The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, January 08, 1903, Image 3
' FLAGS ON THE CAPITOL, ""j
j
[What It Mfann When They Arc Fly
inc at Half Maxt.
The flying of tings over the capitol at
half mast is regulated by the strictest
rules. Whenever these flags are seen
floating half way down the mast It Is
a sure indication that a vice president,
senator or representative is lying dead
or that the action is taken in response
to a presidential proclamation ordering
the flags on public buildings at half
mast in respect to the memory of some J
prominent official of the government j
who has passed away.
When the sergeant at arms of the
senate or house of representatives
learns of the death of a member of
either of those bodies, he at once
orders that the flags over the senate
chamber or hall of representatives be
half masted. This is often done before
the houses of congress themselves are
officially notified of the death. A good
deal of discretion is exercised in the
manner of placing the news of a death
of this kind officially before the senate
or the house. Upon such an announcement
it is customarj' for the houses to
adjourn in respect to the deceased senator
or representative, and in order
that the current business may not be
stopped early in the day the announcement
is generally made just before the
houses are ready to conclude their
day's work.
Officers of the senate and house
when they fly the flaps at half mast in
response to a proclamation by the president
regard their action as one of
courtesy, as they do not recognize the
power of the president to order congress
to do anything except to assemble
in extraordinary session. They
have always responded to the requests
of such proclamations. It would be a
nice question, if one could imagine that
it could ever be raised, to know to
what extent the president's authority
would allow him to order flags at half
mast on the capitol. While his authority
would not extend over the employees
of the senate and house, yet
the capitol itself for many years was
li^fact controlled exclusively by him
so far as the care of the building is
concerned, and the superintendent of
the building is today appointed by him
without confirmatory action on the
part of the senate.
As a matter of fact, the capitol has
for years been under the direct control
of the committees on appropriations of
the two houses of congress, but that
control has been accorded them by the
railure or tne president to give uuy wders
to the architect or more lately to
the superintendent of the capltol. If
he should order that official to fly flags
over the capltol at half mast and the
order should be disobeyed, he would
have power to dismiss him and appoint
Borne one else in his place without the
concurrence of either branch of congress,
except so far as the appropriation
for the official's salary would be
Involved. These are practically moot
questions, but they occasionally form
Interesting subjects for fireside talks
when flags are half masted in responso
to presidential proclamations.?Washington
Star.
Thnnb Nail Pictures.
In collections, centuries old, to be
seen in both China and Japan are
specimens of the most remarkable
drawings in the world, pictures of all
kinds drawn with the thumb nail. The
nails of the thumbs on the left hands
of the artists of these are allowed to
grow to an enormous length, sometimes
to a foot or eighteen inches, and
are then pared down to a pen shaped
point Dipping this oddly constructed
pen in beautiful vermilion or sky blue
Ink, the only kinds of ink used in these
a 1- 41 -a??
sacreu luurnu uuu urtt?xii^?, mc uiuac |
gracefully outlines his work.
Occasionally the bold touches from
the studio of a master in this department
of "high art" are life size and
are sketched by a few sweeps of the
artist's arm. Like other pictures and
sketches of the orient, these sacred
thumb nail pictures are mounted and
rolled up like scrolls.
Some Words.
According to the late Richard A
Proctor, says the London Chronicle,
the phrase "I guess," to English ears
so ridiculous, is really Identical with
the old expression, "I wis," meaning
"I know." The word "guess" has
changed its meaning entirely in England,
but has partly preserved it in
America, where of course the native
says "I guess" when he Is more or less
In a state of certainty. There are many
other examples of words that have
played fast and loose with "g" and
"w," such as "guardian" and "warden,"
"guard" and "ward," "guichet"
and "wicket"
A Conncienee Jcr.
"Did you ever stop to think, my
love," said Mr. Micawber, gazing at
his plate of lobster salad, "that the
things we love most in this life are the
very things that never agree with U6?"
"Will you be so kind, Micawber,"
said Mrs. Micawber, straightening up.
"as to tell me whether you are speaKIng
of the salad or of me, sir?"
