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,«j Daily Enterprise.
OroTt ati Ohapmic, Publisher'.
BJnid, OKI a.. Ter.
It Is religiously believed by many
good road onthusinsU that the im-
provements they are fighting for al-
most match tho (chool-housc in thoir
elevating and civilizing influence.
While we do not advocato "cruet
or unusual punishment." it Is time
that wo stoppod thinking nud speak-
ing of the criminal as an "unfor-
tunate." A few may have beon
••more sinned against than sinning."
but the greater part of them hnve de-
liberately placed themselves in the
position they now occupy, and have
but Utile claim upon our sympathies.
Thf. future of the Indian is a prob-
lem of some difficulty. It is not to be
expected that any people can leap in
a generation or two from barbarism
to civilization, yet their future de-
pends largely on their power to adapt
themselves to the demands . of civil-
ized life. Probably a people who
have shown the vitality of the Iro-
quois. the capacity to survive where
ton weaker tribes of East and West
have faded away, will be able to tako
care of themselves in future. Tho
descendant's of Coopor's Indians will
doubtless be a part of the population
for many decades.
Thf. cargo of rags is something
that might well be excluded from our
shores as if it were carried by a
plague ship. This is one foreign
product which we can do comfortably
without. It is one which carrios with-
in it a danger too great and too
horrible to be worth risk. When the
authorities at our ports of entry bestir
themselves to find moans of properly
disinfecting these dangerous consign-
ments, it is a good time to direct
public attention to this possibility of
contagion. It would not seriously
injure anybody, and it would bo a
great public safeguard at all timos. if
tne importation of rags were pro-
hibited.
Evert boy, and. for that matter,
every girl should loarn how to swim.
The boy who is not willing to loarn,
if the chance be given him. has some-
thing wrong about him. Yet whilo
all the urchins who havo accoss to the
water acquire tho ability sooner or
later, some attain far groutor pro-
ficiency than others. This is due
partly to natural ditTeroncos and part-
ly to the lact that some pay greater
attention to swimming ns an nrt than
thoy do to fun puro and simplo. In
addition to tho mere ability to propol
himself on the surface of tho wator
the boy should loarn how to swim
under water with his oyos open, on
his back, on his side, ntid with one
band, while holding somothing in the
other. He should also become
familiar with tho various phases of
drowning accidents, and should know
how to attompt a rescue with tho
greatest chance (or succois and the
greatest degree of safoty to himself.
Ir is one ot the anomalies of human
nature that tho noted brigands of tho
world who havo livod and died by
violence should havo a large following
of devoted admirers among tho youth
of all countries. It is also retnark-
ablo that their deo Is should Inspire
admiration rather than horror. Tho
fact is accounted for on tho ground
that their daring bravery of charac-
ter and their lawless hardihood stir
the romantic soul to emulate them
within the laws. The famous rido of
Dick Turpin to York has a noblo
counterpart In Shoridan's ride to vic-
tory In honorable battlo. Rob Roy,
freebooter that he was, has livod in
song and story. Rolun Hood Is do-
p.cted nightly in the thoater. Those
are bold outlaws whom our collego-
bred youth aro not ashamed to ad
mire. They were heroes of tho open
plain who wore supposed to take
from the rich to givo to tho poor, and
though they died on tho scalTold, they
are looked upon as chivalrous rob
bers.
It Is supposed that all rags brought
to this country pa«s through u disin-
fecting process, and doubtloss thoy
are subject to somothing that passes
under the namo. Itiit it is impossible
to take adequate precautions. Tho
rug exporters gather up without
question every tattered remnant from
the vilest slums of Kuropo; and tho
swathing garmonts of death in its
most loathsome and malignant form
are cast Into the course of commerce.
