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14 Ahnktek 6tt~to~9F are formd In great no . laty, of them wander Ovr 'the euntry -te pad uniolested otbeor, bee fortunate. ate taken bty hunses and, put Into cages (Kotterl provided with covers (Lattengitter) to keep out *the ruin. There cags are called in aerman Lat tengitterwetterkottew, and the kangn roo, after his imprionnaopt takeo the name of Lattengitferwetterkotterheu telratte. One-day at asuesin (Atten ateri was arrested who bud killed a Hottentot woman, ROttentotuutter. the iuother of two stupkl and stutter Ing children In Straettertrottol. This ..woman in the .Mrimn langtage is en titled Uottentotenstraeottertrottelmun t ter, and her assassin -tkes the name Hottentotonstra6tternmtterteter. The mumderer was confined ha' a kangaroo's cage - Beutelrattenlihbsgitttrwette. kotter-when a few days later be es ciped. but fortunate4y The was recap tured by a Hottentot. who presented himself at the nayows odice with beamfg face. "1 have captured the AKtenteter," saId he. "Which one?" reptiled the mayor. "We have several." "The Attertaeterikobengitterwetter kotterbeutelratte." "Which Attentaeter ase you talking about ?' "About the Hotto enstreetter trottel mutterattentaeter." "Then why don't you OW at once the I lIottentotestrattelmuttia tte naerIat tenxittterwetterkotterbent4eatte?" The Hottentot tied in dismay. . THE AWKWARD *MRS." Glngle as Well s Mried Women Once Carried This- Title. A curiously awkward werd. if it be a word. is-"Mrs." It is not spelled as it is pronouncod-no one but a Welsh man or a Pole would be oqual to pro nouncing it as it is spelled-and its pro nunclatQn is a clumsy contraction of the good old English deaignation "mis tress." In the days of old, when leisure bail not become, as it Is no*r, a*nQst a for gotten luxury and peeOe were less 'Inxious to clip their speeh. the full pronunciation was ottee used. and "mistress" was not altogether elbowed out of existence by the volgar "missis." But nowadays "mistes" has drop ,pod out, and consequeiely the. con tracted pronunciation of "Mrs." has prevailed and holds the SM. Another point worth noting in the history of the designation l' that about r150 years ago and earlier "Mr." was ,applied quite impartially to unmarried ias well as married ladles. Evon chil ,dren were sometimes styled "Mrs." | The burial of an infant daughter of .John Milton, who died at the age of five months, Is recorded in the parish register of St. Margaret, Westminster. land her name is entered as "Mrs. Kath Irine Milton." followed by a small "e," to indicate that a child Is meant. But jthis may be regarded as an exceptional use of the title.-St. James' Gasette. A Sabbaterian Dog. "Tip was an Irish settem--bis name was really Tipperary and Tip for short," said a New Ywrk clubman "He knew weo it was Sunday, and jkept the day. He was the only Bali ~batarian dog I ever tinew5. He nsed Isleep on arug inmy soom. ibhad rto keep early hours in those days, and every morning at T o'elock 'Tip would rut his cold nose against my face and Jremind me that it wa tiene to go to .work. .Then while I was Griesing he would go to the village po'st10Mee and ~bring home the mail. On Sunday morning he never stirred off his rug * ntil I was good and ready to get up. Ihlch was usually quits late, and noth ing could induce him to go to the post .omce on thatdag. And the best part of the story Is It Is absolutely true." l(ew York Tribune. N. Plot. The actor, rounded op in Russia ~with a bunch of others, retained his composure while his complanlons In misfortune were giving way to despair. "I can prove my innocence of com elicity In apy conspiracy to the comn Slet. satisfaction of the authorities," o said. S"How can you do that?" one et his ompanions asked. "You will always -e suspected of being connected with 'a plot." He smiled confidently. I"Not when I tell them that for years Ihave been playing In mnskcal come dcies."-Bailmore American. * Golfing Sa.'eaem. "Caddy, how many strokes Is that Sor thiis hole?" asked the golfer with the plaid cap. "I can't say, sir." "Can't say?" I"No, sir; I can only count up to Self RelIance. It is cat#' in this world to live after the world's opinion. It is esy in soil tuie. to iiv? afte, _our egg; .jt the who in the tU1df6 f KApS with perfect re"ee. 4ependence of solitudwek. b LEE EXPECt DEFEAT? The General's Significant Statement After Sailors Creek.. 14y last official intercourse with Gen eral Lee was on the retreat. I was "it to him with dispatches from Pres :nt Davis and reached him near mid night of April i near Rice's station. I approached without being challenged. by a single Fentinel and found him standing near a smolderuk 're with one of his hands resting on an am bulance wheel. He was dictating some order to Colonel Marshall, who sat in the ambulance with a lap desk receiv ing his dictation. As General Lee spoke he gazed into the bed of coals as If weighing everY word. There was no staff or escort about. so far as I couid see. Touching Sailors Creek, be spoe bitterly and said in answer to Mr. Davs' desire to know his proposed line of retreat that it was beyond hIs control: that he had Intended to re. treat by the line of the Danville 'oad. but had been forced off that route by the arrival of Sheridan ahead of him at Burkville; that he was then follow ing the line of the Southslde road to Lynchburg, but the enemy was out marching him and might force him off: that his movements were dependent on the developments of each hour. and