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Itomorous department. He Would Be Obeyed. Ferguson's wife has the upbringing of their infant son. Ferguson says he is away from home so much that it is altogether simpler and better that Mrs. Ferguson should have the whole management of Richard. Not that Ferguson does not understand the theory of governing children. He has simplified a whole lot of theories to his entire satisfaction. "There's no earthly need of a lot of rules." he often says; "Implicit obedience covers all the ground. Tell a child to do a thing, and make him see that y.ou must be obeyed. That's really all there is in bringing up any /%h<M " When Mrs. Ferguson Is away Ferguson has a chance to put his simple rule in practice. He never shirks the opportunity. It is only fair, he says, that he should take his turn. Mrs. Ferguson was away over Sunday recently, and when one of the neighbors called late in the afternoon she found Ferguson on the porch? "in charge," as he termed it. In other words, he was reading a capital magazine article on the physiognomy of the successful man, while Richard was slowly but surely stripping a thrifty fushia of all the leaves within his reach. "Oh!" exclaimed the neighbor at the sight. "What? Eh? Oh!" said Ferguson, when he realized whstt the matter was. "That's mother's pretty plant, Richard." * Richard agreed, in a cheerful gurgle. Then, with an unexpected hitch, he began to scrub ofT the porch steps, one by one, till heN reached the walk. Then, with another unexpected movement, he threw himself on his stomach and scuttled off. , "There's no sense in constant nagging of a child," said Ferguson. "I draw the line at repetition. Tell a child once, and see that he obeys." "I think"?began the neighbor. "Don't you think?oh, Mr. Ferguson, Richard ought not to be creeping out in that wet grass! The dew was falling when I came over." "Richard, come out of that?" shouted Ferguson, delighted at the chance to demonstrate his theory. Richard glanced over his shoulder, then, with a wild shout of delight, scuttled along faster than before toward a flower bed. In an instant he was in the middle of It, where he abruptly circled, sat up under a gigantic sunflower and challenged his parent with roguish eyes. "Come on!" began Ferguson, in a tone of thunder. "Stay there!" he continued, in a fatuous attempt to safeguard his theory. "I will be obeyed!" r>1 Kin fothnr an/1 munttm iiiiiiuru ?? 10 iavtiv>, ? ? stayed in the flower bed till the neighbor dug him out.?Youth's Companion. Bet and Jim.?In the northwest part of our country there lives a well known Irish magistrate. A man of liberal education and full quota of genuine wit. A short time ago Jim and Bet, a colored pair, called upon the 'squire to be united for better or worse. The 'squire having been notified of their coming prepared and actually used the following ceremony: "Jim, will you take Bet, Without any regret, To love and cherish. Till one of you perish. And ns laid under the sod, So help you God." All being answered in the affirmative by Jim the 'squire turned to Bet and said: "Bet, will you take Jim And cling to him. Both out and in. Through thick and thin, Holding him fo your heart, 'Till death do you part." Bet acquiesced by a modest bow of the head, and now the happy pair was dismissed as follows: "Through life, alternate joy and strife, I now pronounce you man and wife. Go up life's hill 'till you get to the level. And salute- your bride you black rusty devil." ?Fredericksburg Free Lance. Breaking the News.?The matrimonial failure of Pat, a bartender in the centre of the city, has been common knowledge for some time, and it has also been no secret that Pat really does not blame his wife for her impatience with his habits. Pat is in dead earnest when he says that his wife really is too good for him and deserves a divorce, which the selfabasing Pat would gladly grant her if wasn't so expensive. The good * faith of Pat in this respect was, nowever, never more forcibly illustrated than during the severe attack of pneumonia from which he has just recovered. "Pat. the doctors say you are very sick," said his wife during her visit to the hospital one day. "What do they really say? You can't hurt me by telling the truth." answered Pat. "Well, Pat, they say that you can not live," whispered the wife, finally yielding to Pat's insistent demand for the truth. "Don't you believe it; doctors make a habit of holding out hopes to the last." drawled Pat In his wearisome style. "They are only breaking the news to you gently. I am going to get well."