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A FANTASTIC TALE OF THE GREAT SHOW IN KOBOL-LAND.
WKITTEX FOB THE DISPATCH
BY FRANK R. STOCKTON,
Author of "The Lady or the Tiger," "Tlie Spectral Mortgage,"
"Xegative Gravity," "The Late Mrs. Xtill," and
Many Other Fine Stories.
CHAPTER I.
THE TWO THROXES OF TANOBAK.
In by-gone days, and in a distant land,
there was a certain small kingdom called
Tanobar, which was governed in a manner
not altogether satisfactory to the people.
About ten years before the beginning of this
story there had sat upon the throne two
kings who, being twin brothers, had an
equal right to rule. Being men of good
disposition, and of much the same mind,
they had for many years governed the coun
try to the satisfaction of everybody.
"When the twin kings died, within a few
days of each other, one left a son about 12
years old, and the other a daughter of the
same age. The queen mothers, both esti
mable women, reigned as regents until their
children came of age, and now, for more
than a year, the two young people had sat
upon the throne, and worn the crowns of the
twin kings, their fathers.
Chamian was the name of the young King
and Millico, that of his cousin, the Queen.
THE TWTIT KINGS
It was the hope of all who desired the good
of the country that these two should marry,
snd thns form a united Government, but it
did not seem pTobable that this would ever
happen. The cousins were of very different
dispositions, and although they had not yet
quarreled, or violently opposed each other,
there was no sympathy between them,
and one se'dom approved of what the other
did.
Chamian w.-.s a bold, active and athletic
fellow, and delighted in field sports and all
sorts of ontdoor life, while Millice was ot an
intellectual turn of mind, and devoted to
the studv of art and science. During the
time that these two had governed no ques
tions of public importance had arisen, but
it was feared that if it should be necessary
lor the Government to take any decided ap
tion it would be difficult to make thecousins
agree upon any course. If the two should
marry there would probably be no further
caue for anxietv, 'or the Queen would
naturally defer to the Kit,g, aud all would
go on smoothly, but, ns bus been said before,
of this happy iisue there was no reason to
hope.
But there was one man in Tanobar who
did not desire the coumiis to marry; who did
not desire the Government to go on
smoothly, and whose earnest purpose was to
effect a general revolution in public affiirs,
in order that he might reconstruct them to
suit his own plans. This man was named
Gromline, and he was the Minister of Agri
culture. He was a man of great ability and
very much given to stirring up political
dissensions, and the principal reason for
making him Minister of Agriculture had
been that it was thought that in that depart
ment he could do no rnischie". Cut since
he had occupied this position he had come
very near inflicting upon the country what
most sensible people thought would be a
terrible injury.
He had discovered a plant, which, after
years of experiment and culture, be had
now brought lo what he considered perfec
tion. This plant he named the Cosmic Beau,
lor the reason that it wan capable of taking
the place of all other food, and becoming
the universal nutriment of mankind.
Cooked in certain ways, it tasted like meats,
and afforded the same nourishment. Pre
pared in other methods, it resembled differ
ent kinds of vegetables, bread, aud even
cheese and butter. It could be dried in vari
ous ways, and so used to make drinks re
sembling tea, coffee, and chocolate, and its
juices when fermented produced several
sorts of wine and spirits. In fact there was
no article of common food, of which an ex
cellent substitute could not be produced
from the Cosmic Bean.
A most important property of this plant
was that it would grow- in any soil, with
little or no cultivation, and that it was an
evergreen, aud produced its truits in great
abuodunce all the year around. Gromline's
experiments and exhibitions had satisfied
the Government that his bean would do
everything that he claimed for it, and that
it might, indeed, take the place of all other
food.
But from the wise people of the country,
Gromline's efforts to introduce his bean had
met with the most decided opposition. It
had not been brought to perfection during
the lives of the twin kings, but they had
both declared that should Gromline ever
succeed in his efforts the plant oucht to be
immediately eradicated from the face of the
earth. Their wives, the queens regent, were
of the same opinion, and wheu the Cosmic
"Beau was ready for cultivation and intro
duction, had orbidden Gromline or anvbody
else to grow it, aud had ordered the de
struction of all plants, wherever lound.
The reasons urged against the production
of the new food were very good ones. Ir
this were a plant capable of civing people,
old aud young, all the different sorts of
nutriment tney needed or cared for, and
which would grow evervnhere without trou
ble to anybody and yield truit in abundance
at all seaions, it was quite certain that a
rreat part of the people of the country
would be content to let nature provide for
them and to oease to provide for themselves.
This state of affairs, as the officers of the
Government plainly saw, would soon turn
everything upside down; the upper classes
would soon cease to be upper if the lowc
classes cea.ied.to work for them, and so this
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mischievous Cosmic Bean ran it be sup-"
pressed and, if possible, annihilated.
Gromline knew as well as anyone what
might happen if he succeeded an "making it
possible or every man to be as lazy as he
pleased, but he still persevered in his pur
pose. If he could introduce his universal
food the greater part of the people in the
country would look upon him as a bene
factor, accept hira as a leader, and perhaps
make hira their king. If he should succeed
in nuttinsr himself on the throne be knew
j how to treat people who would not work for
him. He hart discovered a blight lor me
Cosmic Beanl
Since the accession of the new King and
I Queen Gromline had made no progress in
his plan, ana he was getting very impa
tient The norst thing that could happen
to liim would be for these two to marry. In
tbat case all would probably go on as before,
and he would liarc no chance. Hut it each of
tue two were to marry some outsider there
would be two roval families, dissensions must
soon follow, and these would give him the op
portunity to work out Ins own plans.
j Not knowing uhat to do Gromline went to a
listened tn the case with great attention.
"I see yonr point,"said be, wben the Minister
OF TAXOBAR
hadfinishpd. "Did yon ever happen to consider,
in this connection, Pnnco Attn and the Prin
cess Liita?"
"Never thought of thcml" exclaimed Grom
line. "Well, sir." said the sorcerer, "I believe these
two will answer our purpose in every respect.
