. Book of the Royal blue . WILLIAM MoKINLEY, PRESIDENT OF THE DOTTED STATES. KliTtcl In Stciiiid Tt-riii November 6. From Photo, by WilliamDinwiddi. MRS. WILLIAM McKINLEY. MICKEY FINNS GOAT. FROM NEW YORK SUN. RESEARCHES in natural history regard-ing the goat by Mickey Finn disclosedthe information that the animal was amammiferous quadruped, with hollow horns,and a tongue more rough than any otheranimal. The mammalian reference wasGreek to the student, but he was delightedto learn that in the early history of Irelandthe goat was used as an instrument oftorture, which for devilish ingenu


. Book of the Royal blue . WILLIAM MoKINLEY, PRESIDENT OF THE DOTTED STATES. KliTtcl In Stciiiid Tt-riii November 6. From Photo, by WilliamDinwiddi. MRS. WILLIAM McKINLEY. MICKEY FINNS GOAT. FROM NEW YORK SUN. RESEARCHES in natural history regard-ing the goat by Mickey Finn disclosedthe information that the animal was amammiferous quadruped, with hollow horns,and a tongue more rough than any otheranimal. The mammalian reference wasGreek to the student, but he was delightedto learn that in the early history of Irelandthe goat was used as an instrument oftorture, which for devilish ingenuity rivaledany of the stories printed in the Book ofMartyrs. The offender was strapped on atable, the bottoms of his feet were care-fully washed and the moist surface of theskin liberally sprinkled with salt. The goatthen licked the salt with his sandpapertongue. Unless the victim recanted his be-lief, even in his own existence, he wasliterally tickled into eternity. Mickey learned also that the goat hasthirty teeth, and that a black goat is of()riental heredity. Moreover, he foundthat in eastern countries goatskins w


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