BABY. Before the cheerful Are to-ut^ht. My wife and I are sitting, We softly talk of days gone by. And on our hearts, such memories lie Of baby Our treasure was a boy, of course. And sucli a sturdy youngster, With hair of gold, nnd eyes of blue, Arid six white teeth, so straight and true, Flad Uil,y His chubby bands, nil dimpled, toe. And lingers, always itching. To pull our hair and poke our eyes. And other tricks, to onr surprise, I lid baby He made my wife a slave all day Keeping him out of mischief. Hod pick up pins and dirt, you see, And put them in his mouth, would he. Would baby And then, at night, when I came home. He'd crow and smile to see me. He'd piek my pockets, do his best To grab my pipe (the little pest) That baby At bedtime, too, he'd vex us sore. With nil liis restless unties. And when we thought lie was asleep, Around the door, wdio then would peep. But baby Anil so to-uight we sit and think, Of liaby's ways and doings. And of those hands and voice, now still. And through our hearts such memories thrill. Oh' baby But, liurk . Kroui ont the stillness comes. A voice so soft nnd cooing. That rascal, there, has just awoke. And smiling too, a master stroke. Our bo by. —"Dudlelgli" fn Sunday Inter-Ocean. THAT STRANGE ANIMAL North anil east of Fort Davis, Tex., stretching far away to that strip of non descript soil, known as "No Man's Land," is the remnant of the so called Great American desert, designated on the maps and in the geographies as "Llano Estaca do," or Staked Plain. The name desert is a misnomer, for the Llano Estacado is not a desert, but rather a well watered, grassy plain, covered with hay and ver dure, the natural home and refuge at the present time of nearly all the large game animals of the southwestern por tion of the United States. All the buffaloes we have in the coun try, except a scattered pair here and there, and the mountain bison of the Yellowstone : ;k. uro to be found liome lesslv wandering over the staked plain. Mustangs, wild and untamed, gallop with unshod hoofs over the soft, velvety carpet, and antelope, the most dainty of all feeders, reck In re the delicate wild clover and maiden (lowers which are found nowhere else i; such abundance as upon this wild anil unsettled tract A Texas eo\ v. in search of stray cattle, came in li\ in the plains and re ported that. While chasing a wild and un tamable steer into an entin ly unknown region, where perhaps r.:i human foot save that of an Indian had ever travel ed, he saw iu the dim distance a large, bulky and unwii Idly creatine, which he at first took to lie a bulfalo. Yet itcould not be a buffalo, for it was too large and too slender of build, and covered the ground in a long, loping sort of stride, whereas a bulTalo. wheti put to his speed, usually adopts a short gallop, very much like a range steer Big enough for an elephant, and yet as slender as a giraffe, what in the name of wonder can the creature be? thought the cowboy. His jaded mustang was too weary and the day too far gone for him to undertake a chase to the death, so the cow puncher turned his trucks and trotted slowly back to the round up cauip, where he told his yarn to bis comrades, with due exaggeration as to the size, speed and build of the strange animal he had en countered "Mow come. Bill," exclaimed one, "what did the beast look like, anyway?" "Why. jest as I tell yer," answered Bill. "He was a great big brute, with two story legs, a long neck, a fast, ugly trot, an' a hump on his back big as a hogshead." "Oh, I see," said another. "Nothing but a stray Imfller. cause he had a hump on his back. Yer got fooled that time, Bill, and fooled in the bargain by an old huffier bull. Yer ought to know better, Bill." "Tell yer, Jim, I'm not fooled," ex claimed Bill, hotly. "Don't I know a huffier bull when I sees one? That feller was no huffier, nor no steer, an' I'll bet a ninety foot lariat he don't belong to this country, either." The others were quite interested now, for they knew Bijl Yerkes was likely to be correct when he was so earnest about it, and an agreement was made that rounding up, cutting out and branding should be suspended a couple of days, while the whole party went on a chase across the country in search of the won derful animal seen by their comrade that day. Next morning, before day, four stout, sturdy fellows were in the saddle and moving westward, leaving one of their number behind as guard for the camp. Their mounts were beautiful. The mus tangs they bestrode had been captured while mere ponies from the wild herds vhat yet. in limited numbers, course over sy the great plain, except the one ridden by f Yerkes, and this animal was a gaunt, raw boned specimen, raised somewhere in the southeastern part of the state and brought to the range by Yerkes himself, who seemed very fond of the brute. The four men separated, striking off in different directions, like an open fan, and agreeing to meet that night for camp on a branch of the south fork of the Canadian, which was nearly dry at this time of the year. About sunset all had arrived at the rendezvous