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A MYSTERIOUS BE'LL—RINGER.
An Eagle nIystifies a Florida Settlement
for llIany Years.
Au eagle was killed in Osceola Coun-
ty, Fla”, the other day which proves to
have been the largest; known to have
been killed in the Southern States for
many years. But the eagle has an in-
terest aside from its great size, since
its death clears up 0 my stei y which
has puzzled the ignorant population of
the northern part of Oceola County for
a long time. A couple of negroes who
.went fishing,r in the bayous of the inte-
rior part of the county several years
ago returned very much alarmed be-
cause they had heard a mysterious bell
tinkling, sometimes far up in the
heavens, and sometimes close to the
earth,
The denseness of the forest and their
own fears prevented them from making
an investigation, but-as there were no
inhabitants in that section of the coun-
ty the men concluded that the bell-
ringing was done by the devil.
At frequent intervals since then the
bell has been heard, the sound appar-
ently coming from the clouds and creat-
ing consternation among those who
listened.
Upon one leg of the big eagle killed
the other day was fastened, a small
brass bell. From the appearance of the
bell and the bird’s leg it was evident the
noisy little bit of metal had been there
some time. It was probably placed
there by some one when the eagle was
quite young. Of course every time the
bird moved the bell rang, and it was
this sound that had so long mystified
the Osceola County folk.
F- Decided on His PrOfession.
A Scotsman who wanted to learn
what profession he would have his son
enter, put him into a room with a theo
logical work, an apple and a six- penny
piece. If he found him when he re-
turned reading the book he intended to
make a clergyman of him; if eating the
apple a farmer, and if interested in the
\Vhen he did return he found the boy
sitting on the book, with the Sixpence
in his pocket and the apple almost de-
voured.
"That settles it,” said the keen Scots-'
man, “the lad’s a born lawyer, I can
easily see.”—San Francisco Examiner.
,1, 5' A New Swindle in Missouri.
3i new swi: I} being worked with
good success in 111 my towns in this
State. A “101113.11 111).; agent appears in
town and go: .12.;1 house to house,
leaving books for c:-::-1111ination. Next
day a man cal?»- to see if. the books are
wanted, and '11 any are not he takes
them away wi.'11- 21.111. Usually they are
not wanted. A few days later the wo-
man agent appears again, and 011 being
told that the man has taken away the
book weeps copiou 11,. says the villain
has been collectingr 111- books all over
town, pleads poverty. and so on, and ac-
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MATCHES AND COAT TAIL.
'Actor Crane’s Startling Experience in a
SmokingCar.
' “An amusing thing happened to me
the other day,” remarked William
Crane, addressing a. Boston Globe re-
porter. “We were making a short
railroad journey, and with some of the
men in my company I went into the
smoking car. The car was pretty well
filled, and as I was groping around for
a. seat a man in an unwarrantable hur-
ry to get out of the car—unwarrantable
because he had been smoking as bad a
cigar as any one else—threw me up
against the arm of one of the seats. As
my coat scraped along the arm there
was a series of muflied reports, and I
was enveloped in'a cloud of smoke.
“On the other side of the aisle sat a
colored man, smoking what was once
a white clay pipe. He leaned over,
tapped me on the shoulM'and in one
of those whispers that could be heard
all over the car, exclaimed, “They’re
ofil’ Then, in the most solemn man-
ner, he proceeded to hide himself in
smoke. I pulled from my pocket a
burning box of matches, and as the
crowd saw the hole in my coat it roared.
“Under ordinary circumstances that
hole in my coat would have excited
sympathy, but the remark of that col-
ored man was so amusing in its serious—
ness that it simply turned the tables,
and I was forced to laugh myself at
what I do not consider a good joke.”
SHE WANT’E’D A STICK IN IT.
Refined Society Shocked bya. Charming
Boston Girl.
You can’t judge by appearances any
more accurately now than you could in .
