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were proffered from a number of willing hand*, and the sons of L. M. Grist, all of whom were practical printers, assisted him as he had aided the efforts of John E. Grist in the establishment of The Compiler, some 50 years before. The beginning of the year 1891 was an inauspicious time for the establishment of a new business enterprise. The financial condition of the country had been greatly depressed for several years, and it was constantly growing worse. There was little or no encouragement for the fanner or the merchant. The man who had a good surplus ahead considered himself fortunate. He couid see no way of adding to his income; but he could feel that he was able to bridge the dull times and stem the tides until the outlook grew brighter. And while this period was not auspicious to the establishment of a new enterprise, neither did it offer any encouragement for the rehabilitation of an old enterprise that had just met witn serious tinancial disaster. But there was no hesitation. The proprietor, who had overcome many difficulties in years gone by, and the sons who had long since become factors in the business, put their shoulders to the wheel, and again inaugurated an aggressive fight for success. For a man who is trying to get out of debt, to successfully run alive newspaper, is a big undertaking. It is often neeessary to make heavy expenditures from which he can expect no direct returns. Tub Enquirer had always been accustomed to give greater values for the money than is usual with the county papers. It had taught its readers to always expect a good readable paper, and they had reached the point where thev looked upon all kinds of expensive enterprise merely as a matter of course. Though it would have been possible to drop to the standard of the average paper at a great saving of expense, the management did not deem this wise. It was determined that thepapershould continue in the progressive lines long since mapped out, and this determination has been adhered to to the letter. Just what the result has been financially is not a matter of public concern; but it may be proper to at least report to progress. The condition of the business is much better now than on January 1,1891. Fifty-five years is a long time for one man to remain in active business. The proprietor of The Enquirer had long intended to retire from his labors at the end of 1890, after the completion of the fiftieth year of his connection with the printing business. But for reasons already related, this became impracticable, and he is still in harness. Recognizing, however, especially through the achievements of the past four years, that credit for surmounting many of the difficulties that have arisen was, in a great measure due to the sons who had long since become valuable assistants and positive factors in the business, he decided on another step. In January last, he proposed that arrangements be made to run the business as a partnersnip. A number of minor details had to be perfected before everything could be gotten in shape for the change. This was accomplished, however, and on the 26th of March last the co-partnership of L. M. Grist ?!t Sons was formed, the firm being composed of L. M. Grist, L. Geo. Grist, W. I). Grist, O. E. Grist and A. M. Grist, all equal partners in the business. Thk Enqpiker has been published for a little more than 40 years now. In that time, it has had ups and downs ; but those ups and downs have always been the ups and downs of the county and constituency for which it is published. Its change of management does not mean any change of policy or character. Both will remain as heretofore. As in the past, it shall continue to labor for the upbuilding of all the best interests of the people for whom it is published, and it shall have no higher ambition than their lot shall be its lot?that their prosperity or adversity shall be its prosperity or adversity. May it never, through any fault of its own, fail to realize this ambition. DOGS BETTER THAN BULLETS. PrlHoners In a Texas Jail Guarded by Half a Hundred Fierce Brutes. Convicts in the stnto prison at Huntsville, Tex., are guarded while at work on the roads by huge dogs There is a regular breeding establishment in the prison for raising the dogs and the kennels contain 40 or 50 of them. These dogs, which are the same as those of which Prince Bismarck is so fond, arc known in this country as Great Danes In Germany, whence the breed had its origin, they are called the Ulmerdog. Those used at Huutsville are crossed with the mastiff, and the resultant breed is a fierce, courageous and very powerful animal. While at work the convicts are guarded both by the warders and tho dogs. The armed warders are stationed about 50 feet apart, and between each are a couple of the dogs, who lie peacefully enough while all is quiet, but at the first unusual sound are instantly on the alert Should aeon vict make a