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Arguing for o Deduction.

In Mrs. I.apham's family circle her
powers Of reasoning were accounted
most remarkable and convincing. Out
side the family her ability to convince
was not so marked.
See here" she said. without releas.
ing the ten-cent piece for which the
conductor OF the trolley car had gone
to her side. I've only brought Willie
with me. He's eight, SO I've got to
pay his fare. I've left Myra, that's
four, and Neddy. that's two, at home.
Now you wouldn't have charged me
for them, would you?"
mo. madam" said the conductor.
"Your fare. please"
We'll. they'd have taken one seat"
persisted Mrs. Lapham, still retaining
her hold on the ten-cent piece Il
couldn't have held 'em both. | thought
OF bringing them. only twas too far.
Now. why can't you take on some
thing from Willie. under the circum.
stances ?'--Youth's Companion.
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
STREET FILLING.

All cross streets between Twenty
First Street and Twenty-Eighth anc
West Twenty.Eighth Streets, except
Twenty Fourth Street and West TWEEN.
ty-Fourth Street, in the City of Cairo,
| Illinois.
Public notice is hereby given that
until ten u0) O'clock a. m, of Mon.
day. March End, 1908, at the City
Council Chamber of the City of Cairo
Illinois, No. I'LL Commercial Avenue,
| the Board of Local Improvements OF
the City Of Cairo, Illinois, will re.
ceiye sealed, ltemized bids or propos.
ais for the filling with earth Of the un.
filled portions of Twenty-Second and
Third and West Twenty-Third Streets,
Twenty-Fifth and West Twenty-Fifth
Streets, Twenty-Sixth and West
Twenty-Sixth Streets, West Twenty.
Seventh Street and Charles Street, in
the said City of Cairo.
The said street filling must be con.
structed. made and done In accord.
anee with the terms and provisions
of Ordinance No. l27 of said City of
Cairo, approved May rs. 1907, now of
record in the office of the City Clerk
of said City of Cairo, No. III Com
mereial Avenue, where printed copies
of the ordinace may be obtained on
application to said City Clerk, and In
the office of the City Engineer Of the
said City of Cairo. in the same build
ing. the specifications of and for the
said work will be found and may be
there examined.
The said local Improvement as
whole and in all its parts is fully de
scribed in the said ordinance. and the
bids for said filling must be for the
construction of the Improvement I'm
strict conformity with its terms and
provisions. Bids will be received for
the filling of all of said streets as a
whole or for one or more of the same
All bids or proposals must be ac
companied by cash. or by a check
payable to the order Ct the President
of the said Board. in his official capac.
ity. and certified by responsible bank
for an amount equal to ten u0) per
centum Of the amount Of the bid o.
proposal. and without such cash or
check. no bid OF proposal will be con
sidered. The bids shall be delivered
TO the Board at the time and place.
first above mentioned: and at said
time and place above mentioned the
said Board. in open session. will open.
examine and publicly declare said
bids or proposals.
The contractor whose bid shall b.
accepted shall enter into a contract
with the said City Of Cairo for the
filling Of all Of said streets with earth
or for the filing Of such Of said
streets IS may be awarded to him. in
strict accordance with the terms and
requirements Of the said ordinance.
and shall also enter into a bond pa
able to the said City Of CairS in the
sum Of 6fty l5ol per centum Of The
amoant q his bid. with security 10
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be approved by the said Board, con
ditioned for the faithful performance
In all respects. Of his said contract
and for holding the said city harm
less. etc
The contractor to whom the con-
tract for the filing OF said streets
with earth, or for the filling of any
OF said streets with earth is awarded
and who shall do the work, will be
paid In bonds OF the said City OF Cairo
bearing interest at the rate OF five
t5l per cent per annum from their
respective dates. Blanks for bids o.
proposals will be furnished on appli.
cation to the said City Engineer at
his Office aforesaid
GEORGE PARSONS.
President OF the Board Of Local I'm
proyements Of the City .QfEaip I'D
nois.
Attest: ERNEST WORKMAN.
Secretary OF Board
Cairo, Illinois, February 18th. A. D.
1908
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REALM OF THE IMAGINATION.
Ruskin's Idea Of the Men the World
Calls Geniuses.

