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first-rate physician. But that's what 1
meant to be then.
The day after Dick came got tele-
gram from P. T. Barnum. I'd been
down there once or twice to his own
stable, and he had good deal of faith
in me. The dispatch read:
"Hebe has hurt her foot. Come at
once"
Hebe was a favorite elephant-a
splendid creature and worth a small
fortune.
Well. I confess 1 hesitated I dis
trusted my own ability and dreaded tho
result. But Dick was determined to go.
and go we did. When we got out of the
cars Barnum himself was there with q
splendid pair of matched grays. He
eyed me very obviously.
I'D forgotten you were such a little
fellow he said in a discouraged tone.
Il m afraid you can't help her.
His distrust put me on my mettle.
Mr. Barnum," said I, getting into
the carriage, "if it comes to a hand-to-
hand fight between Hebe and me I
don't believe an extra foot or two of
hight would help me any"
he laughed outright and began telling
how the elephant was hurt. She had
stepped on a small bit of iron. and it
had penetrated the tender part of the
foot. She was in intense agony and AL
most wild with pain.
Long before We reached the inclosure
III which she was we could hear her nit
eous trumpeting, and when we entered
we found her on three legs, swinging
the hurt foot slowly backward and for
ward and uttering long cries of
anguish. Such dumb misery in her
looks-poor thing,
Even Dick quailed now.
You can never get near her." he
whispered. She'll kill you sure"
Her keeper OWNED what he said.
Don't you be afraid, sir he called
out to me. ''Hebe's got sense"
| took my instruments from Mr.. Bar
mum.
i like your pluck, my boy" he said.
heartily, but l own that I felt rather
queer and shaky as l went up to the
huge beast
The men employed about the show
came around US curiously, but at re-
spect1ul and eminently safe distance.
as L bent down to examine the foot.
nile L was doing so, as gently as I
could, L felt, to my horror. a light
touch on my hair. 1t was as light as a
Woman's, but as I turned and saw the
great trunk behind me it had an awful
suggestiveness.
She's only curling your hair" sung
out the keeper. Don't mind her"
Il shall have to cut, and cut deep"
said l, by way of reply
He said few words in some lingo.
which were evidently intended for the
elephants understanding only. Then
he shouted with the utmost coolness:
Cut away"
The mans faith inspired me. There
he stood, quite unprotected, directly in
front of the great creature, and lab
bered away to her as if this were an
everyday occurrence
Well, l made one cash with the knife.
l felt the grasp on my hair tighten per-
ceptlbly, yet not urgently. Cold drops
or persplrat1on came out all over me.
Shall cut again?" 1 managed to call
out
Cut away!" came again the encour
aging response.
This stroke did the work The abscess
was lanced. We sprayed out the foot
packed 1t with oakum, and bound it up.
Ihe relief must have been immediate.
Tor the grasp on my hair relaxed. the
elephant drew a long, almost human
slgh and-well, don't know what hap
pened next, for 1 tainted dead awav.
DICK must have finished the business
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A GRATEFUL PATIENT.
Wonderful Sa2acity OF Barnum's Pc
Elephant.

Elephant.
1 was a full-fledged M. d. once and
never should have thought of adopting
my present profession if it hadn't been
for a queer accident when I first hung
out my shingle.
1 had a rich neighbor, a man I was
bound to propitiate; and the very first
call I had, after days Of waiting for
patients who didn't come, was to his
barn to see what was the matter with
his sick mare. l cured the mare and
took in my shingle, for from that day
to this I've never prescribed for a hu-
man being. I had won a reputation as
a veterinary surgeon, and had to stick
to it. But that's neither here nor there.
Only, if you think animals can't show
gratitude and affection, perhaps you'll
change your mind.
When l had been in practice a year or
two 1 sent for my brother Dick. He
was a wonderful chap with all kinds Of
animals, and thought perhaps I could
work out Of my part of it, and leave that
for him. never did, for Dicks a cotton
broker in New York now, and 1 should
have to begin all over again to make q
The record-union., 1896-04-12
Solving the Labor Question

