Ve RR © A OR TG I AE 5 ._ompany. . aa “ie. She did not catch the’ other's’ reply,. waCaptain Gorton swung intoniew, cross. s+ 40g the lawn laden with pgraphernalia. .. for the afternoon’s entexiginment. "to admiring thousands in the:eity, and. he’s very fond of: showing himself, is... causing the semblance of a pucker to z her head slightly, : 14 gives our. ‘He's a popular: hero. “ good-humored, closely approaching pat. RRB vise mi BR ee Gy a i en REA SAE RT — a TSE Amram % Se IRS cis Ey . wr i Mary BALLADE OF DREAMS. If T had time I should like to dream— But not as poets and dreamers may Of realms and castles that only seem, And hopes that gever fulfill their days; But, had I time and my own sweet way, I think I'd stay in my den, and brew A pleasant vision of things that pay— The dreams that once in awhile come true. If 1 had time, I would build no scheme To please my soul for a moment’s sway; 2’d hit no pipe for an instant’s gleam dazzling riches of far Cathay; But give me only my pipe of clay, And let me smoke till the air is blue, And Area, while holding my fears at The Seats that once in awhile come true. Away with musings on heights supreme; (W be falls therefrom is a nightmare’s rey Td bo 1t possible to redeem An honest fancy, without delay, For aught of worth as a staff and stay To keep me going, and see me through. es change from the whimsey’s ay— The rs that once in awhile come true. L’ENVOL. The dreams that render rewards, I say! ut, after all, ’t is the strag ling few That share, before they are oh and gray, The dreams that once in awhile come true. —Frank W. Hutt, in Puck. rr Tu i rN wr ir Tr 1 i EEE n (TE IL il IL C1 eed} THE SOLDIER, THE CLERK, AND THE LADY rq = 20%. ES” Miss Melville ad- mitted to herself, “the cap- Oo © tain is very handsome, and A he is doubtless very brave, $f0%>” and—he wishes me to be his wife. He is a man of good charac- ter, and his family is one of the most distinguished in the country. He is ich, and he can listen as well as talk. And when he talks he says more. than Bertie says, but—I rather like Bertie. I am more comfortable in Bertie's company. Poor Bertie! He isn’t as bandsome as the captain, and his brav- ery—" She laughed softly behind her fan. “Bertie also wishes me to be his wife. Both he and the captain have assured me that my refusal will make them desperately miserable; but I don’t be- lieve the captain would suffer as Bert- ie would. Bertie is such a violet! And the captain is a gladiolus. Bertie: hasn't much: social ‘standing. His father keeps a shop as mine does. Oh, dear! , Whatever's a_.poor girl to do?” A. lady came and sat beside her, mak-. ing a remark relative to the din of the ‘Miss Melville aga: ih Tarel. her fan to *Hér face. What glorious weather it is, fent “it?” she faid, non-committaliy. for at that instant the ‘tdll-form of: He nodded: at her and. Ske inclined “The captain’s. presence little celebration quite a mil ary airf% the other was talking. : re “I - understand that he has made something” of ‘a sacrifice t6 he with us. He might have been slowing himself. the captain., Since. that little affair at somewhere or other -in India, which syas all, An. the papers. at the time, you remember, when he led a charge ors: something, somewhere where there was danger, he’s been in ‘great demand. And he looks in ¢niform (quite the brave man he’s re- puted to. be, which isn’t customary with heroes, you know. Heroes. are usually disappointing as spectacles.” “Yes,” Miss Melville concurred, but she was only half listening. She was again comparing the cap-, tain with Bertie, and Bertie with the captain, and apologizing for Bertie's shortcomings. “She seriously believed that a struggle was taking place in ther mind. The other looked at her quizzically. “Lovely idea of Mr. Wareham's. mvasn’t it?” she went on, after a brief interval. ‘These beautiful grounds, easy chairs, perfectly delicious refresh- ments, and really no more noise than one might expect, I suppose. Every one should suffer a little in the cause of country for the sake of one’s pa- triotic soul.” “You are perfectly correct.” Miss Melville's eyes were gazing up- svard where fluffy white clouds were floating lazily, like pieces of snow upon a calm blue sea. She was unaware of the captain’s approach, immaculate in his white suit. She was visibly start- led when he spoke to her. “Some of the boys have arranged for a sham battle on the lake,” he said. “Would you care to see it?” She arose promptly. “Wen't you come, sweetly, too?’ she said, to her voluble neighbor, thus appear above the “captain's nose. “There will be no danger, will there, captain?’ “Not the slightest.” His smile was but you ronage. ‘‘There will be nothing action and noise—mere boy’s play, know.” Miss Melville opened her sunshade herself, ignoring his movement to that end. Some quality in his tone—a qual- ity smacking of insult to boys—and Bertie—annoyed her. 3ut. he was handsome and brave, this captain, asvhile Bertie wasn’t, and Le was rich and of aristocratic lineage, while Bert- ie’s father kept a common She shop drew closely to the c: le, and he leaned toward her, beeding of their companion. So they came to the lake shore, where preparations for the dattle were in progress. | exhapsted, like a, top. he, tumbled over Bertie saw them and waved his hand from out the midst of a snarl of ex- cited children in which he appeared to be hopelessly entangled. His hair was ruffled. His face was streaked with perspiration and grime. His sleeves were relled to the elbows. His white duck trousers were spotted in numer- ous places where they had thought- lessly been brought in contact with the grass. He grinned. “We're making things sing,” he an- nounced, somewhat unnecessarily, when they had come nearer. “EL, kids?” “You're right!” The answer was given in a shrill chorus of childish voices. “This is the battle we're going to fight, and we must wait till we can see the whites of the enemy’s eyes.” He looked at Miss Melville, who was laughing, and the captain, whose lip was curling with amused tolerance, and his face became suddenly grave. “It's a sort of kindergarten,” he said, apologetically. “I'm surprised and grieved that you should view it in a spirit of levity. I'll tell you,. it’s no ping-pong, this fighting battles. Come, kids.” Miss Melville wiped the tears of laughter from her eyes and gasped for breath. The captain solicitously ap- proached with a camp chair. “Won’t you—7’ he began, then stepped back quickly, taking the chair with him, Bertie saw the action, and in the same instant saw its cause. A mam- moth cannon cracker, containing suf- ficient strength within its smooth shell to kill a horse if exploded from below, lay sputtering not twelve inches from Miss Melville's heels. He saw the horror-stricken face of the boy, who, unable to control his zeal, had lighted the cracker’s fuse, and had been un- able to extinguish it, as he had intend- ed. Bertie saw the captain retreat for- ty feet or more, and heard him franti- cally tell the girl to jump. And he dashed forward, scattering children to the right and the left, his eyes blaz- ing. “You—you coward!’ he cried, indig- nantly, to the retreating officer. “Why didn’t you—" He threw the bewildered Miss Mel- ville aside with such force that, she assumed a sitting posture upon the, grass, her hat tilted over one eye, sunshade crushed bencath her. He. picked up the sputtering cracker ‘and |. turned menacingly toward the captain. His intention was obvious. The crack- er would have been cast straight at- that heroic gentleman's head had, there pees time. But, unfortunately OF. oth- rwise, as the matter may be view ed, es was, not due. “png : Bertie, “Blinded. deafened, 1 seemed to. Ww hirl, whirl, Jike a fop., And, Ww Den, the force, “of the. ‘momentum wa » Hjs. ring had fallen from ‘his. ‘finger... and. autgmatically Miss, Melvifle had, taken noid, of Jif, black. _ Her eyes. closed. . Jer, .con- "sciousness, floated away pon, a.moan. _. When it came’ back. and she, Again. was all ‘things’ knowingly, her compan. J. “jon, the ,voluble lady, was. sitting be- side her, . plying a fan. Other ladies || were also there. At.a Tittle distance, leaning in. a picturesque . ajtitude J against, a tree, was. the captaip. Sas 4 “Bertie—braye Bertie!” .she , mur- | mured. Sos “Yes, dear, » the lady begin, talking at once. . “Mr. McFarland’s been tak- en to the hospital. Wasn't it lovely of, him to do as he did? He's not badly’ hurt—not so badly as might have been; expected, considering that one of those atrocious abominations exploded in his hand. His eyesight is affected, though not permanently, the doctors say. . It was an awful shock, wasn’t it? So unfortunate’s for Mr. Ware- | ham'’s plans, too!” Miss Melville struggled to her feet.’ Her face was drawn and white.” Her | gown was crumpled and stained with’ green. “I’'shall-go, 1 think,” she said, forec- ing a smile. “Thank you ever so much’ for what you've done for me. I'm sor- ry for Mr. Wareham. Xo,” motioning" back the captain, who came forward, tendering his arm, *it is but a’ little way home. I'll not incon—I’ll not need you, Captain Gorton. No, nor you la- dies. I should prefer to go alone.” She walked unsteadily across the lawn, passing through the iron gate- way into the quiet street. At the first corner she paused, glancing about her.’ No one was ih sight. Slowly, for the® muscles were cramped, she opened her clinched hand and lifted it to her lips. Then she placed Bertie's ring upon her ngagement finger.