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TROUT CAN REMEMBER.
Proof That Fish Have Reasoning Power
nnd Exercise II.

Proof That Fish Have Reasoning Power
nnd Exercise Il.
Philadelphia Press.J
"Some time before the death of Seth
Green, the celebrated New York fish cul-
turist and naturalist" said Philadelphia
who takes great interest in piscicultural
matters, 'I paid visit with him to the fish
hatchery of that State at Caledonia. In one
of the ponds there, at that time, there were
5000 large brook trout, every one of which
had been captured with the fy-tied on
barbless hooks-in unfrequented brooks in
the Adirondack region. These trout, Mr..
Green said, had convinced him that fish
have reasoning power and memory. When
they were hooked, he said, and were reeled
slowly in BY the careful fishermen who were
capturing them for the State pond, they had
time and opportunity to note the form and
character of the tackle that made them pris-
oners According to Mr.. Green they never
forgot that experience. i.
'fThe trout had been in the pond a long
time, the females never being allowed to
spawn there, and would follow Mr.. Green
as he walked along the edge of the water,
tossing bits of liver into the pond. To show
that his theory about their memory and
reason was correct, he would carry cane
and fish rod concealed behind his back.
If he took the cane from its concealment and
held it out over the water the fish paid no
attention to it; but the moment he produced
the rod with its reel and line attached away
the trout scampered like fash to distant
parts of the pond. Mr.. Green told me that
he would permit anyone to cast fly In that
pond to his hearts content as he was satls-
fed that not one of the trout would come
near it. so wildly did they remember their
enemy of five years ago."
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PAGES u IO2O.

slider that magnificent sweep of profile.
Brow, nose, lips, chin, throat, described BY
one splendid flowing line. It's iJunoesque,
sir. It's worth years Of commonplaeeness
to have lived to see it in veritable breath
ing woman"
HYet," I admitted, sits a fine profile, .
noble face
"Her type is so rare," he went on, that,
as have said, nature succeeds in produc-
ing q faultless specimen Of it not oftener
than once in a generation. OF faulty speci-
mens-comparable, I might say to hawed
castings-she turns out many every year.
Have you been in Rome? Trastevere tsems
with such failures-women who approach,
but always fall 1apentably short, Of the per-
fection your niece embodies."
eyes, know the TrasteVerine, and see
the resemblance you refer to. But, as you
intimate, they are coarse and crude copies
Of Miriam. That expression OF high spirit
uality which is the dominant note IN her
face is quite absent from theirs"
"They compare to her as pressed terra
Gotta compares to chiseled marble. In all
my lite have known but one woman who
could be mentioned in the same breath with
her, and she was good distance behind.
Why, to-day, when Miss Benary came into
the room where you had left me, declare
for moment my breath was almost taken
away. Icould scarcely believe my eyes.
Such beauty seemed beyond reality; it
was like a realized dream. forgot my
manners in my admiration, and it wss some
seconds before 1 remembered to make my
bow. When our friendship is older, DR..
Benary, you must permit me to model her
portrait"
Thus was my mind set at ease. Presently
we Joined the ladies, and while Fairchild
and Miriam chatted together in the bay
window, drew Josephine aside and COM
municated to her the upshot Of our post
prandial conversation. She accomplished
a mighty sigh, and professed herself to be
vastly relieved.
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1T DOESN'T HURT TO BE RUNG.
Such Ii the Testimony of n Man Who Has
Had the Experience.

Such II the Testimony OF man VINO has
Had the Experience.
That the Job of hanging at Ozark was
''bungling" there is no doubt, but that the
suffering was great, except in the case of the
man who fell and revived, is far from GER
tain. In 1864 John Burns, whom I have
known long and we'll, lived in Newton
county. this State, on Indian Creek, about
ten miles south of Newtonia, writes a
Springfield, No., correspondent of the st.
Louis PoSt-DiSpatch. Mr.. Burns was a
quiet man, trying to conduct himself
without offense to either side in the
War of the Rebellion, so that he could re-
main at home. But some persons thought
Mr.. Burns had money, and squad of rob-
bers, in those days called "bushwhaekers, I"
called upon him to investigate hisresources.
Mr.. B. said he had no money. The bush
whackers then tried the persuasive powers
of rope. They took line like clothes
line, made a running moose, slipped it over
Mr.. B. s head, put the other END Of the line
over the ceiling joists of the room they were
in, and swung Mr.. B. clear of the floor.
He is about feet, large-boned, weighing
1S0 to 200 pounds. Three times they pulled
him up, roughly, letting the body slump to
the floor Mr.. B. says that each time as his
feet left the floor and the weight of his body
came upon the cord he became instantly in
sensible, and continued so until be revived
after falling. He felt no pain at any stage
while suspended. have more than once
questioned him particularly about this. He
does not know how long they kept him up
nor whether he was motionless or in con-
tortions while up. He did not fall on the
noose-was simply pulled up. 1t was just
strangulation, with partial stoppage Of
circulation of blood to the brain. No
serioUs results follswed, only assOreness of
the neck.
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A TALE OF A DOG.