RecklesnneKK of a Drelnner.
Old Stager?I see this is your first
campaign.
Candidate?It is. How did you guess
It?
Old Stager?You are distributing real
Havana cigars.?Chicago Tribune.
Exchange of Compliments.
Maud?My mamma says she can remember
when your mamma kept a
grocer's shop.
Marie?My mamma says she can remember
how much your mamma owes
her for groceries.
Every one should take care that he
behaves so well that his enemies do
not behave better.?Atchison Globe.
CAItDS, THEN HEATH
A DOOMED DESERTER WHO PLAYED
POKER AND WON.
Am a Preliminary to Kin Execution
lie Had iiii* Winning DiMtribated
Amuikfj the Members of the Squad
That Shot Him to Death.
"It is a curious fact," said a member
of Company A, Third Maryland,
"that military execution had a peculiar
fascination for men who were daily
accustomed to see hundreds slain in
battle. Men who shovel a breastwork
in on a trench full of slain comrades
and chew hardtack or cat salt pork
while at the job with a callousness
which only such frequent scenes or occurrences
would make possible in the
human heart became peculiarly sensl
tive and alive to the solemn parade
and formalities of a military execution.
"In our regiment we had. a private
soldier sentenced to be shot for deserting
to the enemy. Ills name was
Thompson, and he belonged to Company
K. This man Thompson had deserted
off vedette post one night and
some two months afterward came into
our lines, where members of his own
company happened to be on picket
duty. Thompson did not calculate on
this. ITis idea in coming in was to surrender
as a Confederate soldier and be
sent north. It happened near to the
Weldon railroad, where our division of
the Ninth corps was then posted. Of
course, on being recognized, he was
taken to headquarters, and a court
martial was immediately convened. It
leaked out somehow that Thompson
jvas not the humble soldier he seemed,
but a Confederate officer and spy. lie
had been an officer in the United States
navy before the war. lie resigned and
went south, where he secured the commission
of colonel of Infantry.
"Being a Marylandcr of family, efforts
were made to save his life, but in
a quiet way, as his relatives feared to
disclose his real identity for fear he
would be hanged as a spy instead of
shot as a deserter. Friday, the day
set for execution in the Army of the
Fotomac, came around too soon for
Thompson and his relatives. The night
previous he had been Informed that all
efforts had failed at Washington. I
was on guard duty over him, and my
brother was one of the detail of twelve
men selected as the firing squad. My
brother didn't like the job, and came
to the tent where I was on guard to
consult with me how to get out of It
[ Thompson overheard our conversation,
and, knowing my brother by name, he
| broke In: 'Say, Tip, you must not back
out I want you In the squad, as I
know you are a dead shot and will
save me from the sergeant.'
"It was the practice for the sergeant
If the firing squad failed to kill the
doomed man with a volley to place the
muzzle of his rifle against the temple
of the prisoner and blow out his brains.
"After Tip had consented the ofhcer
of the guard permitted us to play cards
with the prisoner. lie had a roll of
bills, and we were soon in a stiff poker
game. Two guards, including myself,
my brother Tip and Thompson, composed
the quartet. We played until
gray daylight, and Thompson skinned
the party of every dollar. He had
phenomenal luck and watched the
game closely.
"In the afternoon he was to die, and
about noon he asked to see the lieutenant
of the firing squad. Handing the
officer $500, he asked him to divide it
equally among the men detailed to
shoot him.
"The division was drawn up and
fnrmori rhr?v> Ridf? of n snuare. the
fourth side being open, where the grave
of Thompson was freshly dug. The
band played the dead march In 'Saul,'
and Thompson, at the head of the fir* I
lng squad, marched around the three
sides of the square, with the coffin in
which he was to be inclosed carried immediately
behind him. Reaching the
open space, the coffin was set down.
Thompson seated himself on the end of
it, facing the firing squad, about twelve
paces distant. The death warrant was
read, and the chaplain tied his handkerchief
over the prisoner's eyes. 1
watched Thompson, curious to note if
he would hear the reports of the muskets
that killed him. Presently 1 heard
the lieutenant's lew voice: 'Readyl
Aim I Fire!' .
