A Story of Ransom, The Washington Post tolls a story ik losirat ng the politeness of Minister Ranson. One day, when he wae | sennte, as he was going own thi cap ft: steps, be caw appr v dull long winded 1 GWE rocenyey Jitie # sal fine 3 suething eo thy wen whee wos 4 Aes SE £0 Bn $F A nDRENEr pe rent nH ks fo ths latter god frritated Jo He the weriater from Now Yoko he roared, TRIpeCt med fo anawer Bb every time he turns to me?’ For a moment Mr. Conkling heeita and eviry body expected a terrific Hon on With an air of exOnie erartons he replied : “When I ue of the law, 1 tx the senator from Ohiv ak the Moan] “tutus toward Meoen. I torn to Li as i very 148 it Pid do to the English common Jaw ov the _wirld's most copious fountain of hoo man jurisprudence.’ The veoally decorvns senate broke in. to a storm of applanee, and the Thur man eye moistened a Hittin Tt is over a pleasure to be complimented, bat to be | complimented as a Juwyer by Roseoe | Cimkling< that was prajee indeed. The tere stetecinen were the best of friends { soofety | © and greatly enjoyed ench other's when “off duty. '——=Baltinres Ane ; . Le os asp ar The “hat Man's" Sense of Marpors A young man from way down ud gene to Denver armed with an ¢ fashioned Alien revolver—"'pepper box that weapon was culled in those dass, Im & gambling bouse one night he be came involved with a “bad roan in a quarrel and drew forth his pepper Bix. The lod meu,” who was really a tough witizen fron the mountains, who had not the remotest idea of © anid who was always armed with a faiie of big navies, threw up his hand in well feigned dismay and said : “Heavens, man! throw that st me, are you?’ For the sake of bin joke he pane | the young man's life, and to that Ha « tf the wealthiest atid paost vospeeied © # Denver pow owes the far! that hat 4 Asing basins in the western metrops He $s un prmureent of that | pana moe Of bums ol i Flerald Fn A AAR SSAA A Wing Sudge. The Lite Lopd Boren, host great judos, was alo a pratt s : many interesting bonds of his are Ing recall jus pow. On Phe coos of the gnoen'® Jobilse tha ju drawing vp an addeess to the Se Yenacione aE wo Nee of ot sivas: ages,’ ran the address. Coma) Wo mre of cna another’ ¥ shorter Hsin, Begg eted Lad BY | peawtines his wit ws very ine ak, for instsowee, when be reaarked Peuth will cnte—even in an sf bavis. Rot the least hapnoy of his recorded wi tlotwn win the remark be meds when : trlated on his appointment to be wlaw ard. Ho wanll, be said, find the work cary, his duty beipg to give bis - tipindons after so many others bad given Abelre. “Ip fact, 1 only have to agree, e, "and might well have been raised to th : pesrage oa ‘Lard Camenrry.’ mn : Frog Fox Curiosities Frogs” eggs are Laid before they real eome egy tn the true sense of tha word. They are always laid ander wa tar, and when first deposited Rr Cover red with a sort of envelope in the shape of thin membrane. In this shape they are wry snail, but as sodn ae they omine ig tact with the water they rapidly ab. yh that element, and in go doing p ‘through a queer transformation. The thin membrane containing the lit Coywed Bike opus I qisiekly oh CC preat lumps of a ede ir : pate. woh sect ja the wimde fram i ta several § 52% Yoel ws ; cpalaf Hye of the den : Bepubiic. He Wan His Bet, Onis must toke the word of an deacon, or I should be inclined 1 quest further particalars in the cue the patron whom Archdeacon ‘mentioped At the conference at Carne forth the other day. A certain hing 40 said the archdeacon—had fallen va- cant by death. The patron snmmoned to him bis legal adviser, who explained that the presentation must be entirely of jtous. ‘‘But.’’ added the lawyer, “1 will bet you £1,000 that you do ne present my son-in-law.’’ Cunousiy enough, the son-in-law was the locks ‘man. —London Realm. No Danger. | “My dear,’ said young Mrs. MeFlim. Ly to her husband, ‘1 do wish son Id not go about the honse in yous irt sleeves. People will think your fa (ther worked for a living.” “They won't when they know i son. Detroit Free Press. RL 3 having semester | You ain't agen to | jten about it How Tom Scolt Resame Roh, Connt do P—— had been raised by | Au interesting story Bonaparte to honors and dignition, hat {Onrtia of Lowsilin Colnmbin etn -abomt Toon Seats Re mgmt I borman, wh dind x Cori rr 10 WN fini se amangt tey Bemis pe snl Ww Ii a i for pome ponecorniable reas'm hie be { traved the ea fidence » which his pntrom : had y, When B: sig narte ¥ £ cba eats DORR Fr Fetane $Y sr ral PET ReS Lo the pinvaties, | waukes hia mnt i ber mrpetany i the Figs geome gly ! 1 3 Sh pat EE ie hi gs a foe ws 1} WL HART nN hh ee : i the infipenes x gen srr pynveere cna by aval] to restora dirt Bivagn Daily News, Giad to Sea Him, New membors of congress féel shy apd Yomesome., To be throst suddenly in | amon Rips 4 members, many of | arhom they hive never seen, and only 8 "What re Jo Ptow of whom they bave over heard of, asked Gridd | FR ¥ ju yather a treing exporionte. To maka era shop of (ar a speech under thio eonditions takes | Cleaves | CoRR pamTRe mex Kerr, sx meniber and th of congress Troon Peansylvanis, retentiy | but wo todd of his ex perience in going into eon | Come Roan foo tha feet fig, Ha cane down oo from i in raw and green. He | eat in his seat for several dary, und in | thut tives manaved to plok wo a formal pet for soeh poate speak na sen wsintanee dith & Or PRG pom Eel teotiog io of his neighbors. Cnn day ho was sitting | 10 fentea-if T had an in his seat. dizconsoiate, listening fo tha | Nonsense! : : reading of sore tiresome Bill, when tha | ft oF, and 1 ke rember why sat next So hips, wha Bad shown that th « | geyvad two terms, came in Ike a bree € ogi Land said cheerily “Hells, dim’ Mr Kerr wheeled in {mail eagerly “Ray that sgain, will yom, It reminds bike home"! Weil Ji, let's po down to Murray ville mod talk alent hore, The reference to Movrayvilie iu anin- | i pill ; telligible WW the smitsichar, bak Mr Kerr | win just pow | put the | had iearaed by that time that tho name | refereed (0 the honea restarvrant, Where | coysters mind ihe cup that cheers were to ‘he had, ard they wended i “koe Wisconsin, The Butcher and Js Costes ' 1 ean ery sed o Rab Fe haga Tooth Cay Sadism cmtart 4 i Ansty wa eh ad Feshi his char and shld man? rpryt Yije RY Yi wr Ben foe rf sin 3 mneh i Fos thom Waa rar 10 cheated i in a this 2 waight-—ien 3 their way 0 1 re ¢ thisk st Making the Sonu of Hoof Floste. Ir these Gave of war tlave snd fogs | AF renlivm the Omvond the most ; pretty opps Flom TAYBOTeY wags Eo va TER ¥ Rad evry melodrama Know how the wits Bava) Tides vies Lopest afters ls ¥oaperimentibog. re ; Aid Then He Proposed, Thera had been 8 Tref inievenl of & : Ione, and be fei that be gughit tosay : same hing. SF wee that the stodente of seed {have Sgared oont,'! he began, i edueation’ fe | Ho pond as if in donbt Longht to pn spied, Yes she anid wth fONeRTIEN : fret pen Yu "erpac ind Ud nee fern in be wuch ed ‘yeation,' anid she ; soit. Bhe waited for him 10 speal, sini ne “Im db wiih then whether he © ¥ agingiy, if Basing any," be emt rived : avave Rie Lt Pia fa ¥ hat he S10 KB A § pever Ui ADE she added, DOT TE avi IW but they ure : they ure bit vo : i He saw thie notot hice Woy TEemonR ta fake a Bins, First Sign of & Hnilway Train. pnderstaont when ge) Prost Tuidia