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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1901:

·ZACK THROWER ON PROTEOTIN" | betwigged how he'd been done; but that didn't "Anglo-Indian" must have visited India.

hurt us, an' afore he'd finished his say about. in the way Lord Rosebery sa wittily described AN PRESARVIN',

us we had got our boat out o' th' reed an' when called on to speak at the Caluoja St. wor well on our way to Burgh. We wor Andrew's dinner. He said that he had not told mext mornin' that it war night on five been long enough in Turiia to be entitled to o'clock afore wherryman heerd owd Bea make a speech on his experiences, but only n-shutin' let him; an" Podd out o' th' boat-long enough to write a book about thent. house, an' by that time we'd got rid of our fish ah' wor in bed asleep. No," added old Zack, after he had emptied Brock's ale-mug be- fare the cel-catcher could stop him, "protectin? and presarvin' ain' no good at all.”

"You may say what you like," remarked old Zack Thrower one night at the Dog and Duck, when "Brock" Steggies the ecl-catcher, Josh Grey the fiddler, and Mole" Abishaw the landlord, were discussing that well-worn theme among the men of the marshes, the decrease of fish in the rivers and the scarcity of wildfowl on the Breydon flats and the marsh lunds; "you may say what you like, an' folks what call theirselves natcherlists may write what they please, but nuthin' ont make me beleave that Acka o' Parlyment are a-goin' to re-stock th' rivers or bring more fowl to th flats. Tis all werry well to talk o' presarvin' th' fish an' protectin' th' hads; but tell me this- Hey there bin more fish in th' rivers since th Acks wor made thas there wor afore, un^duth' fowl seem more plentifuller nowadays than they wor when there worn't no protectin'? You know these ain't nuthin' dike th' fish nor nuthin' like th' fowl, an' to talk o' presarvin'

IRONMONGERY IN INDIA,

** LITTLE BOBS.”

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["ST. ANDREW'S GAZETTE," BUENOS AYRES.)

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I jaid to myself, * Why did I not go with her, | and never mind what Dick said?"

At the far gate we found the pony patiently waiting, with his head over the fence; he had the bridle and saddle, an still.. We let him | pass into the "potrero* as we hurried out through the gate. As we were preparing to start off again Mrs. Fraser rode upto me." Mr. Wilsna," she said, "my little Margaret must be dead already had she been alive she would not have left her pony"...

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I was wondering what would be the future of this miserable, couple, when I suddenly noticed one of the peons painting straight in The first time I made her acquaintance was front of him with his rebenque." I gazed in the day I arrived of St. Lorenzo, the "estancia the direction, and a sickening sensation passed The Ironmonger is happy in the possession belonging to my friend Dick Fraser, whom I ever me, as i saw two large caranchos" rise of a correspondent in India who is evidently had not saen for nine years. It was a terriblyap out of the long grass and fly away, I had endowed with a very lively pen, as the few ex-hot day a strong north wind was blowing had enough experience in camp to know how tracts that we make from his contribution to clouds of fine white dust off the roads and fearless these dreadful the Spring issue of that journal will show. It whirling it across the camp. Around the wolls they are hungry. Then the poor mother who will no doubt prove amusing to Indian readers thirsty.cattle were grouped; they were too hot did not appear to observe the brutal birds, to learn from Angle-Indian that "legitimate to care to eat. It was a relief when we entered said quickly, "Oh, they must have found my trade does not exist in India. The cobbler de an avenue of tall "paraisos," and a few minutes little child í See, they are dismounting, let us clines to stick to his last; tailors sell boots, later arrived at the "estancia." The house was hasten; I shall be the first to speak to my an' protectin' fish an' bads is duszy fulishness, shoe-makers hats, chemists stock mouse-traps not very swell, but fairly comfortable, with a darling." (The poor woman seemed unable to and mincers; whilst bicycle dealers do a thrivwide verandah all round it. In front there realise that it was almost impossible her child annuthin else. Why, it's any last week us Jimmy Mial wor a-tellin' me that ontil he reading trade in opera scores and, Beecham's pills, was a large "monte " and garden.

