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Faintly and brokenly ah* spoke: ' "Marse Then, as she sank lower: As the pain left her body the wonted smile over her face. • • • • e . e In the town cemetcry there Is a carefully-kept grave, marked simply: LADY." NUT WAS BOOMERANG. W A Y By ROGEB BOCKtVT DEVILBISS. Copyrighted, 00S. bp TK* Author* PublUking Ocmpaw» "Mawnin', Mflfrse Bob, yo'se 'most *00 airly. I'se jest dis minit put de finishin' teecbes on dis office; yo' cut'enly do muss up de floo* pow'fully. I alius does dis las' 'case it alius takes de mos"--" "Too early for what, Em? You haven't found anything to tickle your fancy this morning, I suppose," in­ sinuatingly. "Lawd, Marse Bob, yo' needn't do no s'posin*. I'se a lady, I is. I nebbah did teetch nuthin' dat didn't b'lon' t* me." A guilty conscience needs no accuser; the insinuation was too fa­ miliar to be misunderstood. If there was one thing upon which |Cm prided herself it was her belief that she was a lady. A typical 8outhern darky of the "befo' de wah" type, of uncertain age, short, over- stout, she would waddle along for all the world like a duck, but with an inimitable dignity which she alone could assume. "I ain't one of dem no-'count nig­ gers what ain't had no raisin'," she boasted. "Dey's alius gittin' der- sel'es in trubbel with white folks, 'case dey ain't got no manners. I'se got raisin' and manners, and white folks r'spec' me, dey do." But Em's besetting sin was an un­ controllable impulse to appropriate her neighbor's property, simply because she believed she possessed a suzerain's right over everybody and everything. Garrulous to an extreme, with a ready answer for everybody, she was permitted more liberties than would be tolerated in another of her race. "How's Mis' Lu' an' li'le Marse Bob dis mawnin'?" she asked, her face broadening into its accustomed grin. She was too shrewd to let the conver­ sation follow its former drift. "Las' night I took her some of de bestest blskets dat yo' eber et Did Mis' La' gib yo' one?" significantly. Em had a way of atoning for past offenses with choice creation of her culinary art, but now sbe was bent upon revenging her wounded dignity. "Shaw! They weren't flt for a dog to eat I might use them to--" "Yo'se a lyin' now, Marse Bob. Dey aho' wus good. I'se a born cook, I is, an' yo' knows It. Mis' Lu' done sed so; she wouldn't gib yo' one 'case dey was too good to waste on a no-'count lawyer." Em's eyes beamed satisfac­ tion. She was evening scores to her own liking. "To poison my bulldogs, if they re- fnse to make friends with my neigh­ bors, when they visit my wood-pile at night," he continued, cautiously, with­ out looking up from his papers. "Great Scot! Marse Bob, yo' 'mos' •eairt me to death, shootin' like dat Yo' mighter killed me," falling blindly Into the trap. "What shooting! I never tried to , 4hoot you. I shot at somebody who was stealing my wood," Innocently. "Marse Bob, I'se dun sed dat I neb- toah tooked nuthin' dat didn't b'lon' t' me," with an Injured air. "I didn't steal no wood--" • ' " S o y o u s t o l e s o m e w o o d , t h e n . W e l l , :JM>w you must go to--" t' "Marse Bob, yo' hearn what I sed," emphatically. MI wus only makin' fren's with dem dogs, so dat dey'd "Don't the bible teach you not to steal?" "De bible say all men are liars, so dere, now, Marse Bob, yo' knows what yo' is," Ignoring his question. The way in which she said this was almost too much for her tormentor, but with a mighty effort he began: "Well, to-night I want you to pray like this: O Lawd, help Em to know the dif'rence 'tween a five-dollar bill in Mis' Sally's pocket and her's. If eber she takes another send the voo­ doo--" Em's eyes flashed. "Deed, Marse Bob, I nebbah teeched no fib-dollar bill. Yo'se tryin't' torment poo' Em. Object Lesson Intended for gatlon Had Effect Upon Minister. John Spencer Bassett of Trinity college, N. C., in a recent lecture scored religious Intolerance. He be­ gan in this way: "I was born in Tarboro, and In Tar* fcoro in my bodhood I went to church every Sunday. I shall never forget an object lesson that a clergyman im­ pressed on me there. He arose one Sunday evening in the fall with a fresh, green walnut in his hand. He held the walnut up so that we could all see it and said: " 'Dearly beloved, with this walnut am going to give you an object les- Bon. See me now remove the nut's rind. This rind Is soft, dirty, useless. profitless. It is like the church. Now I come to the shell. It is a hard, strong shell, a difficult thing