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call for drinks for all the rest, and issue
q special order for a dozen OF cham.
payne and tub for himself Selnsn
Oh, no, there was nothing selfish ABOUT
it. He merely poured the champagne
into the tub, pulled off his shoes ana
stockings, and washed his feet in it. "
course he was crazy, but don't gold
make nine out of ten men crazy, whetner
they dig it out of the earth or get 1t IN
Wall street,
Everything had to be paid for in gold
dust, and every bar had weights ana
scales to test the value of the dust, which
was then current coin. For what q
miner then paid for an ordinary round
of drinks he could nowbuy heavy gold
ring, but such ring then would have
been of small value in Australia com-
pared with the worth of pint OF whisky.
The eccentricities of successful miners
coming to the cities to spend their gains
extended to their clothing Almost
all of them were fond of tall SILK
hats, but their tastes varied as TO the
part of the hat that was most becoming,
some preferring the top and some the
bottom, and a common sight was man
walking in a crowded street wearing the
highly polished crown of silk hat, fol-
lowed or accompanied or preceded by q
man whose head showed itself above the
low walls encircling the rim that had
thus been cut off from the upper portion
of the hat.
elaborate weddings took place every
day. AS often as not the bride ana
bridegroom sat together on the drivers
seat of a furniture van. both drunk, and
still drinking health and long life to the
crowd that was cheering them on their
way, and exchanging jokes with the long
procession that drove or rode after the
happy couple. l don't know whether
such weddings resulted well or not, but
they were celebrated very often.
1.-The police force of Australia was
one of the best in the world. 1t was
very like the Royal Irish Constabulary.
But it was all out of town, and while
very fair order was preserved at the
diggings themselves, in the towns every
man seemed to be following the dictates
of his own free will, whether they
proved him to be saint or sinner
N. =. Sun.
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nothing but brute arguments LETT to
you," and, enchanted by this last vic
tory, he looked around him with an air
of triumph. In place of viewing smiles,
however, he saw only stupefied faces
and scornful eyes, He was astounded
himself when gentleman with grave
air, a face graced with whiskers, and
wearing the red ribbon of the Legion OF
Honor. took him by the arm.
'You are stranger, are you not!"
he asked.
81 ann
81 felt sure you were. You are not
familiar with our customs. After the
outrage you received man of the world
would send two friends to demand rea-
SON. from the assailant."
..What reason can demand from a
man that has none"
treason, such as you think of, has
nothing to do with it. To demand rea-
son simply means to propose single COM
bat with the sword or pistol. -
''Indeed? How strange. | shall con-
form with the custom Immediately.
A meeting was had, pistols being
chosen. The Indian, who was accus-
toned to hunt the tiger in his native
Jungle, promptly inserted bullet be-
tween the two eyes of his antagonist,
and killed him as dead as Moses.
Shortly afterward he was summoned
to answer for it. A gentleman in an
official robe of red, wearing the cross of
the Legion of Honor, demanded the
intliction of severe punishment on the
ground that it is time to do away with
usages worthy of the barbarous ages.
The poor devil turned his head to see
this terrible accuser, and uttered an ex-
clamation of surprise.
.'Why," he cried, you're the very
man that told me l must fight or be
disgraced.
..Silence!' exclaimed the President of
the court. The prisoner was condemned
to six days of imprisonment and fine
of forty dollars. When all was over
he called upon the Advocate-Gener and
said:
.What sort of a joker are youp 1t
was you who told me that I must
fight!''
The amiable Magistrate shook him by
the hand smilingly:
.'Of course; when spoke to you in
that way it was as a man of the world;
in court / spoke as Magistrate. Do
you grasp the shading?"
Faith, don't"
.sWell, you will. by and by. You are
not quite used to our ways as yet. y
Paris Paper.
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A DELICATE DISTINCTION.