Shreds that once wrapped a contagion
from which all fiod aro picked up and
deposited in the common receptacle,
and a bale of rags becomes a pro-
tector and instrument of pestilence
incarnate. The danger Is ever-pres-
ent It survives when disease itself
has been wiped out. It is grentest
Indeed, after the immediate emergency
hat passed and officials aro less vigil-
ant. Then It may be that contamina-
tion creeps in. through imperfect or
careless disinfecting processes, where
boards of health at seaport* are man-
•Red Icciely for political ends.
a CURELESS CRIEF.
I knew her so well and I kn ?w hi r ' "> lonir
And the great throbb tig hope of n.v lift !
Grew ever unit over and etc.- more s r-mp:.
Till one day I said ' Bo my wife!"
She laughed when I sail! it—she ionke.l up
and lau^rh d.
Anl thai laut'hter still lines in m e ir—
Why do the wiln waves of my memory waft
That soul chilling sound lo ino here!
Yet now as I oniv offain visit the s|sit
Where we sat in th" silent s:ar s'line.
tind myself mourning t ti* lovj th it was
not—
The kisses that might have been mine. I
—IVnver Times. I
BY MY HEJBL.
"Mr. Ransom, please toll us how it
U that you are filling such a respon
sible position, and you not yet thirty
years old?'
This quest on was asked by one of
a crowd of four or five gentlemen 1
soated in the handsomo private oflieo j
of Mr. Hansom, superintendent ,ct'. ,
transportation of the Chicago and
Western railroad at Omaha, Neb.
•WelL" replied tho superintendent, j
a good looking young man of twenty- j
ty-six or thereabouts, 'If you will I
have the patience to listen 1 will nar- :
rate brietly how my heel caused my
promotion and was the means of
taving many lives."
•Fivo years agol was station agent
and operator at llamlin on this road.
The depot was tho only building at
Hamlin, consequently 1 had to do my
own cooking and sleeping in the do-
pot. getting my supplies ffom Rands,
a place of about 500 inhabitants, eight
miles up tho railroad.
It was about ten o'clock on a hot
sultry night in August There did
not seem to beabroalh of air stirring.
The windows were up and tho doors
wero thrown open so as to admit all
the air possible. No the fast
mail had to be reported before 1 could
get -good night' from my dispatchers
and retire.
1 had pulled off my shoes and had
nothing on my feet but my stockings.
As I was idly leaning back in my
chair, my feet propped up on the in-
strument table and la/.ily drum l ing
on tho key with my heel, 1 heard a
slight no se behind ma Before I
could turn around to ascertain the
cau-o a man's harsh voice rang out:
.Move an inch and you aro a dead
man.' and at tho sumo moment I felt
the cold muzzle of a revolver pressed
against my head.
•Put your hands bohind you.'
commanded the samo voice sternly.
1 obeyed with alacrity.
My hail Is wore seizod roughly
and bound securely to tho badk of the
chair.
Now, my beauty, I guess you
won't do much inoro telegraphing to-
night'and he broko out into a dis-
cordant laugh.
lie evidently thought it amusing.
I didn't
, ome on boys.' ho yelled. "I've
got this kid fnst.1
"After a moment throo or four men,
as well as I could judge with my back
to the door, walked in.
•• 'Ha! ha! cap'n, you've cot him
have you?' and thoy all laughed
roughly.
••'.Jim,' said tho man addressed as
captain, 'have you got tho spike
lifter?'
•• 'You bet I has,' from ono of tho
men.
"Tho captain thon turned an ad-
dressed 1110.
" Young man no harm is intended
you if you koep perfectly quiet.
Doubtloss your curiosity is very much
aroused as to our intentions. Well, it
can do no harm to enlighten you, as
tho mischief will be done before you
can g.vo any alarm. We intend —
and hero the man's volea became ab-
solutely fiendish 'to tako up two
rails on that trestle out there, l.ctus
see, tho fast mail is duo hero at' —
My tiod! man,' I broko in with
horror, •surely you don't intend lo
wreck tho fast mail? Think of tho
lives that will be lost if it runs o!T at
that trestle.' and great beads of cold
perspiration stood out ou my fore-
head as I grasped tho full horror of
the situation.
