The Brussels Post, 1911-7-13, Page 2FLIGHTS OF ROYAL PEOPLE
WHEN THEY HAVE HAD TO
LEAVE HURRIEDLY.
Borne of Them have Had to Flee
For Their Lives From Their
Revolting Subjects.
Immediately after the disaster at
Sedan, when the Germans captur-
ed the whole of the largest of the
French armies, the angry Parisians
called on the Empress Eugenie,
who was acting as Regent, to abdi-
cate. At the same time, an armed
mob of rioters poured, shrieking,
into the gardens of the Tuileries,
and the Empress, in order to es-
cape failing into their hands, was
forced to fly at onoe.
EUGENIE'S ESCAPE...
About Lour in the afternoon of
September 4th, escorted by three
friends, she passed through the
spacious galleries of the Louvre,
and, reaching the street, found an
ordinar hmre cab waiting.
anted only by her lady-in-
waiting, she got in, and drove
away to the house of Dr. T. W. Ev-
ans, a well-known American den-
tist
There she spent the night, while
the mob raged through Paris, and
vented its fury upon the Royal pal- as he had stolen enough to keep
ace. Next day Dr. Evans took the himsfor the rest of his enough
he was
ex -Empress in his own carriage, onlyloo kin st ofan is life,fe to clearw
and passed her safely through that
out -
day.
g
gates of Paris. Travelling all h a He got away just in time, for al -
day. they spent the night at
small country inn, and at noon an
the second day reached the coast,
whence an. English yacht carried
the Royal lady to England—that
never -failing refuge for fallen mon-
archs.
Eugenie escaped safely, and so
did Louis Philippe, the citizen -
honest man l" declared the smith.
nd the King went off, ohueklrn'g
to himself,
Oharle's brother, James II.,
achieved a most ,successful escape.
Attended only by Berwick, he slip-
ped out of -the back door in the
middle of the night, boarded a
small slciff, and so reached a fish-
ing smack, in which he ran down
the Thames, and across the nar-
row seas to Ambleteuse, in Pic-
ardy.
"AZIZ" AND "AS WAS."
To comedown to more recent
times, the only ruling monarch be-
sides King Memel who has been
forced to run for hie life is that
unfortunate young man the ex -Sul-
tan of Morocco.
Moulai El Aziz was not particu-
larly vicious, but he was weak, ir-
responsible, and a spendthrift. He
lumbered up his palace with useless
motor cars, bicycles, hansom cabs,
cameras: gramophones, musical-
boxes, and all kinds of modern
mechanical toys, and the result was
that, instead of Moulai "As is,"
he became Moulai "As was," and
had to fly for his life before the in-
cursion of the victorious Moulai
Hafid.
In the autumn of 1908, Cipriano
Castro, nominally President, but
really dictator, of Venezuela, an-
nounced that he was seriously ill,
and must go to Europe to consult
the best doctors. As a matter of
fact, he knew that his country was
getting too hot to hold him, and,
most instantly revolution broke
out, and General Gomez seized the
reins of government.
EXIT ZELAYA.
A minor Castro was General Zel-
ayo, President of the Republic of
Nicaragua. For fifteen years he
enjoyed a monthly income of $40, -
King; whose rule was swept away 000, and then, having acquired the
in the political whirlwind of 1848. modest sum of $6,700,000, must
Deserted by all his' courtiers, he needs run up against two Americ-
escaped, accompanied by his Queen ans, whom he tortured and put to
to the coast of Normandy, where he
ooncealed himself for some days,
passing under the democratic name
of "Mr. Smith." At last he secur-
ed passage to Newhaven, and ar-
rived in England, where, aroken in
health and spirits, he died two
years later.
HOW LOUIS LEFT.
Another th French monarch whose
death.
