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Sold and perfect satisfaction guar anteed by Graham Drug Co. ftMSOffIWIALffIVE THE ALAMANCE GLEANER. 0 ■ jf f r; The Skeleton In Old New York 1 By EDWARD TEN EYOC ' During the early part of the nine teenth century one of the moat fash ionable residential parts of New York city faced the Battery. As the city grew the dwellings there became oc-* copied for amall shops, followed by akyscrapers. Becently the De Boode dwelling waa torn down to make room for a tower offlee rookery and revealed a vault which had been orig inally built to contain valuables. The door waa paneled like the rest M the room and .was only to be opened by touching a spring, though this con trivance was so maty that It had doubtless not been available for many years, in the vault the workmen found a skeleton. The And waa reported to the His torical" sodety, and one of the mem bers Interested In Old New York took It upon himself to learn If there waa a record of any one mlaalng In the family to which the raced house had belonged. The De Boodea had return ed to Holland when the English took New Amsterdam, and the Investigator wrote them, reporting the tad and asking If any Information could be furnished concerning It The follow- j lng Is the reply he received: "At the time the Bcttlsh General Howe occupied New York the man alon lb question was occupied by an English family named Spencer. The De Boode family still owned the prop erty, renting It to the Spencers. Aftfer the Bevolutlon a De Boode came over from Holland to eell It and while In America heard of a mystery that had occurred In the house during General Howe's occupancy of the city. "Alfred Spencer was a vigorous Tory. He believed that the "unholy resistance to the king,' as he called the Bevolutlon, would soon collapse and the traitor Washington' would swing to a gibbet. He entertained the officers of the British army of occu pancy, aiding and abetting them In •very way in his power. "During this time Abbe Spencer, his daughter, WOB furnishing information to the American forces under Aaron Burr, located just beyond the northern end of Manhattan Island. Another matter unknown to her father was that a Lieutenant Brayton In that ar my was her lover, and it was to him that she was transmitting Information which 1 6n more than one occasion she carried herself. "A Captain Woedbrldge of Howe's ar my was in love with Miss Speaeer and encouraged by her father. In order to avoid suspicion as to ber real atatus j ahe pretended to listen to Captain Woodbrldge's suit, though more In def erence to her father's wishes than from Inclination. Whether ahe took Wood bridge Into her confidence and repealed the fact that ahe loved an other, but did not wish ber father to know it, does not appear.' The truth Is that Spencer was such a tyrannical old curmudgeon of the pure British type that if he had known of his daughter's contemplating marriage with a detested rebel be would have taken her back to England at once. Abbe was understood to be an honor able girl, and It is not likely that ahe deceived Wood bridge as well as ber father. "When it waa learned that the Brlt lah forces-were a boot to evacuate New York, Spencer determined to go with them, or, rather, to sail for England. As the Americans marched into town the white wings that were bearing Spencer and his family to England would be seen entering the Narrow* of New York bay. "There to a note extant In the Brayton family sent by Abbe Spencer—bow is not known—to ber lover telling him of the expected evacuation and that ber father waa about to take ber to Eng land Bat she was intending to disap pear ]ust before the ship sailed, and lie would find ber waiting for him when be arrived. "A packet sailed for England on the day the British left the city, carrying a number of Tory families who object ed to remaining to be under