The late Duke of Leinster, on meet
ing a laborer Of his, said:
Il regret, owing to a report made by
my steward, at having to dispense with
your serveces, as there is not, I believe.
sufficient work for ALL"
Upon hearing this the man innocently
remarked:
Faith, your grace, there is no neces-
sity to dismiss me on account of scar
city of work, as very little would keep
me busy" His ready reply amused the
Duke, who gave orders for his reten-
tion-AnSwers.
The record-union., 1896-04-12

Lord Cromer was formerly a Euro
pean Commissioner of Public Debt in
Egypt. He was selected as one of the
Controllers General representing Eng
land and France when Khedive Ismail
was disposed by the firman of the Sui
tan in 1879. When Tewfik Pasha be-
came ruler of Egypt in 1880 Cromer
told him bluntly that if he gave the
English any trouble he would be de-
posed, so he resigned himself to the
inevitable
The record-union., 1896-04-12
LORD CROMER
The Real Ruler of Egypt at the
Present Time.

Lord Cromer the British Minister at
Cairo, who is the real ruler of Egypt. is
man of the greatest ability in his
profession. Ever since his appointment
in 1883 he has been no end of anxiety
to the French, and for this, if for no
other reason, might be expected to en-
joy, as he does, the absolute confidence
of his own Government.
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Relieving His Feelings.

Magistrate-You will be bound over
to keep the peace toward all her ma
jesty's subjects for six months.
Bill Sykes-Well 'eaven 'elp the first
furriner as I comes across!-Pick-Me-
Up.
The record-union., 1896-04-12

A bronze statue of General Hancock,
which is to be erected in Washington,
has been lying at freight house in that
city for several days. H. J. Elliott, the
sculptor, recently refused to pay $50 to
man who claimed to be publishing a
biographical account of celebrities, and
the latter has levied upon the statue
for the alleged debt.
The record-union., 1896-04-12

The life that has not known and ac-
cepted sorrow is strangely crude and
untaught 1t can neither help nor teach,
for it has never learned. The life that
has spurned the lesson of sorrow, or
failed to read it Alright, is cold and
hard; but the life that has been disci-
plined by sorrow is courageous and full
of gentle and holy love.-Anna Robert
son Brown
The record-union., 1896-04-12

A big International road race intend
ed as a forerunner of the great Paris
Bordeaux event, will be held in France
on April 18th, from Paris to Roubaix
distance of 80 miles. Several Eng
lish and American cracks will partici-
pate in the contest.
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In Marin County a few days ago two
men caught thirty-two cutthroat trout
tsalmo mykiss) weighing sixty-fve
pounds, and one large Eastern brook
trout. They were caught almost en-
tirely with fresh shrimp.
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wheelman in California at the present

The California dates so far decided
on for the National Circuit are as fol-
lows: Oakland, May 1st; Santa Rosa,
May I'd; San Jose, 9th; San Francisco,
18th; Santa Monica, 23d. and Los An
geles, Both:
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shooting very spirited. Several live
bird events take place each day. ]. NJ.
Morrison of this city is holding up the
Sacramento end Of the sport.
A gentleman who came down from
Boca yesterday states that the water is
SO high and SO muddy in the streams up
that way that trouting will not be good
before next month. Similar reports
come from other parts Of the Sierra Ne
vada.
At the annual meeting of the State
Sportsmen's Association, held on Friday
last, Crittenden Robinson was re-elect-
ed President by reclamation. The fol-
lowing were elected Directors: Thomas
Flint of San Benito, j. w. Hayes of
Grass Valley and DR.. S. E. Knowles. j.
Y. Coleman and Clarence Haight of San
Francisco. Thomas Flint was elected
Vice-President and Dr. Knowles Treas
urer. The Board of Directors will, at
its first meeting, elect Secretary.
The record-union., 1896-04-12