This brought the United States
about his ears like a ton of bricks,
and he was forced to clear out with
all speed. He reached Corinth in
disguise, smuggled away on a ship,
and—vanished 1
3•
A. DANGEROUS LIFE.
attempt to escape from his infur-
London Policemen Have a Rough
rated subjects was less successful, Time.
was Louis XVI. France was in About one in every six London
the throes of the Great Revolu-
tion, when, on a June night in 1791, ing the year.
a roomy coach was driven up to More than one thousand men
one of the gates of the Tuileries, were on the sick list from injuries
and stood, apparently, waiting for received while on duty, and nearly
a fare. But the coachman was no !seven hundred more who were in -
less -personage than Count Fer 1jured off duty. Some of the cases
son, a Swedish nobleman.
A hooded lady the Royal gov-;were so serious as to disable the
crness—with two children, came men for a week or more, and these
.. r and got in, and soon afterwards amounted to no fewer than 677. Be
sides these, there were twice as
many injured less severely, who
were not placed on the sick list.
The following examples show the
multiplicity of dangers to which the
police are exposed : 2,066 men were
assaulted or injured when making
arrests; 102 bitten by dogs; 51 hurt
by persons not arrested; 17 injur-
ed while dispersing disorderly
crowds; 44 hurt, some very severe-
ly, when stopping runaway horses;
21 injured when assisting fallen or
restive horses; 25 kicked, trodden
gallopers were in pursuit. At Var- on, or knocked down by horses; 31
ennes the Royal party found the injured (14 very severely) by ve-
bridge blocked, lanterns flashed, hides when regulating traffic; and
stern-faced mensurrounded the 28 were injured when extinguish -
u C.ick-set individual well muffled.
It sae the King; and an hour lat-
.. :.carie Antoinette joined the
ty. Then the heavy vehicle at
last rolled away, and, passing the
Barriere de Saint Martin, found
a coach with six fresh horses in
waiting.
Now, the Royal party imagined
themselves safe, and the horses'
• heads were turned northward for
the German frontier. Alas! treach-
ery had been at work; the flight
was already known, and at dawn
coach, and it was turned back,
Three days later the fugitives re-
entered Paris, where the find thing
that met their weary eyes was this
placard:
"Whoever insults Louis shall be
caned; whoever applauds him shall
be hanged."
ESCAPE OF CHARLES II.
No Royal flight in all history has.
been so charged with excitement,
with hairbreadth escapes, and am-
azing adventure as'that 'of Charles
II. after the Bottle of Worcester.
One incident of that, flight is worth
recalling.
The King, disguised as a groom
to Miss Jane Lane, stopped at a -know this hurts mo more than it
Village blacksmith's to have bis - dues you?"
horse re -shod. "What news have
you?" he asked.
"None, since the beating of those
rogues, the Scots. i have not
heard that the , miscreant C'hiirles
Stuart has been taken yet."
"Faith," answered Charles, if
be is taken., ire deserves hanging
more than all the rest for bringing
ing fires.
And a further large number suf-
fered by their horses falling or
throwing them, by cyclists, while
riding their own bicycles, at fire
drill,. by slipping and falling, when
examining premises, ete., so that
the total of injuries while on duty
for the year is brought up to 3,310.
THE TRUTH FOR ONCE.
Spank! Spank! ! Spankfl
Tommy was undergoing maternal
chastisement for eating the jam, at
the hands of his loving mother.
"Tommy," she said, when she
had paused for breath, "do you
And when Tommy was alone with
his brother, he produced a square
board he had concealed, and mur-
mured t
ur-mured- •
"1 guessed that bit of wood would
not duher hand any good 1"
Solemn Man--"IYo you hear that
clock ticking? Do' you know what
the Scots on English soil . it is ever bringing nearer; Cheer -
"You speak well, and like an ful 14Iun--"y^s, pay-day."
The Return of
John Trant
.3*
•_•
The whole thing happened so
quickly that Diok Wheeler could
not realise it all at once. Ile saw
the library door open beard his
servant announce "Mr. John
Trent!" and there he was, left
face to face with et man whom ho
had believed to be at the other side
of the world. •
Trant had not changed much in
appearance or .in habits apparent-
ly, judging by his uncertain •step
and glazed eye,'and Wheeler found
himself wondering how en earth
Lucy Kemster could ever have pro-
mised to marry such a fellow.
