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" C.4PT. JIM HcMILU AN UNUSUAL ! , y*tQyy ID you over hear of Cap\t tain Jim McMillan's tame O O whale?" asked one of the U ft oUl-timers recently in a 'WOW down east town, with a party of seamen discussing the particulars of the Chinese difficulty. Without waiting for an invitation, the speaker opened up with his story as follows: "Captain Jim McMillan was a retired sea captain who moved, with his family, to a small island 'down the bay,' near Deer Island, N. B., and under the protection of the Canadian flag. The island had a small harbor in which was a used-up weir that in former years had gathered ud herrinsr and other salt water fish so common in Passamaquoddy Bap. * With a few weeks of repairing the brush enclosure, Captain Jim had the- weir in good condition again for the first catch of fish. He arranged the gate for tlie high run of tides and went home to await returns. . "They were not long in coming, for the next day, when the veteran went off to investigate his newly-repaired weir, he was very much surprised and delighted to find an immense school of fat-lorking herring leisurely swimming around the inside and evidently enjoying the place. The fish were unable to get out as the gate was closed, ; and there was considerable satisfaction in his first catch, since the fish had been rather scare in the different weirs near and the herring were in good demand by the sardine factory owners at the neighboring places. "Here was a lucky catch, indeed, as he could quickly find a ready market for these large-sized herring at Eastport, where they would later find a place in one of the big smoke-houses or be used as mustard sardines. "The captain made a visit to Eastport a few* hours later, tolil of his supply of herring alive in the "weir and soon was offered a fair price; in fact, looked upon the lot of herring as worth $100. "When Captain McMillan returned to his Canadian home down the bay a few hours later, he was happy and Lis hopes ran high. " 'We'll have plenty to eat when I sell this lot of herring,' said' he to his wife, who met him on the beach, 'and I'll buy you a new dress before I come back from Eastport, sure.' A short time later in the day he got into his boat and pulled into the weir, when his hair stood on ends as he saw a very large and black-looking object resting on the water in the narrow enclosure. "It looked like the body of a big SDake and the aged seaman thought it might be the famed mythical sea serpent he had so often read about, but had never seen before. Before he could leave the interior the big fish began swimming around the enclosure in a circle and it did not take Captain Jim long to get on the outside and drop the big gate iu place. His weir full of herriug a few hours before had been eaten up or gone through the several small breaks in the side of the enclosure, made by the fish, and this was enough to cause the captain to utter a few oaths, since no one was near at the time. "He watched the big fellow a few ' minutes in silence, then said slowly, 'that critter cost m<? $100 sure, and he may be worth that amount if I can get him?dead or alive, but the litter 1f possible.' He was not long in finding out that the fish lie had captured was a very young whale, and since it was one of unusual length and very slim, might be taken for a big snake at a distance as the parts of the body came into view. It was not an easy matter to capture the fish alive without assistance, and determining to make the best of his recent misi'or tune, Captain McMillan set out for his borne to inform his wife of the whale's visit, and what had become of their catch of herring. "It was a big disappointment, but she cheered him up with the remark that 'even a dead whale was worth something.' The skipper went across to a neighboring island for help, later returning with two boatmen and a long coil of rope with which they expected to capture the whale alive. Repeated attempts were made to get the rope under the mammoth lish as it swam around inside the weir, but it was impossible to get near enough and finally the men had to give up the attempt. " "There is only one way to get the whale landed safely on the beach, that I know of,' said one of the men, 'and that'9 to build on to your weir.' A little exoliination