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A TOOTHSRUSH FOR KOKO.

Costly Toilet Articles Purchased by Rich Girls For Their Pet Dogs.

A score cr more of dainty teilet arti- cles, gei'd mounted and jeweled, were scatter glass « r, and the ol! ; clerk inthe fashionable shop Was vaiuly endeavoring to satisfy t wi $c; a Gaughter of Wealth, who had every appearance cf having been spoiled by overindulgence. She had a costiy toothbrush in her hand and Was poxing » other articles with in a dissatisfied way. “This is ret goal] enough,’’ she said, ‘‘and the bair is not fine enough.’’

“It is our very best grade of goods,”’ snggested the clerk half apologetically.

“Then you ought to get something better. Yes, really, you ought,”’ ex- claimed the willful customer. ‘‘I can’t take such a clumsy toothbrush as that tome to my Koko.”’

“Ah!’" murmured the clerk, with a scarcely perceptible air of impatience. “Then you wautat brush for your dog.’’

“Yes, of course I do, and I want something very soft and very dainty,"’ replied the young woman. And, after a pause, she added, with an affectionate parr, “There isn’t anything too nice fer my Koxo."’

“Certainly not,’’ responded the clerk, with a cordial smile. ‘‘Here are some brushes of rare quality. 1 had over- jooked them. Here is one with hair as soft as silk and a handle of solid gold.”’ The girl fondled the expensive trinket for a moment, and, without asking the price, said, ‘‘That will do. Have it sent with the other things, please.’’ When this spoiled maiden’s father gets a bill from the fashionable jeweler, he will dogbtiess be moved to emotion by the entry,’’ Ove toothbrush for dog, $22. 50."’

t is no uncommon thing for shop- keepers in New York to be called upon to supply toilet <rticles for dogs, mon-

keys, birds and other domestio pets. Some stores maintain special lines of combs and brushes for pet dogs, and as & special concession to the enthusiasm of the fair owners of these pets the prices of dog combs and brushes are kept aristocratically high.—New York Times. Ths Biackguards of Malaga. ¥ Besides my man Mohammed there Were several other Arab passengers aboard, and the appearance of these, as they leaned over the bulwarks of the Seamer, was the signal for a shout of derisive laughter, curses and stone throwing on the part of the crowd of ill fed and ill conditioned boys who throng- @i the quay. For downright black- fardism pothing can beat the type of the youth of Malaga, whose expression, like their roorals, ie of as debased a type “could well be imagined. Howls of filthy language greeted the appearance of the Moors, who, had they disem- barked, would have run a great risk of being torn to pieces, so great is the an- tipathy of the Spaniards to their former fonquerors. The captain of the steamer sppealed to the police, but the two rep- Tesentatives of this noble body were busily employed in stealing figs from the cargo and paid little or no attention to the fact tbat an infuriated crowd of the worst characters of Malaga—that is fo say, the worst in the world—were Pelting the steamer with stones and mud. Affairs, however, reached a cli- max whem one of the Moors, who spake Spanish, asked after the health of Gen- ezal Margailo, the general who had been killed before Melilla, and then the cap- tain was obliged to order them below, though the ill conditioned crowd hooted and jeered until at sunset the steamer ey Harris’‘‘From Batum to Bag-

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Snott's Narrew Escape.

The world had aparrow escape of never having known a Sir Walter Scott. When a tiny babe, be was left in charge of a maid, but the girl’s heart was in Edinburgh, whither she wanted to go to rejoin her lover. She was, however, compelled to stay and lock after the infant at Sandy Knowe. The girl re- garded her charge as an obstacle to be removed, and afterward confessed that she carried young Seott up to the Craigs (under astrong temptation of the devil, as she expressed it), fully intending to cut his throat with her scissors and bury him under the moss

The Discovery of Iron. According to the traditions of the / Greeks, the first discovery of iron by the human race was made on Mount Ida, by a tribe called Dactylea It is said that the forest was set om fire by

lightning, and ao intense was the heat |...

of the great masses of fallen érees that the bed of iron beneath was melted and trickled in smal! streams down into the valley.

Iren In Architecture,

The use of iron in architecture is not so new as people are accu to think. At Delbi ise forged-iron colamn 60 feet high. It is 1¢ inches in diameter at the base and 12 inches et the top. Ita weight is estinrated at about 17, tong From records emtant it is reason- abiy certain that i wae already in ex- istence 900 years B. A

Antwerp’s Bells.

From the cathedral tower at Antwerp 80 bells have, for over 200 years, rung out music for the benefit of the people living on the green fields which border the Scheldt, Once a year, inthe month of February, the authorities select the. music, and the orgam plays every hour from the old masters of Christian song.