?Philadelphia Record. The Colonel's Trap.?"Eph," began the colonel, sternly, "when you visited my turkey coop last night why did you select the largest fowl?" "Mass'r Kern'l, Ah declar?" "Don't argue with me, Eph." interrupted the colonel. "I have strong evidence against you." 'Mass'r Kern'l. Ah jest?" "No, Eph. I shall not allow you to add lying to theft. Re honest with mo Pnnfoea that vnti rnhhefl mv tor key coop and I might find forgiveness for you. What have you to say?" "Mass'r Kern'l, 'fore. Ah makes er statement "spose yo' jest 'form me 'bout yo' evidence." "Certainly." replied the colonel. "When I went to the coo^) this morning I discovered bits of woolly hair in a turkey cock's comb. Now the evidence is that before or after stealing my prize turkey you combed your hair with the comb of another bird." "Dat sho' look bad." muttered Eph. thoyghtfully. "Mass'r Kern'l. I's gwine to tell de truth. Ah did took dat big turkey from yo' place las' night, but 'fore de Lawd, Mass'r Kern'l. Ah didn't stop 'long enuff to comb ma hair!"? Brooklyn Life. Mrs. Oatbin?How'd them turkeys ye was raisin' fur Thanksgivin' turn out. Si? Mr. Corncrib?Wal, the last one we hed died in July, but we're goin' t' hev some prime pork sausage? Puck. JRistrllanrous Reading. IN COUNTIES ADJOINING. News and Comment Clipped From Neighboring Exchanges. LANCASTER. News, November 13: A light snow fell here at an early hour yesterday morning Mr. John S. Riddle, who has been with the News for the past few months, has accepted the position of traveling salesman for a wholesale grocery house of New Orleans. He left here Monday morning to begin his new work, carrying with him the best [wishes of his numerous friends for his [success Mr. J. E. Patterson ol this place, killed a 12-months-old hog, of his own raising, last Saturday that netted 332 pounds. That pig ought to have been exhibited at the recent state fair. It was a Berkshire Fire broke out in a lot of cotton on the cotton platform at the depot last Saturday about midday and fifteen bales belonging to the Lancaster Mercantile company were badly damaged before the flames were cnecKea. me io?o is wered by insurance. The origin of the fire is not known, but it is thought that it started from a spark from an engine. CHESTER. Lantern, November 12: Mrs. Mollie Perry of Lancaster, was in the city this morning on her way to Yorkville on business in connection with the Confederate monument which is to be erected in Lancaster Rev. R. A. Lummus of Lewisvllle, spent a few hours here yesterday morning on his way to Covington, Ga.. where he will spend until today with his mother on his way to synod at Elk Valley, Tenn. The court of common pleas was engaged all yesterday with the case of Mrs. Patience A. Mills vs. the Seaboard Air Line. The case had not been concluded when court adjourned last night and it was taken up again this morning. It will likely consume most of the day Mrs. Mary L. Cunningham. mother of Messrs. T. J. and R. L. Cunningham of this county, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. M. C. Cureton, at Liberty Hill, on Saturday morning. Mrs. Cunningham was 68 years of age last July and it is supposed that death was largely due to Infirmities brought on by old age. Her home was at Liberty Hill, although she spent considerable time with her sons In this county. Funeral service and burial took place at Liberty Hill On Sunday night a little before 10 o'clock a terrible shouting was heard over towards the Seaboard road. People hushed and listened. The yelling was very loud and sounded very much like some one calling, murder! murder! It was heard even to the Southern depot and on Centre and adjoining streets, the people were all annoyed and worried by the noise. On investigation it was found by the police that the noise came from a colored woman who was "getting" religion at the colored church near the Seaboard. Many complaints came from residents about the matter and it is safe to say that if such is repeated someone will be hauled before the mayor on the charge of raising disorder and being a public nuisance, sucn occurreutca ?ic disgraceful In the circuit court yesterday morning Lawson Addison, colored, was sentenced to be hanged on the 17th day of January next for the murder of Mamie Halsell on Sept. 23rd of this year. Addison's case was tried on Saturday and'that night the jury returned a verdict of guilty. Addison killed a sister of Mamie Halsell also on the same day he killed her. He was cool and was chewing gum Vhen sentence of death was pronounced. Apparently unconcerned as to his fate, he was led back to his cell to await the coming of the end. He is a big