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and bailiff. expected them to reappear
within few minutes with verdict
for the plaintiff. They reckoned with
out their host Que Of the jurors WAS
q big, pig-headed Irishman, part Of
whose creed It was to agree with no.
body. and, as was afterward learned,
his first remark when he went into the
jury-room was that his vote was for
the defendant. The other eleven, who
were unanimously for the plaintiff, /,
tried to argue with him, but in vain.
He swore he'd rot there before he
changed his mind. In consequence the
jury returned to the courtroom, after
nearly an hour, saying that they were
unable to agree. It was late Friday
afternoon and there would be no moro
court until Monday. The judge was
tired and wanted to go home; he was
hungry, likewise he was very angry.
''Go back to your ROOM" he said in
tones Of high judicial wrath, ''and un-
less you agree on verdict within fif-
teen minutes I shall order the. bailiif to
detain you until Monday" The jury
went out again and within fifteen min
utes they were back.
"Have you agreed upon verdict,
gentlemen"
I'VE have. your honor; we find for
the defendant!"
Hunger and the obstinate Irishman
had prevailed and the other eleven,
sworn 10 we'll and truly try the case.
had weakened before tho prospect Of
two Gays in captivity. Tho angry
judge at once ordered the verdict to he
set aside. but he also mado vow never
again to threaten O Jury.
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A few nights ago u bulky and pom
derous man had just begun to climb
the steps OF the elevated station ut
Forty-second street. says tho New
York Sun, when he heard terrific
yell. "Ha-a-rlem!" and. glancing down
the track. saw q traia steaming up
rapidly. 1t was very late and he knew
ii he missed that thain he would have
long and weary wait for the next
one. Gathering himself together and
taking n long breath he bounded Wild
ly up the stairs, rushed up to the tick
ct window, and slammed down y s.
bill, which was the only money no had
with him. The ticket-scllcr, who was
reclining sleepily in his chair, reached
forward. pushed out q ticket. tried to
open his drawer, and then US the man
yelled "Hurry up" excitcdly. llzily
pushed two or three little piles OF cur
rency toward him. There wcre three
sill yer dollars and the rest was in small
change. The man grabbed the money
Ah Oh0 Adg hauu anu LllC IlChCG LllC
other just as the brakeman yelled all
aboard, and made frantic lunge for
Harlem and success. Just as ho was
passing out of the little alley which
leads from the tick. eftice the man at
the box yelled for his ticket, and the
fat man. with wild downward motion
of one of his Rsts. cast 81 95 in silver
in the box and jumped on the moving
train. Tho money made noise enough
to startle the dead. As the train NOV
cd away the putting md Austered Har-
lemite might have been heard
by o casual observer making u few
pertinent remarks about the world at
largo and the elevated railroad In par
ticular. A few minutes later he came
back on another train, received an
order for his money, delivered a few
additional picturesque sentences ON
the benefit Of living in the upper part
OF the city, and finally succeeded in
getting of in good form.
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H. Thought Rapidlx.

my FRIEND" said solcmn-looking
man in clerical attire to u short. puffy,
bald-headed, red-faced man In q rail-
way carriage, II need not speak to u
man of your respectable and intclli-
gent appearance of the uncertainties
Of life. but do you ever think"
'Think?' broke in tho little man,
'think! Goodness gracious! do l ever
think? You Gun bet / think. Why,
man, I've nine grown-up daughters,
not one of them married yet. and I'm
forever thinking, thinking how to keep
away undesirable suitors from 'em
without discouraging desirable ones;
how the bills are to be met for ats,
feathers. gloves, dresses, shoes. Have
you got familyP'
"No. but"
"lIa! thought so. Let me tell you.
my friend. that when you get IL family
as large as mine you'll do some tall
thinking, too. See that bald head of
minep"
"Yes. but my dear sir, l."
"Well, that comes from thinking.
When you have a family Us numerous
as mine, your head will DO as bald as
all ostrich's egg, and don'syou for-'
But the clerical-looking man, with an
expression Of disgust ou his face, had
arisen, and was rapidly making his
wov IN tho nthor onl NJ tho ca mi n m,
General Manager.
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Spanish chambsrmaids.