Tbo trestle referred to waa about
100 yards north of tho depot, and
spanned a very wide but shallow
creek, fully soventy-iivc foot below. 1
knew If No. Hi jumped the track on
that trostla it meant dculh lo every
person on board.
" 'Jim' cried tho captain, you re-
main here and keep your eyo on this
fellow. If ho moves kill him. '1 ho
remainder of you come and lot's get
to work.'
• Then all except Jim followed the
captain out and soon 1 hoard tho mo-
talio clink of the crowbar as it drew
the spikes from the rails.
• Oh. what could bo done'
•'My hands wero bound so that 1
could not reach the koy. and even if
I tried the out aw behind mo wnu d
send a bullet clashing through my
brain. How could I warn tho crew
of No. 32 of the impending danger
••The station ten miles above Rands
reported No .'12 on time. Soon it
would be at Hands. Never did time
pass so quickly. It was now 10:37
o'clock and No. 32 must be coming
Into Rands. Suddenly Hn Inspiration
Hashed through mo like an electric
shock. Why could I not warn No.
with my heel? In my leisure mo-
monts I had amused tnysolf by learn-
ing to send with inv foot never dream
ing that it would ever bo an ad van l-
age to me.
• I quietly pushed open tho koy
with ray heel and callod •!{' throo or
four times as fast as possible when I
was Interrupted by the desperado.
• What air you wiggling your foot
about on that tablo for? '
" My foot has become crauped re-
maining in ono position so long'"I
replied, carolcssly as I could, although
my heart was in my throat.
■••I'm so sorry,' ho sitid sarcas-
tically.
"I common nd cull ng 'it' n^nlu.
It was now 10:10 o'clock and No, 3'.'
must have left Hands.
"Too Into' Too laic! ( h. m■■ rod!
'Ihe agony of llioso moments was
terrible.
••AI" i ome one broke me -i-i-li .'
•• -.iubivrs aro going lo wreck No
32 at trestle just north of hot-
• I was ticking w hen suddenly I
received a blow that sent ine to th i 1
floor and left Iho koy wide open.
•• -1)—n you, what were you ticking
on them wires?' cried tho outlaw.
•• How can 1 semi anything with
my foot?' 1 tremblingly eiclaimcd.
That's just a habit of miuo drum-
ming on tho key with ray heel.'
-- -Habit or no habit you wou'l put
your foot on this Inblo again to-night' :
- He evidently believed that I could
not send with my heel, but it was uot
his intention to lake unyohauccs.
• I wondered what tho operator at
Ifands would do—put on his ground
wire and report what 1 hud said to
li.o dispatcher, or just think I was
trying to scare him and lock up his
office to go home. 1 thought the
latter more probable.
••Anyway it was now too late to
stop the ill fatod mail: it would soon
plunge of the trestle carrying its
cn go of human beings to a certain
dea'h.
• I lay Ihero waiting for the dread-
ful crash to come In such an agony of
suspense that the next day strands of j
gray wero found in my hair. Ah'
how I b'.n'nod myself for not thinking
of using my heel before 1 did.
• Suddenly the sounds of rifleshots
in quick succession came from the
trestle.
■••The boys aro attacked.' ex- ;
claimed the desperado excitedly,
but by (j- d. you shall not escape
unhurt;' And placing the muzzle of i
his revolver close to my head, he )
fired.
• I fell back unconscious.
• When I regained my senses the
room was lull of mon, ono ol whom
was bandaging a wound on my head,
and explaining to the others the ex-
tent of the same.
•• -A close shave, but only a scalp
wound, men.' he was saying. 1 dare
say he will bo all right in a few days.
Ah' he U conscious now.' he said ten
derly. as I slowly opened my eyes.
•Tell us all about it young man.'