to crack, but there Is no taste to it; there Is no nourishment In it; it is valueless, a thing to be thrown away. This shell, my friends, Is like the church. And finally breaking the shell we come to the kernel, which is like our own church. I f At this point the clergyman took out^;he kernel and found it rotten. He reddened, coughed and pronounced the benediction, and I understand that he was after that day liberal in all his views." "Too early for what, Em V* drib away de voodoo man. Dat's de blessed"" truf." Em's Imagination came to her rescue. ^0, "How can those dogs keep away j the voodoo man?" looking her squarely -In the eye. Em never quailed; lying . - • was a fine art with her. ^/;i< "De hants kep' a pesterln' me In pif tP7 sleep, an' a tellln' me dat de voo- | ' too man was a gwytn' to steal me. so rasseled in pray*r all night, and v de spirit say dat if I make fren'B with | ft bulldog, de voodoo man will take de $&.•: dog tnste'd." . |I;V Y "You don't mean to tell me that you £ fray, do your' fife "Yas, Marse Bob, 'deed I does. I'se >r>£ • V *sistent church membah, I Is. * . prays an' reads de bible ebery night ' .irmly, as a vindication of herself. "Marse Bob" was standing over her. I'se hones', 'deed I is. I'se ft lady an' a church membah." "That won't do here. You can't hoodwink me. You are ft thief and must go to--" "I ain't hoodooin' yo'. Mis' Sally nebbah sed I wus a thief," uneasily. "I'se knowed Mis' Sally eber sense she wus a teeny baby, and Mis' Sally alius sed what was hern wus mine, 'cause she 'most b'lon' t' me. 'Tain't steal- in' t' take what's your'n, la It, Marse Bob?" speaking rapidly, bat with in­ creasing assurance. "I am afraid it is--" "Yo' needn't be afred, Marse Bob, I's a prlv'leg*d puson." "I am afraid that yon must go to jail for this and also for stealing my umbrella--" " 'Deed I didn't know dat wus your'n. I thought some of you' cli­ ents Jest drapped It," anxiously inter­ rupting him. "China plates, watch chain, sack of flour, coal, chairs, shoes--" "Marse Bob, I nebbah took no shoes 'case I wears de ones de Lawd gib me an' dey nebbah wears out," eagerly, Em plainly showed that she was very uneasy. "Marse Bob's" manner was not at all reassuring. Usually he joked with her, but now he appeared to be thoroughly in earnest To avoid further embarrassment she picked up her broom and started to leave the room, but was stopped by "Marse Bob." The people of this town are tired of your conduct Now you must go to jail until you learn to know what is rightfully yours," be said solemnly. Em looked at him sharply a moment, and then burst out: "Marse Bob. I'se a lady; yo's been 'sultin' me Jest 'case yo' is a lawyer. I knowed yo' when yo' wus a teeny baby, an' I knowed you' paw an' maw befo' yo'. Yo' wus A good boy, only yo' wus tricky, Marse Bob, yo'd be a gem'man if yo' wasn't a lawyer." With that she turned and started out In perfect Indignation over such Insulting treatment She was thor oughly angry, something unusual for her. "Marse Bob," however, barred the way. See here, what became of those oysters I had sent here yesterday?" I ain't seed no oysters," sullenly, I wouldn't have cared about the oysters if the pail had been left. Now I must pay for both and I didn't get either." Em's face brightened, "is dat all Marse Bob? Jest wait a minit an i'U get de pail." And she started out again, forgetful of her statement of moment previous, in her eagerness to escape persecution. Marse Bob" was beginning to en Joy a hearty la*»gb over the encounter when he was startled by a piercing shriek in Em's shrill voice: "Marse Bob! Marse Bob! come quick!" He rushed out and saw a sight which almost turned his blood to Ice A large bulldog bad sprung upon "little Marse Bob," who had wandered out unattended, in pursuit of his fa ther. Before he could collect his thoughts Em had turned the dog's ire upon herself, flgbtlng a gal 11 m over •vhelmlng odds. Several other men came running to ber aid, but too late The child was returned and placed In his father's arms, uninjured; but tor REFUSED TO BE INFLUENCED. Wilkinson had what he called his "little theories" on various subjects. Being a citizen of Chicago, he natural­ ly had his attention called to the burg­ lar and hold-up man question and he had his little theory concerning that He took the position that Mrs. Wilk­ inson's system of household defense, consisting of tea-tray and.jBat-iron man traps and other ingenious devices, was fallacious; that as burglary was a science, setting at defiance locks and bars of all