Ben Franklin’s days. Early in the win—
ter a ch: raring young demoiselle from
Boston was visiting in Cleveland, and
received many attentions. She was
young, pretty and had a shy way about
her that was very attractive. She
seemed such a verdant maiden that the
young men were inclined to vote her a
muff, but they quickly changed their
minds.
One day a little party to a suburban
club house was given in her honor, and
when they arrived at the place the la-
dies were asked if they wouldn’t par—
take of liquid refreshments. They all
named lemonade until it came to the
demure girl from Boston.
'hlake mine a Manhattan cocktail,”
she softly lisped, “and please cut the
stick thick.”
There was no talk of verdancy after
that.--C‘leveland Plain Dealer.
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A novel tick that is worked by peo
ple who get their beer by the can from
a saloon was explained in the Essex
Market _Police Court recently. The
complainant in the case, a thirsty man
named Krauss, said that the bartender
where he bought his beer had assaulted
him because he had taken three eggs
from a bowl bearing the Sign, "Hard
boiled eggs, one cent apiece,” and had
handed the bartender three cents for
them. The bartender wouldn’t accept
the money because the eggs cost him
two cents apiece, and could be pur-
chased at the reduced price only by
patrons who bought their beer by the-
glass. Krauss had a pint of beer in his
pail which he had just purchased. and
he didn‘t see the point of the bartend-
er’s objection. There was a fight that
landed the bartender in the police
court as aprisoner, and in explanation
he said:
“Your Honor, people come into my
place to buy beer with the sides of the
can covered with butter, or any kind of
grease. This kills the foam, and they
get twice as much beer as they are on
titled to when I run it right into the
can. We can’t sell eggs for a cent to
these peOple.”
He further said that fly bartenders
who guessed at the measure of the can
and ran the beer into it from the keg
always made allowances for greasy
sides—New York Sun.
WHy She was'liusy.
“Do you see that woman over in the
corner?” asked the receiving clerk in
. the telegraph Office.
I make any
"The one who has been writing,
crossing out and re-writing for the last
half hour? ’ inquired the man who had
just filed an eight- hunched word special
dispatch.
in .Yes ’5
“Well, I see her. that of it? I sup-
pose she is trying to crowd a 16 word'
message into‘ 10 words.
"Not a bit of it. She came 11:1'3 a
litt e v, hilc 11,0 with 1111 ci: :ht vord mes
sage and was ****** l to know if I would
leduction I)3._.l1l ~13 it wasn’t
exactly ten words.
could not she got mad and has been
trying ever since to write the lll’).$i.tgl'
so as to make it the full ten words.”
Chasing Crane’s Great Head.
The Hon. Chasing Crane, a distin-
guished and apparently a humorous
tribesman of the Sioux of the Lower
Brule division, has put in a claim for a
Government pension. He has not been
fighting for the United States, but he
has been eating for it, and he asserts
that his health has been damaged by
his consumption of the rations furnished
to him. The Hon. Chasing Crane has
what is poetically described as a great
head. Whether or not his petition suc-
ceeds, the country will be proud of such
a mind; nor has any Lower Brule states
man brighter hopes than he, if he doesn't
eat too much—N. Y. Sun.
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“In” (1100 (‘ nmmunlties
Pal I in Orders for Lumber.
l'uttm us as a Circulating Medium.
The peculiar industrial system of
U tab is unique, especially fOrthe prim.