"In the next Instant Thompson toppled
back into his coffin a dead man.
The reports of the muskets he never
heard, as I saw him swiftly fall over
before I heard the guns crack, and so
I settled this disputed point to my own
satisfaction, and to that extent the execution
of Thompson interested me and
no more."?Washington Post
To Thread a Ilatr Through a Walnut.
To pass a hair through a walnut
without boring a hole seems an impossibility,
but the feat has often been
done. The hull of the walnut when
examined with a strong glass is seen
to have innumerable small openings,
some of which lead entirely through
the nut. The trick consists in using a j
? r? lr?fl nlf A omAiinf I
vcij' uuu uau uuu uu uiuiiibc amvuub i
of patience. Pass the hair Into one of J
these minute crevices and urge it gently
along. Sometimes It will appear on I
the other side at the first trial, but if
it comes out at the hundred and first
you will be very lucky.
He Had Learned It.
"I heard a good story the other day,"
began the grocery man, "about a certain
politician."
"That will do," Interrupted the disappointed
officeseeker. "In the first
place, there are no certain politicians."
?Chicago News.
And One ol Them Went Wrong.
Adam was lucky In another way. He
had no friends to come around telling
him how he ought to bring up his boys.
?Chicago Record-Herald.
' THREE GREAT CANYONS.
Yo.Kvmixe, V?'llo\vstoue and Grand
Canyon of the Colorado Compared.
The justly famous (Jrand Canyon of
the Yellowstone is, like the Colorado,
gorgeously colored and abruptly countersunk
In a plateau, and both are
mainly the work of water. Hut the Colorado's
canyon Is more than 1,000 times
Larger, and as a score or two new buildings
of ordinary size would not appreciably
change the general view of a
great city so hundreds of Yellowstones
might be eroded in the sides of the Colorado
canyon without noticeably augmenting
its size or the richness of its
sculpture. Hut it is not true that the
great Yosemite rocks would be thus
lost or hidden. Nothing of their kind In
the world, so far as I know, rivals El
Capitan and Tissiack, much less
dwarfs or in any way belittles them.
None of the sandstone or limestone
nrrv>inloos of the eanvon that I have
f ? ? V ?
scon or hoard of approaches in smooth,
flawless strength and grandeur the
granite face of El Capitan or the Tenaya
side of Cloud's Rest. These colossal
cliffs, types of permanence, are
about 3,000 and G,000 feet high; those
of the canyon that are sheer are al>out
half as high and are types of fleeting
change, while glorious domed Tisslack,
noblest of mountain buildings, far
from being overshadowed or lost in this
rosy, spiry canyon company, would
draw evcrj' eye and in serene majesty
"aboon them a'" she would take her
place?castle, temple, palace or tower.
Nevertheless a noted writer, comparing
the Grand canyon in a general way
with the glacial Yosemite, says: "And
the Yosemite?ah, the lovely Yosemite!
Dumped down into the wilderness of
gorges and mountains, it would take a
guide who knew of its existence a long
time to find it." This is striking and
shows up well above the levels of commonplace
description, but it is confusing
and has the fatal fault of not being
true.?John Muir in Century.
Sympathetic Ink*.
Rabelni9 compiled a curious list of
inks of a sympathetic nature, which
were Largely In vogue in his days. In
his book entitled "Fantagruel" he
makes his readers acquainted with
Fanurgue's exploits in trying to decipher
the invisible characters of a letter
which a Parisian female had
written to Fantagruel. "He held it up
before a fire," says Rabelais, "to see
if it was written with spirits of ammonia
mixed with water. Then he
placed it in water to discover if the
writing had not been done with sirup
? * Wknn thlo TTTAIlM nnl
U1 lllU^ iiiiU. IV UCU iuto TV vwau
work, he held it over a candle, which
would have brought out the characters
had they been written with the Juice
of white onions. By rubbing a part of
it with nut oil he tried to find whether
It had not been written with the sap
of a fig tree. And if frog's blood had
been used In the place of Ink the milk
from the breast of a woman suckling
her firstborn daughter would have betrayed
the secrets of that letter."
