The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, January 11, 1884, Image 1
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* 05E HAPPY WOMAN. M .
p. M. P. Piatt in Manhattan^.
The world Is wide enough to hold|
One happy woman, she was told;:
Jpbv - .-"'J The little maid looted up to gu??
*A bride, in just the loveliest djr*.
Pw- S ? shiR waiting, too, in sight, ,
w?' i To sail for "
" " 2" "?8 ' J?
. . | _ "Ho; you are noti?
ft- :<: To-night in some weird hut Pjl
Wk ?5? Yoid; her hollow hands sff_~
They have not even a rose to**
i A light is dyingat her heady,
.K. -<"v And she is happy?being de^{
? ' V; | , GAMING MEN OF
O- Jl Statesmen, Orators and |^SODher5i
^ 1 *Vh<> Were Addicted
fS?--f ? . [Cincinnati Enqop?
' S Said Charles James F??10
ataidff and1.?ra*
>" sg | The greatest p]*?e 111 is
ii * to play and win, the iJr0 P*a7 aad
i f lose* He was one of t$*5av*esfc gamj
bler^of tho age of Pittfk^ke, Gib"
^ f 1?n sknd Home. Car16 cens0r?
? whoni Addison lmw^s. gambled,
f . o | Coquilart, a poet dfe3*10.0' of
; * t } grief tr having lost a$&. ?^ce table.
I Guido^tho painter ]Jf***e poisoned
m?-:$ bv .loses as welL WSr^ philosophers-Montaigne
salP?5^1^. were
loversif play, but ,?>vercame their
^ predictions. Beaagr?b? the foamier
of the fosperitvx)?^^y Bath and
mastes^f caremoi**^ the-'assembly
Joenra^here gftnSp prevailed, once ,
?> ;' ' _won frai an eari .^ estate, equipage,
everyth'ig. TheJjF011^ gambler re(K
>. turned *aIl?on cqj?**on that upon his
, demand$25,000 ijpaid him. Some
~ - ..xizne. mr tue ucaw wc ju^uu,
.- y--' '"being in^verishA313^ demand; and
'.the heir?aia th< mount without a
murin&n
t - Lord Vbesfei&fc ^ved at a club,
? gamblingand . &*S smart things for
pC_i - the bovs^et iif& advice to his son. he
-fssjn <rth$i a xiwbor of a gaming club
yi l" "who woaioo^pea cheat, would soon
be a be?r/ -An inconsistency not
unlike the jp told Fnllex; who said
' that "a fatirfwio whips his son for
j^sweanng ai'wears himself as he does
it did mowm by the example than
good by^B correction." George
s * .Seiwyn, ^pras as fond of gaming as
he was o?*ng to elocutions, and "as
"witty as |jras eifcb?r> told the ladies
who bc.ai(I iiim for attending Lord
p-. Lbvefs ^ition to see Ms head cut off
i - rihat heiiip amends by going to the
undertake see it put on again."
Fox vat froni the gaming table to
his seat-parliament, and hisspeeches
live tc-^ aa classic English and
models cfkbate. His gambling debts
were $|000. One night he lost
?10.000,1 the table, and his course
U * was so i^ess that he was even dunned
* .by . fcfcer*lan chairmen. He once
played'lh Fitzpatrick from 10 at
: flight ip in the morning, a waiter
^taiidi^r to tell them "whose deal."
Sir Pip Francis, who is the suppose&siorof
the "Letters of Junius,"
schoolboy has heard of, and
T, Pitt ii oeriorco-wtrre-At one timo
id "tl* lives gamblers, who thought
u * nothjj&f losing $500 to $1,000 at faro
at a sa* sitting. Rev. C. C. Colton,
the ?or of "Lacon," gambled and
B&C How Bassnas Grow.
A... J [Exchange.]
* Aa-jerybody knows who has eaten a
^ banal the luscious pulp is seedless.
"*- The*fcnts are propagated irom otner
" V plan; so that the stock is not likely to
runift' The plant requires for vigorousaowth
a deep rich soil, abundantly
wafcfed. With these conditions present
theifis said to be no risk for a crop in
hofcfgions, where alone the fruit is
pr?ced. Nine months after a cutting
ha^&en planted a purple bud appears
incentre of the unfolding leaves
tLflsboot out from the head of the
pa^mt stem. The stem on winch the
birlippears grows rapidly above the
m St stalk. As the bud increases in
"1*4 iU/v /l rtwn n-n tvl l\Tf o
g^fefal curve, on the extremity of
wXfcb this bud continues to grow till, the
pzjpple blossoms falling on, little shoots
- ajgbe&T as the embryo 1'rnifc. Each fruit
mI a yellow blossom at its outward exafenity.
At the end of three or four
*tt$nths the fruit has grown to maturity,
V 's P:?ked l?Qo before it is "dead
to preserve it in marketable con^r.tion.
From the roots of the parent
alk other roots appear, which are
-j^rimmed out or left to grow, as the
' Jiltivator mav deem best. A single
stalk, therefore, bears only one bunch
or crop as its life work.
- S. .*">*
: An Advantageous Altitude.
[Cor. Inter Ocean.]
"Git down wid ye, or Til give ye der
club," said the policeman. The" time
t w^s that of the Evacuation Day processjoJ;,
and the place was the most crowded
corner in Broadway. There was so
rituch tip-toeing to get a view of the
% pageant, even by persons tall enough to
oca Avor Hia r>r*irls of sliorter ones when
4 standing ilatfooted, that the multitudes
developed giants here and there. But
iherv Jbt?ad of a boy, rising a, full foot
J abote everybody else's, and remaining
r | fit that advantageous altitude, showed
r, ih&thohad something additional to his
jgi Tbo officer reached over a dozen
' ~"sboalders and prodded the urchin, as
ho repeated the command. "Skip down
- ; nfloW "Ti? "Amftrlrwi.
The NewTork boy Jmows?etter,than_
to Mjfogwitiy pppos^OQlicemanT&iwi3hes.'
h a did not skip dawn from aiiy thing.:
ZtaJJaa Qjwura and Pnemnonfa.
{Chicago Herald."] ;
A New York physician' says that
Italian opera is increasing the death^
IgBjf- rafij. -H^has attended c. score of cases j
of ^^^onia.&coiigzit oa by.exposure
.in - dress-coats. Men take off thfcir
; "he^yitcsmess sorts in the eveaingjind,:;
*. % g&K.the oper* wxtii their: breasts -cov?^'
ere&only by a few folds of linen. They7,
roajb jMtt- heedlessly between the sets,
m. ?fcfca#l U) tbe draught of the doors, or
put to the:- nearest cafe. The
V next day they.-are in bed.- The uresscoat'Jpcescriptibn
is one to be iakeir
with #ie greatest eare inf -this climate.
