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TRYING A DEAD MAN. IT IS OFTEN DONE BY THE BRITISH BOARD OF TRADE. The ProcertUnK Alwnj-s In Order a I. Son and Her Captain OOCH i Her to the Bottom. Me Generally Doe-.

The Sklpplna Rape Care. An eminent physician gays that some jf bis patients have rid themselves of iiany pounds of superfluous flesh by Jhe use of the skipping rope. One woman who, after serious illness which terminated in nervous pros, tration, found herself the possessor of 4Q lg Qf flegb Jn tQ usual fa agko( fa i a Je gufe eQK Qf As surely as the "crowner's quest" was not strong enough to rido a follows on the heels of i i BO follows the board of trade inquiry ou any great disaster at sea. It is prosaic- ally named perhaps, but no trial for murder is half so enthralling as this investigation, when a dead man is ou trial for the slaughter of hundreds take long walkH, aud day by day ehe 8 aiBOd flosil in bcr enforced laziness. "7 a in rope and begin with five minutes' exercise twice a day, said Gradaally iucreaHe flose a yorj arc i and of nothing else.

Take the exercise aud without violence. Yonr nerves 11 JKAA. i. t.u when the captain of tbo ship, though will be quieted, and when yon are tired lying fathoms deep, with the weeds cf you can drop at once into a comfortable the ocean tangled in his hair, is yet ar- chair." raigaed before a living judge fcr what The patient tried the prescription. he has done.

Awkward at first, she soon acquired We are supposing that the disaster to i gkill and as much agility was needed be inquired into is the loss of a great for her new exercise. At tho end of a liner, with hundreds of lives--one of i mouth tho scales showed that ten of tho those huge floating castles to whose enperfluous pounds had vanished, and protectiou men and women trust thorn- the nest few weeks showed a still selves as fearlessly as to that r.f their i greater dccreaf-'o in weight, without the own rooftrees has been flying England- tas unpleasant result. At tbtt end of six months tbo skipping rope was no louger needed as a prescription, but tho doctor's patient seldom lets a day go by without donning her tho iapressivenesp of an inquiry at the gymnasium suit and taking a few minutes' exorcises as sho i a it exhilarates her body and rests her Youth's Companion. ward with its load of a lues, ciiine a i i a and cry in r.i;:ht and disaster. There is about i trial nothing i of criminal courts.

Then; aro no aldermen in scarlet and fnr, no sheriffs in ruflles and sword. Tho judge, in and wig, is replaced by three quiet men in frock coats. They are tho president an-1 the two a a as-f-'-'orn--both captains of the royal navy Tbe pre-ideut i.s generally Sir. Marshaiii, tin) magistrate at a i and i i i i ure, i the i hair and the deepest bass voice in i world. It it, he who 4 i i i a i i i queptii i i i and p-nerally directing, i the naval assessors- with arms folded ou tin ir desks and jerk in a i i i and Komo Fp-cially point.

Tbo bench sits aloit, Iv-low in the well are the couit. wins wig or the- solicitors and various interested. There is i maims, 1 ot line, nnxious and pn nc'-upied in man ner, at hi" i i and ready to go i tin! box and s.wear I In- trust nnd confidencf: posed by his jieo pit- iu the a captain. Nay, pi a even tho i of thn himself, baronet and M. m.iy bo deen on crowded It is pf-r- hapc the lust di-uisti i h-is i a i and bo i i i i the eclipse of thn boaM that, his line II.IH "never lost a a i LONDON fonder In the heather there's a for sleep- iDB, DrinHfor one athirst, ripe blackberries to cat.

Yonder in the sun tho merry hares go leaping, And the pool is clear for travel wettriod feet I Sorely throb my feet, o-tramping London highways (Ah, tho springy IUOHS upon a northern moorl) Through the endless streets, tho gloomy anil bywayc, in tho city, poor among tho jioor! London streets arc gold-- ah, ifivo mo leaves BliUst Krny dikes and hedges in sun! London water's wine, out for all uo- i i for tho little brooks that tumble as they run! Oh, my heart id fain to bear the wind blow iUK, Soughing through thoflrtops up on northern Oh, ir.y un-acho to ECO the brown burns flowing TtirmiKli t.o peaty soil and tinkling heather bulls! --Ada Smith In Quarticr Latin. AN INNOCENT SMUGGLER. Diamonds lircueht In by Vnsnn- Thf Indliin Woodpecker. A rorri-s'pondont of Tho Times of India, writing on tho birds of Bombay, says-: "I have met i only ono spcricd of woodpecker, but it is a i common To givn a description of its colors by ono who did not know it would be sure to it is not easy, but any body ho ban i nco Pi-en a woodpecker wil it again, for there it- no other bird hkn it. If, does not perch among the branches of a true, i the other fowln jl air, mns up tho and lioiighs liko a squire, clmginj: i i its strong clawH ami propping ifs-elf up i i short, stiff a i Its hi.iid, Her.

