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V
THE COCOANUT TREE.
It Furnishes Food, Shelter and
Employment to Thousands.
mim Interesting Farts Concerning: the
Rearing of the Plant on llnt
ttons Ite Principal
Products.
This palm does not grow spontane
ously on Key West or on any of the
s, other Florida islands, as the violent
north winds which often prevail in
winter reduce the temperature of
southern Florida too low for this heat
lovinp tree, although when planted
and eared for while younp it prows to
a moderate size on this keys, and some
times hears fruit; otherwise the nuts
which are cast upon those shores by
the pul f stream would have produced
plants that would gradually have cov
ered them, for it is in this way that the
cocoumit has been aide gradually to
spread over all the sandy coral shores
of the tropics of the two worlds. The
place of its first home is uncertain. It
was lwlieveit ly the younger Candollc
to have first appeared on some of the
islands of the Indian archipelago,
whence it was carried either by ocean
currents or by man to the southern
coast of Asia, east tropical Africa, and
to tin: islands and shores of l'acitic
tropical America. I'ndoubtedly it was
brought by man to the West Indies and
ltra.il after the discovery of America
by F.uropeans, although it has now so
spread, through the action of ocean
currents or by the agency of man, that
it has every apjicarance of being in
digenous on the shores of east tropical
America.
The cocoanut palm, says (larden and
Forest, is a magnificent plant, well
named "a prince of the vegetable
kingdom," witli tall, slender columnar
stem eighty or a hundred feet high,
and rich pale yellow-green leaves
which are thirty or forty feet long, and
Uutter and rustle with every breath of
wind.
The cocoanut grows only near the
shore, where its roots, penetrating the
sandy soil, may drink freely from clear
underground springs. Of all trees it
is the most useful to man, furnishing
f.iod, shelter and employment to hun
dreds of thousands of the human race.
In tropical countries, especially in
southern India ami Malaya, the cocoa
nut supplies to whole communities the
chief necessities of life. Kvery part is
useful; the roots are considered a rem
edy against fevers; from the trunk,
houses, boats and furniture are made;
the leaves furnish the' thatch for
houses anil the material from which
baskets, hats, mats and innumerable
other articles are made; the network
of fibers at their base is used for
sieves and is woven into cloth; from
the young llower stalks a palm wine,
called toddy, is obtained, from which
arrack, a fiery alcoholic drink, is dis
tilled. The value of the fruit is well
known. From the husk, which is
called coir, commercially, cordage,
bedding, mats, brushes and other ar
ticles are manufactured. In the
tropics, lamps, drinking -essels and
spoons are made from the hard shells
The albumen of the seeit contains large
quantities of oil, uswd in the east fo
cooking and in illuminating; in Kuropc
and the United States it is often mailc
into soap anil candles, yielding, after
the oil is extracted, a refuse valuable
as food for cattle, or as a fertilizer.
In some parts of the tropics the kernel
of the seed forms the chief food of the
Inhabitants. The cool, milky fluid
which tills the cavity of the fruit when
the nut is young affords an agreeable
beverage, and the albumen of the young
nut, which is soft and jelly like, is nu
tritious and of a delicate flavor.
As might lie expected in the case of
a plant of such value, it is often care
fully and extensively cultivated in
many countries, and numerous vari
eties, differing in the size, shape and
quality of the fruit, are now known.
The cocoauut is propagated by seeds;
the nuts are sown in nursery beds, and
at the end of six or eight months the
seedlings are large enough to plant.
The plants are usually set twenty-five
feet apart each way in carefully pre
pared beds tilled with rich surface soil
Ouce established, a plantation of co
coanuts requires little care beyond wa
tering, which in necessary in its earl;
years to insure a rapid and vigorou
growth. In good soil the trees usually
begin to llower at the eud of five or six
years, and may In- expected to be in
full Waring in from eight to twelve
years. Thirty nuts from a tree is con
sidered a fair average yield, although
individual trees have been known to
produce an average of three hundred
nuts during a period of ten years. An
application of manure increases the
yield of the trees, although probably
the value of the additional crop ob
tained in this way is hardly large
enough to justify much expenditure.
