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AMONG OTHER ACQOMPLISHMENTS
HE CAN READ AND WRITE.
Hm Key Horse Is from Kentucky, and as
a Silver Democrat Didn’t Vote for Me-
Kinley—Takes His Today; Bundles
Money and Makes Change.
“One of a party'of men in Dr.
Field’s stable in East Tivcnty-fifth
ttrcet yesterday afternoon," says the
New York Herald, “asked a horse
what his name was. The answer
came promptly, “Jim Key.” The ani-
mal being a native of Tennessee, and
visiting in this city, the subject of
politics arose. Jim Key said he was
a silver democrat and hgd not voted
for McKinley.”
Of course, the horse did not speak.
That would be too great a feat even
for Jim Key, to whom, however, al-
most all things else seem possible, but
he made known his name by spelling
it, and discussed President McKinley
by first picking out his name from
many others and then discussing him
by negative and affirmative shakes of
the head.
some or Jnu’s TRICKS. ‘
Jim did all this behind a. wire screen
and under festoons of five thousand
rabbits’ feet. Not that Jim takes
much stock in the potency of these
decorations, but his master, Dr. VVil-
,iiam Key, believes that without them
all the fates would ,be against him.
The “doctor” pins particular faith in
'the trainer does not touch him with
was K LAY - Nonw
the patent medicine line: That is"
why they call him doctor.
It is interesting to know that Dr.
William is reported to be worth $42,-
000. Dr. William, alive to the value'
of assembling auditors to whom he,
could expatiate on the marvellous vir-
tues of his medicines, got an Arabian.
mare, trained her to do wonderful ,
tricks and exhibited her in market
places throughout Tennessee. It was
a successful project and to it the doc-'=
tor owes his wealth. When the mar-e‘.
lied eight years ago she left an only:
son, Jim Key, whose father was a.’
Hambletonian. Dr. William took Jim
in hand at the age of two months to
train him in the footsteps of. his moth-
er. He says Jim is smarter than his
mot-her ,ever dared to be.
The Doctor is so attached to the ani~
mal that he hardly ever leaves him,
and sleeps at night in the stable close
to the animal’s side.
Dr. William, with a short whip in
his hand, stepped into the centre of
the exhibition place, which was about
twenty feet square, and called to Jim.’
The horse, without halter or any
piece of harness, came from the rear
and took his place beside his master.
So perfectly is the. animal trained that
hand or whip. First of all Dr. Wil-
liam told Jim to begin the day by ring-
ing the rising bell. The horse went to
a. corner, opened a box with his nose,
look out a bell, rang it and replaced it
in the box. Told to announce break-
fast, he took a smaller bell from the
box, rang and returned it.
Dr. William next carried cn a con-
- versation with Jim, the latter answer-
ing yes or no by shakes. Then a
dozen coins, from a penny to a quar-
' tcr, were placed on a shelf by the.
', spectators.
A cash box with a bell
register was strapped to Jim, who was
told to get a dime and register it.
-'l‘he horse picked out the coin from
: the others and carried it in his mouth
’ ter, rang the bell twice.
to hismaster, then bending down and
seizing the strap attached to the regis-
For a nickel
'_ Le rang once, for a quarter, five times,
"for a penny not at all.
He did not
. once make a mistake in selecting the
. coins named to him or in registering
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them properly.
He took coins from the ledge, car—
‘ ried them across the exhibition space
"the rabbits’ feet he keeps in a rusted ,
iron pot, unearthed in a remote spot
sin the South with $2,500 in gold in it,
.and which has been blessed by
Schlatter, the Divine Healer.
This faith tells for itself that Dr.
'Wi liam is colored. He is venerable
~new. He was the property before the
'war of John F. Key, at present of
Washington, and when freedom came
to him, having been a voodoo cele—
brated among the negroes around
:Shelbyville, he established himself in
to a cash box, opened the drawer,
registered the sum he was told to
leave there, picked out the correct
change with his lips and returned
with it to his master. 1
A telephone against the wall rang.