Nustyria, their miserable, stony country, ad
joins this. Their parents will be glad for them
tn inarrv anybody who will have them. Lista
is a wild, barnm-scarum, horsoy, and doggey
girl, who would enter gladly into all the pur
suits of the King, and Atto is a thin-lCEged,
ronnd-shouldercd, book worm, who devotes
himself to the verv things tLas please Queen
Millice More than this these two hate each
other heartilv, and if they married our sover
eigns the dissensions you desii e w ould come on
qjickly enough
"Admirable." cried Gromline. "Those two
voungstei aie just the couple I want, but the
Kingand Queen iiavo never seen them. The
Measure My Grin.
two nations are not friejdly, and tow will it
be possible to bring these young peoplo together?-'
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The sorcerer considered. "The simplest thing
will be," he aid. "to have them meet on neutral
ground. What do you thluk of getting some
sort of a show in the lower part of Kobol-land
in the Dimmer-Glade, for instance, which lies
near both countries? if you niake it attractive
in the prowr way, I" lavo m doubt that our
Kingand Queen, as well as Prince Atto and
Princess List a, would be sure to attend it.
Gromline waved bis hat around bis head.
"You hit the mark." he cried, "and I know ex
actly what I will do. I will get un a great
flower slmw. and iu connection with it there
shall be athletic sports. Queen Millice adores
flowers ahd so does that juung Atto. The
sports will bring the other two. and in Kobol
land we can do as w o please. No laws can In
terfere w ltb us thei e. I shall exhibit my bean.
Mv friend, I owe you everlasting gratitude."
"And 70 sequins." said the sorcerer.
When the Minister of Agriculture had de
parted, the Sorcerer sit and smiled, and smiled
and smiled. His amusement was so great that
it impressed Itself upon bis attention, and he
summoned his body servant.
"Graglick," said he, "measure my grin.:'
Taking a tape measure from his pocket, the
servant obeyed.
"Master," be said, "it Is EJi inches long."
"Hal" exclaimed the sorcerer, "that Is my
largest grin, and Well might it be. I shall have
a One Joke on tbisfellow with his Cosmic Bean,
and bis schemes lor revolution. This royal
match-maker and tbrone-npsetter. A flower
show and athletic sports in Kobol-landl on,
there will be rare times!"
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TRICKS OF THE RING.
Honest and Dishonest Methods That
Help Win the Battles.
NEAT SCHEMES OP HEAD AHD HAND
That Ire Permissible Under the Modern
Bales of Pugilism.
DRUGGING BI MEANS OF THE GLOTES
rWKITTEK TOB THE DISPATCH.:!
There are probably hundreds of tricks of
the ring, by the use of some of which un
scrupulous fighters may often turn the tide
of the battle in their favor; and there are
other tricks which maybe used to advantage
by honest and square boxers.
If a fighter or boxer of a school of 30 or 40
years ago were present at a contest between
clever boxers of the present day. he could
readily perceive and easily describe all of
the little tricks of generalship and clever
ness which they would practice. To a boxer
of the present day, however, this task be
comes more difficult, as so many of these
little tricks have become incorporated into
the ordinary rules for boxing that it is hard
to pick out what is new and has not been
much touched upon by writers of sporting
matters.
Tricks of Unscrupulous Pucs.
"When a contest is for a large amount of
money there is a great temptation to some of
those who have money at stake lo try and
give their favorite the advantage in some
way. Often this is done by tampering with
the gloves. One of the commonest methods
of tampering with gloves is what is known
as "wringing" them. This is done by
working all of the hair away from the center
and in to -the fingers and back of the glove.
This leaves it so that when the hand is
closed there is very little hair covering the
hitting portion of the hand. If the gloves
are four-nuncc ones, and are well "wrung"
there will not be as much hair covering the
knuckles as there would ordinarily be in
two-ounce gloves. Consequently the blows
delivered, not being cushioned, will do
more damage.
I don't know, however, that there is such
a great advantage in "wringing" gloves, as
some boxers thiuk, for the less covering
there is on the hand the more danger there
is of breaking it, and then again, while a
bare fist or akin gloves will cut when they
hit, the blow is not really so bad as that
Irom a big glove, which bruises the flesh,
covers a larger surface and jars the whole
body so that the effect may be felt for sev
eral days after. Besides this, a man with
big glovts on lets go his blows with a great
deal more force and confidence than he
would if he were fighting with small ones,
as he knows there is not really so much
danger of breaking his hand.
A Heal- Seal King Inside.
Another way of tampering with the gloves
is to have something hard inside ot them. I
have known of a case where a fellow fought
with a heavy seal ring on his finger inside
of his lelt glove. He kept jabbing away
with his left, and did much more execution
than be would have done otherwise.
I have never known of a case wbere brass
knuckles were used inside of the glove, but
at some fights I have witnessed they could
have been worn just as well as not, for the
principals and seconds ou both sides were so
interested in themselves that they did not
appear to have much time to watch the op
posing side, and almost anything could have
been done to the gloves without having been
discovered at the time.
Perhaps the easiest, as well as the most
dangerous, method of tampering with the
gloves is by placing some sort of drug upon
them which, when placed against either the
eyes or nostrils of the other man will affect
him badly, either deadenmghim or blinding
him for a moment or two, when the man
with the drugged gloves would have time
and the opportunity to eitherknock his man
out or gain a lead which it would be next
to impossible for the drugged man to over
come. How Gloves Can Be Drugged.
If one is disposed to be unfair it is very
easy to do so, aa when the principal is in his
corner and his seconds are working on him
it would be possible for the second to pour
the contents, or a portion of it, of a half
ounce vial upon the pugilist's side or thigh.
Then what would be more natural than for
the man to rub or scratch bis side or thigh
with the pnd of his glove. Then at infight
ing it would be the easiest thing iu the
world for tbe man to bold the glove with the
drug on it, for a moment, to his opponent's
nose or eyes and tbe thing is done. A man
who has put the drug on his glove, however,
wants to be very careful not to rub his own
eyes or his nose with that same glove or all
his well-laid plans for cheating the other
man out of the fieht would fail hopelessly.
Iu order to block this trick it is always
well for a second to take a. small bottle of
ammonia to the ring side, and if the princi
pal comes to his comer in a dazed condition
a couple of good smells of the ammonia will
freshen him up and counteract the effect of
any drug which he might have inhaled.
The Use of Spiked Shoes.
Often fighters have been known to wear
spiked shoes into a ring, aud have used
these murderous weapons to help them win
a fight. This, especially in London prize
ring rules, where wrestling is allowed. Iu
reading over something about Derapsey's
record, I see that in his fight with Johnny
Reagan the latter wore spiked shoes, and I
cite this as an instance where spikes were
used; whether intentionally or not I can't
say. I hardly think, from Bengali's reputa
tion as a pugilist, that tbe spiking was in
tentional, and as I did not see the mill I
cannot, of course, pass judgment. How
ever that may be, from the account, I should
judge that Dempsey was badly spiked
about the legs and was quite faint from loss
of blood, but for all that he did not lose the
fight.