• It was a rather laborious task, as
tho wound on my head was exceed-
ingly painful but I went ahead and
related the whole occurrence, from
the time tho pistol was pressed against
iny head until I was shot
••When I had finished, tho gentle-
man who had bandaged my head,
and who I afterwards discovered was
a doctor, explained how operator
Rhodes, at Rands, when be heard my
message did not wait for tho key to
close, but ran out doors, mounted his
horse, which lie had already saddled
and briuled to ride to his homo after
he had reported No. 32, and cut
through tho woods at breakneck
speed, lie knew that No. 32 invaria-
bly stopped for water at a water tank
four miles from Hands by rail, but
only two through tho woods. lie
had reached tlioro just in timo to
climb on tho rear car and give tho
alarm.
• J ho train was then run uhead un-
til within about two miles of Hamlin,
and tho conductor and a detachmont
of United States soldiers, who wore
luckily on board, wont ahead on foot
and surprised tho outlaws who
showed resistance and wero fired into,
two of them being instantly klllod.
J'lio others woro at that moment orna-
menting a telegrapli pole.
"An 1 now my na rative draws to a
close. Two woeks later I was ordered
to report horo, and was givon the
posit 011 of second trail dispatcher.
••My promotion dates from thatdav.
Hut what did Mr. Rhodes get?"
somo one asked.
• Mr. Rhodes is now chief dis
patcbor."—Farmers' Voice.
BLOODY WORK.
SERPENTS.
Sach Maniten fclUted In the Fa t, Why
ii(it Now.
Fri.'ntists of nil classos, without
regard io creed op school fully believe
in the existence upon tho earth in
pus * n£e.H of various grotesque and
enormous beasts The bones of these
creature* there tracks and other sub-
stantial evidences of their being and
doing in the fossiliforous ages of the
world*s changes aro preserved in the
rocky pages of its history, and aro so
convincing as to put tho matter be-
yond reajouablo question.
CROWNS
ROYALTY.
HARD to COUNTERFEIT.
The Paper Money of Europe-Why It
Bothers the Counterfeiters.
those worn by the many . The paper money of the United
RULERS OF ENGLAND. ! States is the least handsome in the
world," said the proprietor of o
, Victoria Knew wi. t She Wanted and in- money exchange to a WashingtonI Star
■luted on Designing Her own of- man. -That is because this govern
flriai Headdress—The Early ment depends entirely upon the intri-
Saxou Crowns. j cacy and elaborateness of the designs
, on its notes and certificates for pro-
I tection against counterfeiters In for-
The early Irish and Saxon sovereigns ; o. countr|es, 0n the other hand,
i wore a fillet of gold, which was | much 6frort is directed to making
sometimes studded with jewels. The tho|r curreucy beautiful with pictures
; crown of the Mac.Murrough family, i Knd arabesquoB in the classical style.
Them were creatures half lish and anciently kings of l.einster. in Ireland. ^Tot 0ply arc the results pretty to look
half Ii ord. and other creatures which which is still preserved in tho Rritish ^ ^ut tjley serv0 their chief purpose
showed tho characteristic.} of both Museum, consists of a plain band of , hetter for nny engraver will toll you
serpent and saurian. Somo had gold, rising in front to a sort of peak. that rcal art WOrk 0n a bill Is far more
wings and were able to fly. Others It dates, without doubt back to the j difficult to imitate than any purely
were possessed of both feet and fins tenth century. Ono of the oldest I moctjanical effect, no matter how
They were iu somo cases wholly con- diadems still preserved is the famous 1 compHcatod tho latter may be made
lined to tho water ami in others able iron crown of Lombardy. Contrary |,v the geometric lathe and other de-
to live both in wator and on the land, to popular belief the only iron in its , vjoe5
Others there wero that lived exclu- i composition is a solitary nail, said to
sively on the land, anl besides these have beon rescued by the Crusaders
Ihero were gigantic birds. from the wood of the true cross.