could have survived four hot days without eat on a county council bill that reed pheasants Wine merchants sell tea and undertake bank.

ing or drinking, with a blazing sun beating [bearded itmice] wor spesbully protected that ing business; army agents stock perambulators,

down on her.) he knew they wór a-gettin scaace an' wuth toasting forks, and tin tacks." summut; an' do you think Jimmy is th* chap to luse a shillun or two on the ofchance of a pleeeman heerin' he'd shot a reed pheasant Tain't likely! As for the fish, now tell me, Are more roach or brame (bream) or pike caught by rods now than there wor when draw nettin', wor allowed? You know there ain't nuthin' like so many, you know tu that thi fish don't run to th size they used to fifty year ago.

The above is followed by a delicious piece of writing, which we (Adicate of India) quote in full although we cannot quite picture "Mrs. Commissioner driving up in state to hunt up a second-hand perambulator.

cried,

"Here you are, at last," said Dick, as I alighted from the waggonette. "I am so sorry I was unable to meet you at the station, but it was utterly impossible. Now let me introduce round "something," and they all took off their We saw the party in front gather in a circle you to my wife."

After the introduction we all entered thes. When I saw them, do so, I knew that house, and ege long were seated round they worst fears were realised, and that we had at last found "Bobs," "Then one of the Ken- table. (1 had arrived, at San Lorenzo at about nedys hurried towards us. "Wait one moment, The small native shops with which every half-past three in the afternoon.) nativė bazaar is crowded invariably contain à "Where is Bobs'?" said Strs. Fraser. "Ah worst. Oh stop her, do not let her see the Mrs. Fraser, you must be prepared for the selection of hardware. Although the shop- Mr. Wilson, you have yet to become acquaint-

ed with another member of our household.”. keeper caters chiefly for the natives, who No, no the addressed the comp

As she spoke the door was flung open, and seldom purchase such lines as frying-pans and any generally as "bor"), "is th dykin gridirons, it pays him to stuck goods of this the most beautiful child i ever saw stood, en en drainin, the strain-pumpin' au reclamin',

kind for the Anglo-Indian community who the threshold. She was small for her age, with is what ha' druv th fowl away; as it's thi patronise him. The wife of the "Commis long, waving, silky, golden hair; large, clear, dredgin' an' channel-deepenin' as has spuili sioner" (a functionary who is the Indian equi-violet eyes, fringed with dark, curling lashes the rivers for spawnin. If th' natch-e-lists" valent of a Lord-Lieutenant and receives as and a complexion of the most delicate pink (he drawled the world contemptuously) "an's income some thirty-six thousand rupees,

"Come and shake hands with Mr. Wilson," presarvers want to du any gond they should git (2,500 a year) will drive up in state, to the

said the mother, th' river commissioners to knock a few holes dingy retreat of Hadji Noor lux of the Sudar in th' river walls and stop interferin' with Bazaar, Beaures when a conversation takes rivers for filty year or so, That 'ud be better's place on the following lines: finin pour chaps for shutin' a bad now and agin in desestimme ur duin' a bit of nettin'."

Ab, you're right, Zack, bor," said Brock Steggles, who is suspected of occasionally using mher nets than eksetts when he knows that the water-bailiff is sotabroad. And the land. Toul and the fiddler, the latter of whom knows as much about netting and gunning as Zack, 'who could not play a stave to save his life, knows about tiddling, nodded a silent assent 10 the old milliman's remarks.