—Baltimore Herald.’ Word Blindness. Some curious instances of the phy- sical defect of “word blindness” are given in the Lancet. The disease is,’ fortunatély, uncommon. ‘ In one case the sufferer, an ‘Englishman, thirty- four years of age, who knew Greek, Latin and French well; suddénly lost® all knowledgé of English, thotigli “he could read and understand Greék per? fectly and Latin and French iia rath- er smaller degree.” Another and almost more curious case was that éf aman who lost the power of reading at sight. This patient was able to write accur- ately from dictation, but was complete- ly unable to read what he had written, Word blindness is apparently akin to color blindness, but is certainly at- tended by much more inconvenient ¢on- sequences. The Spitting Evil Abroad. her | (stunned oi The, ‘w orld turned. g what it was.” .4 regular old-fashioned winter, The latest place to recognize the aeadly consequences of indiscriminate spitting is Bristol, which has lately passed a by-law. A similar proposition before the MNanchester City is now Cc il, and it is proposed to make the maximum fine £5, 1s in’ most other places.— Exchange. Jul instead of 40s London WIT 2nd HUMOR of THE DAY ——— War Has Begun. Says the Jap to the Russ, “You're a bloated old fuss!” ns the Russ to the Jap, “You're a foolish young —Cleveland | chap >lain- alt Pronunciation. Rosie—“How do you prenounce ‘‘au- tomobile 7” Posey—"1 ever.” pronounce it the Dest i tie A Difficult Conundrum, * “Hi, waiter! what do you call this?” “Bean soup, sir.” “Yes, it's been soup, deuce is it now?” but what the Pog Show Item. McDuff—"“Oh, I'm sure you'll get to like our dog—he grows upon one.” MecBluff—"*But I don’t like to have dogs growing on me.” a —— Better Than Riches, De Garry—“In makiag Tove to a Boes- ton girl, what is the bes: thing for a fellow to possesz 7’ Merritt—"A dictionary.” Untrammeled. Naggsby—"According to what school of dramatic art does Maxine Elliott shape her work?” Waggsby—'*None. She plays in ‘Her Own Way.’ ’—Baltimore American. Didn't Work. He—“Do you believe in transference,- Miss Frivolous?’ She—*“Not at all. I have been trying for weeks.to convey the idea to your mind that you ought to propose.”—De- troit Free Press. : 4 thought Perfectly Satisfied. Brown—"8o Smith's mother-in-law is dead? Did _ she leave Smith any- thing? > ‘Jones—*“No; but Smith says he feels that she’ has done everything in her power to make: him happy, as it is.’ Comfort. 4 LJ 4 x bis SE i MAR 4 ey married a Week before AT quarrel?” o “Wen, there's nothing 1ik6H garly” start.” —New An : Far From Useléss, ** =» Young Lawyer—*“kt will’ Betqhite use-4{ less to try «nd break: old Jones’ will, - don’t you think so¥?* « ~% * 2% Old Latwyer—* Jselesg? Not at” all. § The- reldtives will get -lots7 otf o¥pers- 41 ence affdwe will get-sontesfat fees.”— Kansas City World. - 20m ay’ —rtla RE +A Servant Tackett: « “You should strive. to appeal - to the imagination and the. human, interest ‘of your pupils,” said the. principal. : “I do,” answered the teacher, “but it is very hard .to conv ince. the boys, that Hector and Achilles were as great men as Corbett and Jeffries.” She Probably Forgot. Jack—*“I calléd on Misc Giddyur last | night, and she” said, if I kissed ‘ber she’ would scream.’ a Tom—*“Well?’ . “Jack—“Well, = under ‘the circum- stances, 1 con't think ‘much of her reputation for veracity.” 7 + Lest W.e Forget. Singlotor—1 say, old - chap, . what have you.that string around your finger: for?” ‘ Wedderly—*To remind me. of some- thing I am to get for my wife.” Singleton—“What are you to. get?’ Wedderly—*“Why—er—I've forgotten —New Yorker. ,, Fate, hw “Just my luck,” he growled. “When I was Sut of a job no ofie wanted me, and now ‘thdt I've just got one there “is a most fressing demand for my’ services.’ ” : “For what?’ “For jury service.”—Chicago Pest. £3 New Opportunities, Smartley—*“I believe I can find the Seuth Pole.” BDirmbhiep st ‘How would you go about ite? Smartley+—*By following the revolu- tions in South America untid:] reached. ‘the apex.”’—Butte Inter Mountain. se. simian 30% un 2 . Now They Hate Each Other... “Well,” said her neighbor, “this is a isnt 1H # is it?’ she. returned. ‘Really, I can’t speak from experi- not “Oh, you know, ence about old-fashioned winters, having been here wien you used to have that kind.”—Chicago Record-Her- ald. Religious Man. Mrs. Newbride—"My Lusband doesn’t piay poker any more. He promised me not to.” Mrs. Wise—“And doesn’t hie play any- thing now?’ Mrs. Newbride—‘He ys he oniy plays ‘Pharoah,’ and as that's a Bib- ical name, it must be all right.”