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ail snorts at 'im quite a lot, but ho 

 sticks t' th' story. 'Yessir, ' he says, 

 'they was tied up an hour ago b' Jedge 

 Billings. It's straight. ' 



"Ad so it was. Pore Beii wa'u't even 

 stiff, u'r they hadn't got 'im laid out, 

 b'l'ore that .son of a gun an th' widder 

 was hitched duly 'cordiu t' law. O' 

 course th' boys .shivereed 'em, and then 

 give 'em three hours t' leave town, but 

 that didn't do no good. Jedge Sherman 

 had the widder an 'er wad, an pore ole 

 Ben gits uothin but a bang up funeral 

 an six feet o' dirt t' lay in. 



"All th' ole gang th't went in tub th' 

 Sweetwater rush r'members all about 

 this yarn ; an. say, I'll bet they wa'n't 

 one o' 'em but what's b'en more 'r less 

 leary o' widders sence then. They're 

 mighty queer sort o' cattle, these women 

 folks, an I gives 'em up. " — Exchauga 



Fashions For Men. 



It will not be long now before fashion 

 journals and plates for men are as firmly 

 established as those for women. This, 

 at all events, is the conclusion at which 

 one arrives on reading the long articles 

 which are being introduced into fashion 

 papers under the heading, "For Men," 

 or .something similar. The rapidity with 

 w^hich "this sort of man" evolves a spe- 

 cial etiquette de toilette for various oc- 

 casions is truly astounding. For in- 

 stance: "Patent leaif?^er shoes may be 

 correctly worn while in mourning. Men 

 in mourning, when in evening dress, 

 wear ties of black silk, not black satin 

 ones." Again, "Ushers at a wedding 

 should wear gloves of either pearl or 

 white kid, which match exactly those 

 worn by the groom, but it is not neces- 

 sary that his should be the same as those 

 worn by the bride. ' ' And once more : 

 "Men who have grooms should see to it 

 that they do not wear jewelry. It is bad 

 form. ' ' One wonders what manner of 

 men they are who must be told this lat- 

 ter item! — Westminster Gazette. 



The People of Aladeira. 



They are as harmless as their coun- 

 try. The stranger meets with no snakes, 

 and need not fear mosquitoes, neither 

 has he to take any precautions against 

 being molested in the most out of the 

 way parts. Everywhere civility, polite- 

 ness and pleasant faces will greet him. 

 The nrices [Lsked are erotesaue — often 



five times what w'ill be finally accepted. 

 Some find the absence of fixed price.9 

 abroad a great nuisance, but the bar- 

 gaining in Madeira is so good humored 

 and can be made so amusing that the 

 change of custom in this respect is rath- 

 er refreshing. 



There is one reason that may account 

 for the comiDaratively few visitors to 

 the island — there are neither golf links 

 nor cycling roads. All Madeira can do 

 is to provide a very limited cricket 

 ground and five miles of fairly level 

 road. Most of -the ways near the city 

 are paved with "nubbly" stones and 

 are trying to the feet, but in the country 

 this paving ceases. — Good Words. 



Surprised. 



"Weren't you surprised when he pro- 

 posed':"' 



"No. Why should I be?" 

 "Everybody else was." 



Time to Change. 



The late Lord Granville was fond of 

 telling a story at his own expense. 

 When the late shah of Persia visited 

 Loudon a few years ago. Lord Granville 

 was the British foreign minister, and 

 at the suggestion of the queen spoke to 

 the Persian monarch about the advisa- 

 bility of having fewer executions in 

 Persia. The shah replied that so long 

 as capital crimes were committed capi- 

 tal punishment must exist, but that 

 there were really not many executions 

 in Persia. In fact, he added, the last 

 execution that had taken place before 

 his departure was at the personal re- 

 quest of the British minister at Teheran. 

 Lord Granville said he dropped the sub- 

 ject and began to talk about the weather.^ 



Slaking Cigarette Papers. 



Barcelona is the center of the manu- 

 facture of cigarette paper. Two houses 

 alone produce 180,000 rejuns a year, 

 valued at $60,000. 



The younger sons of a marquis take 

 precedence of all bishops of the Church 

 of England, save those of Canterbury, 

 York, Armagh and Dublin. 



An application for a Canadian patent 

 costs |40, this sum including govern- 

 ment tax and all charges for the period 

 of six years. 