strapping negro and has a black record. This makes two negroes in the county Jail under sentence of death, the other being Gus Lee. The latter was to hang sometime ago, but his case was appealed to the supreme court and will be decided in January. On Monday night one week ago Officer Williams arrested Charles Shifton, colored, for attempting to break into the store of the colored merchant, T. H. Ward. Shifton denied the alleged theft, but Officer Williams found on the prisoner's person a key which fitted the front door of the store. He was indicted by the grand jury, and yesterday morning was arraigned before Judge Wilson in the circuit court and plead guilty to housebreaking. The evidence was that Shifton hadn't stolen anything but the key. The judge asked him why he broke in the store, Shifton replied that he didn't know, but supposed it was because he had nothing else to do. It appeared, however, that he had attempted to get into the safe. He was sentenced tc one year at hard labor either in the penitentiary or on the county, gang, Thus in less than a week he was brought to justice and sentenced. It was quick work and it is a good example of the stern arm of the law Little John Hood Reddick, son of Mrs Bessie Hood Williams and only grandson of Mr. I. McD. Hood, died Friday night a little before 10 o'clock from ar attack nf tvnhoid fever and meningitis He was sick about ten days. The funeral services were held at the house on Sabbath afternoon at 3.30 o'clock by the Rev. S. J. Cartledge and the remains laiel to rest in Evergreen cemetery. Mrs. W. J. Simpson's Sabbath school class, of which John was e member, acted as honorary pall bearers. The following were the active pallbearers: Will Reekie, Harry Williams, Will Robinson, Frank Marshall J. E. Dunbar and Mac Neelj,. Little John lacked only 19 days of being I years old. He was a very bright, manly little fellow, and a general favorite The sympathy of the entire community goes out to the bereaved mothei and relatives. GASTON. Gastonia Gazette, November 12: Mr J. M. Stroup, one of York county's well-to-do citizens, was in town yesterday en route home from a business trir, tn fharlotte Miss Helen fid v. die of Union; Mrs. J. A. Page and children of Clover. S. C.. and Mrs. A. R Rudisill and children of King's Mountain. are the guests of Mr. and Mrs L. H. Long Mr. Hugh Long, editor of the News, left last night for Elliott's, S. C., where he will be married this afternoon at 4 o'clock to Miss Sadie King Amie, the little 2-yearaid daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Mac G Anders, died Saturday afternoon, aftei a lingering illness of several months A meeting of the Gaston Count) Cotton Manufacturers' association is being held this afternoon in the offices of the Citizens' National bank. It is understood that the object of this meeting is to consider the advisabilit) of curtailing the production of yarns temporarily, in view of the poor market for this class of goods The Holy Communion Lutheran church at Dallas was dedicated Sunday and Rev. P. D. Rlslnger formally installed as 1 pastor. The dedicatory sermon was preached at 11 a. m., by Rev. W. A. Deaton of Hickory. Mr. Deaton also preached the installation sermon in the evening, delivering the charge to both , the pastor and congregation. Large and appreciative audiences heard both i the able sermons delivered by the vlsi iting preacher Four boys, Avery , Clemmer, Will Gallion, Dave Vandyke i and Hense Caldwell*were on trial before Magistrate W. I. Stowe at the ofi flees of the Gray mill yesterday on a charge of trespassing upon the lands of R. L. Davis. Vandyke and Caldwell ? ? cnlltv and fined 12 and WCIC 1VUUU ov..*v ?-v. T, the cost each. The evidence was not sufficient to hold the Ciemmer and i Galllon boys and they were discharged after receiving a wholesome lecture from the magistrate. It appears that the boys had been warned repeatedly by Mr. Davis not to trespass on* his premises, but seemed to pay no heed to his warnings, hence his appeal to the law. WASPS AS PAPERMAKER8. Wonders of Nest?Havoc By the Insects?Ways to Destroy. It is the last loving act of the common wasps In every colony to elect a certain number of their lady fellows and go through the process of "feeding them up," for a wasp queen earns that title simply by reason of her size, and not because of any claim to aristocratic descent. This feeding lasts the queen wasps all the winter through, during which time they hibernate in some warm corner out' of the way of frost and snow, says the Pall Mall Gazette. About March they come forth once more and proceed to look about for