followed, and it was decided to extend one corner of the weir like the two fences of a lane, up on the beach to high water mark, then drive the big fish on shore where it could be captured when aground and helpless. "Work on the extension began that day and continued for three days, then the lane was completed all but one thing. How to make an opening for the whale to find a false escape up the beach was a question for the fishermen to solve, and it looked like an impossibility. One of the boatmen finally hit on a plan of lowering down a gate at the end. after j removing enough of the brush weir at that place, and then to hoist it out of the water again. It required several hours of hard work to construct a suitable gate and sink it into place before the weir could be cut in the desired place, but this was finally done, and at the signal the false gate was arranged in position, then raised. Hardly had it reached the top of the water than the whale seeing what looked like a sure opening and escape in view darted up the narrow enclosure at a rapid rate of speed. "The big fish could not turn, anc^B less time than it takes to tell you the story was high and dry on the smooth beach. How that whale churned up the water with its tail when the tide began turning for the ebb. but in a few minutes the mammoth fish was as helpless as a baby. Captain McMillan measured the critter on the beach and found it more than forty-five feet , : : the object earnc nearer she was abli to make out the form of a snake-liki fish of a very large size, the head higl up out of the water. INS TAME WHALE. FISH STORY. r, from nose to tail, but unusually thin for a whale. "He did not want to kill his newfound prize and was at a loss how to hold it when the tide came in again, but concluded to build a small inclosure around the whale on the beach and at a future time expected to securely fasten a big hawser about the tail of the fish which would hold. He set to work and soon had the captive securely fenced in on all sides so that escape was almost impossible, and when the salt water of the Bay of Fundy again reached the young whale there was some fun for ? short time. Next day the captain came to Eastport and front a blacksmith secured a stout iron band to fit securely around the outer end of the whale's tail, just back of the outer fin. "In the band was an 'eye' to fasten on a light chain, and with his newly 1 ~ .. vAfni.nr./l lmma 1UUUL' L'LMiai lie swmi ii'iuiuvu 11VU1C! and after some difficulty, at low* tide, had the iron band fastened around his victim ou the beach. When the tide again came in part of the fence was removed, and the chain was securely fastened on both ends, one being in the eye of the band, the sea monster was a prisoner. "Captain McMillan conciuded to allow his captive into deeper water than his cove afforded, so that the fish might be able to look after its supply of food during the day when he was not around. For a few days the captire whale made a lively time of it and tried to break away from the chain, but finally was obliged to submit, and after a short time devoured a quantity of food brought near the weir by the owner. Many of the island residents came from the neighboring places to see tl^e captive whale on the chain, and Captain McMillan was asked why he did not exhibit his prize at the large cities across the border and along the Maine coast. ' That would have been easily enough done had the fish been dead, or small enough to carry about in a boat, but how could lie get a forty-five-foot whale out of the harbor in safety? '"It was not long before the big fish began to show signs of becoming tame, and on the approach of meal time was always found ready to devour the food provided. "In several weeks Jim's baby whale had increased somewhat in length and also became quite tame, so that when the veteran seaman came near it in his boat his captive would play alongside. After two months had passed and the flsh had increased in size to be noticed, Jim thought he had better secure a stouter chain to hold his pet, and again made a visit to Eastport for a longer and heavier piece of chain. This he soon secured and returned to his Canadian home to make the change, when he was much surprised and disappointed when he was told that the whale had broken the chain and