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fcs Spain Said to be Willing With a $40,000,01 I * Mil MM OPPO Inaugural Address. Hobson Testif reau Chiefs--Says the Colon $900,000- Seventy-two Pakis, (By Cable). The Court of Cassation has decided to grant a revison of the Dreyfus case, and institute a supplementary inquiry. The court, however, has declined to order the release of Dreyfus. The judges of the court were occupied three hours and a half in considering the judgement. The pubiic, whose admission to the court was regulated witn the greatest care, awaited the decision with marked calmness. During the suspension of business the nnblic crowded into the lob bies and there was evident anxiiety to hear the verdict. There was no demonstration when the court rose. For the Confederate Veterans Reunion. At a special meeting of the city council of Charleston, S. C., it was unanimously voted to devote the funds known as the Thomson bequest and now in the treasury, to the erection of au auditorium building, to be used at the reuuion of the Confederate veterans, which is to be held there next year. The sum thus appropriated amounts, all told, to ^'3,000. The city had already donated $.1,000 towards the erection of theauditorium. so the building should be a handsome one when completed. Hobson's Report. fnnstmctor Hobson in his report before the board of naval bureau chiefs, said that in.his opinion the Colon and Vizcaya could be raised and brought to dry docks at New York or Norfolk at a cost of SoOU.OOO for one and ?4t>0,000 for the other. Mr. Uobson also gave the bureau chiefs some information coacerninir the Reiua Mercedes and tho Merrimac. The former could be easily raised, he believed, for it was apparent that she had been only scuttled. The Merrimac could be raised and he said he must be removed from the mouth of the harbor in somowuy. Now Arranging the Details. The President, Secretary Alger and Adjutant Ceueral Corbin had an extended conference Saturday, the principal topic under consideration being the occupation of Cuba. There is no disposition to change thedate, January JLBl, UACU IKJl liiO uoouiii|'iiVU Vi x/\su**vr* by the United States. The questious discussed related mainly to transportation, ships, equipments, landings and camps. The reports of the Cuban military commission and of the army board sent to investigate and locate sites were considered. Seventy-two Deaths on a Spanish Ship. The Spanish steamer Montaerat, Captain Deschamps, from Havana on October 12th, via Gibara, for Cadiz, with repatriated Spanish troops on board, has arrived at Ponta del Gada, Azore Island. There were 72 deaths on board the vessel during the voyage. More Mussulmans Handed. 4 sripfial from Candia. Island of Crete, says five more of the Mussulmans convicted of taking part in the massacre of British soldiers, on September 6th. have been hanged. In addition, four Bashi Bazouks have been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment at bard labor. No Relief for Gomez. The central revolution committee of Havana, notwithstanding the receipt of several advices from General Maximo Gomez, as to the critical condition of the forces under his command, haB not sent any relief since the separation of General Gomez's staff. A strong propaganda is being agitated against Gomez, who is charged with being despotic, and his enemies are taking every advantage of his condition. Blaine and Murphy honorably Discharged. By direction of the President the following named officers of the volunteer army are honorably discharged from oAvninn nf T'nifa/1 SffttOQ* Pftnf IUO OOi ? ivo V? kuo V utvwM K/*M. vw . n James G. Blaine, assistant adjutantgeneral. son of ex-Secretarv Blaine; Capt. Edward Murphy, second assistant adjutant-general, son of Senator Murphy, of New York. Emperor and Empress Enter Jaffa Gate. A special from Jerusalem says: Emperor William and Empress Augusta Victoria, with their suites, arrived in perfect health at the encampment outside the town Saturday. At 11 o'clock their majesties entered the Jaffa gate, and at 8 o'clock visited the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The buildings were lavishly decorated Off for Savannah. A special from Augusta, Me., says the First Maipe Artillery, consisting "of four batteries, 450 out of the 518 men, J and 12 officers, commanded by Major E. E. Newcomb, have left for Savannah, Ga., where they will be attached