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WOLv‘Es.
Their Cries Like theShrlelrs' of the “'lnd—
‘ Gallantry Among Them.-
‘ , The gray wolf is a creature of the
storm, many think, because it is so
fierce, and because, like the eagle, it
plays in strong winds, seeking the ex-
posed places, and delighting to get on
_some point of rocks where the gale
blows most fiercely. One man says in
the Forest and Stream that it requires
an 'expert_,to distinguish . between a
wolf’s howl and the shrieking of a
high wind.
\Volves are good husbands, provid<
ing-food for their families with the
utmost care, hunting far and near, 1:1
hard times raiding sheep folds and the
deer covers with an impartiality that
rouses 'the farmer and the sportsman.
Men who_hunt for business kill the
wolves in a businesslike way. They
shoot a. cow or deer, sprinkle strych-
nine on the flesh and then go away.‘
:Frequently wolves arenear by watch‘
‘ing the hunter while he is at work,
'but the man does.not shoot them.
.W'hen the man goes the wolves come,
eat someof the meal, and then go tum-
bling over the ground in mortal agony.
Wolves are knowing beasts. Artifi-
cial trap baits have few charms for
them, save when they can come in
over the back of a pen and take the
meat without danger. They hunt in
packs, led by some beast of great
prowess, that has gained his leader-
ship bv fighting all the wolves in the
pack. The male wolf will not bite a
female wolf.
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Rank Injustice.
The editor of “The Jamestown Ban-
ner” picked up one of his metropolitan
exchanges. and read: ,
“The charming little soubrette, Eva
iIollis- Whopper, has just purchased a
new bulldog.”
“It is durn funny,” said he to him-
self and the cat, “that these here city
papers publish that sort of stuff, and
then make fun of me for mentioning
that Squire Jim Brown has painted his
l:ar11."——Cincinnati Enquirer.
Church Built of One Tree.
Santa. Rosa. capital of Santa. Rosa
County, . California, has a Baptisl
church which holds over 200 people,
built entirely from timber sawed oul
of a single redwood. Timbers, weath
erboarding and inner lining are all 01
wood. The roofing, too, is of shingles
cut from the same tree. and after it
was all finished there were 60,001
shingles left—Philadelphia Ledger.
RHEUMATISM.
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stopped by a few dc ses. A prompt, com-
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soreness, stiff back and all pains in hips
and 101115 Chronic rheumatism, sc1atica,
lumbago or pain in the back are speedily
cured. It seldom fails to give relief from
one or two doses, almost invariably cures
before one bottle has been used. Price 200.
MUNIONS
Improved Homoeopathic Home Rem-
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each disease. At a- -1 druggists, mostly
23 cents. Guide to Heal. h free.
Personal letters to Prof. Munyon, 1505
Arch street, Philadelphia, Pa. answered
with free niedical advice for any disease.
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NIGHT BELL AT OFFIGEJ
OUR INDIAN POLICE.
The Change on the Reservations that Has
:een Made the Past Few Years.
The past few years have witnessed
wondeiful changes on the Indian res-
t~'1\..tion.s of the. Northwest, which
[me in all cases been for the better: _
and, whom formerly all was disorder
'and turmoil has now been so systema-
tized that the Indian agencies piesent
tl: e appearance of well regulated cities.
’1 he piesent discipline of the Indians is
the result, to a great extent,'of the ex-
cellence of the police force, which is
now a recognized fixture at all Indian
agencies. ,
These peace ofl‘icers are always Indi~
ans and compose a. force that for effi-
ciency and bravery cannot be sur-
passed. The ordinary Indian,
would naturally be disposed to create
trouble whenever he had an opportun<
ity, is not now so anxious to do so, out
of fear of a visit from a squad of po-
lice.
lives on the very outskirts of the reser-
vation, sixty or eighty miles from the
agency, knows that a visit from the
police is just as certain as that the sun
willrise and set, and he knows also
that he will receive prompt punish
meat for whatever crime he has com.-
mitted.
He may attempt to elude the police
men, but they are veritable blood-
hounds and never fail to find their
man, no matter to what part of the
reservation he may go.
Indian policemen are appointed by
the United States Indian agent in
charge of the reservation, subject to
the approval of the Commissioner of
Indian Affairs. Captains and beaten
ants receive a salary of $15 per month,
and privates $10. There is considerable
rivalry for the positions, and many in«
dividuals serve for years without car—
ing to take advantage of their right to
resign at any time.