kinds, locks and bars were superfluous to a great degree. His idea was to trust to luck and to avoid exciting a nervous burglar, if one should stray into the premises, the danger of personal violence being in his opinion largely due to the absurd condition of panic to which house­ holders are subject under such circum­ stances. ' / A few weeks ago Wilkincnn was afforded the opportunity tojapply his little theory. Mrs. Wilkinson &nd the baby went awcy to a fresh-air and egg resort in the country and left him in charge Of the house. Before she left Mrs. Wilkinson cautioned him par­ ticularly about locking up at night and he smiled easily and said it would be all right. He did lock the house before he started to town In the morning, but at right be did not even latch the screen. Then, very properly, it happened that one night he was awakened by the cracking of a board In his room to see a dark figure standing by his bedside. For a moment his blood r^n cold and his heart thumped with such vio­ lence that it seemed that Its beating must be perfectly audible to the burg­ lar as well as to himself. Then with an effort he stifled the unworthy emo­ tion that possessed him. And it was with quite a firm voice that he spoke. "Good evening," he said. It was beautifully done. There was How a Judge Fortified Himself Against an Attorney's Argument. Committeeman Robinson of North Carolina used to be a judge in the Tarheel state. Cope Elias, an attor­ ney of considerable reputation in those parts, once appeared in a case before him. Robinson's mind was fully made up concerning the judgment to be ren­ dered, and he accordingly Informed Elias that no argument was neces­ sary. Notwithstanding this, Ellas be­ gan to argue. Judge Robinson again informed him that he need not con­ tinue, but again his word was not heeded. Sheriff," said the judge, calling that official to his desk, "have yon any cotton hereabouts?" The sheriff allowed that there were several bales of cotton just outside the co'thouse and, complying with instructions, he brought the judge a handful of the fluffy staple. The Judge stuffed a wad of it In each of his ears, gathered up the legal papers on his desk, and, beginning to read them carefully, observed: "Now, Mr. Elias, you may proceed." From the Washington Post Herbert Spencer on Boy-Ralslng. Herbert Spencer, the great English philosopher, gave the following advice concerning the raising of a boy: "Do but gain a boy's trust; «/A7ince him by your behavior that you have his happiness at heart; let him discover that you are the wiser of the two; let him experience the benefit of follow­ ing your advice and the evils that arise from disregarding it, and fear not that you will readily enough guide him." Mr. Spence* was a bachelor, and any father who has had trouble with his boy will at once recognize how thoroughly the philosopher un­ derstood the business of rearing chil­ dren. Unfortunately, however, Mr. Spencer neglected to explain how ft father may let his son discover that he--the father--is the wiser Of the two. Dietetic Requirements. It has been laid down as a physio­ logical rule that the requirements of adult diet depend not on the weight of the eater, but on the extent of his bodily surface. An Infant may weigh one-eighteenth as much as a grown man, but its surface is more than one-seventh as great. As the first re­ quirement of the infant's food is to replace the heat that is continually being lost by radiation from all parts of the bpdy, the latter friction deter­ mines the needed proportion of nour­ ishment rather than the former. But in the case of a growing child food is also needed to supply the Increase of the bodily weight In all an In- tant's ration may be five times as much as would be estimated from Its actual weight alone. Extending a We I coma. "Tom Turner and I boarded at the same shack in a raw Western camp one winter," said Senator Clark the other day. "We paid a big price and got mighty little for our money. One day Tom came home with two or three fingers (lengthwise) of liquid courage under vest, and said some­ thing about the money the landlady muBt be making out of us. "'Why, Mr. Turner,' said he, indig­ nantly. 