to the Seventh Corps. Decided to Make no Nominations. The Republican caucus of delegates to the county convention held in Wilmington, N. C., decided to make no nominations for county offices or the lower house of the Legislature. r to Cede the Philippines 00 Debt Attached. ,oro iiinrnini ion mi UK> loco imrcnmuom in nio ies Before the Board o^ Naval Buand Viscaya Can be Saved for Deaths on a Spanish Ship. Spain and the Philippines. Paris, (By Cable). While the Span, ish and American peace commissioners I now stand upon the threshold of the j Philippine question, it seems probable, ; iu the light of this hour, that the ! United States will take over the entire archipelago. In 1807 Spain issued by I royal decree bonds in the 6um of $40,I 000,000, to which were pledged the re venues of the Philippines and to which the Spanish national guarantee was added. These $40,000,000 represent the Philippine debt, which is entirely outside of :he 8700,000,000 of the socalled Philippine and Spanish general debt. The conditions also differ, the Philippine debt having been created by royal decree because the archipelago was not a parliamentary colon}-, while the so-called uuban debt was created by law. The difference raises the question of the non-responsibility of the Philippines when removed from the sovereignty under which its resources were pledged. Some well informed persons believe that Premier Sagasta has determined to be rid of the Philippines. and would direct his commission to sign a treaty bvr which the United States should take the islands and as- j surne the $40,000,000 of debt. Governor Candler Inaugurated. Allen D. Candler was inaugurated Governor of Georgia at noon Saturday. In the course of his inaugural address Governor Candler 6aid: "Not content with the extent of our magniticeut national domain, we are reaching out, thousands of miles, for the islands of the sea, with their heterogeneous population, and there are those, in both political parties who would reverse the policy of more than a century and enter upon an extensive and expansive scheme of colonization, as have the monarchies of Europe, which will necessitate an immense standing army aud a large and costly navy to be supported by taxes imposed upon the peo pie of the btates. it will not do lor us to wander too far into the realms of experiment. Fi?e of the Men Decline to Serve. A special from San Juan de Porto Ixico, save: Political apitators continue their statements regarding the unpopularity of the re-appointment of the Munez cabinet. Of the 24 San Juan councilmen appointed by Gen. Brooke five have declined to accept the positions, stating that they will not serve under men who administered Spanish affairs. Senor Francisco del Yalle has been appointed mayor of San Juan, in succession to Senor Villamil, the late Spanish mayor. A Complete Evacuation May Follow. The Paris correspondent of The London Sunday Special, says that the general opinion is that Major Marchand's retirement from F&shoda will be followed by a complete evacuation of that place by the French. This change of policy is attributed to the disappointed hopes egarding the action of Russia. Telegraphic Briefs. Col. George E. Warng died at his home in New York City of yellowfever. He contracted the dreadful malady in Havana. Two thousand claims for pensions on aooount of the war with Spain have been filed up to date. Seventy of them are on account of victims of the Maine explosion. Judge Simonton in Chambers at Charleston, S. C., has made his restraining order against the railroad commission of that State perpetual. The question involved was an effort by the railroad commission to compel the telegraph companies to pay the war tax on messages sent in that State. The civil governor of Havana has ordered the removal of all the beggars who are infesting the public thoroughgares. They will be taken to homes, hospitals and asylums designated for that purpose. The Democratic rally in Goldsboro, N. C., was attended by large numbers oi men ui miiuouco iruui uu pans ox the State. Major Guthrie was chairman of the convention. Itesolutiona were adopted setting forth the issuea of the present campaign. Fidel G. Plerra said recently that a strong movement had been started in Habana in opposition to the provisional government and to the junta in New York. He gave the reasons for such movement, showiug tnat there is a sharp division of sentiment