IGNORANT SPIRITS.
They lied Not Kept l p with the Latest
Obitwary News.
JV friend relates to me an incident
that occurred on the evening of the
day when the news of the death of
I 'res tun S. ISrooka came to Massa
chusetts, says the Hoston Herald. It
was at a spiritualistic exhibition held
iu the town of North ISridpewatcr.
now the city of Irockton. A com
mittee of citizens had been chosen
from the audience to sit at the table
ou the platform with the medium to
ask questions and otherwise represent
the audience in the interest of candid
investigation. Jacob W. t'rosby. a
well-known citizen, was one of the
committee, lie was to Io the question
ing'. After a few introductory in
quiries, to which replies were made Iv
the regulation one, two or three raps.
Mr. t'rosby astounded the spirit world
by the query: "Is the spirit of Freston
S. ltrooks present?"
There was no reply and the question
was repeated. Then there were some
hesitating raps at the table, but it
could Hot be determined whether the
answer was in the atlirinative or the
negative.
"You know that he is dead, don't
you?" shouted the committeeman.
The answer by raps was now dis
tinctly "no."
'Well, he is, thank tJod:" yelled
"Uncle Jake." who was wrought np
to great excitement, as he struck the
table with his ponderous fist; "and you
had better make a note of it."
Taking to Had Uiiku(.'
If in ye olden days milady "swore
h. r pretty oath by yea and nay," the
modern dame of fashion, with the
frankness of her world and period,
usea the "big, big I" quite openly,
f- iuoking seems to U an accepted fact
among the young married women be
longing to the smartest set in New
York, and according to the Tribune
swearing is the latest development.
It is no uncommon thing of late to
hear pretty women use among their in
timates very stronp language indeed.
Curiously enough, however, and for
tunately, too, for the general good,"
these little indulgences areconfiued to
the "vie intime" of the inner circle,
While to sciety at large the modern
woman of the world ii a modi 1 jf cold
propiety. There has grown up in Lon
don aud of course New York has
adopted this latest innovation a lati
tude of speech, and action among the
truly initiated of a certain set that is
o:iwhat appalling to those who hold
the old-fashioned standard of what
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VI Al
DINED WELL WITHOUT COST.
Ihc Trirk by Vhi-h a .Moneyless Scamp
Swindled a Vsnhlntlnn Hmtsnrstrnr.
An unp rincipleii scamp recently
played a jfanie upon a 'Washing-ton
restaurateur that for originality and
effectiveness ha lot been matched in
any of ' 's nme-honored stories of
Ueau Hickman or any other "eaters
of dinners. you footthe bills." He was
a well-dressed, jrentlemanly-appear-ing
person any other would not have
secured much attention in the cafe
which he worked and he ordered a
dinner that proclaimed him an epicure,
if a scoundrel. He commenced, says
the Tost, by tipping1 the waiter lib
erally, which alone would proclaim
him one accustomed to secure the besc
of attention; and as for wines, he
would have none but the best vintages,
which he picked with the taste of a
connoisseur. The dinner was prepared
to the kind's taste and appeared to
please him until the last course. At
tjuit.point he uttered an exclamation
of horror, and - beckoned frantically to
the waiter. That functionary not be
iny sutlicieiit to vent his wrath upon,
lie summoned the head waiter, and
eventually the proprietor. Then he
pointed out the cause of trouble a
dead fly iu the dessert. Words could
not express his well-feigned disgust,
or the regret of the proprietor at this
unfortunate occurrence. The cook was
called up and Toasted" more effect
ually than he ever did his meats, and
the restaurateur offered every amend in
his power. lSut the truest professed to
be almost overcome with nausea, and
could not eat any more he had prole
bly had all he wanted. Of course the
proprietor could not think of clmrtrinr
for such on unfortunate meal, and
was only tix thank t'ul that the matter
should escape the attention of the
other frucsts. Uut when the disgusted
guest had (rone a bystander, who had
watched the occurrence, remarked to
the proprietor: "Why, didn't you see
him put that tly in the dessert?" And
the subsequent conversation was uutit
Y 'or publication.