a TALE Or a OOO'
All the negroes own dogs, usually the va
riety known as "yaller dogs" wanted to
buy one, but preferred a more exclusive
breed. One day accosted a negrs', who
was carrying the most respectable specimen
of dog I had seen in Havana, saying:
"Have you that dog for sale?" She
grunted what I discovered meant mo, !"
but added that she had lady friend, Miss
Jamaica, who had. told her to bring Miss
Jamaica in company with her dog to my
hotel at II o'clock on the following day.
Now, every darky in Havana owns dog,
and they all must have received official in
formation of the fact that wanted to buy
one To buy dog in Cuba stamped me as
q curiosity. Doubtless among the negroes,
no one had ever been heard of who didn't
steal q dog if he wanted it. AT any rate,
the news of the American "freak" spread,
and the owners of CANNES were told to pre-
sent themselves and their pups at the Pasaje
Hotel the next morning at II.
1 relate with agitation what transpired
upon that ill-fated day. People tell you
that tomorrow never comes" devoutly
hoped that this one wouldn't. 1t did, how
ever and some of the candidates were on
hand by o'clock A. M. eagerly inquiring
for her who had in rash moment said she
wanted to buy dog. By 9 o'clock the
arched court was
A MOVING MASS OF DOGS
and darkies.. The yelping suggested the
New York dog show. When came out to
breakfast was besieged by score of dog
owners, who proceeded to describe the good
points of their animals. felt as if were
possessed. I was afraid to choose one,
though they were of the same nondescript
species, lest the others might revenge them
selves in some unique and barbarous
fashion. I made a pretense of looking over
the dogs. then announced that l would
wait few days before making a selection,
and distributed some Spanish script among
the disconsolate owners of the dogs.
This method of dis missing the dog fam
ciers suficed to make them happy, and
smiling and content they left me once more
in peace.
Until the last five years the Cuban negroes
were in state OF revolving servitude. They
worked under leaders whose emblem of au-
thority was the whip. Now they occupy a
state of comparative freedom. Their chill
dren may go to school if they like (Which
they often don't, and all occupations are
open to them. OF course the negro lives
and has his pleasures apart, but he is not
uTlVeu lIOm tuC cuJO1 uuCutS vi pubiAO pAoCSS
because he is black. The white man who
chooses to associate with the black is not
hated on that account. If he live with q
black woman, he is compelled to have a
permit from the Governor General, and is
forced to support her and provide for her as
he would for wife. This law is about the
only obligatory one in the Cuban code.
Wherever the negro thrives he is in all re-
spects the same. He retains with his color
his African nature. "The Ethiopian can
not change his skim" neither can he change
his social, merry, loquacious, docile and
thoroughly unsubstantial character.
LILLIAN SPENCER.
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7 CHAPTER VIII.