Spoken as a Man, But Not Necessarily as
Magistrate.
A substitute recently fought in duel.
He was brought before the authorities
and came out without penalty. don't
demand condemnation in such case, /
beg you to believe. But, understand, a
duel is illegal or it is not. If illegal,
why this immunity? If it be not illegal,
why then oblige them to pass before a
sort of disciplinary tribunalP
Yes, understand. 1t is illegal with
out being so; that is to say, there is a
law against it, but it is impossible to
apply it.
Where was it that read the following
charming story? In Saintine, think.
Some sort of a savage, an Indian, per-
haps, came to Paris to live permanently.
He made a study of our ways and GUS
toms.
In drawing-room he had discus
sion, and dealt to his opponent such
square logic and common sense as
foored him completely. So much VI
the adversary enraged that he slapI
the savage's face. =
This is further proof, !" said the
ter, THAT you are not right, for you b -
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EUROPEAN HOTELS.
An Americans Experienced the Hostelrfes
of France, italy and Spain.

An Americans Experienced the Hostelries
of France, italy and Spain.
The dining-room and kitchen in Italy
and Spain are based on those of France
with some differences. There is the chef,
the garcons and the style of service
all nearly the same. 1t may be well to
give the style of dinner served every
day in some thousands of hotels in
France-in fact, in all the hotels of the
country, except the best in Paris, Bor-
deaux, Lyons, Marseilles and few
other of the. larger cities. A few spoon
fuls of colored liquid are first placed in
the bottom of your plate, which make
on the retina the faint spectrum of
soup. You are next given u small
piece of fish, whose presence can be de-
tected by the aid of a powerful micro
scope. An entree follows scarcely more
patent to the vision, and then roast
cut into thin slices, which the waiter
offers, trembling with anxiety, lest the
famished guests should be tempted
to take two instead of one. With
the roast there is, of course, q
salad. and afterward q vege-
table, served with the same economy.
The meal ends with some kind of
sweet, perhaps boiled custard,
called ''cream" in the bill of fare,
a spoonful or two of which is placed
in the middle of the plate of each
guest. When the cheese is offered it
is greedily snatched away, lest it should
be too freely partaken of, and with
a little fruit, never found good on
hotel table in Europe, except the. very
best, the repast is ended. Coffee us
not served; it would spoil the busi-
ness of the cafes, where the guests of all
the hotels and restaurants congregate
after dinner to take their coffee and dis
cuss the news. Coffee is the one
thing in France and Italy that is al
most always good. The meats are not
always to be commended. An excel
lent beefsteak may sometimes be had,
and excellent fowls in large cities, but
rarely in the country. But everything
about the hotel table in France
suggests constantly the idea that you
are in q country where provisions
are scarce and dear, and where,
off the great lines of travel, .
hotel expects to make good living out
of half a dozen guests. Economy is OBJ
served in Italy, but the dinner at the
table dhote is on a slightly more liberal
scale. In Spain provisions are cheaper,
and the hotel table is properly served.
the quality being quite as good as in
France, the table wines much better and
the prices lower. Butter is not put on
the table either in France or Italy. If
the guest wants it he must ask for it. In
Spain it is always served in abundance,
tasting slightly Of oil, in little white
round shavings that resemble the curls
about the forehead of handsome dow
ager. In the south of Italy the same
oily taste may be remarked in the but
ter, while in Lombardy and Piedmont,
more particularly at the hotels of Milan
and Turin, the butter is as good as can
be found anywhere in the world. 1t is
unsalted, but salt is furnished the guest
to use with it if he desires. Cor. Sac
francisco Chronicle,
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WHAT SHE WAS.

Persecution of Woman who Told the
Cold Truth.
Pm poor, husbandless woman" she
walled at the door of the Widows Home,
and was taken in and cared for over night.
The next morning the matron called her
into the Office.
"Y You have no husbandY' she inquired,
tenderly.
"No, madam" was the reply in tear.
stained voice.
"When did you lose himp'
"Last week."
"Only SO recently? How sad. What was
the matter%'
:" He was poor and wanted me to live in
two rooms on back street, and l refused
him."
"Then you are not widow?" said the
matron, Indignantly.
:" No, madam; only poor, husbandless
woman. an old maid IL you wish to call IL
by so harsh name"
The matron bounced her out in five
bounces down the stairs.-Merchd,,t TraU.
,Jpr
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CUBAN OFFICIALS.
How They Receive Their Appointments
Spanish Corruption.

