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AN ELEPHANTS EMOTION.
Be Was Overcome by vastigos OF His Dc
ceased Mother.


He Was Overcome by v"stigos OF His De-
ceased Mother.
Some Of the European newspapers
are telling truly veracious story Of
the sagacity Of a trained elephant
which adorns a French travelling show.
The proprietor Of the circus announced
that on certain night his elephant
would play the Russian hymn on q
piano with his trunk. Intense interest
was aroused and when the evening
came the expectant public crowded the
circus to the roof, says the Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette.
After the usual performances four
men carried In cottage piano, which
they placed In the center of the arena.
Then the intelligent animal was
brought In, paraded with much dignity
three times around the ring and then,
amid the keenest excitement, advanced
to the piano. With a movement of his
trunk he touched the keyboard, but
hardly had he done so when surpris-
ing change came over him. He trem.
bled with fear and rage, whirled his
trunk into the air and then with a
scream of terror rushed out of the
arena.
There was a great hurrying to and frc
of the employees of the circus proprietor
and the elephant keeper left the ring
for consultation. In few minutes the
proprietor returned and announced
with.regret that the performance coulC
not take place. The fact was, he said
that the elephant had recognized in thu
keyboard Of the instrument portion
of the tusks of his long-lost mother
who had fallen prey to the ivor.
hunters of Africa. He had suggested
to the keeper that another piano nigh
be procured but that expert had in
formed him that the animal was 81
overcome with emotion that It woult
be impossible for it to perform tina
evening. Under these circumstance
he suggested that the Russian Hymn,
followed by the "Marseillaise," shoul
be played by the band. The entertain
ment was thus brought to close ami
the frantic applause of the audience.
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CHAPTER xvI1

f y n CHAPTER XVI1. fN f-
Player King. s' 'Tls not strange that c'cn
our love should
With our fortune change
For It's question left Us yet 20
provo, egf
u, fr Whether love lsai fortune, OF
else fortune love.
~. Hamlet
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muscle In such iron control that its ex-
preston did not materially alter. II
might have been anger alone that
sent the color from the lips that
were compressed like marble for mo-
ment beneath the sweeping dark mus
tache.
"You don't answer me, Northpl cried
the major, ,exultingly, after a brief inter
val OF silence. "You stand convicted
without one word to say for yourself
oh, I told you sol Heavens and earth
sir, you don't fool mel"
iDid you expect me to answer such
ON accusation as that9' demanded North
haughtily.
"No, I didn't expect II, North.
thought you would try TO eyade Tho
charge, and so you did. But II will OIL
come out yet, North, depend upon 1t
your iniquities will be exposed, sir
And nowit appears that you and Mrs
Maynard are putting your heads TO
gcther and trying TO end that girl-tha'
Annie Dupont. Isn't this so, North?"
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CHAPTER xvL-CoNrrNuED.

AS North entered he perceived gen.
tleman in richly embroidered dress
ing-gown, lying at full length in re-
clining chair. In his first glance North
recognized in this person the irascible
invalid whom he had within the past
hour encountered on the street
This speedy Identification of his as
sailant affected North somewhat as an
earthquake shock might have done; but,
concealing his feelings as well as possi-
BILE, he advanced with the greeting:
Good morning, Maj. Maynard. Ibe-
lieve this is the second time to-day that
have had this honor"
A silent, sneering scrutiny was at
first his only answer, and North was be-
ginning to feel seriously annoyed, when
at last the major, motioning toward a
chair which North declined, began in a
mocking way:
'oh, you're not 'preoccupied' now,
eh? You recognize me, do you, Mr..
North? Heavens and earth, sir! It's a
wonder that you didn't come in Pretend
ing that you had never seen me before.
Do you often get drunk, NorthP"
"Never, sirl" returned North indig-
nantly.
"Neverl Oh, very likely-very likely,
indeedl Then have no explanation oi
your extraordinary behavior this morn
ing; none whatever Now, North, / am
going to ask you few plain questions
and expect you to answer them Dc
you hear me, NorthP"
''Certainly, Maj. Maynard" returned
North with a delicate sarcasm in his
emphasis, 81 hear you" For the
majors voice had been anything bu
''soft and low"
"Well," pursued that gentleman, i'm
periously, "are you going to answer
me?'
''That will depend altogether upoI
the nature of your questions" sait
North, looking him steadily in the eye
"It is perhaps unnecessary for me Il
say that shall use my own discretion
In the matter"
"oh, you will, eh? Use your own dis
cretion, sirp Heavens and earth, III
not stand thisp' roared the major, per
fectly furious at North's hauteui
"You'll find, sir, that your best discre
ton will be to treat me with prope
respect. Now, I've kept myself poste
about this case. Oh, you needn't as
me what easel You know perfectly we
that allude to that forged will. It's
very mysterious affair, North, very my'
terious, and / have my own suspicion
about it. Now want to know in plai
terms, without any cowardly evasioni
what share you and Mrs. Maynard hay
had in this business. 1t looks bad fo
you, North; don't deny 1t, now. Al
you mixed up in that forgery?"
Even eyes less shrewd and unfriendl
might have seen the gradual whitenin
Of Norths face, though he held ever
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THE cRlPMAN's ARM.
Work at the Lever Makes Ills Rice
Grow to Mammoth Proportions.

