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'I h e l o d e n S l n u i t l c u » .T h e m ost an c ien t of the New T e s ta ­

m en t m a n u s c r ip t s is th e one kno w n a s the “Codex S in a l t lcu s ," p u b l ished at th e exp en se of A le x an d e r II. of R u s ­sia s ince th e C r im e a n war . T h is codex covers n e a r ly th e whole of the Old and New T es ta m e n ts a n d was d iscov­ered In th e Convent of St. C a th e r in e on M ount S ina i by the ce lebra ted T ischendorf . I t is g en era l ly asc ribed to the fo u r th c e n tu ry .— New York Am erican.

X o l l i l n u T h e r e H I R I I u o v r ,D ru m m e r—Is th e re a s ta t io n e ry

s to re a t C row Bend?S tage D r iv e r—I cou ldn ' t say. pard ,

th a t you 'd find a n y th in g s t a t io n a ry a t Crow Bend, because they h ave a tw i s t ­e r in th em p a r ts 'm ost ev ery d ay w h a t s t a r t s th in g s m ovin’, b u t she 's lively, and I’m shore you 'd like the place.— Judge .

Tli*» ( i a y L i f e ."G ee!” sa id the o b se rv in g small boy,

“when I grow up I ’m go ing a f te r a p o ­litical job .”

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F r o m F o r c e o f H a b i t .“ M a b e l ! I ’m su rp r i s e d a t you, p u t ­

t ing ou t y o u r tongue a t people.”‘‘I t w a s nil r ight, m o th e r ; i t w as the

doctor going p as t .”— H a r p e r ’s B azaar .

N o S a l a d f o r H i m .I r i sh m e n a re by no m ea n s the sole

p e r p e t r a to r s of bulls , b u t th ey g e n e r ­a lly m ak e the best ones— or a t leas t the best ones a re a t t r i b u t e d to them . Of th is so r t is one found by a w r i t e r in the Boston Record.

“ Pa t , do you l ike le t tu ce ? ”“ No, sor, Oi don’t; a n d w h a t 's more,

Oi'm g lad Oi don 't ; fo r a v Ol did, Oi 'd a te i t— an d Oi h a te t h e s tu f f !”

V n p r e J i i d l e e d .Mike M cG innis was be ing exam in ed

fo r j u r y d u ty in a m u r d e r t r ia l .“ Mr. M cGinnis," a sk e d the judge,

“h ave you fo rm ed o r expressed an op in ion as to th e g u i l t o r innocence of the p r i so n e r a t th e b a r? ”

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replied .— Success Magazine.

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m y m aid w a s in m y boudo ir a r ra n g in g my hair .

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S a y s D a n g e r A v o id e d a n d C u r e s C o u g h s in 5 H o u r s .

A w r i te r fo r th e m ed ical p re s s s ta te s th a t c o u y h in g is re sp o n s ib le fo r th e b u r s t in g o f blood ves.se s q u ite f r e q u e n t ly . A co u g h o r cold m eans in flam m ation (fev e r) and cons:* stio n , an d th e se in tu rn in d ic a te t h a t th e body is fu ll o f poisons and w a s te m a tte r . S im p le re lief, a s fo u n d in p a te n t cough m ed ic in es .an d w h iskey , o f te n re s u l t in m ore h a rm th a n good: a s th e y ca u se m ore co n g estio n . A io n ic - la x a tiv e cough sy ru p w ill w ork m arvels and h< re fo llow s a p re s c r ip tio n w h ich is becom ing fam o u s fo r i t s p ro m p t re lie f a n d th o ro u g h cu res . I t r id s ;h e sy stem o f th e cau se , e x c e p t i t be con­su m p tio n . D o n ’t w a i' fo r co n su m p tio n to g ra s p i ts v ic tim , b u t beg in th is t r e a tm e n t w h ich cu res som e in five h o u rs . Mix in a b o ttle , o n e -h a lf oun ce fluid \vi d c h e rry b a rk , o n e o u n ce com pound essence ca rd io 1 an d th re e o u n c e s sy ru p w h ite p in e com pound. T a k e tw e n ty d ro p s ev e ry h a ’f h o u r fo r fo u r ho u rs . T h e n o n e -h a lf to one te n spoon fu l th re e o r fo u r tim es a d ay . G ive ch ild re n less a c ­co rd in g to age .