believe that the noblest forms OF
imaginative power are in some sort
ungoyernable. and have In them some
thing OF the character Of dreams: so
that the vision. of whatever kind.
comes uncailed. and will not submit
itself TO the seer. but conquers him.
and forces him 10 speak as prophet.
having no power over his words or
thoughts. Only. II the whole man be
trained perfectly. and his mind calm.
consistent aud powerful. the vision
which comes to him Is seen as In a
perfect mirror. serenely and in con
sIstence with the rational powers: but
II the mind be imperfect and III.
trained, The vision is seen as In q
broken mirror with strange distor-
lions aud discrepancies. all the pas
slons of the heart breathing upon II in
cross ripples. till hardly a trace Of It
remains unbroken. So that. strictly
speaking. the Imagination Is never
governed. u is always the ruling and
divine power. and the rest Of the man
is to 70 only as an instrument which II
sounds. or a tablet on which Il writes.
clearly and snbiimely II the wax be
smooth and the strings true. grotesQue-
b and Wildly II they are strained and
broken And thus the Had the
Inferno the Pilgrims Progress. {
the Faerie Queen are AL Of them
true dreams: only the sleep Of the
men 20 whom they came was the deep
living sleep which God sends. with q
sacredness in Il. as Of death. the re-
vealer q secreis.-Ruskia, The
Stones Of Venice
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NEW YORK GRAIN.

New York, Feb. WHEAT. Re
ceipts $4,000; exports $4,000. Spot
barely steady; No. 2 red 97ss elevator
and 9SA fob. ahoat Options closed
AT A@lh net loss. May 100%.
CoRN-Receipts 215,0O0; exports
1000. Spot barely steady; No. 2 eS
elevator and GO afioat No. white
62l4; No. yellow 62h fob. anoat.
Options closed rs net lower. May
G9k.
OATS-Receipts 10000; exports g.
600. Spot firm; mixed IS; natural
white 5Sh 0Glh; clipped coz acc.
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NOTICE.

Public notice Is hereby given that
In accordance with statutes OF the
state OF Illinois, the Home Telephone
stockholders increased Its capital
stock from Five Thousand Dollars
($5,000) to One Hundred Thousand
Dollars (s100000)
Dated this 25th day OF January A. d.
1908.
HOME TELEPHONE COMPANY
OF CAIRO.
BY Andrew Lohr President
Attest: r. r. Aisthorpe, Asst. Sec.
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tract to do the whole OF the said
work at ten u0) per centum less
than the said price al which same has
been awarded TO the said Roy L.
Williams, within the time and In the
manner required by law in such cases
made and provided.
Dated at Cairo. Illinois. this 18th
day OF February, A. ID. 1908.
GEORGE PARSONS.
President of the Board OF Local I'm.
provements Of the City of Cairo,
Illinois.
Attest:
Ernest Nordman.
Secretary of said Board.
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CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

Chicago, Feb. 17.-CATTLE-Re
ceipts 10000. Lower. Steers s4.25
Gf615; cows. and heifers s2.5OG
5.25: bulls $3.25G4.5O; calves $1,000
700; stockers. and. feeders $4,000
LIS.
HOGS-Receipts $4,000; 3 to 10
higher. Choice heavy shipping and
butchers s43Od445; lights $4,000
40: packing slOO5si-4O: pigs $3.50
G415.
SHEEP-Receipts 5000. Steady
sheep s425m5.50; lambs sG.O0m ZOO
and yearling $5.6066.40
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NEW YORK MONEY.