Work at the Lever Makes Ills Riceps
Grow to Mammoth Proportions.
The introduction Of cable cars in this
city has been responsible for the rear
ing of peculiar race of people, says
the Philadelphia Record. Every grip
man employed by the Traction Com
pany finds himself so peculiarly de-
veloped after few months work at
the lever that one-half of him would
weigh about twice as much as the
other.
A West Philadelphia physician tells Of
frail young man of his clientele who
accepted place in the bay window OF a
cable car. After six weeks of work at
the lever he came putting and painting
to the doctors Office one evening TO say
that he was suffering from one-sided
case of elephantiasis lie hastily
stripped to the waist and showed one
arm that would be the glory of II prize
fighter, while any, girl would be
ashamed to display the other one be,
cause of its puny outlines. The young
man was aSSureu tnaI MS malauy was
not at all serious, and was nothing bnt
an overdevelopment Of one arm by con-
slant exercise. 1t is known by physi
clans as the "gripman's arm" The
arm of this particular gripman con
tinued to grow until it became SC
weighty that he said that 1t was only
with difficulty that he could wall
straight
This same condition of affairs is ex
perienced by clerks and persons EN-
ployed much at desk work. In thii
instance the right shoulder Is severa
inches above the level OF the other one
and the deformity can only be hiddeI
by the tailor, who puts an extra laYe
of padding in the other shoulder.
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AIrrLE MISTRESS sANs.MERcI.

Little Mistress Sans-Merci
Trotteth worldwide. fancy free;
Trotteth cooling to and fro,
And her cooling is command
Never ruled there yet, trow,
Mightier monarch in the land;
And my heart 1t lieth where
Mistress Sans-Merci doth fare
Little Mistress Sans-Merci-
She hath made slave Of mel
Col" she biddeth, and go
"Come!" and am fain to come
Never mercy doth she show,
Be she wroth or frolicsome;
Yet am content to be
Slave to Mistress Sans-Mercil
Little Mistress Sans.Merci,
She hath grown 80 dear 10 me
That count rs passing sweet
All the pain her moods impart
And bless the little feet
That 70 trampling on my heart;
All, how lonely life would be
But for little Sans-Mercil
Little Mistress Sans Merci,
Cuddle close this night to me,
And that heart, which all day long
Ruthless thou hast trod upon.
Shall outpour soothing song
For Its best beloved one
All its tenderness for thee. In
Little Mistress Sans Mercil
Eugene Field, in Ladies Home Journal
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Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn efectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
iuced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
,,ptable to the stomach, prompt in
Is action and truly beneficial in its
fleets, prepared only from the most
lealthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in Soc
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
nay not have it on hand will pro
lure it promptly for any one who
FISHES to try it. DO not accept any
Iubstitute.
CALIFORNIA FiG SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. NEW YORK. KE
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TIE name of Dvorals, the celebrated
bohemian composer, Is pronounced in
English as though II were spelled vor-
Shawk. This Is only approximate, and
there is a slight accent on tho second
svllable.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-08-30