POWERFUL WAVES.
The Effect of a tiale Over the Oreat Salt
Lake.
A correspondent of the Youth's Com
panion recently witnessed a most con
vincing1 pnof of the weight of salt
laden waters of the Great Salt lake.
A strontf fe'ae o' wind was blowing1
over the lake and driving its surface
into low, white-capped ridfrcs, while
aloiijir the shore the foam lay like Hat
banks of new-fallen snow. If it had
passed across a lake of fresh water of
equal extent that wind would unques
tionably have produced such an agita
tion of its surface that navigation in
small boats would have been ditlicult
if not hitrhly perilous.
Jtut the waters of the (Jreat Salt
lake, although driven into ridges as
just remarked, showed a curious re
sistance to the wind and the waves,
rising to only a slight elevation, moved
along with an appearance of lethargy
that the eye could not but notice.
Vet there was an immense momen
tum stored up in those low, heavy,
slow-moving waves. Venturing into
the water at a point where the depth
did not exceed four feet the observer
found that it was impossible to stand
against them. Their sheer weight
swept hiin resistlessly along.
The curious huoyance of the water,
containing twenty-two per cent, of
salt in solution, increased the helpless
ness of the bather. He was -not sub
merged, as sometimes occurs in the
Atlantic breakers, but was lifted and
carried like a cork.
It would probabl3 have been impos
sible to . dive through an oncoming
wave after the manner practiced by
bathers along the Atlantic coast. In
the (ireat Malt lake people are 'not
drowned thronph sinking, but stran
gled while still alloat. The bitter
water may enter the air passages with
fatal effect, but the body continues to
tlort until it reaches the shore or is
picked up.
BRUIN WAS KNOWING AND BOLD.
It Wm Affalnst Order to Khnot. So He
Italded the Soldiers Camp Nightly.
"When I was in Yellowstone Park
this summer," said a Wyoming Valley
man, "one of the gamekeepers told me
altout a lear that worried a camp of
rovornment soldiers almost to despera
tion for several weeks. Late one night
a bear waddled into camp, riped open
:i tent, put the soldiers to Hight. got
what he wanted to eat, and went a way.
The next night the bear came around
again, smashed down a tent and stole a
smoked ham. L'nder the park rules
the soldiers were prohibited from tir
ing at the thievish brute, as well as
from jabbing a bayonet into him, and
the only thing they could do when the
l-ar appeared and went to helping
himself to rations was to get out of his
way. Night after niyht the bold least
made n raid on the camp and ruined a
tent or two. My informant said that
the lear acted as if he knew that the
soldiers daren't tire at him, and that
on each visit he lccame more saucy
and destructive than Wfore. When
the War's raids had liecome unbeara
ble the commandant sent the facts to
the secretary of the interior and asked
what to do. Word came back to shoot
the bear, and that night, when bruin
strode lxddly into camp, the soldiers
put art end to his career by riddling
him with bullets."
PECULIARITIES IN MASSAGE.
The IHfTer. urea or Temperature Caused hv
Friction of the skin.