desperate break for liberty l:e would be pulled down and torn piecemeal before he hud gone 100 feet. Unlike bloodhounds, who will not at tack tlicir name when overtaken, but onlv give tongue, these dogs cannot he called off, and an escaping convict is certain to bo killed. Needless to say, attempts at ?scapu are not frequent. A negro who mudo a bold dash for liberty was caught by two of the bounds and torn to pieces before he had gone 50 yards. These accidents figure in the reports as "shot while trying to escape." It is rare, however, that ti shot is fired by the guards. There is reason to believe that they prefer to see a man run down to sending a bullet through him. The life of a convict guard is a very monotonous one. His duties consist mainly in marching up and down, rifle on shoulder, by the side of a gang of convicts. Such a break in the monotony as a man hunt is too tempting to let slip, and compassion for a "grouser" Is altogether unknown. These drastic measures for guarding the gangs are to a certain extent necessary, owing to the desperate character of the majority of the prisoners. They consist mainly of that mixture of negro, Indian and Mexican blood from which comes the "greaser," ns he is contemptuously termed ?Cor. New York World. Craps Dice From Human Bones. The grave of a woman interred two years ego at Vosburg, Miss., was found open the other day. The body was in a remarkable state of preservation. Later Monroe Smith, George Grayson and Cicero Ulmer were arrested for the offense. It seems they were after what tliev call a conjure bone, the fourth rib on the left sido, wherefront At?- ,1i,m fur ehnntimr craus. which T G A LLANT IfM By 0HABLE8 B. LEWIS (M. QUAD). [Copyright, 1895, by Charles B. Lewis.] I have in front of me as I write the logbook of the good ship Yankee Laud, John Young, master. In addition, there is a copy of a document signed by captain, second tpate and five sailors before rhp mnst. the oricriual document having been placed in the hands of certain merchants in the port of New York many veai*s ago In the year 1844, after having followed the sea for many years as boatswain, mate and chief officer, and having made a tidy sum of money in various sjiecularions. Captain Young had a ship built \\ SHE USED TnE WEAPON WITH BOTH HANDS for himself This was the Yankee Land, and the reader of sea literature will come across her name in almost every book of that sort turned out from the press. During the time, which was before steamships had grown to be numerous or were considered eutirely trustworthy, she made more voyages to China and Japan and landed more cargoes of tea in New York and Boston than any other craft on the rolls, bhe was called the queen of the tea fleet, and right well elin flncorvo t-I-io title She wns tint only a fast sailor, but a lucky ship. After she had made three round trips to Japan the captain figured up that accident had not put him to $100 expense By accident, I mean the loss of spars, sails, etc. When the Yankee Land made her fir?t trip, the captain's wife went along, and she found sea life so agreeable that she continued to live aboard for the next six or seven years. She was a little woman, handsome of face and cheerful in disposition, and sailors used to believe that she brought luck to the ship. Her reputation as Jack's friend was widespread. She iusisted on his being well fed and decently housed, and if ill she attended him and nursed him back to health. She studied navigation from the first, and after a time was competent to act as mate and even take of thn shin Iii rhfi vear 1848. while returning from China.with a cargo of tea, the captain and his chief officer were taken with fever the same day and were down for 20 days It is a matter of record that during this time Mrs. Young not only navigated the ship, but had charge of her, even during a terrific gale lasting three days In the year 1851 the Yankee Land left Hongkong with the largest and most valuable cargo she ever carried. In addition to teas and silks she had a great quantity of bar silver to be left at Singapore. At that date piracy still flourished in eastern waters, and the Yankee Land, like all other traders, was armed for defeuse. In none of her voyages had she ever been attacked, and had Captain Young had his way about things she would have left Hongkong on this trip without any extra preparations for au emergency A few days before sailing LAW rmoniniAnc? OWmCAS? VrtT Win ? lit? WUU UCi OUO^lViUUO uiuuovu u; certain inquiries which strange men made of the Chinese cook, and she insisted that danger tlireatened and the ship's armament be overhauled. The captain poohpoohed and had taken no steps to that end when he fell and broke his leg The English surgeon who attended him insisted that he should be placed in hospital, but this he would not hear to He was made as comfortable as possible in his owu berth and was lying helpless when the ship sailed. The ship had four small