INDIANS WHO WORK.
Ouly About Ono-Quarter Receive
Government RatiotiB.
Largo Sums Which Some of Thorn
Earn Dally.
Tho United Htntos army In no longer
an "Imlinii police," no it linn Ih'uii
Cnllcil so often. It is nioro likely to
be summoned to ipmll a riot tlinn to
put down itn uprising. Tlio secret of
thin i-hnngn iu "Lo" is tlmt ho Iiiih
been titught tlio white innii'i) ways nnd
linn been convinced tlmt it in bettor to
labor in tlio Cii I.Ih IIiiiii to indulge in
ghost dances nnd to go ' tlio war
path. Itin occupation nn a disturber
of domestic tranquility in none. Here
after liu in a factor iu ngriculttirnl
Com moron.
Major Powell, tho chii f of tlio bu
roan of ethnology, writing nliont tho
Iudinnn nonio timo ago, said: "Moro
tlinn two-thirds of all tho Iudinnn now
wrest from tho noil and from Indus
trial oo('iiiatioliH tlio tnoaim of nuhtis
tonco without nid from tho general
government, having aliandonod limit
ing, fishing and tlio gathering of nn
tivo vegetables, except nn n inntimo
aud for occasional supplies. Two
thirds of thorn nre actually engaged in
viviliod indiiHtrion and aro lighting
their indiiHtrinl tiattlon with Rucocnn.
Ono-third lmvo not accomplished thin
muck and subsist in jmrt on civilized
industries nml in nrt on the charity
of tlio government. All linvo learned
to work to nonio extent and all lmvo
learned tlio utter liopeloHNiienn of con
tending againnt tho forces of civiliza
tion and have abandoned tho expecta
tion nnd generally tho desire to re
turn to their primeval condition. "
Ho Rmnll in tlio number now living
on government charity that lens than
tweuty-flvo per cent receive govern
ment rations today. Only the aged
nml the blind among tho Iudinnn went
of tho Itockien and Chief Joseph's
baud of Noz 1'ercon, which lmvo a
upooial treaty now draw rations from
tho government. Every Indian ngout
in opposed to tlio rut ion system. "Tho
Moliiivcs, with half n chnnco w ill coma
out nil right in tho end." nnyn (teorgo
A. Allen, tho nirent nt tho Colorado
river nguney, " lint allow mo to sug
gest here that an long an rations aro
issued to Iudinnn they wont do any
thing for themselves, " Oeorgo II.
Monk, ngent at tlio Fort Hall ngoney
in Idaho, nnyn, that a largo propor
tion of tho Indians do absolutely noth
ing but run horses, gamble, eat, sleep
and drink. It in a dillicult matter to
mako any impression on thin class of
long nn subsistence in issued to them,"
Lo says.
Thoro nro about 173,000 Indians
outside tho flvo civilized tribes, nnd
they cam about 81,(100,000 a year from
the United (States government nlono.
Of thin they receive about 9250,000
for products of Indian industry. But
Undo Hum in not their best customer.
They make nearly $1,000,000 a year
from the salo of their products to
others, And they esrn a great deal
besides by tho transportation of freight
and by day labor of various kinds,
The government pays them also $150,
000 a year for cutting and banking
logs. There is an Indian police which
draws moro thnn $100,000 a year from
the public treasury. Indian employes
at agencies draw $10,000 a year, and
employes at Indian schools almost as
much Farmers and interpreters and
judges of Indian courts are the other
Indians on the government pay roll.
Who would believe an unauthorita
tive statement that a baud of Indians
containing less than 1,000 men nnd
womeu made $250,000 in a single yenr
cutting and banking logs? Yet that
is what the Menomouee Indians of
Wisconsin made in the year 1893 ; and
they could havo made more if the gov
ernment would have permitted them
to cut more timber. Their surplus
energies sought an outlet in the cut
ting of the waste timber into shingle
bolts ; but this occupation was denied
them, because it was found that some
of them cut green timber for the pur
pose, contrary to the department reg
ulations. The Navajos, who got their first
stock of sheep from the Spaniards in
Mexico by appropriation, are now the
cwners of 1,250,000 sheep and 100,000
horses and mules. The Sioux and
Northern Cheyenne Indians at the
Pino Itidgo agency, the sceuo of the
Just Indian Outbreuk, are the owners
of 17,1)01 cattle and 10,773 horses and
mules. Even the Apaches nt the
Muscalcro agency iu New Mexico the
much feared Apaches, the terrors of
tho trail, as "Cld Cup Collier" would
probably cull them if he was writing
this story own 101) cattle and muke
75 pounds of butter during the course
of tho vear. The entire aggregation
of Iudinnn tttuhr government super
vision and control makes about 100,000
pounds of butter in a year, own 205,01)0
rattle ami hauls 25,1)00,000 pounds of
freight in a year, with illlll.lMO homes
ami mules.