What the Throne o? Rn~isjad Is Made
OZ
[HevrYork News.].
The throne, of Epgland, so splendid when
covered with silk velvet and gold,
in -tr? v-ortl vfui ';old oak chair" over
: COO years in use for the same purpose.
| Its existence "-lias "been traced back to
the days of Edward X ./Die wood is
very hard and- solid- The back and
r sides were formerly painted in various
colors aacttiie; seat is made of a "roughlooking
sandstone tvrenty-six inches in
length^&eventeen inches in breadth and
. nineteen, anii a half in thickness, and-in
this stone -lies the grand peculiarity of
the chair. . t Numberless legends- rta
told in connection with ii,r; 4he truth
^probably b^Sng that it wasv" originally
. taken Xrom Ireland. to Scotland, -and
r >' served at the coronation -hi the early1
. & .Scottish sfajjfe. ; _
Hot Water, Xot Warm, for Medical
; f : ^3?* .
[Popular Science News.]
The therapeutical uses of hot, water
mav be varied; but it would seem that
its beneficial employment is pretty well
established in those diseases arising
fro:i> unhealthy alimentation. In tlieae
tiflWttions, tiie stomach and bowels bo-;
come distended and obstructed by the ab- i
i:ormu] acetic, butyric, hydrosuij?h:iric, ;
lactic, and saccharic acid fermentations; j
and ti:0 idea is to wash away these of- |
fending mutters, and thus aid in intro- >
dueing normal functional action, ('old j
water i-i in most cases inadmissible, as j
it is t to produce distress in sensitive ;
stomachs, us has been stated in a former
a; lid*;, iiot water is well uoine m most i
c;i'.c>; but it must not be lukewarm, it i
must be hot. And here is a distinction j
it is well to. observe.
Tepid water, if taken in considerable !
qnautiiiiis, wilt sometimes produce voiu- I
itin;_c; bat, if the water be raised to a j
temperature of fro::: 100 peg. to 150 j
Dure. Fai.r., it produces downward j
movements of the bowels, instead of up- :
ward. Tea as drunk by dyspeptic tea- j
u:i::nt:i2? ^ pittierrcu ftb u
cf about T20 Deg. Fahr., and this decoction.
at this temperature affords
great rbiief to persons or weak stomachs. ;
.The demand by dyspeptics for tea "hot ;j
and weak" is founded on observation }
that in this form it affords genuine re- j
lief. I f the tea-leaves were left out j
altogether, the agreeable relief wovld ;j
follow i'rom the use of the hot wa r
with a little.milk and sugar added, l>y !
hot water is meant water which is so \
warm that it can only be sipped slowly, 1
and not poured into the stomach as a '
draught. In the absence of athermom- I
etcr, the proper temperature may be j
determined by the effects upon the j
tongue and fauces; it must not' be ;
"scalding hot," but so warm as to be
swallowed without inconvenience or i
danger. j
' " i
Decay of the Rnslish Watch Trade, j
[London letter.] . .*< <
Cheapness has gained the day. The \
Swiss and the American can beat the }
Englishman in price aud do. They j
turn out as good a watch as most poo- j
> Jn /?ow* fnr of o l^nor- i
jyiV Vi*4 V/ 4V'A) t*?w M VVSOV II UlVii |/UIV j
lisli competition nowhere. The Ameri- j
can learned the secret of organization j
and the rise of machinery, which the '
English cannot or will not learn. Here !
things go on irruch as they did 100- years !
ugo, save that the movements of a great <
part o: the cheaper English watches are '
sim;?ly imported from abroad. A dozen i
tr;ul?*s Contribute to the makm^p of a i
single watch, carried on under different j
root's by separate firms, often at a long |
distance from each other. j
In . America, as you-know, they have j
been combined, and to this combina- ;
lion with the added advantage of ma- i
<.!iin,?rv -ind f.ln? mjitliMiifttiftJillv ?f?(Tri- i
rate production of precisely similar !
parts of innumerable watches, is cine {
the surprising fact that a single Amercan
firm now turns' out annually as
many watches as all the English makers
toget her?200, uuO. ~Ttie"i$"W2E:s -arcrsaitJ
to make the enormous number of o,50C,000.
France produces over a million?
90 per cent, of them from Besancon. So
that, if we leave England behind, we -j
are very fax indeed from driving Switz- !
erland and France, out of the world's
market, as sanguine Americans not ;
many years ago predicted we soon ji
would. The Swiss are said to make I
now a million watches .more annually J
than they did five years-, ago. The
French business has grown ten fold 1
within thirty .years. lint the English
ire not idle, and, on the whole, not despondent,
although The Times thinks
watch making, as a great industry,
doomed..
Won't Loara the JSnslish Laniruase.
[CrofTut rn Chicago Tribuno.]
Ts it not odd, by the way, that Pere '
Hyacinthe, the distinguished Protestant
convert, does not understand English,
and will not learn it? It is so with
most French people. They are the
most provincial people under the sun. i
attended one of Victor Hugo's receptions
in Paris last summer, with a score
or more of other Americans, and found
fJmt. Hip nmrrtAnt nnefc and scholar conld.
not speak English. Ho had lived in
Croat Britain for fifteen or twenty .
years., and never learned ten words of
the language of the nation that was
giving him an exile's shelter. He can
say "Howdo?" and "Good-by," and
almost nothing else.
?nd here is Mr. Loyson, excommunicated
from the church of the Latin natious,
yet he does not know ten words <
of English after living in England and
America, for years?content to address ,
American audiences in an alien language,
thus diminishing his influence j
and belittling his work. ...
The Germans arc not so self-complacent.
How was.it that Kossuth learned
the English language in six months ?o j
as to rival Webster and Everett in ele- i
gant and eloquent speech ? Mme. Lerabrich
told me a month ago, "Yes, I
speak English. I first began the stndy
of English three months ago. But I
learn languages very readily?almost
mtmctiveiy."
The ii. Hopper and the Ant.
[Pnck.1 :
A Grasshopper, meeting an Ant when
the biting wind of November was mas- '
ticating its way over the Plain, Immbly
requested Pecuniary assistance until
next Saturday.
"Why should I share my Store with
you?" inquired the Ant; "Here I have
parsed the entire Summer in laying up
Moots and Grain, and collecting Bad *
Debts, and making deposits in the Savings
Bank. What, may I ask. have you i
been doing during the Heated Sum- '
_9?? ;
UICi i .
uMay it please you/' . responded the
Grasshopper, "I have been dancing." ;
"Very well," said the Anfc'; "now you ''
juay.sing."
"Right you are!", exclaimed the
Grasshopper; "it is a Big scheme."
And he at once went and got an En- |
gagement to sing in Grand Opera at !
Five Thousand jDoIL::\s a night.