The hall was quite dark. From the end
of it, directly behind me, came the response,
"Yes, brother"
"Ah, you are there?'' questioned.
s'I have been waiting here for you to wake.
did not wish to disturb your Sleep" she
explained.
Sand they-where are they now9"
"Mr. Fairchild is in the spare room,
where he is to sleep. Miriam is in her
room. could not come to you so long as
they were together. 1t would not do to
leave them alone. That is why wrote the
note"
By this time we were in my chamber, and
I had closed the door behind US.
"And now, for heavens sake, explain to
me what this means" said, holding up
the sheet Of paper.
sit means exactly what it says. He has
recognized Miriam"
"Oh, it is impossible" declared.
s'I only wish that you were right, sighed
Josephine, doleiully.
"But how-but why-but what-what
leads you to think so?" stammered.
His action when he first saw her-when
she and entered the room where he was to
greet him this forenoon"
"Oh, it is impossible, impossible, re-
peated. What was his action? What
did he do?"
The instant be laid eyes upon her he
started, and caught his breath, and colored
up, and then turned white, and then red
again.
''Merciful heavensP' I gasped, panic
stricken,
"What ever shall we do?" nv Door sister
demanded.
"Did-did Miriam notice his embarrass-
ment?" I inquired.
"I think not. She did not appear to.
ANYWAY"
Thsn hafaII a rausa du,;ro uh;cb 7 ra-
aected -
aWe1l hrotber9', oueried Josenbine after
the silence had continued a minnie or two.
1Tt ia ironoss;bls. IL il ahsolnteiv- inn.
.,.,ss;Lla - LTD ho,;n, -aoovorssi !: oood
III ~ ,,,-1~se1f f.nossss.;on 1tf5sr. 60,
mother wonId he unable to recognize her,
She is altered beyond recognition. WHY,
that dead woman would bv this time be
naorl1- 20 vaars of aoe. whereas Miriam
doa.n,, iOoI % Resides the wnole char
scter And expression Of her face are
oSonosd -
1AiI that ia true: and vet-be started"
nWoIi even 90. What of 10 Perbans II
ne II, T.. .ssarsbIanna - +ha daoJ ,ror,, a.,
was VI n.i -. 20 - ~ L SnS uSIa Do.
supPIYSSs J.na ef;5ant;f-;no - ~
nc mvuit WI thn 49, ronue III nf &c o. o.
t,ro and twenty, sad.eved sorrow.
wv @nU r.an .an voors bor so1io-i Tbo
strieken woman, zen yeals .hoa nGl r. SsnIo no Inc
'A:1o NI:I,.ata =. III. ~ h. st,r.a5 a.J
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CHAPTER TX

Throughout the meal carefully observed
Fairchild's bearing toward Miriam; and
my satisfaction was great to see in it only
and exactly what. under the circumstances,
could rightly have been expected. Frank,
gay, interested, attentive. yet undertaking
" courteous, respectful, and even defer
entail, it was precisely the bearing due from
a Young gentleman Of good breeding to the
lady at whose side he found himself, and
whose acquaintance he had but stately
made.
$50 that" concluded, "of all conceiv-
able theories adequate to account for his
behavior at first setting eyes upon her,
Josephine's is farthest-fetehed and the least
tenable."
For the matter of that, as had assured
nv sister, I was confident that her own
mother, had she been alive, must have failed
to identity her, so essentially was she
altered, both in expression of countenance
and in apparent age. That Fairchild did
not do so was certain. His manner ex-
hibited neither surprise, mystifcation, curl
osity nor constraint. 1t would have re-
ouired far cunninger actor than I took him
to be, so effectually to shave disguised such
emotions, and he really felt them, and he
could not have helped feeling them if, hav-
ing known the dead woman, Louise Mas
sarte, he had recognized her in the young
and innocent maiden, Miriam Benary The
right theory by which to explain his con-
duct at first meeting her, purposed dis
covering, if could, when he and 1 were
alone.
I He AID Miriam had a great deal of fun
together making the salad, in which enter
prise they co-operated, not, however, with
out much laughing difference as to the best
method of procedure. He claimed that in
stead of rubbing the bowl with garlic one
should introduce chspon, or crust of
bread correctly tinctured with that herb,
and fatiguer it with the lettuce, while our
niece vigorously maintained the opposite.
| And finally they drew lots to determine
which policy should prevail, Miriam win
ming.
81 am defeated, but my spirit is no
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"U'sHO A'Se' OpOu tuls oHo Aod
arranged the "nice CLANCY oranges" she
offered for sale.
bought soma in order to talk to the
woman, who seemed intelligent. In the
midst of our conversation man emerged
from the interior of the shanty, which con-
sisted of ground floor of mother earth and
a roof of the dried leaves of the pineapple.
The man was white, and looked as it
he might be a common laborer.
Ny surprise was great when nanny
with smile of happy possessorship told me
he was her imam" At this point small
colony of pickaninnies of different sizes and
degrees of duskiness came on the scene. This
job lot of assorted cherubs, nanny informed
me, composed their family. Well, I was
Mortified. did not then know that this is
of common occurrence here in Cuba. Any
white man who wishes can assume the re-
sponsibilities of family of mulatto child
rem. No legal form is necessary. Men may
be seen everywhere walking about with
veritable Queens of the Night"
oRowDING OUT THE WHITES.
This mingling of the black and the white
is going on so rapidly that the probabilities
are that in 100 years Cuba will be black
country. The negro is crowding out the
white element, which only decays in land
never intended for it.
once made the statement that the Cuban
men were ugly, Insignificant and unattrac-
tive. take it back. had not then seen
the Cuban negro in all his glory. He Is a
most splendid type of manhood; strong,
stalwart, sinewy, perfectly developed and
splendidly proportioned. His complexion
is not the golden brown of our Southern
negro, but is as shiny and black as polished
ebony. A Cuban negro, six feet in height,
dressed in cast-of garments in various stages
of paucity and dilapidation, with a white
turban around his head and thick brass
hoops in his ears is one of the most pictur-
esque sights in Havana.
By intermarriage with the Spanish the
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CHEAP RESTAURANTS.