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Even before h is d e a th G eorge Mere­d i t h s a u to g r a p h had became a th ing of some va lue , a s ing le l e t t e r se lling fo r $25 in th e a u c t io n room. As for p o r t r a i t s of t h e novelis t , W a t t s and S a rg e n t (m inted h im a n d W ill iam S t r a n g m ad e fo r K in g E d w a rd an e tch in g of h im for th e K in g 's p r iv a te collection.

I rv in g B a ch e l le r 's new novel will be cal led "The M aster ." I t r e co u n ts tlie s to ry of a y o u n g m an in ques t of a fo r tu n e w h ich a w a i t s h im in th e hand.' of a m iss in g uncle. T h e « -—’es of tne s to ry m ove f ro m th e sem i-B ohem ian life of New Y ork to th e decks of an old schooner a n d a c am p in th e wil­derness.

Mrs. M ackay (H e len M a c k ay ) , the a u th o r of "Houses of G lass ," is in I t ­a ly ut w o rk on a long novel. "H a lf Loaves” is th e t e n ta t iv e t it le ; th e a u ­th o r says i t is ab o u t A m er ican s , and a l i t t le queer . H e r book of P a r b ' t n s to r ie s w as h a i le d as w o r th y of De M au p a ssa n t , a n d ach iev ed an un x- pected success.

T he p u b l i s h e r s of T o ls to y ’s works, a cco rd in g to a rece n t d isp a tc h f' 'om St. P e te r s b u rg , h ave rece ived an in t i ­m a t io n f rom T okyo t h a t th e J a p a n ese g o v e rn m e n t h a s p ro h ib i te d the impor t a u o n , sa le a n d c i rc u la t io n in Jap a n of T o ls toy 's w r i t in g s . Copies u i nre have been o rd e re d d es tro y ed on the g ro u n d t h a t t h e i r te a c h in g s am o u n t to a c o r ru p t io n of youth .

B yron w h ile m a k in g a jo u rney ro u n d th e L a k e of G eneva w a s d r iven by bad w e a th e r to seek re fu g e at O uehy a t th e Hote l de l ’A ncre . Then a n d th e re he w ro te "The P r i s o n e r of C h l l lon" w h i le the vis ion of th e cas tle w as s t i l l in m ind . T h e hotel survives, th o u g h it is now cal led th e Hote l d ’- A n g le te r re , a n d on i ts w a l ls h a s ju s t been p laced a t ab le t In m em o ry of the poet.t i n ’s novels h a s been b r o u g h t ou t in " T h e St. M a r t in ’s I l lu s t r a t e d L ib ra ry of S t a n d a r d A u th o r s .” D u r in g the la s t ten y e a r s th e vogue fo r the g en ­t le lady h a s g ro w n in to a cult a n d new e d i t io n s of h e r w orks a re b ro u g h t o u t w i th a s to n is h in g rap id i ty . H e r s to r ies , w h ich w ere once the rec­o m m en d ed r e a d in g for th e "young per so n " fem in ine , a r e now on th e r e q u i r ­ed l is t a t H a r v a r d for the y oung pe r­son m ascu l in e w ho w ishes to t ak e up th e s tu d y of E n g l i s h l i te ra tu re .

B e tw een E n g l i sh m e n , who for good re a so n s a n d bad h a te Russ ia , a n d the d e p u ta t io n f rom th e th i rd doum a, l i t ­e r a t u r e is s e r v in g as a m ed ia to r . T h e L o n d o n N a t io n say s : “ We have been te l l in g th e R u s s ia n s how m uch we h a v e lea rn ed f ro m th e i r l i t e ra tu re , w h ich is to o u r g enera t ion w hat F re n c h l e t t e r s w e re to the e ig h teen th a n d G e rm an t h in k i n g to the —-ly n in e te e n th c e n tu ry , th e chief am o n g th e h u m a n iz in g influences in E urope , th e y h a v e re p l i e d by affirming th e i r d e b t to Mill a n d S p en cer and D ae-’tn. B u t i t is n o t of l i t e r a tu r e o r h u m an sy m p a th ie s t h a t o u r official c lass is t h in k in g .”

I M P E R I L S L I F E I N POSE.

. S c u l p t o r W a n E x t r i c a t e d w i t h D i f l l - c u t t y f r o m ( ¿ u i c k i a n d .