cannon and a score of muskets and cutlasses. Without consulting her husband in the matter Mrs. Young purchased from an opium clipper which was going out of the business a carrouade and a number of rifles, with plenty of ammunition Before his accideut the captain had refused passage to a number of seamen who had long been i confined in jail in Hongkong for mutiny, i but who had finally been released and wanted to get down to Singapore. There were over it) of these men, comprising four or five nationalities, and he was afraid they had designs on the ship Mrs Young sent for the leaders, investigated their stories as far as she could, and finally made up her mind that, though they were a tougli lot, they were not as bad as public opinion made them out She offered them passage to Singapore against the remonstrances of the chief officer, whose name was Mr. NVaite, and almost against the express orders of her husband lying helpless on his back. The second mate was so sure that the gang would take the ship thnt he left her, but a good man was easily found to take his place The Yankee Laud had a crew of her own numbering 18 men. To these were added 23 of the jail birds, and when the ship fiuallv sailed away everybody predicted that she would change hands within two days In this case, as in many others, the croakers made a great mistake The "gang" felt grateful toward the woman, sympathized with the captain, who was known as a kind hearted man, and they took hold with a will and behaved themselves in a manlier to elicit praise. In running down the China sea the captain's wife had full charge of the navigation, and everything went smoothly until she was opposite i the mouth of the Cambodia river. This I stream flows into the sea on the penin- i sula of Siam, above the gulf of that i name. To the east are scores of islands | extending to the coast of Borneo, and i there are also many islands off the Sia- | channel In many Spots to only a few miles in width One morning, when the ship hod reached the position given, the wind failed her, .and she was left without the power of movement. She had been holding down the center of the channel, and as the wind died away the current set her to the east, toward the island of Chusan. By 2 o'clock in the afternoon the island was only six miles away, and finding herself drifting over a seven fathom bank the Hhip came to anchor. Every one aboard had been made anxious when the breeze was lost. The islands about them were known to be the lairs of pirates, and the pirate crafts could be moved in a calm by means of oars From sunrise to sunset of that long day a man was kept at the mast head with a glass to watch for suspicious crafts, and when night came down and none had been sighted it was hoped that the ship would pick up a breeze in the morning and get out of her trouble. As a matter of precaution every preparation had been made for defence. The captain 's wife had called the men aft and asked if they would fight, and only one tn'iii nf ttir, lot- hnH lir.f slinntpft. "Avel" awl joined in the cheer. That man was not the cook, as you may have concluded, but the chief officer, Mr. Waitc. He was a big brawny man and much given to bragging and blustering; but, as usual with such men, a call for real courage found him wanting. He went about pale faced and perturbed and the men were jeering him before noon. Had a breeze sprung up that night or next morning there would have been no adventure to write about It coutinued a dead calm all night, and the rising sun shone down on a surface us smooth as glass. There had been no alarm during the night, though some of the watchers were sure they saw two or three sampans paddling about as if spying on the ship. Breakfast had just been eaten when the man aloft reported that five prahus, each holding about 20 men, and each moved by oars, had left the island and were headed for tho ship. It was idle to wonder and speculate. The men were pirates, coming down to attack the 6hip, and if they could not be beaten off she would be captured and not a man left alive to tell the tale. The chief officer advised the captain and his wife to surrender without firing a shot and hope to receive mercy, and even went among the men and entreated them not to make a fight. When scorned and hooted, he locked himself in his stateroom. At the first news from aloft the captain's wife passed around the decks and saw that all was ready for a de. perate defense. It was a rare bit of luck getting those jail birds at Hongkong. Among them were several man-of-war's men who were familiar with big guns, and all were men of pluck. Airs. Young took charge of the after part of the ship, and the second mate was put in command forward. Captain Young was almost helpless and a great sufferer, but he insisted on being propped up and supplied with firearms. The cook could load a musket, and he was stationed beside the captain. From his berth the captain could defend the stern