New York, Feb. 17.-Money on call
easy IL az per cent; closing bid 11a
Time loans stronger; sixty days 4 per
cent; ninety days Az G4h per cent;
six months Az as per cent. Prime
paper sac per cent. Exchange firm,
demand 4S6.25. Sterling exchange
firm, demand 4S6.25@30; sixty days
4S2.75MSo. Bar silver 5Gk
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ST. LOUIS CATTLE.

St Louis, Feb. 17.-CATTLE-Re
ceipts 2.200. Steady; beef steers
steers s3.75d6.OO; stockers and feed
.ers 2.40m465; cows; cows and heifers
s3.l5M 500; Texas steers $4,000
SIS.
HOGS-Receipts $500. Five high.
er. Ranged s350d445.
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ILLINOIS CENTRAL
Corrected to February list, 1903.
THE FAST MAIL ROUTE
Trains Leave Cairo:

Trans Leave Cairos
1882 .. m. Daily Chicago Vestibule
Limited. arriving Chicago 1880 a. m.
2:23 a. m. Daily st. Louis Night
Limited. arriving st. Louis 1908 a. Ia.
Sleeping car open at $3.50 p. m.
5:0oa. m. Chicago Daylight Express
except Sunday.
500 a. m. St Louis Morning Ex-
press, except Sunday.
1875 a. m. st. Louis Est Mail.
1f:15 a. m. Chicago Midday Special
2:35 p. m. Daily st. Louis Limited,
2:35 p. m. Afternoon Express for
Odin, Efflngham. Mattoon. Champaign.
$50 p. m. Thebes Accommodation.
7:fs p. m. Chicago and Eastern Tx
press.
1854 a. m. Memphis and Nashville.
3:15 q. m. Memphis and New Or
leans Limited.
500 a. m. Paducah and Louisville.
i:41 o. m. Daily Memphis and New
Orleans.
1:4f .. m. Daily. Nashville, Chafts-
nooga and Atlanta
1870 p. m. Fulton Accommodation.
$50 p. m. Paducsh and Louisville.
500 p. m. Memphis and New Or.
leans Special.
For through tickets. sleeping car
accommodation and further informa-
ton apply at Illinois Central Passen-
ger Station. Cairo. Ill
J. n. JONES, Ticket Agent
Q. A. HATCH. q. p. a.
a ~. HANSON. Pass. Trssfe No..
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COFFEE

COFFEE-Options closed steady at
net decline SOLO points. Sales 90
500 bags. March COO: spot quiet: No.
z Rio ca: mild steady; Cordova
81 ais.
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RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS.
Chicago, Feb. 1.-THE following car
Dads represent the davis movements:
MINNEAPOLIS WHEAT.

Minneapolis, Feb. 17.-WHEAT--
May lolls; July 1oila, Cash-No. /
northern 102%@1033s; No. 2 north.
ern 100% @101%.
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SUGAR.

STGAR-Raw steady: fair refining
3l7; centrifugal &c: test 3e7: molas-
ses sugar 292; refined easy; eonfec-
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ELGlN BUTTER.

Elgin. H.. Feb. 17,-BUTTER--
Firm at 80 cents. Output for the week
444,700 pounds.
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Stocks = Bonds = Cereals

tioners "a" 400; mould "a"515; cut
loaf eco; crushed $50; powdered
400: graduated 4S0, cubes sos.
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GOVERNMENT BONDS.
PROVISIONS.

FT1TTER-Weak Creamery 25G31
HEESE-Firm: ranged 1H15A.
EGGS-Firm: western 21622.
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KcuRSloN BULLETIN 1907-190s
inter Tourist Rates via the Illinois
Central Railroad.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-02-18

girl for cooking and light housework
in small family, Wages $25 per
month and Il good home. Inquire at
Peter Days residence. 1906 Washing
ton avenue.
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MALE HELP WANTED.