Walter Foster. the crackajack, will
ride the last relay for the Olympic Club
Wheelmen in the great race TODAY
from San Francisco to San Jose and re-
turn. Foster is the pride road-racer Of
the club, and whom they would match
against any wheelman in California
Foster Is perhaps the speediest road
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-03-02

work and sleepicss nights. The machinery
of the whole system is demoralixed
business man feels that he cannot afford 70
be i'll enough "a quit work. He drags along
day after day. makes bad deals. saws the
wrong thing and health and business col
lapse together There no need OF eithee
disaster. DIT Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are
q gentle, effective fenovatOr OF both stori-
ach and bowels. They assist nature with.
out threatening 20 tear the body piece meal.
There are 40 gripping pains, no nausea.
One Is a barely percepuble laxative, Two
give more noticeable results, and they may
be continued until the system is thoroughly
renovated. strengthened and put into bar
mony with nature. One need not tear
habit Of taking the Pleasant Pellets
As soon as health IS restored they may be
discarded without a return of illness be-
cause of their absence Therefore, you
don't become slave % their use,
A GREAT BOOK FREE.
When Or. r. Y. Pierce Of Buffalo, \. " pub
hshed the FIRST edition Of his work, The Peoples
Common Seusc Medical Adviser, he announced
that after 6soooo copies had been sold az the reg
ular price $3.50 per copy, the profit on which
would repay hipr for NE gf6at amount OF labor
and money expended in producing u, ne would
distribute the next halt million ftef. A. TINS
number 81 copies has already been sold, ne IS
now distributing UbyolHsiy me-, $4,000 copies ot
this most complete interesting and valuable
common sense medical work ever published
the recipient oniy being required 10 mail 20 ham,
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cent stamps - cover cost OF mailing oRa and the
book will be sent post paid II Is verltable med
ical library complete iu one volume, II contaius
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The Flre tGsfiap Is precisely the same as These
sold at s. ccNccpt only that the books are bound
In strong manila paper covers instead OF CLOTH
Send Now before an are given away.
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LETTERS COST ST APIECE.
California Miners Lined Up For the Mail.
and Places Were worth $500.

California Miners Lined Up For the Mail.
and Places Were worth $500.
A well known patent attorney in this
city, who was in California in the early
mining days, apropos the publication in
The Post of the cost of carrying mails
on the Yukon, makes some interesting
statements about similar service ON the
Pacific coast in 1880:
ave had to pay 81 for every letter
sent or received, he states. besides
the government postage. We were III
the mines and bad TO send messenger,
with an order for the postmaster 10 de-
liver TO him our mail at Sacramento, a
distance Of from 70 to 100 miles, ac-
cording to the location Of the camps.
Parties made a business Of. carrying the
mail and had regular routes around
through the mining camps.
At that time nrail went by way of
the isthmus, there being but one steam
er every three weeks. As "a result, at
San Francisco and at Sacramento, the
two main offices and supply points for
the state, there would be a large crowd
waiting every time mail arrived. They
finally adopted rule among themselves
requiring all TO form in line and take
their turn, and hundreds stood or laid
in line day and night to keep their
places, sometimes several days before
they could be served, the line being
formed days before the steamer arrived.
Resident spectators would take position
in the line, and when they had advance
4 ~ can V,1o
to others from the mines, who were
waiting, frequently getting from 800
TO $500.
"Such thing can hardly be believed
by those who have never had any such
experience, but in the fall of lS49 an OK
team driver got $40 per day and board,
Sundays being counted the same as 9th
er days, while carpenters got from an
ounce ($l6) to an ounce and half per
day, everything else costing in proper
ton, and hence the mail carriers for the
mines could better afford to pay for the
position in line than to wait on expense
and lose the time. they sometimes being
kept waiting for a week before they
could get all their mail for the several
camps.
lone of the curious sights was the
sale of the New York papers AS soon
as the steamer arrived a man or boy
with lot of papers would rush ashore,
mount box and Just as fast as he could
hand out the papers and make change
dispose of them at 81 each. OF course in
time all this changed, but communica-
ton with the States was then 50 slow
and the time required so great that to
us, isolated as we We're from home and
friends and the whole outside world, it
seemed almost an eternity Exchange.
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Little French Lesson.