-- { not deast, Jamadl + PREPARING A BRIDAL OUTFT. Some of the Most Important Points in Selecting a Costume. For the wedding dress select silk muslin, crepe de chine, or one of the newer weaves, liberty or duchesse satin, taffeta or peau de cygne. If of a thin fabric nothing could be more charming than tke new (old) 1830 skirt gathered at the belt and having graduating tucks interspersed with bands of filmly lace and immense tucked sleeves with lingerie under- sleeves of lace complete the costume. A modish traveling costume is of mixed tweed, the coat preferably in short three-quarter length and with a jaunty skirt just clearing the ground. A dressy costume is of fine dark brown broadcloth or zebeline and is indispensable for calling, ete. It should ‘be made on rather elaborate lines, having the skirt with short sweep and a drop shoulder Eton jack- et or pleated coat smartly trimmed with touches of ‘silk, manne velvet braid and with buttons. Then a mo- dish storm suit or long waterproof Enghsh coat should be 2 part of the outfit. Have also a dainty tea gown of rose colored crepe elaborately trimmed with cream-colored lace and a touch of black velvet to give char- acter." Add - several +pretty dressirg sacques, accordion pleated and plain, trimmed with lace, --émbroidery: and || ribbori, and a -kimona of warm-hued + Oriental silk. + outfit-complete add: one all“white and If you weula have the one'aH black evening dress: an evening cloak - of - avhite elath’ richly «trimmed 1 with lace, fur and: embroidery; a thea- tre gown of:crepe or soft silk; several fancy - waists and an-abundance of trig shirt waists, Hats, gloves,ishoes, stocks, etc. »sto match ithe: different costumes are. necessary. -"Ands«last; but athe -ingevie, +whichs is: no - item, as¥it-wmust.be ;-of =the daintiest - description. «sIn~additiesi tp the regular-lingerie a generoysesupply ,of black silk andsra~ few: eelorad-pet- tieoats warensessentigl-wnot forgetting somestaBorates white: ones sifor yusk | withatea sand: evedmg: ‘go wuse— Mirror andy famner man wr. an Bi rebepinie. "bows i kz is Metra er Gils, n-Baston. “After negply three months, 0%, serv ice, "diiring. which, they, have been obliged EEE RP Si x to. enco nter every sqrt of weather a conditign, the messenger (girls have fairly, earned JLheir right to.remain in the places of the boys. who .went on strike last October. It.was. tagug ht by sole people: who have been. . watching the experiment, and, officials . LOf the Would have to. give AY, when’ the ‘hard 3 ‘winter storms _ set Ne Such has, not been the case, however; in, rain, in snow, in slush, and. .in freezing tem- perature the. girls have een tried, and they haye not been found wanting. The A.-D, T..mapagement is even more pleased with. the girls than it was immediately. after it bad found relief ‘rom the trials and. tribulations of dealing with, the boys. One. of the officials, said .10- day: “The girls have proved _exceptionally satisfactory, and have more than come up to our ex- pectations. They have stayed on in bad weather and haye made good time even under the. yors st. conditions pos- sihle” Farin x The company. now has about 130 girl messengers regularly in its em- ploy, and tLe force has sifted down somewhat since it was first put to work. When ‘the girls were first hired all ages applied and were taken on. Young girls and old women ran round town with the messages. The young- er girls were stopped by the State ‘| authorities, and the older women have dropped out of their own accord, so that at the present time the average age of the girl messengers is about tw enty-five years. The girls work from ght o'clock in the morning until half past five at night. After half past five the work is done by boys. Some of these hHoys appear in the old A. D. T. uniform, ' ut 2a “ae e cases the uni- forms were owned previous to the re- cent trouble and the strize, The boys are also used in the day time for car- rying messages “to places where it would not be desirable to send girls. Although the girls are now apparently ‘a ‘firture, It is "doubtful if “any at- tempt will be m le to “ave them wear uniforms of cny sort. Just at present the company is not considering that question, as it is willing to forego the uniforms for the sake of having mes- sengers' with whieh it'is pot always in trouble.