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HERE’S YOUR GHANGE.
:1.
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this before purchasing.
Water, gas and s
04,)
uuu
Will be sold at a Bargain.
w. 1-4. avmcrou,
and Insurance
I. Gazette B’I’d.
fine building lot on Wilton ave-
If you intend to build, look at
ewer on the avenue.
i; 1v its (motion 33'
1.9,. I. 01114-1 \01111 3392., amp-2
titanic haunting.
BiiADblL‘1'.(dauehteI
oi thel ate Wn1.l’..1‘\§ash)nives em;- I.
at. 1 i sattsfacton instructions on the P111101
l
Ask Your Druggist
AT HOME.
have your
them right here
for a party or
two hours’ notice.
home just as cheap.
If you want a canopy
wed-
ding, I will supply it at
Don’t go out of town to
Awnings
made when you can get
at
- A letter or postal card
will receive prompt at.
tention.
P. E. CALLAHAN,
Awning Maker,
53 Cross St., Norwalk.
.wunnnyk
‘1‘SHERMAN’S BAD MEMORY OF FACES.
An Amusing Incident Due to His Forget-
fulness.
Secretary Sherman is making him-
self talked about a good deal by his
inability to recognize his former col-
leagues when they call to see him.
The dignity of two distinguished mem-
bers of the United States Senate sus-
tained a severe shock during the last
few days, when1 they called upon Sele-
retary Sherman, and were obliged to
introduce themselves to him.
Babcock, who has served as Mr. Sher-
'man’s secretary for neary twenty-five
years, usually whispers the names of.
the callers in the ear of his chief when
he gets an opportunity to do so, but
when Mr. Sherman has no prompter he
makes a mess of it He never does
know the members of the diplomatic
corps apart, and when they are intro-
duced to him he cannot pronounce
their names. It is quite painful on
diplomatic day to see him struggle
with the tongue-tangling titles of the
Ambassadors and Ministers from
abroad.
It is even whispered that the vener-
able Senator did not recognize one of
his colleagues in the Cabinet when
they met at the residence of a friend
the other day, but this is an old failing
of his.
Some evidence of Sherman’s preoc-
cupation had recent exhibition when
N ewlands, of Nevada, called to make a
play for a. consulship for which it
seems a constituent was suffering. It
was the day Voorhees died. New-
lands and Sherman shook hands.
“That was sad news,” quoth Sher-
man. with a'iook full of the sympa-
thetic, yet far away. “That was very
sad about Newlands dying.”
“What!” said Newlands, a bit dis-
cencerted to be thus suddenly thrust
into Summerland.
“Newlands, Newlands," repeated
Sherman in tones of vague ofl‘lcial
grief; “the news of Newlands’ death.
He was a worthy Senator.”
“You mean Senator Yoorhees,”
rected Newlands.
“No,1’ew1ands” repeated Sherman,
still vague, yet still tenacious. New-
lands came away. He did not press
for a consulship. Newlands said that
to be thus cut down like a flower was
too much for him. Nor did he think
the Administration would heed a cry
from the tombs in disposing of consul-
ski ‘1‘ So Newlands filed sadly forth
and was dumb, opening not his mouth
fu ther.
BARLEY-RAISING A SIN IN MAINE.
001'-
The Farmers will not Grow It thell for
the Manufacture of hIall'.
The brewing of malt and distillation
of alcohol are and long have been re-
gardcd as very wicked by many people
in Maine. But down in the big Aroos-
took country the‘ farmers. 01' a portion
of them, are actually up in arms
against a proposition to increase their
prosperity by the cultivation of barley
as a crop. Frank Jones of Portsmouth,
N. H., who uses a vast amount of bar—
ley in his breweries and who is also
3'013 lam cly interested in Maine, con—
ceived the idea that it would be a good
plan to have enough barley for his use‘
produced on the fertile plains of Arms-
toe-k instead of sending to Canada for
most of what he uses, as he does now.
The Secretary of the State Board of
Agriculture and the State land agent
th01 ght the idea a most admirable one.
An arrangement was made whereby
Mr. Joncs. at his own cxl'tcnsc, sent,
several carloads of barley into the
Aroostook region. and Land Agent Oak
undertook to supervise its distribution
among the farmers.