At the Umatilla ngoney in Orogon
nro tlio grent Indian fanners. They
market (100,000 bushels of whent nlono
every year, with n total male popula
tion of 50H nnd n femnlo population of
CiOO. The female element must bo
taken into serious consideration in nu
estimate, of labor, for the redskin lias
not abandoned tho idea that labor wan
desighed for woman. "The older
Indians," nyn Dr. Dorehostor, "and
also many of tho younger, aro impreg
nated with the ideas of tho olden times
among thin aboriginal people that tho
niann glory in war ami tho chaso
achievements by tho bow and hatchet,
and that the heavier tasks aro the ex
clusive work of tho women, 1'von the
Indian women aro thoroughly satur
nted with thin idea. It comes to them
as a heritage." Washington Htar.
The World's l.linil.
America ran boast of having soino
of tlio most remarkable giants on
record. The tallest man who served
in tho Into war measured six foot
elevon Inches. Porter, the Kentucky
giant, who lived to considerable old
age, dying some yearn ngo at Louis
ville, wan seven feet and a half inches.
Another frenk of nature, known nn
tho Nova Scotia giant, who was cxliib
hibited nt ono timo throughout tho
country, wan seven feet four inches.
A Misnoiirian on exhibition nt Chicago
during the World's Fair was somo
inches over eight feet In tho famous
file of tho (lermau Pots. lam Guards,
tho first man, a Scotchman, stood
eight feet six inches, and next to him
was a Hwodo who was eight foot four
inches, each having been measured iu
his storking foot. Charles O'llrinn,
whose skeleton nppoars in tho College
of (Surgeons at Lotulou, measured
eight feet four inches also. When
his skeleton was put together it win
found, to bo only eight feet long, tho
ilesh on his foot and tho thicknes
of tho ilesh having increased his
height in lifo to this exteut. Amu
tin, a Oroek, measured seven
feet seven inches without his shoes,
while tho span of his outstretched
arms, from middle finger to middle
finger, was ten feet, Franz Fliekor
liiniiun, tho Austrian giant, was seven
feet six inches. Itnt theso nro nil ex
ceptional cases, which cannot bo nt
trihutnd to any definite cause, either
nutrition, exercise or heredity. Their
parents as far is known, were nil of
natural stature. Their height, in most
cases, did Uot appenr to bo abnormal
until they arrived at tho ages of twelve
or thirteen years, when they contiuucd
to grow, sometimes until they wore far
up iu the twenties.
But as far as giant races aro con
corned, there nro noueiu history. Tho
Patagouinns wero at one timo said to
be tho tallest race of men. Travelers
reported their heights to be ut an
aversgo of six feet seven inches, but
investigation for scieutiflo purposes
has recently been made, according to
Dr. Briuton of tho University of
Pennsylvania, and tho averago wan
found to bo about flvo feet eleven
inches. Tho Polynesians, Cotnnuches,
Norsemou, Swedes, Gnlwny county
Irish nnd the Scotch nil equal this
averago. Washington Htnr.
Colored Hrlck.
A Chiengo brickmnker says that the
days of tho old rod brick are passed.
A good while ago now tho brickmaking
industry reached tho highest perfec
tion in Philadelphia, nnd the deep red
brick of thnt city wero shipped at
great expense all over the country,
wherever best architectural effects
wero wanted. But thero have been
great developments in the art since
then, and the pink, cream-colored, and
bricks of various hues have supplanted
the old red brick in popular favor.
This manufacturer says that he can
make brick of almost any desired col
or. He attains this end by mixing
with the clay cortain metallic Bub
stances very finely powderd. He says
he can produoe a briok as mottled as a
gull's egg. New Orleans Picayune.
A Gold Ring In a Ham.
Out at Center Chapel church, near
Selma, Ala., Ed. Willis was carving a
ham raised by S. T. Shepard, of Perry
Couuty, oooked by his wife and
brought to the church. When near
the bono, P.. D. Shuptrino discovered
a gold ring sucurely embedded in the
ham. It caused quite a sensation.-
New Orleans Picayune.