among Cubans. The Cuban Colonial Congress has been dissolved by a decree of General joisnco. Captain Brocks has been assigned by the UnitedStatesrailitary commission to make a detailed inventory of overy gun mounted on the fortification at Havana as agreed upon a at meeting of the joint commission. It is said that the 22,000men forming the volunteer battalions in the province of Havana will next week manifest to (ieneral Blanco, through their chief, their deaire to deliver up their arms before November 15th. f THE DISPENSARY'S QUARTERLY REPORT. Inspection Made by the Legislative Committee. Following: is the report made to Governor Ellerbe by the legislative com- , niittee appointed to moke quarterly ( iusuections of the books and business j of the State dispensary. From the re- ! port it will be seen that during the ! quarter $40,000 has been paid into the ' school fund and that the cash book i shows a balance on hand of | $09,655.75. To His Excellency, W. H. Ellerbe, j Governor: Sir: The committee met on Wednesday, Oct. 19th, 1898, and proceeded to examino the books and finaucial transactions of the State dispensary for the quarter ending Sept. 80th, 1898. The stock of liauors and supplies on 3 i !_ M . i i x i *r_ T\ nunu was laaen on v;ci ibi oy xur. u. F. Ffird ou the part of the committee, and Messrs. J. B. Douthit and D. M. Miles representing the board of control. The amount of inventories taken appears upon the statement of the assets and liabilities hereto attached all stock and supplies were actually exhibited, counted and valued. We have examined the original invoices of all liquors and supplies purchased during the past quarter and also all vouchers for disbursements made. We find the books and entries therein correct. The balance shoet for the quarter ending Sept. 30th and the statement of assets and liabilities and of profit and loss were checked by the books. We append to this report copies of the statement, and also a copy of the statement for the quarter, The State treasurer's report showB on Sept. 30th balance of cash in State treasury, ?74,059.97. The cash book of the dispensary shows on that day $68,655.75, a difference of $6,004.22 more in the State treasury than was called for by the books of the dispensary. This difference is accounted for by the unpaid checks issued previous to the 30th of September, amounting to $6,004.22. \\ e are very mucn pieasea witn rue new quarters of the institution. We suggest that the State board of control at once try and make some arrangement with the railroads to receive goods from the platform of the State dispensary when shipments are less than car oad lots, so as to curtail expense of ravage. We are glad to report that there are no shortage accounts outstanding against local dispensers for this quarter. We also note that $40,000 have been turned over to the State treasurer, during the past quarter, for the school fund. .Respectfully submitted, William H. Mauldin, Senator. A. K. Sanders, D. F. Ekird, Representatives. People's Electric LiffJttinf Company. The city council of Columbia has some very weighty matters to engage its atteutiou for the next few months. f in fVia aau-ovocrfl (illflstiflll. and ail other the granting of a franchise to the Peoples' Electric Light Co. This company made application to the city council for a charter last spring, and for several meetings there was a hot light over the report of the committee to which the matter was referred. The application was linally withdrawn from the consideration of the council, but has been brought up again. The Huguenot Society. The Huguenot Society of South Carolina met in regular autumn session at the hall of the South Carolina Society in Charleston. Considerable business of a routine nature was disposed of, after which I)r. Charles S. Vedder read an interesting report of the three hundredth anniversary' meeting of the Huguenot Society of America, which was held in New York in April. Resolutions upon the death of the Hon. Thomas F. Bayard were reported and adopted. ? 