windows, and he sent word to the crew that he depended on each and every man to do his best to beat the pirates off. At 9 o'clock, pulling slowly, as if they felt sure there was no escape for the becalmed merchantman, the five prahus AOtmrvn oV?rvf Thfl mOTl ail l YCU >T liillii Istlxxxxv/xx unuy> amv ??v? aboard of them were estimated at 120, all armed with creeses, pistols and mus THE GUN WAS FIRED INTO THEIR FACES. kets There was no demand for surrender. I once heard the story of that fight from a sailor named Green, who was one of the regular crew, and a more interesting tale I never listened to. He was stationed aft, under the eye and orders of the captain's wife, and he declared that she was the coolest person on deck. She used a rifle to fire several shots and then dropped it for a cutlass. This weapon she used with both hands to slash at the pirates seeking to board, and more than one of them got a taste of the steel. She was very quiet at first, but when the fighting became fierce her voice could be heard from end to end of the ship. At the end of 30 minutes' desperate fighting the Yankee Land had lost seven men Kineu nun neairiy every uiiui had been wounded. They had indieted terrible lass on the pirates, but the latter still outnumbered the crew two to one The (vp;.,in's wife saw that they were getting a foothold on the bows in spite of all that could he done, and by her orders the carronade was run aft and loaded with anything awl everything which could be picked up in a hurry. Green helped to load the gun, and among the articles he shoved in on top of the powder were three or four empty ale bottles, two iron belaying pins, Ins sheath knife and a silver watch. The gun was hardly ready for service when the piraites began to press the crew back. By orders of the woman, who could hardly si>eak above a whisper, Green shouted to the men to tumble aft in a hurry, and sis they olieyed tiia gun was fired into the faces of the piraites following. Its discharge wais followed by am aittack which cleared the jocks of the last living pirates. A panic fell upon them, and they tumbled into their Ix-aits belter skelter amd thought only of getting away Only one i f the prahus lefr the ship's side, and that <1 <1 not contain over m-m. Before it c mid get out of rauige one of the s\x pounde \s 111 l.: ,i , pirates which must have killed three or four, and the living shouted for mercy as they tugged away at the oars to increase the distance. When the fight was over, a spectacle was presented such as but few men have ever gazed upon. Of the defenders 1!5 lay dead, and only the captain and cook in the cabin were umvounded. Some of the men had four and five wounds?all of them at least two. The captain's wife had a pistol ball through her left hand and a cut from a creese on hor right shoulder. Every foot of the deck from stem to stern was blood stained, and masts iuul bulwarks and hatch covers and windlass seemed almost to have been painted red. Green related that the first thing the men did after the lone praliu was out of range was to rush for water When thirst had been satisfied, they tumbled down 011 the decks and lay there dead beat, and it was a full hour before anything was done toward clearing away the grewsonie sights. Six men were so badly wounded that they could offer no help. They were laid on the cabin floor, nt-%A tKo nntifnih'B U'i fn rlrocvintl thoir hurts. On the deck were 28 dead and five wounded pirates. Dead and wounded were flung overboard. In the three battered and shattered crafts alongside were 32 dead and 18 wounded The grapplings were cast loose, and in the course of a quarter of an hour the hist of the three went to the bottom, taking the wounded with the dead If the disposition of the wounded seems cruel to you, let me say that there was no asking for quarter or begging for mercy. When all was over, the cowardly Mr. Waite came out of his hiding place and wanted to assume command, and but for Mrs. Young the men would have killed him. He was deposed and ordered to his stateroom and was not seen on deck again until the ship reached Singapore. At sundown of the day of the fight a breeze sprang up, and the ship resumed her voyage, and from that hour until she reached the straits she was in charge of the captain's wife. Owing to the condition of the men, it was a long and tedious run, but was safely made. The battle with the pirates was the talk of Singapore for a week. Captain Young was presented with $1,000 in gold and his wife with a watch and a diamond ring, and each m<ui who had helped defend the ship was rewarded with the sum of *AAA A oU^rv^/1 XX UCH UU1CX flllVUl ??