—Boston Transcrint. The School For Parents, “A writer in a’ Kansas City naws- paper, recognizing the growing de- mana for amusenient everyw.ere, ven- tures to invite attertion to the fun there is 1» +e got out of bringing up a baby. He goes on to show that twentieth century science I:as abol- shed colic and midnight floorwalking ind most of the otier annoyances which used to detract from the pleas- Philadelphia Ledger. ares of parenthood,” says the Satur- day Evening Post. “There is some truth in this, but if company. feared. a little that, the. girls | it were all true it would be a great human calamity. There are hardships of the sort that try body and soul be- yond endurance; and in so far as civ- ilization and the progress of wcience abolishes these it is all to the good. But if ever progress should make life too easy, progress would soon be retrogression. And of all the means to the development of character— which is the real end and aim of progress—none is comparable, at least none now in existence is comparable, to bringing up a baby—to learning sacrifice, especially self-sacrifice. “Beyond question it is easier to bring up a baby than it used to be. The laws of mind and of body are bet- ter understood. But there still remains the peculiarities of temperament, the blunders and follies and perversities inevitable in such dense ignorance as envelops the mind of a child. These make ‘raising a family as hard as it ever was in the most important respect. And that is well.” A Business Woman’s Rules. The following little list was com- piled some years ago says the Buf- falo Evening News, by a young girl just starting on a business career. It has proved an invaluable help to her, she says, and so she gladly ‘passes it on’ to any who are interested: Be honest. Don’t worry. Be courteous to all. . Keep your own counsel, Don’t complain about trifies. Be loyal to your employer. Don’t ask for vacations. . Be business-like, not womanish. Be prompt—a little ahead of time— if possible. Be neat, and attractive, trusive, in your person. Take ~kindly. criticism: in the spirit in.<whieh it avas diptended. . but, unob- Do the very best you can ‘each day" and every day, 0 that’ When there is 2 chance for promotion, you will not only be “ealfed “butachosei.” di ny . 3 Pm Tor the Piano, €i' vi A most effeftives cover for the back of an upright piano was ingeniously produced. by its, ower from one of the old fdshioned | Ted: felt ~table covers, stamped in black i sign, wthat are still" to" be seen in sit- ting rooms of ‘old farm houses. lack lines ware, car fully outlined in fine gilt- cord plain, 13 and the “spaces between: were filled in with gay silk embroidery done in 1608. 0 verlapping stitch. The, design of the: cover, :was followed with not too close regularity , of color, . and the; re- sult was-a. beautiful square that was highly Japanese in effect. and.com-’ pletely unrecognizable as to its first estate. The red felt margin was cut off and under the edge of the work was slipped -a border of black moire cut in large scallops, and measuring. when finished, two inches at its broad- ost point. * “Hats of fin» thread lace will be worn. Rough fabrics lead for spring street wear. Light brown and purples are prom- ised continued popularity for spring. It seems that, to be really swell, the skirt waist must be made a size too large. It is predicted that long and three- quarter coats are to be entirely passe in co little while. One of the prettiest revived fashions ” that of catching up lace flounces vith clusters of flowers. cut the Many of the winter's stolés’ are square at the back, somewhat in fashion of a sailor collar. Coats are not so loose and Baggy as they were, and even the loosest must fit well over the shoulders.” The fashionable dress skirt is made in five pleats, and measures only about three. inches longer in. back than in front. The smart girl wears stiff little bands . of embroidery, fastened with jeweled Dbuttens, outside her coat sleaves. : Among the many attractive hats is a white silky zibeline round hat, the fo canght in places with small jet ese Chlucse, Japanese, Turkish, Dor ian and Russian embroideries arc creating quite an Oriental furore among us Fiat s pieces of real lace in the heavier varieties appear up many of the new cvening Bodies, bordering a V-sh > 1 nd crossing sur- plice fashion in front. The lace is broad upon the shoulders and tapers toward the points,-and thic shape is newer and more desirable than the cape collar, aiearly, all-over de-; The. Bie flexible wire. ‘connected tagether by point. -supply of power. .telligence. Life can be sustained for something like thirty days on water alone; but with dry fcod one could live but a quarter of that time. Consumption of earth as food is said to be common not only in China, New Caledonia and New Guinea, but in the Malay archipelago as well. The zebrula, the cross between the zebra and the horse, has been under ‘test in Germany, and is claimed to be less liable to disease than the mule. To render new born animals im-s mune against tuberculosis is the hope of Professor von Behring, whose plan is