Here is another little unfair trick which I
have seen practiced bv a certain pugilist,
and which escaped the notice of the referee.
It was a blow below the belt with the left,
though it was ostensibly aimed to land in
the pit of the stomach. As the man steps in
to deliver it, howevc. he twists his hand
downward, and the blow lands considerably
below the belt, and is liable to do a great
deal of damage in a fight, and would escape
the attention of the referee and most of the
spectators 99 times out of 100, although in
all probability the man receiving the blows
would be out of the fight long before he had
been struck a tenth of that number of blows.
Blows When Breaking; Away.
As a matter of course it is unfair when
two boxers are clinched lor either one of
them to strike when breaking away. It is
often done intentionally and is passed over
by tbe referee on the supposition that fre
quently a man in the excitement of the mo
ment forgets himself and delivers the blow
without the least intention of doing any
thing unfair. Now, in my battle with Jack
Dempsey, and when we were breaking away,
be hit me, but I firmly believe it was an un
intentional blow, and he immediately ex
cused himself. Unlike him, however, "there
are pugilists who strike the blow intention
ally every time they get a chance, and then
say it was an accident
Then there are many tricks which can be
done with the elbow or knee. Of course,
they are fouls and should be claimed by the
man upon whom they are practiced. Never
theless, unscrupulous pngilists often use the
elbow wben clinched, placing it against
their opponent's throat and forcing bis head
back, or in the pit of his stomach and presr
ing it with all their strencth right at tbe
point where it will do the most damage to
their antagonist's wind. It is at close quar
ters also that the knee is used, and a blow
from it often passes either unobserved by
most of the outsiders and the referee, or is
done so adroitly that it looks as if it were an
accident.
Batting With the Head.
Everyone knows that a butt with the head
is a foul, and yet I have seen this also done
so neatly by a foul fighter that the fight J
went on without the referee even cautioning
he man; and in the fight I refer to it was
this one butt more than anything else which
settled the fight. Back-heeling is als a
foul, and a man should be very careful when
breaking away from his opponent that he is
not cleverly back-heeled in a manner which
will make it look like au accident and
thrown heavily to the floor. Most rings are
pitched on boa'rd floors, and I have known a
man to be knocked out by being back-heeled
and having his head strike the timber.
Another trick which has been used very
successfully by some boxers when contesting
under London prize ring rules, is when
wrestling with an opponent to make it a point
tu fall heavily on top of him, crushing the
wind out of him as much as possible. Then
some tricky fighters, when they feel tired
and want to gain time and wind, will fall
down when only the faintest suspicion of a
blow is struck, and sometimes without being
struck at all, thereby being enabled to take
their ten seconds on the floor and get just as
much rest.
Some of the Legitimate Tricks.
I consider feinting the greatest of all tbe
legitimate tricks of the ring, and it is a pro
ficiency in feinting which makes a pugilist
clever more than anything else. There is
an almost numberless variety of feints in
fact, they are too numerous to describe, and
I don't know as they are dcscribable, so that
a person unaccustomed to seeing sparring
would be able to understand what was
meant. Feinting can only be learned by
practice and experience. There can be
feints with both hands at the head, at the
stomach, at the heart, etc, aud a mah can
feint with his knee.
Such blows as the pivot and the shift I
consider tricks of the ring, and they are
very good tricks, too, if one knows how to
do thera well, and the blows delivered by
these two methods are among the most pow
erful and effective that can be hit. "What is
known as the shift to boxers can be accom
plished in several ways. The first is to
feint with your left, then step in toward
your opponent, placing the right foot in
front of the left, and at the same time
change the position of the arras, bringing
the right up across the face with the elbow
pointed toward your opponent.
Bow to Make the Shift.
The left should have been brought back
when you stepped in with your right, and
should immediately be let go at 3 our an
tagonist's head or stomach, whichever you
think can be reached the easiest. As you
strike, the left f.iot should be lifted from tbe
ground and your body swinging with the
blow will give it great force, while your left
foot is brought back into its proper position
as the body is swung around toward tbe
right. The head should be slightly bent
forward in doing the shift.
The second method is to wait until your
opponent leads with his left, then immedi
ately bring the left foot behind the right,
pointing the right elbow as before, with the
left hand in front of the stomach. Strike at
once with the left for the face or stomach, at
the same time bringing up the left foot to
its proper position.
Another way is when you are in-fighting
place your head close to your opponent's
breast. Take your time and change your
position slowly, as he cannot hurt you much
while your bead is close in to his breast.
The blow you give in this case is a halr.arm
cross upper-cut for the right point of ad
versary's chin. In every case where the
shift blow is delivered the body should turn
to the right with the head slightly bent for
ward as the blow is struck. The knees
should be well bent while the body is swing
ing with the blow, and tbe teeth should be
tightly closed.
Danger of tho Pivot Blow.
Regarding the pivot blow I want to say,
first of all, that it is a very dangerous blow,
and should never be practiced when spar
ring with a friend. If it is done properly
there is nothing in the rules which prohib
its its use, but it one does not know how to
do it right he had best uot attempt it at all,
as he will only hurt himself, and, perhaps,
commit a bad foul. This pivot blow is a
comparatively new invention in boxing.
Perhaps the best way is to wait until your
adversary leads with bis left, instantly stop
it with your left, and as you are stopping it
turn or pivot with the right arm slightly
bent and the palm ot the band turned down
and the hand closed. It you have calcu
lated right the right side of the right band
should land good and hard on the right side
of your adversary's jaw or on his jugular.
A different way of delivering the blow is by
trying to get your opponent to run after
you. Let him get as close as possible, and
wben within reach spin around as quickly
as possible. This is the way, I believe, that
Jack Dempsey was defeated by George La
Blanche.
With Ills Back on the Ropes.
Still another way to get in the pivot is
when you are forcing the lighting, and have
got your man so that his back is touching
the ropes. This will bother some as a mat
ter of course, and he will try to get away
lrom ttie ropes or out ot tne corner, as the
case may be. This is your time to feint at
his stomach, and at the second or third feint,
turn, as I have stated in the first method,
but tbe head must be bent forward in this
case. The proper way to pivot is to turn or
spin around on the bail of tbe left foot, lift
ing the right foot from tbe ground and
swinging it around. This will add force to
your blow. If you should miss the pivot
blow you will find yourself in a splendid
position to deliver tbe shift.
