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A rhr.. Legged Bison.

In 1867 Small Eyes, Blackfoot who
had come down from the north and
Joined the Arapahoes and lived with
them, told Black Kettle. Cheyenne In
George Bent's lodge. about having
killed, between the Cimnrron and
Beaver creek, tributary of the north
fork Of the Canadian, buffalo bull
which had only one hind leg. Accord
ing to Small Eyes story. 1t did not ap-
pear that the bull had lost one of its
hind legs, but rather that 1t never had
had more than one. The hind leg was
very large. seemed to be in the mid
die OF the body instead Of at one side.
and there was no sign Of any missing
leg. 1t looked MS II the two hind legs
which the buffalo ordinarily has had
In some way fused together.
The war party with which Small
Eyes was travelling was passing along
near hollow when the bull came up
out of 1t, and some Of the men ran
ahead. got around 1t and shot 1t with
gun. 1t was not able to run fast.
put rather hobbled along.-Forest and
Stream.
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s,,na.,, Of N. +ypss.

Ever since the Introduction Of typs.
setting errors. welrd or comicai. havs
emanated from rriuters' Offices. The
mistakes are not always to be ssoul.
6sred on to the composition. for bad
handwriting must be taken into nc
count. Here are few instances OF
actual plumbers collected by a proof
reader in tie course Of his daily work:
Ellis blushing bride" was transform
ed into Ibis clustering bride"
A major was stated to hive SERVED
with destruction In the army" The
writer thought lie used the word dis
tinctlon."
1.-THE Galley Love" was the descrip.
ton of n picture entitled 1.-THE Galley
Slave" .i5-s
Speaking of theatrical folk. critic
wrote that nearly all have husbands
or wives" The paragraph printed
read "hundreds of wives"
: .'They sailed for three days around
The cape and finally slaughtered n
small Italian" should have been
"sightcd small island"
One more In conclusion. HE tnkes
delight in talking on his family shame"
was shameful thing to say when
"fayorite theme" was meant.
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Saved by . Photograph

A very remarkable incident occurred
at Rio de Janeiro.
A passenger on board one of the
large liners took photograph Of the
liarbor. 1t included small yacht
which Ind sailed In the morning with
two men in her, but returned In the
evening with one only. The survivor
said his companion had fallen over
board. but his statement was not be-
lieved. He was tried and sentenced to
death. The matter had by this time
come to the ears Of the photographer.
who remembered that the picture had
been taken on the day Of the crime"
Ter nccident- and that the scene en-
brnced a yacht. On examining the
print more carefully he noticed small
zpcck on the sail and In order to de-
terminc what It was had nm enlarge
ment made. 1t proved to be the figure
If man falling. 1t was shown to the
suthoritias at once. and the condemned
,nan wus released.
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Vanity Of Men.

In woman's club. over tea and
cigarettes. group Of ladies' cited
many. many instances Of the foolish
vanity Of males.
"Take the case Of bees" one said.
because the queen bee rules the hive.
because she is the absolute mistress
Of millions of subjects, man up to a
few hundred years ago denied her sex.
He called her the king bee.
'Plfny wrote somewhere. The king
bee is the only male. ali the rest being
females And Moses Rusden. bcekeep-
er to Charles H., stoutly denied, In or
der to please his royal master, that the
large bee, the ruler of the hives, be-
longed to the gentler sex.
Even Shakespeare couldn't bear to
think that the bee Of bees. the largest
and wisest and fairest, the hives ab-
solute lord, was a female. No, all the
proofs Notwithstanding, Shakespeare
called her male. Don't you remem-
Der the lines
Creatures that by rule in nature teach
Tho act of order to a peopled kingdom,
They have king and officers of Sorts
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
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PLAIN JOHN SMITH.
Now HIs NAME Changes In Various
Parts Of the World.