The Moral of this Vable teaches us
that Plodding Industry is not only a
:Jore, but occasionally- gets. Left..
OJ? : tJist/JiiTaiw .? i
Weston's Advice.
[Exchange.] _
B> P~ Weston, the p^estnanv.isjiifiie
-^vtr "his own account. pf' prvrtft
wl i oiesome .adviee:totlje^rit]^'an^Qc^
racy "iboafc ^hei^diefc. Heoceas&asdlj
dines at the tafeles of "the great,;ancf
makes comments _oa thevlandssomevt-hafc
ist this style": Jl lady vhosit next
strapgerj "expressed a desire for beel
treli^done. "Exess&me, miss, bnt youl!
get ^anoreuotsrislimeiit oat ot'thatthaa.
out of .chips'and shaTingsl" Mr. Weston
is not wthoatiiopes that he-vviHeventuand'
j^rsciade^wonr. old nohd|y^Sw&;
halfrcooi^- ixi'eat aad -a wilk" of ^)fi !
miles in 19G days, mzke the sammit c-j
imraan bliss.
\ >
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THE THEORY OF CYCLES
Tills 31 an dan o Sphere Probably Passing
Through a Prolonged Period***
Terrestrial Disturbance.
[The Continent.]
The theory of cycles, as applied to
the phenomena of nature, has gained
as adherents all scientific persons of
any standing, and numbers among its
disciples, xre believe, a great many orthodox
theoloerians. Indeed, there is
good scriptural authority for the belief
that in a general way "it never
rains but it poars," or, in other words,
that the material universe moves in
circles, and events repeat themselves in
groups at certain intervals, not as yet
thoroughly understood by mankind,
but which are probably regulated by
1 o rrrc* +l?fl ooiwo-f m fl.V
sooner or * later be unlocked by science.
This is forcibly brought to mind by
the events of the past five or six years.
Within that period the earth appears
to have been especially subject to internal
disturbances. Volcanoes^ long
silent have again given signs of activity,
and some of them have burst into fierce
eruption. Something like a score , of
new volcanoes have been reported, and
in the straits of Snnda a sinsrle dav
witnessed the appearance of a dozen or
more.. These phenomena have been
preceded, accompanied and followed by
the most alarming terrestrial disturbances.
To-day it is Asia Minor, yesterday
it was Java, the day before it was
Jschia ; and in all cases there has been
fearful loss of life and universal terror.
In. the southern hemisphere, too,
fchfirA TiftVA hpft-n " atmosnlieric
effects, the sun ' apparently shining
through a veil of blue or green, and
coloring all things with a strange, aweinspiring
light. Doubtless this last
phenomenon is due to volcanic eruptions
in remote South American regions, accounts
of which have not as yet reached
the telegraph lines. It is a little remarkable
that while these disturbances
are beyond the reach of human forecast,
the highest civilization seems to have
centred in terrestrial belts which have
not been subject to upheaval within
> T\ '/**?
recent geologic periods. x rimce, *jr?xrnany,
England .and the United States
are, for the most part, outsida of the
earthquake belt, so far as its limits are
at present defined.
It is not reassuring, however, to
know that we > are probably passing
through* a period of terrestrial disturbance,
which may not reach its maximum
without giving lis all a taste of its
power. .This earth of ours runs so
smoothly along its elliptical track,
performs its own mechanical functions
ordinarily with such perfection, that it
is narci .to .realize now sman a mmg,
comparatively-considered, may throw
the machinery out of gear. There are
unknown forces imprisoned within its
surface, which now and then give us a
hint of their existence, and there are'
unnamed extinct suns drifting about
through space, on whose bulk the
wrecked .earth , would barely make a
hillock. It is well enough for us afc
times to remember tliese conditions,
and reflect how utterly insignificant is
our home and its belongings in comparison
with the universe of which we
Jorrn a part.
Too 31uoIi iicslc ror the Words.
[New York News.]
A ludicrous scene was witnessed some
years ago in a country church in Scotland.
The precentor was a burly fallow,
who followed the plow during the
;week, and whose only recommendation
for the post of psalmody-leader was the
possession of powerful lungs. The
'paraphase, "Ho! ye that thirst," had
;been chosen, and the bucolic precentor
elected to sing it to the music, of the
"Old C"?a common-metre hymn to a
'long-metre tune. He began with stentorian
stolidity, never dreaming of the
metrical precipice that lay immediately
before ham. The first line, "Ho!
iye that thirst, approach the
'spring," passed off without mishap.
Then came the second line, Where
living waters flow." No sooner had the
unfortunate precentor reached the last
word that he stood aghast at the fact
that there was more music but no more
words! With the despairing look of a
drowning man catching at a straw, he
cast liis eyes imploringly from side to
side, prolonging the vowel-sound of the
last word into two groans of dismay, to
the remaining notes of the line?"flow?
oh!?oh!" Thereupon he collapsed
into liis seat with the air of a betrayed
and deeply injured -man, amid the
audible titters of the rural congregation:'
; ?. *; ~ g A
I>arln2 >?cIioolxeaclier.
[Detroit Free Press.]
The town of Shenandoah, Pa., which
was recently burned, though a place of
12,000 inhabitants, is not down on the
school maps." At Wiliesbarre, Pa., a
school teacher undertook to remedy
this defect by setting her scholars to
seek information in the reports of mine
inspectors, newspapers .and people :iir
town. ..The .facts collected by. each
-rrT/M?A A o 1 r\nA fn oil Of
C>K- JJLKJlCrnA. VAJ.OJUL A WUU ??WUV4 w v>^-< *
eourse it is hard to believe, but it is as:
serted on good authority that the children
took more interest and showed
more enthusiasm in this work than they
did even in respecting the alphabetical
list of the rivers in Hindoostan and ofthe
mountains of South America.
Of course, too, there is danger of the
school teacher's dismissal for wasting
her own and the pupils' time, but that
' - " * - * * i - y TP
is one ot tiie risKs or tne ousmess. ju
teachers undertake'on their own responsibility
to excite the minds of the scholars.
to loosen their grip on the textbooks,
to set them to investigating and
obsjerving and thinking for themselves,
they must also take the risk of running
against routine and red tape.
School TeacherS' Pay in Switzerland.
; : [St. Louis Globe-Democrat.]
There is a great complaint in Switzerland
about the inadequacy of the sala
ries paid to public school teachers.
The uamber of teachers employed in
the Swiss cantons is about 5,S00, and
their average compensation is $280 a
year, .In the Talois the rate is not
over*$S5?the lowest paid. In some of
the primitive cantons teachers are provided
with fuel and lodgings and from
May to September, when the children
- " ' - -- n. . n
are watclnng tne cattle on tae .oaps,
they earn a little money, in other-ways;
but even with all these helps many
teachers are wretchedly poor; they live
in miserable hovels, eat the coarsest
food, and if they have families can
hardly keep body and soul together.