0111.1 would have suppostd that thc
tillers of the soil would have Lot'll
guaci'ul for such aid and «'tpportunity
as \i't-L't' thus gratuitottshv tdl’crcd to
tin-111.. But the-3' were not. l-‘ar from
it Instead of 111ccting with _
and t_-t,11111nc11d:1.1ion. the
an 1|
State's 11,2:an
has Iltlll to 1.11.131} What is LILScL‘iIch 21:5
"11 sloli-li of opposition." The Arous-
took 1; .111:;111> :ll't' up in arms against:
baile3 and barley-raising. The mom-
l1e1's of the iloulton Grange have for-
J.
I,1.11'le3'—1'ai.~.'111g 101'
bccr-iuaking purpt'vscs. and as no fat?
lllL'l' can be absolutely certain that, if
he raises barley and sells it. it will not
be used for the manufacture of malt,
it is obvious That they have practically
plcdgcd themselves not to misc 11113
barley. except for their own use. It is
asserted that the grangcrs in every
town in the county have joined the
county temperance league in a "cru-
sade" against what was intended to be
a beneficcut project. The clcrgymen
have joined in the hue and cr3 against
the grain. —I-l.-11"tfo1.d TillleS.1
molly condemned
AN APPLICATION FOR A POSTOFFICE.‘
A Happ3 Idea for Husband and \Vife not
to be of the Santa Politics.
About four years ago a I’ epublican
in a Western town, who kept a general
store, helped his wife, who is a. strong
Democrat, to get the appointment as"
postmaster. The office was in his
store, of course. and naturally stim-
ulated trade. But. as a Republican
is now likely to be appointed in her
place, the husband thinks he might
as well be that Republican. and so has
written a letter to his Congressman.
in which he says: “I suppose there will
be several applicants for the post
oflice here. I think that a change
should be made here at once. I have
nothing to say against the character
of the present incumbent and no
charges to make against her. But,
George, as you well know, she is one
of the most bitter Democrats in this
county. She talked and worked for
Bryan so openly and persistently that
I think it would be well to have her
fired at once. and I 3'.tnt the place. I
don’t send you a petition in my behalf
because the folks here don’t seem to
think it would be proper, und-re all the
circumstances. I iely on 0111' old
friendship to secure your hearty in-
dorsenzent.—.\’ew York Tribune.
Mr. ..
NATURE’S QUEER FREAK.
Growth Stunted by Disease-Man of Thirty-
Seven with the Body of a. Child.
There has been brought to the coun-
try farm of Dickinson county, Kan,
a human being that is in many ways
a freak without parallel. It is a man
who has the body of a child, yet the in-
telligence of maturity. Newton Reed
was born about thirty-seven years ago
in the East, but came here with his
parents. When between 5 and 6
years old he had inflammatory rheu-
matism, and his body stopped growing.
In all the years since he has had the
best of health and has been cognizant
of all about him. His body is the
same as when the disease afflicted him,
about the size of a 6-year-old child. It
is smooth, weak, and the tiny limbs
are practically useless, though he
does use his arms for some things.
But the curious fact is that his head
has grown normally. It is as large as
that of the average man, a thick beard
grows on it, requiring frequent shav-
ing to keep it down to the dark mus-
tache that adorns his face. The fea-
tures are regular and his mind is
bright and quick. He can read and
write and talks of the current events
of the day intelligently. He takes the
county paper and reads it regularly.
But all through the years he has lain
in a crib or little bed and is unable to
raise himself. The physicians think
he will never improve, but that he will
live to old age. He is cheerful and
pleasant, never repining at his fate.
For many years the county has sup-
ported him, allowing him to live with
relatives- The removal of his rela-
tives from the county made it neces-
sary to care for him at the poor farm.
—St. Louis Globe Democrat.
QUEER FOOD IN CRETE.
Delicacies.
The octopus and cuttlefish are Cre-
tan delicacies, according to the story
of a traveler in that country. Brown
mussels and a small pink fish served
in olive oil and lemon juice constitute
the principal sea food. The cuttlc ish
is cooked in the most abominable but-
ter to‘bc found anywhere on the globe.
When it is to be eaten the one bone
of oval shape is removed and the crea-
, ture collapses, and its sepia-colored
liquid mingles with the butter, form-
ing an indescribabl3 nasty compound.
The octopus is cvc n more repulsive. It
is cooked in the same way a; the cut-
tlciish. lts flesh is a smooth. whitey
brown material, closer than a lobstcr’s.
It has all the elasticity, toughness and
capacity of resistance of a piece of
India rubber and is quite as tasteless.