How They Receive Their Appointments
Spanish Corruption.
Officials are all Spaniards, appointed
and sent out by the home Government,
and change of Ministry (and changes of
Ministry are not infrequent in Spain,
where to hold a portfolio, if only for a
day, entities one to pension of twelve
hundred a year) will disseat them ALL
1t is commonly reported that these Off
sials owe their position not to merit,
but money; and that the surest way to
secure snug appointment is to make
your application to the favorite of the
man in power. Such stories sound
strange in the nineteenth century. But
Spain is still in the eighteenth. 1t is
said that in great many cases the
greater part of the salary is retained by
the patron, SO that the official thus APP
pointed, knowing on what contingencies
his tenure of office depends, is fain to
make the most he can.
Official peculation is part of the
Spanish system; every man who pulls
an oar in the Government galley thinks
himself at liberty to dip in his private
DuckcI dG Tie SAME Glulo. Inc IOllOW-
ing anecdote, the truth of which I can
personally vouch, will illustrate this:
A medical man of high scientific
standing and large practice, Cuban by
birth, was appointed to represent the
island at the Washington Medical Con-
gress. The Secretary, who wrote to
inform him of his appointment, added
that a sum of two hundred dollars
would be allowed toward his expenses
The physician wrote back declining the
appointment. Meeting the Captain
General, with whom he was on terms
of intimacy, shortly afterward, he was
asked why he had thus declined the Of
fer, and explained that he could not af-
ford to leave his practice for meager
equivalent of two hundred dollars. The
Captain General opened his eyes.
''There must be mistake somewhere"
said he, ''for remember distinctly that
the amount of the grant was two thou
sand dollars" Upon inquiry it was
found that the clerks in the office had
agreed to offer the physician two hum
dred dollars, or such other sum as they
might induce him to accept, and then
share the modest remainder among
themselves.-Tenple Bar.
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FOREIGN GOSSIP.


The complete correspondence of
Carlyle with Goethe has been discovered
in archives in London.
The Bishop of London, in q recent
discourse, denounced the ballet as inn
modest and demoralizing.
The lead mines of England are ceas-
ing to pay. Within few years 1869
mines have been closed and sc, ZOO men
thrown out of employment.
The NouUele Reoue announces that
Princess Beatrice, who is every pious,"
has had several verses of the Bible en-
oroidered upon every article of linen in
her trousseau
"A French officer has invented a rifle
which can be loaded with seven cart
ridges in ten seconds and discharged in
four. 1t does not have to be removed
from the shoulder until empty.
Herr Joest, the African explorer,
has been telling the Berlinese how dur
ing his late travels in Zululand he found
the remains of CetewayO, unburied, shut
up in hut and mourned over for two
months by five hundred women.
The Gazette des Hospiteax1 describes
the case of a woman who drank pint
OF kerosene. The dose nearly killed
her, and she was saved only after great
suffering and an active and severe treat
ment prolonged for ten days.
Artists at Dresden and Munich are
endeayoring to revive the style of dress
which was IN fashion in the time of
Kubens-blue stockings, black velvet
brooches, coat with trimmings in red
silk, wide. soft, black hat and low-cut
shoes with large silver or gold buckles.
The Parsee mode of disposing of
the dead is very curious. Immediately
after death the body is carried by white
robed priests to the Towers of Silence,
lofty circular buildings, haunted by
birds of prey, waiting to devour the
corpse. Before taking final leave dog
is brought and made to gaze into the
eyes of the dead, to extract the sins of
the departed.
DR.. Caruana, the Director of the
Public Library in Malaga. has just made
an important discovery. He found a
-Phoenician inscription of four or five
characters engraved on one of the huge
stones which form the ancient temple in
the island of Coco, now called the
Giants Tower. 1t is the first time that
Phenician letters have been found as
sociated with these megalithic struc-
lures.
The late Lord Strathnairn was
confirmed woman hater. He made but
one exception in his sweeping horror of
the sex, and that was in favor of his
royal mistress. The Queen, however,
was at last dethroned from her pedestal
in his esteem by raising Wolseley to the
peerage, and Strathnairn, who was a
splendid soldier and the ideal English
warrior, never forgave this evidence of
silly womanish weakness toward man
who had done nothing to deserve it
London Times.
"A few days ago DR.. Thorowood re-
lated the following anecdote of hydro
phebia ''Some years ago, when out
walking with a valuable dog, man
called out: Your dog is best away from
that gate, for they killed a mad dog
there yesterday The warning came
too late, and within week my dog had
rabies, and the veterinary
surgeon advised that he should be at |
once shot. 1t certainly seems as if the |
poison had got into his system in some
way by his smelling about the place |
where the mad dog had been put to |
death" |
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A BLOODY RELIC.
The Sword Which Decapitated Twenty
four Followers of Huss.