crosswiri- on thn i neck, looks i thn a of a nnd it Moris' at i a to a fiercely at tho of the tre-i. I blows are delivered i extraor- i a a i i aii'l energy--indeed all a i i i i urn i i and a trade in a curious one. i birds aro Ir.mting for all of msi-eth a fly in thn air or on ground or i among I I tree 1 it, a hit-no thn.su i a havo defied i i Thoy wcro a i of tho if GO, 000 din- inoud smuggling case, and curi- OUH, bold tiiid humorous cases of a similar a r'oro recalhid. Ono mail who does odd jobs at dctrctivo work in thu largo department stores in tho fall aud soaKoiiH and bun similar work in ouo of the Saratoga hotels in th mini- mur wns an interested i all had told their i nud then, a i tho half Ktuokod cigur from his mouth, A. MOTHEITS ANGUISH HER SON DIDN'T KNOW HER, AND HE WAS-STARVING.

in on tlic Sti-tet tlic Skeleton In One Family Closet It Brought Into the LlKlit of Day. JOSEPH AT SIXTEEN Truly, tlm ironic god-, a made mien by buriuv, ing i i mink the br.i;;giirt's reward press'-d and i over! The ro are many and faces of si al.irmg men In Im seen--- a hi artren'tiiiK qim of in deep the a i of a i gtra. Iu a pen by i i are i it.s In i.s a i i 1, squam al HID i i an a a sharp, on what, grindstone, I know not I In lonuiio, which can bu i i nut lor a MI' thn or four i ih iirnn-d at i i s'tronK a hooks nnd also Min-ared, I i reporters i buy-, ol i lime, MO a i one" ami i i i in i various journals news i m-ies very M-an-hing 1 inn a whispering gronji on i i ot hirinueiit." press box and every nmv and a a of a i i l-e over the a i i and seix.i by it.s proper Mercury, who a i a disappears for i I'l rlnp.s if ba.s oc'nrr. nil a slune, may MM- one d.irl; laced mi in n-'-jilcnd'-nt imifonti 1 i i i i a by thn l.ri-ign gnvi ru meut to give i iiknco, Tho firht day ol iiii i i i i i is ly given over to map" and i i i i Huge and i sbt-i-M ojiein in i witne'-h box, a up to tbo I and pored hy i i It, i-, dread- a nt any pi riod. In th dry and fe end I prc.ieln to i reporters i to do.

The c.ouiisi I i a i to do a i Every Friday thn s'inmro, 1 Jew his week Tin- i i i i i i Thn verily hi i i a on noshnnnii, or Vcar'M day, a 1 is i a i in thn I'm-salieh Tol.i 1, the mau'H lortiino i i i yi ar a w.i^oidamei! by i a thn I not. i i i and i a i a but i cords i a i a and al, ant op, tu-d, a i in a year i 1 rernnled i i read, and i d. 'i (ilium i i hn a by pi nt i i a i A i i was i i i morn i m.itl.H bo a i but nobody Th'-re big ohort (jt counsel -counsel liie board counsel thn hue, eor.nsel i a i tbo counsel representing relatives ol tho dead. Inierest revives oomewhat i i ncr-'ind a dtad eiqitain's ri.s he- proved. Tho oihcialn of tin; i my all thi-y can 1'nrly.

husky i than the cherry, i tin; bos. rte.p- the are compassionate, skipper of a small a i a sighted i just bi i tin asti'r. The wilooj! i weru I i .1 up, and be heard bn sayf Tin) i ofiicers xi i thn box ai i are clos-ely (juc-i-tloiifd. I i i now is at ito height, lor here an; th: men wbo giapplcil i on a i i i dwk in lom-ly 01 i-an, and here, in thih crowdi-d tiny court in 1 bn of London, an; conn; to us. all a it Then coniLS oij'- of the i who hurvivei'-.

and tn. IH tin- mo--t i Cbting of all. li(; brings thn sc'-nn I fore uh--Ib'i i i i i just liufore thu caplitin iiah bi en toa--ted and thanked for bis skill and cam, tin: Btlddeu. alaim, the rush ami i-miiIIB'OII, the fnintic terror of f-rjum, the cool couragij of Others H(: paint.i aho pale and captain on budge, with his folded'arms, gung to death. And HO from day to day drags on the Blow inquiry 1ill we conn; to thn i ing.