WOODEN railroads were built In Eng.
land in 1909; iron rails were first used
in 1889; the first iron railroad was laid
In America In 1897.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-12

enjoying, reveling even, sIissTuny I'M
conscious OF danger, you begin to feel
an icy chill, gentle and pleasing at first
but gradually increasing until you look
about for furs, and then take to fight
with bad cold. pushing surfaceward
within you. as a memento of the gla-
ciers- Off that huge river of ice blows
a wind that is always wintry, that is
felt in its full intensity a mile away
through the heat of the hottest summer
day. You may escape the wiles of the
score of curio vendors urging you to
take away a carving or something of
that kind as & memento of Grindel-
wald's glaciers But the chances are
that you will not escape that unpleas-
ant or perhaps dangerous little memen-
to in the shape of a cold which the gla-
cier will force upon you IN. Y. Sun.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-12

BENJAMIN T. BUTLER.
One OF the Most Unique Charac-
ters in History.
Bis Career as Lawyer, Statesman and
SOldier-A Picturesque Individual
with Great Virtues and
Some Vices.

The late Benjamin Franklin Butler
! first saw the light of day in Deerfield
! N H., November 5, 1918. His fathe,
was Capt. John Butler, who served in
the war of the revolution. Benjamin
was graduated at Watervllle college
| Maine, was admitted to the bar in 1910
began practice at Lowell, Mass, and
soon made high reputation as law
| yer, especially in criminal cases. He
also won prominence in politics at an
early day, being elected to the Massa-
chusetts house as democrat in 1858 and
to the state senate in 1859.
The following year he was a delegate
to the democratic national convention
at Baltimore, but withdrew with ma
jority of the Massachusetts delegates,
with the announcement: 81 would not
sit in convention where the African
slave trade, which is piracy by the laws
of my country, is approvingly advo-
Gated" In the same year he was de-
feated as the democratic candidate for
governor of Massachusetts.
When President Lincoln issued his
first call for troops to suppress the south
ern rebellion, Butler was a brigadier
general of the Massachusetts, militia.
On the nth Of April he marched with
the Eighth Massachusetts regiment to
Annapolis, and was placed in command
of the district of Annapolis, which in
cluded the city of Baltimore. He en-
tered that city on the 18th of May, 1861,
at the head of nine hundred men and
occupied the city, placing it under mar
tlal law he was made major gem
eral during the same month and as
signed to the command of Fortress
Monroe Here he issued his famous
proclamation declaring slaves contra
band of war, and for many years after
ward the negroes were universally re-
ferred to as 'contrabands," 1.-The intel
hgent contraband" occupying a large
space in the war literature of the period
In August he commanded the force that
captured Forts Hatteras and Clark, in
North Carolina. His attempt to dig the
Dutch Gap canal cost many thousands
of lives
About this time he became.:invoived
in controversy with Admiral Porter,
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FINE SCENERY AND BAD COLDS.
A Feature Of the Glaciers at GrfndeIwala
That the Guide Books Omit