The Fonda de Ia Paz is the "splash"
hotel in Madrid, but tho Russia is less
expensive and more Spanish. The
manners Of our attendants show q free
and easy simplicity. Our waters
smoke cigar while we take our
luncheon, and from time to time help
themselves to a mouthful of food or q
draught OF wine at sideboard, but do
it with backs discreetly turned. They
bring US oranges upstairs in their hands
We were told TO expect no chamber
maids in Spain, but dark-eyed woman
with wild dark hair and untidy dark
dress, and no suspicion of white collar,
cap or apron, glides suddenly into our
midst, without knocking, seizes our
towels and as silently glides away.
Once when We rang she arrived in the
middle OF fastening up her back coils Of
hair. holding one lock between her
teeth, with the serene observation that
she was 50 Ia Magdalepa. Madrid
Letter.
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Made the sp.s ksr sit Down,

''The Tale Of Woe' song, calls to
mind an incident that happened down
In Ohio when Foraker was nominated
for governor. Tho excitement ran
high and the hall where tho conyen-
tion was held was packed, main floor
and gallery. Nomination speeches
were then In order. and long. lanky
individual, whom no one seemed to
know much about, got to his feet and
nominated man named Lampson.
The lanky orYe- was flowery at the
start. but unfortunately for him,
though perhaps fortunately for the
audience. his oratory did not hold out,
and. after some hish-Aown expressions
regarding Mr.. l.ampson, he said, and
often repeated the words: "He will
grow, he will grow" 1t became q
tritle monotonous to the audience, when
suddenly a boy in the gallery, who had
without doubt heard Wilson and Jansen
in the popular song. sang out in perfect
rhyme with the speaker: "I4isten to
my tale Of woe." 1t caught the aud.
fence and. an upaeasr ensued. Tho
asssas. 'S"n as .'squelched' a man
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Some Short Peculiar Names.

The family in France which has no
other surname than tho letter B has,
since the publication of the account oil
registry officials perplexity over the
name, developed several rivals.
In Belgium there is IL family oil
some distinction whose name is U.
one branch OF this family is said to be
descended from French marquis OF o,
who was court official in the reign
of Henry III.
In addition to tho French village
named Y there is q River in Holland,
and in Sweden there is village called
A.
It is said that there is in China q
village called v. but as the Chinese
have no equivalent for our alphabet
the bestowing Of this name upon it on
the maps must have been the result OF
the ingenuity Of the geographer, who
had no room to get in "Vce" on his
chart
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The Wave, Of tho ssa.

A very satisfactory experiment for
learning how high the ocean waves
rise was made recently by the Hon.
Ralph Abercomby, a member OF q
British scientific expedition through
the South Pacific.
Within year there was IN account
published in the Now York Sun of some
calculations made by an observer from
a ships topmast. The latter climbed
to Il point at which, when his ship lay
in the trough OF the sea. he was on q
level with the crest of the waves.
These observations were made off
Cape Horn. and they led to the be-
lief that Notwithstanding all previous
theories tending TO credit the waves
with a comparatively small rise. they
actually rose to q height OF between
sixty and seventy feet. Another au.
thority. Admiral Fitzroy, has published
his conclusion that they can rise as
high as sixty feet. Mr.. Abcrcromby's
experiment. which was by u very
original method, tended TO establish
this opinion.
He placed upon the surface OF tho
water IL very sensitive aneroid barome-
ter, capable Of recording its extreme
rise Or fall. With sea not subject
cd toan atmosphere of unusual violence
the barometer indicated an elevation
OF forty feet from the waves base to
crest Mr.. Abcrcomby concluded that
under extraordinary conditions tho
waves would without doubt become
sixty feet high.
1t is not an uncommon thing for
people when they first travel by ship
to express disappointment ut the
majesty OF the ocean. 1t may seem
anything but awful to them. II they
do not find those qualities In it when
it is quiet they certainly would II
they could ever see it raised by q
genuine storm.
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Tho xsxie.n's High. Priced Headeear.

Mexico Correspondence Philadel-
phia Record: When tho men persist
in wearing such extremely large hats
it seems a little queer that the ladies
wear no hats at all, and one Gun not
but feel impressed with tho idea that
II they could be persuaded to "split
the difference" and average up their
headgear fashions the result would be
more comfortable for both sexes. The
most ordinary sombrero costs not less
than SIS, while the more universally
popular oncs-tllosc profuscly garnish-
ed with bullion-range in price from
$50 to $500.
OF late years the upper strata of
society cover their heads exactly "a do
gentlemen in London, Paris, or New
York, but genuine Mexican OF the
middle class still invests all his sur
plus capital in his hat. A serving
man, whose wages are not more than
$l2 per month. patriotically puts u
years income into the expensive na-
tional sombrero, though he economies
10 make up for it in the matter Of
shoes, wearing ox-hide sandals Of his
own manufacture.
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Emerson snd the Al3ptt..