The bavi; wud tln-ir say the aSHM-fcorii have rotired, ami now Mi Marsham n-arlh in bis i Hie judgment nf tbo court it i a IOUH judgment and touuhi-s a i and ainom: them tho Cajitain Miiinttuy, i i i i And ho Mr a i i i biw tiiuiighitm and i i i home to dinner, a a thn di-eji dart in and out of thy a i of Captain Miiins.tay.-'-J/jndon a i s( asidn MJI.II part of ins week's, i a i as his I i i he-art hn and by it, was i i among i pour. Them w.is no i-ollector iiei di-d gatiier i i it KIIVI- that, part, of his a i ingH freely to thosn who had to ml upon tin: of i morn fort a iirethren Irir i support. 1'uai Vi'-rxel raclunoiiim In-m, thn i of a was a saying i every wns a i i i i i i up to and did live up Maga. 1:1110. A i Sulei 1:1011.

A recent ol the i a account, of i ad i i a i of by a I i 1 which i onn of i i i Two brothers, advanced in tjiiarn n-d over a piece of land i they had i riled from i i i anil law. i i heard thn testimony on both fides and i i i i a both wen: wrong and both right, according to the (lill'ttront points of vinw. Then-Ion-, ad of rendering a jiirlgim-nt in a nt' either, lie onien a bn locked i in a i i beads fusten- f.u-t) to face and kept tliore i they s'uttled I i rjuarrel. This cuiigiusia a cort fit in i prisoners aro jilaced i thdir neck.s iiicjc-d i a huiti in a board. It 'jles hotiiewbat, tho stiu-Us which were iii-rid for i i of malt in olden i n.

When thn brothers WITH i i ill thn cangnn, they wero I a i i i a to- end rjf thn second day bo- i a i i i on i il.iy i i i a i i i i i i i and "I know cf a big ca.s'O in which the man who ftot tin; past tho customs odint was ignorant of tho crimo and never nuvln a cent by tbn operation. "It i 1 well a nearly all tbo big custom hoir-'o seizures aio tho result of tips given by enemi'-s of the unmg ith either tin i a or i a a names arn sent to tho utiKtoinij a i i i th" in a i a John i or Mary passenger on a certain ves-st iihonld hn watched for diamonds, dress guilds', laces or siome vah.iibl 1 art i i i or i try to tlirongli i paying Several a letter ot a i was ceived, and on the a i a of tin: hti-iirin-r mau was and i baggage was a searched. Ho (Inc.Ian-d a few Kwiss watches anil some other of jewelrj', but i a i elsii, nnd thn closest Mt to reveal a i i r. A few we' ks hitl 1 heard Nt ouel to tho s'loiy, and a thn point, i met a man whom I have for years', who told inn a In- camn nvi-r OTI i s'amn i a i a i i snuig- glt'r, and i i a he had helped 'do the a i fact worried i had taken tho i al-oari 1 thn man said, 'and cu-rybody was a ing a a i i i a i I bad a in my cabin, i was packed, ami I went, on deck get a glimp.so of Ihn papt.rs i on by the jiilot. One of our jjassi-iigcrs, an elderly i i i I bad met often in the course of the trip and who was on board for i 1'or i and bis queer sidled up to me, remained nniMt, of thu i i i wo went ashore, wn going ho mn a couple of canes and an old iiinlindl.i and askt-d me to carry them bi-cuuho hn bad much Inu'gago." 'Our a a was i and when thn jilaee beyun.l tbn house i I happened to i i I had li ft thu rimes and a behind.