4?? Did Not Sail for Cuba. Benjamin Franklin Smith, who claims to have come from Detroit, has been arrested on a charge of grand larceny in Charleston. Jackson Grant preferred . the charges and alleged that Smith 1 * - * t-:? rrc~ stole a vswi ooai irom mm. inn uum was recovered. Smith claims to liave purchased the boat for 82. When arrested he was on the boat and had provisions in stock for a trip, as he said, to Cuba. He intended making: the voyage alone with only two cents in cash about him. A Good Selection. At a meeting of the trustees of the College of Charleston Mr. Thomas della Torre, for several years professor of languages at the Charleston High School, was elected professor of classics, to succeed Prof. Satchleben, resigned. Mr. della Torre has taken a high stand among the teachers of Charleston for a long time, and the selection is regarded as an excellent one by the friends of the College. Commissions Issued. The Secretary of State has issued a commission to the Mullins Mercantile j Company of Mullins. The capital stock I is $5^000, divided into 500 shares of $10 each. A commission was also issued to the Oakland Mining Company, of Charleston. The capital stock is 335,000, divided into 250 shares of $100 each. South Carolina Notes. John Dozier, col., was shot and perhaps fatally wounded by t ome unknown party in Saluda. The barn and stables of Jeck Johnson, a well-known dolored drayman of Sumter, was burned by an inoendiary. j His horses were saved, but everything else in the building was burned. The Second South Carolina regiment is now in its new camp at Savannah. There is considerable talk about having the Second Regiment retained in service. Arrangements have been madj to. have 400 Clemson College cadets attond the State fair in Columbia. Thomas S. Taacred, English expert, j and party, were in Anderson recently j on their progress over the proposed f route of the Black Diamond railroad. | Thev appear to be highly pleased with ' the city. / FIELDS OF ADVENTURE. I? ins ne THRILLING INCIDENTS AND DARINC ! ho DEEDS ON LAND AND SEA. j wa an A Malay'* Tierce Combat Willi a Octol?us Ucbl L'ncler Water by tlie Ten- " taolcH 111* Narrow Escape linm Mentli Attacked by a I.ion. The following thrilling description ; 1111 of a .Malay's adventure with an octo- i ou pus is told by Louis de Rougemont, I wa in the story describing his strange ex- ! Pa perieuces while a castaway for ruauy : uw Years in the wilds of uuexnlored Aus- j ,ex tralia, which appeared in the Wide World Magazine. The incident oc- W curred while he was engaged in the aD pearl fishery off the coast of New Guinea, where pearls exist in great j abundance. I , The story is as follows: "The greatest enemy the divers had ! Pa to fear in these waters was the dreaded j f.ei octopus, whose presence occasioned j . u far greater pauic than the appearance i ia of a mere shark. I "These loathsome monsters would | wa sometimes come and throw their hor- j Pe rible tentacles over the side of the frail craft from which the divers were working, and actually fasten on to the men themselves, dragging them out into the water. ]> "One of our own men had a terribly A1 narrow escape from one of these fear- j ^ ful creatures. j ? "Oue night the wind rose and rain j as fell heavily, with the result that next j _r morning all the little boats were found I \ ? more or less water-logged. Some of' 111 the Malays were told off to go and bale | fal them out. Whilst they wero at work e one of the men saw a mysterious look- ^a ing black object iu the sea, which so attracted his curiosity that he dived ca' overboard to find out what it was. He ^ had barely reached the water,however, when an immense octopus rose into view, and at once made for the- terri- ?V xi..1 ,,4.1,,'a ,1on. WI lieu IUUli, WUU iustauuj oat* ittw V*MM ^ ger, and with great presence of mind ^ promptly turned aud scrambled back into the boat. e* "The terrible creature was after him, ^ however, aud to the horror of the on- ^ lookers it extended its great flexible ^ tentacles, enveloped the entire boat, u mau aud a!!, and then dragged the ^ whole down under the crystal sea. j The diver's horrified comrader rushed ^ to his assistance, and an attempt was ^ J made to kill the octopus with a harpoon, but without success. Several of his more resourceful companions . then dived into the water with a big ^ 1 net made of rope, which they took ' ^ right underneath the octopus, en- ^ tangling the creature and its still living prey. "The next stop was to drag up both p. man and octopus into the whale-boat, ^ and this done, the unfortunate Malay ojf was at length seized by his legs and . dragged by sheer force out of the frightful embrace, more dead than ^ alive. However, we soon revived ^ , him by putting him in a very hot bath, tho water being at such a ternperature as to actually blister his skin. It is most remarkable that the man was not altogether drowned, as he ^ had been held under water by the ^ tentacles of the octopus for rather ^ more than two minutes. But, like ^a all the Malays of our narty, this man carried a knife, which he used to very good purpose on the monster's body ^ when first it dragged him under the water. These repeated stabs caused ^ the creature to keep rolling about ou j the surface. The unhappy man was in this way enabled to get an occasional breath of air, otherwise ho ?