Two of a Kind.
- An old woman recently entered an
optician's shop and asked to look at
some spectacles. Choosing a pair, she
asked the price.
"Five shillings," was the answer.
"And how much are they without the
case?"
"I could not sell them for less than
4s. 10d.," said the tradesman, who was
determined to get all ho could.
"Do you take off twopence for the
case?" queried the woman.
"That is alL The case Is worth no
more than twopence," was the reply.
"A nai is gooa new si ejucuraieu me
old lady, with a sigh of relief. "It's the
case for mine which I have lost."
So 6aylng she laid down the twopence
and marched off with the coveted
case before the astonished shopkeeper
had time to Interfere.?London Answers.
Origin ot the Red Cap of Liberty.
The red cap of liberty had a very prosaic
origin. Instead of being the j
Thrygian bonnet" It is Just the galley
slave's headgear. The Sjviss of the i
Chateauroux regiment sen%,to the galleys
for their share in the ^ancy riots
were released and came into .'^aris with
the red caps still on their heads. "They
are the victims of despotism," said tho
people, forgetting the circumstances of
the riot, and so the red cap became the
favorite with the extreme party.
Toothache.
If one has a toothache and can't
reach the dentist, try this method of
temporarily allaying the pain: Cleanse
and dry the hollow tooth with a bit of
cotton. Then put in a small cotton
plug dipped in creosote or oil of cloves.
Cover this with another bit of dry cot
ton, or, still better, a little .beeswax
and cotton kneaded together. This
keeps out the air and downs the "misery"
until a dentist can be reached.
Cockney.
"That Englishman Simklns Is very
well fixed, Isn't he?" Inquired Polk.
"Well," replied Jolk, "some people
think so, but I know he hasn't a bit of
property he can call his own."
"Nonsense! He lives In Ms own
house."
"That may be, but he calls It "is
bown.' "?Philadelphia Press.
Disenchantment.
"How did you enjoy your visit to the
Bermudas, Uncle Jed?"
"I was a good deal disappointed.
The onions didn't come up to my expectations.
Why, I've eat better Bermuda
onions right here."?Chicago
Tribune.
I "
An Old Family.
ne?Miss Bellaeour claims to belong
to a very old family.
She?Well, she's justified. There are
six those girls, and the youngest of
them must be at least thirty.
USE OF FALSE TEETH.
Two Million* Manufactured Annually
In the United State*.
Probably not less than 2,000,000 artificial
teeth are manufactured In this
country each year, and still the output
goes on Increasing. Never before was
such great care manifested for teeth as
has been exhibited during the past five
years. In this respect Americans lead
the world, not even the fastidious
French excelling the people of the
United States in their solicitude for
the preservation of natural teeth and in
their application of the arts of dental
science when substitutes have to be
provided for nature's molars.
Englishmen are notoriously careless
about their teeth, although in late
years great progress has been made In
this matter.
A prominent dentist of New York declares
that nearly every patient with a
mouthful of decayed teeth Is a foreigner.
"They let things drift," he says,
"and come only when pain drives them
here. Americans, and especially southerners,
hasten to their dentist immediately
they detect even the slightest
signs of coming trouble, and the result
is that there are by far more 'saved'
teeth in this country than In any other.
Englishmen and Irishmen are remarkably
apathetic about their molars and
will go about for years with hopelessly
decayed teeth."?New York Times.
Glnclc In a Frenay.
When Gluck composed his immortal
works, a bottle of champagne was always
placed on either side of the piano,
and its effervescence helped to inspire
the great arias of "Iphigenia," "Armida"
and "Alceste." When the final rehearsals
were held of the "Iphigenia,"
Gluck had not yet written the melody
to the "Dance of the Scythians." Navcrre,
the ballet master, becoming uneasy
over the delay, went to him one
morning to urge him to hurry it up.
