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Prixcr Lovis Estentazy, military attaché of the Austrian Embassy at Loudon, was recently traveling alone tn an Eng Hish railway when carriage. tly she dropped her handkerchtef, and em- ployed other expedients to start a conversation, but without avall, for the prince tranqitily smoked his elarand took no notice Gf her, At last, as the trata approached @ station, the woman suddenly tore her hat from ter head, disheveled her hatr, and, as the train came to standstill, pat her head out of the window and shirieke The ratiroad officials hurried to the scene, and to them the woman asserted that she had been terribly tnsulted hy the prince. The prince did not stir from his seat, but continned tranquilly smoking Dis cigar, and the staton-master exctamed: * What have you got to say to this charge?” Without the slighest appearance of concer, the pr who was seated In the farther corner of the carriage, replle “Only this,” and with that he pointed to his cigar, which showed a beautiful gray ash considerably over an thet in length. ‘The sta F Was wise Iu his xenenation, and, on perceiving the ash on the prince's clgar, he touched his hat, sald quietly, “That's all right, sir,” and arrested the woman Instead. for assistance. forma Argonaut. ONcr upon a time there was a Young Man who was unable to go upon the Suige, so be acted as Waiter ina Hash- house. Now th undoubtedly Poorer than he was Dishonest, but he had the Nerve to seek in marriage the hand of the only Daughter of a Bloated Aristocrat. The latter, however, Was Sore on the Walter, and put up all bls spare Time collecting Insults apon his Head, although the Daughter was over Shoetop leep tn love with the dashing Plate Juggter. One bright but happy day the Youth was standing in the doorway of the Beanery in which he Walted, waiting for Victins of the Eating Habit to come along, when suddenly & large cry of Horror panctured the surroonding Quletude, and dashing toward bit came a maddened d, while, with Danched face, the Bloated Aristocrat whose Daughter be loved sat powerless In the fated Vehicle. The Poor but Brave Walter saw his Opportunity and quickly grasped it right by the hack of the Neck. Rushing to meet the maddened Steed, he shouted Aloud, as he was wont to do when giving orders to the Cook, and, snatching the Apron from aboat bis person, he waved it Prantically in the alr. ‘The maddened Animal then swerved from Its course, and, dashing the frail Vehicle against a friendly Lamppost, hung the Bloated Aristocrat out from therein and broke bls proud Neck. : At a proper distance after the Fanera! the Poor but Trl- umphant Walter threw up bis Job and married the only Daughter of the dead Aristocrat, and they are now living comfortably off the Life Insurance. Moral—Pride often gets it In the Neck, bat Everything comes to Him who Waits.—Chicago News. Speaker Regn, daring the last campaign, toured through the dierent cities in Maine, making political speeches. At one town a strong Democrat sat in one of the front benches, and was continually interrupting his speech. Every ume thls Democrat asked a question Mr. Iteed stopped and conr- teously answered, but at last the Democrat {nterrupted by “Ob, go to b—!" Mr. Reed, without a moment's thought, sald “that he bad traveled through many parts of the country, and bad always been most courteously recetved everywhere, but that this was the Orst time he had ever been invited to the Democratic headquarters."—Argonaut, ‘THE CENTURY COMPANY: NEW YORK. he Century Magazine, Volume LVI. May to October, 1893, icholas, 1898, Two volumes. TUE MACMILLAN COMPANY: NEW YORK. Ave Roma Immortacis, By Fraucts Marion Crawford, Mustrated, The Philippine Istands and Their People. Worcester. Illustrated, By Dean ¢. LAMSON, WOLFPE AND COMPANY: BOSTON, NEW YOuK AND LONDON. Washington the Soldier, By General Henry B. Carring. ton, LL.D. Ilustrated. Wishmaker’s Town, By William Young. Some Marked Passages, and Other Stories, By J G. Pennington. New York: Fords, Howard and Hulbert. Fantastic Fables. By Ambrose Blerce. 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