'I am barely keeping the wolf from the door.' " 'Well,' Tom responded, recklessly, if that's what you're trying to do, Just open the door and Invite him in to din­ ner once. I'll bet he'll never come within four miles 01 the place again.'M --Brooklyn Eagle. just enough surprise In the tone to do Justice to the situation. He was pleas­ ant, though not cordial, exactly, and certainly not frightened. "You lie still and shut your head," said the burglar. "Don't be alarmed," said Wilkinson, coolly. "I have not the remotest in­ tention of precipitating any unpleas­ antness. I Just want to tell you " "Are you goin' to shut up?" demand­ ed the burglar. "Please don't allow yourself to get nervous," said Wilkinson, "and take that light out of my eyes If you don't mind. You want what valuables there are In the housq, of course. I shall surrender them, and of course later on I shall do what I can to recover The consequences may be able to you, for " "If you don't cheese it," said the burglar, "I'll " f "Let me finish," said Wilkinson. "To begin with, here's my watch under the pillow. It is not valuable, but I prize it- never ". As he spoke he raised himself In bed and thrust his hand under the pillow. As he did so he experienced a violent shock and a million stars and comets danced before his eyes. When he re­ covered he continued: "I prize it, nevertheless, for its a* sociations. And if you care to allow ihe to retain it I " "There, there," said the burglar in a sweet, gentle voice. "You mustn't talk Vet. The doctor said you were to keep quiet. Let me put this on your head." Wilkinson opened his eyes In sur­ prise and saw that the burglar was attired in a nurse's costume. He looked around and perceived that he was in a hospital ward. Now Wilkinson has a theory that the police department needs overhauling. --Chicago News. P l a n B i g W a r G a m e J Within 150 miles of New York city early next summer, say$ a Washing­ ton dispatch in the New York Trib­ une, there will be held the greatest exhibition of mimic warfare ever at­ tempted on this side of the Atlantic. Gen. Corbln, commanding the depart: ment of the East, with the approval of the war department, is making plans to mobilize 50,000 troops, includ­ ing all the regulars east of the Mis­ sissippi and the militia of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsyl­ vania and perhaps other states, to take part in a land campaign similar to the annual maneuvers of Germany and France. The plans involve the establishment of great military encampments for­ ty or fifty miles apart, and & hostile campaign between the two bases, sim­ ulating all the conditions of an actual state of hostilities. Negotiations are now in progress with several railway lines to arrange their schedules for the period of operations, so that the opposing forces may seize sufficient rolling stock and assume control of the right of way for military purposes without too serious inconvenience of regular traffic, and property owners in the districts to be occupied or trav­ ersed by the combatants are being warned what to expect and what com­ pensation the war department will al­ low them for the Inconvenience they may suffer. All the branches of the army will be represented in the ma­ neuvers, but the navy will not take part, the force afloat having purely naval problems to work out next sum­ mer. It is probable that the usual army problems at Forts Riley and Thomas next summer will be much curtailed In order that the war department may concentrate its resources to make the New York campaign more memorable. Gen. Corbln, who saw Secretary Root about the program, says he cannot yet disclose the exact loca­ tion of the maneuvers, but It will be close enough to New York to enable more people to witness them than have seen any operations heretofore undertaken in this country. He says there will be a much greater force engaged than at any time since the civil war, and that the campaign will be a valuable object lesson to Eastern people. He hopes to'make a more definite announcement regarding his plans in a short time. [ S a i l o n D e a d S e a ) w^SSSSS^SSSSSSSSSSSSSSESSESESSSSSSSS^^^EEIS^m ̂ So many false and foolish reports about the Dead Sea--that strange and interesting lake--have been circulated lately, that the truth will, no doubt, be acceptable. Since the earthquake in Palestine last April, someone cir­ culated the story that the mouth of the River Jordan had'been so affected by the shock that the level of the riv­ er had been altered to such an extent that at the place where the historic river goes Into the Dead Sea there was now a waterfall of considerable depth and strength. This is altogeth­ er false, and no change whatever has taken place at or near the mouth of the Jordan. The writer has just. spent some days there, and made it his special busi­ ness to Investigate this matter. Much has also