Deming headlight., 1894-09-21
DumInis. In the Isand.

Qunrtormaster Liebich OF the Fifth
regiment made discovery once aud has
been careful ever since Whenever ho has
ocoasion 70 engage band 10 play mar.
tial music for the gallant boys in blue,
81 wanted 70 engage u brass band "
said he. END there was certain rivalry
among the boys that made II difficult 70
reach conclusion. / finally made up
my mind aud engaged certain band,
aud the next day the bandmastcr OF the
rival organization said 10 me, you
watch your hand tomorrow aud see that
they don't ring IN any dummies on
you" / didn't know what Tia man was
talking about, 70 / asked tim 20 OK.
plain, and he did. A light then dnwned
upon me- for he gave tho snap dolibcr-
ately away. that while leaders Of Ger.
tain bands collect 10 much per man
FROM tho people that engage them they
frequently ring In people Ia the band
that don't know bar OF music from =
bar Of SOAP. They just simply walk
along with the rest Of tho players aiJ
nobody Ia any tho wiser. The noxt day
the parade took place, and / followed
tho advice Vt the other loader and
watched my band carefully. II didn /
take long 20 pick Dnt the two dummies
They just ftrolled along with tho hrass
Instruments ~ their mouths and acted
~ though they played without initiating
their cheekA We had 10 pay for those
follows % apiece just the samo. "
And what did you dot"
II asked tho leader 10 tell the tWo
dummies 20 play solos
And they didS'
mot by n jugful. He simply said
that that wasn't In the contract, and no
refused 20 do a. have had my eyes
opened since, and you may rest assured
they don't ring In any more 90 cont
dummies on mo and charge me 81 for
ei,ein. --Liusvinnu s,...
siSs ofa whales Threat.
One 0f tho favorite arguments Of tho
skoptic 10 that the Biblical story OF Jo-
nah and the whale cannot DO truo sim-
ply because tho books on natural history
say that such animals have very small
throata Apploton's American Cyclic
pedia says. "The food Of whales consists
only Of the smallest Of the marine moi
lusca, a herring being tho largest hai
they can swallow. Chambers Encyclo-
pediA. In the article whale" says,
''The Ruliet Of whales Is very narrow.
II IL said not 10 be more than 4 inches
In diameter even IN large whale, 20
that only very small animals can pass
through t. " In McMillan's s book on the
0uriosities Of tho ocean. Tho Sea and
its D9nizepa," chapter 3, pago 90, I
find tho follHwina: "rhat the story Of
Jonah and tho whale cannot bo r0futed
simply because such animals have, as q
rule, very small Rullels or throats may
DO inferred from the fact that there are
certain species Of the sperm whale now
living that can swallow an object feet
In diameter, | myself was present M
Lamarck when a buoy as large as u
gallon water oaak, and creator In diam
eter than the chest aud shoulders Of a
zoo pound man, was taken from tho
belly Of a whale which was not more
than two.thirda EFowh - "a
10 Europe For sio'
To Europe for eiO. including board
and lodging. II the present ratio 9f the
competing steamship lines Persons
who make frequent trips first clvss can
not Wow the war IA stoerago rates with
out some feelings Of envy. Tho remark
able price Of ei0 for q trip OF from
seven 10 hino days. with good sanitary
quarters, plenty Of wholesome food and
drink, aud IN record breaking steamer
At that ID ono reason for tho very large
el.dgfatiou during tho past two months
Though the transatlantic companio'
are lighting 70 the death for the aieerag'
nafIic. they display an altogether won
dorful degree Of indifference 10 first olasl
passengers Competition 10 this diroo
tlon la apparently barred BY a cast iron