disappeared into the deeper water of the Bay of Fundy. It was Quite a shock to Captain .Tim to find the broken chain and lose his whale after so much expense and trouble, but he returned to his house and talked over the loss with his wife. " 'Never mind. Jim, perhaps the big fish will come back for his dinner as usual, as I've beard of such things, and, you know, that wasn't no ordinary whale, neither. That whale was tame when it left these waters, and mark me when I say that you'll see the fish back when it's time for the grub to be served.' "The husband allowed that the whale was certainly tame, but how was he to again capture the big fellow if he shouldn't return to the cove for the customary noon meal. " 'I'd better shoot the critter and be sure of the carcass this time; what do you say, wifey?' " 'Don't you be too hasty. Jim. but wait for develr oments, as the whale will return often if it comes back once, you can bet. Only wait and see.' "At the appointed hour for feeding his former pet Captain McMillan went down to the ledge where he had stood so often on recent days and tossed the food into the bay to his friend, the whale. "He threw the bucket of food to the water and watched it sink below the surface, but before the last particle had disappeared the dark form of a long, sleuder fish came to view, and when the tail was exposed there was the telltale iron ring and hanging to it a small piece of chain. " 'That's my whale!' exclaimed Jim, as the big fish swam leisurely about the cove and did not seem to want lo leave the small harbor when the food was gone. "The old seaman remained on the rocks for a long time, and was then convinced that his wife was right about the fish which hart come back to stay, evidently. Next day, and as fast as meal time came, ihere was the tame whale, and soon the islanders heard of .Tim's lucky find. When Jim went out to gather up his lobster traps or haul in his fishing lines and nets the whale accompanied liini, and always was rewarded by receiving a newly caught cod or pollock off the hooks.- One day Captain McMillan started out on a fishing trip down the bay, and not far from Grand Manan, X. B., a fierce gale arose and a blustering snowstorm set in. which promised to last for several days. "Mrs. McMillan and her children gathered on the beach near their home and watched closely through the storm lor the husband and ratuer, out notiiin.tr could be scon in the distance excepting the high waves in which no small boat could live. "If Jim was out on that storm, he had little chance to escape, she thought, and as the day was nearly gone and no signs of her husband, she began to feel a little uneasy. lQ|H|ft>storm seemed to increase in fury, piling the waves high up on the beach, and it began 10 look as if another seaman was to be reported among the missing. "But what was that long, low object she saw coming up the bay like a fast moving steamboat half buried in the water? The more she looked at it the more she wondered, a&d as "Could it be lier nusunmi s tjuw whale back for its dinner at this lat< hour, she thought, ns she supposed tin fish had gone away early in the day As it came close to the point of lam on which she stood she saw that then was some object 011 its back that re serabled a human being, and as tin whale came into the small harbor witl the speed of a steamboat under al steam, the form of her husband conl< be plainly seen. He lay across thi whale's back, near the neck, with hi: arms over the side of the fish, holding on with a firm grip and in another min ute Capt. Jim's form arose from tin surf and was quickly clasped in hii wife's arms. He followed her into tin house and after a complete change o clothing followed by a warm drink, hi told her how he had been saved fron a watery grave by his faithful whale which seemed to know considerable. " 'When the storm broke this morn ing,' said .Tlm, we were well down tin bay and before I could get preparei for the storm my mast broke off bj the fierce wind. What followed I an unable to say, excepting that I strucl in the icy water and was sinking wher I felt something soft like, coming ui under my hands, and you can bet ] grabbed ii". When I came to the sur face I saw it was my tame whaie. am 7 fi?' iliiin T li'i/l n mi 11 lit* lllfll X illL OU1WI IUIIM ..MV. before, although