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of a certain volunteer infantry div1-
sion during some recent maneuvers
and in order to test their courage sug-
gested to their leader that they should
face a charge made by his men.
The officer in command consented
and drew his men up in the required
position to face the ordeal
Hitherto the courage of the foot regl-
ment had remained unquestioned, brt
when they saw the cavalry laundering
down upon them and almost on top OF
them they turned and fed in a most
disorderly manner, save one man, VINO
remained steadfast on Bonded knee
and with fixed bayonet.
By dexterous movement the cavalry
charge was brought to termination
within a foot or so of the hero. and
their commander. approaching the va
liant one, said:
"Bravol You are the bravest man in
the regiment and worth all the rest OF
them put together. But tell newly
didn't you fly with the othersY"
$50 / should have DONE" said the
hero. "but my foot got stuck in hole"
London Answers.
The Kind of a Piece IL Was.
One evening at a social function
where Sarasate was among the guests
q Young violinist had the bad taste to
play one of Sarasate's compositions
with variations of his own creation.
The latter were inappropriate and in
artistic and Jared upon the ears of all.
The performer ended his work and
made his way to Sarasate, doubtless
expecting a word of recognition or
praise. Sarasate said nothing, and the
player finally asked, II hope you recog-
nize that piecew
Certainly" Sarasate promptly re-
piled: at was a piece of impudence."
Good Men.
Nature seems to exist for the excel
lent. The world is upheld by the We
racity of good men; they make the
earth wholesome. They who lived
with them found life glad and nutri-
tious. Life is sweet and tolerable only
in our belief in such society, and ac-
tually or ideally we manage to live
with superiors. We call our children
and our lands by their names. Their
names are wrought into the verbs of
language Their works and effigies are
in our houses, and every circumstance
of the day recalls an anecdote of them.
Emerson.
An Atlantic Rescue.
"Women firstf' roars the officer in a
momentary lull as the boat sweeps
again under the vessels stern. The
men In the bow begin to haul steadily
on the rope, stopping at sudden inter
walls as the sea appears to be cut from
under them, hauling in ferociously as
they swoop alOft again. A draggled
bundle uttering pitiful, choking cries
for husband comes into their hands.
But the call must for some time be
unheard, for her husband is captain
of the ship and will be the last to leave
his post.-Captain F. H. Shaw in
Grand Magazine
The Python's Gorge.
A specimen of python reticulata
about twenty-five feet in length swal-
lowed a swan weighing eighteen
pounds and two days later a roebuck
of sixty-seven pounds. Another swal-
lowed within two days two roebucks
of twenty-eight and thirty nine pounds
and soon thereafter chamois of sew
enty-one pounds. In two and a half
hours only the hind quarters of the
limbs of the prey were visible. When
a f1ashlight photograph was suddenly
taken the python disgorged its booty in
the space of half a minute.-Journal of
the Royal Miscroscopical Society.
The Cause of It.
A reflection not altogether without
value to such feminine scribes as have
not yet found their public is contained
in a remark made at dinner in Lon
don, where 200 literary women met one
another. Says the London Outlook:
AS the extremely well dressed crowd
surged and swayed around the platform
after the recitation which followed the
dinner a young woman ventured to re-
mark to one of the ''old hands" upon
the exceedingly prosperous appearance
of several of the literary women.
"Bless you" was the quick response,
'sthat is not literature-it is husbandsl'
Mahatmas.
Mahatma is a Sanskrit word and
means the man who has retired from
the world and by means of long and
severe discipline has subdued the pas
sions and gained a reputation for sane
tity and knowledge. In India the word
+osv Dnddhicf coinfc
or teachers of supposed extraordinary
holiness and wisdom. In theosophy
the mahatma is one who has reached
perfection in each of his three ma
tures'' the physical, intellectual and
spiritual, and as a consequence of this
Is in a state of "divine enlightenment"
New York American.
He Bought the Bell.
SCOT any COW bellsY' inquired
country looking man of a clerk in a
hardware store.
Eyes, sir. Step this way" replied
the young man.
The farmer picked up the largest he
could find and said. "Have you no
larger than this?"
mo, sir The largest ones are all
sold"
The farmer, on hearing this, turned
to leave and had reached the door
when the clerk called after him.
''Look here, strangerl Take one of
these small bells for your COW. and
you won't have half as much bother
finding her, for when you hear the bell
you will always know that she can't
be far off"
He bought the bell.-Judge.
"what is the strongest argument you
can give against the effects of hered-
ityT'
Il once knew a girl who played the
piano in a five cent theater. She mar
ried, and there was born to her child
who became a musician"
There was, therefore. absolutely
nothing more to be said in support of
the doctrine of haredity. = Chicago