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ft IVJODERN They Ply Their Tra Stean !?"" ??? In spite of the greatest vigilance on the part of the steamship officers, especially on board the big Atlantic lingers, with a view to stamping out the jgambling evil, the win or lose instinct stin exists, and many thousands |?f pounds are annually lost and won on the ocean highway. Indeed, the Ingratiating, though unscrupulous, ^gentleman who is ever anxious to "'take a hand" continues to flourish, as, ingenuity coming to his aid, all sorts of dodges are now practiced? .frequently with great success?to victimize sea travelers who seem to have more money than wisdom. Quite recently an officer on one of the largest mail steamship lines between liere and America informed the writer of a case where a young (heiress was nearly trapped by one of these scoundrels. It appears the girl jwas returning with her maid to relatives near New York, and on the boat became acquainted with a man who ihad ever appearance of being well to do. Attracted by his manner, the lady did not attempt to discourage his attentions, and by the end of the voyage the two' appeared to be fast Iriends. Arrived in New York, the scamp?for he was nothing else? made violent love, and then incidentally touched upon a matter of business he had in hand. Eventually he persuaded the girl to lend him a large sum of money, and had it not been lor the timely intervention of the solicitors, who called at her hotel anc! hearing the tale stopped payment ol the check, the confiding lady would now have been several thousand nounds to the bad. Again, a good haul was made not long ago by two of these gentry?who often work in pairs?on a big steamship in the South Pacific. Almost .without exception the passengers on large boats arrange a sweepstake on each day's run, which culminates toward the end of the voyage in an "auction sweep," the difference in the latter from the ordinary sweepstake being that the allotted holders arc obliged to dispose of their numbers again by auction. For this purpose one of the passengers is chosen to act as auctioneer, and the most fancied "run" often fetches ?5 or more. On this occasion one of the rascals .conducted the proceedings, - but, on obtaining the miles run from the cap,tain, immediately placed the numbei against the name of his confederate .upon the list in the saloon. In the meantime the latter had induced the lucky holder to exchange numbers foi the "sport of the thing," and in tbis way the scoundrels came out of the bargains over ?100 to the good. On another occasion the passengers on a steamer bound for Australia were ingeniously duped. One of the first class passengers, who had everj appearance of respectability, represented himself to be the secretary ol & charitable institution near London and gave out to all on board that he was visiting the colony for the pur pose of opening a branch in Australia Whenever concerts were arranged in the evenings the bogus secretarj obtained the permission of the captain to place his collection box upoi the saloon table. Almost every pas senger contributed handsomely tow arH urhat annoarod to hp srv wnrtM a cause, ?.nd by the end of the voyage the donations aggregated a larg< amount. Not till too late was it discovered that the tale about the institution was a pure invention, the collectioi bos, which seemed perfectly genuine having been specially obtained anc labelled for the occasion. But onc< the man set foot in Australia he was never seen or heard of again. Similarly, the ingenuity of a rogu< on one of the German boats was wel repaid. Aboard the vessel were sev eral hundred emigrants bound for ? South American port, who, of course were anxious to obtain work the mo ment they landed. They considered themselves lucky, therefore, to fine on the same ship a man who said h* was the agent of an employmen fbureau in the Argentine, and gladlj !paid the fees he asked in' return foi certain and apparently lucrative sit nations. Though armed with full reference: ana creuenuais?au ui wmcu wert false?the man turned out to be ar imposter, as no agency of which h< pretended to be the representative eiisted at all. Thus nearly all these fpeople were duped in heartless fash Ion, and their not overburdened pock ets suffered accordingly'. Only a few weeks ago the case was reported of an English accountant who obtained a position as purser or board a Swedish vessel sailing foi the Black Sea. One evening, shortly before th< ship arrived in port, a passenger pre sented himself in the purser's cabir NEW CANTILEV: The Arms Extended t tervening Su Nearly all cantilever bridges hav< what is called an anchor or shore-am from each river pier and a cantilevei arm from each of these piers, pro jecting out over the river, and a; ithese