Light friction of a part reduces sur
face temperature, says the New York
ledger. In ten experiments on
healthy adults, whose arm-pit tciu-iK-ratures
on lth sides was equal, and
tvliohe free temperature ou the surface
of both forearms was lie fore massage
eighty-eight degrees Fahrenheit or
more, it was found, on subjecting the
left forearm to gentle upward friction
that, whilst the temperature in lot!i
armpits and in the untouched free sur
face of the opposite limb remained
constant," the temperature of the left
forearm fell in all cases more than
two degress, and in three cases nearly
four degrees. After firm friction,
rolling, squeezing and kneading of the
skin of the limb iu all cases, the free
cutaueous temperature rose to ninety
five degrees: but the armpit tempera
ture remained the same on lioth rddes,
whilst in; seven cases an interesting
phenomenon was noticed on the oppo
site side viz., the right limb sensibly
perspired and the free surface tem
perature of the untouched forearm fell
to eighty-four degrees daring the time
that the firm friction of the left limb
was in progress. In regard to light
friction, it has been impossible to de
tect any effect on the patients sense of
locality or on the temperature some.
After firm friction of a part for five
minutes comes a decided increase of
the sense of touch, and the sense of lo
cality has, in most instances, been ap
parently improved. -
Sagacity of Wild I'ocL
Wild geese and wild ducks show
knowledge as to the resistance of the
atmosphere and sagacity in overcoming
it. When flocks of them have togolong
distances they form a triangle to cleave
the air more easily, and the most cour
ageous bird takes position at the for
ward angle As this is a very fatigu
ing tst another bird ere long takes the
place of the exhausted leader. Thus
they place their available strength at
the service of tbe society. . - .
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AN AVERTED TRAGEDY.
How mn Knslmh 'aptala nt Oat a rire
las the Nick of Time.
The "Ilihtoriciil Records the
Forty-Third Liht. Infantry," the fa
mous regiment which played a most
important part in English warfare
during1 the last quarter of the eigh
teenth century and the. early part of
tbe nineteenth, contains a stirring in
cident of the prompt action which
averted a tragedy, says the Manches
ter Times.
Worn out with hard march the brig
ade under Capt. Lloyd approached the
convent at lleuevente, where the cav
alry and reserve still remained, hoping
fort-belter. They were disappointed.
The convent was occupied by several
thousand infantry, and the lower gal
leries were so densely packed with the
horses of cavalry and artillery that it
was hardly porisible for a man to make
his way among them.
Two of the officers stood looking in
at the dubious prospect through the
single door that gave ingress and
egress. A sudden cry of alarm burst
from the lips of one. "Look there!"
he cried, pointing over the backs of
the horses. At that moment one of
the inside wooden shutters burst into
llamc. Horrified, the otlicers looked at
the burning shutter, and realized the
hopelessness of the situation. It would
be impossible to get the 6,0M men and
horses out, and they mnst stand by and
see their comrades perish miserably.
.There was no water near, and if there
were, how get at the fire through those
densely crowded horses?
The tlames crept upward towards the
rafters. (Jood heavens! Something
must be done!" cried Capt. Lloyd. And
theu with a motion to liiose outside to
lie quiet, tbe brave captain leaed on
the back of the nearest horse, and
stepping from back to back of tbe ani
mals, ran to t lie blazing shutter, tore
it from its hinges and pitched it from
the window. Then he made his waj
buck to the door in the same way as
Ik' fore.
So quickly was the act performed
that even the horses were scarcely dis-turlx-d.
The building was saved and
there was no paiiie, which would have
been as disastrous as the flames. The
captain's eyebrows and mustache were
scorched, but that was all. "And
they'll grow again," he said, with a
laugh.-
THE MILOMETER.
A Qussr Instrument ted Ouring the Ao
nual Overflow of t Ik N'Ue-
rhinng the time of the periodical in
undation of the valley of the Nile a
' queer recording instrument, known as
the "nilometer," is hourly and daily
consulted by a sluggish Egyptian otti
cer, who, to judge from his motions
and actions, cares but very little it the
' river keeps its bed or overflows tbe
whole northern half of the African
continent. Hut, as it is the only labor
he is forced to perform, and a Lis bread
and cheese usually depend upon proper
. execution of the duties assigned, the
record is taken with scrupulous accu
racy. This queer and ancient "ther
mometer of the Nile" (it dates back to
45 A. 1). ) is situated at the end of the
island of Hhoda. It is simply an im
mense upright octagonal pillar stand
ing in a well-like chamber, surrounded
on four sides with strong walls pro
vided with arched openings which al
low the rising waters free access to the
nilometer. The recording pillar is
covered throughout its length and on
all of its eight sides with cubits and
digits nicely divided, painted with
great precision, much resembling sec
tions of a gigantic checker-board.