Great Men as Lovers.
Byron was foolishly jealous of ev-
ery woman he ever loved. His loves
ran well into two figures, and he man-
aged sooner or later to make every
one miserable.
Heinrich Heine, the poet, was also
terribly jealous. One day he poisoned
a parrot belonging to his lady-love for
fear it should claim too much of her
attention.
“The Rivals” is a true story. of Sher-
idan‘s courtship, the character of
Lydia Languish in the life play being
taken by Miss Linley, who became thl
author's wife.
Thomas Moore was always in love.
If one looks through his poems one
may find the’names of some sixteen
diffe1ent ladies to whom he swore
eternal fidelity.
When Burns was courting Highland
Mary, they went to a stream and,
standing one on each side, clasped
hands and swore to be true to each
other on a Bible. '
It is said that when the great
Goethe was first in. love, he carved
upon a tree in a neighboring forest a
couple of hearts. united by a scroll,
and a little later received a sound
thrashing from the forester for dam-
aging the treel—Tid-Bits.
Hard or Soft Boiled Eggs.
Bishop Paret of Baltimore was guest.
of a family in West Virginia. Learn-
ing from the bishop that he was fond
of haid- boiled eggs f01 breakfast, his
hostess went to the kitchen to boil
them herself.
Whilst so engaged she began to sing
the first stanza of a hynin. Then she
sang the second verse, the bishop, who
was in the dining-room, joining in.
\Vhen it was finished, there was a
silence, and the bishop remarked:
“Why not sing the third verse?”
"The third verse?” answered the
lady. as she came into the room, can
tying the steaming eggs; “oh, that is
not necessary!”
“I dont understand,” said Bishop
Paret.
“Oh! you see,” she said, “when I am
cooking eggs I always sing one verse
for soft-boiled eggs and two for hard‘
boiled!”
.
Bicycle Cement.
If you want to get a cement that re-
ally sticks, you may try twenty kinds
before you‘hit the right one. A Ger-
man formula is here given which has
stood the test of time, and which any
one can make. Take of bisulphide of
carbon, 160 drachms; gutta perch-a. 29
le'achms; caoutchouc, 4O drachms; isin-'
glass, 10 drachms. Bottle and shake
frequently until a pasty mixture is
formed. This cement is dropped into
the crevices after they have been prop-
erly cleaned. If the rent is very big,
apply the cement in layers. Bind up
the tire lightly with thread, let dry for
twenty-four to thirty-six hours, out off
the thread. and remove the protruding
cement with a sharp knife, which must
previously have been dipped in water.
Butler's Flags.
On February 21, 1866, Gen. ‘Benja-
min F. Butler presented to congress
the first genuine American flag, made
of American materials by American
labor, ever constructed in’this country.
Prior to that time all American gov-
ernment flags had been made of Eng-
lish bunting. Since then all our official
flags have been the product exclusive-
ly of American material and labor.
There were twenty-six stars in the flag
at that time—New York Press.
Incredulous Sa‘m Jones.
At one 'of Sam Jones’ meetings he
called on all the men who could assert ,
they never said an unkind word to
their wives to stand. Up got two.
“Now,” he said, “all the women who
never spoke an unkind .word to their
husbands may rise.” Up got six. “Sit
down." Sam cried. “Now, I want the
midi m 1 to ptay for 'tllesevliarslm-l
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The wrong-deer, no matter if he
TRUSTS DEFEND‘ED.
a. H. ROGERS, OF THE STANDARD,
DECLARES IT A BENEFACTOB.
‘Jil Cheaper Than Water-Sugar Combine
is Also Doing the Greatest Good for the
Greatest Number, He Asserts—All This
in a School Debate.
Henry H. Rogers of New York, one
1f the wealthiest and most influential
members of the Standard Oil Trust,
uas created a sensation at Fairhaven,
Mass, by a public statement of his po-
sition concerning combinations in gen
era].
Fairhaven is a little village separat-
ad from New .Bedford by a body of
water bearing the Indian name ’of
Acushnet River, and is renowned. in
those parts chiefly for being the birth-
1.lace of Mr. Rogers and the recipient
of many gifts at his hands. It is
there that he has his costly summer
home.