Tho word humbug is of Irish origin,
and means soft copper, or worthless
money. It was originally applied to
the money itsuud by Jumes IL at the
Dublin mint.
qi'AIST AMI (TIUOIS.
Laurel grows wild in Portugnt.
Amber is mentioned iu ihe
"Odyssey."
Tltlen nro older thnn written his
tory. King in tho oldest.
Thero nro thirteen hundred distinct
varieties of pontnga stamps.
(Stamps for marking goods wero In
use nt Homo before tho Christian era.
Clioss wns of military origin nnd
known in India before the Christian
era.
A dentist at Lancaster, Ky., claims
to have pulled HO teeth in a single
day.
Therein a web-footed family in Lon
don, their nml formation being heredi
tary. Chnrloningno had an ulcer in his
leg that gave him much annoyance for
many yearn.
The busiest rnilwny n ntion In tho
world in Clnphnm Junction, Loudon,
England, with about 1,400 trains
daily,
ltunford Nannie, a Philadelphia
librarian, can remember instantly tho
title and location on tho shelves of
every ono of 110,000 volumes.
A New York mini owns two largo
watch-dogs who have a strong antipa
thy to brass buttons nnd who will
jump at any person wearing them.
Ninety tiny reptiles crawled out of
tho body of ono gnrtor snnko cut iu
two by n train at Washington, Mo.
Several nllldavits support tho singular
story.
A vogetiiblo freak was recently
foil ml iu a Newman, Georgia, gnrdeti.
It was a pepper pod w hich, whon open
ed, was found to coutain nnother per
fect pod.
Under wnter and noil wood lasts
forever and a day. In tho museum nt
Mayenoo nro shown n largo number of
Iron-tipped piles used by the Koinans
ill building a bridge thero two thou
sand years or so ngo.
A policeman iu Jersey City, N. J.,
finding n thief wnn getting a way from
him, jumped aboard a trolley car, im
pressing it into tho city's service, gave
chaso with it, and presently overhaul
ed nnd captured his man.
Jennie Finch, who wan stolen from
her homo iu Grand ltapids eighteen
years ago by gypsies, and who long
afterward secured her liberty by acci
dent, has just returned to her brother
and sister iu tho Michigan town.
Among tho attractions in the wla
dow of a Now York dealer iu stamps,
coins and that lino of curiosities aro
sevoral sets of "eight varieties of
broken bank bills," for which tho
moderate sum of twenty-flvo couts per
set is asked.
Tho New York Firo Department has
about ono thousand trained horses,
which cost $.'100 each, bofore being
taught their duties. Ono of them,
Old Joe, of tho fire station No. 5, on
East Fourteenth stroot has boon in ac
tive service in tho department for
twenty-two years.
Thomas II. Hood, known as the
"Hoosier Bluo Man," died tho other
dny at Jefferson, Iud. His skin wns
as blue as an indigo bag. The false
complexion was brought on ninny
years ago by taking largo doses of ni
trate of silver ns a cure for epilepsy.
He was cured of tho malady, but tho
remedy turned his skin bluo.
Peanut Oil.
At seventeen vegetable oil factories
in Marseilles, France, and its vicinity,
tho production of peanut oil is a rap
idly increasing industry. An Ameri
can consular report stntos that the
manufacturers employ surprisingly
antiquated machinery, which is much
inferior for the purpose to that used
iu tho grent cottonseed oil factories of
the United States. Tho finest oil is
obtained by pressing tho coarsely
crushed peanuts. Tho yield, how
ever, is greater from tho ftno grouud
meal, varying with different peanuts
up to fifty per cent of the weight of
the shelled Mozambique nuts from
tho first pressing and twelve or thir
teen per cent of that weight from the
seooud pressing. The oil is prized for
soap, and is largoly used ns an adult
erant of and substitute for olive oil
for the table ana in the composition
of margarine. The crushed meal re
maining after the seoond pressing is
rich iu fertilizing principles, and is
also excellent food for stoolt Tren
ton (N. J.) American.
A Specious Phrase,
Mrs. Norris What does this paper
mean when it says, "The reasous
which indtioed tho compauy to tuke
this step are obvious?"
Mr. Norris It means that tho re
porter oouldu't And out. Puck.
WHATW0MKN WEAR
FASHION'S tjATKST 1KC:RKK9
run cooii wkatiikr.