cantilever arms are usually onl: a little over one-quarter the lengtl of the span between the two shor< ipiers, we still have a space equal tc mearly half the span to be bridged Iwhich is usuallyaccomplished by wha Is called a suspension span, an inde ipendent bridge resting on the end; of two cantilevers as if they wer< .piers. During erection the suspendec span is built as a continuation of th< cantilevers, but after the erection i; Icompleted it is partially disconnect ed so as to rest on the cantilever arm! as an independent bridge. The tw< principal objects of the suspendec span system are economy and preven tion of the sudden change of stran 'from one system to the other, accord ing to the position of the load. Bu iBlackwell's Island bridge is uniaue j PIRATES.^-" de On the Big Ocean iships. and requested the latter to change a Russian bank note for a large amount. This the purser agreed to do, and the money was duly handed I over. 1 On presentation, however, the 1 steamship learned that the note was I an exceedingly clever forgery, but on 1 questioning the purser were unable to I elicit the identity of the passenger 1 to whom the change had been given, as the former appeared to have forgotten. Several days later the purser signed off. Eventually a clue was obtained, and it transpired that the purser and passenger were confederates, and well known to the police in that part of the world as clever bank swindlers.?London Tit-Bits. ,(0\1 I N Gifj On the farms of England last year ' there were 1,494,089 horses emf ployed. Moscow has the lowest-priced daily publication. It costs a farthing. 1 The period of deepest sleep viaries 1 from 3 o'clock to 5. ; The smallest inhabited island in ' the world is the rock on which stands the Eddystone Lighthouse. The German army is using paper ' kettles which are said to be of Japanese invention. Holland abounds in co-operative societies organized to reduce the general living expenses. A white handkerchief fluttering from a pole at the window of a pri( vate house in Italy indicates rooms | for rent. The municipality of Peterborough. | England, has enriched its treasury perceptibly by engaging in the celery , business. A chimney of concrete block was ! recently built in Germany without the use of scaffolding, which repre[ sents a great economy in the cost. ! Billiards and pool on shipboard are . now possible through the recent in| vention of a self.leveling table which accommodates itself to every move. ment of the vessel. > J Refrigerated staterooms are found \ on three new ships engaged in the fruit service between New Orleans ^ and Colon. Each room is fitted with a cooling "radiator" operated in*connection with the refrigerating system [ that has been installed for "preserving fruit in transit. | A brooch made out of a lump of . coal isn't so valuable as a diamond L brooch, but it has the merit of rarity. 4n Pin j?H ah worn an nossessfta onp which was carved for her by a miner, , with the aid of a knife and a file. The _ design is a star, showing up against a J , rough cast background. ? I Cecile Caricu, aged nineteen years, j living at Molene, France, is in an ' > j awkward predicament. On going to the mairie to have her marriage banns j published she was told that legally j she has no existence. Her parents I had forgotten to have her inscribed at her birth. j Emilo O'Reith, for years Barnum's india rubber man, has been sent up l for eight years in France. Em lie was a clever clown, bareback rider and 1 acrobat, but lately has turned his talents to climbing walls and picking complicated locks. 'At the age of seventy-four thero r has just died in the Ballarat (Aus r tralia) Benevolent Asylum the dis coverer of the famous "welcome nugget." 3 Polar exploration was a passion j with Lieutenant Shackleton from ? early youth. Kis first expedition was I j made under tho command of Captain 3 Scott, to whom he offered himself. Even the honeymoon in the air is not a new idea. M. Flammarion, the ; distinguished l'rench astronomer and t aeronaut, took his bride for a honeyj moon trip in a balloon on August 28, j r 1874. i Nitrogen iodide is so sensitive that - the touch of a fly's foot will explode i it. ER BRIDGE TRIED o Meet Without the In- i ispended Span. > at least for long spans, in having the i i cantilever arms meet in the centre r without any intervening span. It re mains to be seen whether this inno3 vation will be an improvement or the f reverse.?Engineering Magazine. 