I was at a loss t( kuow just \ybat the big fish would d< and where it would take inc. I talkec to the faithful whale as I would to f person, as I had done so often durin; the meal hour, and promised him extrt rations if he landed m<< safely on oui beach. " 'You know the rest,' continued th< captain to his wife, 'and here I am saf< and sound after a ride of fully twpntj miles on the back of a real whale, bui a good one, I can assure you." "Captain McMillan turned the fish tc good use later, when he went out 01 his fishing trips, as he would fastei a stout rope to the iron band in th< whale's tail and would be towed home faster than by sailing, or even steam as the fish always came into the little cove. All went well for about a yeai and many tempting offers were made for the wonderful fish, but Jim woulr not part with his silent friend for a 113 amount, as to the fish he owed his life He was just beginning to teach the whale to tow his boat to differeni neighboring towns in Passamaquoddj ?U ~<Ka ficl> f rvr?l - ci L' fill*' JDll.V, \> lieu luv iuiin uou iwu .7.v? died. "That was a sad blow to Captair McMillan, gentlemen, as well as bis family, and it was a Jong time before they fully recovered from the shod and the loss of their pet, "Captain McMillan didn't know jusl what to do with the body, but linallj decided to give it a burial in the baj near his home and mark the spot witl a gravestone in the form of a big buoj above the dead whale. "This he carried out to the letter ant the unique funeral services were belt on the beach the following day anc! were attended by quite a large gather ing of Canadian friends from the IeI ands near. "That ended Captain McMillan'? tame i hale, gentleman." said thf speaker, "and I will now bid you all good-night," saying which, he gathered up his bundles and started for him home.?Lewiston Journal. A Chinese Lad's Views on JIJs Ktxcr, Seldom, indeed, are the political and sociological views or a seventeen-year old schoolboy worth consideration 01 even mention. Exceptional, if nol unique, was the valedictory address delivered, June 3. on his graduation from the Atlantic City High School by Wu Chao-chu, the son of Wu Ting fang, long and favorably known as the Minister of the Chinese Empire to the United States. Although the youth la bored under the grave disability of ac< quiring knowledge through the medi urn of a language radically different from his own. his averages, we are told, were the highest in every depart ment; and his address, which approprL ately had for its subjcct the conserva^ tism of the Far East, was marked bj a rare maturity of thought. Young Wu began by admitting that the Jap ane.se are relatively progressive, where as the Chinese are justly looked upor as typical of Oriental conservatism He recognized that a people whose conservatism is not ingrained maj change easily from its ancient customs and manners to new. He pointed out however, that what can be changed easily once may probably be clianget just as easily again. A volatile an<" mutable nation that flickers witl eVery wind may return to its old ways and its very relish for novelties maj prove an arcli enemy to progress.Harper's Weekly. Animals rss Imitator*. Some animals have wonderful pow ers of imitation. Dops brought v.p ir the company of cats have been knowi to acquire the trick of licking th< paws and then washing the face When a cat has been taught to sit uj for her food her kittens have beer known to imitate her action. Darwir tells of a cat that was in the habit o; putting her paw into the mouth of s narrow* milk pitcher every time sh< got the chance and then licking tin erenm off her paw. Ilcr kitten soo: learned the same trick. A lady tolls of a rabbit that shi keeps in a cage with a monkey, am says that Bunny has caught many o the monkey's ways. It is said tha starving pigeons that have beci brought Tin on grain will not eat pea: to save their l!ves, but that if pea-eat ing pigeons are put with them the] follow their example and cat peas.Detroit News-Tribune. Knitting an an ISxcrcisc. Knitting is declared by specialist! ill the treatment or rheumatism to w a most helpful exercise for hands lia ble to become stiff from the complaint and it is being prescribed by physician: because of its efficacy. For persons liable to cramp, par a lysis, or any other affection of th fingers of that character, knitting is rc garded as a most beneficial exercise Besides, the simple -work is said t be an excellent diversion for tli< nerves, and it is recommended t women suffering from insomnia or de pressiou*?Kansas City Independent. i I ilflPS? .GV ! ? 