There are several little tricks for saving
and gaining time. Those who saw my fight
with Jack Dempsey may have perhaps
noticed that when the gong sounded at the
close of the rounds Jack was in my corner
oftener than I was in his. This may have
seemed accident, but it was not, for that is
one of the best tricks for gaining time that
I know. Don't you see, if you think it is
getting near the end of the round and you
have your opponent over in your own cor
ner, when the gong rings he will have to
walk the entire distance diagonally across
the ring, while all you will have to do is
turn around and sit down.
.Every Little Thine Counts.
Consequently you will be resting and re
ceiving the attention of your seconds at
least three or four seconds before he will,
and he will be walking these three seconds.
Now. although that may seem a very short
gain of time, still in a long fight, say of 40
rounds, allowing three seconds a round, it
would give you two full minutes more rest
than your opponent, which I can assure you
is something worth figuring on. A man can
also gain a second or two at the opening of a
round by waiting until his opponent gets
out of his chair and has started to come to
the center before he rises. Then he should
never use up any of his own strength iu
rising troni his chair, but should have his
seconds ench put a hand under his arms and
lift him from the chair to an erect position.
This will help a tired man materially, as
all his strength will be needed when in
front of his man
Above nil things make your opponent do
all the walking backward possible, as it will
tire him out quicker than anything else.
EOBEET FlTZSIMSIOlfS.
A FESTIVE MONTANA LUNATIC.
Be Compels Passengers to Dance a Jig to
His Imaginary Music.
Butte, Mont., Miner.
Octave Corrier, a Canadian Frenchman,
was taken into custody at the Montana
Union depot on the supposition that Mr.
Corrier is off his equilibrium. Corrier en
tered a passenger coach filled with passen
gers at the depot on Monday evening and
with a club as long as a capstan bar essayed
to compel the inmates of the car to do a
double shuffle for his delectation or suffer
total annihilation with the club. Some of
tbe passengers danced while others ran for
the doors, and while they were dancing Cor
ner furnished the inusio by running his
fingers over one of the seats as though play
ing on a pianoforte. At this time the train
men secured him and fired him from the
train. N
He turned up again, yesterday and was
about to repeat his hurdy gurdy act when
a. deputy swooped down on him and brought
him to tbe Sheriff's office where he wan
placed in a cell pending an examination
into his mesial condition.
PHOTOS IN COLORS.
Principles Upon Which M. Lippman
Bases His New Process.
NATURAL GAS FIND IN ENGLAND.
Experiments for Investigating the African
Arroir Poisons.
WIDE STREETS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH
IPHSPAEID FOB THE DISPATCH. !
The fixing by the camera of the natural
colors of a picture has always been the
philosopher's stone of the photographer,
and ever and anon tbe statement is given
out that this much-desired goal has been
attained, to be quickly followed by a de
scription which goes lo show how far from
its promise the actual result of the supposed
discovery really is.
Mr. Lippman has, however, as heretofore
stated in The Dispatch, now put before
the French Academy of Sciences a plan,
which, if tbe statements made concerning it
are substantiated, will constitute a distinct
step toward the solution ot the problem of
photographing objects iu their natural
colors. The suggested process is very sim
ple, and involves the use of the ordinary
agents. The sensitive film, during expos
ure, is floated on the surface of mercury.
Suppose, for instance, a ray of blue light
strikes the sensitive film, it will pass
through, and being reflected from the sur
face of the mercury behind, will pass out
through the film again, interfering on its
way with the incident ray. "When the two
rays are in the same phase, their effects will
be additive, and the sensitive matter in the
film will be strongly acted on. At a small
distance further on the two rays will neu
tralize each other, so that the film is there
totally unacted on. In this way the thick
ness of the film is thus divided up into lay
ers, on which the light has acted, half a
wave-length apart, and hence when fixed
and dried it may be considered as consisting
of a number of thin plates, of the half the
wave-length of blue light in thickness, and
will, therefore, give rise to a blue color
when seen by reflected light, just as the
thickness of a'soap bubble gives rise to the
colors seen in it.
Owing to the fact that the thickness of an
ordinary film is many times the wave-length
of a ray ot light, the colors obtained are said
to be remarkably brilliant They are, more
over, perfectly fixed, and the prints have
been exposed both to a powerful electric arc
light and to bright daylight without any
signs of fading. It is also found that if the
prints are viewed by transmitted in place of
reflected light, ench color is replaced by its
complimentary one.
Natural Gas In England.
For some time it has been the opinion ol
many scientists that beneath the salt beds of
Cleveland and Cheshire, England, and also
in Ireland, both natural gas and oil wonld
be found. A theory based on tbe assumption
was submitted to the Salt Union, which de
cided to put it to the test of the drill, and
borings have been proceeding simultaneously
in Cleveland and Cheshire, as already stated
in The Dispatch. It is reported that in
the former district natural gas been strnck,
and issues in great volumes. This discovery
is of great national importance, as it may
mean the conferring by nature on Cleveland
of all the natural advantages possessed by
the great iron center of Pittsburg and dis
trict, and prove of enormous benefit to the
metallurgic and chemical industries carried
on in the North Yorkshire ironfield.
One of the direct effects this discovery
may have is tbe modification of a plan
which was recently suggested for the pre
vention of fogs in London. It was proposed
to obviate the necessity of burning soft coal
in the city, and thus creating smoke, by
turning the coal into gas at the respective
coal helds from which it was taken, and
conveying this gas to tbe city in pipes to be
used in lieu of fuel. As natural gas would
be so much cheaper than the manufactured
article it may possibly be used for this pur
pose. This relief from what has come to be
a positive curse, will be a welcome one to
tbe disgusted Londoner, whose life at cer
tain seasons of the year is a burden. Those
who have not seen a London fog can form
no idea of its density aud suffocating eflect.
which distresses alike the eyes and the'
lungs. One of tbe singular results of the
recent foggy season, which suggests the ex
tent to which the light of day must have
been affected at certain periods, is that most
of the artists who are preparing pictures
for the forthcoming exhibition will be un
able to finish their pictures in time.
International Rivalry.
One department of the arts in which a
friendly rivalry is now going on between
the United States and England was referred
to by Mr. L. Sterne, of London, in a speech
on the question of rapid transit for Ameri
can cities. He said that the American peo
ple will not be slow in adopting the im
provements which have been developed in
the new electric line in London, and which
will make underground means of transit as
safe and as healthful as the surface roads
have been until now. These improvements
will also make these sub-structures in all
cities in the United States as important an
element as the elevators have proved in
utilizing the upper streets, and practically
doubling the area of the densely populated
districts of every great city in America.