For those who have no knowledge
whatever of French the fashion maya
zines and the menu cards of restaurants
bristle with difficulties. When the
strange words are ventured upon, it is
with fear and trembling-which the re-
suit often justifies. The following is a
short list of some of the most used and
worst pronounced:
Chouz (shoo)-A small rosette.
Chic (sheek) is untranslatable, but
perhaps stylish" comes nearest to its
fashion book meaning. In its own home
the word is slang and considered vulgar.
French ladies do not say chic any
more than we say 'nobby which
word is really it's equivalent.
Peignoir (payn-war)-A wrapper as
fine as it can be made.
Saute de lit (so-de-lee) being our
bath robe.
Cerise (sir-ease) -Cherry, hence the
name of the color.
Bandeaux (bahn-do) -Braids of hair.
Soutache (soo-tash BRAID for trim
ming.
Riz de veau (ree-de-vo) -Sweetbreads.
Bouillon (boo-yon CLEAR soup.
Menu (mur-new)-A bill of fare.
Roux (roo)-A mixture of butter and
-four, which, after being baked, is used
to thicken sauces.
Saute (so-tay)-Lightly fried in but
ter.
Hors d 'euvres (hear d'urver)-Light
dishes as appetizers served after the
soup. -Philadelphia Ledger.
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Aroma and Bonquet In WING.

Aroma and bouquet, said a we'll
known wine expert, are too often tax
en- to mean the same thing in wine.
Flavor pertains especially to the linger-
ing aftertaste of wine when swallowed
Aroma and bouquet appeal only to the
smell, and the former exists in the grape
itself, while bouquet only manifests
itself long after fermentation is COM
pleted. Bouquet is never present except
in the purest wines. 1t seems to arise
from a union of several agreeable odors,
and any mixture would surely destroy
it. There are no truly fine wines with
out a strikingly marked agreeable bon-
quet, and where all other qualities are
of equal perfection the bouquet makes
the distinction that gives to the wine
possessing it always the preference. -
New York Sun
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-03-02
Not to Be Beaten.

In certain manufacturing town in
Yorkshire it was common thing not
many years ago for skilled workmen to
save sufficient money wherewith to
build houses for themselves.
A great deal of rivalry existed among
these men as to who should have the
best house, with sometimes curious
architectural results. A and b were two
rivals A having built house, B.,
whose turn soon afterward came, deter
mined to "best" him. So he called in a
we'll known architect to prepare plans.
Asked what aspect he would like to
his house, b, scratching his head, in
quired: Aspect What's that? Has A
got one?"
"Why, of course, - said the architect.
"He couldn't possibly
"Then put me ON two" was the
prompt and emphatic reply. Strand
Magazine
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-03-02
NsupoRF coNveNr PRIsoN.
Where Austrian Female siurderers Leave
the world and start Life Afresh.

Where Austrian Female siurderers Leave
the world and start Life Afreah.
Tho women in the Neudorf Convent
prison were al so kindly in their ways.
go peaceful and good humored. they
differed 50 completely from our precon-
ceived ideas Of criminals, that We were
puzzled TO imagine what could have
brought them into prison. We had never
a doubt hut that their offenses were Of
the most trivial nature. and we said So
The superior gave as one of her odd.
humorous smiles.
Did you notice that woman in the
corridor" she asked She is Marie
Schneider. "
That insignificant looking little wom-
an, who had stood aside with gentle
deprecatiye smile to allow as TO pass,
Marie Schneider Why. in any other
place enc would have set her down at
once rs the hardworking wife of
struggling curate. SO thoroughly re-
spectacle did she look. And she is Marie
Schneider, European celebrity with
more murders on her conscience than
she has fingers on her hands
And yen let her stay hOresn
I've have nowhere else 20 put her,
the inspector, who had joined Us. re-
piled, "and:S we don't hang women in
Austria =
Nor is she. as wo soon found. the en-
" notoriety ia the place. One q the
prisoners is a delicate looking girl, with
large brown eyes and golden hair--a
type of beauty almost peculiar 10 Aus
TRANS. She has low, cooling voice and
"A singularly sweet, innocent expression.
"What on earth can that girl have
done TO he sent here?' l whispered.
"Dmey' the inspector replied grim.
". "Set a house ON fire in the hope of
killing a man with his wife and five
children
The girl must have had extraordi-
narily sharp ears, for, although we
We're standing at some distance away,
she heard what he said, and she gave
him a glance such as hope never 10
see again in my life. 1t was absolutely
diabolic; had there been knife within
reach the man would have died ON the
spot. Yet only moment before she had
been looking up into my face with a
smile an angel might have envied.
Several of the prisoners are in the con-
vent for killing their own children !;
some for killing or trying to kill their
husbands; others for stealing or embez-
cling; others again for no more serious
crime than begging. There are all de-
grees of guilt there, in fact, and all
ages, from girls of l6 to women of near
" so. And they all live together on
terms of perfect equality, for there are
no distinctions of rank there-no one is
better or worse than her neighbor.
When the convent door closes behind
them, they have done, for the time be-
ing, not only with the outside world,
but with their own past. They start life
afresh, rs it were. -Cornhill Magazine
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-03-02
Danger Signals