appeared from time to time in papers and periodicals about steamboats navigating the Dead sea. This, too, is a fabrication. The only boat on the Dead sea Is a small sail­ ing boat about twenty feet long. • • • This vessel makes trips, as the wind allows, from the north end of the sea to the bay on the eastern side of the tongue that divides the water near the middle. Here at this terminus some Jews are located. The whole concern is, in fact, in the hands of Jews, who, at a low rate, buy wheat and barley from the Arabs, to b} delivered on. the seashore. From there it is shipped to the Jericho side, and carried on donkeys to Jerusalem, where it finds a ready sale at a good price. When adverse winds blow, the little craft is in danger of beiig swamped, for the so-called Dead sea becomes a living mass of waves. The writer recently spent four nights such as never will be forgotten on these waters, and the smartness of the old man at the helm and his boy with the sails saved us from being wrecked again and again. A charge of one mejedie (82 cents) a trip is made for each passenger, and for such a unique voyage it is not exorbitant There is some talk about a small steam tug being-put on the sea, but the authori­ ties are loth to grant permission. II will be a great boon when, if ever, It does arrive, as it will bring the east and west sides of Jordan nearer to one another for communication and trading purposes.--London Graphic. T h e M a n i n L o v e The Old Vine. The twisted vine may still be there to spread Its peaceful shads Above the winding pathway where A trelllsed arch was made; O'erhead the purple grapes may still Hang through In luscious rows. To lure each breeze that o'er the hill In wanton gladness blows. Perhaps the leaves still rustle there. And still, perhaps, the dew Oleams on tne tempting clusters wher® The sunlight glances through, m« nil That I might rob the vine But one who used to lift me high Ah. doe* h* share up In the sky, Tne memory that's mine? "When love--real love--comes to a man," says a photographic artist, who avers that he is after the character­ istic expression of a sitter always and would willingly sacrifice any amount of mere prettiness or clever effects to attain this, "it makes a new man of him. A plain man Is often fairly trans­ formed and glorified by the new look given his face and features, the new and finer expression. In a woman's face the change is less noticeable, perhaps because love merely brings out and Intensifies the tender and gentle expression natural tQ all nor­ mal women. A woman's face, of course, never expresses Its fullest loveliness or beauty until she really has .* been cared for by somebody, whether hftpplly or to her deepest sov+bm&KThe caring is necessary for r e/JMRPBt development of the soul jgqtttJ^ithat makes a face really in- 1 flrfre'ff* But a woman's face is apt i* iw Bon tender than that of a man. Jj^rptay. and then, too, women are more skilled In the way of concealing their feelings than men are. The man who is in love simply cannot hide it I know the truth the moment he stands before me--and It is well for my pictures that I do. "The man In love Is either beam­ ingly happy, quietly, tranquilly de­ lighted, or--nervously uncertain as to the outcome of his passion. The predominant feeling, in any case, is inevitably set forth in his facial ex­ pression the moment he allows his features to attain repose--as in facing the camera. The briefest period of repose wil^tell me when a man is in love--or has been, for the softened expression rarely leaves the face en­ tirely--and I try to work around and about, In the way of conversation, un­ til I touch upon some topic or Idea that intensifies that expression. And when I secure it, frequently after much Btudy and many exposures, there is a picture worth having. Love --real love--brings out all that Is best in a man and his t nature, and the picture lhat 'looks Just like you at your best* is usually the plctaire so attained." ' Man's Head to the Floor 6have Him. ft killed a fellow Inmate of the San Hippolita insane asylum, In the City of Mexico, the other day while professing to shave him. Campa induced the other man to remove his strait jacket. ^Klien this was accomplished he asked his com­ panion to don the garment, which he did without protest Then, laying his victim on the floor, Campa proceeded to drive a large spike through his head into the floor. With a shoemak­ er's knife, which by some means he had contrived to secure, he tried to shave his victim, but finding the