One of th e m o s t re m a rk a b le w orks e x h ib i ted th is y e a r in t h e sa lon of F r e n c h a r t i s t s is t h a t of M. Paul Ca- pe l lan i , a y o u n g sc u lp to r whose w ork sa v o r s of r e a l i s m because of his i n s i s t ­ence t h a t th e m odel f ro m which he pa t­

t e r n e d h is su b je c t sh o u ld undergo som e of the a g o n ie s w h ich he wished to depict. " S u c k e d In " is the nam e u n d e r w hich th is piece of scu lp tu re is d e s ig n a te d in th e cata logue , and bu t one g lance a t t j ie w o rk is neci -a ry to p o r t r a y i ts m ea n in g , sa y s L ' I l lu s t r a ­tion.

Close to th e sea, subm erged in q u ick sa n d up h is a rm p i t s , w ith his body slowly s i n k i n g in the t reach e ro u s m ass , is a m an . T he u p tu rn e d lace ex p re sse s th e su ffe r ings of m ind a n d body w hich he is u n de rgo ing ; the s t r a in e d eyes a r e filled w ith the m ad ­n e ss of d e s p a i r ; th e m ou th , wide

open, Seems g a sp in g for a few las t b re a th s , a n d th e o u ts t re tc h ed a rm s a r e c o n te n d in g in hopeless s t rugg le w i th tne s a n d w h ich is suck ing h im down.

T h e re is a s t a r t l i n g rea l ism abou t t h i s piece of s c u lp tu re which Is not less s t a r t l i n g w h e n one l e a rn s th a t the Ingen ious s c u lp to r h im se l f posed for i t in a real q u i c k s a n d before the lens of a m o v in g p ic tu re m ach in e The u n ­d e r t a k in g was filled w ith m ore d anger t h a n e i t h e r th e sc u lp to r o r pho to g ra ­p h e r realized , a n d a id had to be called f rom t e r r a f l rm a beyond before e i th e r cou ld be e x t r i c a te d f rom th e qu ick ­s a n d w h e re th e y h ad r isked th e m ­se lves in the in te r e s t s of a r t . The ex ­p e r im e n t was a successfu l one. how­ever, a n d th e s c u lp to r s ta n d s as a s t r i k in g piece of a r t tak e n from real ' i fe .

T h e f htirrhat<>lnit Hnlilf .M any y e a r s a g o old Mrs. Pardons,

" L ad y P a rso n s ,” sh e was often called, l ived in a b ig b ro w n fa rm h o u se near Springfield . Mass. A w r i t e r In Our D u m b A n im a ls te l ls of I^tdy P a r so n s ’

t r u s ty .horse, in su m m e r p a s i u r e a near I th e house, a n d of h is S u n d a y h s h i ; - j

On Su n d ay m o rn in g s the h ired i..... .w as accustom ed to h a rn e s s the h o i - , a t the r in g in g of the first bell. an.I a t t a c h in g h im to the cha ise , t ie him to tlie post by the f ro n t ga te , to a w a i t the p lea su re of h is m is tre ss .

At the first s t ro k e of the second j bell Lady P a r so n s a lw ay s cam e out

of h e r f ron t door, u n t ied th e horse, an d e n te r in g h e r chaise , d ro v e to the wh i te m ee t in g house on the hill, w here the horse w a s sa fe ly she l te red d u r in g the se rv ice in one of the s ta l ls of the long row of horse sheds.

On one S u n d ay , for som e reason L ady P a rso n s was u n ab le to go to church , a n d th e re fo re th e ho rse was not h a rn essed a s usual. H e a r in g the first bell, the ho rse gave s ig n s of un eas iness , t r o t t i n g up to th e b a rs and w hinny ing , a s if to call h is f r iend, the h ired m an , to his u su a l S u n d ay m o rn in g du ty . T h is r e s t le s sn es s con t ln u ed u n t i l th e second bell sounded, an d then, in ev iden t d e sp e ra t io n , the horse leaped the fence, a n d fa l l in g I in w ith th e long process ion of c h u r c h ­go ing vehic les, t ro t te d u p th e hill to the m ee t in g house, went to h is accus tomed place in the horse sheds. • n ia ined d u r in g th e service , backed out as usua l when the o th e r h o r se s backed out. an d t ro t te d home, no d o u b t w i th a c lea r consc ience for h a v in g done the best he could.