a nesting place. Having chosen a site for this?generally In a hollow tree or In some sheltered and sunny corner among the dry rubbish?the queen I forms a cocoon of "wasp paper," wherein she constructs about a dozen cells and lays an egg in each. In due time the eggs become grubs, and these are feed assiduously by the queen mother until they completely fill the cell. The latter is then sealed up, and in a few days each grub, which meanwhile has developed wings and legs, and changed from white to yellowand-black, emerges as a full-grown wasp. The real work of nest building now begins, and the whole party go off together in search of a convenient hole in the ground for the permanent headquarters. This, at least, is what the common wasp does. There are several varieties in Greit Britain, and some of them build on the branch of a tree or in the grass of a bank. The little family works very hard to manufacture the material of which the nest is made?a wonderful substance of the texture of paper pulped up from the bark of trees in the wasps' mouths. The wasp was making paper from wood pulp for centuries before man thought of it! This nest proper contains a large amount of "comb" and in each cell the queen lays an egg. Things now proceed apace, the feeding of the grubs and sealing them up in their cells going on as before, but the queen is now assisted in her labors by her dozen or so original subi jects, and the others Join in the work i as they hatch out. As the summer advances the nest gets stronger in numbers until the very end of the , season, and then some of the grubs never see the light. A wasps' nest may contain as many as 10,000 wasps, but an average nest would be about half that number. Wasps are such hard-working little creatures that it seems a sin to destroy t their wonderful labor, for the nest is a triumph of architectural skill. At I the same time, they commit such ! havoc in orchards and are so trouble, some everywhere where food or drink is to be found that every man's hand ( is against them. They seldom sting unless molested or touched by accl, dent. A certain amount of good is done by wasps in killing noxious insects, II especially house flies, but this one I e-nnri act is auite overbalanced by | their many deeds of evil. All sorts of methods are adopted, therefore, to destroy them at night time in their nests, but the very best plan of all is to procure some cyanide of potassium (a deadly poison) from a chemist, and place a teaspoonful within the 1 hole that leads to the nest, afterward ' sealing the entrance with a sod of turf. Next morning every wasp will be dead, and the nest may be dug out | and destroyed, brood,. comb and all. YOUNG MEN FOR WAR. Value of Navy Depends Upon Its Efficiency In Emergency. The proposition to relegate to shore duty many of the commandprs of battleships in order that younger men ' may have the benefit of the experience of the cruise of the fleet in Pacific waters is one which will commend it1 self to the Judgment of the American people, says the Chicago Tribune. The most important reason for the ! sending of the fleet from the Atlantic : to the Pacific is tha't officers and men : may gain skill in handling the vessels ' and have the advantage of actual ex 1 perience in manoeuvres on a mi so 1 scale. The value of the navy Is largely de! pendent upon the efficiency of Its men in the time of emergency. The gov. ernment Is looking toward the future. It has $100,000,000 invested In a great fleet, which must have actual experi ence on the sea in order to make It . most effective. In the case of 11 or 12 of the 18 commanders of vessels In the fleet which is going to the Pacific they are so well along In years that retirement under the usual order of . things will come before many more i seasons. The knowledge to be gained . from the movements of the fleet will 3 not be used by them, and so much of . the value of the cruise will be lost. In such a situation the plan to give the older men shore duty In order to . permit younger captains to gain experience for use In future years seems reasonable and proper. Such a change of commanders carries with It no re. flection upon the men who have ren. dered loyal service during many years. It is a business proposition, entirely " analogous to what Is taking place con stantly In many other fields of activity. It will work no hardship to the older men. It ought to be possible to make the changes with little friction . and with no resultant ill feeling. r The man who has borne the heat and burden of the day always dislikes the thought of retirement while he ' feels himself strong and