Wheeler found himself shaking
Trent's hand like one in a dream;
then Trant's voice pulled him back
to the reality of things.
"Well, Dick, old boy, how are
you ?" exclaimed Trant rather
thickly. "You didn't expect to see
me here to -day, I'll be bound, and
you wouldn't have seen me either,
if I hadn't come ashore with such
a jolly set of chaps that I couldn't
get away from them until every-
thing
verything was blue, so to speak.
"If it hadn't been for that, Dick,.
old boy, I should have gone straight
to call on Lucy; but that's out of
the question just at present, so
I've come here to ask you for some-
thing to take off the effects of my
little spree, and then if you'll let
me lie down on that sofa for an
hour, I'll be as fit as a fiddle. You
doctors are useful boys some-
times 1"
Wheeler looked with undisguised
disapproval at the shaking figure
before him, and yet the man had.
been a decent enough fellow until
he fell into bad company and
took to drink; but now and he
was engaged to Luoy Kemster !
Wheeler pulled himself together
with an effort,
"All right," he said, "go and
lie down on the sofa, while I get
you a draught g t from the surgery,
but don't leave this room till you
feel really fit; I'll -tell you why.
Lucy and` her mother are coming
here to tea to-day—they may ar-
rive at any moment—and you don't
want them to see you like this, I
imagine." Trent shook his head.
"Very well, then, take my tip, and
lie low until you feel better. Now
I'll get you the draught."
Dr. Wheeler stepped briskly from
the room, but half way across the
hall he stood .still as a sharp knock
sounded upon the front door.
"James," he said, as his man-
servant appeared in answer to the
summons, 'dif that is Mrs. and Miss
Kemster show them into the dining -
room, and then come to me in the
surgery.
Wheeler heard the voices of his
guests in the hall, and then James.
reappeared.
"Mrs. and Miss Kemster are in
the dining -room, sir," he said.
Wheeler nodded.
"Take this into the library and
give it to Mr. Trani ", said he
placing a small tumbler in the
man's hands. Then he hurried off
to welcome the Kemsters.
And while Mrs. Kemster's tongue
was busy with the polite tittle-
tattle of the tea -table Wheeler ar-
gued with himself as to whether or
no he should tell them about John
Treats unexpected appearance.
He decided in the end that he
had better do so, as he could do it
without giving the man away, and
thP9 might like to wait and see '
him. So, during a, momentary
pause in the conversation he turn-
ed to Lucy and, in as indifferent
a tone as possible, remarked:
"I have a pleasant surprise for
you."
Mother and daughter were all
curiosity at once, so, without more
ado, Wheeler gave them the news.
"John Trent has come home,"
Ise said.
He kept his eyes on Lucy's face
as he spoke. Was it fancy, pr did
a look of disgust hover in her eyes
at his words? Ho could not be
sure, but he thought so.
"Where is Jack, and when did he
arrive?" asked Mrs. Kemster.
"He arrived to -day, and he is
here, in this house, having a nap
after his journey," replied Wheel-
er. "Will you wait and see him?"
"If he wakes up before we go,
perhaps be will eome in,?' said.
Lucy, and then Mrs. Kemster turn-
ed the conversation.
At half -past five they rose to go,
without having seen any sign of.
John Trent. As soon as they had
driven off Wheeler went to the li-
brary and peeped in. Trant was ly-
ing still on the sofa at the far end
of the room, with his back to the
door, apparently fast asleep.
Wheeler hesitated, then closed
the door softly behind him and tip-
toed over to where Trani lay. He
looked down at the reclining figure,
hent lower still; then, with a green
start, went down on his knees and
began, with trembling hands, to
turn the sleeper on his back,
Beads of sweat gathered on the
young doctor's brow and a great
dryness gripped his throat es he
hastily examined that prone; figure
on the sofa beside him. Then ho
rose, and staggered over to where a
telephone stood on a table in the
corner. The number he called for
was that of another medical man;
but Inc voice sounded hollow and
uncertain as he s aolste for the ter-
rible truth held him horror-strick-
enn , john Trent wa4 dead,
Ten minutes later Dick Wheeler
found himself sitting opposite his
friend Dr, Wilson, listening meoh-
anioally while the other spoke, and
hatefully conscious all the time of
that motionless object on the sofa
near by.