Jim walked over to 21‘. took down the
receiver, apparently listened at: some-
, body at the other end, hung up the
,to be most difficult for a horse.
receiver and rang off. He played an
organ by turning a cra‘nk, making his
head move in a circle, a motion said
He
went to a letter box against the wall
with thirty pigeon holes in it, got the
papers from any box mentioned by
number. carrying them to his master.
He walked over to a pail of water and
picked a silver dollar from the bottom
without drinking any of the water.
Jim was asked at this point if he
would like a' drink out of Griffin’s bot-
tle. Griffin is Dr. William’s assistant.
lim nodded his head “Yes,” and going
to the rear of the ring, nosed around
in his straw until he found a black
oottle. This he-carried to his master
who held it while Jim drew the cork.
Then the horse took a drink with ap-
parent enjoyment.
“There’s a man here who wants to
buy you," said Dr. William. “Do you
want to leave me?”
“No,” answered Jim. His maSter
assured him the only way he could
keep from being sold was to pretend
that he was unsound, whereupon Jim
limped painfully around the ring.
"The man’s gone,” said Dr. William.
Jim pranced gayly, and, asked if he
was all right, now, nodded his head
in assent.
He went to a blackboard and wrote
tfter this and performed other tricks,
1is stock seeming limitless. Jim can
perform one thousand feats, according
to Dr. William, who taught him all of
them, using only patience and kind:
aess in the task.
.An Historical Headquarters.
One of the historical structures at
Regonville is about to be torn down,
and with it goes an interesting land-
mark of the war of 1870-71. This is
the famous building in which Emperor
William I. slept after the battle of
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Oravelate. Near it is the structure
occupied by Napoleon on the night of
August 15. All the furnishings of the
former building are being kept as his-
torical relics, even to the bed in which
the aged Emperor slept.
A criminal from the rural districts,
who had heard all about the appeals
to the Supreme Court, and who had
been convicted of a penitentiary of-
fence. was asked by the judge if he
had anything to say.
“I jest wants ter ax one question,
Jedge.”
““'ell. sir?”
He stooped down—picked up his
slouch hat from the floor, as though
ready to depart, and said:
“Whar ’bouts is this here Supreme _
Court at?"—Atlantn Constitution.
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SLOT MACi'HlNE 2.000 YEARS OLD.
he Cnntrivance That Dispensers Drinks
To-day but a. Modification of It.
If any one were inclined to throw a
doubt upon the oft-quoted dictum of
King Solomon, to'the effect that “there
is nothing new under the sun,” he
would probably feel bound ‘to make an
exception in the case of the penny-in-
Lhe—slot machine.
There is very good evidence, how-
ever that a coin actuated machine was
invented, it not. actually in use, more
:han 2,000 years ago. Here is a cor-
rect picture of the machine itself,
which is copied from that which ap-
pears in the book on “Pneumatics,”
which was written by Hero of Alexan-
dria 150 B. C. '
Now this writer, according to his
own showing, :treats of many inven-
tions and discoveries which had been
handed down by others, so that it is
quite possible that this particular pen-
ny-‘in—the-slot machine may be consid-
erably more than 2,000 years old. But
even if we assign this remote date to
it, it must come as a surprise to many
that a thing which they believed to be
so modern was actually contrived be-
fore the time of Christ.
A SLOT MACHINE 2,000 YEARS OLD.
The machine is described as a “sac-
rificial vessel, which flows only when
money is introduced,” and the manner
in which this result is brought about
can be readily understood by reference
to the drawing. A coin dropped into
the slit at the top of the base depresses
a lever, which has at its end a broad
plate upon which the coin momentar-
ily rests. At the other end this lever
raises a plug from the mouth of a
pipe, causing any liquid with which
the vase may be charged to flow out
at the side.