Tailor-Made downs and Cnnts -flats
and Sleeves lllnrk Is fash
ionable rapes Are Pop
ular for Wraps.
yT"f AILOI1-MADE gowns are de-
I , eidodly chio and trim look
JL itiff, being single-breasted
with much smaller revert
than last winter, and buttons are
small and quite clone together. These
coat bodices are either quite long or
short, as the wearpr prefers. Tho
skirts are round and full, very similar
in out to those of last spring. A
stylish costume seen Inst week wns a
tweed mixed in color, but in effect a
rather peculiar shado of steel blue,
round skirt, short bodice, singlo
breasted, small revers, strap senilis,
which almost ornamented the skirt,
white chemisette, standing collar with
tutu down collars and four-in-hand
tie.
The first sketch is a new shade of
golden brown cloth, long ooat single
breasted, with collar and onfls of black
Yfllvet, the rovers of cloth, small black
rimmed buttons. As the season ad
vances, and it grows too oold for thin
chemisettes, one of black velvet fall,
also oollar, would make this costume
more rich-looking and more dressy.
The hat is of brown felt, with pon
pon, and band of black. Those long
ooats may be a sort of warning of the
approach of redingotes, and there is a
whisper that embroidered polonaises
will be next in order. Chemisettes of
full soft materials, snoh as silk, surah,
crepon, and mousseline de soie, are in
high favor ; the latter is also used to
make dog-oollars, arranged in folds
and kept in place by bars of jet pearl
or ateel. They are considered very
elegant.
Lace bodices, with ailk sleevos and
skirts, are very pretty; also chiilon
bodices made in the same style.
Blouses of all kinds still oontinne in
favor. They are mostly tight fit ting,
and made of very rich matorials, for
afternoon and evening wear. Mous
seline do soio in white, trimmed with
guipure laoe, is tho most dainty for
evening wear.
Blaok is to be fashionable. Black
embroidered not make handsome even
ing dresses, and certainly tho crepons
are very handsome, a narrow bordor
ing of fur to edge the skirt, and 'full
front of blaok chiffon trims the bodice
with straps of jet to brighten and re
lieve the doll effects of the crepon.
The fashion of sleeves of a differont
material from the gown has been re
rived, and many rich silks will be
used, also Turkish and Persian ma
terials. Bayadere stripes are prom
ised ns, but checks seem to be striving
for the first notioe, judging from the
appearance of woolen materiuls, which
am in mixtures of two and three
oolors, so blended as to be indescriba
ble. Some of the new fancy silks are
in checks the size of dice, in three
and sometimes four colors, dark blue,
white, light golden brown and black,
or olive, light blue blaok and white,
and many other shades well blended
together. They will not look well on
short stout people, but Dame Fashion
seems good-natured enough this sea
FATiti AMI) W'XTBB FASHIONS FOB TFIR Cmr.DnKM.
son to havo provided for one and all,
and th-jse who wish to look tall and
slender, can find an endless variety of
stripes, some so small as to seem only
a thread, others pin-head stripes,
while msny silks have, satin stripes of
about half an inch, with shot effects
in colors between.
Indications point to capes of all
kinds as the popular wrap, velvet, jet
and laoe for dressy occasions, oloth
trimmed with fur, and the Englinh
military cape, now called by various
names, Scotch, tonrist and golf.
The second sketch is of dark blue
cloth, with lining of cape and hood
of plaid silk in dark blue blaok and
tan, crossed with red. Many are made
of reversible cloth, having one side in
dark colors, and tho other in gay
plaids, some of rough cloths, others
tweeds in exceptionally flue quality,
reversible, and aro procurable in
many different colors, one of the most
successful having one side in oak
brown, and tho other in a smart red
and blue check. Very pretty also are
the combinations of fawn black and
white, with a chock in pale tan color
crossed in red, and cigar brown, with
a tan check crossed with pale blue.
Plaids of all descriptions, in fact, are
used for one side of these reversible
cloths. These new wraps are comfort
ably long, and smartly cut with stylish
hood, and most ingeniously arranged
with straps from the shonlder, which
cross over the chest and then pass
around the waist, so that the oape can
be thrown open to any width without
folding from the shoulders.
There is very little news in reference
to coats. The sleeves of gowns are
I still very full, and as long as they
continue to be in vogue let us hope to
wear tometbing that will not ruin our
dispositions and sleeves at the same
time, and certainly coats accomplish
both. If the very full sleeves stay
with ns, neither will we have many
looped-up skirts or draperies, not
withstanding the signs of their appear
ance in earnect before winter, as
broad shoulder effects demand plain
flaring skirts, with little fullness at
the waist.
VELVETEEN IN FAVOB.