In Fairhaven’s high school Mr. Rog-
ers takes a great pride. He attended
this institution when he was so poor
he had to sell newspapers in New
Redford. Recently the High School
Alumni Association had a public de~
hate on the subject: “The outlook, so«
2131, economical and ethical, and the
duty of the teacher, the thinker and
the citizen.” Mr. Rogers attended.
A young lawyer pitched into the
trusts, giving them all sorts of hard
rnocks, and some of the guests who
and consideration for the Standard Oil
magnate weremuch embarrassed. But
Mr. Rogers was not disconcerted. He
took the floor to reply, and said:
“We are all monopolists in a way if
we desire to be, for every one of us,
'1’ a valuable idea strikes us, can have
It patented and secure exclusive con-
trol of it for a term of years and make
111 the money we can.”
He declared that he did not encour-
ige trusts, and was rather against
nnibinafions.
“What is a. trust?” he asked. Nine-I
'cnths of the lawyers and newspapers“
zannot tell, and they are the ones that1
110 the most talking. The first t1ust
was the Savings Bank Trust. Have
:hey been improving or have they
not?
“Is there anything in a combination
1f ideas backed by capitalists? I
worked five years in a union grocery
store. and by buying our stock of a
anion in Boston we were thereby en-
1b1ed to sell below competitors. Could
the Pennsylvania Railroad carry on
[the immense amount of traflic it does
lf‘it were not for. a. combination?”
Mr. Rogers stated that he was in his
thirty-sixth year in the oil business,
and would like to know what ”he had
done in the way of taking advantage
of the people. An oil well is\d1'illed in
West Virginia at an expense of $105
900. the oil brought to New York and
shipped to all parts of the world. In
New York, he said, the oil is sold
’ theaper than spring water can be sold
1fte1' being brought the same distance.
“How did I ever get capital?” asked
lIr. Rogers. And he answered that he
had worked as hard as any one he
knew of to get it. He spoke of the
large gifts of John D. Rockefeller,
‘whom some choose to call a monopo-'
fist, ” he said. '
“We ate going to have a new tariff,”
1e continued, “and the only unfortu-
nate part of it is that it will be made
py lawyers. All lawyers are a nui-
sance. It is easy to pull down, but
hard to construct.
“The idea of a trust, so called, is to
economize and bring before the people
the best product at the lowest prices.
The Sugar Trust is doing the greatest
good for the greatest number. .
“Corporations have come to stay.
We are going to have better times, I
believe, but they will come slowly.”
Mr. Rogers, although not a wheel-
nan, is much interested in good roads.
So much so that he had himself elected
Superintendent of the Streets in Fair-
naven at the regulation salary of $3
per di-em. This he turns over to an as-
sistant superintendent, who looks af-
ter the details which Mr. Rogers plans
but.
His gifts to Fairhaven would easily
1001 egate $1 000,000. He has present-
:d it with a fine town hall, a gem of a
public library, a comfortable school-
louse, and has been instrumental in
:eeing that the town was supplied with
pure water and a sewage system.
Not Accepted.
I—Ier motherly eye is very acute, but
'11 this case she did not know all that
and occurred.
“Come, Mr. Wishington,” she said
iffably, “I wish to present you to my
laughter.”
“Thank you,” said Willie,
lon’t think there’s any use in your
1rying. I have already offered myself
'10 her, and she wouldn’t accept me.”
-Washington Star.
A POSER FOR PAPA.
Willie—Papa, isn’t La monarchy the
test form of government?
_;Ps'pa—No a republic is.
Willie—Then why do they say “the
Kingdom of Heaven?" .
1;.
The remedy was simple.
“but I ‘
MURPHY’S GREAT scam;
How He Secured All the Bricks He. Need- I
ed Without Any Trouble. ‘
, “I never knew a man who could get
out av a hole quicker nor Murphy,” re-
marked Casey. “I’ll tell yez all about
it,” he said. “Murphy wasputtin’ up
a row of houses on wan sideav the
street, and Grogan was puttin’ up a
row 'on the other side. Wan afternoon
Murphy ran out av brick: There was
no love lost bechune him and Grogan,
but he wint over and axed Grogan fut
the loan av 500 till the wagons kem
along.
“Grogan refused the loan, and Mur-
phy wint back to his min and said.
‘Yez’ll all have to knock off fur
awhile, I fear. But if ye’ll do as I
say we’ll get all the brick we want.’