T he P u l lm a n C a r C om pany , h av in g d e te rm in e d to keep its b e r th s free f rom ve rm in , a rm e d c e r t a in of i ts em ­ployes w ith an in sect ic ide com posed of tu rp en t in e , wood alcohol a n d co rros ive sub l im a te , a n d sene th em fo r th to slay the u n w a ry bedbugs t h a t m ig h t be in w a i t in g to d i s tu rb the d r e a m s of the w e a ry trave le r . T h e ev idence show ed t h a t w hile d e fe n d a n t in e r r o r in Pu l l m an Co. v. Caviness , 116 S o u th w e s t ­e rn R epor te r , 410, was t h u s engaged, he hea rd so m e th in g "pop ,” a n d sud den ly the f lames from th e l iqu id shot up to the top of th e c a r a n d severe ly b u rned him. T h e c a r co m p a n y had been us ing the sa m e p re p a r a t io n for several years , a n d no s im i la r acc id en t had ever been known. T h e T exas C our t of Civil Appeals r e v e rse d a ju d g m e n t for p la in t if f in th e t r ia l court, and held t h a t u n d e r th e c i r c u m ­stances th e re w as n o th in g to in d ica te a n y negligence on the p a r t of th e com ­p any in fa i l in g to no t ify p la in t if f of th e danger .

An in te re s t in g h is to ry of th e N a­t iona l A m er ican g am e is g iv en by the S u p re m e C o u r t of K a n sas in S ta te v. P ra th e r , 100 Pacif ic R ep o r te r , 57. A s t a tu t e of K a n sa s p ro v id es p u n i s h m e n t for "horse racing, cockfigh ting , o r p lay ­ing a t c a rd s o r g a m e of a n y k ind on th e first day of th e week, com m only called S u n d ay .” P r a t h e r w a s c h arg ed w i th p lay ing baseball on S u n d a y , and conv ic ted of a n offense u n d e r th is s t a tu te . He c o n ten d ed t h a t the word " g a m e ” a s used in the s t a tu t e should be co n s t ru ed on ly to inc lude s p o r t s of a s im i la r c h a r a c t e r to those specif ical­ly e n u m e ra te d , a n d should th e re fo re be he ld to exclude baseball. T h e Su p re m e C o u r t tak e s the sa m e view of th e m a t te r . I t d iscusses th e r ig h ts a n d h is to ry of the gam e f rom its o r i ­gin in 1839, a n d fo l low ing th e decision of th e M issouri S u p re m e C o u r t in Ex p a r te Neet, 157 Mo. 527, 57 S. W. 1025, 80 Am. St. Rep. 638, says t h a t It is a g a m e of a c h a r a c t e r e n t i r e ly d is t in c t f rom those specif ically e n u m e r a t e d in ! the s ta tu te , and , being or.e w h ich is u rg e d upon the you th of the l an d as ! t e n d in g (o .increase hea l th a n d p h y s ­ical d eve lopm en t , th e ban of t h e law sh o u ld no t be p laced upon it u n less it be show n t h a t th e L e g i s la tu re sp ec ia l ­ly so in ten d ed ; a n d as th e s t a tu t e is p e n a l in n a tu re , r e q u i r in g a s t r i c t con I s t r u c t io n , i t is he ld n o t to p reven t S u n d a y baseball.

T i l e l l n l j - o i l« - I V h i , K n e w .In th e face of te s t im o n y by an eye i

w i tness , c i r c u m s ta n t ia l ev id en ce m u s t b re a k down. T h e confidence of the a cc u sed m a n whose plea is reco rded by a w r i t e r in th e Chicago Pos t no d o u b t seemed to h im —a m p ly j u s t i ­fied.

" E l i j a h , ” said the ju d g e to the de- I f e n d a n t , "you have had a f a i r t r ia l . T h e p ro se cu t in g a t t o r n e y h a s show n by c i r c u m s ta n t ia l ev idence t h a t c a n ­n o t be g a in sa id t h a t you w e re In Mr. B r o w n ’s ch ick en coop on th e n ig h t t h a t h is hens d isap p ea red , a n d y our ow n a t to rn ey . In h is speech, h a s prac- | t l c a l ly a d m i t te d t h a t the th eo ry of j t h e p rosecu t ion is t rue . H av e you a n y t h i n g to say before the c o u r t p ro­n o u n c es Its d ec is ion?"

"J e d g e ,” sa id E li jah , r i s in g politely , “a ll I ’g got to say Is dls. I d o n ’t k n o w m uch about de law, b u t I does know h e a h s a y ev u m d en ce i s n ’t good, a n ’ a l l dese law yehs says Is h e ah say I o u g h te r know, foh I uz de on ly man in d a t ch icken coop flat n igh t, a n ’ I ’.v j d e n ie d It r a ig h t e r lo n g .”

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Mrs. C ra b sh a w —I’m keep ing them for com parison , my dear. I’m su re to c a tc h h im in a lie.—Judge.

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