1 i The Penny Curate. > Many clergy guard against copper J , in the collection bags, and, of course, ! t people who can afford to give silver - ought not to give pennies only; but 3 there is nothing to be said against J i pence if there is plenty of it. In a , 1 certain parish not long ago t.he vicar j announced thai an additional clergy- j s man or second curate was needed. ; - He said the cost of his maintenance 5 was to be provided by a penny fund, ; ) to which every parishioner was want- 1 i ed to subscribe The fund was start ed, and was so successful that the i income of the new curate was assured . thereby. The new assistant is to this t day called "the penny curate."? . Church Family Newspaper. TH E SEA-SON'Sf> L-. ^ New York City.?A waist that is trimmed with such a garniture as this one is both new and attractive, i It can be utilized with any skirt, but 1 Is especially well suited to the semiprincesse gown. There are several pleatB over the shoulders, which mean becoming fulness, and there are sleeves of the very newest design. ^ A great many materials are appropriate, but cashmere in one of the beautiful new wine shades with /the sleeve puffs of crepe, Ninon and the trimming of silk, embroidered, make the combination illustrated. The chemisette and the under-sleeves are of cream-colored net, however, giving a b.it of brightness and relief to the wholo. For the garniture, either the same or contrasting material can be embroidered, braided with soutache or overlaid with applique, or the garniture could be cut from one of the beautiful jetted or beaded nets if such suited the material of the gown. The new trimmings are marvelously beautiful in color, and selecting something suitable and effective is an exceedingly simple matter. For the waist itself every seasonable material is appropriate. The waist is made with a fitted lining and itself consists of the front and backs. The chemisette is faced onto the rining and the waisris laid in pleats over the shoulders. There are linings for the sleeves, which are faced to form the under-sleeves and over which the puffs and caps are arranged. The closing is made invisibly at the back. The quantity of material required for the medium size is two and threefourth yards twenty-four, two and one-fourth yards thirty-two, or one and one-half yards forty-four inches wide; three-fourth yard twenty-four for puffs, one and three-eighth yards of silk for garniture, seven-eighth yard eighteen inches wide for chemisette and under sleeves. A Square Train. A square train is now being used on some eveninggowns, and the court shape comes as a relief from the rounded edges of other styles. It swings back from the side and rests on the floor in straight lines. The square effect is carried out in an overdrapery of gauze or net which drops from the shoulders in a plain, sweeping lino. The new shape is for evening gowns by way of variety. Model For Sleeves. Sleeves cut in one with the rest of the bodice are to be seen on some of the newest models from Paris, and they are so cut and modeled that no armhole seam appears. I .... t Jet Barrettes. c Huge cut jet barrettes are being ? ivorn and are particularly effective c iDon blond heads. 9 Middy Blouse Appears. The old favorite middy blouse now [ lias a rival in the middy sweater, , ivhich is very like the original blouse. Betrothal Bracelet. v ' Again .the betrothal bracelet has :ome into partial favor to try to displace the engagement ring. It is i locked upon the arm by the lover, ind he is supposed to keep the k$y. Peter Pan Collar. The Peter Pan collar, though extremely dainty, is only becoming to a few women v^ith almost perfect necks. The empire frill, too, did much to eclipse the stijf linen collar, but thi3 frill has entirely disappeared. Buttonholes in Strips. The home d/essmaker,'or the seamstress who dislikes to .work buttonholes will find joy in the fact that they can be bought. byx the yard and in all kinds of fabrics. They come on muslin or silk strips, and can De easily attached to the edge of a blouse which is to fasten under a fly. Opera or Auto Hood. Hoods are being worn just now both for evening occasion and for automobile wear. Here is one that can be utilized for both purposes, which is attractive and becoming yet perfectly simple. It can be worn as ? f I - "(4 ; r shown in either view, the scarf ends forming a cape or being brought 2 around to tie in the front. Chiffon ? cloth is the material shown in the ? illustration, but soft, thin silks, ( crepes and all materials of the sort are appropriate. The rosettes can ? be of the same or of ribbon, as liked. s The hood consists of one piece, ^ which is pleated and gathered to produce an effective result. There are j ties attached to the neck edge be- s neath the rosettes. t The quantity of material required t is three and three-eighth yards ^ eighteen, one and three-fourth yards thirty-six or forty-four inches wide, with three and one-half yards five inches wide for the rosettes. o a ?Iiap<;Iy lioiero. p A shapely bolero of satin, sparing- I ly embroidered by the needle worker a at home, makes an astonishingly fash- d