The Sword Which Decapitated Twenty
four Followers of Huss.
Rev. j. B. Hayes, who preached re-
Gently in Allegheny, in the course OF his
address exhibited curious relic of an
cient days and bloody times, in the shape
of a sword. The historic sword was
brought from Bohemia to Edinburgh,
Scotland, where it was sold at auction
for fifty dollars in 1873, and was bought
by party of Bohemian students, who
presented it to Professor w. g. Blake.
Professor Blaikie lent it to DIR. w. Breed,
who allowed Rev. Mr.. Hayes to bring it
to America. 1t is huge, double-edged
weapon, four feet in length and increas-
ing in width from the point to the hllt.
where it is six inches from edge to edge
The hilt is leather-covered, tipped with
a fancifully designed iron knob, and IL
sufficiently long to allow it to be grasped
with both hands. On the 21st OF June,
1921, the sword was used by the public
executioner to behead twenty-seyen men,
including twenty flour Bohemian knights,
mobiles and gentry, followers OF Huss,
who took up arms against the Austrlans.
These men surrendered with t 3 under
standing that they were to w lergo no
punishment, but the treaty was disre-
garded, and at sunrise "a the morning
in question they were led to the block.
On the leather handle of the sword IN
gold letters in German text are me
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Water a. an Aid to Blasting.

Attention is called by the Coal Trade
Journal, in an elaborate article, to the
fact that the value of water as an aid
to blasting, when used in connection
with explosives, is rapidly becoming rec
ognized in this country, as well as in
the larger mines and quarries of En-.
rope. Among the favorable points per-
tanning to this process, special mention
is made of the fact that the powder. in
exploding, bursts the tube containing
the water, and-careful estimates show.
ing-with increased power or explosive
violence; this is because the rendinr
force is extended through the water, in
accordance with certain well-known
principles OF hydrostatics, over the en-.
larged interior area Of the bore hole.
due to the space occupied by the water
tube. A much larger quantity of tho
material to be mined or quarried is thus
brought down or loosened with a smaller
quantity of the explosive used. Again,
the heat given off BY the burning Of the
powder and surrounding gases converts
larger proportion of the water into
steam, the elastic force of which assist
in the operation Of blasting, and the
steam and remaining water together ex-
tinguish the flame and flash of tho
powder.
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misery here below will find compenss-
ton for their suffering above, and that
prosperous sinners will there find the
chastisement due them for unmerited
happiness"
One can understand the intense mel
anchOly which seized him on the morn
ing OF an execution, and which, in such
busy life, even his gay and active hu.
NOR was unable to shake off.
The relation between prisoner and
counsel is more personal at the French
bar. The defenders part does not
cease, as with us, when justice has pro-
nounced the final verdict; he then seeks
an interview with the head of the State,
and appeals in last resort to the prerog-
alive of mercy. Lachaud's eloquence
came so naturally from the heart, like
the breath and body of his wn thoughts,
that in private conference with so con-
summate a man of the world as the
Third Napoleon, without any advantage
of legal drapery and emotional appara-
tus, he wrested from the man a pardon
which was only Cancelled by the sover-
eign. This was the case of the cele-
brated prisoner La Pommerais, the
French Palmer. But we shall leave NJ.
Saugnier to tell the story:
M. Lachaud went to the Tuilleries,
and was received by M. !Tascher de la
Pagerie, who conducted him into the
Salon d'Apollon, where the Empress
usually gave audience. At his entrance
the Empress fastened toward him with
much simplicity, indeed almost running.
She was accompanied by the Emperor,
and they stood during the whole audi
ence, which lasted three-quarters of an
hour. The little Prince Imperial was
playing in the next room, playing sol
der and blowing a trumpet. In the
course of conversation the Empress said
that M. rAvocat General had shown
much feeling in his plea. The Emperor
answered: '.What do you expect? One
must defend ones self theoretically
against an adversary like M. Lachaud;
he wins all his cases." When the con-
ference was over, and M. Lachaud was
about to withdraw, the Empress said:
IN. Lachaud, am entirely on your
side" The Emperor promised to give
the matter especial attention. M. La
chaud had gained his cause, and the
warrant was sent back to the authori-
ties marked ''Pardoned by the En-
peror." NJ. Baroche, then Minister of
Justice, did not accept the decision; as
soon as he received the warrant he has
tened to the Tuilleries, saw the Emperor
and gave him to understand that society
and public opinion demanded an ex-
ample. The Emperor yielded, and La
Pommerais was not pardoned.-Satur.
day ReUietU.
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THE RUGBY GAME.
Football and It's Attendant "Pleasures''
nj Eru