Now HIs Name Changes IN Various
Parts Of che World.
John Smith-piain John Smiths not
vssy high sounding; II does not sug-
eest afistocracy; It II not the name Of
any hefo In die away novels. and yet
h y good. strong and honest Trans
fsfrsA to othsf languages. It seems to
climb the ladder Of responsibility.
Thus In Latin It u Johannes Emithus;
~ italian smooths It OF into Giovan-
n Smith: the spaninrds render 1t
Jpan Bmithus; the Dutchman adopts 1t
~ Hans Schmidt: the French natten
& out into Jean smeet and the Rus
sian snseses and barks Jonlon Smit-
towski When John Smith gets Into
~ to trade IN Canton he becomes
Jovan ehimmit: II he chambers about
Mount Hecla, the Icelanders say he Il
Jaime smithson: u be trades among
IL Tuscaroras he becomes Ton Ga
0mittia: In Poland hs Il known as
Ivan echmittiweiski: should he wan
der among the Welsh mountains they
tnlk Of Jihon schmidd: when he goes
- Mexico b. h booked % Jontli
Tnuitti; n Of classic turn and he lin
gsfs among Greek ruins he turns to
Ion smikton, and In Turkey he u ut
tseiy disguised ~ zoe Sect Phreno-
laqaeal Journal
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9oaebody mentioned cookbookh
1T takss . good deal to make me
wcadsf,~ said the Publisher. "but !
vscsivsd . Jolt In the culinary line the
othsf day that ut mo thinking. In
looking over the manuscript Of cook
book that had bsen submitted for our
approval ] was struck by this intro
duction to many Of the recipes, Good
for boarding house table,
~Now, why that discrimination
Isn't anything mat d good enough for
. boarding house table good enough
for any other table. and isn't anything
that b good enough for any other tn
be good enough for boarding house
hbis9 Judging By the way those par
ticslar recipes read. they may result
y some rather tasty dishes. Then
Why limit them to boarding housesf''l
Now York Globe.
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Did shs bee. No Knsyv.


Geordie Horn was . character Will
known among the country folk OF tbs
Scotch highlands twenty-five years. ago.
He belonged to class rather hard to
classify. for he was neither u tramp
dor farm hand, although frequently
following the habits Of both. Wan
derlng from farm to farm, the greater
part Of the time he was kindly treated
and Hospitality entertained generally.
While he was a mnn Of unusual
strength. he was mentally weak and
exceedingly. Indy.
lies gle cute chiel. though slow
In the. uptack" understanding. was
the way good many described him
One day he arrived at his friend the
Doctors aud complained Of severe
pain In his breast. The doctor handed
him plaster, with Instructions to put
1t on his chest without delay. Geordie
gave him one of his knowing looks
md took his departure. The doctor
met him few days Inter and inquired
how be was feeling now. GeordIe re-
piled. "Nae better" did you do al ]
told you with the piaster?" the doctor
went on.
"weel. no. not exactly. done the
best could didn't have chest. sac
I stuck II on my bandbox" chat box.
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With sneer the oyster opener point.
cd to a brownish smear upon Saddle
Rock shell.
Some fool" said he, has been try
Ing to fatten up batch Of Saddle
Rocks with cornmeal. You might as
well try to invigorate flowers with
,.orned beef hash. But 1t Is a common
error to believe that cornmeal or oat-
neal will fatten oysters. continually
dnd oysters with their shells stained
with those grains. 1t makes me laugh.
AZ a matter Of fact. there Is no such
ching as fnttening oysters. All you can
30 Is swell them up with water. pre-.
.isely the came rs water swells
sponge. You put them in fresh water,
which. being less dense than the soft
they are accustomed to, by the princi-
ole Of osmosis penetrates and dlstends
their tissues-gives them. as you might
say, dropsy. For my part, don't like
tattened oysters.'-New Orleans Times
Democrat.
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A CURIOUS WORD.


1Wtbtb sUAt M1y ~ 0sVeU " - ~
the Chinese Language.
In the Chinese Language the same
word may be given several different
meanings by the meditation Of the
voice. The same thing may happen to
the English "Yes." which may he pro-
nounced 10 as to mean II assent to
that" or 81 am doubtful" or Indeed r
An eminent authority on phiiology
gives nm amusing illustration Of these
modulations In the Annamitic Ian
guage, monosyllabic tongue spoken
by the people Of Tonquin and Cochin
China. Af
In this language the syllable "ba"
pronounced with grave accent nieaus
lady, an ancestor. Pronounced with
the sharp accent. It means the favorite
Of prince. Pronounced with the semi
grave accent. Il mems what has been
thrown AWAY. Pronounced with the
grave clrcumGex. It means what has
been left Of fruit after the juice has
been squeezed out Pronounced With
no accent. 1t means three. Pronounced
with the ascending or Interrogation &C.
cent. 1t means II box on the ears.
Thus the word "bn," In the order CIV
en- above. II said to mean. II properly
pronounced. '.Three ladies' gave bog
on the ear to the favortte Of the
prince" Chicago Record Herald.
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Dollar Fish.