the rule of the Continental congress. Indeed, If they remained it was probable that their property would be confiscated. Abbe Speaeer 'made no objection to go ing, thus throwing ber father off lite guard. MM contrived to elude Mm on Ma way to the ship with the ether members ef the family, aha to go with friends in a separate boat He got aboard the ship, and she waa casting anchor before he was aware that Abbe waa missing. When ha discovered the fact It waa too lata to retarn. Cor the Americana were marching into the city. Bather than put himself In their pow er he decided.to go so his way without bta daaglitor, for tao'bnew ahe had rel atives In New York wbo woald take care of ber till aba could take the next ship—that ta. If abe woald. "Abbe Spencer waa not board of after tbe evacuation. When her lover arriv ed be looked for ber evevwbers, but never found ber. Her fate waa explain ed la tbe skeleton fonad in the booee where sbe bad lived. Sbe bad hidden la tbe Iwaeari vault and bad been me Me to open tbe door after tbe family bad left Was It merciful that ber lover aerer knew her terrible fate? He Hvad a lifetime a prey to ancertalnty with ngsrd to It never amrrylag, doubtleae si wars wondering. Not till all than wbo kaew him aad ber bad leag pass* ed away did asy ooe know It, aad even tben only tben who bad aay kasart edge of WIMOUUTAJMIUO BMincraf wet# commanding the lntereet aad sympa thy of tbe civilised world a neaepspm toneapoudsnt raahed excitedly oae day oflct of Aiifttmt lonlaij of State A. A. Adee with , the qaeation; "Br. Secretary. wW yon tetl an deS altely whether or not tbe United Statoo government will send aay battles hips to Armenia 7" "No ablpa will be eent then." replied Adee with great activity. "Navigation. 1 am Informed, baa aet been good In the vicinity of Ararat atace the time of I lf M h', a>k n _PnMlsr llsssalus Weak a era. i opaiar Bsgaaine. CORNERSIN COINS Odd Scheme* That Were Worked by Wily Operators. CLEVER RUSE OF A NEW BANK It Won the Seed Will of the Town by "Obliging" Its Citizens After Corner ing All Its Metal Money—A Russian "Prophet" Who Made a Rich Haul. There have occurred from time to line in various countrlaa all manner' .1 "corners" in coins, traceable to ail anner of queer origins, home years ago an individual named I'eteraon established In a "boom* town >( a new state a bank that was a raa?h of'a larger Inatltutloo elae . uere. Aa, for special reasons, the eople of the new town would have joihing to do with the new bank the •uiloolt for Peterson Waa a gloomy one. After reflection be hit upon a happy xpedlent Be sent out men commis •luned to go to all the store* of the isce to get change for greenbacks and •anknotee. In a little while be had .II the coined money In the town, the '•suit being, of course, that tbe good >eople of the coming metropolis were lush of greenbacks, but had no •change." Some one suggested that Peterson's lank might possess some of tbe coined jleces, and accordingly a rush was nade there, where every one was ibllged with allver. Tbe ruse of tbe srily Peterson bad tbe desired effect, is tbe next morning his bank waa filled with depositors. SuperstltlUoo has frequently been tbe basis of a corner in colas of a par ticular denomination. A remarkable caao of this kind occurred In southern Rnasla in i9O& There appeared at Berdlansk. on tbe sea of Azov, a par •on proclaiming himself a prophet, and is such be announced hie intention of redeeming the world. Among the queer doctrines advanced by this Indi vidual was included the decree that all Ma followers must retain all live ko peck pieces issued in the year 1801. tbe year of the emancipation of the serfs. Tbey were by reaaon of that event held to be holy- U waa not long before tbe Ignorant peaaanta In tbe vicinity became con vinced that all piefea of that denomi nation abould be taken to tbe prophet for preservation. The