Football ana Its Attendant "PIeasureS"
at an English School.
Football is the great Rugby game,
and is played principally during the
Christmas term. ga Rugby boy" says
a late head of the school-house, ''looks
forward to it in the summer and regrets
it in the spring. He honors good foot
ball players and despises poor players.
He will talk football in season and out
of season." Rugby football is quite
different from the Eton and Harrow
game. 1t is much rougher, though Rug
beians now sigh over It, and declare that
it is not played half so viciously as it
used to be! 1t is true that it has been
shorn of some of it's terrors since the
days of the mighty contests between the
Upper Bench, or first twelve of the sixth
form, and the rest of the school, when
the game became battle, and the head
master had to interfere and stop the
match, because it was so little
like play. That was in the brave
days of old. Those old ways have
been changed. Not very long ago rules
were made declaring that: Though it
is lawful to hold any player in maui,
this holding does not include attempts
to throttle or strangle, which are totally
opposed to all the principles of the
game" And again: ..No one wearing
projecting nails or iron plates on the
soles or heels of his boots or shoes
shall be allowed to play This gives
a pleasant idea of what the game once
was. The terms ssmauling" and
''scrimmage," still in use, show what
the game now is in its milder form.
You remember, 1 do not doubt, East's
proud description: "Quite another thing
from your private-school game. Why,
there's been two collar-bones broken
this half and dozen fellows famed;
and last year fellow had his leg brok-
enr'-EiizabeM Robe,ss Pennell, in st.
Nicholas.
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A Little Christian.

''This is my daughter Lucy" said min
lister, presenting a young lady of sixteen to
brother of the cloth whom he was intro
ducing to his family. land Christian, too.
am glad to say. And this" he contin.
ued. turning to the next younger, sfs my
daughter Fanny, also Christian"
One or two others were presented with q
similar remark, and then came the little
four-year-old, of whom he simply said:
''And this is our baby-0ur little Mary"
sAnd Pm a Tist'n. too" said the little
one, putting her chubby paw in the minis
ter's hand.
..Amen! chorused the good men.-Cht-
cQQo Ledger.
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johnny shook his head.
A Serious Charge.

Maglstrase-You are charged with mis-
demeanor, Uncle Rastus.
Uncle Rastus lin alarm)-Wif Miss
who, yo' Honah?
Mislemeanor."
"Jedge, soiumly sw'ar do hain;t NO
lady in dis case whatsumebbor. Deed da
hain'tr'-N. y. Sun,
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An American lady n~Paris, decaar-
ing in company that she nEser would
return home, and finding e,lf on
posed, turned to the late Wilf5EIsA Nnry
Huntington, who was present, a 81 SSa
him if he thought he would evea.,;sh
come back to this country. Nell2
said he, latter you have lived hertthrI
or four years there will come 10 youSl
great rush of remembrance Of old fria
and places, and great desire to see e.
once more. And then-then Won
be 90 glad to think that you are 10
next weekr CRicGgo zIasSe.
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HIS INVENTORY.

This Is the genial Smith
20 weary of face and solemn,
whose Iunny Jokes are the pith
VI tue 6o0merdng's local column.
He fears II long he should stop he
VIII near them above watt down
sulphurous cry for ''copy.''
80 ne runneth his hand through each loo
OF his hair disheveled and hoarv,
While OF his humorous stock
He taketh an inyontorv.
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The habit of using accumulated
means for the benefit of others is char
acterized by the Montreal Witness as
lone OF the greatest Injuries Of lits."