Emerson was noble faend of the
Alcott family. He had q ! ay a. leav.
ing money under books and other 70.
cluded places where it would be found.
When ono Of the fathers conyersa tions
yielded $50. Miss Alcott credited Emer.
son with $50 of the amount He was
the god of her idolatry. she declared
in 1860, and had been for years. Al
her sisters wedding he kissed the
bride and her. Alcott thought this
honor "would make even matrimony
endurab!e." On the death Of Emerson
she wrote as follows in her journal:
"Our best and greatest American is
gone The nearest and dearest friend
father has ever had. and the man who
has helped me most by his life. his
books, his society. can never tell
all he has been to me-from the time ]
sang Mignon's songs under the window
"a little girl and wrote letters u la
Bentine to him, my Goethe. at fif-
teen, up through my hare years, when
his essays on Self Reliance. Character.
Compensation. Love and Friendship
helped me to understand myself and
life, and God and nature. Illustrious
and beloved friend, good-by. boston
Herald.
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ash tree. II split and sick child pass.
ed over the cleft, will cure the COM
plant. Children Of English parents in
this city still use the. formula in trying
TO rid themselves Of . troublesome

plant. Children Of English parents In
this city still use the formula in trying
TO rid themselves Of troublesome
wart etc.:
Ashen tree, sshen tree,
Pray take this wsrt OF me-!
As to fire, however. most OF the
charms. lamentations and spells against
it-and their name is legion all over
Europe-Chicagoans of all nation
alities have given up imploring the MD
OF such means as that Of St. Agatha or
St. Florian, and have now altogether
put their trust In the brave Chicago
fire laddies, a.. being the most effective
way Of squelching fire. On the
other hand, though artistic whistling
has become quite an accomplishment
among the elite Of Chicago ladies, tho
old saying:
A whistiins woman and growing hon,
Arc neither At for God nor mon.
Another version making the second
line read:
Will call the old gentleman outof his den.
And still another:
Never yet came to good end.
Talking OF hens brings to mind the
curious saying which is perpetunted
by old crones from the north of Eng
land and Wales, in which the flying OF
magpies is thus apostrophized:
One for sorrow, two for mirth,
Three for wedding. four for death.
Which is probably little bit OF
pagan bird augury left over to this
day.
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ARKANSAS pENrlsr.
Faith Cure Was a Failure. but Not
So the Drivers Fist,

Faith Cure Was Failure. but Not
So the Drivers Fist.
There were five men of us and three
women, besides the driver, who were
staging it between two towns in KAN
sas, says the New York Sun. We set
out ut o'clock in tho morning for an
all-day's ride. and had not made two
miles when the Oldest man in the
crowd, who was from the Nutmeg
state and built on Yankee principles,
suddenly exclaimed:
by gosh to squash!"
whats upm ASKED one of the lot
"The toothache! She's hit mo in
that ere lower double tooth, and I'm
in for bushel of trouble"
Just try and not think of it," sug-
gested ono of tho women. keep
your thoughts on your family"
lie tried it for two or three minutes,
and smile OF affection came to his
face. 1t died away, however, to be
replaced by look OF ferocity us he
yelled out:
"liang my family. but it won't work.
Has anybody got any camphorP"
Nobody had. We hadn't even q drop
Of whisky. Ono man had some tobac-
co. but the Yankee couldn't go it. The
ache, once started, grew worse, and as
he began groaning second woman
suggested:
"lvc heard say as Imagination has
all to do with pains. Suppose you i'm
aginc you arc sound asleep and dream.
ing OF angels and SUCH"
He tried it, and for minute or two
the ache let up Then it struck him
with jump, and he seized his Jaw and
yolled:
"Jernsha Jaclsson! but I'll be gaur
burned if han't goin' to die right
hero! Driver, stop the wagon"
1t was stopped, and he wanted to
know how far it was to u town. He
was told that it was twenty miles, an2
he fetched groan a rod long ar
said:
ats got to be done! Driver. come
FuOWn mere.
"What do you want?"
"Iou've got to knock it out! You
are the biggest man in the lot, and I
g9esssyou kin hit q purity fair blow.
Gave mo q litter right here on the jaw.'>
sslayou mean itF"
| r sarslh. and don't waste any moro
!. tintss =. Q5ton yer hand. haul OIL, and
ssek me-one right on that tooth.
want it knocked into Il cooked hat"
"lsut you will go with it,
Cant help that. Now. imagine
that I've called you % double -barrcled
liar. and whale away"
The driver drew back and ther
landed on tho exact spot. and the Yam.
kee tumblcd head over heels in the
grass. He was up in minute, how.
ever. and he put his thumb and finger
into his mouth and pulled out two
teeth and shouted:
"Whoop! It's one extra, but that,
all right! Shake, old man, and then
drive on with the band wagon! We
whoop! Toothacho gone-pain gone
happiness come to stay! Here's o
dollar. and if you want to brag around .,
about knocking IL feller fourteen feey4
won't say word"
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Tho Belle Of III. BLACK Hills.