A Professional Bird Cateher. <. — Berliv pays a salary to a prefessi bird catcher, who keeps scientific educational institutions supplied with birds, birds’ nests and eggs apd he ie the only man in the empire permitted to do ao.

The train of the dress worn by ? erine de’ Medici on her marriage in 1588 with Henri, seoond son of Francis I, i king of France, measured no less, 48 yards in length and was ten pairs of pages.

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Millions of Frogs Rain Down.

One of the most curious phenomena of nature is the precipitation of frogs, fish, crabs, angleworms, ete., with rain from the clouds. The story is told in the annals of the French academy and may be found in the August num- ber, 1804. The narrative is by one Pro- fessor Pontus. In it he gives an account of an instance of millions of frogs which fell in a shower near Touleuse. He states that he himself saw numerous young frogs on the coats of two gentle- men who were out in the shower. Pro- fessor Pontus says that he ‘forthwith repaired to tbe spot where the storm had burst and found the roads and fields literally alive with young frogs gud tadpoles.’’ ‘‘In some places,’’ says the professor, ‘‘they were three or four deep ull over the ground, and the hoofs of the horses and the carriage wheels killed thousands of them.’’

Kconomy aad Morel. Wife—John, don’t you think you bet- ter give up trying to shave yourself and go back to the barber?

Husband—Why, of course not. how much I save every mouth.

Wife—Yes, I know that, bot then Willie is always around when you shave, and be is learning so many bad words. —Ohio State Journal

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The greatest of a] loxuries in central Africa is salt. To say that a men eats sait with his victuals is the same as saying that he is a rich man. Muugo Park says, ‘‘Phe long continued use of vegetable food creates s0 painful a long- ing for sakt that no words can enfficient- ‘~w describe in’

Dr. Kane's Simile.

Dr. Elisha Kane, the arctic explorer, on being asked what he thought of a certain after dinner speech, replied that it was like an arctic suneet. ‘‘What do you mean by that?’’ asked his friend. ‘It was bright

kK! d interesting,”* replied the doctor, “but

provokingly long in operation.’’

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No matter how strongly a man pretends that He doesn’t believe in ghosts, it may if he ever goes by a churchyard atm t -vithout feeling as if some- thing were going to grab him from be- hind.

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THE APACHES’ HAIR. They Wore It Long Becguse “It Made Them Wild.”

As with Samson of old, the Indians’ wildness lay in their long hair, which the returned educated Indians wore because, as they boasted, ‘‘it made them wild.’’ All energies were bent to compel the adult males to cut their hair und adopt civilized attirain vain. Even the police would not wear their uniforms. <A proposition to cut their hair from a formera_ nt result- edina mutiny. The duties of the police are to arrest offenders and to herd the beef eattle purchased for their own consump- tion. Rations were considerably increased to the police to niake it worth their while to think twice before leaving the ‘oroe, and they were informed nat when there ‘were no police to herd the beeves the tribe would go without. That was a different proposition. Two members who had been to school were discharged for wearing long hair. One old fellow, as a special fa- yor, cut his hair, but it cost me $5. His wife made his life a burden, and he in turn appealed to me to hasten with the rest.

By using rations and other supplies as a lever, I induced afew more to cut, and then I directed the police to cut theirs or leave the force. They reluctantly com- plied, but once accomplished they were only too eager to compel the rest, and) they cheerfully under orders arrested and brought tome every educated Indian on the reservation. There were 20 of these, gorgeous in paint, feathers, long hair, breechclouts and blankets, educated at an expense of thousands of dollars, living tn their brush shelters wilder than any un-

educated Indian on the reservation and |

fully as lazy and ambitionless. The “‘leay- en’’ had failed to work. The mass ab-| sorbed th m and compelled them te back-: slide. They soon had a hair cut and a suit of clothes put on them. The Indian office issued a peremptory order for all to cut their hatr and adopt civilized attire, and | in six weeks from the start every male In- | dian had been changed into the semblance, of a decent man, with the warning that confinement at hard labor awaited apy blackslidera. There has been none, and the task of moving them upward has been | perceptibly easier from the time scissors! elipped off their wildness. —Outlook,

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THE AFRICAN BABOCN

DAMAGE HE DOES TO SETTLERS WHO CALL HIM ADONIS.

Extraordinary Intelligence Attributed to the Beast—Potson Useless, as It Is Dee tected—-How the Monkeys Amuse Theme

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The South African colonists have zot rid of their lions are elephants, but they have not yet been able to get the beiter of the baboons. A baboon, although some- what like a dog, bas all the mischtevous- ness ofa man. He is the ugliestanimal In all creation. The Boers call him Adonis and never designate him under the official name that has been given to him by sci- ence.