except Bill Yerkes. While the others were sitting around the camp fire, about 0 o'clock, feasting upon wild turkey which had been shot from a tree near by, their missing comrade rode up. He tli rew himself from his horse, re moved the saddle, watered and picketed his animal und then joined the others. "Wal, fellers," he exclaimed. "Ihave spotted the darned cuss again." "The deuce you have," ejaculated the others, with great interest. "Yes, I found him about six miles above here at sundown, and jest as I was about to give up the hunt." "Well, what is it?" exclaimed the three in one breath. "Darned if I know," said Yerkes. "It was too dark to see clearly, and then the tarn a 1 cuss sighted iuo as soon as I did him and oil he started toward the setting sun like a locomotive. But I've got his hearings, and I'll catch that skunk tomorrow or give up cow punch ing and range riding for good." The second morning the four were in the saddle by light and traveling up stream until a grass overgrown bottom, interspersed with scrub oak and pecan tree's, was reached. "lii re." said Yerkes, "is where 1 saw the fellow last night." "And here," said Dick Pepper, "are the buster's tracks"—at the same time leaping from his mustang and examining several large hoofpriuts in the muddy portion of the creek bottom. "VVnl, that beats rue," remarked Bob Newlmll. tiie fourth of the party. "What you take the.n tracks to be, Yerkes? No oueh steer as that iu the whole ken try as 1 knows of." " 'Tain't no steer," responded the other. "Darned if I can size the creature up; but let's keep after him an' we'll soon iinil out, or I'm no preacher." Out over the prairie rode the four men, following >:s I rest they could the trail of this strange animal, but all signs were soon lost in the sand and gravel, as the country laid now assumed a Istrren, deso late appearance, covered with hillocks of sand, and almost as flat as a billiard table as far as the eye could see. About noon a speck on the horizon was sighted, and toward this atom the quartet rode steadily, gaining rapidly, and very soon coming so far within range as to outlive the object. "That's the fellow an' no snakes," shouted Yerkes, hardly able to curb his excitement. Sure enough. There in the distance, far ahead, was a strange, ungainly ob ject that bore no resemblance to any liv ing creature born or bred on this conti nent. With a rapid, sidelong, cumber some gait he easily kept beyond the fleetest mustangs until darkness almost hid his ugly form from view,: but still the four horsemen were doing their ut most to*catch up, with Yerkes a long ad vantage in the lead and evidently deter mined to solve the mystery at any cost or kill iiis horse. The last his three com rades aw of him Yerkes was going at a 3:1 t. his long Mexican lariat trailing belli' 1 Ida rawhoned steed doing bis levi i to bring liis master alongside the ' r thev were pursuing. The other: ••' a gave up and went into a dry camp amid a hunch of cottonwoods for a few In urx where they had to dig in the sand i ; water. As darkness drew around him pool Yerkes almost gave up in despair. liis tired ma ;;;;ig protested in a dumb sort of way ugiiiiist such treatment, but still the biped pu-;li"U on, and forced both himself and steed to such extremities that at l..st. when darkness had actually closed in upon the whole flat plain, the man was compelled to admit that he was no wiser than the day before re garding the identity of the creature he was chasing. . As In- s! ;■ Uouetl his speed to think over <• situation his quarry also re duced i < gait. A bright moon now came :a; Jig up from the ocean of sand, and jii. I :.t this moment the chase passed before tire great red ball, so that his form was clearly outlined against the bright background. "Thedevil!"ejaculatedYerkes. "Darn my skin if I don't believe it's a camel. Well, if I can't catch him I'll round him up, anyhow: so here goes." Making a long detour, he managed gradually to get beyond the animal and turned him in his course, so that pretty soon botii pursuer and pursued were traveling directly hack over the course they had come, But the pace was slow this time, as the mustang began to show evident signs of pegging out, and the man was very tired and weary, too. Ob serving that iris game was now resting, also, or rather nibbling the scant herbage and drifting slowly eastward, the cow boy quickly leaped from his scat, re moved saddle, blanket and bridle, lari ated bis steed, who commenced grazing at once, took a good chew of tobacco, and, resting his head on the saddle, turned over in a pile of soft, loose sand and was soon sound asieep When he awoke some hours later ho found the moon nearly overhead and his horse still quietly nibbling the few'spears of grass peeping above the sandy soil. Nowhere in sight was the strange ani mal he had followed. Saddling and mounting he rode here and there in search of the brute, but the latter had vanished without sight, sound or sign to follow. Utterly and thoroughly disgusted, Yerkes started on the back trail, at the same time muttering