The belle OF Deadwood, S. H., Is a
young and dashing girl who turned her
nineteenth year on o recent Monday.
Her name is Margaret Sanford and
she Is on orphan. Who her mother
was no one really seems to know.
Her father entered mining camp
about twelve year ago, footsore,
ragged and almost starved, having
walked across the canons from Nevada.
The miners gave him food and CLOTH
ing and began to constitute themselves
little Margaret's body guard. One
night the old man was found dead be-
forc his door, which the drifting snow
had fastened SO no could not enter.
The child was asleep inside. After
tho funeral she became IL sort of u
wanderer. going and coming at will,
and making many valuable discoveries
Of ore. She learned to uso the rifle
and revolver, and became one of tho
crack shots of the camp. With two
exceptions she was never molcsted,
and there was q funeral after each Of
these attacks. A year ago she struck
an ore bed richer than most of those in
that vicinity, and again led tho miners
to the spot. This time they made q
voluntary contract to give her one
fourth Of the yield. They kept their
nan.
ling
ing
b is
--.~~s ""unmo,,us r.~.".., .--..ihcr
short skirt, buckskin leggins. brown
shoes ard wide-brimmed hat.
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Old Folks. :.
Ah, don't be sorroful, darling,
And don't be sorroful, pray;
Taking the year together, my dear,
There isn't more night than day.
IT'S wintory weather, my darling,
Tir<p's waves they heavily run,
But taking the year together, my dear,
There is't more cloud than sun.
We have had our May. my darling,
Had our roses long ago,
And the time Of the year has como, my
dear,
For the silent night and snow.
And Cod is God, my darling,
OF night a. well Is day,
And we feel and know that we must 70
Wherever He leads the way.
Aye, God Of the night, my darling,
OF the night Of death 80 grim;
The gate that leads out Of life, good wife,
Is the gate that leads to Him.
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los DEP PARTMiijENT.. N Il
ped her hands A,ftly as she sobsed

ped her hands A,ftly as she sob6ed
over and over:
"Bress de Lord! Bress de Lord and
Massa Lincum!' n.
Surely II Thanksgiving asss h,ksps
by the giving OF thanks, Ii q sss,zss.s
more devoutly observed than by the
Willoughby household that night.
How eagerly Daisy told her story and
Roy his. How broathlessly he listen.
ed as Daisy related word for word
''just what our dear president said!"
"Wasn't it too good of him, Roy"
she concluded, 'to take the trouble to
even send tho money to bring you
home himself?"
But Roy had the gold pieces snug In
his pocket.
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MONKEY GOLD MINERS.
Twenty-Four OF them at Work In
South Carolina.

9oOSn Carolina
In the diamond mines monkeys are
said to be very valuable aids in hunt
ing the precious stones. Many stories
have been told and written of the use-
fulness OF these clever sharp-eyed
little animals. Africa has been for
centuries the stronghold of the marvel
GUS. and doubtless most Of those who
have read anecdotes about monkeys in
the mines have known what to think
OF them. I have a story about mines
and monkeys that is true. says a
writer in tho Philadelphia Times, it
CON be verified, and is given without
varnish. We shall not go beyond our
own country.
Some time ago friend told me that
monkeys were employed in the gold
diggings Of South Carolina. He wove
for me a very interesting account OF
their labors and Of their value "a
laborers. My thoughts wcre busy the
while with another animal-the fish.
But since then have como face to
face with the man who employs them,
and have heard from his own lips tho
story OF these strange workers. He Is
the proprietor of q gold mine in tho
interior Of the Palmetto state, and in
terested with him in digging the gold
bearing quartz are number of
eastern capitalists, who have them
selves witnessed the habits and in
genuity Of their monkey workmen.
II have twenty-four monkeys" said
he, employed about my mines.
They do the work we'll of seven able
bodied men and it is no reflection
upon tho human laborers to say that
they do a class Of work man cannot
do as we'll. In many instances they
lend valuable aid where man would
be useless. They gather up the small
pieces of quartz that would be passed
unnoticod by tho workingmen and pile
them up in little heaps that can bo
easily gathered up in a shovel and
thrown into the mill. They arc en-
ceedingly adept at catching the little
particles and their sharp eyes never
escape the very things that tho human
eye would pass over"
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Very EgRlpresaiya.