All those creaturos wo e constructed j When Napoleon conquered Italy ho
on a gigantic s ale says the New ; caused himself to be crowned with
Orleans Picayune. There were quad-
rupeds which were ablo to bite tho
trunks of good-sized saplings and to
chew up the wood as if it were grass.
Thee wero sloths that i ould rest their
hind legs on tho ea th and eat f uits
fo ty feot above in the trees. There
wero cranes and pelicans that could
catch and gobble up a six foot fish,
while the snakes tho snako-li/.a ds
this mediieval relic, now more ap-
propriately worn by King Humbert.
Offa,a mighty monarch of the West
Saxons, who flourished in the eighth
eentur-, is depicted with a string of
jewels in lieu of a crown. His suc-
cessors on the Knglish throne im-
proved upon this primitive chaplet
and gradually the crown began to be
roofed over. King Canute's crown.
and tho fish lizards wero of monstrous perhaps the vory one he woro when
size, and all havo thoir gigantic bones
preserved in museums and labeled
with (i eek names. There is no
doubt of the existence oi Ihe fossils,
and it is not difficult, with tho aid of
a vivid imagination, to portray tbo
scenes in which those tromendous
creatures enacted their wonderful
roles.
More than this, all tho most ancient
writers speak of monstrous beasts in
the sea and on land with which mon
in the early ages wero compelled to
fight Dragons sphinxes, griffins and
the like ravaged the land, whilo the
leviathan, the kraken and other ter-
rible creatures devastated tho sea.
Doubtless there was some substantial
ground for these statements, because
those vast creature3 whose bones we
have found possibly still survived to
fight with primitive meu for tho
supremacy of our planet-
Most beautiful of all paper notes
are those issued in France and Prussia.
Here is a pretty Austrian bill for 100
florins printed in blue ink, with the
design mainly composed of two large
standing figures of cherubic children
and an oval of children s heads, lhat
seems a queer notion from our point
of view for the ornamenlation of cur-
rency, but it is certainly both inter-
esting end handsome. Ihis is a
Russian bill for 100 rubles done in
pink and green. Here you havo a.
Scotch note, i<sued by the ' British
Linen Company.' which promises to
pay £5 on demand. In Great Britain
the privilege of issuing paper money
can be obtained by corporations other
than banks from the government.
■•You will need a magnifying glass
to examine this uote with. It is Irish.
The words one pound' aro printed
across it in big letters, but this broad
stripe extending from one end to the
other of the document is a curiosity.
To the naked eye. even upon scrutiny,
it seems lo have no significance, but
when magnified you will perceive
that It is wholly made up of tho words
•one pound' in microscopic letters.
From the superficial appearance of
the Hank of England notes you would
square, or at least rectangular in ; 8U. poso that thoy could be readily
shape imitated by photography or otherwise.
Queens of this epoch wore golden [nagmnch as their designs consist of
coronets, lightly fashioned and ser- i y mtle mop0 Umn ielterin£r jn
rated a out the upper edge. ^1,0 i black that is almost severely simple,
crown of Harold Inflex was decorated | Rut lhat great Hnanciai institution
with floral arches and abundance of j depend3 altogether upon the water
bidding the irresponsive breakers to
retire from I'evensey sands, is repre-
sented in the Cotton MS. It bears a
quaint resemblance to a church stee-
ple, and was probably modeled from
some such object. When the body of
Edward, the Confessor was exhumed
during the reign of James II. its
skull was encircled by a golden fillet
one in h in depth and perfectly plain.
King Edgar, as well as I.othaire and
the early French kings, affected far
more elaborate diadems. Edgar's
crown, as given by tho Cotton MS.,
is highly ornamented with scroll-
work. and appears to have beon
Evidently man was victorious, but | jewelry. Fletirs-de-i s made their ap- j raarkin? of itg paper; which is won-
A Body of Tenni'iiiu'eiiii. Arineil Willi Old
I I •>< Highly Sharpened.