startling exclama tions against ths-strange thing that had led him a wild goose chase to 110 purpose for two days and a night over the plains. Riding 011 and on in that still night, not even a coyote. hark or a wolf howl to break the intense silence, the man would talk and reason with his horse upon the confounded ill luck that had befallen him. Toward morning Venus came sail ing majestically tip from the east, and the moon, still shining brightly, lit up the vast plain, reflecting back the spark ling hits of sand like the water of the ocean sparkles and dances under her sil very beams. Just then a faint noise came floating from far ahead. Yerkes pulled up in stantly and both horse and rider bent their cars to listen. Louder and louder it grew until the beating of hoofs could be heard, and presently, too, the sound of men's voices hallooing and shouting. Somebody was chasing something, of this there could be no mistake. Then in the dim light a black object hove in sight with three horsemen in hot pur suit. "That's my game, by gosh," said Yerkes to himself with great excite ment, "and darn my hide but Til have him now." The man quickly unslung his long Mexican lariat (he was a fine roper), and, patting his horse encouragingly, made ready to cast the moment he was within proper distance. On caine the big game with a rush, making wonderful long strides with his tremendous legs, and not two hundred yards behind were the three cowboys, .urging their mustangs at the top of their speed, veiling like mad. Yerkes got his lariat in position, and then began that long graceful swing, with the magic circle opening like an oval, that only the practical arm can give to the rope. Straight at the man rushed tiie brute, but, evidently discovering him when too late, the lat ter made a bold swerve to the left, as if to pass by him (lolloping alongside for a moment, the rope swung in the air. and then, swish, it darted, settling snugly about the long, hoop like neck. In true cowboy style, as if handling a steer, Yerkes kept up bis pace and grad ually got into position for throwing the animal. This process is as follows: When the noose is around the head, horns or neck, the next movement is to arrange the line on the further side of the ani mal. both pursuer and pursued going at full speed, bo that it is about the height of the legs Then, by suddenly stop ping the pony, who plants bis forelegs firmly to withstand the shock, by a quick, sudden jerk the steer's legs ore pulled from under him. and over It® roils in the dust This is precisely tlte man ner in which Yerkes treated his strange captive. When everything was ready and the tine in position he pulled his horse up suddenly and jerked the strange brute's legs from under liini. The mighty body of the latter tumbled heavily all in a heap, but there was a sharp, ugly snap as if something bad cracked. In a word, the fall had broken its neck. Ilia f- minutes the four men were gnu; '.her standing over the car ca- it in perfect wonder. e shot for a teuderfoot, bui •' lie," said Jim Pepper. . .e devil did ho couieirom, any Ik • ! aimed Bob Newhall. Y.. e was silent. After scan ning • ' "• .mining the creature closely her.:. uttered, in the most absolute sui-j-:-; ••! i' m. that's a camel as sure as ; ' :. Now, how in the name of lie get in Texas? I've al wr. cy lived in Asia or Africa, bui ued and scalped alive if her i Texas. Let's go back to can:p ' I'm done herding and bran i . ingoing back to the states, I am Tl" iy. after all, is no mystery at : was really and truly a ca: " .. ( r genuine camel was ac ta:. by a cowboy named Den tin ::r the ranch of Col. Lewis V,, the Confederate States a.' ity of (iilu Bend, A. T. li . : measuring over nine fit. . . i was supposed to be a:i 1 1 ' ihe old herd that has bet a .. iver the deserts of Ari zo: 1 rnia since 1858 or 1839. Tin .led first fertile purpose of < •' iglit from Inyo, Cal., to Car- i.ud proving a failure for this re turned loose to hustle fo: J . . i!ie civil war thegovern mt: • ! ' of them and proposed to ma . . lul on the frontier in keep- ing i;; ..i.iunication between the wider. : ted military posts, where it lit:..; e m cessary to travel long dis tances without water. They were never, however, of much service, and upon the breaking out of hostilities between the north and south were seized hy the Confederate authorities and sent to Camp Verdo, about sixty miles northwest of San Antonio. Here they were put in service as mail carriers, often making trips of iifty-five to sixty miles a day in a dry, barren, hot country where no American horse could have survived such hardship. At the close of the war they again fell into the hands of the Federal authori ties, and were sold at auction in the city of San Antonio in 1806. They were finally taken west to Arizona, and, prov ing useless, were soon abandoned to their fate. Wandering over the wild portions of Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, the/ increased somewhat in num bers, bu' i' was supposed that the In dians hiei long ago killed them off. It has since been learned that the red men, superstitious and silly as they usually are in such cases, regarded them with great awe as strange creatures from the clouds, and so lied from them in terror. A few lonesome and forlorn camels are yet drifting over the wild, unin habited places of the far southwest, so that the novelty of a genuine eamelhunt presents itself to those in search of "pleasures new" who care to travel the long distance to seek them.