"I reckon you bain't bin a man to stand for. Acks of Parlainent which there wor a chance of gettin' a net roun' th' brame," continued “Brock," who knows well that old Zack has never" stand for" ánything of the kind,

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"Well," said the old man, “a man must live, an' alore I get charge o' th'÷owd mill I wor orfen pushed to lay hands on what 'ud buy me. a fair meal. You see, I wor born, as you might say, a fisherman, for when I won't no higher'n that there table I used to go a-smeltin, wi' my owd man on Freydon, an arter my own man died I lived for years on what 1 arned by eel. spearin, nettin', an' butt-dartin', exceptin' when now an agin I did a bit o' gunnin. So it wornt no easy matter for me to git a livin' when th' time come when they wouldn't let a man use any net in th' rivers but an cel-sett, Still, Tan' young Billy Burroughs, what was my partner, did pretty firish until he wor made water-bailiff, an' after that for a time we did better's ever. But Billy worn't bailiff only eigh teen months, for anter we'd had a pretty good night up above Hardley Cross we rth our boat ou to a make an knocked a hole in her; an when we dragged her on to th’liard at Reedham a Norwich, chap what had done a lot towards gettin''Acks made cume an'poked his muse into her afore we bad time to clane her up There worn much for him to sec, a-cause we'd landed muefish at Cantly; but there wor enow to make him look warry-owd-fashioned at I an' Billy when we came out oth' Eagle.

Arier that, a-course By wor a quirked man, anso wor 1 for th' matter of firat; but we did fairish well at times, a cause when we wot looked for on one river, chances wor makin'a tidyish bau! On another. But we near, got dropped on to Lone night up St Olaye's why, an' if it hadn't a bin for a scheine what come into Billy's hid all of a suddent-live, we should ha' had når net collared, au maybe had to pay a stiffish fine. What did Billy du? Well, Pi tell ye. You sec, owd Runnncies, who was watcher at the time-many's th' night's nettin' I had with owd Ben Runnacles Sföre he got, that job-he got the drop on us fist as we'd drawn our net an' started down th' river wi' half a boatload of braine. Ovd Ben war on St, Olave's Bridge as we went under it, aut as sune as he see üs he an' Podd, ''lenceman, come arter us in a gun-punt. Afore we wor a mile below th bridge they wor within a quarter of a mile on us, an' as owd Ben's punt wor a fast sailer, an' we wor heavy leaden', we knew it wouldn't be long afore be wor alongside us. wor for hullin' the fish over-board. hearin' th' net into th' reed on the off chance of bein' able to find it agin, an' then makin' a bolt for it across th' mashes; but Billy said no, he'd be blistered afore he part wi" ayther fish or net for ton Ben Runnacles or twenty duck footed foles like Podd. Then I axed him wot be wor ngoin', to dv, an' he says Wait you a bit, Zack, bor, an' you'll see.!' A-course"} racked my hid to think of what little game he woragoin' to play; but I knew 'tworn't no good a-tryin' to git him to say what it wor, so I jist sot still an' waited. Well, presently we rounded that bend in th' river jist below Witherden's pumpmill, ‚an' afore I knew what wor happenin' Billy had run our boat slap into th' middle' of a reel-shoal, Now then, Zack, bor,' he says, 'down with mast an sail. Tworn't no sooner said than done, an' then Billy says, Now, bor, you mustn't mind a wettin'; 'foller me,' and he jumped in Among th' reeds, where th' water wor high up to his armpits, a waded ashore, A-course I want too, thinkin he meant to make aboard for Witherden's plantin', an' bide there ontll awd Bon wor tired o' lookin' for us, but that .. wor too simple a plan for Bill Burroughs. This way,' he says, an' creepin, over th' river-wall, be run along the land'ard side on it till he come to Witherden's boathouse. Th boathouse wor locked up; but Billy knew that the key wor allus kept on a nail outside, just under th thatch, as he sune had th' door open." Thinks, What plaguey game-are you up to now, Billy, bor? Surely you aren't A-goin' to hide in there. An' we worn't nay- ther, for Billy ony sot th' door a little way open, an' then signed to me to hide wit him in asalls carr jist a-hind th' boathouse.