(U5 Oilip|A;u for the mil home, and so great was the admiration of sailors for the Yankee Land and her brave captain and wife that over 50 men presented themselves and offered to make the voyage without pay. Never was there a more gallant defense at sea nor one resulting in a greater victory for the defenders, and I look at the old logbook before me with flashing eye and feel like waving it on high and cheering the memory of that brave and loyal crew. Plantation Negro's Love of Hunting. It is the abundance of game of all kinds and of fish which makes the plantation negroes so improvident. The love of hunting is a passion with the southerner and with all the negroes on his place. If one of the fieldhands plowing, hoeing or harvesting sees a chance for a good shot, such as evidences of the close proximity of a fox, a wild turkey's tracks in the soft soil, indication that a possum lodges in some tree or a big owl caught far from its haunts by day* * * - - - ^ ?i- - i- - i -Li. ngnr, ne reiegrapns nis vmuuuie imuirnatiou iu some mysterious way to his employers up at the house. In a twinkling guns are loaded, horses are mounted, the dogs are set on the trail, and a hot pursuit is made for the lately discovered denizen of the woods. The first time in his life that a negro boy Has anything wnicn ne can can ms own he swaps it for a dog that can run rabbits. He trains the dog to bring those rabbits to him when they are caught, no matter how much the dog may like the taste of rabbit flesh himself. When the negro boy has attained the importance of being able to earn a little "outside money"?that is, money made by hoeing or picking cotton, gathering peas, breaking corn, driving a wagon or other occupations which he has been smart enough to take up in addition to his regular work?he buys a gun, usually a cheap one with a single barrel This weapon is likely to explode when not expected to do so and not to explode when it ought to, but nevertheless it is a gun, precious beyond compare in its owner's estimation.?Philadelphia Times. A Country Without a Navy. Belgium is peculiar among European countries having a water front from the fact that it has no navy. This is more remarkable when it is considered that Belgium includes within its borders one of the oldest harbors in Europe, Antwerp, which at the zenith of its commercial success had as many as 2,000 ships. The commerce of Antwerp is still considerable, and a fair share of it is done with the United States. When the war of 1830 culminated in the independence of Belgium from the rule of the Netherlands, the two countries were so divided that Holland had the larger share of the seacoast line, and Belgium had a larger measure of the inland territory. Holland retained all the colonial possessions of the two countries, and in order to keep up connection with them and protect them from hostile assault the navy was maintained by Holland. Belgium, having no foreign colonies to protect, was under no obligations to maintain a navy. Holland has now a considerable navy, including 100 ships and 7,500 sailors, but Belgium is able to get along without iiny navy at all, though the Belgium army, on a peace footing, is 2,000 men stronger than the Dutch army and on a war footing has 100,000 men more.?New York Stui. It is supposed that the average value of furniture per house in the United Kingdom is about ?100. This estimate includes the valuable pictures, plate, horses and carriages, which are appendages of the more pretentious establishments. Lobelia, also called Indian tobacco, is known as a common herb, often growing as a weed in many parts of the United Cfntoc TURNER AND HIS GUN DOUBLE-L ECK, THE COWBOY, AND HIS MODEST RECORD CLAIM. How He Showed IIU Dislike For a Horseman Who Kode at a Trot?Finally His Spirit Was Conquered by a Mild Mannered Soldier With a Winchester. Now and then a "bad man" tries to cultivate something which he mistakes for humor. Ono of theso devotees <if levity used to haunt the cattle range of western Kansas, and every fall and spring he appeared in Dodge City at the general "roundup." Evert* time he came to town lie left some proof of a facetious mind, and was very sure of being talked about by every idle man and most of the busy ones who remained when the rush was over. His name was Eek Turner, though Dodge City will best remember him by the title'' Donble-L Eck, "the duplicated capital being .Leonard & Louglirain s brand, and lio being one of their Ix-st riders. In fact, Turner might, have been foreman if ho had cared for the position, for lie could ride well, and there were few more expert with the rope and probably none who could bear fatigue and hardship more patiently than he. But tlio trouble was he wanted recompense for the dull life of a cowboy. Ho didn't care for money. Any wages going were acceptable to him. But when the cattle got rounded up and there was half a day's escape from the tedium of labor Eek Turner wanted his fling. And he always went into town and had it. Now, a foreman cannot do these things. Ho must stay by the herd all the time, preservo a clear head and firm place in the saddle. He is the representative of the owner?the custodian of much wealth?and dissipation is not to be thought of. One of Eck Turner's pet bits of humor was to pick out people whose appearance displeased him and shoot just near enough to them to express his sentiments. He particularly disliked to see horsemen go by on the trot. It was in a cowboy country, and cowboys galloped, whether or not they were in a 1111117. And if the rider had a habit of "rising" in the stirrups, as conventional trotters often do, Hck Turner hated him violently. So that when he camo down Main street one clay and saw a rather well dressed man go by trotting and "rising" with tho motion of his lior.