heaven sent one further announced that should tbe I fatherland get Into difficulty every one j »f the coins In question would "turn to (Old" and thua aave tbe empire. And ao It happened that over an area of 800 miles Russia D peaaanta were feverlahly collecting tbe "holy" pieces and turning them over to tbe prophet When be bad gathered a goodly number of tbe eolns be de camped. In a way tbe Busslan government amy be said to corner its own coins of one denomination. Each year It mlnta a limited number of bronze pieces of tbe nominal value of one fourth of a kopeck, about one-eighth of a cent Aa these coins are practi cally not In circulation, only a few are Issued. It Is really an eaay matter In amall towns to corner a particular coin. At a Welsh holiday resort members of the local band became ao Indignant at the large proportion of halfpennies In their "allver collections" tbst they locked op every halfpenny received. Tbe consequence waa that In a few weeka there waa hardly a halfpenny lo the town. Then tbe band reaped a harvest of colna of higher value. Oornering gold coins demands a capital that few men poaaess. Some years ago. however, at Dieppe there occurred a sudden ecarcity of ten franc and twenty franc pieces, due to the operationa of an eccentric British ar, who for some cryptic reaaon had tbe day before changed aeveral hun dred banknotes of high value Into poM. Laden with tbe eolns, be left lor Parte, and a week elapsed before the town regained its normal amount af gold. Ao attempt to corner tbe Marls Tbaiaaa dollars, aaed In parts of north era Africa, collapsed by reason of a queer clrcumatauoe. An AbyAslalan. Bas Makoppo. conceived tbe uMqoe eebeme of collecting all epedmens of these coins aitant In hie district As tbey ware old colna. ha reasoned tbey would rise la value. When be bad possessed himself Of aboat- 8.000 of them he found that tbe country waa as well eupplled with them aa before. While be had been busy collecting tbe old coins modern Maria Theresa dollars. made in Germany, were belny Imported by tbe thousand. The result waa that the cola fell la value. and tbe too aatute chief loot half his wealth.-New York Herald. Two Csusss. One Sffoet ' Oae morning at Ores k fas I Joey an nounced that be had the misfortune t fall oat of bed tbe olgbt before. "That was because you slept too neat where you got In." said Ethel. wb» Ukee to rresoo about things that bap pea ta Joey. * "Pacta, that wasn't It!" be retorted, with scorn "It wes barauee I slept too Bear where I fell eair— Yonth'e Companion t AM Expensive Wsdding. "Tbe hrtoe nearly fainted dating tbe esrMßoay and had to be sapported by bar father wutll It waa over." "Tat had mow I bear bar father la ■MlMtleg bath of them." t 11 1 Bssbaen to tbe fbltbfM but eahap- IV paeeat oi mlatoetaaa-ffeltor. TO the tratb- At Met aet all tbe Urns Aad yet wa wsleeate him. hs sooth. With aa aßestlea prima .Be tstls the todies they ere all The fairest o( tbsir raaa. XJhewiee he eeye their chHdrsa small Bars asnSiass wit aad grace. Be tsllocasta stalaamos that Me sanih Bajska as s claests tars. Wbats'sr the asel jreu tela would reeeh. Be strives to boost yea there. With friendly talk since early yeoth flood cheer hsTs tried to tolas. TO Btwlaa doesn't tsD the troth. Bat he Is eossCscttag. mtmr GRAHAM,N.C, THURSDAY, APR1L4,1912. Destroying Childish Cenfldenoe. "Alexander was a great man, wasn't be, par "Yea, Willie." "And eo waa Hannibal r Tee." "And Caeaar and Napoleoa aad Waahlngton?" "Yea." Tbey wua great lighten, waant tbey?" "Yea." "But you could lick 'em all. couldn't you. par- Pa looked around nervonaly. - A feminine voice la heard from aa Inner room. , The voice: "Willie, your pa couldn't liek tbe fuse from a alck Teddy bearr And a painful alienee ensued.