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Hadji Nour Bux: "God bless your Honour's greatness! Welcome to my shop. What will your Highness buy of the miere worn? Come along now madam, and look at each, and all, and every."

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Mrs. Commissoner: I want à perambulator. a cheap one,”

Hadi N.B. Here is good one second-hand, Thirty rupees I asking."

Mrs. CaNonsense: Framjee and Co. charge much less."

Hadji N.B. Then I saying twenty-eight rupee; that cheap by jingu.

Mrs. C. No no, much too dear.”

and white.

"I am Bobs," said the child, advancing and holding out one dimpled hand to me.

"Indeed, replied, "I am very glad to make your acquaintance, and hope we shall be great friends ere long."

Pefore I had been two days at San Lorenzo Bobs" and were firm friends,

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One very hot afternoon Dick and I were pre- paring to ride over to Carey's “estancia some very important business. As we were mounting our horses "Bobs" ran up to her father: Dads, shall I go with you? I don't mind the heat. I told mamma fan going my pony is ready, and I have some bread and butter to eat if I get hungry."

Very well," answered her father, you can She departs and visits the other “baziar *. come if you like. Go and get on your pony; shops, but, finding peraubulators of second-bar mind, you can't go your own pace, as we hand description to be no cheaper than at the establishment first visited, she returns to Hadji Noor-Bux, who meets her smilingly The conversation is resumed.

Badji N. B. "Missusa, will buy. Oh, yes, madaml Very nice perambulator. Very cheap you know. Twenty-eight rupee, Come along, you, giving twenty-eight rupee, and I giving bakshoosh box of chocolate for missuss's little boy."

are in a hurry, and must reach Carey's as soon as poss ble; so I do not wish to hear any com plaints if you feel tired."

But we were too late. With a despairing shriek the mother slid from her horse, and, rushing forward, flung herself down on what had once been her lovely child.

I have little more to say. No one knows, er ever will know, what really happened to "Bobs." We suppose that the child grew doubt injured herself, or struck her head on sleepy and probably fell off her pony, and no

unable to rise or to defend herself, and so the ground and became insensible, so was.

well, as I remarked before, when hungry, the

carancho" has no fear.

AMERICAN HUMOUR.

Strategy: Elder sister" Mr. Billmore said you were in the parlor a long time last night, but, I don't suppose you used much, gas. Younger sister-The reason you didn't see any burning, Emily, was because Harold care- lessly hung his hat on the door knob."

kiss from the bride. The sheriff gets both, an' I'm the sheriff”

The mistress (entering the kitchen" jane, didn't I hear a dish break a minute ago?" Th grad“ I hope you did, mem; it made noise enough. If you hadn't heard it. I should have thought you were wetting deaf, and that, you know, would be awful.”.

Steelton "I think the latest incubator has reached such a height of excellence that im- provement would be impossible." Clayton

I don't know about that. The man who should invent an incubator that would scratch up worms for the little chicks would make' a fortune.

Insurances.

"L'UNION" FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, LD. (Established 1828).

THE Undersigned, having been appointed GENERAI, AGENT, for the above at current rates. ∙Company, is prepared to ACCEPT. RISKS

Claims settled direct without reference to the Head Office.

A. R. MARTY, Agent.

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Hongkong, tih July, 1901.

NORTH GERMAN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF HAMBURG,

THE Undersigned AGENTS of the above Company are prepared to accept First Class FOREIGN and CHINESE RISKS at CURRENT RATES.

SIEMSSEN & Co.

Hongkong, 28th May, 1805,

Notice of Firm.

CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUS- TRALIA AND CHINA.

THE Undersigned has To-day RESUMED CHARGE of the HONGKONG BRANCH.

By Order,

T. H. WHITEHEAD. Hongkong, 8th July, 1901.

AN ELEPHANT'S SUICIDE.