“ ‘What do yez want us to do?’ axed
wan of the bricklayers.
“ ‘I’ll tell yez,’ said Murphy. ‘I’ll go
to the top av the scaffold and yell t’ree
questions at yez. IViil yez say yis to
every wan av thim?’
, “‘Av course, the min said they would.
“Murphy climbs the lather and
roa1'ed:
"Ate yez all there?’
“ ‘Yis,’ said the crowd below.
“Grogan's min acrost the street
stopped to hear the racket, and Mur-
phy‘ axed again:
“ ‘Are yez ready to work?’
1 “ ‘Yis,’ kem from below. ,
A“ ‘Are yez all mimbers of the A. P.
6‘ (Yis.’
“Widout a. word av lie,” continued
Casey, “Murphy had more brick on his -
side of the street in less than a min-
~ ute than he naded to finish the row av
houses.”
PROFESSIONAL ETHICS.
Clergymen Seem to Lack It When Criti-
cising a Brother in the hIinistry. 1
No careful observer can fail to note
the almost entire absence of esprit de
corps among the clergy. The discus-1
sion now going on over the sermons
of Dr. Lyman Abbott furnishes many'
sttiking instances of this. The ques-
tions raised by these sermons relate
wholly to the interpretation of the Bi-
ble. They are questions on which hon-
est-minded Christians may differ, and
110 differ, because, owing to the lack
of evidence, no certain answer to them
is possible. One would suppose that
under such circumstances, when min-
Isters of the gospel find themselves
disagreeing, they would respect each
others’ opinions, and recognize the fact
that an absolute uniformity of. view is
not possible even for the clergy; but
that is far from being the case. Such
epithets as “pulpit clown,” “enemy of
God,” “would-be destroyer of the Bi-
ble,” “infidel,” “shallow sciologist,”
21nd “foe of Christianity” are hurled
back and forth by the clergy with as
much freedom as though they were" a
set of unprincipled ward politicians
Instead of honest and high-minded
Christian gentlemen, as they presum-.
11ny are. Even Mr. Moody declared
recently that those clergymen who do;
not adept his view of Jonah and the
whale are doing the devil’s work. But'
then it may be urged in regard to Mr.
Moody that he is not a clergyman.
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Clocks Which Didn't Sell. Q
In talking overthe minute factors
that have meant profit or loss to manu-
facturers, some curious details were
given me by experts, says a contribu-
tor to the current Scribner‘s. For in-
stance, one clock manufacturer of
Waterbury, Conn, found that a cer-
tain rival was doing a large trade in
cheap clocks sent out to the wilds of
Africa. He got hold of a sample clock,
and, finding that there was a heavy
{rofit in the enterprise, invested a large
sum of money in makinga still better
(lock, thousands of which were ship-
ted to the satne market.
Sttange to say, sales were very slow,
while his rival, turning out a cheaper
and far less accurate timepiece, was
selling all he could make. Finally the
1xplauation came. Savages like noise.
The clocks made by the original ex-
porter had a particularly loud and ag-
gressive tick; his imitator made a bet-
ter clock, but it was almost noiseless,
11111 the savages would have none of it.
The next
yhipnzcnt of clocks to the Guinea coast
ticked louder tl':.n anything previously
tcard there. and all went well.
Sugar Made from “'Iu-y.
An industry in southern Wisconsin
{3 the manufacture of sugar from
whey. A factory is located at Big Foot,
tear the State line, where a light.
flirty-looking brown sugar substance is
made and sent to a refinery at St.
Sharlos, 111.. to be refined into a white
Fllg'fl 1' that sells equally as wellas. the
.1111101'1'011 article—Chicago Times-Her-
hill.
A Remarkable Power of Touch.
Sir William Hamilton mentions a
tailor, whose name he does not give,
who was blind from birth, and yet, by
he sense of touch alone, could distin-
guish the patterns of Scotch plaids
used in the kilts of the Highland cos-
:11? matching the cloth with all the
'1':l(" ‘s 1' ' might be'cxpected of
the 1:. perfect vision.
Uncle David and the Dictionary.
Uncle David thinks that a dictionary
8 the most useless book ever printed.
lie says that you can‘t find out by it
now to spell a word unless you know
now to spell it in the first place. This
remark was made after
;earch among the “ks” for the word
‘kwiet.”—Boston Transcript.