lat- ter's position inconvenient, removed the spike and nailed the man's head to the floor In a different This operation he repeated four times. The dead man was a brother of Manuel Marron, prosecuting attorney in the Belem Criminal court, and a well-known litterateur. When news of the tragedy was conveyed to the lawyer he was summing up the case in the trial of Jorge Lezama, who was finally sentenced to death for murder., As the attorney asked the terrible penalty ifor Lezama tears were streaming down his cheeks. Samano Campa, who has been in the asylum for nine years, was a powei> ful man. He believed himself to be God on earth. Once he grasped a man who refused to worship him by the throat and struck his victim's head against the wall, fracturing the skull. Two years ago in a fight with another inmate, who also claimed to be God in heaven, Campa secured a club and killed his opponent. Mexican Water Cart. The Mexican "water wagon" Is ft one-wheeled barrow with but one leg upon which to rest when standing still. Battlea of Alphabets. Decipherment of the cuneiform sylla­ bary by George Smith of the Cypriote alphabet by the same scholar and op the Hittite alphabet by Prof. Sayce sheds light on a conflict among alpha­ bets. The battlefield was Asia Minor and the competing alphabets were the three named. All three, however, were vanquished bj the Phoenician alpha­ bet The Assyrian syllabary was backed by physical force. The victor­ ies of uargon and Assurbanipal had made the influence of Assyrian civili­ zation felt In the islands and penin­ sulas washed by the Mediterranean. Yet it seems never to have been in the running at all. Famous Yacht Now Coal Bargs. The old saw, "How have the mighty fallen," is aptly Illustrated by the coal barge Dessbrough now discharging a cargo at Providence, R. I. This hum­ ble looking craft was once the pri­ vate yacht of the khedive of Egypt, and she transported the famous obe­ lisk at Central park, New York city from Egypt to this country. Parisian 8tage Favorite. * < The prestige of being one of the most popular favorites on the Parisian stage of to-day Mile, de Vere haa de­ servedly won not only on account of her exceeding cleverness, undeniable youth and unusual physical attractive­ ness, but also because of her naive charm, distinguished as it is by the tact and graciousnesa of .the Parisian gentlewoman. Macedonian Woman Patriot. Katarina Arnautova, a Macedonian woman, has participated In a great deal of fighting during the Insurrec­ tion against Turkey. A correspondent describes her as about 26 years of age, of middle height, well set up and strong-looking, with blue eyes and brown hair, which she wears long, but done up under her black fur cap. She wore also a gray tunic of a mili­ tary cut and metal buttons, a leather belt, gray trousers and leggings of a dull, violet-colored wool. A whistle for giving signals was attached to ner watch chain and in her pocket she had some poison wrapped up In paper in case she should fall In to the hands of the Turks. She said she had been In six Important engagements and others of less importance, was a good shot and knew of five Turks that had fallen before her rifle. Fire Lasts Long* , A lire which broke out In the coal sheds at Gorham. N. H.. last August, %nd has been burning ever since, haa done a large damage. It Is estimated 'hat between lO.oOO and 12,000 tons of coal have been eou^imed. Much has i»een removed and millions of gallons of wat»? used to extinguish the fire. neli* Credulity Keeps Them In Sub* Jection to the White Planters and tof the More Crafty Members of Their' Own Race. stitiona which are not to be found in. some others of the West Indies. These | are a belief in some sort of werewolf or vampire, which Uvea on the blood of wayfarers, upon whom It 1« when they are abroad in the night time, or of sleepers whom it finds in lonely huts; and, second, a belief in what Is known in the British islands as the "rolling calf," a monster with blazing eyes, which prowls at night, clanking a chain suspended from its neck, and at whose touch men die. The following description is given of the typical obeah man:, "There is something so lndescribft bly sinister about an obeah man's ap­ pearance that he can always be picked out by on© who haa much to do with his class. Dirty, ragged, unkempt, de­ formed, there is yet about him an air of cunning authority. His small, pierc­ ing eyes peer viciously at the wit­ nesses arrayed against him in court for all the world like those of a cor­ nered rat Black men