Anecdotes recording the marvellous sagacity. often displayed by animals are numerous, and always interesting. Had I not, however, been an eye-witness of the incidents I am about to reinte, I should probably have found it rather difficult to believe that the slephant, besides being sagacious and often revengeful, is capable of feeling bumiliation and disgrace and, perhaps, remorse so keenly as to cause his self destruction. Early in the sixties when the iron horse was a comparative proceed in charge of military stores from stranger to Southern India-! was detailed to N to S (a distance of about 600 odd miles by road); and with a sepny escort, carts for the

string of elephants, camels and bullock conveyance of the stores break one moming on my long and tedious and other impediments, I started before day. march. Among the elephants was a huge. tusker, Sultan, a magnificent beast, one of the largest I have ever seen. But though huge and powerful, Sultan was very docile and obedient and showed great affection for his keeper Ab-", dulla and his infant son. He would stand for hours patiently fanning the flies off the child as it lay asleep on a scrip of cloth spread between his great forefect. One morning we had struck our tents and were getting ready for the day's march, when Sultan, with his mahout perched on his neck, was marched up to receive his load. But the elephant was in a bad teinper, and in spite of all his má- hoat's commands and threats he would not.i kneel to have his burden placed on his back. The mahout, determined to enforce obedience, raised his heavy steel goad and brought it down with force on the elephant's head; but the next moment the latter had coiled his trunk round the man's waist, dragged him off his lofty 1, perch, and planting one of his huge fore feet on the man's chest crushed him to death. The mahout's wife, frantic with grief at seeing her husband slain, threw herself and her infant before the elephant, crying to him that, as he had murdered their protector and bread-winner, to allow them to share the same fate. But beyond raising the child tenderly and placing near him, gently stroking its face with his trunk, he took no notice of them.

The last resor: Editorial writer-Bu what can we say! We don't know a thing against Smith and his crowd!" Editor "Well, we can at least refer to them as Smith and others of his ilk!"

MainWhat makes you, so sick?it hope you haven't been chewing tobacco. Towny-O-boo-boot No, ma'am". Mamma "I'm glad to hear that, but what" Tommy was goin' to chew it, but boa hoo-I seen you comin' an' 1 swallowed it whole."

Small loss: "Oh, sir, please. I have swallow- ed a pin!" exclaimed a servant-girl, running her employer's study, "Never mind Mary," he replied, deep in study--"never mind; here's another, drawing one from his pin cushion,

Breaking it gently: Clergyman (after being rescued froin the shipwreck"Mr. Smith, did I really appear scared when we thought all would be lost!" Mr. Smith-"I can't say that you were scared, but for a man who has been trying to get to heaven dl these years you appeared most reluctant to accept the op portunity." -

First lady passenger" If that window isn't opened this minute I know I shall die." Second ditto-"Who opened that window? If it is not shut, I shall die, I'm sure." Philosophical gentlemen-Conductor, please keep that window open till one of these ladies dies, then shut it and give the other an opportunity to quit this vale of tears,”

After this unkind speech I did not like to say what I thought, which was that it appeared to me far too long a ride for the little girl on such a hot day; besides, I was sure that had altered a word of remonstrance Dick would, in all probability, have encouraged "Robs in to go. Now, after shutting the last gate of Anglo-Indian edifies his readers with bis the San Lorenzo property, one was obliged knowledge of the domestic close-fistediness" of 10 cross a very large piece of camp, quite the Indian officials, who are typical bargain bare save for a wild bush here and there. hunters, in this wise-