5! ^Tortj)Mp^Dj i j c ; u ' Wearing monocles, the latest fashion - ' for ladies, a craze recently started in 2 | Paris by ladies of the Servian colony, i is extending to London. 1 1 Chinese firemen seem to be Immune e j to the fierce heat of the fire room on s i ocean steamers, and stand up to tem* ? ! perature that would prostrate white . ! men. ^ I j j General Joubert's chair, made of ebs 1 ony. bok horns and hides, and cap1 ' lured from his laager at Lasobou, near 2 I Lydenburg. is now treasured by Lieuj I tenp.nt-CoIonel Urmstou, at Glenmro! veil. Sound of MulL ? i | That meteors contain gold has been demonstrated before the Koyal Socie| ty of New South Wales. This sug. j gests that the tiionsands of tons of ' i meteoric dust which falls upon the earth each year deposits gold every^ where. In London we find there are sixtyfive libraries, which contain reading * i rooms, and on the bookshelves are ! 000,000 volumes, which have 4,000,000 ' : readers. Fiction forms eighty per ' | cent, of the reading matter. The i I parks tinder the control of the council cover 3S33 acres, and coU over ?100,' 000 a year to maintain. 1 The Mexican Povtal Department has taken a new and novel means of inl forming the public of the weather bulJ I letins given out by the Weather Bu* j reau. Every letter which passes j through the office is now stamped t I with the indications for the next twen| ty-four hours. This stamping is done ! } i at the same time that the postage 1 S stamps on the letters are canceled and 1 i the receiving stamp affixed. I 1 ; "The Island of Black Cats" is a name * j often applied to Chatham Island, one ; of the Galapagos. It is in the Pacific * I r\ncnn olimlf 73(1 mil PS TVPSt Of llie | ... i ! coast of Ecuador. It is overrun witli 1 black cats: indeed, cats of no other color are seen there. These animals live in the crevices of the lava foundaJ : tion near the coast, and subsist by t I catching fish and crabs, instead of rats I and mice. Other animals found on the 1 j island are horses, cattle, dogs, goats i and chickens, all of which are perfect* 1 j ly wild. s A $4 gold coin belonging to Dr. ; Charles ,7. Langs is on exhibition at the Germania National Bank, in Mil* t | waukee. The piece of gold is thinner r i than a $."< coin, but of the same diameter. It displays on the obverse side i the "Liberty head" without a cap and the thirteen stars, interspersed with (1G3S7C7 grams." On the reverse I i side is a five-pointed star with this inl : scription: "One stella?400 cents." "E L i pluribus UDiim, Deo est gloria." and j on the rim, ','United States of America, : 4 Dol." The coin is valued at $200. 5 ! LIVING BY THE SEA. ' J IXotr to Gain tl?o I?e?lred TJencfUs ol 1 | Suit Air. I ( The cult of tiie sen is the one thing i ! aimed at. You go there "to do yourself j good,*' in the phrase of the votaries of j Thetis the invigorator, and the house, 1 to meet the wants of its inhabitants, is [ j simply an adjunct to bathing, sitting ! on the beach, sun and air baths, sailing and inhaling ozone. One of the latest t theories about ozone is that, to get the ' most of it possible (the "noxious 1 | smells" of the early eighteenth cen' j tury), it is best to be almost on a level j with the sea, where *11 kinds of bal ! samic odors are given off by the cou j tact of the air with the curling crests of the waves, and that the acme of health to be derived from sea air alone is to breathe it as you walk along the 1 wet sand by the breakers' edge. It is { quite clear, in any case, that by plac'i I ing a house on the fop of a cliff, though j you enjoy plenty of wind, you do not ; get sea air in anything like the quail tity and quality inhaled by living lower down. In fact, the more nearly the ; house is on a level with the waves the more of this special virtue is obtain1 ! able. There is a natural instinct to de 1 scend to the edge of the water. It is ' common to children and adults, and it ! is as old as the siege of Troy. Where 1 ; else did a Grecian hero rather '"down 