A Good Shaker.
Ted—What did Suburbs mean by
-saying his wife was glad he had the
.nala1 1a9
Ned—She says that when he has the
:hills he is better than a professional
:leaner at getting the dust out of a car-
not.
‘ on his seat and sit upon it.
an hour’s _
CAKE OF TOILET SOAP EN EVERY PACKAGE.
NEW YORK’S GREAT PARK.
The Englishman in No Way Abashéti the
. Shrewd American.
An Englishman was showing his
friend, an American, through the
houses of Parliament, in London, the
meanwhile commenting in a somewhat
arrogant manner on ' what he was
pleased to term the superiority of the
English public buildings and parks.
“There,” lfé exclaimed, “is our mag-
nificent Thames Embankment, .11. de-
lightful spot! Why, you have nothing
in your country to comvpare‘with it,
cspeci-slly in that great New York city;
then, again, every gentleman owns an
estate, and let me assure you, such es.
tates are no small bits of property.”
This went on for a considerable
time, until the American,
tired, said, “But, Lord de T.. you have
travelled in our country, have you
not?”
“Oh, yes, my dear sir; right across
it.”
“'Well, then, you should have a
idea of its ize.”
“Very big place, sir, very big.”
“And you know New York city quite
well, ch?”
“011, yes—yes indeed.”
“Well. then, you see, we
want anything in the line of parks 111
New York, with, of course, the excep‘
tion of a few sou-ares; but outside cl
the city we wanted a park, and so w:
decided to use the United States as a
park'for New York city.”
“Dear me, how extravagant.”
“Not at all. sir; why, we even con:
templated floating the British' Isles
over and anchoring them for a short
distance outside the city’s harbor as a
sort of breakwater, you know.”
(En '..
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Tresidents’ Scrapbooks.
Among the things which every Pres-
ident carries away with him from the
White House, says the New York Post,
is a set of scrap books containing the
clippings, editorial and news items
concerning the Administration during
its history. The work of selecting
those clippings is the greater part of
the duty- of one clerk, who receives
$2,000 a year, and the books in which
they are 1. asted cost about $4 each. A
clerk at the White House is authority
for the statement that upon just one
occasion in his Administration has
Mr. Cleveland asked to see any of
these books, and yet the scrap boo-k in‘
stitution has come down from early
times, and no reformer probably will
ever change the custom.
an easy way out of this world
General Thaddeus H. Stanton, the
Paymaster-General of the Army, who
knows more Indians than any officer 1
in the service since the death of Geérga
Crook, related, among a number of oth-
ers, the following anecdote of his early
Western days:
He called at Fort Brydger, in Wy-
oming, about 'thnty years ago to see
an old friend named Hastings, who
was one of the custodians of the aban-
doned post. He met a man named
Williams and inquired for Hastings.
“Oh, Hastings is dead,” said Wil~
liams. ,
“Dead!" said Stanton in surprise.
“What did he die of?”
“Committed suicide,” said Williams.
“The devil you say I” responded Stan--
ton. “How did he commit suicide?”
“He called me a liar,” answered Wil-
liams—St. Louis Republican.
r
'r lieatre Hat. Not Entirely Downed.
A queer state of affairs prevails in
Brest, France, all growing out of the
high theater hat. The women who at-
tend theaters in that city refused to
remove their headgear in response to
popular demand, but instead kept on
'iucreasing the size of their hats until
the men, in desperation, began to take
to the theater whenever they went
large cushions. When one found his
seat to be located behind an altitudi-
nous hat he would place the cushion
This enab-
led him to see over the hat, but woe
to those who happened to be behind
him. Their view of the stage was com-
pletcly cut off. This practice has re-
sulted in so much disorder, on account
of the proverbial hot temper of the
French, that the theatrical managers
have asked aid from the municipal au-
Ihorities. —Det_roit Free Press.
A Pointed Question.
A joke just now ‘going the rounds of
lhe press should be read every morn-
1.15; by the man who is perpetually
talking about himself. “And there I
l-tOOd, Aunt Sheen," said Miss Porter's
ling-winded nephew, who had been
ironing on about his summer in Swit-
lerland for some hours since the old
hdv’s eyes had begun to droop, “and
more I stood, Aunt Susan, with the
tbyss yawning in front of me.” “Wil
Liam.” said Aunt Susan, speaking as
one who has long kept silence, “was
that abyss a-yawning before you. got
there, or d” . “c5111 afterward?”
didn‘t.
growing .