* iwfAlliUlw ! ??x'cl Iman rlrmiMlAfl ill US I lLlIUlllMlj uu?u WWWM v.- v .? ? "Tho octopus had an oval body, and 0f was provided with an extraordinary ca, number of tentacles?six very large ones and many smaller ones of vary- co] ing sizes. It was a horrible-looking creature, with a flat, slimy body, yel- *e) lowish white iu color, with black ea spots, and a hideous cavity of a mouth, without teeth. It is the ten- c? tacles of tho creature that are so en dreaded on account of the immense jQ, sucking power which they possess. m( "After this incident the divers nl- ^ ways took a tomahawk with them on their expedition, in order to lop o!T the tentacles of any octopus that might try to attack theru." vj( he I A Trooper** Adventure With n T.lon. ^ A correspondent with Captain Law- tjj( ley's party in South Africa, writing to e(j a friend in Bulawayo from the Victoria ^ Falls, gives a very interesting account j jj. | of the experiences of himself and his j ne companions. The correspondent gives ral a graphic n count (which is reproduced in the African Review) of agt Trooper Bland's adventure with a I aQ( lion. About the end of May the party was j at a place ended Coope's Pan. Bland, i ] who was doing grazing guard at the | pai time, discovered that two horses were 1 in missing. Taking two days' rations i \V( he started i search of them. On tha either side of Coope's Pan there was a coi thirst of fchiriy or forty miles, so his bei task was by no means an enviable one. ov? He rode foi ty miles to a place called wa Mgwaslna and there off-saddled and sat down bv some bushes, tying the two horses with him to atree close by. ' Tn.u om nolo nlmnst invmediatelv thr -* began to tug violently at the reins, on and, getti.igup to see what was the a? matter, Bland observed a lion walk a c from beb'nd the bush near which he to had been sittiug. Starting on his re- sta turn journey he camped out seven wil miles fa' ther on, built a scherm, and thi made a ire. Shortly after the moon wh had set the horses were attacked by a go< lion, piobably tne one he had dis- th? turbed previously. Bland rushed sig outside the scherm with his shot gun, wil charged with No. 6 shot. The lion ma loft t ie horse he had attacked and ph rushed at Blaud, knocking him over, del biting his thigh, and causing other coi serious injuries. It then left Bland no and .eat after the horse again, but, cas not finding it, made for Bland a sec- tol ond time. A'shot, however, scared Tii away. Bland, though shockingly luled, recommenced his journey xt morning, leading the second rse, as ho was unable to ride. After ilking ten miles he again encamped, d built a scherm. The lion, which ist have followed him, rushed at 0 scherm three times, finally leaping er and taking the horse. Rloti.l -nllroi1 nn for nver frvrtv "IW"V% ! " %> les; sleeping in trees at nigbt, and the sixth clay after he left the ,gons he was found by others of tho rty. The wagons were thirty miles uy, and some ingenuity had to bo ercised to convey the injured man ck to camp. Eventually blankets ire folded on the back of a horse, d Bland was laid on them, with his :t towards the horse's head. Two ;n walked behind, holding up his ad, and one supported his feet. Starting at eleven at night, the rty proceeded in this manner till I on the following morning, when 3y came to water. All were exustecl with fatigue, and were glad len the wagons came up soon afterrds. An operation was afterwards rformed on Bland, who was doing II when the letter was dispatched. lJrave Private Flnlay. Private J. F. Fiulay, of C Comny, First California, especially disguished himself in the capture of inila. writes the war correspondent the New York Sun. For such work this Englishmen get the Victoria oss. Fiulay is detailed to Major nes's transportation department as ;erpreter. His mother was a Mexia, and