Mr. Sterne continued:
"You have not lost much time in adopt
ing these improvements in the mode of
rapid transit underground, and you proba
bly have profited by waiting until the ad
vance came to you from Great Britain.
Jnst in the same way as you have bene
fited by postponing the building of a
United States navy and naval armaments,
yon have been enabled to take advantage of
all that has been done, and adopted the best
designs of the many cruisers which formed
the experimental period preceding the
building of your navy, and thus saved many
millions of dollars and much vexation. It
may not be long before Great Britain will
have to look to the United States for the
adoption of many improvements made here,
as tbe development of rapid transit."
New Uses of Sawdust.
Sawdust is now used for mixing with
mortar in lieu of hair. A most effective
combination is two parts of sawdust, two
parts of lime, five of sand and one of
cement, which is said will remain firm and
will not peel off. A German technical
school has also been making a series of ex
periments with sawdust, and has now
proved that it can be used as a building
material. The sawdust U mixed with special
refuse mineral products, and under heavy
pressure made into bricks, which are very
light, impervious to wet and absolutely
fireproof. It is stated that a slab of this
substance, which was placed for five hours
in a coal fire, came out of the test intact.
The Water Jet in Boat Propulsion.
In Scotlaud many small vessels are now
propelled by water jets, and some of the
Clyde steam ferryboats are thus driven.
One of the most interesting examples of
the application of the water jet system is a
lifeboat, 60 feet long, whieh has recently
been built. The engines are of 170-horse
power, geared directly to a centrifugal
pump, which runs at 400 revolutions per
miuute. The water is drawn in through a
scoop inlet, pointing forward on the bottom
of the boat.
Cold Iron Saw.
A saw has been designed for cutting iron,
mild steel or other metals of fairly large
sections. The inventor of this appliance
claims that it Is cold iron saw at once mis-
pie, powerful and effective. It is always in
readiness for work, and can be manipulate
oy inexperienced workmen. Ihe mach'ne
is fitted with fast and loose pulleys, str. pj
lore and bar, and is stated to oe capaoie ol
making 400 cuts through bars of Bessemer
steel four-inch diameter, each cut occu
pying six minutes ou an average, without
changing the saw.
Effects of African Arrow Poison.
It has been conjectnred that the fatal
affects of African arrow poison are not al
ways due entirely to the poison itself, and
with a view of determining how far fear and
other influences enter into the results of its
exhibition, a series of experiments in inocu
lating the lower animals has been proposed.
One of the poisons with which the arrows
ol the Africans are smeared is a dark sub
stance like pitch. It is strong enough
to kill elephants, and is considered so
dangerons that its preparation is not
allowed in the villages, but is carried on
in the bush, where also the arrows are
smeared. The virulence of the poison is re
markable; faintness, palpitation of the
heart, nausea, pallor and the breaking out
of beads of perspiration all over tbe body
follow with extraordinary promptness, and
death ensues. One of Stanley's men is said
to have died within one minute from a mere
pinhole puncture in tbe right arm and right
breast; another man died within au hour
and'a quarter after being shot, and a woman
died during the time she was carried a dis
tance of a hundred paces. The activity of
the poison seems to depend on its freshness.
Tbe treatment adopted was to administer an
emetic, to suck the wound, syringe it and
inject a strong solution of carbonate of
ammonia. The carbonate of ammonia in
jection seems tn have been a wonderful
antidote if it could be administered prompt
ly enough.
Width of Streets and Public Health.
Dr. Anders has been investigating the in-,
fluence of the width of streets in cities on
the mortality from phthisis, and as the re
sults of examining into the localization of
1,500 deaths he has arrived at the conclusion
that the number of phthisis deaths is smaller
in proportion to the population in the wide
than in the narrow ones, and that in narrow
streets the mortality is greatest where they
are long, or where they form culs-de-sac; in
other words pomplete movement of air about
dwellings is a point of prime importance in
connection with the question of pulmonary
phthisis. It is on this principle that all
modern by-laws as to open space about
houses are based, and it is as import
ant to have wide open spaces behind
houses as in front, so as to secure a proper
through current of air. The existing ten
dency to pnt un undne limit on the needed
area behind dwelling bouses is strongly con
demned, as constitnting a distinct violation
of one of tbe most vital essentials to the pro
motion of health and prevention of a cer
tain class of diseases.
For a Portable Bath.
An ingenious arrangement has been de
signed to enable a stream of water to be
thrown in any direction by means of a pump
worked by the feet of the person using the
arrangement. A small platform is pro
vided, on which two pedals are fixed in such
a way that tbe heels of the user can rest
"upon them, and by the pressure set up and
a slight muscular action a small pump is
operated. This enables the water to be
drawn from a vessel detached from the main
device and ejected by means of a nozzle.
This device is adapted for several purposes,
one of which is a portable bath. In this ap
plication the platform is placed in the
middle of a tray, in which the water can be
received after use, and the outlet pipe ter
minates in a combin.-d brush and rose. The
chief feature in this arrangement is that it
leaves both hands free, the mere swaying of
the body being sufficient to give tbe neces
sary power for pumping. The contrivance
is also being applied to such purposes as
window cleaning, garden sprinkling and
carriage washing.
An Artificial Far.
An invention is reported by which it is
said the manufacture of artificial fur can
be simply and cheaply carried on. Nothing
definite is yet known of the mode of manu
facture, which has been kept entirely secret,
but active steps are understood to be in
progress for its early development. If the
advantages claimed for this process can be
established it will effect a revolution iu the
great fur industry of the Northwest.
New Waterproof Compositions.
A liquid waterproof composition has been
placed on the market for coating articles
such as leather, strapping, machinery, pol
ished steel, brass and copper, which, it is
claimed, will resist damp, heat, cold and
acids. The composition is colorless, and
does not rub or peel off, being only remova
ble by the application of paraffin or turpen
tine. BEECHEE'S SOLEMN SUCCESSOR
A Vivid Contrast Between Rev. Lyman Ab
bott and His Predecessor.
New York Sun.l
The Rev. Lyman Abbott's audiences in
Plymouth Church, on Brooklyn Heights,
are seldom roused to laughter nowadays,
and to those who formerly sat under the
mirth-provoking Beecher it is a great
change. The Bev. Dr. Abbott is about as
much unlike Beecher as he can be. "Where
Beecher was gross, heavy aud sensual in
appearance, the Bev. Dr. Abbott, with an
almost abnormally nig head and Dony. pipe
stem legs and arms, looks like a typical
ascetic. Recently something approaching
a smile rippled over the congregation while
Dr. Abbott was preaching.