"Yes," Wilson was saying, "the
nsan'is heart was in a rotten con-
dition, and the life he'd been lead-
ing had made it worse. He might
have died at any moment, of
course; so perhaps it as well that
he died here in the house of a
friend. What? Would a drug
have affected him? Why, of course,
it would probably hasten the, end,
but then nobody gave him a drug
did they? I say, old, man, what's
the matter? You look jolly queer?"
Wheeler rose from his " ohair
and began to pace the room with
long, uneven strides. He could
not speak just at once, but present-
ly he regained command of his
voice, and turned a haggard face to
his companion.
"Listen," he said hoarsely, "and
I'll test' you just what happened.
Trent turned up here quite nuex-
pettedly this afternoon, having.
come bank from the Far East with-
out letting anyone know before-
hand. He had been drinking heav
sly, and he asked me to give him a
drug, as he wished to pay a visit
to bis sweetheart later in the after -
neon.
"He was engaged to Limy Kem-
ster, you know," went on Wheel-
er with emotion, "and I was ex-
pecting the girl and her mother
here any minute. In fact they ar-
rived just before I sent James in
here with the draught. I told them
he was here, and when they had
gone, came in and found him like
this. It's an awful thing. What
will Lucy say?" he broke off dis-
jointedly.
"You are thinking more of Lucy
than yourself, old man."
"Why, of course. You see, I
love her," said Wheeler simply.
Wilson nodded. "Yes,. I guess-
ed your secret," he said; "but
honestly, my dear chap, you must-
n't judge yourself too harshly. You
had no idea that his heart was af-
fected, of course?"
"I. nevem guessed it for. ono
moment; but I ought to have made
certain, you know. I am morally
guilty, and must take the conse-
quences. First of all, I must tell
Lucy."
"You mean to do that?"
"Yes, I must. I am going to do
it now, as quickly as possible."
"Better wait till to -morrow."
"No, no, I cannot wait! I must
tell her at onoe. Will you wait
here for mei"
"AB right."
The young doctor hurried from
the room. and twenty minutes lat-
er was standing in the Kemster's
drawing -room. Lucy soon came to
him, and before he spoke she seem-
ed to read some message of disaster
in his eyes.
He told her what had happened,
in simple, direct phrases, without
attempting to excuse himself, but
•glossing over the state in which
Trent had called upon him. When
he had finished she looked at him
in silence for a time with troubled
eyes. At last she spoke.
"From what you have told me,"
she said, "I know that you did
your best for Jack; but you have
not told me all. As a matter of
fact, mother and I saw him in the
street. this morning without his
seeing lis, and I am sorry to say
he was not sober. I am afraid that
his condition did not altogether
surprise us, as we have received
several bad reports about him dur-
ing the last twelvemonth from a
mutual friend in Borneo, and on-
ly last mail I wrote to him, break -
"Did you thhink. I was going to 401M r
Mit suicide?"
"No, no; but I have news for
you.. You have no hand in this
tregedy, You have been mistaken!
You had nothing to do with it—no-.
thing whatever Do you hears"
"What do you moan?"
"I'll tell you, James came in
just now to make up the fire- and
I asked him about Haat drug, Jucle
Trane never took it. Do you un-
derstand ? He never took it, man 1
When James came in no was al-
ready fast asleep, and, though he
tried, your man could not wake
hien, During his efforts the glass
got upset, and, if you look on the
floor over there you'll see where its
contents were spilt!"
Dick Wheeler stood staring at his
friend in mute wonderment for
several seconds, Then he sank
down upon a ohair and covered his
face with his hands. The reaction
was, for the time being, too much
for his overwrought nerves,and
tears of gratitude
. for God's infin-
ite mercy forced themselves from
his eyes.