'Have you any dollar fish bereT' a
woman asked OF one of the attendants
at the aquarium.
While the question may seem curl
GUS. 1t was really very simple. for the
dollar fish Is only young inoonfish.
The moonflsh is a curious but beau
tiful creature, almost round In ehape
and extremely thin and having the
loveliest Of pearly sides. 1t swims on
edge. 30 that II always presents its
sides Of pearl to view, 1t takes tn
name from it, shape and because.
further. In color II suggests the silvery
moon.
Young moonhsh of the size Of n
standard silver dollar-nnd they nre
scarcely any thlcker-are called dollar
fishes because Of their resemblance to
that coin in size and shape and color.
and the woman making the inquiry
about dollar fishes wns duly informed
that there was none In the tanks at
the present time. but that they did
have them occasionally. New York
Sun.
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PETTINe A HORSE.
" You Want to Please Him Rub Him
Between the Ears.

" You want 10 FIeAee MIN mud him
Between the Ears.
"Not many people know how to pet
a horse, from the horses standpoint,
at any rate" said trainer. Every
nice looking horse comes in for good
deal of petting. Hitch a fine horse
close to the curb and you'll find that
half the men. women and children
who go by will stop for minute. say
Nice horsy' and give him an affec-
tionate pat or two.
1.-THE trouble is they don't pat him
in the right place. II you want to
make a horse think he is going
straight to heaven hitched to a New
York cab or delivery wagon. rub his
eyellds. Next to that form of endear.
ment n horse likes to be rubbed right
up between the ears. In petting
horses most people slight those nerve
centers. They stroke the horses nose.
While well behaved horse will &C.
cept the nasal caress complaeently. be
would much prefer TINT nice. soothing
touch applied to the eyelids. Once
in awhile person comes along who
really does know how to pet horse.
Nine times out Of ten that man was
brought up in the country among
horses and learned when a boy their
peculiar ways."-New York Globe.
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c..ualtie. Exp.eted.

During one of Speaker. Cannon's bit
ter political fights in his district in ILL.,
nois the opposition resorted to dcspcr-
ate tactlcs. Among other things friends
of Uncle Joe were summnrily dismiss
ed from positions they. held in the pub
lie service. Some Of his friends be-
came alarmed at this. and one Of them
called on the speaker Mt his residence
and said. somewhat excitedly:
"Joe. Smith and Jones have just lost
their positions in the postoffice. What
are we going to do about it,
Uncle Joe took another puff at his
cigar and then answered. with benev.
olent smile: Nothing. II You go into
battle. you have got to expect to have
some dead and wounded"
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CAB Hire.

The price that one pays for taxi
today IL Just little different from
what was paid for. say. the hire Of q
sedan chair In days of old In the do
nestle accounts Of "AIIstress Nell
Gwyn" we read: "For chairing you to
Mrs. knights and to Mrs Cassells
and to Mrs. ChurchilI's and to Mrs.
knights, shililngs. For chniring you
yesterday and waiting eleven hours,
II sbilltngs Q pence. Paid 18th Oct,
1673."-Londou Chronicle.
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There Ii n very pretty custom In
some of the northern parts Of Europe.
There the white poplar in coed soil
increases shilling in value every
Ycar. The trees are generally cut down
ut the age of twenty years. us they
are then supposed to have attained
their full growth. When daughter Is
born in the family Of well to do
farmer the father us soon as the sea-
son permits plants thousand young
.rees, and these are to constitute the
dowry of the maiden. (which grow os
she grows and increases in height and
falue MS her virtues and beauty In
.rease.~
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ARCTIC TEMPERATURES.
zsrs Weather 10 Regarded ~ Mild and
Agreeable.


xsrs Weather 10 Regarded - Mild and
Agreeable.
According to eminent arctic explor-
ers. physical sensations are relative.
and the mere enumeration Of 10 many
degrees Of heat or cold gives no idea
Of their effect upon the system.
One explorer states that h. should
have frozen at home In England In q
temperature that he found very COM
Portable indeed In Lapland. with his
solid diet of meat and butter and his
garments of reindeer.
The following Is q correct scale OF
the physical effects OF cold. calculated
for the latitude Of IS to 10 deg& -
north:
Fifteen degrees above xero-unpleas-
antly warm.
Zcro-miid and agreeable.
Ten degrees below zero-plensantly
fresh and bracing.
Twenty degrees below xero-shnrp.
but not severely cold. One must keep
ones fingers and toes in motion and
rub ones nose occasionally.
Thirty degrees below zero-very cold.
Particular care must be taken Of the
nose and extremities. Plenty Of the
latest food must be eaten.
Forty degrees below zero-intensely
cold. One must keep awake at all haz-
ards, mufIIe up to the eyes and test tho
circulation frequently. that 1t may not
stop somewhere before one knows 1t.
Fifty degrees below zero-a struggle
for lIfe.-Chicago Record Herald.
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4 melaoRY OF TIE PAST.