Whether the vase was filled with
holy water or what part it took in the
religious ceremonial of the time can-
not be. gathered from Hero’s book.
There is simply the drawing and .de-
scription of the apparatus, which, as
will be seen, is a penny-in-the—slot de-
vice pure and simple.
And, curiously enough, the dispens-
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ing of liquids by slot machines is one
of the very latest adamations of the
invention. We have had for some
time a. machine at the railway stations
which will, upon the insertion of a
penny, squirt a few amps of scent up-
on a handkerchief. But in various
Continental towns drinks of all kinds
can be procured in the same way.
But, as any one can prove, the idea
is not new, and must be credited to
Hero of Alexandria, who lived in the
second century before Christ.
A humorist says: “Love is sed to be
blind, but I know lots ov phelows in
love who kan see twice az much in
their sweethearts as I can.”
A PARIS SUGGESTION.
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Two Hats am! :1 Cap.
“George, have you seen papa’s straw
hat?”
“Yes, mamma wored it away on her
wheel.”
“And where is papa’s cap?”
“Aunt Nellie wored it to the tennis
match.”
“And papa’s plug hat?"
“Sister wored it a horseback ridin’.”
—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Keeping Faith.
“I thought you advertised home
fare!” said the summer boarder indig-
uantly.
“Wal,” replied Farmer
‘that’s what you’re gettin';
geaches, canned tomattusses,
Corntossel,
canned
canned
:orned beef and condensed milk, the'
same as you’ve used to.”—Washington
Star. '
50th Aging.
She—Have you really seen that won—
ierful set of pictures that Miss Left-
)ver has had taken, one on each birth-
day? .
He—Yes; but they’re very indistinct.
You see the photos have faded at one
and of the list, and the subject at the
amen—Truth.
The Self-Tacitus: Yacht.
Mr .1 Herbert Consterdine, the famous
English engineer, has been exhibiting
a very clever invention which does
away with manual aid in the tacking ~'
and steering of model and workaday
yachts. The idea is worked on a model
cutter yacht, which measures all over
about 9 feet. Hitherto with such a.
yacht it has only been possible to run
before the wind or set the boat on a
single tack which will carry her in a
straight line from one side of a lake to
the other. But with Mr. Consterdine’s
mechanism it is now possible, as has
been demonstrated to the satisfaction
of experts to set a yacht off from a lee
shore and make her reach the wind-
ward side _by automatically tacking
against the wind. The principle of
Mr. Consterdine’s invention is such
that the beating to windward may be
continued indefinitely, of course given
a continuous wind and a sufficiently
large sheet of water. If the yacht is
not required to reach the weather shore
she can be set to go a definite number
of tacks, after the completion of which
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she will of herself cease tacking and
.i-etarn to the lee shore, running before
“.9 wind. To do this she lets go the
..L;. .1121 to the required amount; the
other sails and positions of helm are
;.1.;.;. :clf-cdjusted. The port and star-
_:.;-- u, llzil‘ks may also be made of equal
' g; .11 lengths as desired. If the
__.es her true bearing when
: . sizzre the wind she automati-
cu..- _. .ights herself and comes again
avg-r» position for continuing her course
A . H -.- L“Tha- S‘mullest Newspaper.
smallest newspaper in the
world is published in Guadalaaraj, in
Mexico. The E. Telegrafo, a weekly
publication, is printed in eight col-
umns, each 41/3 inches wide, on thick
manilla paper.
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NOW hear my pray’ r for your beggar- born-boy,
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W'hence is the light :..:.~‘. and :3 rural you so? thnce is the beauty no sin can as - sail.
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Still I must paint you as ten-der -1y sweet.
I who am for -tll-Da.te buoyant and strong,
Great in all hon-or and good may he grow;
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You who are hun - fed and wretchedly poor,
Bring to you sol - ace and glo -ry and joy,
a tem o.
Refrain.
Tempo di Valse.
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that bloomed in
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Lulling your babe with a lul-la. by song. ,
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