then he'added: "How can I tell? A few more Sailors Creeks and it will all be over-just where I.thought it would end from the beginning." When I fist published this ntatement its truthful ness was question' oiunately 1 afterward saw two of his staff. both of whom said they had heard him ex press himself in the same way. There may- have 'been times when General Lee. elated by some of his surprising successes, felt hopeful about the tri umpli of our cause. From the. proba hilltle3 based on numbers and resources his judgment may have been varped away now and then by the feeling he axpressed when, after Second Manas can. Sluirpsburg, Fredericksburg and Chance:lorsville. he said. "No generni ever commandedt such troops as tihoser under me." Iut his mind was to, mathematical in its workings. and all its calculations were too habitually bas(d upon what could be done wlth a given number of men and a certain amount of material to make him forget the vast (irparity between the contest ants or hope for ultimuate triumph. John S. Wise ti Circle Magazine. A WITTY JUDGE. His Conclusions on the Evidence of ' Ditto and True. The late Hon. Noah Davis. well known throughout the country as the judge who tried and sentenced Iloss Tweed. was justly celebrated in many ways. He was of that type of jurist (or which western New York- was famed during the half century follow ing 1850. Orleans county is proud of hint as one of her noblest and most dts tinguished sons. He was slightly above medium height, full habited. large head, fine, clean cut face-indeed, a striking figure ln'any community. He was a well read lawyer, an honest, fair minded judge, with a keen sense of humor and withal something. of a writer ahd poet. The following lines from his pen, written on the spur of the moment and in the midst of a trial, illustrat, the alertness and quality of his mind. They are perhaps the best play upon words of which we have any record in the English language. It was at the Niagara circuit in the early seventies. Judge Davis presided. An action in ejeetment was called. The dispute was over a party wall or a division line. It was purely a ques tion for the divil engineer. The divi sion line established and the case was won. The defendant's attorney, u'ealis Ing this, canled as expert witnesses the Hon. John A. Ditto, city engineer of Buffalo, and the Ron. A. Rt. True, the engineer who constructed the canta lever bridge Over Niagara river at the falls, They were two of the most emi nent civil engineers in 'the state. They made a survey of the premises and es tablished the division line as contended for by the defendant and when called to the witness stand so testified, giving monuments, courses and distances with such minute exactness that they could not be successfully controverted. The moment True, who followed Ditto as a witness, left the stanU, Judge Davis wrote these lines and passed them to the clerk to hand to plaintiff's counsel: Since True swears ditto to Ditto, And Ditto swears ditto to Tru, If True be true and DItto be ditto, SI think they're too many for you. -Daniel H. McMillan in Buffalo Truth. Man ernd His Sweet Tooth. "If you want to have that traditioil upset about women only having ai sweet tooth," remarked the stenogra. pher who works downtown, "just gc into a quick lunch room occasionall.3 and watch the mon who drink coffet or caocolate with their midday meals I give you my word 1 have seen noi one, but many men, put six lumps 01 sugar into their one cup of coffee ol chocolate and then eat apple pie tha is fairly covered with powdered sugar.' --New York Presam A6041., AIts Life M one fi to al struck witt siugularly perfect us.istation of tha 41gon fBys sittatitre to at life of aeriail piracy. -The four winege. tire large and in prOportion to thirie v.-vight enoritious ly strong Iach ik% sUpliorted by a won derfully arrangemd tet%work of sletniter riis. which give the necessary rigidity to the thin. transpareat membrant forming its biasis. The inuseles by which the wings sare i-ived are mass ive and powerful aund are eo arn;:ed niong themselves !v4 n r '- a timal is capable of steering lis -e with fin unerring accurney i . any birl might eivy. Its this pavwer It itt largely aided by a - marvelmaw keenness of sight. for In addittori to the two great. gorgeoutly colored compound , eyes which make ip mo much of the head the iSweet p.o44ssese tfl:ee snaller "siia pie" eyes. mnialiug five eyes in all. The prey when overtaken lA seized and de voured by means of powerful, sharply toothed Ja ws. An anitual which lives such an ne tive'life naturally renlitilres a very per fect breathing npparatis. and this is amply provided by a system of holes on the sides of tite bo:ly which open into an elaborate network of air tubes. supplying every plrt of the system. The air in these tubes is constantly renewed by the regular compression ani dilutation of the loly by speelal muscles.-Chaib'& .loarual. HIBERNATION. How and Why Some Animals Exist All Winter Without Food. The philosophy or n::turi of hiber nation and why amid how it is that the hibernating creatures can go so long without food are interesting studies. In the first place. the creature In or der to enable it to sustain life through out the long winter during which it hibernates Is endowed with the capac. ity of aecunuilating within its body a large quantity of fat. This fat is to th animal what a well stocked coal cellai is to a fire, and until the whole of 11 has been consumed the tissue of thc body proper remains untouched. 