The custom has prevailed with n Ger
tain Episcopal Church In a California
diocese OF presenting each scholar OF
tho Sabbath-school with an egg during
tho exercises ut the celebration OF
Easter. On an occasion Of the kind
when that point in tho service was
reached which had been set apart for
this interesting ceremony the assistant
Clergyman arose and made this an-
nouncsment: "Hymn No. 4lo. BE.
gin. My Soul, the Exalted lay after
which the eggs will be distributed, -
Harper's Monthly.
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In u circuit court not many: months
ago, suit was brought on a note and
the Pte was put in evidence. The de-
fendaht, who was a stubborn, ignorant
fellow. did not deny the debt and
made no defense at all except that the
signature to the note was not his.
This he itubbornly adhered TO, al
though a fgnature which he acknowl-
edged waf shown to bs virtually a fac-
simile Of that on the note. 1t WAS in
q word plain case as ever came
before ! jury, and when the twelve
mon &sa heard the evidence rs-
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wes,ter'- ll,ne soot,

The most proa,y book ever print
ed. at least in ountry, was Wcb-
ster's SPELL More than 50,-
100000 copfsS as production have
been issued, and suld DR.. Webster and
his heirs have enjoyed the royalties
from 1t they would have found it more
valuable than the cava Monte Cristo.
Yet Dr. Webster wrqt&t that he might
paocure the means q support himself
while engaged In othse work, notably
Ia dictIonas1x h1n1 AHas really an
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ACROSS THE ANDES.

Tho Transandean Railroad. Over
Ten Thousand Feet Above the
Sea.
The year Of 1892 will probably be
signalized in South America by most
interesting event in civil engineering
and In international overland COM
merce. writes Montevidco corre-
spondent. This will be nothing less
than the completion of the transandean
railway, forming another railroad line
from tho Atlantic to the Pacific, and
the first across the continent OF South
America. 1t is nineteen years since
this work was begun, and it is now
confidently expected that it will be fin
ished by the beginning Of 1892. The
road is to run from Buenos Ayres to
Valparaiso. distance of 81 miles.
There are now 640 miles OF it finished
at the Buenos Ayres end and eighty
two at the Valparaiso end. OF the re-
naming l49 miles, about one-third is
practically complete the rails being
laid.
The passgae Of the Andes mountain 8
is accomplished at the Cumbre Pass,
which is 1S,0l5 feet above sea level.
The railroad. however, does not reach
the summit of tho pass. but pierces the
mountains by means OF a tunnel more
than three miles long, at an elevation
OF 1O,450 fee. above the sea. This
makes it one Of the highest il not the
highest railroad in the world. There
is nothing in Europe to compare with
it. The St. Gothard Railroad is y. 78S
feet high, and that on the Rigi only
attains an elevation of s. 753 feet. The
grades are, of course, very steep. For
considerable distance the rise is more
than four hundred and twenty-five feet
to the mile, Or one foot in every
twelve and half. On this portion OF
the line rackrail is employed, similar
to those on the Hartz and other noun .
tain roads.
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HsrediH.

Mamma, what's hereditary7"
asked Bobby, laboriously tripping
over the syllables Of the long word.
why. It is-t ts anything you get
from your fathSr or me-" replied the
mother. . little puzzled 70 find defiui-
tion suitah'11p his ysass Then.
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Ths Heart and tho Song.
lput my heart in q song,
A song Of q summer day;
I put my heart in q song
And Rent H. far a,ynv

The song that held my heart
Went wandering for and free;
The song that held my heart
Went wandering over the sea.
But to-day found my song
1t came back over tho sea;
But today I found my song
In her heart who loveth me.