able. But ; there must be constant training of 5 younger men. They must have opportunity to show their ability in import' ant places. The situation is plain. THE BASEBALL CURVE. An Old Timor's 8tory of tho Gsm# Who First 8aw It. Speaking about the early history of baseball the other day, an old time professional player said there were many things not known generally. "There Is, for Instance, the matter of curve pitching. Who pitched the first curved ball? No; don't name any of the men that won pennants and got $10,000 a year. The pioneer wasn't a professional, but an amateur?that Is, he was an amateur until his curves made him famous. "His name was Arthur Cummings, and he waB a New York boy, a tall, thin young fellow with hair as blond as a chorus girl's. How he came to discover curve pitching I don't know, but It was generally believed afterward that he hit on It by accident. He tried It out for the first time In 1867 In a game between two scrub teams in Washington. "The famous Excelsior club of New York was then visiting Washington as the guest of the old National club, and the two played a series of games on the old White lot. Toward the end of the series some one suggested that the young New Yorkers who had come over from the Excelsiors make up a scrub nine and play a nine of Washington boys as a sort of comic interlude. "The suggestion was adopted, and the New York nine consisted of four or Ave Excelsior substitutes and a number of other young fellows, among them Arthur Cummlngs. The Washington nine was made up in the main of players belonging to the Junior Nationals, the crack amateur team of Washington. "Cummlngs was a rising young pitcher, but no one thought that there was anything remarkable about him, and the Junior Nationals prepared to knock him out of the box. But when the first batsman fanned out the Washingtonians began to look surprised.' " 'It's the darndest thing I ever saw,' said this batsman. 'I struck right out at all three balls, and every one of them seemed to Jump aside Just as it got near the plate. One Jumped outward, another inward, and the third seemed to rise. Maybe I'm beginning to see things.' "It puzzled Jewell, the catcher, too, not to speak of A1 Mills, the umpire. Jewell caught all of the balls because it was then the custom for the catcher to stand far back and catch on the first bounce, but it made him dizzy. "The second batsman of the Junior Nationals went to the bat and walloped the air three times too. A1 Mills came up close to the plate to see what was wrong. It looked to him as if Cummlngs were wild. " 'Just keep your head there,' he said to the third batsman, 'and you'll get your base on balls.' "This third batsman had a steady hand, and, sure enough, he got his base on balls. Cummlngs pitched the ball, and it seemed to be coming straight for the plate, when suddenly, Just as It was ten feet or so away, it curved out and missed the plate by a foot Mills called a ball. "The next ball came straight on, but the batsman, hoping to hit it and profiting by his experience, swung his bat far out. But, instead of curving out like the last one, it seemed to Jump. It crossed the plate on a level with the batsman's eyes. "That scared him, and he Just stood there without making a move until a succession of wild balls sent him to first base. The fourth batsman struck out so easily that it was pathetic. "Well, sir, Cummlngs began to get more control over the ball after that first inning, and Mills had to admit that it was coming over the plate; but except by accident, not a single Junior National batsman could touch it It Jumped; It sank; It wabbled from side to side. Mills rubbed his eyes and wondered how the thing was done. r>,,mmln<ro morolv Bmllpfi "In the fifth inning: one of the Nationals by dumb luck ianded on tjie sphere and drove it into the next county. There were two men on bases at the time, and the home run brought them home. That grave the Nationals three runs. So far as I know, they made no other runs in the whole same. "After it was all over the whole town buzzed about Cummlngs' queer pitching. As for him, he was as silent as the grave. " 'How do you make the ball curve?' asked a hundred persons. '"Does it curve?' Cummings would say, innocent-like. "And then he would shut up and become a clam. "When he got back to New York he was signed by the champion Athletics and became their star pitcher. Other pitchers watched him and got on to the trick, but it was three years before anybody did it as well as he. During those three years his team kept, the championship. "And that, so far as I know, Is the story of the origin of the