Sea urchins about as large as one's
list, the shell covered with spines, are
also a. favorite comcstiblc. The flesh
is hardly more delicate than that of the
octopus.
His Picture for the “\Vidder."
He evidently was from tin1 rural dis-
tricrs. and therefore his uneasiness up-
on what presumably was his first visit
to a photographer could easily be over-
looked. At last, when he was sum-
moned to the cpct'ating-t-tg1o111 and
caught a whiff of the chemicals from
the "dark-room,” he hesitated on the
threshold, half-suspiciously. "Come
in; come right in," said thc camera
man rcassm'ingly. “Do you want a
vignette?" ‘.'I\'»no. I guess not.” re-
l'uti '1 udc ‘
’_-—~ ...__‘
plied the Old man. "I guess I can
stand it without taking anything.”
"\l'ould you like 1. photo; '11 11111 of your
lit-ad only? 01' would you prof-11' onc—
halt’ 111113.111: 01' full length?" inquit'od
the 1=l1otoj_"1';13_3hcr. "Well. now 1'11 {.11
,3'ou how it is. ristcr." 111nm Ind 1'11:-
'old grangcr, co "111131 “Thi< pictcr
ii' for a widdcr 27;. -Tcigruskzt who's icon
writin' to the co; ably about got-
tin' spliced. I 1 .11 she‘d l‘ii'tllcl'
1 have :1 pictcr of 1' ‘= system if it
Itloiz'l 1'111‘11t' 1111" 1. '1'1_;‘.:t1 ‘10 you," It
f tlidit't.—-L'h:1:_.'o"1-iii;l':1ld.
! ___ __‘,_____
I The-Origin 2'1"?- . ‘ 3‘ ('lztt.
' ’.lhe 1111311111011 o'f -.'tr:l'.ii1g is
1 said to be quit—3:13“ in -.lIi(JI.
‘ lltisstlcilllr'tfll'. l-1'.paptt The
l'hillipizm is a ' the state-
..nilc lIll'U\\'ll.lf__"
" . hc 33'ondcrcd
'ght'. and de-
-.l1.1 not make
. thing. After
found himself
pitching for a
. to throw two
and from that
the ball in the
31.1 gave lessons
. 7., {:11}. to Avery of
:ul. that in 1874. 331th
ale succeeded for
history of two
‘ a game of base-
ment that yes.
clam she '11s; on 1....2-
at the cunt-1;
tcrmiucd to
a base?"
a 31111.1;
1.!1'22('.‘11'€‘ _
c i'
Cou'dta’t; Locate the Yelling.
"Do my vocal. teasers disturb you?”
asked the. young 3310112221 with musical
ambition.
“II that know of,” replied the
31111.21: man.
"\‘v'hy. I singutld think you‘d know
._.
if they did.”
l“‘-Io. Since the dentist took the front
on the first floor, I can‘t tell
3111' you’re practising music or
he‘s practising on his patients.”
......
One peculiar trait of persons who are
blind is that there are scarcely any
SillO‘u'” among them. Soldiers and
4.1312315. who lose their sight while in ac-
tetimes continue to smoke tor
1.: time after that great calamit3
overtakes them; but, as a rule. they
soon give up the habit altogether.
The Rejected Cornelius, After the
Refusal—You will be a sister to 1111:! A
ten-dollar sleighride this afternoon. a
box at the opera to-night, supper at
Del‘s, and a cab home. A sistei to
me? Great Scott! What sort of a fool
human being do you take a mother to
he!
The Octopus and Cuttlefish Considered as '
WORK OF THE G. A. R.
_....—
After the Veterans Have Passed Away
“’hu will Perform Their Labor's?
The question as to who should carry
on the noble and patriotic ceremony of
Memorial Day when the surviving vet-
erans of the Civil War shall become too
feeble or too few to assume such du-
ties and responsibilities has often been
raised, and the usual answer in this
section has been that the Sons of Vet—
erans organization would continue and
carry ,it on. The ceremonies have been
conducted in a way to have become
ost valuable in their patriotic lessons,
not equalled in this respect by any
other observance. In one way and
another they have developed until they
have become most impressive The
Fourth of July oration has as a rule
become a thing of the past, but nearly
every town has its Memorial Day ad-
dress and for the purpose the best pub-
lic speakers obtainable are engaged.