11 has been ascertained that nninals cat endure the waste of tissue until i amounts to .0 per cent of their norma weight. Should the weight 'be -reducea beyond that polut the result is death But nature comes to the rescue of ti: hibernating creatures In another way When the hibernation begins, resphla tion and digestion almost cease (f: some cases they cease absolutely), and the circulation is only just activ enough to sustain life. As a conse quence of this the wear nd tear Is ro duced to the minmtumn. Vand the crea ture is enabled to pull through.-Nevi York Amerensn. ) May C0 i Rice( 2 Making This season's goods & Nice Ca ' Sti W conti I I ever beghi Propriei Method by Whl I AiLd, the Fob Are .qgua ed. Frequently laymen who bee had w casion to nettle the bills of surgeons upon whom they have called in ex tremities to use the knife are heard to complain against what - they call "the exorbitant charges of surgeons." A skilled surgeon may charge $250 for a simple appendicltis operation. The- patient, who never thinks of com- I plalning until be Is convalescent, ob jects oftentimes to paying - the bill. C He says, "it Is ou.rageous for a our geon to charge $230 for half an hour's C work." 1 The question of surgeons" fees often I puzzles a patient. He knows of one t man upon whom a surgeon of wide' a reputation bas operated and charged 3 only $75. He may know of another who has paid $1,000 for the same op eration. He cannot figure it out. Yet surgeons of known ability and A national, perhaps International, fame C have,api general plan in charging for operations. Their prices range from C nothing to $5,000. They will operate 0 without any question of willingness or t ability to pay in any case where the t( situation is Imperative. Afterward A they will present the bill. The general public does not understand bow a sur geon' will charge one man $50, another a $250 and another $5,000. h Surgeons have a fixed price scheme. 54 They aim to charge the patient about p one month's income. They figure that tl an-y person who is in such bad condi- 6 tion as to be forced to submit to a surgical operation surely can afford to ci give one month's incomo. They ascer- tl tain roughly what a man makes per month and send in a bill for that amount. The man. whose income is but $50 a month pays $50. The man b who gets $5,000 is asked to pay $5,000 s -and generally objects, even though a he should know that his life is worth as much proportioitely as that of his p poorer fellow.-Chicago Tribune. 11 THE SHIPS OF TYRE. t Types of These Vessels Still In Use In the Far East. Away back. even when Solomon was king In Israel, the ships of Tyre. manned by brave Phoenician sailors, went through the prehistoric canal where the Suez channel is now and navigated from China clear around to England. - Their ships were the models for r Greece and Rome and later for Venice, I the Spaniards and the Portuguese. 1 Only the Englishman improved on I shipbuilding, and from him all mod ern models have dated.t In the old Trye models the waist of the ship was low, so the oars coldi ANIG me Panics Ii BUT ioes on Fo Prices to Meet all Comj to go now, while you need them. Cal line Shoes from 10 to 25 per cent. let r load of Roller King to go at a pric< 11 selling Shells at 75c for 2 boxes. itch this space and keep posted on t nuously offering. sm now buying Fall Goods, and w goods are on hand of present ste to come in. D. RI% :or Norris Bargair NORRIS, 5L8( to~i* partners. Aswind p&her vaist gro3V higbe i t Usappeared. Stepiy tep o caravel. from 00rftel1 Iritish bipwrilghts .Impbo hps of Tyre. But in the far east the models. emalned much the sane,nd the io oakers of Persia and India bive o the old Tyrian models to the prom nt 'day. Today 'their high square stern ie all the ships of'Columbus. The mar aers still have to get out of sight o md and steer by stars and the feel of le wind on cloudy nights. They Sai round Trinidad and tarry pilgrims to lecca. These vessels; on which the quee of heba might have traveled -ton irt olomnon, are used by native HinldoM ,rabe and by the peoples of Indo. hina. On board the captain, his men, the irgoes, pilgrims and sheep, asses and ther live stock live In a proximity at would stir an American's stomach Immediate rebellion. - NasvllIe .morican. Seatless. An English hostess was entertaining bout 800 people at a reception and id provided only about seventy-Ove pats. In despair she said to a com itriot: "Oh, I am so distressedI Not tree-fourths of these people can sit )wni" "Bless my soul, madam I" he ex-. aimed. "What's the matter with The Martial Spirlt. "When you go into battle," said the lman analyst, "do you feel your heart irge with hostility toward-the foe or tiything like that?' "Yes," answered the military ex e~rt. "In tine of war we feel even tore resentful toward the foe than ,e feel toward our rival associates in me of peace."-Washington 'tar. A Study In Dimensions. "Jimmy. how large a piece of cake o you want?" "I want a big pece., but don't gimme: ) much that I'll have to divide It' 1th sister." Ready For Business. A tragedian playing Richard III. In small town was waited on after the how by an honest farmer, who said hat "if the gen'l'm who wanted a iorse was still of the same' in he vould like to do business wit lm. Nb better masters than poverty and vant.-Dutch Proverb. mmI rill Go,. rever eti tion Icos, fast colors, 5c. is than elsewhere. to move it fast. lie bargains we are HIl slaughter what ck when fall goods House