~ uaelssysl 5sp Tkst Came VITA
~ littss Nd esars.
r WAS wonderipg the other dag
vAAt ons thing had given me the moal
Doaaslfo h ~ world, /" said the village
$1,000. n had to 80 back q long
vnye-eSear back into the blessed San
= Claus days-but recalled It. Il
Vas scarf I found In my stocking
- bright Christmas morning. ! got
o ~ ons, and my brother got . blue
en-. ! was q mighty proud boy that
uoening ~ trudgel downtown with
tAat rod scarf around my neck. !
wore II every day until the birds be-
gAn 10 sing In the springtims and the
lids were hunting mp their marbles.
I don't now remember who gave It to
~ nor what became Of II, but do
know that the memory Of It still clings
hks Q bsnediction.
s'eiDce the days Of that little red
oearf have had things OF far more
lntrinsic vaSns. have worn lodge
smblems Of high degree; hnve had a
eojd watch and chain; once had q
pair Of shoes that cost Is and neck
u that cost twice ~ much a. the lit
u rcd scarf. Nay. moro, l once tackled
Q plug hat But among these things
- recall none that give me such
genuine and unalloyed pleasure, such
Q swelled mp feeling. ~ did that little
rcd scarf way back in the days when
the wolf sat out In the road and
howied IT'S the little red scarf days
that stir the memory with 1T might
have bsen.' Osborn Kan) Farmer.
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Three sabh.ths Each Week In ranai.

'
Morocco is q country Of many Sab
baths. Tile first three days spent in
Tangier were all Sabbaths. Arriving
on n Thursday night, the next day was
Friday. the Mohammedan Sabbath,
which was followed by the Jewish
sabbath-the Hebrew element In Tan
gicr is considerable and strict In re-
iiglous observance-and that In turn
by the Christian Sunday. Subsequent
comparison. however, revealed little
difference between any days of the
week. On the Mohammedan Sabbath
a black nag Is hoisted on the minarcts
at the prayer Of dawn. instend OF. the
white flag that announces the time Of
devotions on other dnys. II remains
up until the middle Of the forenoon.
by which time everybody is supposed
to have found out what day It Is
New York Post.
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oAoetly after the death Of one -of
unsiand's greatest poets devoted ad-
iaizse Of his visited the little West.
meeland villages where the. poet had
lived and died to gaze reverently at
~ house. thu little church and at
eoDe OF bis favorite hnunA where
sons Of his immortal poems we're COM
possd.
seeing an old man ngtive of the
village), the stranger entered into con-
tsssatiou with him. rsmarking sadly
- tie 6aath Of the poet, to which the
"a man answered Kindly and encour-
asinsiy;
'.Ays. aye. stilj max M doobt but I
Wifs u carry re biznsss on"
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Drisf and .pIshy.

~ American law journal has quot
- ~ charge to Jury delivered by a
eBeAts 3udgs Donovan US the shortest
% fseosd. The judge said:
'0satismen Of the Jury. II you be-
1sve the plaintiff ind verdict for
plsintiR and NJ the amount. II you
bs1asve the defendant find 4 verdict
~ defendant. Follow the officer"
But an DnglIsh periodical caps this
brssf charge By quoting shorter one
0sliyessd By Commissioner Kerr. He
said 70 . Jury:
sTeat man says prisoner robbed him.
Ths ps3sonse says he didn't You set
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young man. said her father, ~
don't want you to be too attentive &c
my daughter"
Enthusiastically" stammered tie
timid young man, Il had hoped to
marry her some
Exactly. and I'd like to have you
marry her, but II you're too attentive
to her you won't have money enough
to do t."-Liverpool Mercury.
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NasIarisln,.