The exercises in the public schools
have become systematic and the ar-
rangement of music and responses is
most entertaining and instructive. The
Chicago Times—Herald takes up the
question and suggests that when the
time shall come that the G. A. R.
ve.e.ans can. not well carry on the
work, that they have instituted and
conducted so well for quarter of a cen-
tury, that its direction he turned over
to the National Guard and that the pn-
pils of the public schools should be
called upon to aid them to the largest
extent possible. These are bodies that
will surely be continued for all time,
for the nation will have fallen when
the public schools and the National
Guard in some form shall have disap-
peared.
THE GERMAN GENERAL.
Bigcl’s Promotion Due to His Successful
Retreats.
“You fights mit, Sigel?
D. 11 you drinks wit. me.”
Up in Mott Haven, just out of New
York, lives a little, old man, who did
more than any other person to keep
Missouri in the Union during the Civil l
War. He isn’t imposing looking—no
one would take him for a commander
of corps. He is small, wrinkled and
gray, for Franz Sigel is nearing his
seventy- second birthday. It’s queer to
reflect that he was against the gove1 n-
ment in Germany and for it in the
United States. On the other side he
I was a Radical, but a Radical Republi-
can, not a Socialist.
The most notable phase in Franz
Sigel’s military career has been his
masterly retreats. This doesn’t de-
tract from his fame as a fighter—the
battle of Pea Ridge proves that.
Sigcl could conduct a retreat in the
face of overwhelming odds so neatly
us to enrage the enemy afterward
when it was seen what he had done,
and to win for himself stars of glory
and promotion. Had he fought first
Bull Run, the name of that battle prob-
ably would not have gone into history
as the synonym of an utterly routed
army.
he left Germany for America. He saved
his army of the Neckar by a back-
ward guide right march.
In our Civil War Sigel retreated at
Carthage Jul3'5 18131 at or before Pea
Ridge on Match 5 1:02, and at Nev- ’
EC-i.
market, May 15. I11 all casts
Sigel was outnunmcted. 3et monocu-
3'1'ed so as to save his command.
..____—__—.____~— .
BIRDS" CURIOUS
PRISON.
Supposed to Have EH11 l‘jll‘i‘iUI-JTI it: the
Branch ()1 :1 Treat .ibmti Two Years.
11,11'chopyittg down '.1-:11: lilt' 1:11:111'
(lay 11 Sherman county 1:11'1212711' unlivcd
adimb 3‘3'ith a cavity Hiivit‘ two 1111:. in
length and three or 112.411 int-bis 111 «FI-
non-3111'. in which wt-rt- 23x11 1:21:11. full-
gt'own birds. ’l'hct't' .3'..- :1 5111:1'11 opt-11-
injg. tl1rough which thc buds roccihx‘
food from their titans. 'l‘lw inal- was
Clli' and thc birds libct':'-.t=11_l.' .‘(1111'11u2'
11111112: tit-3'1”:
ill.
11::' bird
113111 to 111‘
the ‘11"
11111
312131:
selves
IIiU (
2:113'11
was able to fly.
of its IIIZICU oi' iutpt'is-vnme
It IS 11l‘qulI11c 111111
was small. and. though
her nest in thc holimv
roar her young. could
thcm. as they did not
enough to hclp 111111.;
hollow so closed as 11'; 1-1:
pessilde. Those 33111.1
the birds think 111.,"
years old.
They have been fed 1'.
by their bird follows through 1'
ture in the limb of the [rhea—CU
York Press. ,.
12.“ Iii
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sti‘ch-xth
until the
mapc im-
21.3;111111'.1.ed
tx‘ilit:
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out 111. 11' biith
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“'hy is the Sky Blue?
Did it ever strike you to inquire why
the1 cloudless depths of the slay above
us are so delicately blue? It isn't that
the gas we call air is in itself blue;
As far as we know, it is quite trans-
parent aud absolutely colorless. .‘3'0;
the blue comes from reflected light.
Air is never pure. 1011 could: ' [live in
it. if it was. Countless millions of 1.1113
particles. chiefly of water. are always
suspended in it. and these arrest the
free passage of light. Each particle
has a double reflection—one internal,
the other external—and so the reflected
rays suffer the usual result of what is
called “interference," and show color.
You will notice that the sky appears
mttclt bluer if you lool: srr'1. "1.1; up
than if 3011 look across tow a. 1:; the ho:
rizon. The reason is that. in the first
instance. you are naturally looking
through a much thinner layer of air
than in the second.