1 on his luck'' ever go than to the breaki ing-place of the waves? He did not 1 climb up onto a cliff, "but went to walk alongside of the margin of the sea." Almost the ideal seaside house is a i long, one-storied bungalow oil the last fi/ifr,* nf onrth nv sandhill (if the latter IiXUgC v?. VU* v?. V. 4? be not blown sand) just before the lirst j j ridge of the pebbles is reached. There should be a "cord road" of Hat planks, ' laid cross ways, to run boats down, or i t ! a spring-board on wheels, down to the t | edge of the water, and it should be j ! possible to change into bathing clothes I indoors and walk straight down lo the ) j sea.?Spectator. ' j FaUu ltubieo. I ! Michael Finier, a well-known French L j lapidiary, has at last discovered a k I method to detect a false ruby, a thing ^ j that has puzzled all experts in precious ' i stones for many years. A lot of sham rubies was brought to Paris some ^ months ago through an agency in : Switzerland, and then was sold to some ; of the best Paris jewelers. Finier dlsj covered that the experts had .'ill been ( swindled. He says a false ruby invariably has a soft tiujie of color that | verges on yellow, while in a genuine . j ruby these charactersclics are never ' present. He says, too. that the false j ruby is formed by spherical bubbles, | while in a true ruby these bubbles are ! rare and never symmetrical. 5 i Fought Everywhere. "Ours is the only army," says the London Telegraph, "'which has, with g the occasional assistance of the marines, fought in all the live continents from the Rhine to the Crimea, from Syr a to Fekin, from Hudson Cay to Patagonia, from Egypt to the Cape, and in the Austialian seas from New Guinea to New Zealand. I'.ut the ascent of the Ilimilnyas and the march o to Lhassa surpass, in purely picturesque fascination, everything in jJriiish military annate." 1 I FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE 1 * v: ' , 4 , F' EDWIN A. A President of the Uni' Dr. Edwin A. Alderman has been ] elected President: of the University of i Virginia, which institution has up to this time been ruled by a system of faculty government. With the election of Dr. Alderman the university reTHE FLAMINGO i AND ITS QUEER NEST. * * * II || By Walter U Beasley. || O O P'?re| FTER considerable ditflculty, Professor Frank M. 7f | Chapman, of the DepartXjL I rnent of Ornithology of the (fift American Museum of Natural History, has secured the first flamingo nests ever brought to this country. There are about seven species of flamingoes, three of which are in A.merica, frequenting the Bahamns, Florida and Cuba. In height the flamingo averages about five feet. If Its curved neck were stretched to its full length the bird would tower above the head of an ordinary man. During May and June, the breeding time, the birds' bright-colored plumage is faded, buf reassumes its most radiant hues fleepest shade on the wings. Several THE BAHAMA FLAiriNGO. j years are necessary for the bird to attain its full growth. After a pleasant and uneventful journey we reached the heart of Andros without undue difficulty. Our schooner was left lying at anchor behind the . shelter of some outlying reefs, and the final part of the voyage was made in I small boats. The locality is only a fewincnes above the sea level, and is characterized by vide stretches of shallow lagoons bordered by red mangrove trees, with occasionally bare bars of gray marl and by outcrops of coral-line rock so eroded and waterworn into bladelike edges and sharp, jagged pinnacles that walking is attended by much COLONY OF FLAMINGO > in winter. When first hitched the j young have a straight bill, which, after a time develops into one of bent shape, i The first plumage is grayish-white and ] passes through various tints of pink, j rose, carmine, or vermilion to the full J scarlet of the adult, which reaches its danger. Our tents were pitched on a i sand bar. and preparations were made < to visit the flamingo colonies known ] to exist in the vicinity. A flock was seen which was estimated to contain about 700 birds?a sight of surpassing beauty. Although no shot was fired and a retreat was i promptly made, the birds were dis- ( I'irhed by our intrusion, and either < discontinued operations or removed to < UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA . V:d: - H^S@^BiS^'^^^8^SSW%SMMWSSW^ES? ,K //;/&*; B lLDERMAN, versity of Virginia. linquishes the democratic form of goi ernment impressed upon It by it founder seventy-nine years ago, an accepts the form generally approve to-day. some other locality, and eventuall we were forced to leave without se< ing fresh nests. Those in process c building, however, told somewhat th manner of their construction. Thoa built among the mangrove- were i an excellent state of preservation, few even containing oggs. The tas of getting these nests into the hold c the schooner was one of great dlfl culty. The largest secured measure eighteen inches in diameter at ti bottom, thirteen inches at the top, an me iu iieigui, ruu neigueu upnaiu of 100 pounds. Being one solid mass of mud an dried only externally, it needed onl A FLAMINGO EGG IN ITS NK8T OF MXH a slight jar to break the strongest < the nests into fragments, and the pro pects of transporting the specimens 1 New York in safety seemed one < uncertainty. The Bahama negro boa men were not accustomed to delical work of this character, and it require special inducements in the way < pay to tempt them to wade barefoote through the lagoons and to travel ov? the keen-edged rocks with burdens c from fifty to 150 pounds on the: heads. The nests were placed in the cano md reached the schooner with th breaking of only three out of nin specimens. In Nassau they wer treated with a solution of gum arabl< which hardened them, and after befn wrapped in plaster of Paris bandage [hey were packed separately in larg boxes and reached New York in es lellent condition. Specimens of th flamingoes themselves were also 8( ;ured. The nests collected differe from -the conventional idea of a fla Bingo's nest in being much lower am )f a greater diameter. Doubtless th iielght of the nest is goverened by th ise of the water. Built wholly o mud, which is scooped up from abou :he base ?of the nest by the bird, i s necessary that the site chosen sjial be near enough to water to secure a abundant supply of soft material. Sue 1 site, however, brings the nest withi reach of the tide, and places it in low situation, which may be subs< luently flooded by heavy rains. Cons< quently the birds must build thei nests high enough to protect their coi tents from the water. These two -conditions have resulte in the production of a mud cone, whicl BaBBggWBffR iW Tr ''iiriAd'li'iiiW wii'a aTWf itaiitttiM' i i iiTilil ;ESTS, BAHAMA ISLANDS. in the colonies examined, was'neve more than twelve inches In heigh but those as high us eighteen indie bave been reported. In the slightl hollowed top ot the adobe dwelliu llOnse a single white egg is laid. Tlie single nest here figured, how ever, has been excavated to a greate iepth than the original in order t lighten it for transportation purposes -Scientific American. A Kailrnail Record. An official of tin* Pennsylvania Kail oad is authority for tlnv stati-meut tna >p. July 115. passcngiTS were sen >ut of the .Torsey City .station oi tin .'ompauy iu tiftceu minutes. i THE CHUMP; / He'd tarried late; her niter's vole* Came to him like a anock; - "Hark ye, young manl Are yon MWMiW It's almost twelve'o'clock?" "Yea, air. But?that is?you ?ee. She's now an hour or so Been sitting on my hat, and 1-^. 4 , I really couldn't go." ''And are you chump enough to get Your hat in such mishap? Hereafter hang it in the nail; ? Don't keep it in your lap." ?Ed. Mott, in the New York Sihu . \ / ^-^3 He?"And did she break the engage* j ment then?" She-"No, lie broke th? engagement. She broke him."?Judy, j I Alice?"Herbert says he is a self* i made man." Kitty?"How he mast ? suffer from remorse."?Harper's Bazar". "Truth crushed to earth will rise agaia"-*i In theory this can not fail; But how about the corn crop when It's beaten down by rain and hail? "*1 -v Dashaway?"Did you have any tron* , ble making love to Miss Flyer?" Cleverton?"None whatever. The trouble came -when I tried to break away."? Life. f . h[ m His glance was freighted with love* "Some things are hard* to express," he? faltered. "There's no hurry," protested the maiden, -with a gracious smile.? Puck. , ij "Has your friend Flfklns, the archl* tect, put up anything lately?" "Yes; I tried to collect a bill from him yester > day and he put up a good bluff.'W s Cleveland Plain Dealer. 