Velveteen, whioh formerly was such
a despised material, and which has
figured as such so largoly in novels
and tales, is now woven with a glossi
ness and ooloring whioh makes it de
sirable for handsome gowns. The
richest weaves have ribs, stripes and
various patterns with figures of dots,
stars, Vandyke and electrio lines, and
these of bright contrasting oolors with
the plain or moire grounds. The lat
est thing in this material is a cotton
plusb, which washes well and is prin
cipally used for morning dresses,
blouses and dresses for children. The
useful and the beautiful are now be
ing combined by the mechanical
genius of the age to an extent that
our grandmothers never dreamed of.
Certainly they never imagined a day
when plush waists and dresses would
be thrust unceremoniously into the
family wash. Another improvement
in this line is a style of ribbons in
various fashionable colors and in
blaok, whioh wash perfectly aud are
intended! for the ornamentation of un
dergarments, so that the decorations
of these artioles of clothing need not
be laboriously withdrawn every time
a garment is laundered.
' Over 8,000,000 people in the United
States own their own homos.
SELECTIONS FOR SOLDIERS.
PENSION FRAUDS EXPOSED.
Documents Captured In a Tin Baa Reveal
a Bmooth Systsm.
Apodal Examine E. P. Wslte, of ths ren
slon il.ire.nt, In obedience to ths order of
Judge Hhlrna, In the Federal Court, hi flM
thn documents enptured In the famous tin
hox In IVrnl.m Agent George M. Vsn Limn'
prlvnte ulllcn nt 1,1ms Ht.rlntrs, In. These
documents srn mostly In the form of oorre.
denre lietwren Van Luon and certain bnnrd
t.f im-dlnil examiners. Nearly all the numer
ous ln.ll.-t mi-ntii found against tlio pension
attorney am based on these letter. In all
shunt 7IKI papers are filed. There am letters
bolwnnn tlm aifi'iit nnd the Rtir'nm In wliloh
lurins nri nitrwil on tor raising rating nnd
flfmt up ths piipi-t In thn cav. It app'-arn
Hint Van I.Udi unvn thn claimants to ihhIh--ntnnd
tlmt this pnymnnt ol mnipiy to mo.llcnl
Ontnliirrs wnn thn usunl thlnir.
Homo of tho d':cummiln show Hint alTI
rtnvlln wero Imucht (rom physicians at nn
nn-rniin rain ol nhout 60 nm,ts a linn, (inn
ltlr make nn nfl.ir to a physician nt I.ln
eolii, Neh., io pny ti lor nn aflldnvlt oovnr
!li dlscnso ol tho stomach, ilenfunns snd
himrt illnxasp. Tim doctor nsnt ths ntTldnvit,
lint dimmed! I0 for It. Ths t.hysMnn,
who niims Is not rnvualwl, has sluno tmtl
fled that hn has tnadn a inriin iitimMr ol
nflldaviln nnd thnt his prleo rniiKd from $
totio. The llllng nl thn papnrn In a stir
prlsn to the il-li-n'!P, whl.-h did not want
lhm mad pill. II.-, Us Inlontion being to got
aecesn to Ihnm.
Tiisrotisor.IT asii ths oi.hmt sscsoits.
Them linn liwn much discussion going on
for nomn (line among the VHternnn ol the
lain wnr nn to whom the honor be
longs nn lo thn ynung'st nnd old-mt rn
rult n In tlm ncrvlcn ol thn Colon Army
during that bloody ntrmrglx, and an to who
flri-d tlm llrst gun nnd Urn Inst shot, but It Is
gnncrnlly com-f-dnd thnt William P
fnmlllnriy known as "Pni" llnnn, was the
youngHst man In the service, who meanurm
nnvi-n fw.t In height standing In his stooklng
lost.
Ilnsnrvi-d In company A. Twenty-neoond
rmiiinylvanln Voluntiinr (.'nvnlry, nnd Is now
engngsd Iu farming In (Irenne County, In
that Hlntr. and In known nn the (Iron
.unity giant. Ills birth pines Is Amity,
Washington oounly, pa,, and he Is fifty-one
ynnrn ol ngn. He nerved through tho wnr,
nn I wns miMternd out with bis company.
He marched In the grnnd pnrada at the
I'lttslmrg National Kncnmpmrnt last Hep
temlirr, wnnring a silk tile thnt added very
much to his Bright. He In of a genial nature
and seemed to take dllght In entertaining
hisoomrnles an he towered above them.