As he entered the composer's anteroom
he heard unusual and terrific noises
emanating from Gluck's library. He
approached stealthily and through a
crack In the door saw Qiuck In shirt
sleeves, his face as red as fire and distorted
by horrible grimaces, singing,
gesticulating and jumping about like a
madman, Naverre, frightened by the
extraordinary spectacle, pushed the
door open. "Ah, there you are," exclaimed
Gluck. "1 am just finishing
your dance and will let you have it
right away." It was then that Glnck
had composed that grand orgy of the
savages which created such a profound
sensation on the stage.
Blind Men m Shaapooen.
"I do pity these blind men so," said
a stranger In the city who had been approached
by so many "blind" men In
walking down the avenue that he wondered
how these beggars picked him
out so readily.
"And yet," said his host, "there are
many lines of work which they could
do instead of begging. For example,
most of the shampooers in Japan are
blind men. finmp are so well to do
that they own their own houses, and
their patrons go to thexn for treatment
Others who have not succeeded so well
go from house to house, and the rest
of the people from sympathy guide
them from place to place. Some of
them walk alone, blowing on bamboo
whistles. There was a time when some
of them were doctors as well as shampooers."?New
York Tribune.
Mortar Tosscrs.
There Is no hod carrying In Japan.
The native builders have a method of
transferring mortar which makes it
seem more like play than work to the
onlooker. The mortar is mixed up in a
pile In the street. One man makes this
up into balls of about six pounds
weight, which he tosses to a man who
stands on a ladder midway between
the roof and the ball. This man deftly
catches the ball and tosses it up to a
man who stands on the roof. This
plan would scarcely work for skyscrapers.
What Botanists Do Not Know.
How water, commonly called sap,
necessary to the life of a tree, passes
from the roots to the topmost ieaf and
evaporates is a problem not yet solved
by botanists. It is known that the
ascent Is made chiefly in cavities In
the sapwood only, the heart and bark
serving other purposes. That Is the
extent of our knowledge of the matter.
Beyond Is mere conjecture, and every
theory yet advanced has failed to stand
the test of experiment
The Cast Was Made.
"Do you cast things here?" inquired
a smart youth the other day as he
sauntered Into a foundry and addressed
the proprietor.
"Yes, we do."
"You cast all kinds of things in
iron, eh?"
"Certainly. Don't you see that is our
business?"
"Ah, well, cast a shadow, will you?"
He was cast out
Intellectual.
"Just fahncy, Weglnald, I've forgotten
ma cahrd case."
| "Nevah mind, deah boy, I'll lend you
' some of mine.*
"But?ah?the name would be different,
you know."
"Bah Jove, so it would! What & head
you have, Aigy!"
Discontent.
Most men spend one-third of their
lives trying to make the world different,
another third in learning to live in
It as it is and the remainder in explaining
how much better it used to
"be.?Washington Times.
The last few hours before a funeral
the clock in the house strikes with a
tone never noticed before and never
apparent again, except on similar occasions.?Atchison
Giobe.
I
WHILE WE SLEEP.
The Mnsclo* and Organs of the Body
Are Still Working.
If the organs of the body cannot be
said to sleep, neither can the voluntary
muscles. Witness the phenomena of 1
sleepwalking, the postilions In stagecoach
days who slept In their saddles
and cavalrymen who do it today, infantry
who have been known to sleep ,
on forced marches, sentinels who walk
their beats carrying their guns in a
fixed position while they sleep. For
all we know policemen may do it too.
People who talk in their sleep are familiar
to all of us. Experiments made 1
by Speir, Armstrong and Child on 200 (
college students of both sexes showed
that 47 per cent of the men and 37
per cent of the women talked In their
sleep. A number of things might be
proved by these statistics. Of these
sleep talkers one-half of the women
and one-third of the men are able to
answer questions while asleep. More
women than men could answer questions
on any subject, not alone that of
which they had been talking. It has
also been found that most sleep talkers
are under twenty-five years of age.
Evidently, then, with the muscles
and organs of the body all working, It i
Is the brain only that sleeps, and by
no means all of the brain. The senses
of sight, hearing, touch, smell and
taste may be very much awake while
the subject sleeps. A sleeping person
hears and answers questions, rearranges
his bedclothlng, covers his eyes
to keep out the light, draws away his
hand when the experimenter tickles It
A child is broken of the habit of sucking
his thumb while asleep by putting
aloes on it He Is conscious of the bitter
taste and dreams of wormwood.