I ran back and found them on tho floor in a linkage heap, i la a i more battered looking a it h.id bt'-n. As wn parti my i i i banded me uini (it tin; c.aiiuM and said, "Crinj: dot, to my lintel nnd I you and ho gave, me thn namo of a hotel in Konrth a n.uch I by A inw a i i a there and saw tho man. i was in high glsid to sen mo and to rcm our i i Hn mo a hn would leave town the next day, bnt look im; up when be cuino again. I bad already s.ud goi.dhy when my host happened to remember a Jin wanted to me i i i and ho went to a coriior of I he room and brought out the bat- tei'nd a "Hn uiiKc.rnwed thn i ivory a dle and showed mo a thn rod was a tube. Then bn took from an inner pocket a leather a opened i took a of tissue paper parcels, each of i contained a number of diamonds.

Thn i and of tho wily German told thn re and 1 knew a I had carrii ashore and ctimo dan- near losing a big consignment, of coniriUiaiirl "A long i afterward it became well established in customs circles a tho man i the Swiss watches and the man i tho rickety a were one and tho same, and a dos-pito tho inlnrmiitiou given to tho department tho goods camo in nf York Tribune. Shu was a stately, comely old lady, bnt there- was au unmistakable trace of sadness and melancholy upon her hand- Eonio features. Sho was well dressed, and within the ample folds of her black oilk gown there were surely numbers of places where she might havo found accommodation for a pocket, but iu accordance with the custom of her sex she carried her well filled pocketbcok in her hand, offering temptation to every thief or fiturviug wretch that chanced fo come along the dimly lighted streets. Sho was old enough to havo known better. As she turned down a side street, more gloomy than tho avenue, a lank and ill clad youth suddeoly dartod out of a hallway, flashed nt the old woman, and, i a word or look, snatched the purse which she so lightly held and ran at tho top of his speed up the street.

"Slop thief! Stop thief!" shouted the old lady, gesticulating wildly as she gathered up her skirts and attempted to follow in pursuit. The cry wns taken up by a crowd of newsboys and a few passers-by, but, although tbo thief was never lost sight of, ho was fleet of foot, and would probably havo mado good bis: escape had he not run right into tbe arms of a burly policeman at tho corner of tho uost avenue. The policeman shook the young low as a terrier i shake a rat and held him until tho old lady caruo puffing up. She arrived at length, i her umbrella upraised i tho evident intention of striking tho man wiio had flared to take tbo pocketbook she had held FO i in her hand. Suddenly and in a i i atti tudo sho paused and tinned deathly 1 Woudorful Student With u.

1'rotll- IfioiiB Memory. Francis Joseph was only 18 when he was proclaimed emperor, but the education of the children of tho Hapshurgs, ever since tho reigu of Maria Theresa, has been of a singularly austere and virile 'character, calculated to ripen them into maahood long before other boys have abandoned tho toys of childhood. As soon as they left tho iinrbory tho young archduke, aud his brothers, Maximilian aud Charles Louis, were subjected to an educational aud military discipline of tbe severest kind, obliged to learn not only French, English and TEARS OF THE GREAT tho cHssics, bat the principal idioms of tho polyglot monarchy, compelled to rise at daybreak, live on tbo simplest food arid spend whatever portion of their time not taken up with their t.tudies in acquiring the mastery of tactics aud strategy. Wlitn Francis Joseph attained the ago of 10, he was already au accomplished liuguifit and fairly well acquainted with chemistry and natural history. Then he gave his attention exclusively to jurisprudence, philosophy and diplomacy, under the direction of the famous jurist Pilgrams, Cardinal Ranscherand Metteruich.

Tho Jong list of his studies would appall tbo most diligent American s-'tudent. That tha ns.similation of so many scientific, linguistic and military subjects did not him his health was duo to hia prodigious memory, that royal attribute which, it is sairt, enables him to recognize the face of tbo humblest of his subjects, though only scan ouce, after tha lapse of yours. Tbo most important event in tho emperor's reign was bis coronation at I'est, which was the symbol and con- liof iu copious tears. ThoDukoof NOTED MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE WEPT'IN PUBLIC. Victoria's When Told That It AVns Her i to "Wear Crowu--Tho Three Iu lios- aiHl's Life He "Played the Woman." Many of the great people who have written their names largo iu tho history of their timo have been known to shed tears.