His subject was tbe obligation resting
upon Christians to get out of their shells
and do something for the good of mankind.
"What is this wonderful body of ours given
us for?" Dr. Abbott exclaimed. "Look at
it. Look at these muscles" Dr. Abbott
stretched out bis long arms "loolc at this
strength, this adaptability, this God-given
vigor." Something in the expression of
tbe members of the congregation and a
rustling like a faint titter recalled the
preacher to himself, and, with a faint smile,
he passed to another phase of his sermon.
8TRTJCTTJBE OF IHE BHAIN.
That of the Lunatic Doesn't Differ From
That of the Sound Man.
If there is anything which has been taught
to us by tbe roost advanced stage of science
as applied to the anatomy, the physiology,
and the pathology of the brain, it is the fact
that the utmost degree of mental aberration
may exist without there being the slightest
change perceptible to our senses in tbe nor
mal structure of the central organ of the
mind, says Dr. "W. A. Hammond in the
North American Review. Of course there
is some alteration, such, for instance, as a
pernicious education may effect, or snch as
may be induced by indulgence in ignoble
emotions, degrading trains of thought, or
vicious practices; but it is so slight and per
haps so evanescent as to be entirely beyond
the reach not only of our unaided senses,
but of all the instruments of precision or of
analytical processes that are at tbe present
day at our disposal.
The brain, therefore, of the most pro
nounced lunatic may not differ, so far as we
can perceive, from that of one who during
lire bad stood at the very summit of human
mental development.
Her Notion of Retrenchment.
The Epoch.
Mr, Forundred "We must retrench onr
expenses this year, my dear.
Mrs. Forundred Very wellI'll begin by
telling my friends that my $300 Bus.ian
poodle only cost (250.
In These Days of Divorce.
Atchison Globe.)
The marriage service should be changed
to read "I am in love," instead of "I will
love."
GOTHAM SMALL TALK.
Odd Bits of Information Gathered on
the Streets of New York.
DAN. LASIONT'S IDEA ABOUT '92.
Hoir Yanderbllt Once Pled Ohio al the
Top of an Engine's Speed.
ISTEEESTING STORIES OP THE STAGE"
rsrxcui. teleobjl to the DisrATcn.j
New Yoek, March 7. During the week
I collected tbe following short interviews,
which will be found both interesting and
instructive:
Traveling With an tjnsnccessfal Show.
Alice Coleman, souurette-The trials ot
those who have the misfortune to cet Into a
company producing an unsuccessful play on
tbe road can never bo adequately described. I
never realized it till this season. The worry
about salary unfits anybody for clever work.
Whether it is better to stand by tbe manager
in hard luck in tbe hope that he will pull
through and pay, or throw up the engagement
at once on first default will never bother me
again. Sympathy for managers Is all well
enough, bnt we cet no share in the success and
ongbtnot to be obliged or asked to run any of
tbe risks. Then members of the profession
cut into each other unmercifully, we bad a
succession of strikes in tbe "Beacon Lights"
Company to get even a portion of salaries. The
last week in New York, after everything had
been arranged, the leading lady refused
to go on unless she received full ar
rears. There was a good honse, bnt
compliance with her demands would have left
all the rent with nothing. She didn't care for
that. It was time for tbo curtain. Tho man
ager swore and pleaded. She was obdurate.
The rest of tbe company were panic-stricken.
Finally, another lady ot tbe company who bad
understudied the leading role came forward
and offered to play it. Jnst as this makeshift
was about to be successful, tbe leading lady
gave in and cried and agreed to play. Every
body scrambled around to place, the bell
jingled, tho curtain rose and tbe play pro
ceaed. All this time the people wbo had come
there to be amused sat pa'tienlly in front. If
they could bayo known all the heart-burnings,
tho petty malice, the personal sorrows but
here, at least, ignorance is bliss.
Art Gallery for Sale Purposes.
W. Magruder Eonzee, aitist That is a very
good suggestion recently made In which it was
proposed to establish a general gallery open
the year round, where, for a small considera
tion, artists might secure space for the display
of snch pictures they may have for sale. Two
or three attempts have been made to run a
salesroom on the co-operative plan, but they
were unsuccessful. Artist", as a rnle. have
poor beads for commercial business. There is
no barm In inferior pictures getting displayed
among good ones. The best will look all the
better and the poorest look the poorer by con
trast. If some wealthy man wonld found snch
a callery he would be tbe means of encourag
ing art in a substantial manner. At present tbe
cream of profit in artists' labor goes into tbe
capacious pockets of tbe middleman.
Colored Lights fori Drugstores.
A Searcher After Light The other day I
casually asked a drng clerk tho origin of tbe
many colored lights which are now tbe uni
versal signs of a drugstore. The youth re
ferred me very pleasantly to an older man in
tne store, who finally admitted that he knew
about as-little as his younger associate. Curi
ous to learn whether this ignorance was uni
versal and also warming up to my original idea
I called In every drugstore on n pper Broadway
and made the same query. At each place tho
question seemed to paralyze the younger mem
bers of tbe establishment, and a council of war
was laid in the rear of tbe store. The older
clerks came round to see what sort of a man
this was who "wanted to know, you know."
Most of them merely contented themselves
with tbe opinion that it was only to attract at
tention that various colored lights were repre
sented by jets behind liquid in a ctas3 bottle.
I ascertained that there was a great
deal of knack in preparing this
liquid so as to give a clear ugni 01 wnatever
liqi
:oli
color desired, and to stand the test of time
without precipitation. Incidentally I also dis
covered that the police stations, as a rule, use
a green lijht. Why nobody can tell. One
clerk said he thought tbe custom conld be
traced back: two or three bnndred years nntil
itiadedintotbe barber pole tbat now Is the
sign of the tonsorlal artists throughout the
.English-speaking world. Another man. who
seemed to get a little nearer to it tban tbe rest,
said that it originated with tbe early chemists
and alchemists who designated their places of
business In this way. just as tney subsequently
have by tbe display of mortar and pestle. All
of them playfully expressed a desire that wben
I found out the information should be printed
and furnished those engaged in tbe drng busi
ness. He Frayed in Dead Earnest.