The nerves, then, and the brain centers
corresponding to them are awake.
A busy lawyer,. exhausted by overwork,
one night went out to supper
with some friends, ate, talked and
walked with them, and the next day
remembered absolutely nothing of the
occurrence. He had not been drinking.
The man was simply asleep during the
whole evening. His conscious memory?that
is, consciousness itself?slept
?Ainslee's Magazine.
FLOWER AND TREE.
Fruit trees and fruit require potash
for their best development
With house plants all extreme
changes of temperature should be
avoided.
Too many trees prevent rapid growth
and extend the time when a grove is
well shaded.
Grapevines like their roots to be near
the surface, and the food for them
should not be placed at too great a
depth.
Small growth and too much small
fruit go together. Thrifty growth fur
nlshes a few large and fine specimens
of fruit
There Is no use In growing a tree
very tall. The top limbs are apt to become
slender and break If fruit is produced
on them.
All members of the poppy family are
hard to transplant By choosing a
rainy day and not exposing the roots
one can sometimes manage a transference.
Avoid straight lines as much as possible.
There Is no straight line in nature.
It Is for this reason that groups and
masses are so much better than formal
or set beds.
What Puiled Loala.
Louis Philippe was a wit What he
specially excelled In was the clinching
of an argument, such as, for instance,
his final remark on the death of Talleyrand.
He had paid him a visit the day
before. When the news of the prince's
death was brought to hira, he said,
"Are you sure he Is dead?" "Very
sure, sire," was the answer. "Why,
SM nnt Vftiir mqlocfv himself notice
yesterday that he was dying?" "I did,
but there Is no Judging from appearances
with Talleyrand, and I have
been asking myself for the last four
and twenty hours what interest he
could possibly have in departing at
this particular moment"
j
A Queer Library.
A curious collection of books Is contained
in the library of Warstenteln, I
near Cassel, In Germany. The books J
appear at flrst sight to be logs of wood,?
but each volume Is really a complete!
history of the tree it represents. The I
back shows the bark, in which a small
place is cut to write the scientific and
common name as a title. One side
shows the tree trunk In Its natural
state, and the other Is polished and
varnished. Inside are shown the leaves,
fruit, fiber and Insect parasites, to
which Is added a full description of the
tree and Its products.
A Matter of Fact.
"Do you >sce the horizon yonder,
where the sky seems to meet the
earth?'
"Yes, uncle."
"Boy, I have Journeyed so near there
that I couldn't put a sixpence between
my head and the sky!"
"Why, uncle, what a whopper I"
"It's a fact, my lad. I hadn't one to
put"?London Tit-Bits.
Excellent Explanation.
"Why Is a woman?honest now?
? 4- ~ 1)1 I ,
vvu| 10 a nuc uvddi
"Before marriage she -was an 1.
After marriage she leaned on another
I, and they formed an X. Of course
he's cross, and so are yon, I'll bet"?
New York Times.
Benefit your friends, that they may
love you more dearly still Benefit
your enemies, that they may at last become
your friends.
A boy is usually ready to eat every '
3me he stops playing.?Atchison Globe. 1
" HE WAS A PAINTER.
A Drunken Prisoner'* Excuse In
New York Police Court.
It Is characteristic of almost all the
prisoners except the drunks that their
chief concern is to secure a delay. They
plead and beg for an adjournment,
which they know will only postpone
the inevitable for a day or two, and
that although, through their inability
to obtain bail, they will have to stay In
prison Just the same. The jpost plausible
explanation is that they all are
fatalists, always hoping that something
unexpected may turn up to stave off
the impending catastrophe. The
drunks, on the other hand, are mote
eager to face the arbiter of their fate*
knowing that nothing worse than a fine
is likely to befall them and that the
sooner it is Imposed the sooner it may
be paid or served off. And tlrai there
Is the chance, if the maglstx^fc Is in
good humor, that they may get away
unscathed at once.