There is a huge staircase leading from
alove flown to the bottom of the cis
tern, in which the nilometer stands,
, the well-worn steps attesting to the
immense nuuiU-r of times the instru
ment has Wen consulted.
Olaaa Illowrra.
Many attempts have been made to
. supplant the glass blowers by ma
chinery, but up to this time none
has attained commercial importance.
Either the cost f production has been
found to be higher than by the
time-honored method or the ware pro-
duccd was not of a quality up to the
demands of the market. This is more
; especially the case in the kinds of lxt
' tie.- used to contain effervescent
drinks, which must be capable of with
standing a pressure of several atmos
; phen-s without failure. This, in fact.
' is the critical point in the automatic
manufacture of bottles, since the dif-
ficulty has always been to obtain a
distribution of the glass forming the
walls of the bottle as uniform as in
the handiwork. The attempt has been
made to press the body and bottom
separately and to unite the two by
fusing them together, but the bottles
made in this manner were very heavy
and of poor appearance. Tbe bottle
machine invented by Ashley, in Eng
land, aroused much interest and was
much talked of, several companies be
ing formed to engage in bottle manu
facture by this method, but none, if
:they still survive, has succeeded in
putting an j' great amount of ware on
the markets of the world.
A C'hlneae Tee. leireui.
There is a strange Chinese legend
concerning the tea plant. According to
the story, there once lived a very pious
1 heruiit who passed the greater part of
his time in prayer and vigils, lie was,
however, unable to keep awake as long
i as he wished, and often found his eyes
: closing while he was in the very midst
. of his devotions. This naturally an
, noyed him, and one day in a fit of
f wrath against this weakness of the
llesh, which he seemed unable to over
come, he cut oft the offending eyelids
, and cast them upon the ground. Hut
his action had leen observed by a god,
, who immediately caused a tea shrub to
. sprinp- up from the spot where the ej-e-'
lids had fallen. It is in reference to
; this,-according to the legend, that the
! leave of the tea plant are shaped like
eyelids, fringed with lashes, and poa-
sess the power of warding oft sleep.
Couldn't Marry oe 3(1,003 a Year.
"No." remarked the young man with
a touch of sadness in his voice, "it may
; le that some day happiness will le
mine, but at present it is beyond
me. There is a girl whom I love
. dearly. She would have me if I only
asked, her, but I dare not. I really
' cannot marry and live on 'C,OOo a
year." His two friends to whom he
j spoke looked at him in wonder. For a
moment they were speechless con
l sternation and pity depicted on their
youthful countenances. But present
ly speech returned to them exactly at
the same time, and they fairly howled
in their excitement: "You cannot mar
; ry on ".,(mmj a year? Why not?" "Why
not" echoed the youth with the sad
voice, which grew still sadder. "Why,
simply because I haven't the 6,000."
And the mystery was explained.
A Uealal Hint.
The youthful clergyman of a country
" place was invited to take tea with an
elderly spinster whose attentions to
him were of the motherly sort in all
, eyes, except those of her still older
coachman and general factotum. To
him his mistress could never grow old,
nor other than a coveted match for anv
. mairf As he was bringing the guest of
: the occasion from the village he sud
; denly mentioned his hostess' name.
Then, turning to the clerical boy, he
; demanded: "I've been thinkia why
i don't you an her hitch up?"
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SAVED BY A KAT.