In these circtimstances- it is no wonder
that the pedagogue profession is be*
^ Gwrtfitarlon/l onrl
CODllZIg Uiijjwpuxai. Ait uiiiu?,iiuuu,
unless' something be speedily done to
improve the position of teachers there
-will soon be-.none to be had. Of alLtbe
professions in the confederation teaching
is- the worst paid, and none are well
^ - ^ 1
t recmes nave twouuiw. igj-j xf?r?m?u.able.
The Princess Louise and all the
Dice girls have them.
A
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Home's Festival of the Dead.
[St. Louis'G-lobe-Democrat.] ,
The first week in November, begin- ;
ning witfc Ail aamts juav, is ceieoratea
ill Kome as a "Festival of the Dead."
There is nothing mournful about .the
custom. People go the cemeteries
laughing and talking as if they were in
a public promenade, and the various
tombs, cliapels and vaults are visited
with as much curiosity as any exhibition
of -works of art. Before 1870 the
"Festival of the Dead" was observed
with more pomp than now. At break
of day cannon were fired, and the Pontifical
banner was unfurled. Later the
pope celebrated mass in the Sistine
chapel, and at night "sacred" representations
of scriptural scenes were
given in various cemeteries. These
performances, of course, -were reminiscences
of the "mysteries" that were
celebrated during the middle ages, and
also of tho dances of pagan origin once
performed in the cemeteries, called the
"Dances of the Dead." The loss of the
no-ne's temporal t>ower put an end to
** - 4T * * these
doings.
One singular custom of pagan origin,
however, still holds on. The ancient
Greeks and Romans, it is said, used to
eat a mess'of beans over the graves of
their dead, in order to drive away evil
spirits from the neighborhood. Some i
have it that the Festival for the Dead was J
once kept in the spring, when beans |
were young and generally eaten. When
the memorial day was transferred from
spring to autumn, it would seem, the
custom of eating beans was still continued,
but dried ones had to be substituted
for fresh. At present no real
beans are eaten, but only imitation ones,
of sugar or chocolate. Biscuits made
in the shape of human bones are eaten
also during this commemoration week.
Ilerr Krnpp and Hia Gun Factory.
[Chicago Tribune.]
Herr Alfred Krupp, the proprietor of
the great steel-works, at Eisen, Germany,
where the guns which bear his
name are manufactured, employs 20,000
men, who operate 1,541 furnaces, 439
3team boilers, 450 steam engines, and
1,622 machines for working iron. Besides
being the owner of the works at
Eisen, he is the owner of 547 mines in
various parts of Germany. His entiro
possessions are said to be worth $40,000,000.
He is described as a tall and
rather stern'-locking man, with sloping
shoulders, a long neck, and full white
beard, hiding a sensitive mouth, and
a face narrow at the jaw and broadening
above the thiiu well-shaped nose. His
dark eye is kefcn and penetrating, his
forehead expansive. He is : delicate,
nervous and intellectual, and looks like
a clergyman.. His only son and heir,
Fntz.Krupp, who will succeed to his
immense' estate, is ayqung man of fine
education, who is already acquainted
with all the details "of his father's business.
He traveled rjconsiderably in this
conntry^;" He- ia jaai^jnventor of very
many variable contrivances used in the
works at Eisen. Hery Krupp's estabment
lias turned, qflt 20,000 cannon.
I TeTosvaphiiis VEEceJJonces. -k
f [MflwtoikSo'liettor.]
An experimerifcalwort-ias beehgoing/:
& "Sfi Paul 'railroad
Brmd<?ifeanch,;sl^trlength^
the object bein^ 'fo determine !
whether or not the,tafbed wire of" fee
fence on either sidefol-.the road can be
ntilized'fortelegrapiac purposes. The
fencejwire:was placed in proper condition
for a sufficient distance to. make a j
satisfactory - test, the wire being run !
under the svjrface at road- crossings, j
Snricrintendent of "Telesrraph' Simpson !
returned from' the scene ~bf experiment,
ra<f decidedr$iat the. plan-was
not practicable. Telegraph, work, can
be~ done over the fence wife at this
time, he-says, but 'during the winter
months,..when huge show; banks completely
cover the fence, 'the-Jihe would
bemade useless. 'Hiore" are thousands
of miles ofwire fence, along the western
lines, and it'has been contended it should
be utilized for this purpose.
Wales Taking: fiood Care of IXimscir.
^[London-Cor. N^ark-Jesrnal.}-;-'":
;.How Jong-it will be ere Prince Yic-j
tor, should lie live, win Ds.come King
of England^ of course, is beyond liumail
']?en to determine. There are two
lifesibatween liim and the goal, one of
them, though old, very tough,-for I am
toTd thaV the decadence of Victoria's
physical-'-powers bears no proportion
whatever to the rapid decay which
seems to be setting- down upon her
mental faculties. The prince of "Wales,
however, is not strong, though he ia
getting corpulent. Since his severe ill
ness twelve years ago, lie has had to be
very careful of himself. Many predict
that he will never reach the throne,
simply because his mother will outlive
liim. But that the prince intends to
cheat these prophets if he can, is shown
in the trouble he takes to bundle himself
up as he emerges from the theatre
into the night air, and in that abstemiousness
of diet which leads him to
confine himself at the richest banquets
to the plainest food.
Military Bridge Buildins'.
[Chicago Tiiues.]
Among the military maneuvers in
Enroi.a this season has been bridge
building at Presbm-g by a battalion of
Austrian pioneers (engineers), assisted
by 293 reservists. At tlio placo chosen
the Danube is 369 metres broad, with
maximum depths of seven metres, and
the velocity of the current is more than
four miles an hour. Bridges of different
kinds, formed both by pontoons or j
boats and rafts, were thrown across on
succeeding days. Openings were made
on some occasions for ships to pass, and J
closed again in the usual way by swing- :
ing a part of the bridge back again to >.
its place. Slight bridges were con-'
structed for light' traffic and stronger :
for heavier carriages. Sometimes the ;
bridge was made in the common way,
bv addinsr uontoon to Dontoon: some-!
times rafts were first constructed, then !
swung into their places and fixed there. I
On one occasion the bridge was partly !
built with the ordinary military means ;
and partly with material found on the j
spot. The time occupied varied from ;
an hour and a half to an hour and three- !
quartes. The opening for ships to pass ,
was made in two minutes and a half
and closed in three minutes and a half. ,
Xiisson.