to supply a suitable solution of tu- berculous virus in the food. There are now living in the Royal Aquarium in Russia several carp that’ are known to be more than 600 years old, and it has been ascertained in sev- eral cases that whales live to be over 200 years old. . ELECTRICITY AS WAR AGENT Rapid Extension of Its Use in Fortifica= tions on the Coast, An interesting instance of the rapid extension of the use of electricity is furnished by the fortifications distrib- uted along our coast. A few years ago the electric light was introduced to add to the comfort of the garrisons and to provide better illumination of the works. Once a generating plant had been installed there was at hand a supply of power in a convenient and easily controllable form, and this led to its use for purposes which were not contemplated at the time the plant was installed. Electric fans have been put in to make the living quarters more comfortable in hot weather, and elec- tric motors have been adopted for training the guns, a class of work for which they are particularly . well adapted. Motors are used to drive the ammunition hoists, and do other work which before had either been done by hand or some less satisfactory power. Searchlights, have been installed, en- abling a fortification to sweep the sea at night. The various. Posts of the fortress are telephone, so that the commandant is in touch at all times with the entire garrison, and can, instantly transmit orders to any The various fortifications along the coast ate tied together by telephone and: telegraph, so ‘that on the appear- ance of the enemy ateany point all the fortifications ‘would be informed of it. Submarine mines are, controlled elec- trically, "and: even’ thie” ‘gins may be “fired : by this*® ‘means, * {py an officer at some distant point. “By means of ‘wire- less: telégraphys ay fortification can be kept in towchswithsthe scouting vessels, ‘and would béfinformed of the approach of the enemy. long:before-he-iscvisible from.the coast. The telautograph may -be .breught; into.sergjce for: transmit- -and electric signaling. lights ~ ting orders, are replacing the older types., Elgetric L lights, lighting, the rangefinder stations, and electric , cloels circuits, fur nish ac- curate’ ‘time. to all parts of fie fortifica- tions.’ To insure the continuity of these manifold services, accumulators are now installed, so that there wili at ill“ times be a constant” and reliable Thue, from being at first a small auxiliary, the electrical equipment has extended until it is now probably the most important part of the entire equipment of the fortress.— Scientific American. No Use For Lawyers. There is a queer state of affairs in Walworth County; Wisconsin, one of the best counties in the State, and one fn which there is a high grade of in- It is claimed that in this county no criminal lawyer has an op- portunity to develop his talent, there not being enough cases to practice on. The prosecuting attorney has only enough . business to-keep him in his office a small part of each term. Most of the cases that come up are of such small importance that they are either dismissed, nolled, or continued. If a Walworth County lawyer wants to make courtrooms resound with his elo- quence he must practice law in other counties, where the people are of a more quarrelsome nature. The only case on the Walworth docket that claims any great amount of attending was taken to that tribunal from Lake Geneva, where the defendant in the case is charged with throwing a wom- an off his front stoop.—Chicago Trib- une. IIe Didn’t Have to Prove It, The other day a stranger stepped off the train at Hopkins and said to a man on the depot platform: “Can you tell me who is the best lawyer in this town?” “I am,” replied the man ob the platform,’ without hesitation. The stra’ cer seemed somewhat diseoncert- ed by this display of egotism, and gently said: “Excuse me; sir, buf I should like to have you prove it.” “Don’t have to prove it, sir,” answered the man on the platform. “I admit it. I'm the only lawyer in this town, sir.” And immediately the strauger got a lawyer and the lawyer got a& client.—Kansas City Journal. Young Sharks in a Shark’s Stomach, A huge shark, measuring nearly eleven feet in length, was caught off the ocean pier at West Palm Beach Monday by F. C. Bingham of Nautilus cottage. A strange revelation was made when the big fish was cut open. In the stomach were twelve young ieen I about six inches in leng 0 ansferred to a water tank on the in which they lived for five hours.—Tropical Sun. 4 id 4 ap » [Bd i 3 7a “ 2 & be EE infer allov -or b; «coul their thou a dis harn whic He whic mus
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