— Cleveland Plain Dealer. Aa and Hammer. The man with ths ax to grind Is a asaa Who makes ths wheels go round. Par he'll probably do tbe be, t he can | With tbe ax when he seta It around. Be will swln( with a keen and Sturdy stroke I Tp make a pathway clear Or to »lve the chimney a crown of smoke 1 While beneath are warmth and Cheer. j But the man with the hammer will aah as aid. Thouah tbe rust msy thickly show. Bs has no need of s polished blads Nor hats for ths dull snd slow. BIS strokes would tboushtlsaaly break aad spoil Ths work thst hss been designed By the men who lathered In helpful toll And who each hsd sn sa to grind. —Washington Star. Cautloua Estimate. Bandy waa au elder In tbe church and a truly pious man. Be had aa eye for beauty and a love for it. but be married Tina berauee be knew she would make blm an excellent wife. "1 suppose Tina is a handsome lass 7" ssld Bandy's cousin, who tnet him In Olaagow not long after the marriage and bad never seenbe bride. "I ken ye've gude taste. Bandy." "Aweel," said tbe bridegroom cau tiously. "aba's tbe Lord's Handiwork. Tammas. I'm no' prepared to aey ahe In hla masterpiece."—Youth's Compan ion. ' Winter Wiedem. Dally Alice begs me, •Tsscb me bow to skats." I cannot wall refuse her. So I always snswsr, "Whit." Cries Alice, with Impatience, "Tbe season's growing latel" I quickly stiftr her aager 1 With the evaalvs answer "Watt." A mslden's smiles I treasure, But 1 value more my pate. Alice weighs ons hundrsd slgbty. Wouldn't you snswsr "Wslghtf -New York Sea. Per Militant Bufrrasettea. Here is an advertisement copied ver batim from Votes For Women, a Lon don periodical devoted to tbe political advancement of ibe gentler sea: "Jujutsu (self defenae) for suffra gettes. private or claaa loosens dsily. ' )o£o to 7:30; special terms to W. S. P. j TJ. members: Buuday clasa by arrange ment; boxlug ami fencing by speclsl ists Edith Onrrud. 0. Argyll Place, Regent Streei."-AriconnuL Maud In Midwinter. Baud Muilcr on a winter'* day Helped harveet Ice Instead of hay. A Judge Klid up on gleaming skatsa. Bent there iierhape by kindly fats*. He noticed Muud. He turned to look And Instantly a tumble took. Maud never got a second glsnce'. And there, of course, wis no romance. -Washington Herald. • ' Shedding Blue Bleed. An Irish lOnlrut-lur hud tbe mis fortune to ruu IIIM car over an old man wbo bad a bottle of blatng Inside hla coot Jumping from hla car and seeing tbe fluid rapidly staining tbe old fei low'a breast, Ue cried to bia friend: "Flnnegau. It'll go barnid wld us! We've killed wan o' I blm bloeblooded Yankee* r'^Judge. Meryena. Mary had s little Ismb. A little pork, s little lam. A little toast. A little roast. A Utile stsw with dumplings whit* A little shsd— For Mary had A little appetite. ■•Boston Hmid. i . He Qualified. She—l'm afraid I cannot marry yoa. I want a man wbo gtinrnm a noble ambition, eoe whose heart Is aet oa attaining eome high and worthy object. He-Well, don't I want you? ./ Bbe—Ob. George, darling. I am yoers! —Boston Transcript -Vain Words." In weaving large words Into fsbric of rims I've heretofore been latraaasresslMe. Vet rve had the longing ah. assay's the timet— To thread In the word liiiputissclbla. -New York MaS. Ptatonle and Fraatlsel. -Tbey started In a purely piatsele way to read 'Lucille' toqptber." "Welir "New i bey are Interested la a beek that telle how to build a gLOOS banes" —Kaasss CUy Journal. Tammy's Trouble. When Tommy bad ths tummyachs AaA ||it doctor csom nil he "Are you in paler* aad Tommy eshhsd. "Ito. air; the pela's ta nasi" —Upplaoetra Msgsstss Well Mated. Mrs. Ooodsole—What a penetrating eye be baa! Bra. Cb 11 Bcon-Carney—Yea. and what a penetrating noee Ue wife kaal-CM eago Tribune Ban asay live without flrtends. Man may Hvs without boohs. Bat aroasaa eaa't Hvs without Dreeeee and heehe. laSsi'e Übrary r ' The Fighting Wail. IN* hlksd far Uncle Sswasl, aad rvaaetr er shirked a bit. rva trod the daety blgtrwaye aad have never leased er ealt Nobody's