" [Gath.J
Nilsson has made much money, bul'
her marriage was not fortunate in s j
worldly point of view. Her husband
was a speculator, who took hermonej j
I and lost it, ana "went insane, vvnac re-1
! mained liis relatives endeavored to get. j
! She also lost money in American in-:
j vestments. Slie is making money, and j
[ it- is to be hoped that she i3 more.than |
independent. A little of the peasaul
adheres to her. "While singing in New
York this printer she has once or twice
rebuked talk or noise on the stage, and
'shown that the extreme north of Europe
^yojjiott^r blood than the south.
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&. Family Sapper Among the Bohemians.
*ii
["Nclse" in St Panl Pioneer Press.].
..These supper tables are so unlike
anything ever found in America that a
description may be of interest. At.-8
ft'flWt the notes of a French horn call
the fatfrily together to -a table .spread
under Jhe lindens of the -park. Down
from'the woodland walks onthYMarausskarr,
cr from the rose gardens and
gooseberry bushes. (Such gocseber ries
are never found in other lands- -great
pnipyy jelly-filled, oval bulbs, the size
of a pigeon's egg.) Well, from theso
corners the guests emerge, and we take
our places tender the. lindens. We sit
whero?we please, waiting, of course,
until our hostess haa taken her place.
Tuerais. nothing' on the table but? the
glassishaded candles,. a silver basket of
sellw^jesbrod Cvery brown bread), salt
cellawjp&onr. plates. irom
the hostess sapper is
placed on the table by the servants, who
iram^atelyavithdra^.^itb^h<y- exception
o?the'<^de6t^faTh!^?sefvant, a sort
of confidential: steward, wh'b remains to
serve, wine and beer. The menu is very
simple; roasted meats or fowls, with
French salads, or game with comtope,
ii weak, diluted form of preserves, very
JiStio sugar, and a vase amount01 water.
ThegjSest of the repast is Pilsoner beer
and-'the baron's stories, and the fun of
feeding the dogs, who "go wagging
theiS" tails round the table bogging for
borates. The.v will lap up a saucer of
beeri'and evidently relish it. judging
froftr the increased wag of their tails.
Whsn all have finished eating, beer and
bread are placed on the table, the
former in huge earthenware pitchers,
i-hetfatter in square "chunks." Then
thc#entlemen light their pipes, and the
ladies their cigarettes, and the perfume
of the woodlands is lost in Turkish Latakia.
Nine o'clock is the hour for retiring.
Occasionally the young people
steal away from the group at the xuppej-tablc,
and wander off to the hill of
silence, "Marausska," where the full
moon'shines through branches of hem*
locfc and woeping birch. Such nights
as*we have had since our coming to
these northern hills repay us for all the
losses we sustained during the summer
on account of Austrian aristocratic etiquette.
" .
. An Interview with JclT I>avis.
! ' " [Cor. Indianajiolis News.]
"Has your History of the War been
a success Mr. Davis r" I asked of him.
yi know very little rtbout it sinco
patting it into the hands of the publishers.
If the amount of money it has
brought mo is a criterion, I should say
that it has not been successful."
"Arc you engaged in any similar enterprise
now, and do yoti expect to give
any more utterances upon the questions
involved iu the civil war?"
"None at all."
- "Do you contemplate ever making a
"tour, of the north ? I have seen by the :
papers liiac sucn a trip was noi improua- i <
ble."
1 ""When von sec anything in the papers
about me yon can almost accept
e contrary as the t ruth. I do not now
?ver expect to go north. lam living a 1
;quiet life, removed entirely from public '
^observation. I receive numerous invistations
to make public iiddresse^ but I
:;habitually decline them, even those
coming from my own neighborhood."
"What is the hope of the south ?'*
"Her vast timber regions, stretching
from Pearl river east to the coast, almost
as yet untouched ; her mineral resources
of almost unbounded value, j
and her rich soil, capable of producing
a * '
AlUiUM- i;> Ui JT 1/1J1JJ^ ditto J^IWUO. i)l
Birmingham, on-the Louisville & Nash- 1
ville road, in Alabama, a great city has 1
sprung up among the mines, and all 1
through the south are evidences of j'
growth. Then the soil and climate are j!
favorable for stock raising, and the j. ]
south will coin money from this advan- j '
tage. The south is a great undeveloped j!
quantity, but its importance will not re- !
main long unknown." j
How Sbcridan Wan Once Cansbt (
{Inter Ocean "Curb-tone Crayons."]
!Leaviug the rooms wljcra Gen. Sbeiidan
had been the recipient of so many ,
honors the other night, an old resident ;
of Chicago, said, as we reached tho
sidewalk: "I wish you would ask Shori- (
dan some time if he remembers one of i
the earliest informal receptions ever J \
tendered him. Soon after Grant and j;
Sherman had made their trips through j j
the country about the close of the war, i.
Sheridan dropped down on a certain j .
state capital on business. Ho stopped ; 1
over one train and started up street ! i
without -.way mark of liis runk about his j
unpretentious military dress. Some i j
one recognized him, and instantly a \
crowd gathered on the street. Sheri-' f
dan made an attempt to dodge, and a i '
cheer increased tho crowd to hundreds, j ,
He then attempted to ignore the whole j j
business, cud walked hurriedly toward ;
the state house. '" j (
"Hundreds i f people were at the j,
doors as so<.<n as he was, and thoy : ]
scampered through * the corridors in ' ]
advance of him and around> him in a I;
tumult of excitement. Sheridan burst j
into the governor's office with: '"What ;
does this mean, anyhow?' 'It means,' ]
said the governor, 'that the people of! ,
this city iio not mean to be cneated out |
ol their opportunity to testify their ap- j ,
preciation of Gen. Sheridan's brilliant f-j
services.' And before Sheridan real- j ;
ized what was .being done the suite of j
rooms had been thrown opcu, aud men,; ,
women and children were moving in ; ,
orderly column, in at one side and out s
at the other, all eager to shake hands j ,
with the dashing general."
The Higher Thins: to Do.
[Inter Ocean. 1
&
trSf r .
George McDonald was pretty near :
the right of it. In urging the nobility ;
of labor lie says: "I would gladly see a i :
boy of mine choose rather to be a black-; \
smith or a watchmaker or a bookbinder j1
than a clerk. Production, making, is a .
higher thing in the scale of reality than
any mere transmission, such as buying I
and selling." He believes in having
boys educated to a trade.
Mary Anderson's Poses. ! '
Olive Logan writes from L^jdon
that the talk of 5 o'clock teas is Mary
Anderson's statuesque poses. Gossip
has it that she frequents the British
museum and learns of the sculptured ! .
Hebe and of Helen the secret of theii
charm; of the Nereides, the swan-lik?
grace of the movements of sea god-!
desses; of the varions Yenuses, the losl .
art of their wondrous fascinations. j i
-x -a A "ans
California, tne Xursery of Art. j
[Madame Modjeska.]
-? ?