1 d Mrs. Gollghtly?"This is my new $65 d, bathing dress, my dear. What do yoir think of it?" Golightly-"Tbink yon get less for your money than anyone \ " I ever knew."?Town Topics. ' *'i y Highwayman?"Your money or your life!" Jones?"Sorry, old chap, but I'm * just back from my vacation, and?" 6 Highwayman?"Shake, old man; so am :e I, or I wouldn't be doing this."?-Judgei "What are you grinning about?* . "Can't help it The sheriff has seized f all my belongin's." "And are you going j to kick?" "No, but the belongin's will, _ri ^ All I own is a mule."?Chicago News. j. ie "How on earth did you ever get a d messenger boy to deliver your note and ts bring back the answer so quick?" "I took his dime novel away from him 1(j and held it as security."?Philadelphia ly Press. t 4\z>: The little bird its life must yield / To deck a lady's bonnet, i But it satisfies a baseball field To bave some flies upon it. ?Cincinnati Commercial-Tribuna*> "Riches have wings," began the matt who didn't have enough to become fa* Jjj miliar with their peculiarities. "Yes,* , , agreed the observer, "but when tliejf get as big as John Rockefeller's or Uo? : ' cle Russ Sage's they are too heavy t& ^ fly."?Cleveland Leader. 4 v.'"| "See here!" exclaimed the angrl man, "I wish you would muzzle that dog of youre at night. His barking keeps my baby awake." "I was just going 5 to request you to muzzle your baby,f J rejoined the neighbor. "His nightly howling annoys my dog."?New Yorkerj s- Citiman?"You've been living in tha :o suburbs so long I suppose you've had )f considerable experience with servant t. girls." Subbubs-"Well, it's got so that v ^ te ,when my wife is interviewing an ap* d plicant now she always begins by ask* ,. ^ >; ing: *>Vere you fever employed by ma before? If so, when and for hojt (r long?' "?Philadelphia Press. ?f Young Hopeful?"Father, what is # ir 'traitor in pontics r jloib paper aajw Congressman Jawweary is one." Vet* >e eran Politician?"A traitor is a man e who leaves our party and goes over to e the other one." Young Hopeful?'"Well"; e then, what is a man who leaves tha other party and comes over to ours?* g Veteran Politician?"A convert, m? s son."?Boston Transcript, e : A Hint to the Husband. ^ e In popular fiction, proverbs and car** x ' >- toons, husbands are pictured as stupid d animals, blind, perverse, born to ha t- managed by some woman, and alwaysr, d always devoid of tact. Who ever heard e the phrase, "As tactful as the proe verbial husband?" Who ever heard f anybody say, "As clever as a hu?? it band?" ' ' I ;t But the pathetic and absurd truthi II of the matter is that when a husband n is clever he is twice as clever as hi* h wife, for when he is managing hec n the most she hugs to her heart tha a fond belief that she is managing him, i. and that he is at best a stupid old i- dear, fit for nothing else than to be [r steered along the path she thinks ha x- ought to travel in. 4*1 t hava sometimes been accused off d saying harsh things of men?God lovei j them!?but if so, here is where I make the amende honorable. I respect them; more than they suspect. If women think men stupid, men know that women are contrary, and a clever maa acts on the suggestion.?Lillian Bell, la Harper's Bazar. i Destruction of Rutalan Fur Market. The wealth of Itussia in furs is being rapidly sapped. It is reported that in a certain district of the Yenisei government, where fifty years ago r. hunters annually shot 28,000 sable, G000 bears, 24,000 foxes, 14,000 blue foxes, 300,000 squirrels, 5000 wolvea and 200,000 hares, hardly a sable can be found. The blame is laid to wanton destruction of wild animals in the course of hunting expeditions. No steps seem to Lave been taken to ef~ fectively put a stop to this.' t Had 4000 God Father*. s Probably no person in the world ha<i y as many godfathers as did Princess g Irene of Prussia, wife of Prince Henry. When she was born her fath er requested the members of the Hesr sian regiments forming a portion of his o cavalry brigade to be sponsors for the i. baby. When she was christened about 1.WU soldiers stood for her as sponsors. The Oliifist Graduate. The Rev. AVilliam Lawtoa Brown, t the oldest living graduate of Brown t University, has turned his ninetieth , year. He is a resident of Wrentham, .Mass., where he lives with a daughter, -