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' It was In the Cfflce of the clerk of
the district . courts. He had fmt
planked down a dollar for a marriage
license, and a reporter was about to
add him to the list' as "one more un
fortunate, weary, of Binprla life
rashly importunate, going In tow
married strife," but then he ipokec
"Say, friend, I' wish you would
leave that out of the paper."
The objector to newspaper noto
riety was a pleasant-spoken young
fellow, and he continued argument
tively: 1 . v x ,
fNow, I'm a newspaper man my
self, and I know how you're fixed.
Yon're sent here to get the news,
and naturally want to get all of it.
But if you'll 'keep that item out of
the paper for twenty-four hours, IT1
give you & story worth printing."
. A mere two-line item against,
perhaps, a column; 'here was an in-
aucement mat no-newspaper man
could resist, and the reporter was
not proof against temptation. Still.
he was wise enough to stipulate that
the story should be given at once.
Well, you nave our narryy
and residence from the register.
6aid the young Benedictabout-to-be,
"and we've bad quite a little ro
mance. She belongs to one of the
best families in that country, where
her father is quite a small magnate.
I went down there about three years
ago and' started a paper. I did
pretty well and am probably as well
nzed financially as she is, but, un
fortunately, the ; old man and I
couldn't hitch. Befo- I knew what
a charming daughter he had I trod
on his political . toes pretty sharply
and he never forgave me. The old
lady, too, didn't like me, partly be
cause I was a newcomer and not re
lated to any of the local aristocracy.
into which she wanted her daughter
to marry.
, stiii, ueiia litea me, and you
know when you have the girl and
the dog on your side a fellow can
stand a good deal of snubbing. All
went along very well for awhile. I
proposed and was accepted, but
when I came to speak to the old man
about it he fired me out: bodily, or
threatened to do so, and ordered
me never to show my face in his
house again. Knowing the old man,
ana Having due regard lor- my
face, I never did, but managed to
meet Bella on the sly, although the
old folks watched her pretty closely.
"iinauy tney decided to remove
ner irom tne contamination oz my
neighborhood, probably on the theo
ry that separation is a cure for such
cases. Accordingly they came to
Washington for a month or so, poa-'
Bibly in hopes that some of these city
.swells might cut me out. But Bella
managed to drop me a note telling
me about it, so I' followed them.
They've been here about a week,
stopping . with ' friends I couldn't
find out where until the other day,
I hunted through all the hotels and
haunted the streets In hopes of see
ing them, when finally I remembered
that strangers in the city always go
tp the capitol about' the - first thing,
j "Then I took up my station in the
rotunda every day, staying all .day
long. The watchmen evidently con
sidered me a new crank in town, but
finally they came the old man, the
old lady and Bella. I pulled my hat
down over my eyes and hid behind a
newspaper until they had passed,
and then -I heard them inquiring the
way to the . dome. When they got
pretty well up the stairs I followed.
and at the top, you know, it Is pretty
dark, so by keeping on the opposite
side I managed to escape the old
couple's eyes. : ! :
: "They were' busy studying out the
'Apotheosis of ' Washington," while
Bella was leaning against the wall.
looking tired and homesick. I waited
around for a chance to speak to her,
but the old man kept her at his el'
bow, and 1 had about made up my
mind that I would have to knock
him down when an idea struck me.
"You know -how r sound travels
over that arch, so ,-that people on
opposite sides' of the circle can talk
to each other in whispers I had
been, there before and- knew all
about it, so I stood lust across from
Bella and spoke her name. She
jumped as if, she had been shot.
.: " 'Where are vou, Will? she, ex
claimed, recofirnizinff my voice at
once. She had been thinking of me,
she told me afterward.
; " 'Hushl' said I. . Tm just oppo
site vou: talk to the wall and I can
hear al you say.'
"And mavbe we didn't talk
seemed a bit uncanny to be talking
to a stone wall and having your best
girl: answer back. Something like
the old story of Pyramus and This be,
only -they talked through the walL
Well, sh e told me where . she was
stopping, and that it would be use
less for me to try to see her nearer,
as she was watched all the time.
"Just then the old man chimed In
and asked her to whom . she was
talking. She said only to herself.
As there was no one within fifty
feet of her he had to believe It. '
"Well, that made me mad and
also gave me another Idea. . I had
been looking up the district mar
riage laws and found that one could
get a license almost . for the . asking.