ionable finish for a simple evening li gown of silk Chantllly. a r i fOBLES OFFER $3000 , ! BLACK FOX PELTS. ! i > * < i Maine Trappers, However, Who < Catch These Animals Are Few, as the Species is Very Rare. ( > ? i , The trapper who gets one black ox in a season can afford to loaf all 1 he rest of the time, for if he knows ] he right market he can exchange the 1 ;lossy#pelt for $1000 or more, spot '' ash, writes a Bangor (lie.) corre- ! ni* nnt ?n many traDoers 1 lave such luck as to get a black fox, * or that valuable freak, like other joord things, is .rarely found. A black fox skin was brought to ' tfaine recently and is now part of ' he stock of a fur dealer who buys ] md sells in all parts of the world. The fox was killed in Alaska, where I traveling furrier ^bought it from ' he natives for $100. ' In New York he purchaser was offered $800 for 1 lis prize, but he knew it was ^rprth ' nore money, so he brought it to an sxp^rt in Maine, who without a word ' landed over $1000 for .the glossy bit >f fur. Common red foxes, such as are Plentiful as grasshoppers in many jarts of Maine, are selling for thirty :ents to $1.50 each, for those taken ' >ut of season whenr the fur is thin, ind $3 to $4 for skins in prime conlition. Cross breeds are-, worth from 57 to $10 each and pale silver grays rom $40 to $125. | When a trapper obtains a dark sil rer gray he has struck a prize, for he values run from $200 t6 $600 ;ach. These silver foxes are -killed ;'or the most part in Labrador and 3ape Breton, seldom being seen in1 tfaine now, although many years ago ;hey were frequently taken on the lead waters of the Penobscot and the it. John. The black fox Is a freak and an iristocrat. He belongs to no well lefined species?that is, black foxes ire not recognized in natural history is a separate class?but is supposed ;o be a member of the silver family, vhose coloring results from some ire-natal influence. The blacl^ fox is ilways in great demand by the very vealthy, and especially by the Russian nobility, who send agents to the ;reat auction sales that take place lour times a year in London?in Janjary. 'March, June and October?to Did on what few akins of this species nay be offered. In 100,000 pelts :here are generally not more than a Jozen or twenty black foxes, and the prices are often as high as $2500, iometimes $3000, for a particularly fine skin. ' Taking All Precautions. 4n fho "1 was HI tt 11LL1C swuuu 1U ?uv midst of one of the dreariest and iryest stretches of the Frisco road," jaid the Oklahoma man, "when the through express pulled in. As soon is It had stopped a little seedy-look- . Ing man with a covered basket on his irm, hurried to the open windows of the smoker and exhibited a quart bottle filled with rich, dark liquor. " 'Want to buy some cold tea?' I heard him ask. "* "The eyes otttir6 thirsty-looking cattlemen In the car visibly brightened and they each paid $1 for a bottle. ' , (" 'Wait till you get out of the station before you take a drink,' the little man cautioned, 'or you'll get me into trouble.' "He sold another bottle to a big buck Indian with the same words of warning, sand found three other customers before the train started. " 'You seem to have a pretty good thing here for a bootlegger,' I said to J lim when the train had disappeared, but I cdn't see that it would make rou run any more risk if these men \ look a drink before the train left.' " 'Oh, yes, it would,' said the boot egger. > 'I'd probably be killed, it , ;hey did. You see, what those bottles lad in 'em was real cold tea.' "?New STork Telegraph. Getting Rid of a Jonah. The little woman with the laundry )lue and gangrenous green flowers on ler hat all scrambled up into a Wil- ! on rug design, got on the Euclid ave- : 1U9 car carrying a dog. It was one >f those aristocratic, foolish-looking ' logs .that couldn't overtake a Welsh abbit. "Got a permit for that dawg?" 1 isked the conductor, when he came iround for the woman's fare. Haven't? Then you'll have to get / >ff the car." The woman got up, dog under one 1 irm as if to eet off. But as she rose, ihe snapped: "I'll not get off, so 5 here." ( Still she walked to the rear plat- ( orm, aa if in contradiction of her own ! issertio?.. The conductor was ready 1 o signal the motorman to stop. But the woman had declared she 1 vasn't going to get off, and she in- 1 ended to keep her word. She poised he dog carefully in her palms, tossed * iim off into the street, at the same | ime bidding him "Go home!" Then she ca/ne tyack into the car \ md dropped languidly into her seat | vith a bored tilt to her face.?Cleve- * and Plain Dealer. T ( Cat Exchange in Paris. ( Paris has a cat exchange, a "bourse \ lux chats." This establishment is * ituated in a big chamber in the rear if a wine shop. Here are legions of ats of all sizes and colors, which are o be seen jumping and heard t 'miaulant." t It is said that the customers are by t to means tender-hearted old ladies, '< ?ut for tho most part furriers, glove- < nakers aotl cooks. A good sleek t matou" realizes from two and one- 1 talf cents to twenty cents. The skin i las a number of usages and the flesh, c ccording to the story, finds its way i nto the stewpans of certain res- f aurants possessing more enterprise s han scruple.?Chicago Journal c a Question of Accent. (3 The Chicago Daily News says that r n a Montana railroad the conductor t nd brakeman differ as to the proper r ironunciation of the name Eurelia. 