-JJ1G xc ever occiu ov juu iiu^u iv ^ .
from California that your artists, actors,
poets and singers are likely to comethat
it will be to America -what Italy is
to Europe?" j
Chinese proverb: Only correct your- j;;
self on the, same principle that you. cor- i
r<K-t others,- and exCuso others on the j '
same principle on which you excnV f
vc^rself. V '
INFORMATION IN A BARBER SHOR
The Crowning Inquiry of an Inquisitive
Man Who Carried a Sacheh
[New York Sun.]
"Is this the barber shop ?n asked a
neatly dressed tall man, carrying a
NAA!.A1 ?? T-?A?+AVA/^ n yif+L -rtiTAnrrn
ciO XXU Ck WiAWU a?VUW
establishment. :T
"Yis, sah. "VTalk in, sah!" said the
owner.
"CanI get shaved here?"
"Oh, yis, sah. Yo' nex*. Only five
ahead."
"Haircut?"
"Sart'nly, sah."
"toiiampooea r
"Oil, vis, sah."
The man walked in, placed his saehel
on the floor, and sat down.
"Barbers don't pull teeth to any great
extent nowadays, do.they ?" said he. ;
"Oh, no, sab."
"Bnt they nsed to, you know. They
3 i, ?11 ? J
U3?U LU pu-ll UVVlilly UUj\J, A&U.KX3, iCCUI &UXL
do otlier things that hurt almost as
badly as their razors do now. What
are the prevailing styles in /whiskers
now?"
"Mufstaash, mutton chops, an' de"
English split chin, sah." ; ,
"Ah, yes! Do you ever find the
whole three combined on one face?"
"Nevah did but once, sah! A young
man 'ployed me to block out de free
styles fur him, so he kin hab 'em shabe
/vfF /-mrv Tw nnn co.li frs con rlnm
styles he look de ties' in. W'eii dey was
all growed he'feered fo Lab ajiy one
oli 'em sliabe off, sab, 'cause mebbe dat
be de one wot suit his 'plexion bes'.
Dat young man struggle wiv dem w'iskah
fur free munee, sail, an' den lie order
'em all shabe off. Den he say,
'Raise me a mufstaash.' I riz him a
mufstaash, sah, an' he hab his pictur'
took. Den he want his mufstaash took
off, an' English split-chin riz. Wen
dat was riz he' go wiv dat an' hab Lis
pictur' took. Den off come de English
split-chin, sah, an' we grow de mnttonchop.
W'en he get's a likeness o' dat
he put dem free pictur's in a row an' look
at 'cm a minute. Den he frow 'em on de
flo' an' flop hisself in dis cheer, sah, an'
holler out, 'I looks like de debble in 'em
all, I does. Shabe 'em off!' An' he
nevali wo' no w'iskah 'tall, sah, after
flat?
"So?" said the tall man. "You uso
bay rum, of course?"
"Yis, sah." ... t.
"And hair tonic?"
"Oh, yis, sah."
"And the best pomade?"
"Sart'nly, sah."
"And?but of course you have that
on your shelves?Capulini's Scalpitatrum
?"
"No, sah; we ain't fell to usin' datyit,
sah."
"What!" exclaimed the tall man,
grabbing his valise, opening it, and
taking out a square black bottle with a
cold label. Don't use the Greatest ton
sorific of tlie age! Tlien let me?"
"You's de nex', sah!".said the barber
to the tall man. He glanced np at the
clock.
"Jiminetty!" said he. "Half past
6! Ill bet I'm too late to catch Jobson!"
And the tall man rushed out.
Washington's Love Affairs.
[Cor. Detroit Post.]
W/iVKtrn co-ntiTYiortfc nn ^prt.air* snfH
jecis-jstili- lingered- in "tlie^eatirof
Wellington on .tint peaceful naoraing
100 r?sui2e'i pos^ession
?&Sse3 Spnyten'
Duyvil creek and- ma'de his way
ceired a.message. to. ti^rj, .as. S.ir Guy
Carletoi^^ooi'-y^'e^aaied.-'-*<:So lie
ilirbeted liis steos to. a^cxeaiiinnosin!?
wooden liouse oa Heights,
stiEL standing and kno\nr"as- the Jumel;
place. Thi3-'"Eods5 ""fw^ty-seven years:
before had bear "his: ;ife<ica,: Here he!
louited the beantafnl nafe wealthy.;
Mary Phiilipse; her? for- weeks he lin-i
gered in the light 'of Tier blue eyes;|
here he.left her at her. father's^ tilt-he
wuId\^TB^?.off .said capture. -^Tort
Dnquesne and coma back, andTiere at
that fatal interval came _ Capfc. Morrisand
captured Mary Phiffipse -and mar
ried her before Wasinngton'si^turn. it
was an awful-lesson to .the father of hia,
country and he solemnly resolved never'
to "be caught out! ..again -in matters of
that kind. It ' wa^'thejsecpnd blow;
first the lowlandr*- beauty, "ifiss Grimes,
afterwards-moth^r of theses "family,
and then" the faithless Mary. He had
somewhat recover^ from the jiiting on
cms peacenu .morning jl speaK 01, ior
the. Morris family had' largely multiplied
."by.-this. "time";', but ffr?spot rcas,
3till .sore^--Tradition haa if -that Jbtssti
went over and sat again in the Phillipse
parlors and meditated. - "
"Where is your master?" he inquired
Df a darkey on the porch, concerning
liis former "rival.
"He goned wid the British, sah, wen
ie wall fust bruk out," said the humble
servitor, "an' missus she is crost de ribber
and is very porely, sah, and mahsa
lie was shot wen he was tafcin' Fote
Moldetree down in Carliny, fo' years
igo."
The visitor knew that well enough,
but he was fond of hearing it over
igain.
"And, mahsa, dey du say dat all dis
;rreat fine estate heah is gwine to be
jornfiscated by the devilish rebels.
Dat can't be, sahl'r ;"'I:
Washington evaded the question. But
m jctu aauci uuw vuvmvv nww
:onfis<^ted and sold to Jumel by the
government and Washington does not
3eem to have interposed to save it for
Mary and the babies.
He onght to have been grateful to her j
for teaching him such a noble lesson, j
for he learned it so "well that when ;
Mi -tha Custis dawned on him he just;
sat down by her and didn't let her get
iway from him. But she- was a -widow
md perhaps didn't want to get away.
Hotel Chambermaids.
[Louisville Post]
"Do these girls ever marry rich?''*
"Sometimes they do, bnt not often.'
Men are not given to making these
kind of matches, except in novels. I
do know of two cases, however, and
both have resulted happily. A ladj
moving in the very best circles here,
who gives fine entertainments and fine
dinners, and who is considered one of :
the leaders of fashion, was only a hotel
chambermaid fifteen years ago. Of
course, it's not to her discredit, but I
doubt if she would not consider it an
insult to mention it to her. I knosv
very well her . children would. Most of
the girls marry in their own class, and
the disciplina and good society they
minele with, even -as servants, make j
better \rives of them." , "j
Very Expressive.