—Atlanta Constitution. A Candid Friend. To the English Georges were not a few frank speeches made i.v a class of whom George Canning exclaimed: But of all plagues. Rood Heaven, iliy wiutb con send. Save. save, oh, savo me front the candid friend! A young lady told George II that the ceremony she most longed to see was a coronation! George IV, when Prince of Wales, found a "candid friend" in Nollekens, the sculptor, one of the most simple minded and uncourtly of men. The prince was silting for his bust, and the following conveisatiou took place: Nollekens—How's your father? (The king was at that time very ill.) The Prince—Thank you, Mr. Nolle' kens, he is much better. Nollekens—Ah, that's all right! .It would be a sad thing if he was to die, for we shall never have another king like him. Tho Prince—Thank you. Nollekens—Ah, sir, you may depend upon that.—Youth's Companion. A Happy "Jlwjum." Mr. Kindly—Well, Uncle Peter, how does the world serve you these days? Uncle Peter —Oh, firs' rate, sah, firs' rate; I ain't so rich cz Mistah Vander bilt, no' so ik)' as Job's turkey, sah, but I jess seem ter hab struck a happy mee jum 'tween denv two gemnien, sah, an' I'se very well sat'sfied.—Detroit Free Press. AS TO NEW NAVAL DRILLS THE NEW INVENTIONS ARE MAKING GREAT CHANGES NECESSARY. ITncle Sum Is Not in Goud Shape in This Matter Iter none His New Ship* Are Few in Number, but Perhaps Ho Will Pull Somehow. Just ;.t present almost ail tho nations of the world that have an army or a navy an interested in the subject of new il iils and manuals to suit the changes that mechanical improvements have brought about in small arms and artillery, powders and projectiles. The United States naval service is rather peculiarly situated in this respect, as the change from the obsolete wooden ves- AT QUARTERS, sels tc the new steel cruisers is only just begun, and the older systems of drills are carried out on board of the very large majority of naval vessels now in commission. Should the various propo sitions for the incorporatioi of a naval reserve, now so much talked about throughout the country, be carried into effect., the drill.•. will have, by sheer foroo of circumstances, to partake more of the nature of what has been the meth od for years than of what would apply more especially to improved breech mechanism, torpedo tubes and smoke less powder.-. The reason for this is not far to seek, and lies chiefly in the fact that just at present the navy does not possess enough of the modern cruisers for its own press ing needs, and the receiving ships and monitors that will probably be the ves sels first utilized for drill purposes by the pioneers of the auxiliary naval forces, or naval reserve contingent, are already of a past day and generation. ?'he for mer were crack frigates of their time and were models in the days of smooth bore cannon and full sail powered ships; the latter came in with the civil war. as soon after Ericsson's vessel proved her prowess at Hampton Roads as they could be constructed, and have hardly been in active service since. A half million of dollars, more or less, is mentioned as the sum necessary to put them in condition for cruising service; but as lids expendi ture seems exorbitant for the small amount of good they are to the navy at large, the secretary of the navy suggests their use as drill vessels for tho naval reserve in its preliminary exercises to prepare itself to man the coast defense vessels in time of actual service. The usual custom aboard all men-of-war is to have "quarters" at 9:30 in the morning. This is for the purpose of muster and inspection, to ascertain if all bauds are on board ami if they are properly dressed in the prescribed uniform of the day. Tho men stationed at the guns of the battery fall in alongside of their respect ive cannon on one side of the deck, the first division forward, the second next, and so on until all the places are taken. There are always a large number of men on hoard vessels of war who are not sta tioned at the guns. They are the serv ants, the engineer's force, the various petty officers, whose general duties are below decks; the men required to attend to the steering of the vessel, handling the signals, sounding apparatus, etc.; also the carpenters, whose particular duties are to look out for and stop up shot holes and ot'.ier damage during an action; the gunner's gang, who do duty in the magazines and shell rooms, and the marines. All of these are drawn up on the oppo site side of the deck to that on which the gun divisions assemble; the powder di vision, as it is called, being forward, the JAMES JOHNSON, CHAMPION GUNNER, engineers