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
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3
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a foe ws
1} WL HART
nN hh
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: 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
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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
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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
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sr oF hig Whee svn
A pri
1a BIL apes
hough
a3 busi fiw 1
a Taw
£ Bia
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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
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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.
NRK THE
RPETANT
Tatund In
Sout Naa
car ste him, |
maken gad
Bex, pio
tive of fol
3
Tins
| pnten hy stork
the fordine
THe oreoant
prodine ts pre Mihaly tay Teer rv RIR G2 wapek
ity found
hoaatan
see and
a larger EE
dpetion i
aver
Tuived
Bratew
2% bnahels
Hy he og very Tow
C4 gars
per sere
aida and seme
y cp EO bushels 9
A AVETAge CROD dre aR
fn enlisted
wd yin
gfisud
BP
Rushed,
= Paint ae 1 got anything partimiar
poets, explained the | enstoamer
be took od chsie stil olearivd
feat | ve hess teil of Talis
praewin thelr soentions—them as cughi
aml hygskin eon
base youn :
{agin
| gunye ly an
te be howell petaters
Pain into pu Ww arid
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faryin
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