If there were no air. and consequent-
ly no watery vapor and nothing to in-
terfere 33h ‘111 the free passage of light,
even at midday the sl.3 ..bo'.'e 33 c...u
look perfectly black. and all the stars
plainer titan at present they do at
midnight.
“Cur cook is crazy about bicycling."
"Does she ride much?”
“Ride! She gets on her wheel to
hang out the w:1'shin~."~-Deiroit I 1e1-
Press 1 .
N OR W A 1. n (in “z 1': '1'1' 11
CHINESE DRINKS.
Queer Beverages Used in the Celestial
Kingdom.
There are no d’runkards in China,
neither is there an excise law. And
yet it is as easy to get intoxicated in
China as elsewhere, and perhaps eas-
ier, for drinks are cheaper. Wine of
all kinds has been known and drunk
in the Celestial kingdom since the
days of the Chau dynasty, some 2.000
years B. 0. Everybody drank the fer-
mented grape juice in those days, and
a gold cure establishment would have
coined money had it existed.
Things went from bad to worse, un-
til one of the emperors of the Chau
dynasty went upon a protracted spree.
When he began to “see things" he
stopped short and reformed, and de-
manded reformation'on the part of all
his subjects.
destruction of all wine cellars, distil-
le-ries and saloons. Since then wine
made of the grape has been unfash-
ionable in China, and scarcely any is
made there or used.
Sherry, port and whiskey have be-
come rather popular in China during
the last half century, but they are con-
sidered as food, and only taken at and
with meals. Among the native bever-
ages is shoa-shing, a palish brown
mixture. the taste of which suggests
ripe hickory nuts. It is served at all
state banquets and also at private din-
ners. When cold it is cloudy; when
warm it grows clear, emitting a pecu-
liarly pleasant odor.
What shoa-shing is to the upper
classes. sam-shui is to the masses. It
is made from rice and is its triple (lis-
tillate. Old sam-shui is very expensive
and tastes like old sherry.
Kort-ling is made from Mongolian
millet, and bears a family resemblance
to rye whiskey. It is drunk only in
Northern China-but has a large use in
the making of liqueurs. Of t'hese'latte-r,
1111g--{.tpch. or wo-shia-pi is the best
known. It is thick. oily and yellow,
and is a cross between yellow Char-
treuse and Benedictine. Its taste is
sweetish and aromatic, and it has a
great ' reputation as an appetizer.
Other liqueurs made from koa—ling are
moo-qua. made of kao-ling and melon;
111eu-k3vai-loo. ying-toa, and hundreds
of other drinks. .
Then there is fun-chin, 01' raw alco-
hol, used for medicinal purposes. I ei-
mcnted fruit juices and flower wine,
made by steeping petals or leaves. are
But.
Sigel began to retreat before :13
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nickel-plated—no tin; outside oilofiller; cotton
packed oil fount; double convex ground‘photo-
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weighs but 12 ounces.
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improvements now added. Absolutely the
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Sold by all leading dealers.
THE PLACE & TERRY MFG. CO»
247 Centre Street, New York.
See our new, cheaper lamp—the“ Searcher."
Extra
also common beverages. Geranium
\Villt; is a horrible concoction. while
bayieaf wine is the equivalent of the
1 bay rum used by our bal'bcrs. All
'told. there are some 2.000 distinct
drinks Ii. China. 3'11: drunkards are al-
most 11111111033111.—2\'c33' York Journal.
0—-
PENNY MACHINES.
Earnings of Each Average About Three
Dollars a Month.
According to the Chicago
there are in that town more than
UllP-f't‘lll 331111111111: machines, 300
which (11:1 owned by ouc- Iit'm. and the
average carnings of each mar-1111111 are
a lllO'nlIl. Eighteen thot sand dollars
all in ]It'llliit,~.<. are paid by the
' 31111132111 for the sutisi‘acliotl of I~:1b;33‘i21g‘
i \‘~'Il1'~ilit'1‘ they have 2:1 11111 oil" or
caiuod. and how much suit-c they were
1 33't'i:__"hcd lust.
011cc :1 month the colh
('.‘lt'Il nutrition and it its last
(-111.11: and last slug—for the 3a'viuhiug
whim- still has an appetite for a par-
ticular M11111 din 211:2.r part of ill!)
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Statesman.
The Oldest Love Letter.
The oldest love lettcr in the world is
in the British 111151111111. 11: is :1 propo-
III.‘- is.
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fl:‘.,1.':',3'1,3tian priuccss. and 11' ms made
350!) years ago. It is in the form of an
1 inscribed brick.
