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A Boac Bird In th« CspitoL It happened during a vacation be fore congress convened that an un known lady strolled into the rotunda of the capitol. There was nobody about but the guides and a few tour ists, and a couple of friends who v re with the unknown suggested to her that she try the acoustics of the ball. At first she demurred, but . the idea seemed to fascinate her. As vhe stood silent for a moment, as if vaiting for her accompaniment, -omething in her easy pose suggest ed familiarity with the footlights. Thou she lifted up her voice \md sang—easily and unaffectedly as a bird—and such singing 1 It was only a simple old ballad, but the voice was pure and dear, the phrming fine and elocution excellent. But this was not all. The echoes of the great dome awoke and joined in the song until it seemed magnlflad and expanded into a whole great chorus. The guards and guides crowded in to hear this impromptu concert, and even the anxious sight seers, who had allotted 15 minutes to “do the capitol,” paused to listen. It was grand, it .was inspiring, and the singer seemed to enjoy this real isation of her art, which she could never attain in an ordinary hall When she paused, a round of ap plause awoke other echoes until it sounded like the tribute of a great audience. And then the singer, realizing her situation, departed, and her remark, as she thanked the doorkeeper, that she had sung in many hAiu. but none like this, gave rise to the sur mise that she was not unknown to fame.—Washington Post ▲ ValaabU Stocking. Edward Hutchinson Bobbins was speaker of the Massachusetts house of representatives in 1798. His grand son, who describes him as a man of untiring kindness, “whose desire was to bless and serve others,” says: Stephen Brewer, who knew him well, told me once that when he was a clerk in a store in Boston the old gentleman walked in with a gray stocking in his hand, the foot of which was full of Spanish dollars. “Stephen, my littie man,” said he, 'take care of this for me; it’s a new stocking, and my daughter Cassy knit it for me.” So Stephen put it'away, and grand father forgot it from that hour, but . three months later he came into the store in much affliction. “Stephen, my little man,” said he, ‘Tve lost a stocking like this,"show ing the mate, “and I'm so sorry I My daughter Cassy knit them,” he said tenderly, “and I would not lose them for anything.” ‘T produced the stocking with the Spanish dollars tied up in the foot,” said Stephen, “and there was no af fectation about it He really cared more about finding the stocking that his daughter had knit for him than he did for the money.”—Tooth’s Companion. Kxtartioa Im SwltMrUad. The following experience may con vey a useful hint to travelers in Switzerland. A lady traveling with her daughters wrote to the proprie tor of the Bean Bivage hotel, Inter laken, to know if they could have rooms on the second floor. They re ceived an answer by telegraph that rooms would be reserved as desired. On arrival they found that the rooms reserved for them were on the third floor. On their refusing to take these and preparing jegart, the landlord demajifl&Tso franca. /, whereupon he re* fused to allow their luggage to be removed. They went to a lawyer, but had to pay the 50 francs before the luggage Vas released. At this period a male relative appeared on the scene and sent a message to the landlord that unless the 60 francs were repaid by a specified time an action would bis commenced, which led to the money being at once re turned.—Bern Letter. a Bhjna* For Conklin*. Twenty or more years ago Colonel Donn Piatt, editor of the Washing ton Sunday Capital, offered a bottle of fine old Wine to any ope that would furnish a rhyme for Conkling, and for many weeks published nu merous ludicrous efforts, until one Sunday he published the following, written by a lady, and tersely added, “The wine is yours:” Let chrtotonert Donn, with eager saet. To hie adopted Coni' cling Aodoeghet^lH rather eorrrjeet ' - Of fknaios with our Conkling. The Piatt family record shows that the colonel was christened Dunn — N. F. B. Stevens in New York Her ald. UMfctag Far Bojraltr. First Freeman (laying down a news paper)—It has been said that every American is a king by birthright; bat, after all, there’. 1 nothing like be ing bom to a genuine throne. Second Freeman—What have you discovered t First Freeman—The paper says that Emperor William has ordered the court chaplains to cut down their sermons to 16 minutes each.—New York Weekly. If WoaaM Proposed. Charles—What would be the re- it if it Wsse the custom tar women to propose instead of men! Laura—There would be fewer e gagements and more marria? Loudon Tit-Bits. BUILO'S CURE is sold on * guarantee. It cures incipient Con sumption. H is the beat Cough Cure. Ohly one cent s dose. 25 cts, 50 cts., and $1.00. KARL’S CLOVER ROOT vill purify your Blood, dear your Oom- plsotmn, regulate your Bowels and *^**>ur Head clear as a bell. 60o. 8 p/wwide manly, the eld made and vigorous by Magnetic Bros. SOME BIG EQUINE LEAPS. Thirty-four Feet Certainly Cleared In the ZnglUh Steeplechase of IM7. One of the most remarkable jumps by a horse on record is that by Chandler, a steeplechaser, while run ning in the Leamington cup race at Warwick, England, in 1847. Tho dis tance covered in one leap has been variously measured. For a number of years it was thought to have been 89 feet, but the editor of the spoil ing paper in which the record was first published afterward explained that this was a printer’s error and that the distance was in reality 37 feet. This in itself is big enough— so big, in fact, that there are many horsemen in England today who will swear that it is exaggerated. The portion of tho race in which this jump, occurred is reported as follows in a description of tho race in the issue of March 28, 1847. “This left the lead with King of the Valley, but he refused at tho top of the hill and soon after Regalia caught up with him. They raced to gather to the brook, with Chandler following them. Chandler’s rider pulled back as they approached it, ex pecting that Regalia would bring grief to somebody, and when they •rtived at it sent the spurs into his horse and followed them with all steam on. Both went into the brook, and while they were there Chandler, who was not able to stop, whatever inclination he may havo had to do so, made an extraordi nary jump and cleared the brook, horses and riders together.” The account goes on to say that Chandler won file race with ease. The length of the leap was immedi ately measured, but there was some doubt as to where the animal had landed, as the ground was soft and a number of hoof prints had been made. Captain Broadley, the rider, who seems to have been 5 modest person, said that the distance was 37 feet. This beat the record as far as known, the best previous perform ance having been that of Lottery, who cleared between 33 and 34 feet. One of the witnesses of the jump was William Archer, father of the famous Fred and Charles Archer, and he was willing to swear ever afterward that the distance was 39 feet. F. Sawley, a well known sporting writer in England, was also on hand, and he has declared, in a recent article that the tape measured but 34 feet. This is the minimum estimate. Summing up, it may be said that while there is some doubt as to the exact number of feet cleared, Chandler’s performance was an un usual and important one. The same may be said of a home called Proceed, who is said to have cleared 37 feet while running in a steeplechase about the time of the above event. A horse called Culver- thorn is reported to have jumped 39 feet on one occasion, and Lather, a boater owned by one Lord Ingestrie, is said to have jumped 37 feet 5 inches over a pit. None of these measurements is absolutely authen- tio.—Bell’s Life. s.s.s. CURES s.s.s. lb*. E. 3. 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