That the Guide Books OInit.
Europe is full of all sorts of devices
for endangering and undermining the
health of travellers, The big buildings,
churches, palaces, and the like, where
the huge inclosure keeps the tempera-
ture of the air at the same cool level
the year around, have caused sick
ness and death without number. For
travellers coming into them from the
heat of the summer day without do not
think that this agreea bic GOODNESS
means sudden and unhealthful reduc-
ton of the temperature of the body
until chill or succession of sneezes
tells them that the mischief Is done
But there is one place which is re-
sponsible for more sickness than any
score of large buildings The glaciers
at Grindelwald, especially the large
upper glacier, Is this danger-laden spot.
Nearly every one who goes to Switzer-
land. and that means nearly every one
who travels in Europe, goes to see tho
glaciers at Grindelwald, although few,
indeed, do not regret having gone be-
cause the difficulties and dangers are
but slightly repaid by the rather disap-
pointing scenic effects And nearly all
who go carry away with them a cold
which may pass away, and again may
make them linger In bed at Interlaken
to curse the day they ventured to
Grindelwald.
The glacier is an hours walk or
horseback ride up steep and winding
-,
cause of the encroaching mountain
farms on either side If you have gone
horseback they set you down at a
mountain inn with a little pavilion
overlooking the valley of the glacier,
with its vistas of perfect Swiss scenery,
Then one goes through a gate and
walks down a winding road, srched
with trees, crosses stony valley,
through the midst of which rushes a
clear, pure, ice-cold stream, fresh from
the base of the glacier, which the sum
mer sun is melting. The glacier is be-
fore you chilling the air which was Of
summer heat few yards away.
You must have walked down TO IL be-
cause there is no other way. and you
are therefore heated You stand near
the glacier and instantly you are cool
Perhaps you 60 into the ice cavern, for
the wonderful colors of the hewn ice
are tempting. Ice water is dripping
upon you and your feet are soon soaked
from the wet boards underneath You
go out and start away, and before you
have again reached the little gate near
the inn you find that YOU have the
worst cold you ever had in your life
II you are over susceptible you viii /
have cnilIs and fever
But il is not necessary 20 90 down 20
the glacier. You may have heard of /
these perils SO YOU decide 70 view il !
from zfar. You sit in the little pavilion !
with the superb panorama before, !
above and beneath yon- with the long. I
striated back OF the serpent-like glacier 4
and the stream gushing from its icy 4
avs as the central point OF your land +
scare. You order something to est and .
: bottle OF wine, snd life seems % be .
81 extraordinarily good thing. For ali /
around you i summer hot. intense.
uxuriant, while above Won and down
IN the valley there Is winter. eternal 4
winter OF STOW and ice b. as you s.;
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NI1IIIl a:;'lITr
A sALLooNIsvs ADVENTURE.

What Happened When He Came Down OIL
Bear.
"I killed grizzly bear once, myself,
said the balloonist, calmly, as the Cali
fornian finished particularly blood
cuFdling tale. We urged him to tel
the story, and at last his modesty being
satisfied he spoke as follows:
started from Denver to the Pacific
coast IN a small balloon few years
ago IL was during the warmest part
of the summer, and l anticipated de-
Hghtful journey in mid-air across tie
Rockies.
II cut the ropes at Z o'clock in the
morning. An ascent Of perhaps half
mile brought me to a current of air
which set steadily to the westward
At noon / was many miles from Den
yer.
II approached the high plateau, and
the air became so rare that it would no
longer sustain nay balloon, and l landed
without difficulty at the brink of an
immense canyon.
"a little whirlwind struck the bal
loon; it reared, twisted and COLLAPSED,
leaving me helpless and alone in the
wild mountains
Il looked down the chasm. The mid
day sun threw his rays clear to the bot
tom, and 1 could see tiny thread of
water far beneath. It looked like vein
of silver.
"a large stone lay near toppled it
off and timed its fall-one two, three,
five, ten seconds, and the water splashed,
but the sound never reached me.
Some noise caused me to turn about.
A big grizzly was Snuff ing toward me-
His awkward and comical appearance
made me laugh; and the sound of laugh
ter caused him to stop. He stood up his
full height and looked at me in amaze
ment
Drawing my small revolver began
to shoot ct him Then he got mad and
made a grand holiday rush
"a parachute lay in the little car,
and 1 seized it and sprang far out into
the chasm just as he reached the place
where had stood.
In his blind rage he went over the
precipice. One moment he seemed to
pause, casting look of reproach and a
silent malediction toward me. Then
he shot down out of sight.
81 followed him slowly and found
him lying half submerged on the brink
of the silver stream
with some difficulty got him out
into the deeper current, for I found
that what seemed but throb of water
was In reality considerable stream
81 climbed on his huge body, and,
using my parachute for sail, we sped |
merrilv down the canyon
just al nightfall we emerged into |
more open country, and l moved my |
craft long enough to cut from his juicy |
loin a steak, which 1 broiled on the |
bank.
"All night I journeyed through |
mighty forest and gloomy gorge.
AT daybreak came to small town,
where the railroad touches the Grand
river jumped into the stream and
swan ashore.
My mute pFeserver spun around in
the water. hooked at him sadly. The
memory of last nights supper came to
my mind; / felt that / loved him A
transitory glow of grateful triumph
shone for moment in his flmy eyes;
then the waters closed over him, and he
sank from sight forevermore in the
bosom OF the deep."-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
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CHINESE NOTIONS OF COLOR.
Rcd Peach Paper a Lucky Sign Among
Ceiestials.