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AN ARAB COOK.
kn Experience of: New York Man which
Proved Satisfactory.
“When I was in Syria,” said a New
York physician who lived in that coun-
try for several years, “I had an Arab
boy for a groom and he became very
much attached to me. I could talk to
him in his own language, and he knew
that I was aware when he was lying.
Arabs of that class are not truthful,
you know. It was nearly a year ago
that I returned to New York leaving
my Arab behind. Imagine my surprise
when he turned up here just a month
later and looked me up. He had no
money and he could speak no English,
and at first I didn’t know what to do
with him. I didn’t want a groom, but
I did need a cook. Every Arab is
something of a cook and I decided that
I would try this boy as a cook. He
learned readily. and for the past six
or seven months he has been doing all
My
wife and I are the ’only ones in our
household who can talk Arabic with
him, and he is very grateful. He has
become a very superior cook, and I
think that there is very little danger of
his leaving us. This is a solution of
the domestic problem that never had
occurred to me until this boy followed
me to New York, and then I wondered
why I hadn’t thought of it before leav-
ing Syria. I might have brought over
half a dozen Arab cooks for my
f1'i11nds.”——New York Sun.
AN AMERICAN MANNERISM.
Of \Thich Kaplon, a Russian Traveler
Does Not Approve.
“This is a curious custom you Amer-
icans have of referring to your wives
by their husband’s names,” observed
Glanvock Kaplon. an intelligent Rus-
sian traveller. “I suppose the Ameri-
can holds his wife in as high esteem
as the Russian holds his, but if at
home I should speak of my better half
as Mrs. Kaplon my friends. would at
once conclude that my domestic rela-
tions were not as pleasant as they
should be. and that I was thinking of
a. legal separation. When I first heard
2‘. :1 .1111111'ican speak of his wife as Mrs.
Joncs. for example, I felt almost like
presuming on my acquaintance by in-
tit'.«_li1.1g into his private affairs and
asking him what the trouble was at
home. Yet I soon learned that the
custom was universal over here, but
sti‘l I cannot get used to it. ‘Ily wife’
is 1‘ to plain blunt 33 ay I speak in Bus-
sia of the lady 33 ho, I suppose. I
w: tzld have to call Mrs. Kaplou in po-
lit» satiety in America. In some of the
fashionable circles of St. Peters-
burg this American social custom has
bet-n adopt-11d. though I was told by a
p;'oi.'_i:1=:ut Government official not long
:151'1 t‘1:1t the Czar 111..:21:=p1'ovcd of it.”—
:.‘: Louis lit-public.
Vl)§n'edevils.
111. ring tlzc Peninsular war two Eng-
ii~h soithet's were standing togethei
'1 tlzc‘n attention was suddenly an
1.1.‘I'.
1"."i1nti by a bomb-shell thrown near
them from the enemy's camp. This
was a moment to show “cool courage.”
(‘1:11.t11t1111t‘ot'c knotked the ash 0.;
.131 this pi‘lL‘, 1cfllled it. and exclaimed
'Jaik. l but thee '1 tation that I light
my 1111:..1 at that fuse.” pointing at the
same time to the Sllcll. the fuse of
which was evidently far spent.
"111111.11." cried the Other: “I bet
illt'c."
The challengcr. accordingly. walked
up to the, shell. lighted his pipe. and
then tit-lib'rately stooped his tot upon
11:11 [use to cxrinsttish it. ills com.
mdc. who was close at his elbow.
burst i11to an amazing fit of passion.
blaming- him by all the saints iu the
Pilit'lltlill—llflt for winning the wager
but for putting out the fuse b:1t‘ot'c 111;
1121.11. lighted his own pipt1.——l_.1..1n1.‘-.01-'
'i‘L'it'g‘uIl]. '
Not an Angel.
' You think your son would make u:
Vo-zory errand boy. do you?” in-
2,1; i'-'1I 11111111111't-hau‘1’.
\\ 1:;1. ' '11 1' he dot-s.
quit'ii.‘ ll'li‘iil'll Mrs.
"damn-s." 1't'11'1licd the merchant,
1211111111." to 11111 boy. "take this note up
313 1111‘ at the football ground,
and III1 back in twenty minutes."
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sor. he does very
I'tloriat'ty.
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N13111: moiud. Jimmy! Come on
hmmn 11x1 nut :1 bye they're wanting;
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