WANTED First-class statesmen.
Address, Equitable Refining Co.,
Ohio.
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iiro to New Orleans, La, and
return ................ .s21 SO
iiro TO Hammond, La. $21 SO
iro to Baton Rouge, La 49,. 20. SIS
iro to Durant, Miss. ..... II 20
iro TO Natchez, Miss. ..... 10. SIS
iro TO vicksburg, Miss. $50. 16 IS
iro TO Greenville, Miss. -. 10 SIS
iro TO San Antonio, Tex. -. 81 SO
iro to Houston, Tex. ..... 80 20
iro 10 jacksonville, Fla. 80. 80. 20
ro to Orlando, Fla. ... AZ. 80
iro to Tampa, Fla. ..... 46. 30
no to Havana, Cuba ... 81. SIS
and many other points south and
Itheast. Tickets sold daily until
rii goth and good until May 31st,
Is.
Inquiries eheerfully answered.
J. II. JONES,
Ticket Agent, Cairo.
G. HATCH,
3en1. Passenger Agent, Chicago.
n. HANSON,
Passenger Traffic Mgr. Chicago.
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orFtcERs =
=. \ Suuef.... ssssn~r s.Dfe9140u1
Chas. Feuehtsr, Jr 49,. vies Prssi1sn1
J. H. 0siiigan ....~.... CaaAiss
= spencer. ....v..n Assistant Ca1niq
Accounts " corporations MI ln1lvlR
uals especially solicited. uxeAanGa
urnisAs1 70 my part u TIE vRA
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-26
The Treasury Vaults.

The first question the average Wis
itor to the United States treasury
building asks is, Couldn't burglars
tunnel under the vaults and rob the
government" Well, that is not likely.
An armed guard sits beside the vaults
Every twenty minutes he is required
to ring an alarm just to show that be
L. awake. An armed patrol makes the
rounds hourly. Secret service men In
plain clothes, with concealed weapons,
keep watch and ward outside and In
side the building AS to tunnelfng, the
officials hold that IL a man by any pos.
sibility should manage to bore under.
meath vault the heavy metal would
crush him to a jelly, thus administer
ing lasting gold cure. Even If the
tunnel burglar should get away with
his life he could not get away with
much gold. Ten thousand dollars In
double eagles weighs thirty-eight
pounds. Forty million dollars In gold
certificates Of the $4,000 denomination
weighs eleven and a half pounds.
Even burglars prefer the gold certif.
Gates to the real thing.-Buffalo Times.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-26

More and more as we grow
we appreciate the finer traits
that are in human nature.
Men going out into life never
forget the mother who stays
at home, and who has pre-
scented to them a reason dOmi-
nant with a high moral sence
with refined and sweet atfec-
tiOnS, with taste, with pat
fence, with gentleness. with
self sacrifice, and with disin-
terestedness. A man may go
through all the world. he
may run through every stage
of belief and disbelief, but
there will be one picture that
he cannot efface. Living or
dying, there will rise up be-
fore him like d morning star
the beauty of that remember
ed goodness which he called
mother.
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The Oh j.:

4 young man $t9O It. - { -.
completing the nniSniii- al. 10
toilet of which he felt iilsIi, pro-.
He was going TO cali upon 1li,, .:l@i
widowed mother to ask for he. d:;;i:..h
ter'S hand iD marriage
At last everything was conpl.:c r$
cept his cravat Before him on Tx,
dressing table spread the two rraya:s
between which his choice rested. one, i
neat black with a narrow white stripe.
which he had bought himself; the 9th
er cravat which the girl had given
him for Il present. a tie such as only
women purchase.
IF | wear the black and white one.
I'll look my best" he mused "On the
other band. if wear the one she gave
me III please her immensely. but will
look like fright
Then he whistled. walked around the
room and carefully tied his cravat
The mother said. Yes" although
there were tears i'm her eyes. and the
girl thought he was the handsOmest
and best dressed man in the world.
Which cravat did he wear?-Bohe
mian Magazine
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-26
journalistic Revenues.