Thrilling Experience in a Oavlrt
Arizona Mine. i
The Kwdent Borrow. His Way to an 1.'
priaonod Mine 8ri)or. la 1 his Maa- 1
ner aupplylus Hint with th I
Mtvded Air. I
t
"You were asking aliout that stuffy
rat in my room," said Irof. t'hurelij" I
the mining' expert, to a New York S,
inun. "The atory eoncerna an exj',
rienee that made inj' hair curl. Wki
Slice retained torejiort iiihiii tiie nlir) j
inpsif a mine called tbe Little WiJ(,t
I I. in southern Arizona. Ou an k, I
joining claim was another mine eall,., '
the Atlas. A dispute arose. The At'.'
people claimed that the lower tunilr
of the Whoop Up had Wen laired iui f
tlii-ir rround and a half uitl)i..u l:
ore taken out. The first thinir tna;
was to make a survey of the
l'p, au.l, of course, the Whoop I'p
pie ohjeeteil. Finally an order f r th I
survey was secured from the court hi, .
Ir. John Ii. I'arks and I were wnn '
make the survey. 1 here are trii-Us j,
all trades, and the lioop l'p sn j-rlL j
t-nlent knew a few. When ve n u.'l,,., .
the mine he said the tunnr! .(
w ili.-d to explore was iu a dancrou.
condition. There had leeii a eave. u. '
timlxTs were rotten, and so on. j;'
uieuiit a ten to one chau.-e thut . i
would be crushed if we tried it. n-'
course, weclassed hituasa liar, tli,.uk" i
he turned out to be riht. i
We worked our way in thetuiibV'
until we ran against a jam of fa!lni
IijiiImts which wi-re sound aul
plainly arraujred to stop our prui'n-v. f
I'arks went back for an ax, win,. 1
worked at the roof with a pick tmli.
lodj.rethe center pieces. 1 succeed- '
and had climWd iialf way ov.-r ii,; ;
the other side of the tunm l when th,-r, '
came a terrific crash of loose ore fr.iu.:
the roof. It full on lioth sides i.f tin t
t iinlHTs. pinning me in a hole u hi.-t .
wouhl have Wen a prave riht tliertl
but for a few sticks which held thrt
mass of ore above. The plai-e w.j
lartd' larpe enough to move in, hlid 1 1,
kuew it was certain death in a ft- i
hours unless Parks could diir ine liut '
Kvcu theu I bulieved I was tfic. f.,r f
did not know how much ore had fallni
In a few minutes the air jrit heaw
and my eyes In-an t feel drowsy, uik
ii seemed like the roof and sides f t!ir
hole were closing-in on me. Tlii.ni,
(ircssiou and driwsiues.s increased uut. I
I was forced to hammer the sides .f tt. f
place with my lists and head to kir i
awake. Still not a sound could 1 li.j-j
from the outside, and only the so
crumbling of ore from alujvv. Th-'j
foul air was "ettini' into my brain, at.:,''
I think 1 was actually insane with tljr
fearful dread of ln-intf burled alir j
Anyhow, I remember of dropping i.
the floor of the hole, and piviu a f t-nr r
faint shouts which echoed back i tit. i
my ears. I had tfiven up all hu;M-. m:t-
was almost swooning- when I hear.i i.
a in-ii i near. .
d alxive me. ) 1
o answer, airF
raiiist the wa;:-
stranye scrapinp sound
yelletl, but received no
then 1 threw my body ara
and trieU to pick out the ore from t
tween the lodged timlnTS. Ntillcuiu-r
the queer, scraping' noise which seeiur.,
come nearer and nearer and faouinli-ct
not unlike the steady priwYiU). if i;
saw. It seemed to last for hnur
tiioug-h it could hardly have Veil T
minute after when a bit of can. ;
dropped! to rny feet from the upper vu)
of the wall, and along with itcann-it -lir
pray mine rat, wiio saved m.v life'
for be had left a clear hole for histra'.: .
ami through it came a breath of fn-.i !
air that pave life to me. The fell.n i
bad lored his way fmm the shaft si.lrf
f the cave. I stayed there two Imur-
after that, until I'arks found the cavt
"irot help, "ami (Tot me out witlniL"'
breaking the air hole. I caupht th
pray rat, too, and kept him well f
until be died, and wouldn't take a lot I
of money for his skin now."