Bahiber Yee Fruit, The fra of : 15a fur Hatt sores at iarager 0 The wessds have a Le br. Singin : it with fol it is Jippkeent oi] Mixed wilh 4% kee % 3 ; : Oat of His Line. darker in color, ndinn girs ar Tha Boston Trauscriog peters fond of wearing bracslme and peoklers two pen ol ts a talk made of thet i, : Ju was isd 0 Eure MTOR if an ordinary Roose am pot imterssted in pane i The Eavpiian reed wi for making the pa fii tombs 1x oa Bard wvansty, about the diameter quill. Pens nade from it aresald to ba for a day or two and do eximllent ws Sik BELA JX Titerary ¥urswtiiity. A florist, who cial pas Hi New Yisrk toes 20 gn Das owes and 16, - 00, O00 CRT URIICTS Vary seis. {aad romances, : fire in New Ent FCP Beer Yrit- i YOu i Palestine is about the sige of * Jersey, Lut more books ba { porter! ia it fold by T. o 1% wiseh fatthee Way wet . then? rf pie oan All right id York Tribane. fy 111 1 take thst leg. —Fowitin ran fanturon “that: Sa poy. sul aie wht fe aka a bad ef | : i1 PE jhNE Taw sng Gustave Flanbart Navess at his immediate snrrenn Bogs | wan BIwavaA ¢ of Flaubert Du Camp tel « st he Basgntupie F dreamod o PN AI TLS WE) Sy senil fy i yis Walls wrhies Fw 3 Aral Woman. 3 again, sen? An, {rea 1nnEt he a an after ail, : the Arab uy are they pene from the | Faney pwn ene with | paneer mghts of any- AL the iw £ pngeared a ow man woareeiy veiled, ber hoor streaming like a pooy's , and then a gronp rad ing the same dolefall hier hesebivon amd | goth, ty aoa for In the midst gin sd water £ t children, all ery. Then from the hints came groans of snd to wall in cndicer! was tha wide, down Ber opaeks Baar nails frites Bor arins and breast. The night bed fore a horse bad fallen for hrosbay and kiiied hips. Tan Arata, with arid ati BETTE tha PREY Th Heart of CostBomm. the rs WHR % es £54 A x PANTY Tung, Cae YET sr oF hig Whee svn A pri 1a BIL apes hough a3 busi fiw 1 a Taw £ Bia WE wi Tie nase Bay Lenn Lihue Yon POBOR roan that of pei hie throat, {had awd add Fabel Naw, it hat an ot Tani Wa vere Pa Ty pH Geer Eh yar pad rpect ayer fae felidest Mae. tere ot toed i First Horseives Carviage fnvention, LE ale tears ranning A SUNBEAM BROKE A BANK The Fare Deolor Thea i" Tee End ae White Chak game. reed rd y wn he bogs anil a stack of whites an Keeps tae sat, playing Misti VE He Keiips i al ehveks in hie hapds, an Jake dop's Keen | Cases (im bi Wall, he gos broke, but | Jake doesn't know it La Light's aver Lhe den Pgh! in the penter, gn oH OOKE free % Hi Jack wine, Dealer cheek on the Jock. horn pushes the sleenrr over betwaen the nest an the Xipg, an it wins, ofy the level, the gy win and win, an pothip Five doals aftorward he has rack ont, an Jack says: A can't deal for vim bo mre. Me roil is gone’ Next day I aka Jake in gases an tell Bim how 1% bapjined, he says: Well, watyetink of thar? Wonldno't | that skin yout? ve Heard of guavas wins ning cut de bank roll off 'n eal me Yar 1 never hand ¢ shudder.” VT =-Elh {aek's a came pen, an the sn goniing thrngh pon der, ist hie ¥ FS Bape Fu = ££ x x WHITH Siw a pass a whi LEA si {ie HOR x Pie Laer Laval wird Te legram. PERC ENTAGE oF POOR EYES Only Ope Person In Fifteen Tian Fyes In Good Comibition, Beth Only one person in good condition, and In 7 ? canis cost of 3 Thos FREE, Ia found Be eye, nerally t stronger tie The ¥ it fs that just ax 3 hand #5 they ans rl sd, mad while i ¢ bara bien Fe Wasa a oh LK carr na pew aamad custaapor of tee prabrieteg tien plumbing ostabianipemt, em ietvativ. I dhon’t Euow.” re epomedind the startled proprietir, with a Jook off suber mgoiry. winning cut on a porting tf in iS haw bel ovvw NUT. 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