mercial Tribune.
Plain Clothes Men.
In a small South American state
which had recently undergone a change
of administration the new’ potentate
summoned an artist and ordered new
designs for nil the official uniforms.
“I wish showy costumes, very
showy,” he said, “for 4he people are
impressed by them. I have here sorno
sketches that I myself have made.
Look them over and be guided by
these ideas as far as possible.”
The artist examined the sketches
carefully.
“This,” be said, turning the pages,
"Is evidently for the navy and this for
the army, but, if you please, what is
this—a long red plume on a three cor
nered hat, yellow dress coat trimmed
with purple, and’’—
“That,” replied the chief of state
gravely, “Is for the secret police.”
HU Hilarious Outburst.
There is a doleful looking but sub
stantia) Scot living in London whose
business ability is above the average,
but everything he does is done with
the glum und melancholy air of a man
constantly wrestling Avlth some prob
lem of the soul. He rarely speaks un
less spokon to. He never smiles, and
his eyes have a fixed but intense ex
pression. One day be was returning
t& London with several companions.
The whole party were Scotch, but the
glum man’s companions were of geulal
type. One of them told a humorous
tale.’ orer which the rest laughed up-
HE TOOK ONE ASIDE.
roariously. Not so the human prob
lem. He sat in a corner of the rail
way carriage glowering nt^bls mirth
ful friends. Half an hour afterward,
however, when all were standing at
a street corner before separating, be
took one aside and said solemnly and
slowly: “Ye would ohsairve that I
did na’ laugh at yond’ story. Well, I
Baw the joke, Ye might not think it,
but I have a keen sense of humor.”
Grass and Glass.
A Scotsman was employed to mow
the lawn of a close fisted old lady. She
Insisted that he must cut it very short,
adding thut one Inch at ^he bottom
was worth two at the top. He did It
so well that she was moved to produce
a whisky bottle and n glass, which she
tilled about half full.
“Fill it up, mem,” said Sandy, “for
it’s no like the gross. An luch at the
tap’s worth twa at the bottom!”
French Foreign Legion a Uniq ue
Military Body.
CRIMINALS
FILL ITS
RANKS.
it Gathers Recruits F Pom .. i
Outcasts of All Grades
Countries—Iron ^er
Ul Puni#hm,nts,° ”
The French Foreign t •
unique. There i s no 0 ,w g ‘°“
no otb er military
organization like it on earth n
first raised In 1831 f or smL m
then newly conquered ^ ia t! >*
geria. The officers are French offi Al '
o course, but the ranks are ma !^
of outcasts of all social rani“ Up
other countries, it i s um w ot al1
recruits are elm*
from the arm of the civil Uge
corps has done excellent wnii The
the Arab, and
forefront of the fight. a th "
The Foreign Legion exists hnt *
ma .rch. To this one end i s
training is devoted. To fall n ,,. b ° e
the march la ,h e cue
sin in a legionnaire. The svstpm !
marches is brutal. No matter wh!
the distance, it has to be completed !
one stage. Forty miles, fifty? sSv
no matter-it is done straight off 1
reel, with, of course, brief halts for
rest. But there is no general halt
untii the whole distance Is completed
If a legionnaire faints on the march
he is tied to a baggage cart which
rolls on. He then either has to march
or he is dragged along. “Seeing this
done for the first time, I thought It
brutal, but later I learned to under
stand the reason for it,” said one who
had served in its ranks.
The legionnaire who straggles in the
desert is lost. Hundreds of men have
died a dreadful death in this way. The
Arab women pounce upon them, lying
helpless in the sand, nnd, with shrieks
of fiendish delight, proceed to torture
and mutilate them before killing them
outright.
A legionnaire’s pay is only a half
penny a day. True, wioe In Algeria
costs only a penny a quart, and tobac
co threepence to fourpence a pound.
But—a halfpenny a day!
His rations, too, are of the scantiest
Two meals a day only are served—
breakfast at 10 o’clock in the morning
and supper at 4 in the afternoon,
Each meal is exactly alike, consisting
of a thick soup made up of meat and
vegetables, with bread, and every oth
er day u small quantity of wine.
The discipline is ruthless in Its sever
ity; the punishments are cruel In the
extreme. For grave offenses, like de
sertion, insubordination or striking i
superior officer, death is frequently la
dieted, or, failing that, the offender Is
sent to serve in the penal battalion on
the edge of the Sahara desert. This
nearly always means a slow and pain
ful death in place of a quick and com
paratively painless one.
Minor offenses are punished with
from twenty to a hundred days it
prison or with “cellule,” which is soli
tary confinement in the dark plus star
vatiou. I have seen strong, robusl
men so reduced after doing thirty day*
cellule that they have hardly been abU
to Btand, yet they had to resume theii
ordinary duties nevertheless.
Not long since two other dreadfu
forms of punishment were In vogue-
the “silo” and the “crapaudioe.” Thi
silo was just n deep hole in the groum
shaped like a funnel, Into which tbi
victim was cast He was given ni
blanket or other protection from tbi
W6&th6r«
The sun beat upon him by day: thi
cold night mists penetrated to themai
row of his bones. Ho could not U
down, for the bottom of the silo slope
to a point He just crouched ahu
died heap, until not infrequently deat
mercifully relieved him from bis sui
<e ffhecrnpaudine consisted In trussln
a man as a fowl is trussed, his hand
and feet being tied together on hi
.back in such a manner that they for
ed a sort of semicircle.
This resulted in such
cramps that the pain sometimes dr
men mad. Both the silo nnd
paudine, however, have now
abolished. But in tho fie d nnd on th
march an offender is still p (
being “spreadeagled" d
four stakes driven m€
To escape from these tortures F
mutilate themselves, usually by.x.
ting off one or more fingers,^
will purposely make them ^ drlD
One favorite trick is to' pr i
from the sewers under the Arab P
on. This loathsome draft aim _ {
variably brings on an attac
phold of a peculiarly
/ Others, more enterprising, >7 m
'«ert. but they«
ly they meet with dreaa ^
the hands of the wildIj t
desert. The only class of recra #
are treated with s Pfj) , been of
those who have P reV * y These m
cers In some other enlistmei
usually made corpora *» ^
and afterward con dltloi
under the most favorable # dog .
life in the legion is the life
non into it. SM Ot
Sunday inorn ric. " "" ciwj ,
the congregation shouticl
“Moat, man! J ,v ® JJLJ prompt
“Well." ™I1 »• .ffiU'
“hold on. then, till B
•New York Tribune.
i Nothing can be truly grea.
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