$ is 4 5 5 5
Six months later Lucy Kemster
became Mrs. Dick Wheeler, and a
happier couple do " not. exist.—
Pearson's Weekly.
MAKING 'TUE PUIILIC WORK.
Supplying Water to the Thirsty
Traveller in Palestine.
Administered charity is one thing;
an interested charity is a. commer-
cial enterprise. As an example, the
late Sir Francis Galton, in his
book, "Memories of My Life," tells
how water is supplied to the thirsty
traveller in Palestine. The invita-
tion to drink has a string attached
to it. At the other end of the string
is the payment for the favor re-
ceived.
The soil about Jaffa is perfectly
dry and wonderfully : fertile, but
only on the strict condition of its
being amply supplied with water.
Its environs are traversed by dusty
roads between dull mud walls, on
,the other side of which the richly
NEW 9TViE .
NEVER 'ANY FAILURE
OR DISAPPOINTMENT
WHEN -
'4t?CSiri' E
IS USED.
CONTAINS NCALUM.
COSTS NO MORE
THAN THE
ORDINARY KINDS.
MADE IN CANADA
BAGGAGE SMASHER STORY.
Why This Familiar Talo is Missing
From Current Literature.
"How is it," the traveller asked
the railroad man, "that we don't
hear any more stories now -a -days
about the baggage smasher?"
Well, said the railroad man,
"more care in the dandling of pas-
sengers' baggage is required now -
a -days, for one hing; andas ie -
AN UNONVERNABLE TEMPER
SERIOUS PHASE OF BAND!.CAPPED HUMANITY.
A bran Writee of His E:cper'ienees
of the Course of His
Life.
Only those who have an absolttte-
ly ungovernable temper know what
a terrible lialadicap it is in life;
It has been my curses and I thick
that in its way it is quite as serious
as being deaf or blind, says a writ-
er in London Answers. A man who
is deaf er blind gains the sympathy
of his fellow -creatures, but no sym-
pathy is. meted out to the sufferer
from my own affliction'.
A really bad temper is as awk-
ward for the person who owns it
as it is for those who are made to
suffer.
Scores of tines I have vowed to
myself that I would master it, but
I might just as well try to master
the wind as control my rage when
something occurs to rouse me thor-
oughly, and I have had to pay very:
dearly for the consequences many
a time. ;
I believe I am as reasonable as
other folk in the ordinary way, and
I do not think trifling annoyances
upset me as much as they affect
most people;' but when my temper
comes to the surface,- it sweeps all
other feelings ruthlessly on one
side, and for a time I am, more or
less, at its mercy. It is as though
some power takes possession cif me
and I am
MERE CLAY IN ITS HANDS.
Temper of the worst kind can
transform dear friendship into hat-
red in a flash. People who ignored
this weakness in me have incensed
me, perhaps with a single taunting
word, and turned me into a,verit-
able tiger instantly. There comes
a ferocious longing to avenge an
injury (an injury, real or imagin-
ary), a sweet joy in indulging that
longing, and thea the bitterest re -
watered gardens ire; so pedestrr- $helm
thing; 1 re -
There mast have been hundreds
ans, as might be expected, are of- when the re-
g p � tween the trunk smasher and? the of occasions in my life w t
ten thirsty. and covetous. trunk maker the situation is about suit of this wild feeling has done
I saw a_ sort of pump -handle with the same as that between the ar- me serious harm.
a spout on the side of the road, mored ship builder and the projec- I can now remember at least a
and an.inscription above bearing tile manufacturer, first one is i dozen times when it has turned suc-
some such encouraging text e,9 ahead and then the other. One' cuss into utter failure. Although I
"Drink! Here is water." day you may have a ship that can't I was fully conscious of the danger
Accordingly we pumped, and a be perforated, but the next day I I was running into, 1 had to let my
little water did certainly come; but y anger have its way.