may be Been to turn as gray as ashes under the terror of that baleful gaze, and often it is only with difficulty that incrimi­ nating evidence can be dragged out of them. ThArizard's awesome pres­ ence, however, does not appall an un­ sentimental British judge. He orc^pra him 'twelve months' hard' and a sound flogging. Frequently the obeah man appeals against his sentence to the higher court, and in Jamaica it is not at all unusual for him to get off on some technical point, owing to the defective drafting of the law. Of course he tells the ignorant negroes that he procured freedom by his magi­ cal powers and thus their superstition is strengthened." British law punishes obeah with flogging and Imprisonment Neverthe­ less obeah is practiced by the white planters almost as a matter of neces­ sity in order to frighten the negroes and prevent them from appropriating the produce of the plantations. You may walk through your friend's banana plantation and notice a skull stuck on a top of a stick, a small bot­ tle full of dead cockroaches tied to a branch, or a miniature black coffin placed on a little mound. "Hello, old man!" you say, "working obeah--eh? I'll come and see you flogged at the jail." He tries to laugh It off shame­ facedly, saying there is really no other way to make "those wretched natives" keep their hands off the crops. That "is true. It is needless, however, to go to the trouble of placing these things about your plantation. If some night prowler has stolen your bananas, all you need to do Is to say next morning in the hearing of the natives: "It's all right, I don't care. I've got the footprint" You will see them whis­ per among themselves in an awe- stricken way and presently one of them will come up to you, nearly weeping with terror, and confess him­ self .the thief. The superstition is that if you dig out the earth upon which the robber has Impressed his foot and throw it into the fire he will waste away and die unless he gives himself up and takes his punishment DOG PLEADS BEFORE JUDGE. A Showed Conclusively That Ita Nature Was Not Vicious. An amusing trial has ended at Prague in which a dog played the leading part The owner of the dog was sued by an engineer, who claimed damages for a bite from the animal. He also denounced the dog a3 vicious. At the trial a veterinary surgeon who was called in tried his utmost to irritate the dog by teasing him, but the ani­ mal kept his temper. The complainant then demanded that in order to test its real disposi­ tion, its owner should be turned out of court and the dog let loose among tho audience. This was done after the dog had been muzzled. The dog, however, continued to dis­ play the greatest good humor, holding up one paw after another and wag­ ging its tall. Finally it ran to the judge, before whom it sat on Its hind legs begging in a most pathetic man­ ner. The judge thereupon pronounced the dog to be a veritable lamb, and gave Judgment for Ita owner.--Phila­ delphia Press. 8enator Hanna's Story. Senator Hanna started to tell some colleagues a story when one of them exclaimed: "Good heavens, Hanna; we've all heard that years ago!" "That so?" said the Ohio man. "Seems to me there's a lot of well-informed n*en here." "Oh, that's not the idea," said a third, "but the story was a chest­ nut In vaudeville shows years ago." "Fine places for senators to be picking up stories, I must say," retorted Han­ na. "Where did you hear it first Mark?" queried one, suggestively, but tUc Ohio boss refused to commit him­ self. Gaines Wasnt Invited. Representative Bingham was scan­ ning the list of members who were to be designated by the speaker to at­ tend the funeral of the late Represen­ tative Burk of Philadelphia. The list had been prepared by Representative Olmsted and submitted to Mr. Bing­ ham as the senior member of the dele­ gation. who, courtesy dictated, should offer the resolution of regret Upon the list was the name of Representar tlve Gaines. "Gaines! Gaines!" exclaimed the father of the house; "is he the fellow who talks so much?" It was explained that the name upon the list was that of Representative Gaines of Tennessee, who is occasion­ ally heard to make a few remarks In the bouse and has some,reputation for loquacity. "No, no, hell never do," said "Uncle Harry," seriously scratching the place on his head where the hair once grew; "a funeral Is a serious affair, and the dead should be allowed to rest in peace." «So Gaines of Tennessee did not .at­ tend the funeral.--Washington Oorrti spottdence New York Sun. • fev