The majority, however, wept for others' woes, but smiled upon their own. Queen Victoria wept when infontied that it was her destiny to wear a crown and rale a vast empire. The incident was seized upon by Mrs. Browning for on3 of her most beautiful poenis, "She to Wear a Crown," aud her majesty has ever since been a waru-ad- tuircr of tho writings of this poet. Sixty years later, at her jubilee, the queen sobbed before thousaudsof her subjects.

Another notable occasion was at tho liberal of Prince Henry of Batteiiberg. As tho burial service was being recited Britain's monarch was seen, to be cry ing piteously. Oue will never forget tho universal lamentation aroused by tho death of tho Duko of Clareuco. Whou the cud came, tho Priuccss of who had throughout her son's illness watched him with tho greatest devotion, utterly collapsed and cried for some timo as though her heart would break. A few days later, as the fuuoral procession left Saiulringham for tho railway station, followed ou foot by tho Prince of Wales, it was impossible ta hido his grief, and the heir apparent was forced to fin; 1 re pale.

The crowd stared open mouthed The policeman tho man by the crown of St. Stephen, collar, but tlir.t was not soln reason which can alone invest that tbo fellow tell upon his knef.s. Ile turned as palu us i lady us he shook himself free, and i i hands i gasped: "Mother! I did not know you, i.nd-- and--I waH a i "John!" ejaculated thn woman iu accents of agony. "My My poor soul This is thu worst of a Ob, this is horrible!" Thn wretched man reached for her hands, but sho drew them away and buried her face i them. crowd looked on in i i uiicf ,11 i I out slowly reached tattered hoot i i pocket book ho had held it toward his mother.

"Como on!" said the policeman gripping tho man by tho arm and at tbo samo timo seizing tho purse Then to tho a ho added: "You mustcomo to the police station along of us, ma'am, and enter plaint." Instantly tho old lady (hew herself up indignantly and i a man- utr said: a do mean? You a mado a great mistake, ofiicer. This is not, tbo man who took my pocketbook. i let him 'o i It's rre!" bawled tho bewildered representative of tho law, i the purse toward the i i i old lady i of thn i 1 said f-ho. "1 never saw it i all my life. Why don't you let tin; poor man go'r" "Because I my to of the reconciliation of the house of Ilapsburg -Kith the Hungarian nation.

The Magyars, who hold to all nu-dia-val a i i more closely than any other KuropiMH country, believe a tho of legitimate hereditary i does not sullice to confer tho inllness cf royalty on i sovereign. Ho al-'o be tho custodian of tho tho contact of him with regal a i it is worth noting a tho term "apoi-toliu," one of the ollicinl titles of Francis Joseph, belongs to him only in virtue of hix rank as king of Hungary, on account of the apnstolatc of St. Stephen, tbe first Hungarian king. Tho peculiarities of tho ceremony, every onn of which had to ho i observed if thn i was to bn consider ed the a ruler of the Magyars, wero singular, lie was to put aside tho crown befoio ho had a.iceuded on hack a mounil compohcd of a Irom thu i snotionp cf thn archy and lunge i i i sword at each of tbe cardinal points, his di termination to the It; was i enjoined that the magnates and bishops in attendance should all be in their oiliuial robes aud on horseback, and it also essential ho should bu by thu prince com- primate of Lastly, the lung and queen wero fo dine in public, a i ed on by the groat i a i of tin A FEROCIOU'S PANTHER. and the to he tor i I i i i tin: i i Pome "Reminiscences of are contributed to the Dcnls-che Hevuo by Minn.

Horovitz-Barnay, thn i of tho a German actor. The a 1 wa sent to "woman a at Vienna, i a letter of i i by a of tho composer. Tho letter i ran "Mine. It. B.

is not to have i tho door shu.t in her face i She to bo taken seriously 1 H-Ip her all you can." And not only was tho reply. 'K's your son, 1 thd Bulims holp her in her own artistic; guess, and you're, or 'im." career, but be made a friend of her. and -she was allowed "My sou!" said tho old lady, sadly and almost tenderly. The man madt a s.tep foiwnrd. "My son!" echoed, with fine assumpl ion of scorn as sho rf-cuiled a foot or two.

a i Absurd!" Then, adjusting a pnir of gold rimmed glasses on her nose, sho stared tbo culprit calmly in the face arid i said: "I knew this man onco as a bright, hm, to seo more of his i i A I 'VH. "How do you tb.it i couple oppOHilt; are, m.irried.-" sih rnau with large buisinchK nf ni" W)f as th'-y Mil in tho caf: i i i i theater. Yon can't ttll a i abuiii it." "Oh, can't K- Kbf) lobftcr, and ho ordered a coujjli) of ham i and wicheM. Tliev'ro a i ail Dttroit Fruj Pn tt. i i I i Mrs.