CHEAP RESTAURANTS.
There are innumerable second-class res
taurants, and very few indeed are poor ones.
It is not an easy matter to name them all,
but the general opinion is that Marguery's,
up at the Gymnase Theater, is entitled to
first place, especially for its fishes and its
fine wines. The Restaurant Noel, IN the
Passage de Prince; the Cafe Sylvan, oppo-
site the Grand Opera House, in the Rue
Halevy; Champeaux, across the way from the
Bourse; Foyot's in front of the Luxembourg
Palace and Just around the corner from the
O,leon Theater; the Tavern Anglais, in the
Rue Royale, and Lathuille's, be-
yond the Boulevard de Clichy, are
among the best of the second-class
restaurants. / had often heard of Lathu-
lilies, but as it is so far out of the way,
and / seldom 90 in the Batignolle's direc-
ton, except when calling on M. and Nine.
BENJAMIN Constant who live in that part
of the town-it was not until about two
weeks ago that went there with party to
try it for the first time. We dined fairly
well, still the only pleasant souvenir have
of the establishment is bit of history that
the proprietor related me concerning the
establishment and its foundation. Origin
ally, so it seems, it was an old-fashioned
sort of a roadway inn that stood just behind
one of the forts or Notifications which de-
Tended Paris on that side of the city.
The Ambassadors, Laurent's and Ledo-
yens. are three popular houses IN the
Champs Elysee; they are tolerably good
places at which to dine, and their clientele
includes some of the more prominent men
of letters of the capital. AS for res
taurants at fixed prices they, too, are plenti-
full, and in their way are worth recommend
ing Most of them are located in the Palais
ROYAL. Finally we have the bouillon estab-
lishments, that is to say those cheap eating
houses where you are served by women, and
where you can get a fairly good meal for
very little money. Duval, the man who
first started them was butcher; he left
large fortune to an only son, who spent
nearly every dollar of it on Cora Pearl.
When she had cleaned him out she kicked
and she died in abject poverty. I believe
he is in madhouse.
HENRY HAYNIE.
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ing, and 1 have had the great happiness in
my time to be host as well as guest at some
tolerably famous feeds here in Paris. There
was one breakfast, remember, to which L
was invited at the Cafe Voisin, along with
some II or IA other fellows, and we sat down
punctually at IL o'clock. We all smiled
when we saw before each plate no fewer
than two dozen oysters. accompanied by
golden lemon, and bottle Of fine Sauterne.
The oysters were followed BY kidneys La
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THE INSIGNIA OF SORROW.
CoIors Worn by Different NationaIities to
Denote Mourning.

ColOrs Worn by Different Nationaiities to
Denote Mourning.
Besides black, the following are used as a
sign of grief for the dead. Black and white
striped to express sorrow and hope, among
the South Sea Islanders. Grayish brown,
the color of the earth to which the dead
return, in Ethiopia. Pale brown, the color
of withered leaves, is the mourning
of Persia. Sky blue to express the assured
hope that the deceased has gone to heaven.
This is the mourning of Syria, Cappadocia
and Armenia. Deep blue in Bokhara.
Purple and violet to express "Kings and
Queens to God" The color of mourning
for cardinals and kings of France. The
color of mourning in Turkey is violet.
White (emblem of hOpe) the color of mourn
ing In China.
Henry VIII. wore white for Anne Boleyn.
The ancient ladies of Rome and Sparta
wore white. It was the color of mourning
in Spain till 1898. Yellow (the scar and
yellow leaD, the color of mourning in Egypt
and in Burmah. Anne Boleyn wore yellow
mourning for Catharine Of Aragon.
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CHAPTER x.