Montana language expressive of
the difficulty-of climbing a very-steep
hill: "You'll have to stick your toea
into the face oi nature clear up.to yourelbows
if you-nant to cross that di
vWe-" oucj
I
i
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' '"' '
\ - Sc..
J
1 [All the. Year Ronnd.]
j A bouquet for my love who loves me not!
| What shall I gather? Rich dark roses set
In tvhnms ah mo UVo Iovp* or KlifiS fair.
Tall bloodless lilly-blooms; or violets .wet
And sweet with night's dews; or carnations
" rare!
And yetWhite
poppy buds are best, that teach one
to forget
A song for my dear love who loves me not!
Sing, blackbird, thrilling in yon'leafy brake; l
.! Coo, cushat, coo; chant, thrash, thy sweetest j
strain; .
Thou nightingale with passionate throb- j
bings wake
Pain in her heart, who heeds not of my pain, |
.sjiu. maKe
Her pity him, who dies for her sweet sake.
SATAN-IN ART. 1
How the Devil a as Seen fiepre"
seated by Various Artists.
2 *. rm r. i .
If in* Auumugc. j
j A series of introductory illustrations
shoj*. the Devil as"iie lias been, variously
j delineated by various races.- TheEgypt]
ian Devil seems tohav9,bieeu.a cross be
j tween a dog and a. tog, walking-i>n its
1 bind legs with a staff. The Assyrian bas
! a lion's body with wings, a scaly neck
j and a sort of dragon's bead with horns:
j The Cingalese satan has two heads -with
i tusks, fonr arms, sits on a colt, and has
j venomous snakes climbing all over him.
! The French is the first of the old Devils
j to exhibit the combined traits so
; familiar to us now. He has horns, the
j ears of an ass, a goat's tail and rooster's
claws, but his body and head are human,
with bat's -wings growing from the
j shoulder. This enemy of man is shown j
j in the cut to be grinning in the most;
i malignant and diabolical manner, and !
' RrtftttAvrrif* cnld around to temnt his i
; o o ? ? . /
I victims within the clutches of his claws. :
! But Beelzebub has been represented 1
j in other and far more" police forms, i;
There is a print from the Illustrations j;
! of Goethe's "Faust," which shows'" him Ij
as a courtly gentleman, elegant in dress I
; and polished in manners. It seems as j
' ? '-? *1- - 1 3 * !
; 21 maniuna. as it aavauceuj-u ieuLuciucuu, j
j improved its great foe as it' has im-j:
I proved, or * at least refined, tie vices :
| with which it pays him tribute. Thus,
i in the- thirteenth century the English
: devil was a. horrible monster, with !
I the distorted '' body of a man, j
| the" horned head of a bull, a docked
j tail like a horse, only three fingers or
| toes on each extremity, and spikes at its' ;
| knees, and shins like the spurs of a
| game cock.
By Landseer's time, however, the j
I artist had elevated liim to a quite gen-1
! teel sore of person, with a sardonic leer, j
I but good clothes and an unblemished |
! person. Landseer, it-must be explained, '
! once made ten etchings. called "The '
' Devil's Walk," which are very rare and i
| valuable. The most industrious and ;
{ extensive of all artistic glorifiers of his j
i Satanic Majesty, however, has been;
i George Cruikshank. That ingenious ]
: draughtsman has pictured him in every J
| conceivable form, as long as it was
; hateful,'for he has always been too conj
scieritious to paint the Devil as an at;
tractive being. "The True. Legend of i
j St. Dustan and the Devil" is one\ofj
j Cruikshank's most humorous works, i
; and his "Gentleman in Black" is almost!
! inimitable as far as the unique: gro- j
| tesquehess. of ; the plates isconcerned.;}
I " ' 7,-' / . J j
| RAPID TRANSIT IN NEW YORK, j j
I ??? . i
| The Broadway Undercromid Kailroad j
the Sext Candidate Cor. Public Ap- j 1
pro val. . j 1
llSiVJXUU 111 JL1UJUTC1 1H?SJ , ,
! Rapid transit in New York still '
j clamors for solution. The elevated road, [1
i with all its dodging of equitable taxa- j ]
! tion, is an nntold blessing to the city? i j
! so great a convenience to travel, and so !
! striking a benefit to property, that liti- j
gation against it has ceased almost al- j '
; together.-^ But if is insufficient?quite !;
insufficient.' For five hours of every i J
: day it goes crowded, and,does not begin
i to accomodate those wishing to ride.
An/1 thpsfi ara ?Tip verv hours that
i measure the need. As the strength of j
; a chain is only the strength of its weak- 1 ,
est link, so the requirements of np-and- ,
; down travel in New York is measured ;;
j by the thousands taat stand on plat- ,
: forms between 5 and 7, unable to get' j
; on the trains. Moreover, these roads <
| are running to their full capacity. They ,
can run no more than four cars to the
: train, and the trains can go no nearer j
1 together. "Whatnext? 'More elevated
: roads are objected to,'because they are j
; really an eyesore, are somewhat dan- J ;
j gerons, and use up valuable ground
; that is needed for thawagon-way. ' [ .
| The next candidate for public ap- i
! proval is the Broadly Underground j
; Bailroad company. This has a charter j
, to construct a tunnel road of two tracks j
from the Battery to the Hariem river, |
forking at Madison square and passing j
i northward via Madison avenue and 3;
: Broadway. It has given a bond to the t;
city to finish this road as far as Central '
I "-1- 1 T 1 1QO.T i-t, ? ? J J
P^Tji uy VUdlUIMJ JL, 10Of, UUU CUCJLLlUliCJ |
is promised to complete the big job by i
that time. But the company is going j' ;
. before the legislature this -winter to ask :
for an extension of its powers?the i
right, namely, to lay four tracks instead j
j of two, the middle pair to be for express ;
: trains, going at the rate of forty miles j
(in Tinnv inMrifUncr ef/vnnttnrAa Til nr/1 or- 1 1
Cfli-i. y ^ "* V*?V4 j
; to do tliis the whole of Broadway must ' t
' be dugout twenty feet deep and arcaded . ]
: -the whole width between the buildings, i (
; the upper roadway, at the present level, ! :
I bciug devoted to its present uses. The j
( company claims that it can daily carry ]
a quarter of a million passengers, or as : ]
many as all the public vehicles put to- j ;
gether now carry, and this is probable
enough. .... .. jThe
chief objection hitherto made to :
this plan is that it would injure build- ] ;
ings cn Broadway, that the jar might j
shake them down. M. C. Smith, the
president, ex-Secretary Windom, j ^
Jerome Fassler, of Ohio, and William_Lt
J. McAloine. and the Baron Blanc, civil ' e
engineers, have been to London this "jk
summer, examining tho underground i
road there in its bearing on this, diin- !