^e Eck called general attention to the spectacle. Jteaiiy tne rroner was iius a very guuu horseman. It was possible, as Eck observed, to "see daylight under him" every time ho rose iu the saddle. Aud the glimpses of that recurring "daylight" provoked Eel: to a bit of pistol practice. "I bet," sa'd he, watching the rider and reaching for a large revolver, pretty well back on his belt, "I bet I can shoot lietweon him and the saddle and never touch a feather." He had been drinking in so decorous a manner as to be dangerous, and so no one interfered. The rider was half a block away when Eck fired, and the bullet must havo gone true, for'he rider passed on unconscious, while a sign diagonally across the street was shattered by the shot. He tried it again later in the day and fortunately?miraculously?escaped the infliction of injury. D idgo City talked about "Double-LEck" and his new joke all summer, and 111 the autumn he came in and tried it again. The first shot he made he hit a man in the leg and was very indignant because they would not give him another chance, assuring the crippled victim it was an accident, aud urging him to mount and trot past just one time more, rising no higher than he had djne, and guaranteeing to put three shots out of ? ?? 1 i.1. 1,11 I,.,? live uetween jjiiu aim uiu suuujc ui uuj the drinks for the crowd. But it wns the uncertainty about the other two shots that interfered with negotiations?that and the trotting man's persistent endeavor to enjoy the freedom of his own pistol arm while Eck remained in his presence. Eck thought it was funny, and that hallucination grew on him till he got into trouble. When the wave of "Texas fever" swept over Kansas in 1880, killing off so many of the Kansas cattle, a state law stopped those "drives" which had been the life of western Kansas, and Eck Turner lost his occupation. He went farther west and south and tried to shoot the top off a man's plug hat in Colorado Springs because he insisted the fashion was two inches shorter than the man was wearing. At La Vcta he took exception to the sputtering sound occasionally made by an electric lamp and went about shooting the carbons in two till the city marshal engaged in repartee anil shot off the end of Eck's thumb, alleging as u sufficient reason the fact that no man with two good thumbs could he a really m.1.1 " Ei-k renlied in kind, and V " ? there were uo applicants fur the position the marshal's demise left vacant until it ( was known that Eck had left that region , and gone to Arizona. ( At Fort Wingute he had the niisfor- ( tune to shoot into an ambulance driven , by a very mild mannered private soldier, who pulled up a Winchester and ( crippled Eck for life, destroying the usefulness of both shoulders suid incidentally putting out his right eye. After that Eck Turner went to Flagstaff and developed a remarkable habit ( of winning at faro and taking care of , his money. He confessed to a record of , five men slain, but he was given credit ] for twice its many on account of his , well known modesty, and when he final- , ly opened a boarding house for seamen in San Francisco he permitted all the ( turbulent habits of his cowboy life to ( drift away to forgetfuluess. ( 1 The Congregation Inferred. , When the bellows gave out, and the , organist in a Rockland church was un- ( able to get anything but a few groans from the instrument, and the pastor re- , marked: "The organ has failed us at a , vital moment. Let us rise tuid sing, , 'Praiso God From Whom All Blessings ] Flow,' " some of the people wondered ] just what he meant. ?Lewistou Journal. , OX THE ROAD TO RUIN STORIES OF THE TEMPLE OF MAMMON AT MONTE CARLO. Some of Them True, Many False, but All Highly Interesting?Backum and the "Wellington Root System"?A Talk With Mr. Spectator, a Man Who Knows. But who should this bp sipping some iced vermouth at the marble table but an old friend whom I will call Mr. Spectator. He lives at Monte Carlo, he has passed a score of seasons here, lie has plenty of money, he goes to the Casino every day and every evening and he never plays a cent. It is his occupation in life to be an observer of things and to mark the ways of man and woman kind. In the summer he will mark them at Aix-les-Baius, at Lausanne or at Trouville. He knows everything about what is going on just now at "Monty," what Russian princess pawned her diamonds last week and what Cuban sugar planter did not die of apoplexy