NAPOLEON WAS IN SING SING
Lockod t p by a Ksx-per W biU ou
. ... I , w,
a ai:
It is not pencrally known to tlf
world at larj.re, says the New V.t.
limes, that Emperor Napoleon 111. "'
l'rance was once behind the bars ii
Sinp Sinp ii uiu. In the sprinp i'1,
ls:;T Prince Iouis Napoleon, afterwar t
Najaileon III. .emperor of France. iuali
a visit to Washinptou Irvinp at uiiiiv !
side, a little north of I rvinpton-on-tlir ;
Hudson, accompanied by a yi"ij
French count, and escorted by A!itli"c; ;
'oii:dant, of llastinps. I'riuce Nan-f
b-on expressed a desire to visit t.1
prison at Sinp Sinp, and Mr. (' instant
drove him there. I'pon arriviup atlhc
prison the party was welcomed by v
!-n Ilowel, who, after takinp tint
into his apartments, explained t L-;?
means that had leen attended wit! 5
the most successful and lieneficial rt
suits in the povernment of the prison
The warden told the prince, who hap
been an interested listener, that h-j
had a convict in the prison, a Frccch-j
man, who was an old soldier, claiium.'
to have foupht at Waterloo and to ha' '
Ik-cii in several battles with Na'le'! ,
the lirst emperor. The prince natural-".
Iy asked to see the man. The u unlet,
thcti explained that the prisoner
in a dark cell for misconduct: that it:
was contrary to prison rules to tl. i
him out, but as the puests were poiiif j
to visit the cells he would open tbe J
door of the Frenchman's cell. f
Then all followed the warden di' j
the stairs and across the keyrooiu ai'
tlie narrow passapes to the palleriesj
where the cells were and are to tln'i
day. lie paused at the second cell r
the ripht. hand tier of the main p:
leries and unlocked and opened tfc
door. Louis Napoleon stcpju-d insist-
The warden, - with a merry twinkle ii'
his eye. turned the key and locked liir
in. It was too pood an opportunity v i
be lost. The pentlemen were auiuse- f
and brimminp over with fun, when
after a momentary detention. theiW
was opened and the noble Kreuchin-;
joined them on-e more. They all t
joyeil the jke except the subject of it I
His sallow eountenant'e reddened pT
eeptibly for a time and then he y'ur'i
in the laugh raised at his expensx.
I
The lsas( Idea.
The reasouinp of children is f'rj
q-uently basx-d on imju-rfect know leJj.'' I
"What on earth was that whistle ble i
inp for all nipht?" ak-.l a pirl ' i
twelve years of her mother bile i?
a sound steamer. 4'That is a fop licr1 i
my dear," w as the reply. The htb' I
pirl, of course, wanted to know what
fop horn was, and her mother ex
plained that when there was he7
fop the team whistle was blown whi1
it lasted. "Uut why?" persisted t'
younp inquirer. "I should think Ui
anylxMly could see there was a f-v,'- 8C'
what is the use of blowing' a h'liri
to tell them about it. when there it
if they want to look at it?" The p1-'
mother siphed and pave it up.
eot-f-('ourt Set tleu mnta l'sv.
The American Lawy er, s lpal j"J
nal publishetl in New York City, te""
of a lawyer of that city who sccurvJ
fee of 8-JW,0ii0; of another wh" s'
paid SC.'Ml.ODrt for his s rvice on a c ' e
l.rate.l rase; while other fees ar' mo
tioned runninp from S-Tf.dOO to 1ih'
won by lawyers, not by conducting
but by avoid inp, litipation. In f:''t '
is apparent that more money i '
nowadays by lawyers who settle '
out of court than by tluse who P
their clients to the expense of lltJ
tioo.
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