Now this creature is the curse of Cape Colony. He commits depredations for the love of the thing. Any imprudent tom- cat that ventures too fur away from home is sure to be captured and strangled for fun by a baboon. Nearly all the Angoras, the choicest and most costly animals im- ported by the colonists, have been de- stroyed by these huge monkeys. Even the dogs share the same fate. The bravest and most pugnacious of the English ca- nine breeds are unable to cope with adver- saries armed with just as powerful jaws, and with the immense advantage of hay- ing four hands instead of four paws. With a dexterity that conspicuously ex- hibits his surgical aptitudes, the baboon bleeds his enemy in the throat, and in less than o s»«dinute the duel ends in the death of the dog.

When the shepherd is away and the dog bas heen disposed of, the flock is left with-- out defense. Although the baboon gener- ally feeds upon lizards and beetles, he does not despise a few mouthfuls of mutton, which he devours seated on the back of his living yictim. Unfortunate are the goats and sheep that are attacked by these cynocephali! When Adonis finds his appe- tite fully satisfied, he enjoys at a little. distance the contortions of his victim. He frequently attacks cows, but never at- tempts to get into close quarters with a» bull. The ostrich, thanks to its extraor-' dinary speed, can easily get away frou the baboon, but it is very much afraid of him . and immediately runs off on hearing his bark. It is noteworthy that nature has. given to the baboon not only the hend of a dog, but also the voice of adog. All.

birds that are not remarkable for their in< !

telligence have an insurmountable dreaé | of the eynocephalus. {

One of the principal an:usemerts of these big monkeys is to gambok around | the wire fences that protect the tame os- { triches just to terrify them. The panio among them is so great that they eften' break their legs in their wild rushes, ‘Vhis. is a pastime which the monkeys seem t enjoy hugely. It is kfiown thata broker ‘ leg for an ostrich means a death sentence. *

A baboon runs away from a man, bi‘ be has no fear of a woman. After al) j there is no gcod ground for tte morta. terror which Adonis inspires among sowre | of the negro women of South Afries. As a matter of fact, the fear of the-eymereph- | ali is often merely a pretext amor the} young Zulu and Basuto belles: to get the: escorts of their choice to accompany them to the wells. The baboon is @ very bad | fellow and an intolerable neighber, but be should not be slandered.

The Adonises travel in packs ef aout’ 60:or 60. They always keep outef ¢un-; shet range and watch for a chance tm do: misehief in the absence of shepherds or; guards. To get rid of the ugly marziers the colonists some time ago established poisoning clubs, which were:sabsidiz:«! by the British authorities. AJL the oki poi-; gops and the new discoveries ef chem istry were tried, but they proved. werthless. <A hungry panther or jackal, might easily enough swallow a few grainsef arsenic or a strychnine pill placed in. a piece of raw

* meat, but a baboon is never deceived by:

so simple a method. He is a delicate: and} refined fellow, accustomed genera!!; to! live upon eggs, fruits, lizards and <i ‘Ter-

» ent kinds of insects, He becomes eurniv- , orous at rare intervals only, and 2)par-

ently, in some degree at least, fur the | pleasure of torturing the unfortuna:e do- mestio animals that may fall ipto his clutches. His infallible instinct. teaches | him to distrust men, even when th-y are, offering presents. With a marvelous scent. that might well do henor to a profes-ional . expert he detects the presence of a mineral or vegetable poison, im the quarter o/ mute ton that he finds by chance as he trxvels along. Moreover he is therougbly uware' of the fact that wise apes in permanent contact with barbarians from Lurone should never swallow pilis.

These animals are possessed of a) moat. human intelligence. It is impossile to get near them in the daytime, and at night’ during their hours of repose they are al-— ways surrounded by a cordon of sentinels whose vigilance is absolute. At the slight- , est indication of the approach of an enemy one of the sentinels yelis out: ‘‘Yah hou! Yah hou!” And in an instant the whoie troop disappears. It is unfortunate that, in his dictionary of the language of mon- keys, Mr. Garner does not give us tio ex- act derivation of ‘‘Yab hou!’

It is also noteworthy that the baboons never attempt to fly if the man whe comes to trouble their repose is not armed with a gun. Although they exhibit extraordivary power of measuring by instinct the aver- age rauge of a rife and cautiously keep out of the way, they exhibit no fear what- ever of cold steel. If they find themselves confronted by a settler with no means of defense except a bunter’s knife, they send a shower of stones at him, and the lord of creation is obliged to retreat before a bet- talion of cynocephali that hurl projectiles at him while keeping at a distance, be- cause a man, even when he is Veaten, nev- er entirely loses his prestige among the baboons.—~-Paris Figaro,

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