The curious boycott Of the press In
the Berlin parliament had a precedent
In the mother Of parliaments, the Brit
fish house of commons. A writer in
Hsrper's Weekly recalls that the per
son involved was no less a celebrity
than the late Daniel O'Connell. He
condemned the inaccuracy Of the par
liamentary reports, but he forgot to
make allowance for acoustic difficulties
and the buzz Of intervening converse
ton. He charged the reporters with
the malicious suppression of his speech
es, and the gallery then refused to re-
port him at all. Dan stormed and
Numbered in vain, even moving that
the ringleaders be brought to the bar
Of the house. Finally he apologiZed,
and all was rel. Lord Lyttleton IN
1871 fell foul Of the press in the SAME
way, and the late Lord Montesg gle had
his name omitted from London news
paper reports for two years because he
said something the reporters did not
ike
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-26
German Syrup

We want to impress on our readers
that Boochee's German Syrup is
positively the only preparation on
the market today that does relieve
and cure consumption. 1t con tains
the specitice, such al, pare tar, ex
tracts Of gum, etc, etc, which have
been SO highly endorsed for the cure
Of coughs, colds and consumption
by the great medical congresses.
The consumptive, whether his disease
is in the throat or lungs, must have
rest at night, and be free from The
spasm of dry and racking cough in
the morning. The diseased parts
want rest, neallng and soothing
tseatment, and the patient needs
fresh air, good food, etc, German
Syrup will give free anl easy ex.
pectoration in the morning with
speedy and permanent relief, Sinai
bottles 20 cents; regular size, con :.
tanning nearly four times us much,
rs cents. At Frost Il Spies
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-26
"Anria Laurie"

William Douglas, whose love bal
lad, "Annic laurie" has become
one OF the famous lyrics of the
world, woocd, but did not win, An
mic Laurie. The real Annie Laurie
gave ''ner promise true" to Douglas,
but welded another, a wealthicr
suitor, FERGUSON Of Craigdarroch
Douglas, who was ready to clay me
icon and dee,' went to the wars
and when he came back married
also and left goodly crop of heirs
The tender melody that has won the
hearts Of people the world over was
set to the words many years after
by Lady John Scott. Annie Laurie
was born Dec. IS, 1852, at the home
of her father, Stephen Laurie, at
Maxwelton, Scotland, an old fash
toned stone mansion fortress that
had once been the castle of the earls
of Glencairn.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-26
The Dogs Tail.

A prominent citizen was on trial
charged with harboring vicious dog.
The attorney for the defense had
been consulting a dog expert and had
learned that if a dog holds his tail up
over his back when he banks he is not
angry, while if he holds it straight out
behind him he is in a belligerent blood.
thirsty frame Of mind. Anxious to ali
his newly acquired information, the
lawyer began cross questioning the
prosecuting witness thus:
"Now, did you notice the position liz
which this dogs tail was held when he
came at your
IT did not" said the witness, "for
that was not the end from which ]
anticipated injury. had another end
in view. Now, if the dog had been
hornet
"No levity, siry' Numbered the attor-
ney. Answer the question. In what
position was the dogs tail when hs
came at your
81 believe, SIR" faltered the terrified
witness, that it was behind him."
Chicago News.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-26
In the Ghost Laying Business.

This advertisement appeared in Lon
don in 1771:
Haunted Houses Whereas there
are mansions and castles in England
and Wales which for many years have
been uninhab ited and are now falling
into decay by their being haunted and
visited by evil spirits or the spirits of
those who for unknown reasons are
rendered miserable even in the grave.
gentleman who has made the tour of
Europe, Of particular turn of mind
and deeply skilled in the abstruse and
sacred science of exorcism, hereby of.
fers his assistance to any owner or
proprietor of such premises and under.
takes to render the same free from
the visitation of such spirits, be their
cause what it may, and render them
tenantahle and useful to the proprie-
tors. Letters addressed to the Rev.
John Jones, 80 ST.. Martins lane, duly
answered and interview given If re-.
CURED. N. B.-Rooms rendered habit
able in six days"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-11-26