"Tho most murderous work I saw
during war was ilono with old files on
llio breastworks of l'ort Donelson "
said Captain Thomas l.orden. ■ \,en -
I oral Smith, with three regiments
1 mado an assault on tho works and
went in. but it was a tight to tho tin-
I ish. Right in front of my company
was a lot of tail Tennesseeans. and if
the whole lino of defonse had been
mado of such stubborn stuff wo would
havo been driven back with t olors
dragging. Hosides ball cartridge
they used throe buckshot to every
; musket charge, and lha result was
that i s wo swept up to tho parapet it
literally rained lead. Most of llio
defenders fled when we got insido,
but tho Tennesseeans received us
with their murderous kn ves, which
had been mado of old files, were more
than a foot in ionglh and had an edge
liko a razor. A Tennesseean would
grab a bayonet aiinol at his breast
dash it aside and plunge his knifo
clear through tho body of Ins assail
ant. Tho torri.'c fire and scramble
over the works had thrown tho com-
pany into somothing like disorder,
and for about a minute those Tennes-
see knivo* d d terrible work. Wo
had to turn tho butts of our guns and
boat them down. I never want lo
charge Tenneseeans again until cer-
tain that they wear no knives "
A not1! or T t«r it I nil Ml.>n.
Principal, (lo bookkeeper)—I)ur
ing Iho last few we >ks you have made
so mnny miscalculations that I must
ask you to bo more careful in the
i future.
Bookkeeper I hope you wiil try
and overlook my miscalculations, as
I I am so doopiy in love with your
daughter that half tho time I don't,
know what 1'in doing. May I hope?
• 'There, you see. you make another
miscalculation."—Texas Sittings.
Mill ItteMlil.
Mr. Figg—Young man what did
you mean by telling your mothersu.h
nn outrageous tlb Ihia afternoon?
Tommy—I meant for her to believe
I It, but it'pear* like she didn't.
it is yet not impossible that somo of
these enormous boasts may still sur-
vive in unfrequented seas and regions.
Occasionally they may come forth to
astonish and alarm our race. But
they are few in number or seldom
show themselves to tho gaze of men.
HIS FASHION IDEAL.
A Crank's Idea ui to IIow a Woman
should Dross.
••Talk about wimmin's close." hi
was bleating discordantly in a know-
it-all voico, '"el 1 had my way I'd
hev 'em lookin' sensible, and not all
kerflummuxol up with gewgaws. I'd
jest liko to dress 'em 'cordin' tow my
notion."
"You wouldn't let them wear trains
to their drosses?" suggested ono of
his auditors.
••Not muchee I wouldn't"
"Norcorsets, eli?"
"No. sir, nor stiff - boned waists,
oyelhor.''
"Suppose you toll us just how you
would have them rig themselves out"
••Suttenly, suttenly. I'd havo 'em
wear a broadcloth skirt and a loose
jacket for comfort. Ain't that all
rightP"
•Co or.,"
"Short skirts to be tidy—jist comin'
to tho tops of thoir shoes."
••Yos. what kind of shoes?"
•£olt leather shoes, shaped like a
human foot, sir, and floxible like a
glove"
"All right—and their hats?"
• Somethin' like a veil or amantilly,
but no sieh sty es as they wear now.
• ou bet. And I'd have the hair hang-
in down their backs in a nice shiny
braid."
• There's womon thatdross like that
now " said one of his listeners.
• Show ono to me and I'll marry her
ter-morrow."
••I saw one just the other day, and
that wai her style to a dot"
■What was she doin'?"
••Selling haskots and moccasins on
the dock. She had a blanket over her
head."
But the crank who knew how a wo-
rn:. ii should dress had suddenly disap-
peared. —Detroit Free Press.
H<- I ouldu't Count.