curve ball." ?Baltimore Sun. ON A DESERT ISLE. Stranded Fisherman Lives Fourteen Days on a Crab and a Seal. After battling with the elements for four days in an open boat, August Kocht, a fisherman of the schooner Stanley and formerly a dragoon In the Xsar's army, was stranded on the desert island of Unlmak, where he existed for fourteen days on a crab and the carcass of a seal which he found there, says the Seattle Times. When he was picked up by the schooner Alice, a codfishlng boat from Seattle, which had put into Dublin bay for a supply of water, Kocht was so weak from hunger and cold that he could barely creep on his hands and knees and wave the signal of distress which brought him assistance. On board the Alive, Kocht was fed with whisky and milk and his swollen limbs rubbed with alcohol. It was six days before he was able to stand upon his feet. Four hundred miles north of the point where he was picked up Kocht was turned over to the schooner Stanley, and arrived in port on board that vessel. While fishing for cod off the island of Unlmak the dory which Kocht occupied was swept away from the schooner Stanley by a terrific southwester. For four days the distressed fisherman battled with the waves. One of the oars broke under the strain the second day, and he drifted helplessly. Then the dory capsized half a mile off the shore of the Island. As the boat upset a heavy codfish hook caught in the back of Kocht's left hand. It was only by gnawing the heavy twine with his teeth that the fisherman succeeded In escaping from the leash which held him to the wrecked boat. Kocht finally managed to reach the beach, where he sank down In distress. The hook he managed to tear from his hand with his ^ teeth. For two weeks Kocht suffered privations to which but for his superb vitality he must have succumbed. On the fourth day of his stay on the is- r{ land he found a dead crab lying in the ^ sand. Upon this he lived for three ^ days without water. There was no refuge where he might seek shelter, and he was compelled to pace the beach during the night to keep warm. Almost erased with thirst, Kocht wandered thirty miles inland In search of water, at last find- ^ Ing It in some small clefts in the rocks. Refreshed with the water, Kocht ^ once more wanaerea oaca 10 me buuic to net up a lonely vigil for a passing ship. There, cast upon the beach, he tc found the body of a seal, and upon the 81 carcass the marooned man contrived to exist, sleeping In the daytime when the Hun warmed the sand and pacing s' the shore during the cool nights. From a piece of canvas from the wrecked dory Kocht manufactured a n signal, and twice a day, as long as his e< strength lasted, climbed to a pinnacle a of rock, where he kept a lookout for a passing sail. C When the schooner Alice hove in Si sight Kocht was so weakened from his al suffering that he could barely creep ,c upon his knees. The schooner stood n off from the shore and the skipper dl motioned for him to swim. Fearful lest the vessel might pass him by, Kocht sank unconscious on the sand, a and It was thus that the fishermen h found him. n It was not until he was revived on 'I board the schooner that Kocht learn- b ed that within forty miles of the place u where he was stranded there is a Ci lighthouse. Captain Wallstedt, of the o schooner Stanley, stated that follow- a ing Kocht's disappearance he sent dut two dories, but was unable to find a a trace of him. o GREAT MEN OFTEN 8MALL. ? What They Lack In 8tature They tl Make Up In Intellect. a Don't be ashamed of being small of n stature. The finest brains are often li found in the heads of little men, says ? the Baltimore American. Alexander, a Napoleon, Uladislaus Cubltalls, the si pigmy king of Poland; Characus, the v wisest counsellor that was about Sal- a adin, the great conqueror of the east, b Marius Maximus, Marcus Tulllus, and a to drop down to this day and gener- tl ation, Alexander H. Stephens, Steph- ri en A. Douglas, Jay Gould, Samuel g Spencer, Senator Knox, Abe Gruber, s< Phil Sheridan and a host of others a all were small men; yet, as they say k in the Bowery, they got there. o Alypius of Alexandria, a most ex- b cellent logician and philosopher, was b only one foot and five inches in height. Augustus Caesar exhibited in u his plays one Lucius, a young man twenty-three inches high and weighed a seventeen pounds; yet he had a strong tl tenor voice and could sing like a t] nightingale. In the time of Theodo- tj sius there was a pigmy in Egypt so r small of body that he resembled a t] partridge; yet he exercised all the n functions of a man and could sing j. merrily. He lived