AZ tie literary club a sympathetic
crowd surrounded the humortst. whose
1oass bad besn robbed.
s.They cleaned ont everything" said
~ nan-'severything, but. thank good
1sss, they didn't swipe from my desk
~ naanuscript column Of jokes for
nat weeks papsf.r
Perhaps they knew" suggested
eoanstssf cyr,saily. 'that the jokes
I'D already been swipsd. NEW Or.
1sano Times Democrat.
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BRASS HORNS.
Tie Wsy the Thin, ssamisss rsbss
Ars Beat Without lMiury,

Tie Wsy the Thin, 0samiess rvbos
Are Bent Without iajury.
Eaxh0rns, 10 called after Z famous
Belgian family named 8Nx. who In
vented and introduced these instru.
fury. are the mainstay Of all modern
brass bands. They are manufactured
In many different sizes. from high DO
prano to the huge contrnbass or bonn
hartion. and the most important Of the
lot II the euphonIum. which supplnuted
the now obsolete .serpents.' and oplIi.
cleides. The tailest saxh0rn ever made
stands eight feet high and contalns
more than forty feet Of tubing.
The advantage Of seamless OF ''soIid
dra wn" tubes for such instruments az
trombones and horns u considerable.
since, no matter how good the Join
may be, sooner or later the action Of
the breath will wear away the solder.
To bend these thin brnss tubes With.
out splitting or denting the metal was
at one time very difficult. but. thanks
to a-most Ingenious arti1ce. the opera.
tlon IL now both safe and simple. The
tube il first washed out With chem
heal substance. such N Ii used by
plumbers to prevent solder from ad.
herring where 1t is not wanted. and II
Is then completely filed with molten
lead poured In from ladle. Thus sup
ported from within. the brass IL easiIy
and safely bent to the required shape.
the lead being afterward removed BY
heat.-rearson's.
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tn. Word ach.rl.s.n.r

"Charlatan." says a writer In the
London Chronicle. "is companion TO
'Quack' in our vocabulary. and Of this
word the origin is certainly Italian
It is 'ciarlatano.' merely a chatterer.
and describes the travelling doctor In
bis cart who used to offer In an over
whelming torrent Of Talk bis pills to
villagers In the market place. He was
dentist rs well as a physician and
wrenched out the tooth In public. The
genus is not yet entirely extinct"
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A self made, self satisfied and self
assertive itinerant preacher. was ex-
patiating to college graduate on his
own eloquebce.
Colleges" be declared, "qin't neces-
sary when a preachers got a genuine
call to the ministry. I'm thankful to
say the Lord opened my mouth with
out education"
That's interesting" returned his
hearer. "Come to think Of It. some
thing like that happened several thou.
sand years ago in connection with Ba-
ham, wasn't it?"-Circle Magazine.
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Why He earksd.

A witness in an Irish court talked 20
loud that Charles Philips. who was
counsel on the other side, said. Eel
low, why do you bark no furiouslyr'
Because" said the man. looking
aard at Philips. II think see thief!"
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a oeif.,,a rooI..

One Of the MOST striking features of
modern golf Ii the variety Of clubs
used to persuade the hall into the hole.
AZ matter Of curiosity | kept count
oe the different putters used by my
partners and opponents In the course
Of fortnigbt's play. The total mum.
Der Of species observed II over twenty.
London Post.
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RestIsss.

Calier-so your cook has passed q way
to better place? Hostess-Yes, but 1
don't know II she'll stay. Poor Bridget
was very Bard to suit.-Boston Tray
eler.
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Out 70 Work.

OUT 20 WorN.
awhat society needs i. clearing
house."
sWhat do you meanr'
II wish l didn't have to go to the
van Squawks' bail next week. The
Van squawks wish they didn't have
20 ask me. Why can't we exchange
certificates and call the thing evenr'
kansas City Journal.
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The Poor MiIkm.n Again.

The milkmnn was boiling over with
Indignation. Us
And you mean to say my milk don't
look right?' he snapped. "Why, lady,
this can Of milk is a picturer'
AAh., yes" laughed the keen house
wife: "a anc wafer color."-Exchanre
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Help your scoffed the irate house
wife. well. guess not. only as
sist invalids."
"Well. num-" responded Beefsteak
Ben as he tried to remove the bulldog
from his shins. "1ll be an invalid II /
stay here much longer"
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big ta!ker." declared the. indian
who; had been listening to local can
didate. '.Heap scrap
"And what II he y not electedr'
'Scrnp heap.",-Kansas City Journal.
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All In HIsI Head.

Instructor-Afr. Smith, kindly name
the bones Of the skull. Student Smith
Well. sir, I've got them oil In my
head. tut can't think Of their names
lust nSw.-Bohemiap.
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do you expect people to believe ev-
.erything you tell them7" asked the
constituent. -ss,
'sCertnlnly.r answered Senator Sor-
ghum. so long a. ! am careful not to
tell them everything beilsv&"-wasA.
iugtos star. ~ :.