A family In Staten Island has a dog
that soems to show distinct reasoning
faculty. The doj had long been ac-
customed to tako a morning walk with
pearance on tho French diadems with j del.fu|iy elaborate, as yon can see by
lha Civicts and were a.loptod by the looki al the Ueht through it This
English kings when they began their waler 1Iiarking has beeD imitated, but
claim to tho throne of I-ranee. , n(jver wilb fllcces8...
| An emgy of (jueon Matilda consort
' of Henry I. existing at Rochester ! Tlie Indian ruenmber.
j Cathedral, shows that pious Scotch 'Ihe Indian cucumber is a sort of
I woman with a crown quite as largo ! My. which grows in great abundance
as lhat of her spouse. Its ornaments
have been defaced by time, but it
would seem to have been a simplo de-
sign. Richard V cur do Lion wore a
diadem adorned with trefoils, between
which spread a fanciful pattern of
honeysuckles. The effigy of his
queen, lierongaria at the abbey of
PEspar. gives an accurate idea ot the
diadem then allotted to royal females.
Handsomely shapod. its trefoils are
surrounded by oak leaves and delicate
tracery. A Ihick roll of gold runs
around the base, and by comparing
it with tho face of the effigy its depth
must have been about three inches
The crowns of Henry III and Ed-
ward I wero comparatively plain, but
were heightened by trefoils and
crosses. Edward II, with his char-
acteristic striving aft^r splendor,
chose a more magnificent design. It
represented four large and four small
in almost every part of the country,
and is said to bo an oxcellent remody
for the dropsy. The best part of tho
cucumber is the root which grows to
tho size of two inches in length and
ono inch in thickness, and was form
erly eaten raw by the Indians just as
wo eat cucumbers. Its meaicinal vir-
tues woro discovered by nn old wo-
man in Pennsylvania and afterward
admitted by the doctors, which is not
the only case of the efficacy of an old
woman's remedy being acknowledged
by the medical profession.
Ho* wood Forent*.
The best boxwood comes from the
| Caucasus, hitherto Turkish territory.
I but taken by Russia. Since lHi'2
! some of the forests hnve been close I
j and others denuded of Ihe tree. At
j that time (1872) in Persia a wood was
j discovered similar to the Turkish or
... , , I Albanian boxwood, and as much as
oak leaves rising in graceful curves U(|() hav0> in Bome years been
from the jeweled circlet and having ( J d from that country.
eight small flowers between each leaf, i L_
This handsome emblem was inherited j Had Taken It.
and worn by Edward ill and Richard i Railway King — What do you think
II. The first of the bouse of l.ancas- i 1 need, doctor, to set me up again?
ter. Honry IV, caused a new crown to \ Doctor—Well, I think a little iron
be made, larger than its predecessor | will help you.
and bearing eight largo oak leaves j Railway King—Good. 1 gobbled up
and eight fleur-de-lis. Tho costly ' a whole railroad system last week—
ornament was broken up and given
to his barons by Henry V as security
for his expedition to Franca Its par-
ticles were subsequently redeemed by
Henry VII.
Queen Victoria's choice of a crown
created quite a sensation among court
officials She informod Lord Mel-
bourne thatsho would prefer a diadem j
entirely covered and round at the top, |
so as to display the crown jewels lo I
greater advantage. Her majesty's
Truth.
Potli Could Judgo of It.
Barber—This is the best shaving
soap I've ever used-
Customer—Well, it doesn't taste
any better than that you had last
week.
TRICKS AND TRIFLES.
Jack, bashfully—If 1 asked you for
a hiss would you be angry? Anna,
| Elizabethan obstinacy was unknown naively \ cs, if you asked me for it.
at this period of her roign and tho I ,hink nl over marry," said
garter-king-at-iirms ventured to stato 1 the summer girl. "Why?" "Because
that such a crown would militale ' '',rn I'd have to quit becoming en-
' against all rule and custom, and j gaged."
would, infact bo out ot the question. .vou 'OVP me 'or myself
At this rejoinder her majesty's oyes ! alone? He—Yes, and when we're
Hashed fire and she oxclaimod. "This married I don't want any of the family
gentleman may bo Icing-at-nrms, but ; thrown in.