One might easily wander for days without be "Three or four of them pig it in aing found in this great desert, as very few dilapidated bungalow, and the Collector people passed that way. It was a most lonely (Magistrate), on entertaining his colleagues ride to cross this camp; there were no sounds and others, feasts them on biscuits and pre; except the thud of the horses' hoofs; now, and served fruits picked up at a salvage sale! He then a "carancha" would rise out of the grass, ugla, to patronise the nearest European with a hoarse screech, and fly a short distance establishment, but in 'point of fact he grubs in away to wait until we had ridden past, then it the bazaar, or attends reach-me-down auctions would fly back to its former resting place on au chase bent. Should the average Anglo- We had galloped about a league and a half Indian at a small station wish to possess a

across this camp when "Bob" horse tell bath tub, he will journey, say, to Dastipore, and lame, at which Dick, who had not been in the there seek out the establishment of Jenkins and best of ten all day, became very angry. He Co., the incal grocers, dio, like most of the shop had been drinking rather heavily all the morn keeping element in India, describe themselves ing, which I think and hope accounted for his as wine merchants, and devote one counter cruel act. "Look here," Bobs," he said angri- to hardware. Having first learnt the prices ly, you must just go quietly home; neither I ruling the shops of Calcutta and Bonibay nor Wilson can accompany you, we have no Ironmongers, the enlightened customer soon time. Here is the key of the gate, be sure to discovers that Jenkins and Co, charge him a ¦ lock it after you. higher rate. He threatens to send to one of the cities mentioned for the desired tub, but on it being explained to him that Dustipore prices are "the same those ruling in Bam- bay and Calcutta plus freight, he calms down, and eventually gives an order for a second. hand foot-bath of venerable appearance. On returning to his 'molussil' (out-of-the-way station,) he discovers that he could have bought a similar article for two aquas (14d.) less had he visited the second-hand shop in the native 'bazaar. Should he be of corptilent habit and hasty temper he will, on making this discovery, probably die of an apoplectic seizure!"

The Viceroy of India will be interested to hear of the flutter he causes when he sccepts an invitation, to ten,

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"I will go to the gate with her," Į said, "sheit cannot return alone."

"Yes, Dads, please let Mr. Wilson take me to the gate," said "Bobs," beginning, to cry, "I am afraid to go alone.""

"Nonsense, you must go alone. Wilson and I are bound to be at Carey's as soon as possible."

"But it is cruel to send her a

all that way by herself; I can easily take her to the gate, and then follow you,” I remonstrated,

"Oh, bother take it all, man, I cannot lose all that time, and I must have you with me at Carey's to sign those documents. Not only that, but you are spoiling the child, encouraging her to be frightened; many a time has she ridden farther all alone,"

"More shame to you," I muttered, as I'jump- ed off my horse; "at least I will have a look at her girths. Let me put the saddle further back,

Robs,""

The wife of the Director of the "Official Intelligence Department," on finding that the Viceroy has accepted her invitation to tea, decides to purchase a copper kettle. She has read in Hearth and llome that they are fashion. 1 settled her saddle and examined the horse's able. She therefore sends a notification to the hoof. Then I kissed her, and helped her to various ironmongers-European and Native-mount, saying as I did so, "Now, Bobs, take thus -

care of yourself, and go at a foot's paco, and if the lameness gets better just make him gallop, to reach the gate as soon as you can; good-bye, dead"

"Good-bye," she answered, with a soh.

Jan. 1,000,

Lady Red-Tape wishes to know what Messrs. -will charge her for a copper kettle of English pattern, etc. It must be cheap or Lady Red-Tape will send her order elsewhere.” On the subject of credit and contractors Anglo-Indian expands his bosom as follows:-

As in civilised countries, the Anglo-Indian ironmonger frequently has difficulty in realis- ing amounis diving in him. We will suppose that a warrior in the Indian Staff Corps, declines to pay for his lawn mower. As is customary, he is presented with the stereotyped initimation that his 'account is long outstand ing. Eventually, when the account has become encrusted with age, the creditor, although still deferential, adopts a somewhat firmer tone Whereupon the man of war-and mannUTS-- thus replies ➡

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At this moment Dick gave his horse an im- patient bit with his "rebenque," so I mounted mine, and watched the child start. She gave one long look back at us, then turned her horse's head towards home. And Dick and I continued our ride. In my heart I detested my host for his cruelty to his child, and felt angry with myself for not escorting her at least part of the way home.