As a rule, although not seldom still
In their cups, they are loath to mate
any incriminating ad missions. "No,
air," protested a man who kept himself
from falling over by holding on nerv
ously to tno oar; "im doc oruna,
'cause no one's drunk who's not falling
all over himself." Excuses of the most
wonderful kind, some of them really
ingenious, others merely ridiculous, are
put forward when the futility of feigning
Innocence has been discovered. The
cleverest explanation of that kind that
I ever heard was advanced by a man
who, when taxed with having displayed
unmistakable signs of intoxication,
simply replied that he was a
painter by trade.
"That has nothing to do with your
condition," said the magistrate.
"Of course it has," rejoined the prisoner.
"1 was painting a barber pole
and kept on twisting after the stripes
until I got so dizzy that the cop thought
I was boozy."?Edward Biorkman In
Century.
HE WORKED THE BANKER.
How a Clever Merchant Killed Two
Bird* With One Stone.
Recently a wealthy merchant in Paris
who does an extensive business with
Japan was Informed that a prominent
firm in Yokohama had failed, but the
name of the firm he could not learn,
though he was most anxious to ascertain
whether it was the one with which
he did most of his business in that city.
He could have learned the troth by
cabling, but Instead he went tO the
man, a well known banker, who had
received the news and requested him
to reveal the name of the firm to htm. >
"That's a. very delicate thing to da*
replied the banker, "for the neve W
not official, and if I gave yea the name
I might incur some responsibility." g.
The merchant argued, but in rain,
and filially he made this proposition;
T will give you," he said, "a list of
ten firms In Yokohama, and I will ask
you to look through It and then tp tell
me, without mentioning any namet
whether or not the name of the firm
which has failed appears In it Sorely
you will do that for me7"
"Yes," said the banker, "for if I dp
not mention any name 1 cannot be held
responsible in any way."
The list was made. The banker^
looked through it and as he handed St
back to the merchant said, "The name
of the firm which has failed is there."
"Then I've lost heavily," replied tba:
merchant, "for that la the flrxn with
which 1 did business," showing him a
name on the list
"But how do you know that is the
firm which has failed?' asked the
banker In surprise.
"Very easily," replied the merchant
"Of the ten names on the list only one
is genuine, that of the firm with which
I did business. All the others are fictitious."
Two layoulklc Ilea.
Dr. Hausbck once asked Bchnmann
now ne got on wun wuguer.
"Not at all," replied Schumann; "foi?
me Wagner la impossible. Doubtless
he la a very clever man, bat he talks
too fast?one cannot get a word In."
Some time after, In an interview
which Hausllck had with Wagner, allusion
was made to Schumann.
"With Schumann," said Wagner, "It-3
Is Impossible to arrive at an understanding.
He says nothing. Someyears
ago on my return from Parte I
called upon him to talk of operas, concerts,
composers and other Interesting
matters with which I had become acquainted.
Schumann looked at me
stolidly, or rather he Iqoked into space,
without saying a wonl Faith, I took
leave of him almost immediately. He
Is an Impossible man."
Talcing go CkauM.
"Do you mean to say that yon don't
want a railway through Crimson
Gulch?' asked the astonished surveyor.
"That's exactly what I mean to say,
young feller," answered Broncho Bob,
"Cactusville got a railroad, didn't it?
And they hadn't It two weeks before' a
couple of men won half the money In
?? ?? ? aaLI f/vote #ka solti nvwt
UtUiPi tviu VWA VUV UOMI ??%
was gone forever and ever. Crlmion
Gulch ain't taklo' any such chances."
?Washington Star.
A Rub For Teaaysoa.
When Alfred Tennyson appeared in
the Oxford theater to receive his D. C.
L. degree, it is said that his disheveled
hair and generally negligent state pro*
Toked the undergraduates into greeting
him with the inquiry, "Did your mother
call you early, call you early, Alfred,
dear?'
Better Left UbmIL
Discontented Artist?1 wish I had a
fortune. I would never paint again.
Generous Brother Brush?By Iota
old man, I wish I had one! I'd give II
to you I