There was no time to be lost.
asked Bella if she would marry me
at once, whether the old folks were
willing or not, . And she said she
would 4f she could tret away. Then
We cooked tip a seheme. ; 1 was tp
get the license and engage a minis
ter, as I have just done. " To-morrow
night they are going to a con
certo or something, and Bella Is to
get sick and go home with her cousin
about nine o'clock. Only before going
home she will stop into the house of
a minister, where we will be: mar
ried.1 4fNow you easily see that the pub
lication of the fact that I have taken
out a' license would spoil all our
plans, and if you will keep it but
you shall be one of the witnesses at
the wedding and kiss the bride, if
she is willing." ;
Of course the reporter agreed
EXEMPT FEOM THIEYEa
' A Bene of Honor Amooa tha Pick
pocket ot BpJ.
tk Vovmlmi Ci-pis tU Wlft mt s ,
rsi a usis mu su
' a a liks swa.rsrtsas; j
au joaana not oeen amused at a
remarkable experience which befell
Eenor Chuoca, the popular eonrposer,
a few days ago in '.tin Spanish
capital, says the Naw York Tribune.
In his latest piece, "La Orari Via,"
which has been the chief attraction
; . DAyiO QARR1CH .
The Q rest Actor fUfnpfeg h Qm
Qsrdsn wfth a Little BlaHramsfw
. David GarrSck, the great actor,
although ha had no children of his
own, was passionately food of th
little oies. Ha was never so happy
as wbea ha was romping la tha gar
den with- young folk, giving thera
rides on Iris broad back or pretend
ing to frighten them by acting ths
part of a dog or a lion. Afd never
before '.were there such f srodous
Hons sad bears, never were thart
such wonderful proud peacocks, as
those he transformed himself Into.
Once at a certain rich gentiemaa's
XHnest of all b LcaTenlng Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
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AftSOHFTEiy PURE
this, and the item was accordingly-. tha elor soma Um o to whfch the actor had been
A atAwypjous msjiwcT. .
TV Ab try of BaKaaaad . TarrtU of
squelched for the time being. But
while it seems a pity to' spoil such a
pretty little romance, it cannot con
fidently be said that "they were
married and lived happily ever ,
after."
The reporter was on hand at the
appointed time and place, but neither
bride . nor groom prospective ap
peared. , Whether the old folks got
wind of their j intentions and re
moved the youncr lady, or whether
some little part of the plans miscar-,
ried, can only be conjectured. . Cer-:
tainly the license is still on the
books, but no mini iter has yet certl-
J
the maestro has endeavored . to im
mortalise three pickpockets, known
as 'lies tres Ratas." ' Tha charac
ters, in fact, are the chief ones of
the piece.
While riding recently In one
the tram-cara of Madrid one of the
"long-fingered gentry" " relieved
Chucca of his pocketbook, containing
his photograph and three hundred
pesetas. The composer reported
the robbery to the police, with little
hope, however, of regaining his
property. ; Tha incident naturally
was ' told in ' the .newspapers.
Twenty -four hours later thesenor
fled that he performed the ceremony, ! received a package containing tha
and as this fact has not been estab
lished it would be rather rough on
the young people to give their names.
Washington Post.
Praaarvlng Historic Plaeaa.
I
"The National Trust for Places of
His torio Interest or Natural Beauty"
is an association which has just
been organised in England, which
has for its object the preservation of
places that are of value to the
nation, on account of their natural
beauty, their Ms torio associations or our council chamber Never airaLa
lL s I l 1 - If A Al ..... . . . . . . "
money and the following letter:
"Most Hokokxd Mastxju By mis
take one of our colleagues yesterday
stole your pocketbook and its con
tents. Through the papers he
learned of his error. The president
of the society, to whom was intrust
ed the duty of repairing the evil
.done, honors himself in returning
this to you, with the three hundred
pesetas. In order to avoid such a
mistake in tha future we have re
tained your photograph, to which
we will give a prominent place in
any other desirable quality. Among
the ! members of . the provisional
council are the duke of Westminster,
Lord Dufferin, Lord Roeebery, Sir
Frederick Lelghton, Prof. Huxley,
the provost of Eton, the master of
Trinity, Mr. Walter Besant, Miss
OctaViaHlH and a number of other
persons distinguished In art, letters
or practical knowledge of : affairs.
From time to time philanthropists
will the honorable association of
Madrid pickpockets forget that it
was you, honored master, through
your operetta, wno gave us a re
spectable and ' deserving place in
society. With tha highest respect,
. . t . "Lxs Tmxs Ritas."