Fraser's business took longer than he had anticipated, so we were unable to start for home until four days after our arrival, and as Dick had given the key of the gate to "Bobs," and had omitted to tell her to bide it near the gate, we were obliged to take another routs which was much longer, so we did not arrive at San Lorenzo until two o'clock in the afternoon, The heat was intengo.

As we rode into the back patio Mrs, Fraser ran out to meet us. "Here you are at last," she said, "but where is * Bobs'? Is she staying at the Carey's? I thought she would tire.

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Waterman (shaking his fountainpen)You have no idea how easily these peas run!" is neighbour (applying a blotter to his trousers)

Oh have an inkling

A new jungle story: The lioness-"I hope won't hurt your feelings, dear, but the report is being circulated that your husband is a mun- eater." The tigress (sorrowfully)" Alas 1:1 have good reasons for thinking that it's only too true." The Ironess-"Yes? What aroused your suspicions?" The tigress-Four or five times, lately, I've caught the smell of tobacco. on his breath"

A paper published at Smithville, Ind, has the following item; "There will be an ice; cream supper given by Mrs. Susan Howard next Thursday night in the Christian Church Grove, to assist in raising funds for the funeral expenses of her husband"

Phonetic Spelling.

If you and I and ewe and eye

And yew and aye, (dear me,) Were all to be spelled ù and i,

How mixed up we should be! It jarred him: A Chicago broker recently found a postal card in his morning mall, read- ng as follows Dear Sir: Please huy me 3,000 shares of People's Gas at 95 cents, and sell the same at $1.15. After deducting your commission, you may remit me the balance in a registered letter. Your very respectfully, Mrs. Blank, P. S-My future patronage depends upon the promptress with which you act in executing the above order."

"Your name," said the obscure plutocrat, "is not near worth mine on the bottom of a cheque." "No," said the distinguished, yet impecunious, statesman, "but it can give yours cards and spades at the bottom of a patent- medicine testimonial,”

Admiration: "I have the grettest admiration fur the man behind the gun," said Mr. Dolan. Mebbe you're right," answered Mr. Rafferty; “but it always seemed to me it's the felly in front of it that's takin' the chances,"

Savagery: "Aid'do these Indian girls never evince a tendency to relapse into their former savagery ?" Tears sprang to the eyes of the mission worker, "Ah, yes !" sighed she "only last evening they set the table without putting doylies under the finger-bowls,"

A chief followed a beautifu) woman who were a diamond necklasė. Aš, he was about to

snatch it and run, the woman, thinking she was not observed removed the precious jewels and dropped them in the Street. Foiled mut- tered, the thief bitterly, as he urged away:

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Hully gee-SheI wonder who it was who wrote "Drink to Me Only with Thing Eyes" He--" Maybe it was the same fellow who invented the expression: Here's looking at yerel se

Barrackpore

June 11, '89. You--ironmonger. If you run meln I'll budnam (boycott) you everywhere,

A. PILLS-SNOOKER, Captain, 1st Bengal Bounders. "He is 'run in Anglice: summoned. The case is tried by bis half-brother, a Eurasian member of the Uncovenanted Civil Service, For one moment there was an awful silence, and the ironmonger does not obtain the fullest then Dick said hoarsely, "Has abe not come measures of satisfaction. In India justice is an back? I sent her home when we were a league expensive luxury. It is said that a section of and a half beyond the far gate; her horse got the judicial clement augment their strictly pro-lame." "By the time we'd got into cover owd Ben fosslonal earnings... Perhaps, perhaps not." His wife gave a heart-breaking cry. She had rounded th' bend, an' though it wor close "There is a considerable amount of contract has never returned, and you left the poor The following call for professional services on midnight there wor light enow from th' work to be dope in Hindustan. The Com- baby there in that lonely camp four days ago. | way sent by a local resident to a doctor. in a mung ahind the clouds to show him we hadn't missariat Department constantly call for tenders Get my horse; 1 will go and find my child.""" neighbouring town i "Dear Doctor: My gone on down th' river, - An', he could see, tu, for the supply of Goverment wheel-barrows, In less time than it takes to tell Mr. and Mrs. | wife's mother is at death's door. Pienge come that the door of Witherden's boathouse wor spades, shovels or picks. The Cantonment Fraser, myself, the two young Kennedys, who at once and see if you can't pull her through unlocked, so he thout as how he ought to bey Magistrate (an. Indian Staff Corps officer) also had just ridden over to San Lorenzo, and sev How did the peas know: "Oh, my dear