, both barrels of his shotgun, Bardsley
- of watches.
. shoulder?”
How He 86' ected His Deputy.
That tale related in the telegrams o1 .
an Alabama girl who shot a young
man a couple of times and then mar
ried him recalls the methods employed
by George Bardsley, one of the early
day sherifis of Ellis county, in appoint.
ing his deputies. One. night he was
called to Chris Riley’s saloon, where
“Texas Frank,” 11 newly arrived .des.
perado in Hays Cityawas “shooting
out" the place—a. performance which
consisted in the promiscuous firing ol
his “gun” at the barkeeper, bystand-
01's. lamps, bottles and pictures. Sher-
il'f Bardsley grabbed the first weapon
handy in his own saloon, which hapu
pent-d to be a double-barreled shotgun,
and proceeded to Riley’s on the run
Ems-hing in he ordered Frank to throw
up his hands, and the response was a
bullet from Frank’s .44. Letting gc
brought the desperado to the floor, so
full of shot holes that he couldn’t hold
either .._ 11' or water.
Frank was not killed, however, and
in course of time recovered, under the
1.1:. attention which he received in the
vourty jail. Presently it was observed
"“11 the Texas man was walking
'amrml town without a guard, ands.
2.1110 later the people were astonished
to find him serving legal papers and
making arrests. Bardsley was ap-
proached by a newspaper man at this
time, when the following colloquy
took place.
“Is Texas Frank your deputy?” que
tied the reporter.
“Yep!” was the sententi-ous response
of Bardsley.
“How does that come?” was the next
inquiry.
“Well. you see,” said Bardsley,
“most sheriffs appoint their deputies,
but I like to shoot mine.”—Kansas City
Journal. '
A SHREWD DEVICE.
There “'85 a Time When Banking in
Arkansas ‘Vas Rather Exciting.
Banking in the northern part of Ar-
kansas .was a hazardous business 111
the early days, and in some of the
towns where there are no railway con-
nections it is so still.
“When we borrowed money for '0111
bank,” said a banker to a representa-
tive of the Free Press with whom he
was talking over old times, “I used to
go to the neighboring town and gel
the gold. Then I had to carry it by
stage over the mountains to our place.
Of course. I took mighty good care
that no one should know, if I could
help it, just when I was to make these
trips. ---- -
“ At first I would take a bag of gold.
just as it was given me in the bank, -
put it on the seat bf the stage, place a
rug over it, and use it for a pillow,
endeavoring to snatch a~little sleep
during that long night ride. One day
somehow I got nervous. I guess it
was that mysterious sixth sense some
people talk about that worried me.
Anyhow, I was just trembling all over
when I thought of the journey and the
gold. I never felt the least bit appre
hensive before. So I went to the gro
cer’s and bought a bag of flour,
poured out a portion of the contents,
2. '-d put the bag of gold well into the
center of the bag of flout. .
“The stage rattled off, and I used my
bag of flour for a pillow. I dozed elf
a bit. I guess, and. was rudely awak.
cued by the horse being jerked up.
The next moment we—there were two
other passengers—heard that dreaded:
“ ‘Hands up!’
“We didn’t hesitate, and up went
our arms. They went thiough us all
and got several dollars and a cOuple
Then they examined the
grips and looked at the bag. I trem-
bled as they opened it and the flour
poured out. To my joy they did notv
examine the bag further. Finally
they departed, and I tied up the bag
with feelings of profound gratitude, for
bad they taken the gold I would have
been, financially ruined.”—Detroit Free
Press.
”H" I
A Mere Matter of Form.
Potentate—“Have you ordered the
new warships?”
Prime Minister—“Yes, sire.”
“Have you given- directions to in-
crease the size of our standing army?”
“Yes, sire.”
“Have you doubled our usual order
fer arms and ammunition?”
“Yes, sire.”
“Have you hurled defiance at our
enemies?” .
“Yes, sire." \
“Have you caused the publication of
the rumor that we are simply itching
for a fight, and. don’t particularly
mind who knocks the chip off of our,
“Yes, sire.”
“‘Then fix the stamp of our royal in-
dorsement to the plans of the Univer-
sal Peace Congress."—New York J our-
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