One old comrade wnn on a ntop-lnddor,
while many othern held up their hats on
canes to show the difference In height by
comparison. As to tho oldest soldier, poo
nlbly "I'licloTom Allen, "as e is familiarly
cnlled, til Taylor county, Went Virginia,
comeii in for a share of the honors nn to agw
being over one hundred nnd four years old.
At the Itopuhllcaii coiiveutlon held at Klkina,
Won Virginia, be nltended the reception
tdven to ev-l'n sldent lleiijnmln Harrison at
the rldcnno ol ex-Hertary Klkins. Jen.
Ilnnlson met thn old vtornn at the door
nnd condui t' d Mm Into thn house. Ths ex
l'rrsider t asked him if be rode or drove tip,
to whl'di the old veteran replied that he did
neither, but walked up Willi the "boys."
His mllltniy record datis back to ths bnltle
ol Waterloo, nl o to the wnr of 1X12. snd tho
Indian wnrn, Lesldes hissr-vlee in ths t'nlon
army during tho war of tho rebellion,
rosnlhly no nolilier living onnshow a military
record that will eompnro with that.
Lincoln's NxtsTt.
Whon the fighting began In tho Wilderness
In Miiy,ls,the bloodiest month ol the whole
war, IMna was summoned to theWar Xepnrt
ment Into ono night, when ho wns nt a party.
He hurried over to the Ilepartment In his
evening dress. The President iu there.talk
llig very soberly with Htnnton.
Dana," said Lincoln, "you know wo havo
bienlnthe dark for two days since Grant
moved. We nro very much troubled, and
hnve concluded to send you down there. How
soon can you start V"
'In half an hour" replied liana.
In about that timo be had au engine fired
up at Alexandria, a cavalry escort awaiting
him there, nnd with his own horse wan
aboard tho train nt Maryland avenue that was
to take him to Alexandria. Hn only baggage
was a toothbrush. He was Jut starting when
an orderly galloped with word that the pres
ident wished to see him. Inua rode bank to
the Ilepartment In hot baste. Mr. Lincoln
wns sitting In the same place.
"Well, Liana," said ho, looking up, "since
you went away I've been thinking about it.
I don't like to send yon down thero."
"Why not, Mr. President" asked Dsns, a
little surprised.
"You can't tell," continued ths President,
'Just where Leo Is, and what be is doing; and
Jeb Htuart Is rampaging around pretty lively
In between the Itappahnnnock and the Kspi
dnn. It's a considerable rbk, and I don't
like to expose you to it."
"Mr. President," said Dana. "I have a
cavalry guard ready and a good bono my
self. If It comes to the worst, wo am quip
ped to run. It's getting late, and I wnnt to
get down to tho llappahannock by daylight
I think I'll start."
"Well now. Dana," said tbs rreMdmt,
with a Iittis twinkle lu his eyes, "if you red
that way, I rather wish you would. Good
night, and Ood bless you.-McClura'
Magazine
It TTas Only Cork f.eg.
People aro sometimes mala coward
for lifo from the fact that they fear to
investigate the cause of their fright
borne years ago I put up at a small
boarding homo in Philadelphia, says
a traveler, lio fore retiring I picked
up a book whivh proved to be .Schiller a
"tfobbers," and bocair.e deeply interest
ed in it. 1 OJiitimua to road for sevoral
hours, when all at onco I realized that
my candle was about buroet out I
had gotten so nervous over the book
that 1 could not go to bed without tint
looking under it and also in the closet,
to be sure no robber was concealed in
the room. On opening the c.oset door
1 nearly fainted from sheer fright at
beholding a nicely-dres ed foot peep
ing out trom undor a Ion if iloak, uch
as were worn In those days. I knew
it was no ute to run, and my candle)
was just on th point of goinj out, so
summoning all the couraire I could
muster, I made a frantio dive at what
I supposed to to a veritable burglar
who had concealed him elf there with
evil Intent What do you suppose it
turned out to be.' N'Hhing more or
le-s than a man's cork leg. It was tha
room of a boarder who was away at the
time and who was the possessor of a
weelc-day cork leg and a Sunday corlc
ieir, and the long bluclc cloat hung by
ohance over It in such a way as to looit
exactly like a hutnaa figure.
TEAcnER "Tliey bullded better
than they know." Do you understand
that? Bright boy -Ves-m. They
always do. "Who always do?" "Tha
architects, you know." "Pop's new J,
000 house cost most 110.000."-
Uhb wife ."Yes, I married you to
spite Fred Grlgson." The Husband
(ruefully) "I wish, my love, you bad
married Fred Grlgsoa to spite me. '