i have, her i baptismal mum engraved upon i i i-ard i a of ihose of her i i i I i i n't. a wi.low, is H)H-':" 1 i i a i i i a she had i (A c.uds (graved oiicn upon v.lnch sh! siylisd hcrs'jlf i i a Ivigar i i and hn wns, no tip i it lor two or I days Unit Ini i i i i i i Ms-mi-d to i hit WIIH tho h'-ad of i It. IH lit vi'-r i-afn to ojili- too li b-i-way, you know i Lender. i i Ohnrl'is Martin, an Ruglis.Ii artist, lately quoted Dickons as i him onn day how i n.iuiti of Oliver Twist had suggested i to him. Thn a bad IOIIK his liraiiif to know what, niiino to beftow on tho parish when, nun day i i one of i i onl- i not conductur slammed tin- door and shouted out to thn driver, on, Oliver der, innocent, cooing baby." A sob was heard, but it was not sho who sobbed.

"I do not know him now," she continued. "Givo him tho purse and let him Whnn tho stately old lady had sailed majestically away, thn policeman gave bis pris'onnr ono powerful, hearty shake, then flung him from him. Tbn newsboys around for mud lifted for pelting purposes. But tho young man did not run aud thus afford good sport. He stood like one dazed for a few moments.

Then he hurriedly opened tho pocketbook and scattered tho contents into tho street. Those newsboys had a gala time, and when tho scramble was over thu thief, the starving scamp, tho prodigal son, was nowhere to bo Telegram. nvj- An interesting feature of tho Danish navy i.s a it. is entirely homemade. Hincn monitor Rolf Krako, i for them nt Glasgow in I early sixties, tbo Danes' havo constructed a i own shipc They havo more a that--they havo onco at least led tho way iu llio evolution of a typn.

Their Tordenskjold onmo before tho I a i a Lopauto and Italia and embodies exact- ly tbi) Hitnio idea--the gun heavily protected, no hide armor, but instead a pro- and work than any other woman. Brahms, abrupt and plain speaking to a a had uo patience i flatterers and On (lay a young Hungarian violinist, much puffed aud i talented, overwhelmed the compofer with fulsome compliments. Brahius lis- teurrl for awhile and then replied, "More exercise, young man, and fewer phrases," aud turned his hack upon bis- admirer. "Have you made all your preparations?" he asked a young lady who hart requested his advico as to should givo a public concert fst Vienna. "Yes, maestro," sho replied "May I play something to you?" th'it was not a I meant," ho on i pity.

"I only meant ha-, c- yon ordered your frock and 1 "Yes, astonished young lady replied. "That's a pity," i s-aid, "because otherwi.se I should a advised you Coburg-Gotha has also been seen to cry in public. In April, while thi marriage ceremony of his daughter wa in progress his royal highness a ob served to bo weeping. Mr. Gladstone during tho delivery ono of his great orations concerning th Hulgariau atrocities was so" carrier away by bis feelings a tears down his cheeks, and tho How of hi eloquence was arrested for a few inin utes so that ho might recover his com PD.SUIV.

The Grand Old Man's rival, Lord Salisbury, too, has bee known to "play tho woman." Th ttagic death ot tho Earl of Idi will not easily fade from one's memory When Lord Salisbury knew that olt" friend the c-arl had expired after ascending tho stairs at 1ho foreign oftico, he so overcome that for a tiirn he hoblcil bitterly. Thirty years ago tho Earl of Hals- bury, i hen plain Mr. Hurdingo i i i defending ex-Governor Eyre ron- ceriiing tin- massacris a had occurred in Having depicted Eyre pro- t'-cting thn people- from GilTard asked passionately for to doing his client WHS to bo done ile.Uh by persecution. "Good exclaimed, "is this justice?" ar.ilw. mid up his apostrophe by.