beard aw holler whea aa asdar came to Sit. X . BM, sscK pleaee dea't aead see dewa te Texas. ffa da at SshUa' aheSSeia whose the aio Ureal i Be we Of huntla* for ssrltsmeat where svetto- BMt MVW lta sick of whlehbraon aervlee Is daotla* up ay aethss^ Tssas! A RAZOR PROOF SNAIL H ttrelled the Kntiro Length of the Blede'e Keen Edge.. ' "Wbdn iibototnupiilng a snail," writes Profeseor vvsrd lu tbe London Strand Magaxlne. "I was surprised at - the fact that even the rough cut edge ef a sheet of glass presented no difl cultiea to Its locomotion. Its even psce waa continued lu eplte of tbe fact that tbe abarp corner apiwared lo be pene trating Its body.' There we have ex hibited tbe anlmal'a delicate aeaee of touch, aad tbie lad me te make a fur ther experiment. "After I had placed the snail en tbe bntt of a rasor's blade It alowly moved along tbe back of tbe blade and tben climbed completely over the abarp edge, the raaor being l r excellent coo ' dltion. Ae the eucceaalve wavaa brought tbe fore part of lta foot near j the edge of tbe blade Hs bead waa held low down, and the lower and' abort er pelr of feelers nearly touched . the blade, aa If feel lac tbeway. "At the moment when the aharp edge I waa reached tbe email feelers if ere | fully extended toward It,-and Juat at tbe very Instant wbsn I expected ta see them cnl off tbey were both in stantly retracted. They were little mere then a hairbreadth a*ay, aad, though tbe lower feelers poaaeea ao eyes, yet by tbelr sudden movement I waa quite convinced thst tbe anal) at that Inataat recognised danger, "Still tbe foot traveled on. and alowly the snail dragged lta whole weight of exactly one aad a half ouoeee over the edge, later moving toward the bntt and remaining perfectly ~ A harmed. The epeclee experimented with waa tbe Roaaan or edible kind, which ae counta for lta comparatively targe weight. H being tbe largaet of Brtdab aoalla." STREET CAR PHRASEOLOGY. A New Yorker Compareo Caltarad Bee ten With Hie Own CHy. "Did yon ever think bow mncb the temperament of a ctty to expreaesd la lta Street cent" qoOrled a New Ydrk man of aa obaervant torn of mind. "1 have just returned from a trip to Boston, and oever before have tbe ee eential differences between that city and my own New York been ao Im praased on me aa by my obeervationa In the street can. "Tbe firat thing 1 miss In Boeton to the familiar 'Step llvelyr Instead 1 am exhorted 'Move as qnlekly aa pos sible. please.' Hew eoaid any one above and push and crowd after that? "Once la the car I And myaelf still enrroanded by an atmoephoro of eon elderntloo and ef correct Bngiloh la onr own subway we are laoonlcally ordered T7se both doors.' 4a Boston we are requested. 'Kindly leave by the nearer door.' "This atmoapbere la farther main tained by another algn In the ear. . The paaaanger lo reqneeted. the eoe -1 doctor to requited, to name tbe value of any coin or note tendered In pay ment of fare.' Can yea Imagine a paaaenger being reqneeted to de any thing In a New York atroet cart "At Dudley street station, the prin cipal transfer point for suburban ears, there are large placards on every plat form. 'Women first, please.' 1 must admit that I did not observe that these hsd sny appreciable effect on tbe acrambte when tbe cara came In. but It certainly Indicates a kindly eplr- It on tbe part of tbe man wbo to re eponalble for tbe canU"—New Yen Bon. Java'a Boiling Lake ef Mud. One of tbe greatsst natural wondere In Java, "tbe Are Island." a large take of boiling mad. to attested a I moot In tbe center ef the plalita of Orobogsns, fifty "peals" to the nun beset of Sole. It la almeet two mllea lo circumfer ence, end la the center leansesai col umns of soft, hot mod may bs seea continually rtolng and falling like greet black tltnbera I bra at forth snd tben suddenly withdraws by a giant'a banda. Beeidee tbe phenomenon of tbe columna tben an