at the Hotel Carmbole, but poisoned himself with prussic acid. "He was a fool, sir," quoth Mr. Spectator. "Why didn't he go to the administration? Why didn't he make his declaration? They knew well enough that he had lost 200.000 francs in the course of ten days. They would have paid his traveling and hotel expenses back to Paris, or back to Brazil, for the matter of that. He was a fool, sir!" Mr. Spectator went on to explain that when a cleaned out player made a candid admission of his impecuuiosity the administration gave him a sum of money sufficient to defray his journey by railway to the place whence he came and his incidental expenses en route. He mentioned one case in which a whole family of five persons were allowed 15 louis apiece to take them from Monte Carlo to London, the sole condition attached to the largess being that the recipient should not re-enter the Casino * unless he or she recouped the administration for their outlay. Li the case which he cited, one of the party, a lady, who had not gone farther than Nice, received some weeks afterward a handsome remittance from England. She went back blithely to "Monty," repaid the 15 lonis, re-entered the Casino, and backing the douze dernier, not forgetting ^ . zero, won ?500. "You are not to believe," added Mr. Spectator, "a tithe of the sensational stories printed about ruined gamesters hanging themselves to trees in the gardens, or blowing out their brains in the reading room." The majority of these canards are set on foot by obscure French newspapers which have not been subveutiouod or bribed by the administration to puff Monte Carlo. One of the pleasantest characteristics of my friend Mr. Spectator is that every time you meet him he has a fresh story to tell you about an infallible system for wMimincr nf rnnlpffp mill fhis fillip lip rp? galed me with a succinct narrative of what I may call the "Wellington boot system." Captain Eackum had played for many years a large number of systems, and by the time he was five and forty had played away a handsome fortune. A happy thought occurred to him. He always wore Wellington boots. His capital was just 5 louis. This he changed into 5 franc pieces, and he never staked more than one piece at e time, and if he won he withdrew his stakes after the third coup. His winnings he carefully placed in a side pocket, and whenever he had won four pieces he changed them into a louis and slipped the coin into one of his boots. He played for seven consecutive hours before his stock capital was exhausted. Then he returned to Nice, somewhat heavy of footstep, and druwiug off his boots, found that he had won 100 louis. "This was two years ago," continued Mr. Spectator, "and only last week I found Backum at a third class hotel at Nice. He was in a dressing gown and slippers and looking by no means cheerful. 'How about the Wellington boot system?' I asked. 'Utter collapse,'he replied. 'Confounded run of bad luck.' 'And the boots?' I went on. 'The boots?' he replied. 'I pawned them yesterday afternoon.' " So this is "Monty" in full swing? "Monty," with its ups and downs, its ceaseless whirl of gayety and dissipa tiou. mere is 110 rest ai juooce uario. When you are tired of play, there are dramatic performances, there are concerts, there is pigeon shootiug, and in the spring and summer there is plenty of yachting. But all these are only side issues. The Grand Trunk line of Monte Carlo leads to the temple of mammon. It is crowded night and day by people lusting for money which they have not earned, and it is the road to ruin.? London Telegraph. TRICKING A CRAB. African Native* Take Advantage of His Industry In a Heartless Manner. In Africa tliero exists a certain member of the crab genus commonly known us the great tree' crab. This peculiar shellfish has an offensive trick of crawling up the cocoanut trees, biting off the cocoanuts and then creeping down again backward. The theory is that the nuts are shattered by the fall, and the great tree crab is thus enabled to enjoy a hearty meal. Now, the natives who inhabit regions infested by this ill conditioned crab are well aware that the lower portion of the crab's anatomy is soft and sensitive, and -? t?1 - f La ' 'Ivitfultro'' llH'V UfiH'U' mat mu unuiiu thus constructed in order that ho might know when he had reached the ground, and when, consequently, he might with safety release his grasp of the trunk. So what they do in order to stop his depredations, which often ruin the cojoanut crops, is this: While the crab is pngaged in nipping off the cocoanuts they climb half way up the trees and there drive a row of long nails right around the tree, allowing an inch or so Df the nails to project. The crab has no knowledge of disaster, nor yet the fitness of things. As he descends the sensitive part of his body suddenly touches the nails. Thinking he has reached the ground, he naturally lets go. Instantly lie falls backward and 4 tracks his own shell on the ground.