to be 22. Julia, ^ niece of Emperor Augustus, had a dwarfish fellow of the name of Cano- c pas, to whom she was much devoted. He was twenty-eight inches high. Andromeda, a free maid of Julia, was ^ of the same height. Just about a hundred years ago, in & Wurtemburg, at the, nuptials of the duke of Bavaria, a great pie was set ^ upon the table. On being opened out ' stepped a dwarf, armed cap-a-pie, girt with a sword and having a spear h in his hand. He walked around the table in a swashbuckler style, sword t, drawn, and caused the greatest ^ amusement and interest. There was a little fellow in Italy ^ who was carried around In a parrot's cage and exhibited for money. He was only thirteen inches high. A n Frenchman of Limonsin, with a for- ^ mal beard, was also shown in a cage for money. He was about fifteen inches high. At the end of the cage n was a little hutch into which he retired. When the house was full he Q stepped forth and played a tune on an instrument. k Going away back?without sitting down?Jeffrey Hudson was the won- 8 der of his age. His father was a ? butcher, stout and of good height, and 1 his mother was a large woman. At the age of eight he ,was sixteen Inches ? in height. The Duchess of Bucking- " ham adopted him. She clothed him 1 always in satin. At a royal feast he 3 was served in a cold pie, walking a forth in complete armor. Being presented to Queen Henrietta Maria, he 8 offered her much amusement. The king had a gigantic porter, William Evans. In a mask ball at court, ^ Evans hauled out of one pocket a long loaf of bread and out of the other lit- v tie Jeffrey. This dwarf was employed * upon a delicate mission to France as * ambassador. On his way home he v was captured by a Flemish pirate. 41 His captivity is the subject of a poem * by Sir William Davenant, entitled 8 "Jeffredos." He lived to be 60 years s of age. WORLD'S GREATEST WEDDING. 9 a Over Twenty Thousand Persons Mar- ' ried by One Ceremony. 1 The biggest wedding ever known to 9 history was when Alexander the Great 2 and over 10,000 of his soldiers took part in a wedding in the court of 4 Darius, king of Persia, after the latter's conquest by Alexander. Twenty > thousand, two hundred and two per- 4 sons were made husbands and wives J in one ceremony. 2 ooro thft O Vl i - S 1 lie im:in uic men, cago Tribune. A'ter conquering King > Darius, Alexander determined to wed Statiro, daughter of the conquered king, and issued a decree that on that t occasion 100 of his chief officers J should marry 100 women from the e noblest Persian and Medean families. ? He further stipulated that 10,000 of his Greek soldiers should take to wife 8 10,000 Asiatic women. I' For this purpose a vast pavilion r was erected, the pillars being sixty feet high. One hundred gorgeous chambers adjoined this for the 100 " noble bridegrooms, while for the 10,- j 000 soldiers an outer court was in- t closed. Outside of this tables were spread for the multitude. a Each pair had seats and ranged t themselves in a semi-circle round the royal throne. As it would have taken . several weeks for the few priests to have married this vast number of couples had the ceremony been per formed In the ordinary way, Alexander invented a simple way out of the difficulty. He gave his hand to Sta- u tiro and kissed her, and all the remaining bridegrooms did the same to j. the women beside them, and thus ended the ceremony that united the v greatest number of people at one time tl ever known. o Then occurred a five days' festival, which for grandeur and magnificence never has since been equaled. C I ABOUT FIANCEE8. fhat Ben Got For Telling Sam the Truth. The men in the store watched the jur farmer assist his wife into the >spectable looking: buggy outside, aringe the packages, spread the laprobe snerously and carefully over the Dung woman's knees and then, hlm?lf uncovered, drive away. "Clayton's goin' to take good care that there wife o' his," commented le storekeeper. "Foolish of him," declared Washlng>n Hancock. "He'll get tired o' washln' up that uggy o' hls'n after a while 'n c'nclude le ole waggrin's good enough to come > town to trade In," said Sol Baker igely. " 'Course he will," agreed Hancock. He'll have her out to the woodpile ?llttln' stove wood, like as not. I've Ji AU-4. 