two gigantic imbblee near tbe weetera edge which all ep KMe huge balloons snd sxplode on aa average three Umea per mlnu'a. Hm Neinoa In Berasawy. Germany probably bolds the record for ost of Ibe wey Inn names. Berlin stone can boast the Angry Louise, tbe Comfortable La ash. the Cold Frog, tbe Dirty Parlor, the Bloody Bones, tbe Borers' Den. the Four Hundred weight Man and tbe Mimical Cats, while a eebnrben landlord, wbooe bouse staads nssr s cemetery snd Ip a popular "pan up" for mourners, baa dabbed It nty appeaprtalety. the Last > Tear. Again f A yeaag BagUab ettsebeof tbe lega •oa is Weehlnglea ramened te aa Americas belle eome years ago: "1 am . ; malty aerry that the Beting en affair > aet Mtoy te be eateaMy adjastsd. , tar. ef eoor* i. with ear sapsrlsr asvy, ; wa coaM just wipe yoa off the face ef toe earth." She replied with eee word. "Agslsr Mutual Csfi'satlsaa. Porter—Mtas, year tnla te— PrecM Pssssager iy mss. why de yea esy "year tmla" whea yea haow It be bap ta tbe railway company? Porter —Daaae, mtaa. Mqi de yea aay "my , maw" whea you know I beta eg to my ' eld womaa London Tto-Blta. I Slew. "Byre, hew tang tee Joe Neitosbeea ■Mag with y oaT "That seams aa awfally long dsn" "Ysej I resflasi wsadsr If isrt enr gstof (j ask me to aaarvy biaa."- §m Praattoae ghmelats TbrWstlsla. Ike targeet of the tusimeo Bsgltoh ' bsto to thw aemsla, Ito wiags aasae , an nearly foarteen inrbee serosa, aad Itßlee Mgll end swiftly, r _______ BlMieel Money. Tbe raise of a ebekel of sUver woald be appmtswtely 90 tmU, that of a 1 fold shekel 110. A talent ef Mirer . would be worth eboet fS/WO and a talent of gold approximately 980,000. r A piece of allver wee worth aboat 18 centa, while a mite was a smsll frac tion of a ceot. . HIS POCKET PIECE By OSCAR COX "Well, Dolly, what have you to gay In reply to my third proposal?" "Your fifth." "Oh, you have kept count?" : "Why shouldn't IT "Why should you? If you don'l wsnt me wbst Interest am 1 to you?" "dlrta like to get propositions of mar rtage, snd It llsttere their amor pro pff." "But I ihould think that live propor tions from one men would count only aa one propoeltlon." "For my part I bare enjoyed tbe fifth aa mueb as tbe first." "I don't know whether to gratify your pencbsnt for propose la further or aay good by forever." The word "forever" waa pronounced very aerlonaly. She heaved an Involun tary sigh. ' "I believe I'll toss up for it," bo aald. "For what?" "Whether I make you one more pre poeat or noL" "You might better toae np whether I give you a definite reply to thoee yon hgre slrsady made." "Ob, your anawera, then, have been 'lndefinite?" There was no reply. Silence glvee consent "Since you sre undecided ss to what yoo wljl do with my propoeala, auppoae you toee np whether or no yoo eball marry me." He took a-'-atlrer half dollar from hla pocket. "It's- a Colombian piece," be aald. "IsautM gf tab time of the Colum bian world's fair at Chicago. I would net partly Ith it for a fadn- X keep U tor a pocket piece." "Let me eee It" ' He eat down by her, and they looked at It together, in order to see Its workmanship the more cleerly tbey were obliged to put tbelr beads very close together, so near that a few atranda of her fluffy hair tickled bis cheek. "What a funny looking ahipt" abe aeld. "And tbe two baaeballs under It—what do they mean. I wonder?" She referred to tbe twin worlds on the coin. "They're not baseballs; they're crick et bells. Tbey signify tbst Columbus bowled out sll tbe otber nsvigators who over lived." "Wbst's ths fourteen on tbe left slds ef tbe bells mean?" That'e tbe age Columbua waa wben he waa born." "Don't be silly." "Fact It means tbst bs wss ss smart when he waa born aa most boys are wben tbey are fourteen yean old." "la that really ao?" looking np with ber Innocent eyea. "Certainly." "Wbat'e tbe ninety-two on tbe otber Mde stand foff "Tbat'a the age Columbua waa wben he died." "I didn't know be lived to be eo old." "He died of tbe croup Anally. Yon aee, having been born at fourteen, he hadn't bad any cblldren'a diseases. Tbe first one tbst got him carried blm' off." "Now you're talking silly sgsln." Hsanwblle hi* arm bad fallen on ber watat Sbe turned tbe coin over, ex- Mbltlng tbe great navlgator'a bead. "Wbo*B that ?" aba asked. "Tbat'a Ferdlund, tbe king of Spain, who furnished the funda foe tbe Amer ican trip."