iiive system'of exchange of commodi-
ties practiced iu many of its communi-
ties. The barter system survives to a
reater extent, perhaps, than in any
other part of the world into which civi—
lization has 'made its w‘ay. There are
whole counties in the newest State of
the Union where trade is conducted
practically without the aid of cash. To
many families money is almost a curi- '
osity and the possession of a. dollar a
very infrequent experience. This con-
dition does not exist in remote localities
alone. In towns of good size workmen
have built homes and reared families,
who have only on rare occzisions been
paid for their labor in anything but a
portion of its product. The New York
Sun says the barter system was a neces-
sity in Utah in its early days. The iso-
lation which the Mormons sought in
their migrations to the SaltLake Valley
made them almost wholly dependent on
themselves. F01 yeais theii trade with
ther people was insignificant. Their
distance from the communities of the
Mississippi Valley was such as to prac-
tically forbid commercial relations, es-
pecially as most of the Saints were
without means with which to purchase
goods, even had there been facilities for
transporting them. The leaders taught
the people that they must rely entirely
upon their own resources and secure
the necessaries of life through co—oper-
ation. There warl little if any money in
the colony, and so when a man wanted
a pan ticular article he secured it by ex-
changing fo1it some other p1oduct. It
was long before even in Salt Lake busi-
ness was put upon a cash basis. Twenty
years ago workmen received “store
pay" for their'labor, and an enterpris-
ing Gentile who located in Zion about
that time and advertised for half a
dozen laborers, whom he offered to pay
cash, found his house surrounded one
morning by scores of applicants, who
were as curious to see a man who would
make such an offer as they were anxious
to enjoy the novel experience of'being
paid in real money instead of scrip, then
commonly in use.
The growth of labor unions in the
cities and mining camps of the State
has served to create a sentiment against
the truck system. This sentiment led
to the introduction, at the recent ses-
sion of the Legislature, of a bill requir-
ing employers of labor in mines and
mills to pay their workmen in lawful
money. The bill was framed for the
purpose of abolishing the practice )of
requiring miners and hands in ore re
duction works to either buy’ goods at
company stores or to board at company
boarding houses. But the promoters of
the measure speedily found that they
were antagonizing various interests
which they had-not taken into consid-
eration. Members from rural districts
were quick to announce their hostility
to the bill and to declare that it men-
aced the industries of their communi-
ties. In the contest which followed and
resulted in the defeat of the measure a
condition of industrial affairs was re-
vealed, especially in southern Utah,
that surprised even residents of the
State. ___________
Hoist by His Own Petard.
“Will you please examine that dia-
mond,” said a man who had stepped
into a downtown jewelry store yester-
day, “and tell me what you think of it?
Hit is a good stone I think I will buy
it.”
The jeweler took the gem, which was
unset, and looked at it critically for a.
moment. Then, in confidential tones,
he said:
“Well, to tell you the truth, that isn’t
a very good stone. It hasn’t much fire,-
it is badly cut, and there is something
here that looks very much" like a. flaw.”
Then he held the diamond under a
microscope and examined it carefully,
finally observing:
“No, it isn 't exactly a flaw, but I
shouldn’t call it a perfect stone. Now.
if you want something really fine, I have
here—"
“Excuse me,” the other- interrupted.
“I guess I will not buy a diamond to-
day. This is a stone that ,one of your
clerks let me take Saturday on'approval.
I deposited $50 On it. Please let me
have my money, and we will call the
deal off. ”
The money was handed over without
any comment, but there was a grieved
expression upon the jewelers counten~
ance that told the story of a. lesson well
learned. —Cleveland Leader.
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Buying In Advance.
“I’ll take this one,” said young hus-
band, “provided you' ll exchange it if it
proves to small.’
“Certainly, sir, certainly,” replied the
shopman, taking the ticket off the per-
ambnlator. ‘ If you should need One
for twins, the price is only a pound e1:
tra. ”—Pick- Me- Up.
The Mule \Vas Safe.
“Rastus, you infernal nigger, you
told me that mule was perfectly safe,
and when I went into the stable he
nearly kicked the top of my head off.”
"Yes. sah; I sayed' the mewl we 3 safe,
sah. But of you kin recollec’, I didn’t
say nuflin’ about wedder it was safe in
his wicinity. Dat mewl is able enough
to be safe anywhar.”—Indi napolis
Journal.
True Economy.
“Lampton and his wife always make
. calls on their wheels.”
“Yes, and it’s a very good trick.”
“How is it a goodtrick?”
“It saves clothes—any old thing will I
do to wear on a bicycle.”—Chicago
Record.
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