next, the navigators next to them and the marines aft on the quarter deck. Although there is no hard and fast rule, the above order is tho one quite generally observed on all vessels that have open deck for carrying the battery, Tho inspection over, orders are given to the division officers regarding the special drills for the day, and for the greater portion of an hour in the forenoons and again in the afternoons drills are carried on. The rorgb.r is varied, so that during the week f • men will have received in struclion at the battery for action. Small arm drill as infantry and sharpshooters, cutlass and pistol drill, torpedoes, both on ship board and in boats; the handling of powder arid projectiles, howitzers, rapid lire and machine guns, which, in addition to the usual drills aloft with sails and spars, boat exercise under oars and sails, occasional landing parties, and, it rare intervals, encampments on shore occupy a large portion of the available hours, and give an opportunity for thor ough iii: tn.etion in all that pertains to what won! i probably be tho experience in actual service against an enemy. The guns most generally in uso aboard the wooden ships are idle smooth uure 9-inch Dalilgrens, made during the civil war and a few years before that struggle, a few Parrott guns of the GO-pounder pat tern are also to be found, while the larg est gun is an 8-inch riile converted from an 11-inch Dahlgren smooth bore. The whole object of the drill is to so perfect the crew in their individual duties that when they are called together to go through the motions of lighting un enemy every detail will have been care fully attended to and the whole body will act us an intelligent unit. The great gun drill consists in casting loose all the tackles that hold the gun in place when the ship is rolling about, and in provid ing the apparatus required to load and fire, while the gun's crew arm themselves with cutlass and pistol or rifles, as their stations call for. Once a week at "gen eral quarters" powder and projectiles are brought up on deck and the motions of loading and firing gone through with. Primers are snapped instead of actually firing the guns, which latter is only done once in three months, when the quarter ly target practice is gone through with. Until within the last four years but little proper system was observed at this quar terly firing, and it was quite generally apt to be regarded as more or, less of a bore that must be gone through with and endured simply for the sake of carrying out what the regulations prescribed. Lieut. Forsyth-Meigs, for some years gunnery instructor at the Naval academy, drew up a most excellent system, which he introduced in the Nortli Atlantic squadron while under the command of Admirals Luce and Jouett. This consist ed of two parts—an individual practice in which the vessel and target were both anchored about a thousand yards apnrt, and each gun was fired separately, the scale of merit depending both upon the celerity displayed in firing a certain number of shots and in the smallness of the area covered by these shots. A medal was presented to the most successful gun captain. Tlio man win ning the greatest number of times was James Johnson. His work was re markable, especially as his gun was in competition with some of the rilled guns. The gun which ho fired was one of the broadside 9-inch smooth bores of the llagship Richmond. This method of individual practice was in tended to load up to what was termed battery practice, in which the target was again stationary, but the vessels were under way, steaming a roe in I it through an arc of PI) degs., and at ■ < mcwhat over one thousand yards off. The prize in this case was a small triangular flag, which OATLIN'Q GUN IN ACTION. the successful vessel carried tit the fore. The number of shots fired while the ves sel was in the liring arc, as well as the distribution of these shots, were the two quantities used in determining the figure of merit. The cutlass drill is the same as broadsword exercise, the men being armed with wooden sticks, having a large leather guard. This is an excel lent muscle developing drill, and when properly executed is quite well worth watching, particularly at its close, when a regular set-to is usually encouraged. The pistol or revolver drill is for the pur pose of instruction in handling that wea pon, and to teach the men to become good snap shots. The drill in the man ual of arms, the loadings and firings and the skirmish drill, as far as simple de ployment and accustoming the men to the various bugle calls are concerned, are about all the instruction in "soldier | ing" that can well be given on ship board. Mob tactics, marchings and re views, as well as a more extended skir mishing and rifle target firing, have to be postponed until a navy yard or some convenient port, is reached, j The only torpedoes at present furnished j vessels are those known as "spar torpe ! does,"' which are used both from long j booms fitted alongside of the vessels, and smaller ones for working in the steam ; launches. Improvising