- ' "I abould tblnk tbey would have pat Celnmbue' bead on It". "Welfare you ready for tbe toee?" She sighed, snd there wss s fsr dis tant look In ber fawnlike eyee. "If tbe oMp and tbe cricket bells come np." be continued. "I'm refused for good snd all. If Ferdinand's bead la np yon will be mine." Be teeaed tbe coin, and It came down beads np. H'ro won," be aald exultlngly. •Net at all." "You egreud that If Ferdinand's bead came up you would marry me." "That Isn't Frrdlnsnd's heed. It's CetamtHJs'" f "Humph. You're smarter than I thought you were. Mnst I toes sgaln?" "To decide anything you'll have to." "Which shall It be this timer "If It's the ship and tbe cricket bells Wa 'Yea.*" "Thank you, no. I'm not to be ceugbt that wey agalar "Didn't yoa aay tbafe what they were end that Columbua waa foarteen yeera old wben be waa"— A kiss etopped all that. "Yen toe* It. and l>efore It comss dewa I'll cheese." sbe ssld. "All right. No quibbling Ibis Uma." Toee It to tbe celling." "1 wouldn't loee It far anything." He made a feint lo sead It up, and sbe cried "Both!" He sent It to tbe oelllns. tben caught ber In fata arms. awMhere wee e storm of kisses. Tbe next dsy be looked for bis pocket piece. It waa not lo be found. Tbe eeok a few days tater sported s new eMtar. Sbe ssld sbe bought It with s eotu sbe foond under tbe sofs. Ten yeers later while looking over e collection of colas be wee aaaklng bs mnsrked to his wife; "1 wonder what In lnced me to throw thst ColnmMsn hslf doilsr so blgli tbst Wben It eetae down I .-ooldu't Sad It." "Yea didn't look for It." "Didn't I? Why?" She looked at blm with Ibe eaase wenderlag eyes ee wben he hed told her that Cotambas waa been aged fear I aea. bat eeld not blag. There WM aethtag to be enM. Tbe haggis, arartlac to leoeo elsetlr etymologists, ta Scotch only by adept toe. having beee a popatar dish la Bsgltoh rookery do wa to tbe begla aiag of tbe eigbteeath ceotnry. Perns In Us Shin. Tbe porse In tbe buasaa akla ansa, bar aboat LOOO te the eqaaia Inch. The Bearded Vulteee. Tbe world's largest bird of prey to tbe bearded vulture. From tip to tip ef wing It meaenree nine and some- "" LEE'S BURIAL CASKET. Strange Manner In Whleti It Caaae. Wbsn It Wee Needed. Bra. La Salle Corbel Pickett tells this story connected with the burial ef General Kobert B. Lee. It seems that whan be died et Lexington, Va, tbe North river, a trlbotary to the Jamea. bad overflowed lta banks, snd Lexington waa cut off from all com munication with tbe outalde world. A warebouae waa wasbsd sway and with it all tbe euppliea contained therein, in cluding all tbe coffins in tbe city. "In this extremity." writes lira Pickett in Llpplncott'e. "Profeeeor Nel son of tbe Unlveralty of Virginia waa consulting with some of tbe other pro feasors aa to what could be done. In tbe midst of tbelr dllemns two boys came up to tbem In a timid way, hesi tating to approacb tbe group of digni fied atrangera, yet feeling tbe neceaslty of Imparting the Information tbey were bringing. Each feared to be tbe Drat to apeak and pushed tbe other on. say ing: " 'You telL* " "No; you tell. You saw it Href " 'No; you saw It at tbe aame time.' "•flaw wbatr aeked Profeeeor Nel son. wbo was s Judge of boys, snd per ceived that there waa something of unusual Importance on tbelr mlnda. "*Yee; aaw wbatr repeated oae ot hla companions "Encouraged by tbe readlneee to re ceive their tldlnga. one of tbem replied, *A coffin.' " 'We aaw It.' affirmed tbe otber. " 'Yea; we aaw It there upon tbe a bore —there by the Island.' "•On tbe ahore—a coffin? Where?" "'Juat about tbree miles from town. We ssw It,' ssld tbs boy wbo bsd first spoken. 