he learned Spanish before did English. When ammunition ,s seat forward Finlay was in argo c' tho train. He had eight rromatta loads of it, each carroitta with a native driver. He started ien the Spanish tire was hottest d went straight up through the en fields. The bullets buzzed and listled all about him. They ripped rough the top3 of his carts, and one them hit one of his drivers in the V Finlay kept on as if he were going ;er corn on a pleasant afternoon unho reached the old insurgent jnch. Then he halted his train and ;ut forward alone to find some one. >m the Tenth Pennsylvania to whom could deliver the ammunition. iat last hundred yards into our >nch was what Captain O'Hara, a izzled veteran who has seen a-plenty hot work, called a "very hot ice." It was swept incessantly by anish bullets. But Finlay hunted -mn/1 until Via fnnnd his man. went ck ami got his carromattas, and trted forward. One of Lis ponies ,s shot just in the rear of our treuch. nlay took it out of the cart and with b native driver hauled the cart >ng to its place, delivered his cartIges, and started back. On the way he found Captain Rich lying in the field where he had len. He jumped out of his carroitta, put the Captain in, and started . Pretty soou he found another maded man. That one was picked , too, nud back he went to camp. ien he turned the wounded over to s surgeons and got orders to take 1 carromattas to the front and bring ck the wounded. Back over that llet-swept field he went again, as jl and unconcerned as if on a drive rough Golden Gate Park, did his >rk, brought in the wounded, and rned in to get what sleep he could fore the hard day's work began jn after daylight. Courage Bpought Him Fame. Feu* men have had the distinction carrying a refractory tiger to its je on their shoulders, bat doing is made the. name and fame of a lebrated animal trainer named Bidel. he tells the story in a book reitly published, the big tiger es[)ed from its cage while the menerie was filled with people. The mature was known to be bad tempid and very dangerous, but, break?through the crowd of frightened m and women, the keeper tracked B tiger to a neighboring blacksmith op. When he found the escaped ine it was crouching in a corner, th eyes glaring and mouth snarling lionsly. Using a heavy whip that always carried while among the imals, the keeper beat the tiger till 3 creature began to howl and startto run. Then, dropping the whip, 3 keeper sprung to the beast, seized by the loose skin of the back and ck, flung it on his shoulders and l to the cage. You can imagine it the crowd in the menagerie wa3 onnded by the daring of the feat, d Bidel was at once famous. Diaz's Adventure. President Porforio Diaz and a large :ty of friends are on a hunting trip the mountains near Huehuetoco. )rd was brought to the City of Mexico it the President had an exciting enmter with a mountain lion. The ist sprang at the President from an jrhanging cliff, but fell short, and s quickly shot and killed by Diaz. Color-Blindness and Street Cars. 'Color-blindness is more common in folks suppose," said a car-starter Canal street, "and we fellows have irst-rate chance to find it out. It's ommon thing for me to tell a man into a rrrpcn car and then see him ml stock still and let it go by. He 11 swear it was blue. The same ug happens with the yellow cars, ich look pink to lots of people. A ad many of them don't know that ire is anything wrong with their lit, and think that the trouble is th the other fellow. Why, I had a ,n advise me not long ago to see a ysician, and warned me in confince that I would get fired if the npany found out my condition. It's use putting up an argument in a >e like that, so I thanked him and d him I would." New Orleans aes-Democrat. t ...... ONLY A BIRDT" Only a bird?and a vagrant boy Fits a pebble, with boyish skill, Into the folds of a supple sling: "Watch me hit him. I can,> an' I will." Whirr!?and a silence chill and sad .j Falls like a pall on the vibrant air, From a birchen tree, whence a shower of song Has fallen in ripples everywhere. Only a bird?and the tiny throat, With quaver and trill and whistle of flute? Bruised and bleeding and silent lies There as bis feet. It3 chords are mute. And the boy, with a loud and boisterous laugh, Proud of his prowess and brutal skill, Throws it aside with a careless toss? "Only a bird! it was made to kill." Only a bird yet far away Little ones clamor