culty. The road passes tinder all. sorts ;
of great buildings, including hotels,'; ]
churches, and a large hospital, goes
under thef great.thirty^six-ton monn-j i
ment of George IY., within six inches ; *
of the masonary, under hundreds of , *
tottering old walls: and yet Mr. AIcAl-; 1
- trl.i-L. . it..i "Vi i_. i ' (
pine tens me inat it nas never cracteu :
a bit of masonry, or had a cent of dam- ; *
age to pay, and that the trains of a road j '
under Broadway mil cause less vibra-';
tion to the buildings than is now made :
by a passing omnibus. The reports of ;
the engineers will be laid before the "i
legislature, with maps illustrating and 1
substantiating them. ;
New Orleans PIcay<^e: The gener- i
ous give according to their means,
rrivA according to their dean
uuucij w ' | <
ness
The Louisville Post Editorially as- j
Berts that "to bs a Kentucky horse is as ; 1
dignified as hi olden times was to be a f <
Eoman citizen." -
... i ' . : &.
y
Froii. ....
lake JPlayia' j&eet*
[Ben Wylde in Ck
After the hand was i
the horseman and the
cussing as to whose dsi.
lawyer sat "with elbows
his chin resting on'h
seemed to bethinking of
faraway. Nowandijien*
head nodded sligntly
lips moved as if he. were
thing away down in hiss 41
forgotten' thegame; his r ??
whelmed with the past,
-memories that flitted be
aided tue glistening drops
them to shut out the yision 01
there's jonrhrad."
The wp*ds aroused the-old. la
and'fi# taaseidihis * head,' "but his
heldfast their gaze ontable^gp.. ^ ?j
tears from his eyes, and wiping his spec- ; v* -J
tacles, "I s'pose ifs. awM foolish
like fur a big feller like me to sit here acryin',
but w?aa I seen them marks there
they'minded me o'the day Bo"b
Tinkham sot right here where I do now
an' kep' game there on the table. Thai . ; *:
was nigh twenty years ago, but; somehow v
I can't get it off my mind how Bob sot
here a-laughin' an' joiun', an'.iiaym' tne
best imd ox time, an' all at once,withor-t
a bit o'warnin', how Jim I>empsey '
come carryinHBob's/littl^boy Taadie }'%
in, an- said as howthe palefittlefellow
bad been. run. over by a hay*s^andwas
dead. Bob was jest makin' -.that
ere mark thats only half as.. longes
the rest when Jim kicked, m the door
and pnt the boy on the floor right'there by
that 'ere winder; Tve seen fc good
many pretty solemn-like things,: but
that was the solemnist thing I ever
seen. Little Taddie warn't dead, bnt
jest, as Jim prft him on: the floor he
opened them preftj little .blue eyes o'
his'n an* said: r<?Oh,'papaL" Then to
see Bob Tinkham^-great,-;b%,3rasky m
man as-'e was?git; down on^s: knee3
cm' cry like 'is heart'd break,it wag
enoxigh to make the meanest manin/the
world boo-hoo sight otit.' An*' then
little "Taddie said: "Oh/ papa; it's
gittin so dark?chr^-oh papa, don't let
little Taddie die. Tell L)od not'io let
little ' and. Taddie broke of? what
he was savin' jest as; his pa had broke *, .
off inakin'that mark right in the middle,
an'he never said another word in-he
world*
"An'. Bob Trnkfram, as be never
rvf>-r/v1 cinr>i\ 1->?> mme fv> O-vfnr/l vr? s3!7 .
put Ms hands towards the roof an-' told ***%&
God he didn't know nothing about .
prayin', but he'd give anything he had . ~ . r
if Taddie'd jest open his eyes one? . - v.
more and only say papa jest once.-..'Alt'
then he prayed like I never heard nobody
pray before sence I was bom; an'
I said to. myself 'tain't big fine, words.
that gits tip to heaven, but ifs feelin's
jest like Bob Tinkhara's.' An*, boys,.
sure as youlive, Fve been sorry e'v'ry
sence thet<. I couldn't^ Lad down
there an' died an' let litcle Taddie live. fjjjgJ
Jest think, an old critter' like- ' .
with roomaiiz all over.- me iofs l can't
do nothin' worth anything for anybody
?I kin live along forever , but a litfclo
boy lit? Taddie, jest when he's bavin'
all the fun there is in life baa to -w-an' >. dio
and leave everybody that loves -.tsL
an' wants 'im to live. I tell yethey ;lin?;
say what they're a mind to ^ut.thero vbein'
no other world after this 'tin, but .
sf there ain't then things ain't 'built oh
the foundation of justice,, that's.-: all .
kjtf!J J WVJOj JU UUil O xgwx 1*//.- *. . . . keerds
no more to-day." And the'old .
lawyer pushed back from the tableahd "
sat a long, long time with his elbows on '
his knees, and his face on his hands
tooling at the floor. -2 *><.
*irOV. sprasrue ana svate croase. * _
. - [Beca: Perley PooreJ ; .Miss
Kate Chase and;Got.:Sprague '
became enamoured. at a celebration
given at Cleveland when the monument
r,a*v>r?a^ai?a- paiw- urft<r' tit?vatT#v?'
She was a guest of her father's most .
trusted friend, CoL Dick Parsocs, 3fc
his house on Prospect street. Gqr. " Sprague
came there with his. full sfcaf?
and a body guard, all in uniform, while
he wore a quiet suit of black., . .He was
bhen young and handsome, while she,
vrith her graceful figure, clear com-;
plexion, chestnut hair andespressive
eyes, commanded the admiration of all *
who saw her. It was a case of mutual _
infatuation, which ended ia matrimony. ** .'v.
rr? js_:? -3_ x-U Ui.' . n1%A !w< J ?a'.*
ner urieiius ujllvu^ixu mum oiu? uhkl oc- # ^
cured "the barrel" necessary to make
her father president, which; was she
foremost object of her ambition, and
for some years the governor lavished.
money upon her. The bills'for the en-'
largement of ' "CanonkheS^ ' from a .
country' house into a chateau were -d
simply enormous, and finally brought a'T
remonstrance from the governor's , >
brother who held the purse-strings.-" '
Love, on each side of the house, gradu- .
ally turned into hatred, and the devoted
couple at Cleveland became enemies. '
, :aorc itace Troubles to come.-''
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receives about 3,000,000^000 of met-ec^p
jvery year, but they uxily iaereasecti^^^,
size of-the eaith one inch in 100,000,000 -
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