'assengers are often startled upon rrival at this station to hear the conuctor yell: "You're a liar! You're a c iar!" And then from the brakeman r t the other end of the car: "You r eally are! You really are!." _ a - . . V < .? ' oetevcttoitieooeivotM* By this is meant an inflammation Df the endocardium or membrane lJu Ing the cavities of the heart" It i9 caused by the presence of poisonous material, usually of living germs, in the blood, and is,therefore most often associated with, or a consequence of, some general disease, such as rheumatism, typhoid iever, scarlet fever, iiphtheria or pneumonia. There are the, usual two forms Pound in most diseases, acute and chronic, the last following upon the 3rst; and there are also the more Important divisions into siniple and malignant endocarditis. In the simple knd ,the lining membrane of the'heart presents numerous points of inflammation?little red areas with a tuft or ball of fibrin, or clotted blood, la-the centre. These Inflamed spots are not large, and the clots attached to them are also small, in the simple form; but in malignant endocarditis the area inflamed is much . more extensive and' the clots are larger?sometimes almost filling the cavity of the heart. In some M cages ul wtuigiiauu euuuuai uitio, ucu called ulcerative endocarditis, the inflammation i3 so acute as' to cause ulceration of the affected parts. frhe dangers of. endocarditis are twofold, danger to the heart itself and danger to the brain or lungs or one of the other organs of the body. The danger to the heart 1b from injury to one of the valves. This almost always happens except in the mildest form of endocarditis, because the inflammation most often affects the edges of the valves. Even when the disease subsides without giving any sign of valvular injury at first, this often appears later through a fibrous thickening or scar-like contraction of the part originally Inflamed. This interferes with the complete closure of the valve, and the result Is a heart permanently crippled by valvular disease. When there is actual ulceration of the valves, injury is inevitable. The danger to the brain, or other organ is from detachment of the little blood clbt from the inflamed spot and its carriage into the general circulation, .where it plugs .one of thesmaller arteriefe. ^ If this happens ft) the brain, it gives rise to symptoms of apoplexy. The first principle of treatment 1* absolute rest in bed, and this inaction must be insisted upon long after the patient feels well and is well, and for the rest of life anything that may cause heartstrain must be carefplly avoided.?Youth's Companion. A LIVING SAINT. What an Afflicted Woman Haa Done With Her Life. A living saint is as much a beltei saint than ^ dead saint as life iB better than death. Miss Sophie Wright, of New Orleans, is a living saint?"St. Sophie" they call her. Miss Wrifcht was born with a species of hip disease that haa made her a cripple for life. Every step she takes is torture, and although she is a young women in years, her sufferings have turned her hair snow white. Her parents were poor and barely able to support hef through high school. A lite cripple, poor, without friends, how could she earn a living sainthood? She began teaching school. That wa3 twentyfive'years ago, when such a thing as a night sohool was. Unknown in New | Orleans. One night a. young man, a , stranded circus acrobat, came to her j and said he could ge? a job if only he could read and write. Would she not teach him? She did, and that was the beginning of .her night school. One by one the phpils came for free j instruction until she was crowded out of her little home into larger quarters. To-day as the outcome of Sophie Wright's self-sacrificing labors the night schools of New Orleans instrbefr two thousand pupils, and some of the leading citizens have been educated' in these schools. Miss Wright started a private school fof,.girls which is very successful. She makes her living by teaching in this school all iay,and gives her evenings to "her boys" in the night school. This crippled woman has built a home for irippled children. She Is the main support