and cry for foodClamor and cry and the chill of night Settles over the orphan brood; Weaker and fainter the moanings call For a brooding breast that shall never come; Morning breaks o'er a lonely nest, Songless and lifeless, mute and dumb! ' | PITH AND POINT. Mondeau "Does be write for money?" Bonveau "Yes, but his pa doesn't respond." Stray Stories. "The trolley party was a failure, you say?" "Yes; we didn't collide with anything." Chicago Record. Johnny (disgustedly) "What can a boy do on Sunday?" Grandma Straitlace (grimly) "Wait till Monday." Puck. Some "naughty" brother says that "no girl ever had a sick headache that was too bad for her to get up and try on her new dress." "Mamma," said Bobby, who had been reading the geography of Mexico, "what kind of a bug is a popocatapillar?" Youth's Companion. nusuanu? l nave just uuu my pur- trait taken. What do you think of it?" Wife?"Beautiful, dear; I wish you would'look like it sometimes." "So that is the famous playright? But why is it that one reads so little about him nowadays?" "Oh, he has been famous too long."?Fliegende Blaetter. First Citizen?"Why didn't you go to the war?" Second Citizen?"Well, between you and me, I didn't know the Spaniards were such bad shots." ?Truth. She?"My grandfather was a cousin to the Earl of Bullyshanty, twice removed." He?"Twice removed, eh? What for? Didn't he pay his rent?" ' ?Harper's Bazar. Husband?"How do you like the view?" Wife (with ecstasy)?"Oh, I am speechless!" Husband?"Well, if that be so, I think we had better stay here for a while."?Leslie's Weekly. "Talk of the seat of war," said the inane young man to the giddy young woman, "you just ought to see us fight every evening at our boarding house for the one hammock chair."? Indianapolis Journal. 4-Ua V, nninnf " a a i /I f Vt A Xil IUC uc^iuuiag, oatw vuv fed Philosopher, "man i9 much concerned that his little wife's heart shall always be light. Later, he pays more attention to the weight of the biscuit." Indianapolis Journal. "Say, ma," remarked the small boy, "isn't it funny that everybody calls my little brother a bouncing baby?" "Why do you think it is * funny, William?" "Because, when I dropped him on the floor this morning, he didn't] bounce a bit. He cried." First Speaker "Say, fellows, yon don't know what a bore this thing of wearing glasses is! and I never have been able to get a pair that suited both my eyes and nose." Second Speaker "Well, you can't expect the ayes and noes to be unanimous for a thing." Harper's Bazar. "Never mind, dear," I said to my little girl, having vainly endeavored to persuade her to give one of her dolls to a child who had never owned one. "Perhaps some day you will be % poor little girl yourself, and then %*n you will know what it is to have no toys." "Yes, mamfna," she sobbed, "I have thought of that, and that's 4he reason whv I want to save all my things."?Youth'? Companion. Watchmakers' Signs. A highly interesting story is told to account for the fact that almost every vooden clock in America has its hands painted to indicate the hour of eighteen minutes past eight. It is related that most such watchmakers' signs were originally maSe by one man, who was at first in the habit of painting the hands to indicate any old or young hour that struck his fancy when he came to that part of the job. But when President Lincoln was assassinated he conceived the idea of commemorating the event by recording tho hour and minute thereof upon all his wooden timepieces, a custom ever since perpetuated. There is something striking and dramatic about this notion of time standing still forever after an event of such tragic signifl cance. There is no aouot noous me fact that nearly all the wooden clocks do indicate the hour of eighteen minutes past eight?you can see that for yourself. But if the clockmaker thought he was thereby recording the hour of the assassination his intelligence was as wooden as his wares, for President Lincoln was shot not at eighteen minutes past eight, but at about fifteen minutes past ten.?New York Evening Post. Undue Familiarity Checked. "Pretty Polly!" said the visitor, apI proaching the cage. "What a " "My name," interrupted the parrot, speaking slowly aud distinctly, "is Ibsen, and I want nothing. I am. meditating." "He's a queer bird," explained the hostess. "He won't eat anything but beans. I think my husband got him somewhere in lae East."?Chicago Tribune. %