4- U- ? tt nowea uiui 10 Happen, iw. Baker had the grace to look embarissed when the storekeeper snlckerJ: "There's wus things than splittln' leete mite o' wood now and then >r a woman," he said. "Anyway, layt's wlfe'U take all the care he kin Ive her an* then need more. If he In't washln' the dishes for her afore ing, I miss my guess. She don't like o kind o' work none too well. 8he Idn't as a gal." "Ain't a great hand to cook, they >11 me," said the storekeeper. "'Most ny one o' the other gals could beat er out when It come to flxln' up a leal. Seems like Clayt 'ud have took ..lsbeth or Birdie If he wus set an' ound to marry Into the fam'ly. This n's mighty slack mouthed by all acounts. I could ha' told him suthln' n thet score if he'd come to me an' st me." "Why didn't you tell him. anyway?" sked Man-In Parsons. "It's a pity she's slack mouthed," bsen-ed Hancock. "IPs them kind o' lmmen that gits to talkln' about tielr neighbors after a while. An' IPs funny thing that It's alius the wlmien that does that. You might set < "<l? n-hon Rnfe an" Sol here -us shootln" off their mouths year in n' year out an' you'd never hear them ay a word agin anybody?not if you rus stone deef. But when a man sees feller in danger o' bllghtin' his life y takin' up with a gal that's ornery n* no account he ain't doin' no more ian whit's his dooty to give him the Ight kind o' warnin'. If a feller's got ood sense he'll erpreshiate a word in easono' that sort an' won't git mad bout it. Anybody's apt to be a mite eerless an' unthlnkin' in the matter ' choosin' a gal when he's young. I et there hain't a married man here ut what'll say that's so." The storekeeper nodded involuntary and Hancock grinned. " *S fur's not takin' a word o' good dvice kindly's concerned I reckon here's many a man would tell you hat if somebody'd come to him in Ime an' let him know what lie had a Ight to expect from the gal he wus hinkln' o' marryln' he'd never have larrled the gal he did," resumed Tancock. "There's some what does It warned in time. I rickerleck right /-ell when a cousin o' mine, Sam Hanock. thought o' hitchin' up with a al he'd met up with when he was a oung buck. He seen the gal an' tuck er buggy ridin' once or twice an' he ggered to himself that she wus jest tout the finest young woman that ver set a foot on this green airth. le couldn't make out that she'd got fault or a blemish. She'd alius actd that away whilst he wus around, so ow wus he to know any diffrunt? "There wus one thing, though, an' hat wus that Sam had a mighty svel hald on him for as young as he rus. He'd slip up on a trade wunst i a while, but he never slipped up wicet the same way an' he'd made a lany trades by the time be was 20 ear old. No, Sam wusn't nobuddy's DOl. "Well, there wus a feller lived elghbor to the gal's folks, name o' len Crittenden, an' he knowed Sam an e knowed the gal. He figgered that lam wus a likely boy an' that it wusn't right for him to stand back an' :eep his mouth shet when he c'd do ood by openin' it. So he goes to Sam ne day and he takes him out behind he barn for a confdenshal talk. " 'Sam,' he says, 'I allow you know hat I'm a friend o' yours an' that I ain't a trouble maker of a stir-strife, 've got suthin' to say to you, an' if I ay it I don't want for you to git mad a' prance around on your ear.' " 'Certainly not,' says Sam. 'If you've ot anything on your mind you say it.' " 'It's about Berthy,' says Ben. " 'I hain't a-goin' to git mad,' says lam. 'What about Berthy?' " 'It's this away,' says Ben. 'I wouldn't say nothin' at all If I thought ou'd had the chance to know for ourself Jest what kind of a gal she vus. But you hain't, an' I have. I ilred out to her paw all through one larvest an' I know what I'm a-talkin' .bout. That gal's mighty shlfless, 5am?Jest shifless.' " 'Is that so?' says Sam. " 'I wouldn't tell you if it wusn't so,' ays Ben. 'An' I wouldn't say nothin' igainst her neither if you wusn't riend o' mine. She'll shirk off an' eave her mammy to do the work 11 ihe kin, an' if she can't she'll Jest hall lo if " 'That's too bad,' says Sam, lookln' houghtful. " ,fPU" 1" nnnlro Si/1 ulclfAn l lit: uicaia one; uwuno uU mu,' says Ben. 'Harvest time a feller lain't partlckler, but they sickened me ^n' when she's around the house she lin't slicked up the way she is when ihe goes to a church soshubble, I tell rou that.' "'Sho!' says Sam. " 'Yes, sirree, an' her temper hain't lone o' the best. I seen her belt her roung brother one day an' knock him ndways. If you take my advice, 5am, you'll drop off.' "Sam studied a moment an* then he ;ot up an' shucked his coat. Ben ooked down his nose. 'You hain't nad, are you?' he says. " 'No,' says Sam, a-spittin' on his lands. 'I hain't mad a mite, but I'm est goin' to waller you around a spell o teach you to mind your own atTalrs n' to quit tattlln' on gals. An' with hat he lit In an' done It." "Did he marry the gal afterward?" nquired Baker. 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