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BY HUGH WILSON; ABBEVILLE* & C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, i886. TOLUME XXXI. NO; 9; M
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ROSA BOXJIEUR'S YOUTIL
IN A SEWING ESTABLISHMENT TO
BECOME A SEAMSTRESS.
An Unliappy Girl at Sohool ? Drawlag
Caricatures of the Teachers? CopyIns
the Works of tlie Old Blasters?Th?
Artist nt 17.
In a simple homo in Paris could have been
seen in 1S29 Raymond Bonheur and hLs littlo
family?Ilosa, 7 years old, Angnste, Isadoro
and Juliette. lie was a man of fine talent in
painting, Imt obliged to spend his time in giving
drawing lessons to sup}>ort his children.
His wife, Sophia, gave lessons on the piano,
going from house to house all day long and
sometimes sewing half the night to earn a
f,v?. M*o t\o^occifioe nf lifo
Hani work ami jwverty soon bore its usual
fruit, and tlio tired young motbor died in '
lSfl The tlnxx! eldest children wont to board
1 xritli a plain woman, "La Mere Catherine,'" in ,
the Champs Elvseos, and the youngest was ,
placed with relatives. For two years the
jxood woman cared for tho children, sending
them to school, though sho was greatly
troubled liecanse Bosa persisted in playing in 1
the woods of tho Bois do Boulogne, gathering I
lior arms full of daisies ami marigolds, rather
than to lie shut u;> in a schoolroom. '*1 never 1
spent an lionr of fine weather indoors during ;
tho whole of the two years," sho has often 1
said since those days.
Finally tho father married again and
brought tho children home. The two boys '
were placed in school and Mr. Bonheur paid
their way by giving drawing lessons three '
tames a week in the institution. If Rosa did ;
not love school, she must be taught something
useful, and she was accordingly placed in a ;
sewing establishment to become a seamstress.
The child hated sewing, ran the needle into
her fingers at every stitcli, cried for the fresh '
air and sunshine, and finally Incoming palo ;
and sickly was taken back to the Bonheur
liome. The anxious {winter would try lus
child once mors in school; so lie arranged
that she should attend, with compensation
jnet in the some was as for his boys, liosa J
*oon Iwcaine a favorite with the girls at the
Fauborg St. Antoine school, cspeciall}' because
she couM draw such witty caricatures |
of the tenders, which sue pasteu against me
wall with bread chewinl into tho oonsistcncy
of pntty. Tho teachers were not pleased, '
but si) struck were they with the vigor and
originality of the drawings that they carefully
jurcserved the sketches in an album.
ax uxiiaitv cir.u - i
Tho jjirl was far from happy. Naturally
Sensitive, as what poet or jwinter was ever
\>orn otherwise, she could not l)oar to wear a
calico dress and course shoes and eat with an
iron s;k>oii from a tin cup when the other
girls woro handsome dresses and had silver
mugs and spoons. She grew melancholy,
neglected her books and finally Irecame so ill
that she was obliged to be taken home.
And now Raymond Bonheur very wisely
decided not to make plans for his child for
n time, but sec what was. her natural tendency.
It was well that he Juaile this decision
in time be'oro she had l>een spoiled by
Lis well meant but poor intentions. Left to ;
herself she constantly hung ahout her 1
father's studio, now drawing, now modeling, !
copying whatever she saw bim do. She
seemed never to be tired, but sang at her '
work all iIk: day long.
Mo:i.%icnr Honheur suddenly awoke to the 1
fact that hi.; daughter lia<l great talent He '
l?egnn t ? tea?i? her carefully to mako ber ac- !
curate in drawing and correct in perception.
Then he s^nt ber to tho Louvre to copy tho '
works of the old masters. Here she worked .
with the greatest industry and enthusiasm,
not o!serving anything that was going on .
% i 1: A- fit., r 1
nround lli r. nai'i iuf uiraira ui me iajui iv,
"I have never seen an e xample of sucli application
and such ardor for work."
Ono day nn t4derly English gentleman
stopped beside lwr easel and said: "Your copy,
jny child, is superb, faultless] Persevere ns
you have begun and I prophesy tbat you will
Ik? a great artist." How glad these few words
marie her. She went homo thinking over to
herself the determina ion she had made in the
school when she ate with her iron spoon, that
sometime she would be as famous as her
schoolmates, and have some of the comforts
of life.
COPYING THE OLD MASTERS.
Her copies of the old masters were soon
sold, and though they brought small priccs,
elic gladly gave the money to her father, who
needed it now more than ever. Ills second
wife had two son# when he married her, and '
now they had a third, Germain, and every j
Mint rjnsn rotilrl nam was needed to lieln '
support seven cliildrcn. "La Maiuiche," as
they callc<l tho new mother, was an excellent
maiinger of the meager finances, and filled
Lor place welL
Rosa was now 17, loving landscape, historical
and genre painting, perhaps equally,
but happening to paint a goat she was .so
pleased in tho work that she determined to
make animal paintings a specialty. Having
110 money to procure models, she must needs
make long walks into the country 011 foot to
the farms. She would take a piece of bread
In her pocket and generally forget to eat it.