The famous composer, however, is
not the only one in Spain who is to
be exempt from the depredations
of this class of citizens. A few
make over to the nation, or to some days after Chucca bad recovered his
particular town or district, bits of
property1 of the kind here de-1
scribed. But the presentation of
the gift Is not always easy and some
times is very troublesome, owing to
the difficulty of finding- suitable
trustees. This new association has
been devised to act as general trustee
for all property Intended for the use
and -enjoyment of the nation at
large. Its function Is to accept
from private owners of property
gifts of places of Interest or beauty,
which can only be made if a per
petual custodian and administrator
can be found. . It will be Incorpor
ated under the joint stock com
panies act and will be endowed with
special. privileges in consideration
of the res pons rf ill tea which.lt assumes.
THE ART OF EATING.
Branch of Education In Which Ameri
cans Are Deficient. ' .
"When my children get to the
proper age, said tne man wno was
smoking a briar pipe,-"! Intend to
have them taken In hand by some
competent person and given a thor
ough instruction in the art of eating
and, further, in the scienoe of find
ing out what to eat and ordering.
"What do you mean?" inquired
the man who sat next to him.
"1 mean this: The average Ameri
can citizen is woefully deficient in
knowledge of what he can get to
eat. He falls down when it comes
to bordering a dinner. The great
majority of people in this country
are brought up frugally at home and
do not know anything but the com
monest dishes. The consequence is
that when a man goes into a restau
rant for dinner or to a hotel he
gazes helplessly at the-bill of fare
and sees many things of which he
does not know the component parts.
He dare not 6rder anything that he
is not sure of for fear of ridicule and
he falls back on roast beef and
mashed potatoes. . The fact is, he
doesn't- know anything but roast
beef. . ;
"Now, sir, my children are going
to know what's wtiat when it comes
to eating. .'No roast beef domina
tion!' shall be my household slogan."
St Paul World. . .
property the wife of Senor Morano,
a prominent editor of Barcelona,
lost her gold watch studded with
diamonds. The senor in. his paper
orxered a reward lor the return of
the timepiece, promising to ask no
questions. The paper had been on
the street only a few hours when a
handsomely dressed man called at
the office and asked to see the editor.
He gave him a package and disap
peared. The package contained tha
watch. The next mail brought
letter saying that the watch had
been stolen by a Barcelona "rata.
but that as soon as the council had
learned that the jewel belonged to
an editor's wife it had decided to re
turn it "We are not less honor
able," the letter went on, 'than our
Madrid colleagues. Artists, authors
and journalists in future are' to be
safe against our attacks."
invited,, the conversation during
dinner time became too dull. Ths
city merchants fell to talking about
business, and Garriclr began to feel
out of place.
So when every one was "busy chat
ting to his neighbor he slipped very
. quietly out of the room, . and went
round through the garden to ths
back of the house. There he discov
ered a little black boy a negro. In
those days, you know, people were
permitted to keep slaves. Garrtek
was pleased, indeed, to see such a
jolly little fellow, and it did not mat
ter to him In the least if that boy
was only a little black servant. '
Down went his back and up went
his bead, with Its three-cornered
hat, while his hands behind lifted up,
the tails of his long, blue coat And
tne next moment thera he waa strut
ting about the yard, the .very Image
of a dignified old turkey-cock.
"Uobbiel gobbiel gobbler went
Garrtek,; bobbing his head up and
down; ana round and round ha strut
ted, with his coat-tails tapping
proudly behind him. .
And thas be was discovered when
his host tame out to look for . tha
missing guest. "
"Oh, massa, he do so make me
US; I shall die wid lafflaT cried the
little blackamoor, holding his sides.
He one great turkey-cock: oh, he do
make me-to laffP
Garrick's big, round ' face waa
glowing 'with childish( joy- as he
stopped 'in . the . middle of a loud
"gobble," and looked up to meet the
horrified'eountenanco of his worthy
host; and , sorry enough' ha - must
have felt: to think that he had now
to joia the uninteresting company
again. He could have played turkey
cock all day, no doubt, if he and his
little black friend had been left alone
together. N. Y. Jorunal.
Another Lincoln Story.
"It was years' ago," remarked
Senator Voorheea, "when I was just
beginning the practice of IaV.' My
circuit used to take me over Into
eastern Illinois. It was then I first
saw Abe Lincoln. He was practis
ing law then and was very success
ful.. I recall a story ' be told on
some opposing -lawyer during the
argument of a case.