sn-av r hard we pumped there is- t I have heard people say that ter -
sued no more than a scanty stream- rible tempers were a form of in-
let out of the spoilt. sanity, but I do not think so, for
.b Heard, all the same, a sound k h t 1'd d when thoroughly exasperated I
of abundance of water that never g 11 b 'lt d 11 d ted : never by any chance resort to brute
reached us, the cause of which was th t t 1 d `force.
soon discovered to be an ingenious dl' hard 1 Once I hit a man, and afterwards
ly arranged division,. by means of g I realized that, however tnuoh I
which the pumper got only a small the trupk smashrh is somewhat wanted to strike a blow, I must re-
past of the water he raised, and the lied 1 d t d' d ' frau Since then there bre been
garden got all the rest.
It was an excellent example of
the higher forms of commercial en-
terprise. They enrich all round,
but the merchant to whose initiative
they are due gets by far the biggest
share:
ma Put the projectile ahead.
"There have been. improvements
in trunk making as in all things
else, and just now you find a good
many trunks that are solid an rug -
ed, we built_and the adapted
to standthe strain ofravel an
rough handling, hard to smash.
With this advance in trunk build-
ing h b
vantag ; pace a a isa I moments of fury when I would have
vantage ;and so the trunid smashing given +.1.1 until t hit out, but
story goes, for a time
at least, into
a •decline; but a new and greater
and stronger breed of trunk smash-
er may at any moment arise; and
if that day should come, why, then
the trunk smasher will bo again on
top and we shall have a gladsome
revival of trunk smashing stories
with modern frills and attach-
ments."
—v,
WHERE LAUGHING IS ILLEGAL
A. Man in Berlin, Germany, Hauled
to Court for the.Criruc.
English law is occasionally sub.
ject to criticism, but for real com-
edy we are a long way behind Ger-
many.
In Berlin recently an ironworker
was sent to prison for a week be-
cause he laughed. Going along the
street he saw a merry -maker being
chased by a particularly stout po-
liceman, and the sight tickled Trim.
He was promptly hauled before the
Court for scandal.
Another man attempted to get
ing off our engagement. It was good into a moving train, and fractured
of you, Dick, to try and shield his leg. After six months in hos-
him, and, whatever is the out- pital he was discharged, cured,
come of this, I—I hope you will when the State Railway Depart -
count me as your friend, whatever ment at once prosecuted him for
the world may say 1" breaking their regulations. The
She held out her hand, and he law -and -leg -breaker Was fined
took it in both of his. Then, with, $1.25.
a few words of broken farewell and Stepping into an omnibus a man
gratitude, he turned away, unable trod on the foot of a lady, who was
to control the flood of thankfulness so annoyed that she said he walked
and despair that overwhelmed him. like a hen. She was fined $5 for
And as he hastened through the using this term of reproach,
Claire Waldoff, the Berlin singer,
outwitted the police, however. She
was warned that if she sang any
of her ,songs on Easter Sunday
there would be trouble. But the
streets to his own house he reviled
the cruel fate that had sent -Trent
to him that afternoon, just when—
had he but known it—Lucy was
free once morel
Well; the dream was over now, announcement was made that Claire
and Lucy would never be his. The Waldoff would positively appear.
evidence which he would feel it his She did—so did the police. And
she sang:—the German National
Anthem 1
The promised prosecution did not
take place.
duty to give at the inquest would
effectually ruin his professional
career, and with the happiness of
his future life, would be banished
for how could he, as a ruined doc-
tor, ever presume to ask her to
share his broken fortunes? The
thing was impossible, and Dick dis-
missed it from his mind.
He let himself indoors with his
Iatch-key, and flung his 'hat and
gloves listlessly on to a chair hi
the hall. Than he walked across to
the library, threw open the door,
and stopped in, the
Wilson was standing before
mantelpiece, and turned impul-
sively ab his friend's entrance.
"Ah, Dick :" he cried, and 'there
was a thrill of triumph in his voice,
"Thank God you have come back
at last!"
The other stared at hini gloomily.