bursting into tears. Then tho court adjuuiucd lunoheon! When the lord chief justice known to iamo as Sir Charles Ru-sell, bo ou luany occu.siini.s by thu i i force of his eloquence mado judges viep bathed juries in salt tears. Ho has himsLlf, too, more than once I.ecu cu thuiiastic in his client's behalf a i the floodgates of eyes have been i-peiied At the historic trial known as the i'ar- 11 11 commission HO moved was lie during tho delivery of his great spwc-h in defense i.i Mr. Parnell that he for some moments, while many of the onlookers had damp eyelids. Professor Herkonn-r, Ii.

of his lectures that his well kiiowr picture, "Chulsoa Pensioners Ii: Cliurch," was painted against the advice of all his firenrls, bnt he completed it and sent it to tho Royal academy. What expectation, what anxieties and fears, were in that act! How ho waited Two letters, respectively by Leightoii I and Richmond, R. brought news i tliat the judges ou seeing the work i clapped their bauds. Horkoniev at tho timo was at a tickbed, aud as he read ho on his kuees and wept. When that bravo man, Dr.

Jameson, realized nt the battle which put the climax to his famous raid that ho had failed in his mission and was compelled to surreucler, ho burst into tears aud cried for some time liko a child. But it was not through fear for his own safety, but owing to the thought that his failure might placo his countrymen in jeopardy. Rossini, on Leiug asked how he liked Pagauiui's playing, said ho had only v. pt three times in his lifo--first, 011 tho failure of his earliest opera soccnd Flrnt With Dear Then Tncklva Hnn. "The sportsman who bus a hankering 'or exciting hunting," said an Arizona man, after listening to the story of a 'riund who had had several i i jncountera with tigers in India, "may bavo plenty of it anywhere among tho mountains of eastern Arizona.

Panthers ike those one reads about in talea of frontier life are still to ho met there iu all their pristine ugliness aud strength. I recall a very narrow escapa which I and another cowboy named Burke had two years ago in one of the forests off that state. We were returning to caruu after an absence of several days with a large herd of cattle, and late in tbo afternoon we missed two steers, which had evidently entered and strayesj away in the forest, along tho edge of which our journey homeward lay. wishing to lose tho animals in the forest, where thousands of panthers wero known to abound, wo allowed tho bunch of catllo to go on ahead, and, urging our horses on, went in search of tho beasts. Well, we had not gone very far into the thick of the forest, which was iu places covered with a heavy undergrowth of bushes, when we thought wo heard a noise resembling that made by the hoofs of a steer in walking through the brush.

As wo got a little nearer to the bushes where we had heard tho noiso Burke, who was a little ahead of uie, suddenly reined up his horse. Ho must have seen something that startled him, for he waved mo back and then cocked his gun. A moment later a big panther came into view, carrying a squealing cub bear in its mouth. Ic carried tho cub as a cat would a mouse, aud as it did not appear to notice our presence Burke took his gun from his shoulder, aud we both sat there, looking aud wondering what tho wild beast would do with its prey. "Our interest was still more exciteil when a few moments later the wailing mother bear made her appearance.

Kho was evidently afraid to tackle tho panther, and that beast appeared to know it. But presently tho panther put the cub on the ground, as if to pet a better hold of its neck, when bear plunged at tbo panther and caught; it round the body just iu front of its i legs. Liko a flash the panther flung the cub into the air, yanked Stseli' loose, and, turning quickly, jumped at tho bear. Tho boar knocked tbe panther to one side aud a second stroke of its paw scut tho big cat flying into tho bushes. But.

at this stage, of tbe fight tbo cub squealed onco more, and thu mother bear, seeming to forgot everything but her young one, rushed to its rescue. She had not, however, taken more a two or three steps when tho panther sprang at its' throat again. It.s aim was true, for it thu claws its foro feet iu tbo bear's shoulder and its teeth in her neck. The bear now struggled hard to shake tbo panther tiff, but she couldn't do it. Soon the panther tore tho bear's entrails out with its hind then it leaped away and went to smelling after the cub, had crawled over to a tree near where wo had been watching the battle.

"On came tho panther, Fuifliug along the ground for the cub, which hail re- troateil nutil it was i i ten feet of us. Then tbo panther paused, anil the first timo turned its attention, to Its attitude was ouo cf demmce. It crouched and curled its lips up in a hideous snarl, and Burke, rcMlb-ing tho danger wo wero in, raised his Winchester uud tired. L'ut his aim was too high, and tho savage beast sprang for my back, tearing niy ccat into shreds and leaving the marks of its claws on my shoulder. Once again the panther was about to jump for mo.