More than half the victims Of eoHsamp-
hOn do not kHos0 fber baVf IL. HereiS list
Of symptoms by which consumption can
certainly be detected -
Cough, one or two slight efforts on
rising, occurring during the day and fire.
suently during the night.
Short breafbiHg after exertion.
TigbfHess Of the chest.
Duck pulse, especially noticeable In the
evening and after full meal.
Cbfilfnsss in the evening, followed by
Slight IeOsr.
Presentation toward morning and
f'aIs face and iaHgHd in the morning.
Loss Of Citahtp.
II you have these symptoms, or any Of.
them, do not delay. There are many
preparations which claim to be cures, but
Dr. HsEers english Remedy for Consumption
has the highest endorsements, and has
stood the test of years. II will arrest con
sumption in its earlier stages, and drive
away the symptoms named. II is manu-
factured by the Acker Medicine Co, is
and IS Chambers st., New York, and sold
by all reputable druggists.
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Knew Wnat De Would DO.

It was Gardiner youth Of very ten
der age who, when asked recently by his
maternal parent the solemn question,
"What would you do if mamma were
taken away" quickly blurted ont, Il
would take my meals at Mrs Haley's. "
The lads worldly response knocked the
pathos out of the scene in double quick
order. Bangor News.
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THE POTENT PEANUT.
ONE WOULD HARDLY THINK THE
HUMBLE GoosER so IMPORTANT.

About Four Million Dushels Raised In
This Country Every Year-The Most Nu-
tritIous and by Far the Cheapest of
raoas-sub.titute For Olive Oil.
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Experienced.

Sarcastic Reader noticed that you
had communication in the first number
Of your paper signed 'Old Subscriber. -
Editor-Well, that was all right.
Sarcastic Reader-HOw so?
Editor-Why, that communication
was written by a man who began sub
scribing to different newspapers and
magazines more than 80 years ago. =
Somerville Journal
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-03-02

The objection made to the first gold
pens manufactured was mainly to the
points, which We're so soft that they
were bent or worn out very quickly.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-03-02

Good humor is the very air Of good
mind, the sign of large and generous
toul, and the peculiar soil in which vir-
inc yrosrnrs -(5Oodrnan
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me Hat At the Theater Yet Again.

The HAT At inc 1IleHVeI i @ n s'II1'
The Man Behind-Pardon me, miss.
/ can see nothing owing to your hat.
The Woman In Front-True There is
nothing owing. / have paid for it in
fall. PHILADELPHIA Record
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-06-10
No Precedent.

During session Of the territorial leg
islature of Montana, held more than &c
years ago, measure was introduced
which appeared to some people to in
volve serious constitutional questions.
One man, who was supposed to possess
great oratorical powers, acclaimed fierce.
ly against the measure, claiming that il
was clearly in opposition TO the great
principles of Magma Charta, which the
brave barons in days of old had wrested
from King John, blessed result of q
bloody conflict. "
A lawyer, more famed for his sturdy
common sense than for tradition, rose
Immediately to reply to this burst of
fiery eloquence, evidently bent on max
ing ii clear that he for one was not to
be overcome by high sounding words or
obscure illusions.
Its of mighty little importance
what the opinions of King John and his
man Mccarthy were." he announced
firmly, adding that it was high time for
legislative bodies Of Montana TO think
and act for themselves without any refer
ence to the principles which governed
the remote authorities quoted by his
colleague.
The first orators speech had made
some impression, but the retort was re
ceived with the enthusiasm which ii
deserved, and it was owing to his in
fluence rather than that of his more
brilliant predecessor that the measure
was defeated. Youths Companion.