"What is it, old chap?" he asked,
HIS FAVORITE.
A gentleman, in delivering one
of a series of addresses, excused
himself one evening far being lin-
able to speak on several points, the
mice, he said, having destroyed
part of his notes.
Later, while visiting in the neigh-
borhood, he !shed one man : "Were
you at any of any lectures, Roon-
ey?"
Rooney --"'bade an' 01 was, "yes
haver; all av thin."
Lecturer—"Which one did you
like best?"
Rooney—"'The wan the mice was
at, yer haver.. ';,,
6.
BREATH OF WOLF.
Persian Remedy if a Bone sticks in
the Throat.
A new and ingenious remedy for
a bone in the throat will be found
in an account of a Persian pilgrim-
age published under the title of
"The Glory of the Sha World."
The doctor was Mirza fladik Khan,
chief physician of the valul ul
milk:
I have never done so since. If it
were insanity to be burdened with
a temper such as .mine, I should
have thrown the consequences to
the winds and hit out.
RED LIGHTS.
Quite recently I had violent neu-
ralgia, which does not make one af-
fable, when a man, imagining I was
a dear old friend of his, gave me a
mighty thump on the back by way
of greeting. I turned round gasp-
ing with pain, and if ever a man
had murder in his soul, I had for
thirty seconds. Fortunately, it is
very few people who literally "Sots
red' when they rise to a supreme
passion. Red lights seemed to
dance about in front of my eyes,
and when the man who had struck
me saw my expression, I really be-
lieve he was terrified. Even at that
crisis I was sane enough to turn on
"The patient was brought in on my heel and walk away, although
the verge of death, and when his the effort bo do so cost me more
condition had been described the than anyone would imagine. Prac-
tically, I was a physical wreck for
the rest of the day as the result of
half a minute's frantic rage.
The man who can get up in the
morning knowing that nothing
could possibly ruffle his temper fills
me with envy. His day will run
smoothly for him, and he will not
be perpetually looking out for un-
seen obstacles.
For the unfortunate wretch who
has a diabolical temper lurking
somewhere in his brain there can
be nothing but unpleasantness in
store.
learned physician stroked his long
beard and exclaimed, 'By Allah 1
This ease would be hopeless except
for me, whose perception is phe-
nomenal. The cause of this man's
state is a bone lodged in the throat
so firmly that no efforts avail to
dislodge it. Therefore, either the
man must quickly die or the hone
must be dissolved, and by what
agency? Thanks be to Allah, I am
a physician and a Kermani, and
have observed that wolves, who live:
on raw meat and bones, never suf-
fer any calamity such as that of
the patient. Therefore it is clear
to me that the breath of a wolf dis-
soives bones, and that if one
breathes down the throat of a pa-
tient the bone will be dissolved.'
"Infinite are the marvels of Al-
lah, for when a wolf belonging to a
buffon was brought in and breathed
on the patient suddenly a fib of
choking 'ensued .and the bone, dis-
solved without loosened and ex•
tractc•d. .
FACT AND FANCY.
In Mexico every ledger, day-
book, cash-book or other record
must have a five cent stainp on
every page.
The trouble about a turning point
in a man's career is that it never
has any sign post.
Women sailors are numerous in
Finland,
Don't ask too much respect from
the world, For, down in your heart,
have you gob much respect for yens -
self ?•
TO MY MOTHER.
Deal gently with her, Time—these
many years
Of life have brought more smiles
with them than tears;
Lay not thy hand boo harshly on
her now,
But trace decline so slowly on her
brow
That, like the sunset of the Western
clime,
Where twilight lingers in the sum-
mer time,.
And lades at last into the silent ..
night
Ero one may nolothe passing of
the light,
So gray she pass, since 'tis the
eemmon lot,
As one wire, resting, sleeps and
knows it not.
Lady—"And do you guarantee
'these diamonds to be genuine 1"
Salesman ---"Certainly, lady. Why
they are as genuine as the roses e,4
your cheeks," Lady—al/4n. Show
Me something else, please."