Fairchild became frequent visitor at
our house, and an ever welcome one. His
good looks. his good sense, his honesty, his
high spirits, made him an extremely pleas
ant companion. We were always glad 70
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can readily believe this. All the Cuban
idea of religion is embraced in the word,
hell. Its religious songs are suggestive pf
the most intense woes and tortures OF that
perspective place.
A YELLOW BELLE.
The yellow girl is one of the most at
tractive phases of negro life to be encoun-
tered. She has enough white blood in her
to enable her to still further turn-up her
nose at the blacks. Nearly as white as her
Ouban mistress, she is a dangerous rival.
The degree of difference in the complexion
is lessened by the wholesale application Of
powder. She chalks her face with it, not
regarding the manner of its appliance, nor
does she try to delude the spectator. She
tinges her cheeks with rouge and stains her
eyebrows with dark juices. If not too
closely examined the yellow girl is really
very beautiful. She begins to keep her eyes
open, or what is better, coquettishly dropped
Tor beaux at an early age. All week she
runs about in a tawdy skirt of her mis-
tress bare-footed and dirty. On Sunday
she blooms out in the glory of bright
colored dress, shoes and perfume, ready to
captlVate some gentleman of color.
Every negro speaks to every white person
he meets He touches his hat and mods, ex-
pecting you to do the same. A nod or
smile makes Cuban negro happy. Even
oeggar would rather you refuse him
penny and give him a smile than to give
him the money and deny him the smile.
They are the best-natured and generous peo-
pie in the world, and most of them are kind
ly and polite. After boarding up enough
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THE COL0RED CUBAN.
A Stalwart, Well-PrOportioned and
Picturesque People.
WORKERS In A LAND OF DRONES,
Living on a Plane of Equality With Their
White NeighbOrs.
THE MOVING TALE OF A YELLOW DOG
CORRESPONDENTS OF THE DIspArcH.l
HAVANA, May


HAVANA, May
L." "Nice Ohaney
oranges, boss9 nice
CLANCY oranges?"
The speaker was
a typical Cuban
nanny, good ma
tured and sparsely
dressedl She was
stationed at the door
of her cabin, where
a primitive counter
had been erected.
-
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Patience Sometime. Give. Our.

Omaha Herald.l
Human nature is very patient, Ht there
are times when its trials are too great.
Thus we hear of book agents being found
dead,
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CAFE LIFE IN PARIS.
Famous French HOStelries and the
Epicurean Dreams They Evolve
NOBLE CREATORS OF NEW DISHES.
Where to Go to Get a FirSt-ClaSS Dinner
With Rare Old Wines.
CORRESPONDENTS OF THE DrsrArcH.i

PARIS, May 3.-Did
you ever hear the anecdote
about Sam Rogers, whose
reputation as a giver of
dinners and breakfasts will
live as long as his poetry?
"Will you come and break
fast with me tomorrow
morning." he asked a
London lady one night at
the opera. and she prompt
ly replied: "Won't Il"
which pleased him more
than anything else that
could have occurred.
There is a good deal in
I..o,. oDd daieT1ner oiv-
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double thickness, places it between two Or
dinary round steaks and cooks it by broil-
ing them over hot Goals. These outer slices
are thrown away and the inner one, cooked
to turn, is served with potatoes, as you
like them, souf1e or a la creme, being the
better way; and should advise you to also
drink white instead of red wine.
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NATIVE AFRICANS.

Women soon adapt themselves to new
language, and soon constructed a mongrel
dialect by which could make the Havana
darkies understand my wants. They speak
the Spanish, eliminating the harsh sounds
from the most musical language, and leave
off all unnecessary syllables. managed to
talk pretty well to them, but when we came
upon the native African had to fall back
upon the worn-out and old-style maxim,
''Silence is golden" Many native Africans
who have been captured from war ships and
who still speak their own heathenish Ian
guage, are found in Havana I noticed
three Sits in their cheeks, which our inter
prefer said were marks of beauty in their
country, but know they were the effects Of
their dreadful language with its unpro-
nounceable consonants
They entertained US by singing a song of
their country. Now there is singing and
singing. That which they designate BY the
name Of singing 1 should simply call wall
ing. Talk about walls of lost souls; they
sink into nothingness when compared with
the walls uttered by these Africans under
the deluding name, music. If ever there
was lugubnous performance, this is one.
The negro song of Cuba lacks the plain
tiveness Of our plantation melodies and is
always semi-religious in character. You
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to buy meal of sugar-cane-to him the
embodiment of earthly bliss-a Cuban ne
gro will give you his cane if you ask him