'Bsybs nobody's In IL We wss too scsred to do more than aea the outalde end tben we tuck out "Taln't never been used. It'a bran' spankln' new.' " '1 wonder If tbey reelly eaw It or only imagined IL' said one of tbe gen tlemen. "Profeeeor Nelaon aroee and tnrned to the boys, geylng: **Come and show us tbe way.' "Tbe boya led on and all followed, uncertain as to what they were to And, but trusting that In some way beeven bad gHlcioualy eupplled their great ne ceealty. Along tbe river benk they walked until tbelr two guides stopped beside s long closed box tbst bad float ed down the ewollen waters In tbe greet flood snd drifted asbors. In tbe box wss s iM-autlful coffin." They carried home ibe box snd In tbst csshet nil that wns earthly of tbe famoua general wua Ink! to reet lo tbe college cbn|iel. Balks ths Jail Breakers- A detective was talking about Jail breaking. "Down In Colombo," be aald, "tbey have got a very good dodge agalnat tbe Jail breaker. It's aimple too. Juat bricka You aef. tbe Uutlval Jail at Colombo Is surrounded by s very high brick well. Well, tbe Isst dozen courses of these bricks sre laid loose, without mortar. So wben you try to eecape yon climb steslthlly, hardly daring to breathe, np ths wall, and with a slgb of relief you reach tbe loose course at tbe top snd—^clatter, crash, bsnic. clatter—n thousand bricka In the profound Silence fall with a noise fit lo wuke tbe dead and a dosen wnrdent rush oul nnd you climb down aadly Into tbelr walling anna."—New York Press. Perslsn Pipe Bserer en Horeebsek. A picturesque feature of Peralan Seld aporta la tbe pipe bearer, an im portant retainer wbo rldea cloae be hind hla mantcr. bearing tbe whole elaborate paraphernalia of the Per einn water pipe down to tbe glowing charcoal sus|ieuded In a amall braxler. If tbe |*ariy Is a large oue It will gen erally be found that eome member of It 1a riding aoberly along, pulling eteadlly et a large allver kalian, or water pipe, tbe pointed base of the water bowl being eecurely supported by a strsp fixed to tbe peak of tbe eaddle.—Wldv World Bagaslne. Oeeerveo a Medel. Wbo wss or ta the greatsst woman In all btatory? Two hundred ecbool teacbera a news red the question; and with enthusiasm and unanimity the Judgse awarded the prise to tbe ooe who made tbta reply: "The wife of the farmer of moderate meaoa who doee her own cooking, waablug. Iron lng, aewlag, brlnga op a family of boya and gtrle to be useful members of society sod flnds time for Intel lectual Improvement" Diegneslng Mis Trouble. "I want you to tell me plainly, doe tor," aakl tbe man with tbe fat govern ment poeition. "what to themetter with me." "Well, air," snswered tbe old doctor. Inning beck in bis chair and looking at his beefy, red faced pstiset "yea srssaffsrtag from underwork sad ever. > pay."—Loadoa Anewers The Intelligent Teuriot. "How about Venire? Shall we stop sff si Venice?" "Venice? Br. bow many psgee doss Vselce fske ep In Ibe guide book?" "Bight." "la the! case It man he worth a atop."—Washington llerald Bettsr Part of Valor. Stater—Bo Willie June* kicked yoa. did be? And did you kick him beek? Bobby—No I didn't If I hoJ tben Iseeld be bta -tore again -Boeton Transcript Kindness to ntefclag. snd if yoa go ■bent with e thoroughly developed caee year neighbor will be etua to get It- Coal. The discovery of coel to said to have hen nude by a Belgian blacksmith named Bulloe. wbo lived hi the vil lage ef Pleaevsux. near Liege, la IMB. African Psssrts. African deoerta are from thirty to forty feet deep la need. Nero Deep. The greatest ocean depth officially recorded ta at Nero deep. 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