Tom Davis, theatrical manager I played a
leading part in the "Stowaway" once, on the
road, for one consecutive night. It happened
that tbe leading man was ill, and there was no
body to fill his place. I made a great bit. In
fact, I made several good hits dnring the even
ing, principally on the cheeks and shins of the
fellow who was playing tbe heavy villain. I was
the hero, and wore & nautical uniform, and yon
know tbe hero in one place is tied up to tbe
vessel, and is subjected to all sorts of indigni
ties on the part ot the heavy villain. Now, you
see I am red-headed, and rather quick-tempered,
and I bad not been trained to accept
blows and contnmelv from the swaggering guy
everv night in the week during the season. Tha
result was tbat 1 lost my temper and kicked the
beaw villain so severely on the shins tbat be
fell off tbe boat into the raging brine of bine
canvas amid the terrific plaudits of a
top honse. Quito naturally the actor
was considerably broken np in his lines,
as well as in bis shins. Cut be camebaccin
pretty good shape and hanaled me rather
tenderly through tbe rest of tbe act. He got
even wltn me, however, ior ne was iaia up two
weeks on account of a sprained ankle, and I
had to pay bim his salary dnring the time. Tbe
company held an indignation meeting besides,
and resolved that if I ever played again they
wonld all resign and go back to New York.
That was my first and only appearance on any
stage.
Dan I.amont Talks of Grove.
Colonel Dan S3. Lamont Tbe story recently
published about Cleveland's retirement from
the Fresidectal field was plainly a canard on its
face. It was probably thrown out as a feeler.
Not that any feeler was necessary, but because
some people thought it was. As a matter of
fact. Whitney is sincerely loyal to Mr. Cleve
land. So is Mr. Gorman, of Maryland. Neither
of these gentlemen would for a moment stand
in the way of tbe renomination of tbe ex-President.
A great deal ot fun has been had at Mr.
Whitney's expense in this matter.
Kincald-Tanlbe Shooting.
Jay Durham, a Kentuckian Tha case of
Judge C. E. Kincaid for tbe killing of Con
gressmen W. B. Taulbe in tbe Capitol last
year comes up March 16. I knew Taulba very
well in Kentucky; I also knew Judge Kincaid
who was for a long time correspondent in
Washington for the Louisville Times. The
limes is a free-lance paper and prints about
everything and about everybody. I knew tbe
relations between Kinc3id and laulbe quits
well up to tbe time of tbe shooting. Tbo Con
gressman was a powerful man, you know, with
a voice stronger tban Senator Blackburn's,
which conld be heard above the loudest din
ever raised in the House of Representatives.
He was formerly a preacher in Kentucky and
it was this fact which led to tbe publication
of a scandal between himself and a lady in the
Patent Office in a Washington newspaper.
Judge Kincaid revamped this article and sent
It to his paper in Louisville as any correspond
ent wonld have done under the circumstances,
but without fathering tbe responsibility. Of
course It raised a perfect storm in Kentucky
where Taulbe was well knowD. and went far
toward defeating him for renomination. From
tho moment the article appeared Taulbe wora
vengeance against the correspondent and in
sulted him In Washington whenever ho bad
the chance, by treading on his toes and tweak
ing bis nose in pnblic places. Tbo Congress
man wp-it tartber than this and inaaa threats
to kill Kincaid. He made such threats against
tbe correspondent's life in my presence, and I
know what lam talking about. This in Ken
tucky means gore, you know. A man can't co
around in our State threatening lo kill another
fellow without riskinc a load of buckshot on
tbe first street corner. Kincaid has been on
heavy bail of some $25,1)00 at bis bome in Ken
tucky. I saw htm in this city a short time, aeo.
He Is quite a changed man through his troubles
and lout Illness, bnt 1 have every reason to be
lieve that be will coma out right at tba trial.
Pressure In the Newspaper World.
A New York Editor Tbe pressure for places
on a metropolitan journal Is something few
people except those subjected to It know any
thing about. It is absolutely awful to think of
the people competing with each other for a liv
ing, and with tho large influx of young men
from tbe colleges ot tbe country who
seek places on metropolitan journals Xor
the sake of a journalistic education.
There is quits a large number of 'people who
are well to do wbo seek places for tbeir sons in
various positions with tha big newspapers, just
as tbey wonld put tbem in a commercial bouse
to learn tbe business. In doing so they do not
ask tbat the salary shall be made in a con
sideration, bnt tbat these yonng men. who are
just out of college, may Lava the advantage of
tbe rigid schooling obtained nowhere else so
well as on one of our big dailies. It is true tbat
this class cats in upon those wbo are trained
Journalists to some extent, and wbo depend
upon the results of such training for their
bread. In one sense this is unfortunate. Bnt
in tbe end tbe sharper the competition tha
better tbe general results for tbe reading pub
lic It involves a verv disagreeable duty, how
ever, on the part of those who are conducting
these journals, namely, that of blasting tho
hopes and killing ott tbe expectations of many
deserving people. There are at present five to
ten competent persons for everyplace on tha
New York papers.
"Why Yanderbllt Didn't Like Ohio.
A Railroad Reporter One of the largest and
most important, as well as most sensational,
railroad meetings I have ever attended was
that held in Cleveland in 1SSL It was for tha
consolidation of two parallel lines of tba Cin
cinnati. Hamilton and Dayton and Bee Line
roads. At this meeting were W. H.Vander
bilt, Cornelius Vanderbilt. W. K. Vandarbilt,
August Schell. B. H. Bristow. William L.
Scott. J. K. Devereaux. Alexander Ferguson
and Stevenson Burke. Bristow representing
tbe Erie, and Alexander Fergnson. the well,
known Cincinnati railway lawver, tbe Cincin
nati, Hamilton and Dayton. Devereaux was
President of the Bee Line, and was to be Presi
dent of the proposed consolidation, which was
to be called tha "Ohio Railway Company." It
was a snap meeting; tbat is to say, the Vander
bilt Interest bad decided cpon this consolida
tion regardless of tbe laws of Ohio, which pre
vented any such thing involving two parallel
lines. The question was whether the lines could
be called parallel or not. and into this ques
tion it would require a diagram to enter
understandmly. It need only be said that a
very bitter tight was precipitated upon tba
movers in this scheme, and injanctions were
served within an hour after tbo meeting was
called to order. There were connecting lines,
you see. that would be entirely shut off in case
tbe consolidation went through, and one of
these was tbe Erie stem from Dayton to Cleve
land. AH tbe preliminary papers for tbe action
of the meeting of tho Vanderbilts had been
prepared in New York, and it was proposed to
rnsn the matter through before tbe courts
could interfere. When ibe injunctions were
served. Vanderbilt refused to received, them
and waved the officers aside with a declaration
something like that attributed to Jav Gould.