1. look inside afore he sarched th' reed shoal. has a certain amount of patronage in his hands, eral "prones" were galloping as fast as we daughtør, you should not be frightened and But he didn't like thliden'o' goin' in by hisself, Should his court house require a new corrugated could to the far gate. We were careful to take | gun from the goat. Don't you know you are'a so he got Fodd to go wi him. At sunë iren roof, or door-handler be required, he will some eatables and drinkables, in case, they: Christian Scientist ?!" But, mamma," et-

wor alongside the boat forward to the local or distant ironmonger the should be required, I shall never forget that exclaimed the litle girl of six

"the house Billy snaked out of the car, an' no suner necessary indent. If some indigenous Gov-afternoon, I know that there was no chance | billy-goat doesn't know it!! › worowd Ben in th' p'leeceman inside the boardrament schoolmaster is in need of go feet of of finding the poor child aliye, if we ever found" What is the marriage rate in these parts house then he shoyed the doortu on 'em, locked | wire-netting for the benefit of the denizens of l'her at all: Who would ever know what the - asked the stranger.who was gathering statistics.. it, an' halled 'th" key into th' river, Owd Ben his fowl-house, he desires the nearest ironman, had suffered those four days, bungry and thirsty, | "The marriage rate,” responded the native, pratty nigh lifted the thatch off w' cursin' when ger to supply him.

and, worst of all, alonu ? A dosen, times over | proudly, "la two dollars for the license an'a

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In those days each working elephant was allowed a pint of arrack as part of his daily ration. This was given him after his day's work was done, and it was amusing to see each one such apparent relish. And the intelligent brutes pour his peg down his capacious-throat with knew full well when their arrack" had been watered or when the dishonest mahout robbed his charge of a portion of his liquor. It trans- mahout that he had been in the habit of helping pired at the inquest on the body of the murdered himself to a peg out of Sultan's daily allowance of arrack, but on the evening before his death, while under the influence of liquor, he had robbed the elephant of considerably more than the usual peg, making up the deficiency with water. This was apparently the cause of the animal's ill temper, the blow from the heavy gond being the "spark that fired the mine. Whether it was from a continued feel- ing of resentment or remorse at having com mitted the crime I cannot say, but I fancy it was the latter, for Sultan refused his food, would do no work, and although he would molest no- body, yet he would allow none to approach him except the mahout's widow. When camp was struck he would take up his chaln, throw it across his back and fall into his accustomed place in the line of march. Arrived at the camping ground he would drop his chain and allow himself to be tethered.

We reached Sat length, and a Court Martial was called to try Sulian for the murder between two other clephants and took his stand of his mahout. The culprit was marched up before the President's table, looking as though he quite uuderstood all that was taking place." He was sentenced to be flogged, the punish ment being administered by two elephants almost as large and powerful as himself, stand- ing on either side of the culprit, cach-armed with a stout steel chain with an iron shot at the end. Sultan took his punishment quietly, and was then marched off to the lines, But the same afternoon, when he was taken with the other elephants to water at a neighbouring tank, he deliberately walked in beyond his depth and in spite of every effort made to drag him gut, he drowned himself.-C. B. B. in the

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