" 'Our friend said Lincoln to tha
jury, Is not responsible altogether
for the very remarkable argument
with which he' has afflicted you. Qur
friend is all right in a conversation,
and he may even examine a witness
fairly well. ' But the moment he em
barks on a set. speech his mind be
comes peculiarly affected. In fact
its operations while .our friend Is
speaking seem so very much retard
ed they might almost be said to have
ceased. -. In-this respect he reminds
me of a steamboat I knew "many
years ago, and which busied itself in
the Ohio river. This puffing lit
tle steamboat was of unusual, not to
say mogicai, construction. . it bad a
five-foot boiler -and a. seven-foot
whistle; and every time it whistled
it stopped. , it reminds .ma very
much, gentlemen, of our friend.'."
Washington Post.
BEAUTIES OF. HUNGARY.
It
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ana
gifted
plum
They Are Healthy,. Vigorous, Active
and Fond of Admiration.
The Hungarian women are among
the most beautiful in the world, i
Erect and straight as a candle,
hearty and vigorous' to the core,
they are pictures of good health
abounding -vitality. They are
with small feet, full arms.
p bands witn tapering angers
and wear long braids. The sun has
spread a reddish golden tint or a
darker tone' over - the complexion.
The -Hungarian woman -. is .not a
beauty of classical contour, nor
does she, perhaps, frequently pre
sent a riddle to the psychologist,
and ethereal poets will scarcely find
a theme in her for hypersentlmental
reveries. ' She is rather the vigor
ous embodiment of primeval "woman
hood. As - her exterior, so her
whole character M enchantlnglj
fresh and positive. She. likes to eat
well, is fond of a little wine, takea
naturally to swimming, dancing.
gymnastics and has not the least ob
jection to being admired.
Why Yale Wins. '
In the recent biography of - Dr.
Noah Porter, Mr. George S. Merri-
am, nlmseu a Yale college man, com
menting upon the promlneoe of ath
letics in that institution, has this to
say upon "one side of tha story:"
A Yale senior , was lately asked:
"Who is ex -officio the greatest man
in college T
"The captain of the football team,'
was the prompt reply. -
. "Of course: and -who has second
honors?
Second, but at a good remove,
com a the captains of the crew and
of the baseball team.1
"And who Li nextf"
There isn't any next.".. ' .
. And It was not s Harvard, but
Yale man who offered one explana
tion of his college's supremacy la
athletics: : .
"You see at Yale the athletio In
terest is supreme, while at Harvard
it divides attention with acholarshrp
and literature and various other af
fairs: so of course we beat them In
our specialty." Youth'a Compan
lion. .. .
A' RACE-TRACK FIEND.
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How. a Child's Prayer Worked His
Reformation. -
Peter Johnson, one of FLaibush'a
old residents, who is regarded by
his friends as a "reformed race-track
fiend," told the story of his reforma
tion to a tew friends tha other day
as follows:. "It was Christmas eve,"
he said: "my four-year-old stood by
my knee in his nlghty,' just before
being tucked into his crib, and in his
infantile' manner was praying, to
Santa Clans to bring him the .treas
ure -rrpoa which be had fixed his
heart. ' When ' he had finished,. I
asked the master of the house what
should old Santa Claus bring papa?
Ha bowed his little head an my knee
again, and innocently pleaded: 'And,
dear Santa Claus,: please bring papa
a race horse that can win sometimes.'
That was his mother's ' work, I sup
pose, but It went. ' 1 bought a tree
that nighty loaded it down with toy t
the boy had asked" for, and then
trimmed It with the' tickets that
hadn't won in the raoea." The habit
I had contracted of keeping losing
tickets enabled the long shots' to
reach from top to bottom', tha five,
three and two to one went twice
around, and scarcely a branch es
caped decoration. That unique fes
tooning represented hundreds of
hard dollars that had been scattered.!
in the wake of a race-track 'skate.'
I have not played a horse since that
time, and I have made up my mind
that I never will again. It's a de
lusion and a snare." Brooklyn Standard-Union.
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CrlspTs Capecltr fpf Work. .
Big. Crisp!, the Italian premier, is
a man of robust physique, with an
extraordinary, capacity - for . work.