of the home for convalescents md scores of other charities. Every rear the Picayune, a newspaper, gives 5 lrtiH-no- nun to thflt ritizftn Who haS . lone the greatest public good for the :ity during the year. Several years igo Miss Wright received the cup. [n it was a chek for $10,000, subscribed by the people of New Orleans ;o cancel a debt she had assumed in naking room for hef night schools. Is it strange they should call her 5t. Sophie or that she is also known to the people as "the best citizen of Vew Orleans?" She has effectively tnswered the age long query respectng woman, "What can she do?" She s of that noble company of woihen vbo are coming into their own in this, >ur day. Sophie Wright, "leading jitizen of New Orleans." And there ire others?plenty of them.?Albany Fournal. Da Vinci Had the Idea First. Now that .the aviators are assem>led, it is opportune to remember that ,he first man who got the theory of he flying machine right was no less i person than the painter, Leonardo la Vinci. He pictured it as heavier han air, .provided with wings, and ifted, in spito of its weight, by the apid revolutions of a propeller. The lifficulty was to find a means of makng the propeller revolve with suficient rapidity in an age in which team and electricity, to say nothing j if petrol, was still unKaown. Leon- I irdo had an idea tLat it might be ! [one by clockwork or by setting a | lumber of laboring men to turn a j landle, but in that respect ne was j uistaken.?Pall Mall Gazette. More than ten thousand school hildren of Chicago are forced by eason of inadequate seating accomQodations to cut their attendance to , half day session. Different Cariosity. L y We wonderv^8 Mars comet in view , If there are souk up there; The men all wonder what they do? The, women what they wear. 1 ^ jg Argumentum Ad Hominem. Husband?"You never kiss me ex* i ceptr when you<want some money." I ? Wife ? "Well, isn't that oftett . ^f| enough?"?Judge. . ^ | , I - As to An Actor. < f "Why didn't he make good?" "Wei, he tried to take a dress suit and a bunch of epigrams into vaude- ..-a ville."?Louisville Courier-Journal. , / ' J Another Kick. ^ "Seems to me th>se Arctic explor* J ers kill a lot of game wantonly." ^ "Yes, and.they also pick the polae flowers. Louisville Courier-JournaL Offensive Humor. "What jir6 you doipg down town?" % "Trying to get something for my| ^ ' "Had any offers?" ? Louisville . '/-M Courier-Journal. " Y -? The Main Question. "Tha^ suffragette lady orator delivered some" forcible arguments, Mayme." "And how was she dressed?"?* ^ Louisville Courier-Journal. - Ofc Never Again. "Why don't you give your wife an allowance?" "I tried that once, and she spent It before I could borrow it back."? * ' Louisville Courier-Journal. A Paying Job. ^ ^ ^ "Do you flucl pou 1 try." keying pays?" , "Well, no; I cta't say that it pays - y'M me, but I think that It pays my boy, Jim." *?&, "How's that?" "Well, you see, I bought him the fnwis. I have to Day for their keep ^ and buy the eggs from him, and he \ 'j eats them."?Illustrated Bits. Household Hints. "When any one faints, open all the . windows." "And what if they are already , M open?" "Close them instantly." ? Louis* ville Courier*Joumal. ' Hfs Bevenge. "What do you want with that old |j scrubbing brush?" "I wish'ito clip a few bristles. I've had a quarrel with my girl, and she Insists that.I return her lock of hair." % ?Louisville Courier-Journal. ^ V ? Too Literal. J't "Did you take your shoes to thai ^ place with .the sign, 'Sho.es repaired / '.'^4 while you wait?' '* : "Yes. They- repaired six while 1 V | waj^ed, and told me to call in three v days for mine."?Judge's Library. Partial Cure. . "T fear vou are the victim of the ditfnk habit." "You misjudge me. Lack of the price cured me of the drink habit , long ago. It's merely the thirst that bothers me now."?Philadelphia Ledger. Very IiTitating. "Lonelyville has too many petts .;! thieves. You know that valuable watch dig I bought?" "Yes;* ' J "Some trifling person stole him the first veek."?Louisville Courier-Journal. , '. \ji Waiting to Gl<&t. "We got our cook and our housemaid to take opposite sides on this polar Questions." "And that meana?" "That they'll both stay with us un< til tt is settled."?Louisville Courier'Journal. _ _ '$8 It Cami; Ea3y. 'Tell me about your early struggles, graudpa." T ma.iam Vo/1 rf rti nrrrl ot OUil, 1 11CVCI , iiai; IJU au ug&ivc worth mentioning. Early in life ] managed to snag out a gentleman's agreement and a few reliable reHates."?Louisville Courier-Journal. i The Double Habit. "You say it was your 'double' thai stole the chickens?" "Yassuh." "You know I gave you thirty days ence for chicken stealing." "Ah remembah, suh." "Well, this time you get sixty. \ < That's the court's double." ? Phila* delphia Ledger. J