I am Queen of England and intend to | Van Arndt—She told me it was her
a member of the family, but was not ! kind of cr°w" 1 P'oase." | first year out Maid Marian-Why,
permitted to accompany his ftiond to j -ord Melbourne remarked. -La rem,
church. The animal soon seemed to ' ''' '' • and wisely gave up the un-
understand that ono day in seven he , °'l«al contest he queen s crown
must remain at homo, and the con- ' ™ tts slle had, st'lted- "d
elusion was that ho could count. Ono , « thouSlIi of extreme splendor, could
Sunday morning, however, tho dog ot be oullod beautiful. Hundreds or
sur
family on the way
conclusion was that ho had forgotten ,
until it was called to mind that tho 'r"" e of Mud.
church boll had not rung lhat morn- i Abner Stone had lived "inland" all
in". Tho do" evidently had nssoci- days, and know all there was to bo
r.ted tho sound of tho boll with tho , known about pork and beef as articles
fact that ho wa9 not lo accompany j 9' '°"d- His acquaintance with the pro-
irprisod everyone by joining tlle I jeweU hla/ed around its surface, the
milv on tho way to church. Tho m°8t Prominent the -Kohinoor."
his companions ns usual, and when
tho bell did not ring he saw no reason
for omitting his usual walk.
ducts of the sea on tho other hand,
was very slight Once, however.
wlien at the seashore, he was intro
duced to shad, and asked how bo
? m oil b> 11. 1 liked it "Well." sad tho old farmer,
Wife—1 wish you'd give mo a !ittle : with a brave attempt at a smile, "1
money, love, as J'd like to get you a lalc'late I shell, when I got kinder
present for your birthday. wonted to it mebbe; butit doos seom.
Husband- Why don't you make mo est at fust yo know, consid able like thoughtfully Say, mamma, don't you
something yourself, my dear? You tryln't' eat a papor o' buttered pins!" 1 >'ou better send him one of
... t 1 . ■ i 4 . I'l^lII1 *' A t Vlrt m a." nn ■ , ,1
she's been out four Seasons. Van A—
Ah, well; she counts four seasons to
the year, I suppose.
"I wonder why it Is," said old Tope
to his wife, "that women prefer
drowning and men shooting in case of
suicide?" "1 suppose," she replied, as
she thoughtfully <ontemplated his
nose, "that it is because men hatr
water so "
"I guess you've got all the dust off
me there is to get" remarked the man
in the drawing room car to the porter
who had been brushing his clothes, "I
hope not," was the dark gentleman's
leply, as he extended his bund for a
lip.
Little (iolden Locke—Is that letter
from papa? Mrs. Locke, sharply—Yes.
Little U. L.— Staying at the club
again? Mrs. L.—Yes! Little 0. L.,
know I'd appreciate it all the more
' New York Sun.
Where lamndm* CJurll • let Uoranlprd<
The little town of Cumbertund, In '
Rhode Ulaml. boasts of a meeting- !
house which was built In 1710. The
j late l'residont Carfleld's mother wor- i
, shlpod in It In her youth
-Argonaut.
•Vot *itre A limit II.
• 'What was the text, my son?"
"I forgot pa. but it was from the
second chapter or St. Paul."
"St Paul eh?"
"Well, I don't know. It might '
have been Minneapolis."—Puck.
At home" cards?
"Mandie," he faltered, after he had
made bis trembling confession and tho
dear girl had said yes, "shall—shall—
are you going to-to tell anybody
about it?" "IIow can I keep from
'idling it, Harold," snld the maiden.
"My lips are not sealed." And Harold
attended to the sealing at once,
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