torpedoes, fuzes and fittings from one's own resources forms a valuable feature of this exercise. Gun cotton is the explosive now used in all naval torpedoes. The newer vessels ! are to be fitted with automobile torpe does, which are, of course, an immense change from "abagof powder at thoend of a stick." Proficiency in handling the various types of machine and rapid fire artillery consists, not only in the ability j to load and fire with rapidity and precis ion, but also to thoroughly master the | true inwardness of Ae various kinds of | arms and to be able to dismount and re assemble the pieces as readily as any ex pert in the factory at which they were made. By this means alone can the de lays caused by a jamming or breaking of some one of the many parts be readily overcome when the time of actual use in battle arrives. The powder division is I composed largely of servants and so called non-combatants. The band aboard flagships is usually placed in this divis ion, and although classed among the non combatants, the powder division is really one of tho most important in the ship, as upon its coolness and activity depends the maintenance ef an uninterrupted supply of ammunition, a matter always of great importance, but in these days of rapid tire guns one that requires much more hard work than ever before. The surgeon's division, usually three or four in number only, is supplemented by men especially detailed from the gun's crows i:i case tho wounded require at tention. A portion, say about a third of tho engineer's force, is distributed be tween the powder and gun divisions. In" addition to the regular duties the powder division is exercised at tho battery and at email arms, in order to be capable of looking after the vessel when tho bat talion is ashore for lighting purposes. The men in tho ivavigator's division are generally distributed about the vessel in time of action to look out after her steering, the signals, the sow.dings and the repairs vie it muy be necessary to her rigging, hull, spars or sails, u:id are all drilled with rifles and ouiV ;es. The marine guard, or the sou soldi... ■■ .uv gen erally exercised once or twice a week at the great guns, hut, as a rule, the greater portion of tl>eir drilling is confined to infantry, in which they attain an ur usual degree of proficiency in the course of a three years' cruise. Their duties aboard ship differ materially from tiiose of tho 6oilors, as they perform sentry and orderly duties, three or four of them being continually 011 guard duty day and night. Should there be any prisoners at i j,—j— ■! Q I "I wiMk llSpl^ W /,• r I ml\\\ SWORD EXERCISE, ar imc, it falls to the lot of the marines tc g> that they do not escape. The ma rine corps is one of the oldest military organizations in the country and its ef ficiency lias been proved on many a crit ical field. AN INGENIOUS CONTRIVANCE. A French Lieutenant Devise* a New Life Saving Apparatus. Lieut. Debrosße, of the French line ■ steamer Bourgogne, has invented a life saving apparatus for drowning people . DRAGGING. He was induced to give his attention to the matter from several cases of drown ing which came under his especial no tice. A case in point occurred a few years ago at Marseilles. A sailor who was painting the sides of the vessel fell into the sea. lie sank at once, and bub bles showed exactly where he lay. Sev eral good divers went down for him, but the water was eighty feet deep and too dark above the drowning sailor for them to see him. His body was recovered several hours afterwards by dragging the bottom. This incident led Lieut. Debrosse to in vent what is called the Debrosse grapnel. The position of one who has sunk being known approximately by rising air bub bles, the grapnel is lowered, its weight carrying it down vertically. Then a string is jerked, and the four sections of the metallic globe open like arms, and closing in on the body when the machine is lifted, bring it to the surface. The ob ject is to recover the drowning person before life has become extinct. onw. If drugged along the bottom the De brosse grapnel is very serviceable. The hooks 011 the outer surface of the closed sphere attach themselves to the clothing and thus bring up the body. The in ventor has taken stops to have his device patented in the United States. Court Cleared by a Leper. Something of a panic was created recently in a St. Louis court when a leper was produced on a writ of habeas corpus. The writ was directed against the city officials, who were directed to bring the leper from quarantine in order to demonstrate to the court that the man was really a leper and was not being unlawfully restrained of his liberty. The judge took one glance at the loathsome creature, whose body was covered with blue and white blotches, from which scales were constantly dropping. lie was immediately convinced that the man was a genuine leper, ordered him back to quarantine and adjourned court to give the janitor a chance to fumigate ! and air the place.—Philadelphia Ledger. 1
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