A howell is more a home
than a palace. If the spirit
of congenial friendship links
not the hearts of the inmates
of a dwelling it is not homo.
If love reigns not there; ii
charity spreads not her downy
mantle over all; if peace pre-
walls not; if virtue rear not
her beautiful children, and
religion comes not in her
white robe of gentleness to
ncr hand in benediction on
every head, the home is not
complete.
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There are many happy
homes, thank God, in every
community. and when they
exist there goes out from
them a blessed influence,
which can hardly be over
estimated. IA real home
with a mother in it," whose
hospitable doors are ever
open to those not so blessed,
is a wonderful power for good.
If the boys and girls are made
welcome they will not be slow
to tell it, and there will be an
attraction in the sweet amen
tiles of home which will draw
them from other and less holy
influences. 1t is not possible
in this world SO full of care
and trouble to be always
merry. It is quite possible
to be always loving and kind.
If the business cares of the
father and the never ending
struggles of the mother with
dirt and disorder, cooking.
washing, ironing and mend
ing, cannot be banished. they
can be wonderfully toned
down by the sympathy and
help which each member of
the household can and should
give to each other. A home
where the golden rule is lived
is the nearest possible ap-
proach to heaven. The day
comes all too soon when the
household is scattered-the
boys snd girls, alasl girls no
longer-are gone to make
home for themselves, else
where; when some, perhaps,
are laid away from our sight,
out of reach of kind words or
helpful deeds. Happy are
we if no sorrowful thoughts
haunts us, of hasty words and
unkind deeds, if only pleasant
memories remain. We may,
if our means allow, make our
homes beautiful and attrac-
tive, and it is well to do so.
But without the true spirit of
home, it will be but a cheer
less and desolute mockery-I
while the humblest cottage
where love dwells and kind
ness reigns, may most beauti-
fully exemplify the sweetness
and blessedness of home.
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tits only when to-morrow's
burden is added t. the burden
Of today that we can bear.
THE PARALYTIC DODGE.
Effective Cure For an lmpostor In an
English Prison.

English Prison.
Paralysis is often initiated by
beggars and so closely that there is
no detecting the imposition. A fel-
low is directed how to hang his
wrist loosely down, dropping the
fingers Of one hand, and to drag the
limbs in such manner as to imi-
tate a paral ytic stroke to the life.
He is drilled up to the proper bust
ness mark by marching him around
the beggars' kitchen for hours at a
stretch and night after night. This
is continued until the patient can
bear a sudden and unexpected prick
with a needle or even the touch of a
redhot iron without relapsing into
his normal attitude.
Not many years ago one OF these
mock paralytics, who was accustom,
ed to throw off his seeming infirmi-
ty and play the burglar by way of
change, was caught in the very act
of breaking into house and COM
mitted for trial. Here he got up
such a semblance of hopeless paraly
sis as deceived everybody. When
the trial came on he was carried
into the court on a stretcher and
laid at full length in the dock.
Everybody, including the judge and
jury, commiserated the case, and
he escaped with one years imprison-
ment instead Of a long term Of
penal servitude.
The doctor of the prison to
which the convict was next trans,
ferred felt sure that the whole thing
was sham and tried all the or
binary methods of detection, in
Guiding liberal use of the galvanic
battery, but without effect. AT
length a great heap of damp straw
was collected in the jail yard, and
the scoundrel, still stretched on his
pallet, which he never quilted, was
placed thereon. The straw was
fired on all sides, throwing out
little flame and dense volumes of
choking smoke. This did the bust
ness, and quickly too. In less than
minute the paralytic astonishcd
everybody but the doctor by bounc-
ing out of the straw with the agili-
ty of deer.
''The game is upw he exclaimed,
with laugh, when he had done
coughing, adding in tone of tri-
umph, "Anyhow, l have cheated the
law out of six yearsI'
The torture such people infict on
themselves for weeks and months at
a time and voluntarily is simply III
credible.-Pearson's Weekly.