"The courts bo d d!" But the conrts would
not be d d. and within a very short space of
time an order of arrest followed for contempt
of court and an attempt was made to serve tho
warrants noon Vanderbilt. In tbe mean
time, however, his adherents were pretty
active. The meeting was held, bs
was made a director of the road,
tbe consolidation was" completed in spite of tha
law, a special enelne was ordered steamed up
and tbe Vanderbilts and thosp concerned in tha
trial boarded the car attached to the engine
and fled tbe State as fast as steam power conld
carry them. In tbe course of a year or two,
when the courts got a whack at the matter, the
whole thing was overturned, the injanctions la
the meantime standing against the consolida
tion. Tne whole State was np in arms acainst
tbe Vanderbilts as soon as our reports of tha
proceedings got into print in Cincinnati. If
the people cou d have gotten hold of Vander
bilt I think tbey would have mobbed him. It
was fully two years later and after tbe whole
thing had been finally settled in tbe court be
fore Vanderbilt ventured within the bounda
ries of Ohio. Wben he went West be haa to
go through Canada or around some other way.
Smoking Under the McKlnlcy Law.
George Arnold, cigar dealer on lower Broad
way Owing to the McKinley act there has
been a revolution in the cigar business. Tbe
result has been greatly to tbe dissatisfaction of
the smokers. Tbo advance, by reason of in
creased taxation, compelled an increase iu
price all along tho line, bnt this latter increase
was out ot all proportion to tbe siza of addi
tional duties. There is no sense in the unrea
sonable jump in the price of Havana cigars.
We have adopted In our trade here tbe London
system of a fair and straight price on every
cigar, based upon its cost per 1.000 and tba
dnties thereon. For instance, you will see in
this case the prices plainly marked in each box
in largn black letters, running 5. 0, 7, 8, 9, 10. LI.
12, 13. 14, 15 and np to 20 cents each. This
means that we propose to treat the customer
fairly, and make him pay only a fair profit on
tbe cigar he smokes. Tbe unreasonableness of
tbe prevailing system will be seen in the fact
tharalO cent cigar sold at three for a quarter
amounts to 583 per 1.000. and tbe same cigar
sold at 10 cents straight is at the rate of $100
per 1,000. A 15-cent cigar sold at two for a
quarter is 3125. whereas the same thing straight
is S150 per 1.U0O. Here is a difference of J25 per
1,000 wbich is charged under tba recent raise in
prices, whereas tbe additional tax would be
from S3 to $7 per LOOO.
The Tariff Issue in Ohio.
Governor Campbell, of Ohio We shall so
into tbe next canvass in our State on tba tariff
issue primarily. Ihe nomination of McKinley
for tbe Governorship by his party would do
much to accentuate tbat issue. I think in such
ahght we will beat McKinley and carry the
State for the Democracy. This would neces.
ssrily kill McKinley off as a Presidental possi
bility and perhaps snifttbe Democratic lines
on the national issue. No lam too modest to
be interviewed as to my own political future in
such a case.
Poker and the Force Bill.
A Prominent Politician I went to Washing
ton recently and saw more card playing among
Congressmen than I expected to find. The
Senate is more ot a non-partisan body than an
outsider would imagine. A majority of tho
Senators play cards, and the fraternity of tho
card table Is paramount to politics. I beard a
Senator, who is not much of a pokerplayer, say
this: "As longas Democratic and Republican
Senators play poker with each other nightly
there can be no real partisan legislation. The
Federal election bill was defeated by a poker
combination. Wben law makers play poker
with each other they forget all about politics.
Tne House is less influenced hy poker than tha
Senate because it is such a large body. Some
of tha most inveterate poker players in the
Senate look tbe most pious.
Hamlin Itoasts the Senate.
Ex-Vice President Hannibal Hamlin, of
Maine We certainly have soma old fossils In
tbe Senate. They remain stationary and hava
no idea of progress. In my day and time, not
so long ago. tbe Senate did something. Thera
was more dispatch of business, hut even then I
favored a cloture rule. The Senate, as a body,
is getting more unwieldy on account of lt3 in
crease in number, and I think the old fossils
wbo oppose innovation will have to consent to
a rule limiting debate.
Taking Light Lunches.
H. H. Barron, Standard Lunch Room. Lower
Broadway Tbe business men of New York aro
every year getting more careful of tbeir pen
nies and that is the secret of the erowth of the
buffet lunch business. We have fitted up here
an establishment at the cost of 20,006, and yon
see it is the handsomest in tbe city. That Is a
good deal of money to invest in a business of
this kind, but owing to tbe public demand tbe
returns are immediate and reasonably certain.
This place has been open one week to-day and
we feed on an average alreadv SOO people per
day, mostly noon lunches. The checks run
from 5 to 50 cents mostly. The New Yorker is
too busy these days to sit down at a table and
wait half an hour for his lunch to be served.
lie Is too frugal alsoto?pend from SO cents to
SI for his midday saack. Yet I don't understand
tbat there is any serious falling off in the regu
lar restaurant business because of these lunch
connters. It is rather an encouragement for
people to eat who otherwise wouldn't' eat this
time of tbe day.
Meetinsa Humiliating Death.
Ex-Congressman Merriman Is Is a curiou
fact incidental to mankind, tbat one wbo has
been through a great many battles and rnn a
great many risks, should at last fall by means
of an orange seed or a banana peel, or end bis
existence nndera truck or street car. I thought;
of the late James Red path the other day wben,
I was strnck by a truck and almost killed my.
self. After going through a number of battles
daring ibe war and getting off with a few gun
shot wounds from whirh 1 miraculously recov
ered, it would be very humiliating to die under
a beer wagon. Yet jnst such an Ignoble fat
has overtaken a great many veterans of tht
late war.
Not After That Kind of Game.
W. C Motte. commercial traveler I was
down in a Southern city a short tinio ago with
a friend of mine. We got left by about flva
minutes one day, havine intended to take a
certain train.hut having been left we concluded
we wonld try a Southern restaurant lor some- "
thing to eat before tbe next train came along.
Tbe customary darkey was behind the lunch
counter and I asked him wbat tbey had,
"Mos anything, boss," was the reply.
"We want something right away. What hava
you got already prepared?"
"Oysters in ebry style, sab."
We don't want oysters. Anything aUst Any
usbT"
"No boss, alnt got no fish."
"Got any fried cblckenf".
"Deed we has. sab, got fried chicken."
"Any garnet" asked my friend.
"Yes sah. pool and keno in da backroom,
was tbe ready reply.
CHASLXS T. MtTSXAT.
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