But this Burke put a bullet in a vital spot aud he panther fell dead. "Wo didn't stop to look around any that day for our steers, but tho nest afternoon another cowboy beloug- ng to our camp ran across their remains a gorge about half a mile away from I 1 rilP-J An "I i i a thtit Mrn Alimony IISIH been married a nimibnr of "Oh, yet 1 Hor often eoiiNults her on iiuiiiuitd poiulH nf law." i Lifo. vi-ry much exploded at present day. --Engineer. i 1 1 1 i i i i i i thn i i i imvuv iiiiiiii-ii mu, haul Dickens, "and 1 said to myself, "flint's thu name for my new Worth I Mrs.

Home-spun (indignantly) -Hero's an article says that in I'Virmosa II i Mr. Homespun -Waal, good wifo is MoiuouU. Xoltility. Certain i i is of blood and 3 who would be immortal for his posterity. Nothing can bo more absurd than the our gentry make concerning titles ami places nf precedence.

They aro of a mind those foolish ohl courtiers of Louis JQV and think a nobility consists in "Lc rlroit dn monter dans-la carossc i i They forget a a is called blue blond is often vofy bad blood. I know a (family of lung descent and high e.nui- iminion which has been in almost all pns.fibin ways. i r.iu ennobln it. a every member of it is marked by s'umo coarseii'-ss of physique, sonio lowliness of conduct, and this i a i i i i a and the i i of new bltir.d. This stock may safely be Inched pr.iduco in every gi'iicratuin ono inorti prodigalon dislMn i Every member of i i a ci i i i h.i- i i i of iibanio.

I poison in i I blood has hml its i I and must have, it.s in i i i i a i i i about 1 tinotion of Ihe race. Tbe i I a I has said, are i of i a i a i i i i I not they hhould bo i i d. I i a i ly, when in a boat with some friends a turkey stuffed with truffles, which had keen provided for their dinner, foil U1 St i time Paganiiii's pcrformuuco ou his beloved vio I Lord Eldon when attorney general was in tho habit of closing his speeches with some remarks justifying his own character. At the trial of! Home Tooke, speaking of his own reputation, he said, i i litt.lo inheritance I havo to i leave, my children, and by help 1 i leave ic unimpaired." Hero he slierl Uars, and, to the astonishment of I those present, Mitford, i solicitor ircuernl, began to weep, look at I Milford!" said a bystander to Home, Vooko. a on earth is ho crying for?" Tooke replied, "Ilo is crying to i what, a small inheritance Eldon's children are to get." J-'rom the e.xaiiipl'-h given it may la 1 p-oiicludid a i i a a a to i liuU-i Hi in! lieech- l-r said, ti arn i the ti by we si a i Ix-avcli.

i i A unison sin drcadli.lly a i 1 I pay?" Even his lawyer can't get i uny money out, of him were had shot the panther. Tbey aad been killed aud partly devoured by Star. Speed of nn The course which an earthquake runs is usually very rapid. From tho instant when the first shock was felt at Lisbon to the period when all was over anil many thousands of people killed not nlore than two minutes had elapsed. Usually from 10 to 30 seconds elapse between the first and last shocks of severe earthquake.

But this lightning speed.ia not always the earthquake's mode'of traveling. While Caracas, in Venezuela, was almost totally destroyed aud 12,000 people were killed in less than 20 seconds by the great shock there many years hack, there are cases in which constantly recurring shocks have Jested for No matter how brief the span, the most frightful havoc can be wrought and the wave of destruction propagated from the most distant regions. Tho rumbling earth sound travels at the rato of about 10,000 to 11,000 feet per second and the earth wave on au average about 1,200 feet in tbe same space of time. Obsolete CnrcH. It was formerly believed that epilepsy could he cured by wearing a diver ring made from a coffin nail.

Seven drops cf blood from the tail of a cat and blood from a recently executed i i a said to bo valuable remedies for lepay. To cure a felon or run around i the finger in cat's ear fnr half an fionr. For' toothache trim your linger nails on Friday or ent bread tlnit a i mouse has nibblfd or carry in your i pocket a tooth from a soldier killed in battle. Fnr ranula of tile tongue spit on i a frog. For alcoholism drown an '-el in brandy and make tho drunkard drink tho brandy.

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