Rod Peach Paper p Lucky Sign Among
CeiestiaIs.
The philosophy of Chinese house
painting Is truly curious, though per-
baps the interest which attaches 70
this subject lies more in the restrictions
imposed upon the man with the pot
and brush than in the free exercise of
q decorative art For among these
Celestials art is eminently unitarian.
We enjoy our colors; the Chinese put
theirs to work. More, in house-paint-
ing, green and red are, SO to speak, de
rigueur; other colors would be unpro-
pitious, unlucky, ill-omened. And even
If tho average Chinaman balancing
himself as best he can upon the super
StitiOns and practices of ages) is ignor-
ant of the precise grounds of his belief,
he sdhsres none the less rigidly to the
canon. AS Pythagoras taught that
music was the first cause of the uni
Tse, so the Chinese have pinned their
j to the absolute efficacy of color.
lowing it with powers quite beyond
The laws of chemistry or physics In
deed, poor John may be said to live and
die by the color scale.
No color not even imperial yellow,
lies SO near the heart of the Chinese as
red True, they do not as did the He
brews, smear blood on the Intel, but
they have a custom of much the same
import Anyone even superfoially in
terested in this curious people must
have noticed the little pieces of red pa
per-red peach paper it is called by the
Chinese-which, covered all over with
Characters, are attached to the door
posts of their dwellings. The impress
sion is general that these bits of paper
N some way indicate the business or
employment of the occupant But All
Sin himself viii tell you that they are
Just LUCKY"
This is as satisfactory reply as could
be expected from him under the circum-
stances; the mystery Of life is not easily
expressed IN a couple of words But
why red peach paper?-Heury Burden !
Mcdowell, in Harper's Magazine.
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and for the good of the service the tw,
officers were separated, Gen. Butler be
ing assigned to command at New Or
leans 1t was during this controversy
that the general referred to the adnira
as Bottled Porter" soubriquet tha'
chung to the naval commander for many
years. Before his assignment to New
Orleans Gen. Butler had recruited ar
expedition for service on the lower dis
sissippi In March, 1883, the expedition
reached Ship island and marched I'D the
river to New Orleans and cooperated in
| the attack made upon the city by Ad.
miral Farragut
On taking possession of the city Gen
Butler assumed despotic powers, for
bade the promensding of women on the
streets after nightfall, and inaugurated
sanitary reforms that ultimately proved
OF inestimable value in guarding against
epidemics of yellow fever. He armed
the negroes of the city and levied forced
contributions for the support of the
! poor and for the improvement of the
! city. He ordered the execution of Viii
liam Mumford for tearing the American
flag from the mint. He was cordially
hated by the southern people, and in
December, 1862, jefferson Davis issued
a proclamation declaring him an out
law. He also seized eight hundred thou
sand dollars in treasure that had been
deposited at the Dutch consulate, in
sisting that it was intended for the pur-
chase of arms for the confederates.
December Is, 1862, Gen. Butler was
recalled from New Orleans. At the
time he declared that this was prompted
by Louis Napoleon. who contemplated
an invasion of Mexico, to which Butler
was hostile. In 1868 he commanded the
army of the James, including the de-
partments of Virginia and North Caro-
lima. He was subsequently sent to
New York, where trouble was feared at
the elections, but his stay there was
short, owing to the protests of leading
citizens and officials. Returning to
North Carolina he made futile attack
upon Fort Fisher, near Wilmington
This ended his military career. He was
removed by Gen Grant and returned to
his home in Massachusetts,.
Gen. Butler was one of the most ac-
tive OF the managers appointed by the
house in 1865 to conduct the impeach-
ment proceedings against President
Johnson. he at that time having been
elected to congress as republican. He
was elected governor of Massachusetts,
in 1882 by the democrats, after having
been several times previously defeated
as a candidate for the same Office. His
administra was signalized BY the
almshouse inquiry, in which
he appeared as the prosecutor. His
charges were not sustained by the legis-
lative investigating committee. He was
in 1888 for governor, but
was defeated In 1884 he was the cam
didate OF the greenbsck and anti
monopoly parties for the presidency
and received 1884, 25 votes Since that
time he devoted his energies 10 the
practice OF his profession, appearing in
many notable cases before the United
States supreme court, among them
being that OF the Chicago anarchists
who were hanged