He rises early, does not waste a mo
ment of the' day. . and pots all his
time to tha best possible use. lie La
most abstemious In eating aad drink
lsg, and for a period of four rears
did ao once go to the' theater.
though he Is fond of tha drama. So
ciety bores him, and his politeness
and charm of manner are conse
quently lost to it. , This, at least, is
the testimony of his secretary, to
whom the "statesman is a great deal
of a hero. v The publio at large has
not credited Crispi witbrthe posses-,
a Ion of too much of the milk of hu
man kindness.
kacattng Water, r
Eeptilee and batrachlana usually
possess what 'may be termed ..the
water-location sense.
My attention was. first called to
this by my brother, who, while en
gaged in a natural hlatory expedi
tion In t southeastern Texas, had
what at tha time we both considered
a unique experience with a large sea
tortoise.'
This tortoise had been surprised
some distance from the water, among
tha sand dunes that line tha gulf
shore, aad on being overtaken had
Its head chopped off preparatory to
serving as a very toothsome addition
to our diet. Much - to tha surprise
of the party tha beheaded animal
oon tinned on its way- toward the
water.
Several tirnea It - waa " turned
around, . entirely or part way, but
every time It was able to right Its
position perfectly, and again make
directly for tha water.
- At the tkne this was narrated to
ma I was of tha opinion that there
must have been something In the
contour of tha land that enabled the
tortoise to regain tha correct direc
tion la each ease.
Since then I have had numerous
proof s that this ability belongs to a
number of species of. these animals
In tha West Indies, and that tha loss
of eyes and nasal organs, of the en
tire head and neck, in fact, apparent
ry works no Inconvenience to them
In this particular. - This Is a family
charactarlstld which, so far as I have
been able to find,' is not alluded to
In any work concerning them.
The same singular ability may be
observed in certain species of water
frequentiog snakes. The common
water - snake, often erroneously,
called tha "water moccasin," almost
Invariably finds its way to the water.
If not too far away, when lta head la
cut off. St. Louis Republic- i
THE PNEUMATIC AGE.4
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Teoacce and Development.
Tha perennial table of eta tie tics
on the subject of the physiological
effects of tobacco smoke baa again
made its appearance.' This time Dr.
Jsy Seaver has baaed a series of ob
servations e?a a class of one hun
dred and eighty-seven college men
during their first and final year,
enumerating the growth m weight,
height, chest girth and lung capacity
of, "non-vaers," "Irregular users"
and "habitual users," of tobacco.
Expressed La the fornrof percent
ages. In weight tha non-user In
creased 10.4 per cent, more than the
regular -user,' and 6.6 per cent.,
mora . than tha occasional user.
In , the growth - of height the
non-user increased twenty-four
per- cent. mora, than the user.
and f oerteen per cent, more than the
occasional user. In the growth of
tha chest girth the non-user, haa an
advantage over the regular user of
26.7 per. cent., and over the occa
sional user of twenty-two per cent..
but in lung capacity the growth is
In favor of tha non-user by 77.5 per
cent, when compared with the regu
lar user, and .43.6 per cent, when
compared with the Irregular user.
WaeMnc tha Smeket
Invent on Intended to Make
Ing More Comfortable.
The present era Is likely to be
known to history as the pneumatic
age. What with pneumatic tube
and pneumatic tires, pneumatic
bells and pneumatic guryt, to aay
nothing of pneumatic orators, the
wind works seem to be coming to
the front.' The laWst thing in tL
pneumatic line is the invention of a
Washington man. Jack Rogr5. one
of the well-known member of the
Columbia Athletic club, and 1.1 in
vention is a saddle, says the Wa.-U
lngton Post. Rogers was by co
means a tenderfoot wben ne went
west tha last time, having lived oa
alkali and baking powder bread f or
a number of years west of the one
hundredth meridian. On Lis last
trip out he was softened by a long
course of luxurious living in the ef
fete east, and when it came toriJirg
miles on a bronco that would jolt
the top off a tin canteen In a Sab
bath day s journey, he . was,
strictly speaking, not In it, or that
was, he did not want to be. So, after
casting around for means of alleviat
ing his distress, be got a pair of .
old hot water bas that cad K-en
knocking around in the camp medical
outfit, and improvised a cuuplc of
saddle pads that did away with sad
dle blankets and were cool and easy
on man and beast. With true busi
ness Instinct be patented the devico
and had a few pneumatic saddles
made. It Is a contrivance tbat is '
likely to be lookrd down upon by the
callous residents of the west, who
consider it a matter of no moment
to settle tbeir bcvalcfast by fifteen
minutes' exercise on a bu .":,
bronco before starting off for an aF.:
day's ride, but in some localities
tha thing has taken quite exu-qr-sively,
and now the German army H
experimenting with it in the cavalry
service. "What the outcome of thU
will be It Is hard to say, but to an
Ignorant outsider it looks as though
there'mlght be danger of the super
heated air exploding under tho vio
lent pounding of a sharp cavalry
charge; and then, too, it would bo
an expensive business to have a
combination of horse, saddle and
rider that could be all three punc-
Jtured aad put out of use by one
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A Premium on Irnorance.
