Life — March 16, 1899 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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Ccrtovs methods of punishing indiscreet editors are In vogue in some countries, In “South American Sketches " Mr. Crawford describes the Interesting experience of an editor who had been unfortunate enough to give offense to the ruling powers by the fre n of bls criticisms. ‘The editor was arrested and confined In a narrow passage | between the cages of two Jaguars, notorious for their lad tempers and their intense dislike for hun y. ‘The intervening space was so rr ated that neither of the ferocious animals could get Its paws quite to the middie | line between the cages; so that a spare, active person, if very careful to follow the classical advice abont the advan- tages of steering a middle course, might manage to pass without special injury, thoagh the achievement would be both exciting and dangerous. Our editorlal friend happened to be stout, and therefore |) was the more easily reached by the occupants of the cages. \d Insult to tnjury, he was given a chair on which was furnished a copy of his own paper, the Issue which had brought him into trouble, in order that be might meditate upon Its contents, He tried to sit motionless and bolt upright, feeling those sleepy, cruel eyes fixed upon him, At the slightest move- ment, or the rustle of the paper, uneasy mutterings arose from | the cages, and a paw would stretch stealthily toward him. Leantng quickly to the other aide, he was sure to be met by the ugly claws of the second Jagnar, It was a case of Scylla and Charybdls, Every few minutes the Jagnars became wildly excited and clawed flercely at the shrinktug editor, whe could not escape those rending toe-nalls, torn to shreds, but except for really tnjured. J his best, His clothing was few scratches he was not Youth's Companion, Foisoy ts fond of smoking, but he becomes so absorbed Jn work that he even forgets that he has a clgar in bis mouth, When be bad an office on Fifth Avenue, New York, bls desk Jn which be kept a box of clgars was always open, and as the boys came and wentat all hours, his cigars disappeared with mystertous rapidity. Finally he asked a friend, who was In the tolacco business, If he could not do something to discourage tls disappearance. Why, yes," satd the friend, “Tl make up some cigars for you. I'll put Hoffinan House labels on the outside, but 111 GH them up with borse hair and hard rubber. *? “Well,” sald Mr. Edison, tn relating the story, “that fellow went to California and dido’t return for three months. T forgot about him meanwhile, but when he got back I said to bith: ¢ Look here, 1 thought you were going to x me up some fake cigars,’ “Why, Fdld,! he sald tn surprise. “+ You did? | When t? «Why, don't you remember—a fat box with a green label; the cigars in bundie form, tied with yellow ribbon. “Do you know,” sald Edison, innocently, “I smoked them all myself."—Bchange, Ir ts sometimes possible for a lawyer to prove that his opponent {s the wiser man. A police Justice was disposing of cases at the nate of about two a minute, with great exct- ness and dignity, being judge, Jury and attorney all tn one. “Then you are sure you recognize this handkercblef as the one stolen from yout” he sald to a complainer. Yes, your Honor,” was the reply. How do you know it 1s yours?” demanded the Justice. can sce that It 1s of a pecullar make, your Honor,” replied the witness, “That is the way I know it? HARPER AND BROTHERS: NEW YORK AND LONDON. he Adtrentures of Phitip, By W.M. Thackeray. Ins- trated. : Short Rations, By Williston Fish. Ragged Lady. By W. D. Howells, Letters of Robert and Elizaoeth Barrett Browning. Two volumes. McTeague, By Prank Norris. New York: Doubleday and McClure Company. The Sinking of “ The Merrimac.” By 3 Hobson. New York: The Century Company. Plutarch’s Lives, Engitshed by Sir Thomas North. tn ten volumes, Volumes 1. and I. London: J. M. Dent aud Company. “if T Were a Man’ By Harrison Robertson. York: Chartes Scribner's Sons, The Wire Cutters. By M.E.M. Davis, Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifmin and Company. ‘al Constructor New “Are you aware, sir,” shouted the Justice, drawing a similar one from his pocket, “that there are others Ilke It?” “Indeed I am,” replied the questioned one, still more plactdly; “I had two stolen."—Yonth's Companion, “Jvpce Opw HorrMan had bat Ite sympathy witn total abstinence. 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