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. . An Explanation.
LookT here," said the kind-
hearted man, "this Is the . second
time you ' have asked me for ten
cents to help you to a night's sleep."
"Is it?" said tha man who had just
aoooatedhha.
"Yes, . it is. .My opinion Is that
you are an Impoa tor." .
"No, I tint, kernel: no, I ain't. -1
wus dead honest. . . You gave me a
dime, didn't jerT" .
- "Y. And you don t look much
aa if you were on the road to a
nlghfs sleep.? .
- "But I am. I invested it square.
You see Tm troubled with insomnia,
I am, and it alius taker. three doses
of whisky to make, ma repoaefuL"-
ffashugtoxiStar. , . . . ..
Ther have lust been trying . in
Birmingham, England, aa exceed
Log smoky, but not foggy city,
Invention for washing the smoke and
making It clean before it la turned
loose In the air. The idea Is , not a
new one, but in this application of It
there are some novel features. As
the smokd proceeds irom the furnace
to the chimney shaft, It is drawn
away near tha polat of connection
with tha stack by means of a power
ful fan revolving at a great speed.
It fk then forced through a cylinder
making two hundred aad eighty rev
olutkms a minute Into a tank filled
1th water. The water is agitated
by perforated beaters, and this proc
isa haa the effect of washing the
smoke, which Is then allowed to ea
cape perfectly purified into tha at
mosphere direct, or Is conducted
back to the chimney. The carbon Is
precipitated to the bottom of the
tank, and is brought out in a thick.
bubbling black froth, forming a de
posit, tha worth of which is put at
about fifty dollars a ton, along with
other by-products of aa extreme
ly valuable character. - This device
may be applied to - factory furnaces,
locomotives, steamboat ecginee, and,
in fact, to all large furnaces. A com
pany has been 'formed to work it,
and there Is a loud call for its trial In
London. Buffalo Commercial. -
Because a juror, looked at a cable
train as It sped past him. Judge
Henry granted a new trial of the
five thousand dollars damage suit of
Frank Jackson against the Kansas
City Cable railway, In which Jack
son was recently awarded fourteen
hundred dollars damages. Mr. Ash
ley, for young Jackson, contended
that if a new trial were to be grant
ed In suits against cable companies
every time a "juror happened to
glance at a cable car, no venlict for
the plaintiff could ever stand, no
also said that if a man were dar.
blind and stupid as not to notice
passing events such as the approach
of a cable train he bad no rijht to a
place 6a the pry. Judge Henry
held, however, that the Inspection of
Juror Hickman was sufScicht to war
rant the granting of a new trial.
Trial by jury, he said, would bo a
farce If jurors were permitted to get
information out of court. Kanaas
City Star. . .
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Phrase.
Slang
A new slang phrase has made its
appearance in New York city. It
expresses contrition or. anger at
one's self and Is to this effect: "I'm
going down street te give myself to
a policeman-. It is supposed that
this threat will replace the promise
to kick one's self.
Tha Real Need.,
A phBoaophlcal writer haa just
published a treatise explaining how
to fall la love. Why be ebouia nave
done so is a mystery. With the
American girl In. her present stage
of development and tha American
young man In his present stage of
susceptibility, what is needed Is a
treatise explaining how not to fall
toe love. Chicago Beoord.
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The Old Friend
And tha best friend, thatnerer
fails you, is Simmons Liver Pecu
lator, (the Bed Z) that s what
you hear at the mention of this
excellent Liver medicine, asd.
people should not . be persuaded
that anything ela will do.
It is tha King of Liver Medi
cines; is better thaa.pilla, aad
tales tha placo cf Quinine and
Calomel. It acts directly on tho
Liver, Kidneys and -Bowils and
gives new life to the whole sys
tem,' This is the medicino . yoa
want. Soli by all Droits ia
Liquid, or in Powder toXo takea
dry or made into a tea; 1
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