After working all day she would come home
tired, often drenched with rain, and her shoes
covered with iuuiL
?>he took other means to study animals. In
the outskirts of Paris were great abattoirs or
slaughter pens. Though tho girl tenderly
loved animals and shrank from the sight of
suffering, she forced herself to see tho killing
that sne nilgnt kiiow uow to depict me ueuui
agony on canvas. Though obliged to minglo
more or loss with drovers ami butchers no in- 1
dignity was ever offered her. As she sat on
n bundle of hay with her oijors al mut her
they would crowd around to look at the pie- ?
ture ami regard her witli honest pride. The 1
world soon learns whether a girl is in earnest >
nl>out her work and treats her acconlingly.? f
Sarah K. Bolton. 1
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"Palar?? Cari" Made for Itncrhomcs. ]
Most of the big horsemen own their j
own cars and transport their stables iu (
tliem. They an? *-palaeo" cars, finely made, i
and fitted up with stalls and every conveni- <
enco. Olio of these care will carry from j
?I tr. ?iiYtpf?ii horses. The railroads ,
<-hnrgc eight cents a mile for hauling the cars I,
and a special rate for tbo horses, about tho I j
same as for a pas-senger. Before we ship any i j
of these horses the owner lias to sign a con- j j
tract that, in the event of an accident, he (
will not claim more than $100 for each horse
that is injumL We had some trouble occasionally
lx-fore this agreement was in vogue.
The owner woulJ claim the full value of a j
racehorse?say $20,000?if ho was killed or ?
disabled; but he can't do that now. Tho \
railroad <lon"t make much out of tho horse ,
owners, but they do well out of the people ;
who travel to seo the races.?Unilroaa Alan ]
in Globe- Democrat ,
Journey of "Tho Flying I)wle." j
Thirty-five business men who daily trawl ,
between Boston and Falmouth, oil the Old
Colony road, by paying $100 each in addition
to the regular fare., have secured the exnlusivo
senices of a train that is said to i
make the fastest tiino in America. The ;
journey usually requires three hours, but j
"The Flying Dude," as the boys call it, can ]
do it in one hour and ten minutes.?Chicago ;
Yuiies. . i
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COLONIAL RACE OF NEW YORK
What IIm Itccomt of It??Tlie Colon It
Dracenditnt and th? Imintcrnnt.
Tho question arises, what has becomo <
tho onco activo colonial race?descendants <
Batavian and Anglo-Saxon?who so ardentl
sought their chartered privileges under Goi
ernor Dongan, and, finally, were anjoug tl
tn ajisert their rirrht to them, in arnu
Tho Bavarian, tho Anglo-Saxon, the Frenc
and other nationalities that colonized tho cit
have disappeared under climatic influence
and racc admixture; and although the Angl<
Saxon is the controlling parental stock, a clii
tinct colonial type has resulted. Tho typ<
according to many observers, is fast disaj
pearing, or is still in tho throes of acclimatia
tion, there not having been sufficient ei
durance in it to roach the state of renatura
izntion.
Tho characteristics of tlto colonial raco, o
continued h> our day, distinguish tho preser
colonial New Yorker of throe or four gencrr
tions' descent from the colonial Anglo-Saxo
ancestor, as much as tho latter is distinc
" o?u ..
trom me j^auu races, ouiu iitnauuu ? <%j
parent in tlio physical, mental, anil, pcrhap<
moral attribute of the new race, and also, i
its lingual expression. It requires but
glance to distinguish the colonial descendanl
physically, from the race ancestors. The ncc
has becomo elongated, the hair is darker an
straightor, the bones arc smaller,' the jaws, c
jowls, have become contracted, the nonnt
pulse is quicker, the voice higher, the con
plexion dry and pale; and, above all, th
power of nourishing tho species has material}
diminished. So pronounced are those cliangc
that thcro are anthropologists who conside
them signs of race degradation and of an ai
proacliing extinction, which can only be pn
vented by continual admixture from mor
robust sources. If the purity of a race bloo
is essential to natural Imdily and menu
vigor, as some contend, than the dominane
of the New Englander, through a more pur
Anglo-Saxon dcscent, may l>e cited as an ea
ample.
Under the small increase in the numbers c
the descendants of the original settlers, tb
pity of New York is practically in the hand
of others, and the ancient colonial element i
being rapidly eliminated, or, at least, lias Ioj
prominence. The city of New York is noi
indirectly, if not directly, ruled by innn
grants or the sons of immigrants. While th
invasion of New England thrift and j>ertir
aeity have placed the New Englander coir
paratively at the head of its commercial, an
Df very much of its professional life, those c
Immediate Irish blood are practically tli
political power. It is natural that the foi
cign clement should keep rule, if they bav
the enterprise to grasp it, and when the doo
is Mfc wido open; and the descendants of tli
ancient inhabitants must often bear tlie rult
even, at times, of those morally unfit fo
power, if the}' nre unwilling or nimble to cor
tend with the more aggressive races.?J. VI
Grerard in JIagazino of American History.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF BEE CULTURE
A Rerlorm Ijiiruilt i:i rallfornlr.?TTono,
Hunting with 1'ickH nml Crmvlmm,
There has just now l?een deciiled a seriou
lawsuit near Los Angeles which will have a:
important liearing on bee culture in Califoi
nia. A fruit grower sued his neighlior, wh
Ls a beo grower, for damage done to his or
hard by the invailing army of bees. A Rtva
leal of exiiert testimony was heard, all tend
ng to show that the 1k>o ls bail for fruit i
illowed to ravage the orchard persistentl;
uid in too great numbers; and so the cour
las decided that no man shall bo allowed fo
set up nn apiary ami let his Ikh>s wander a
ivill over the fruit and flower fields witliou
tieing held responsible for damages.
But now comes a new trouble. The bees, n
If suspecting thus verdiet, as said before, liav
ibandoned their hives in largo numbei-s am
tilled the hills. And now how is the court t
reach these busy little brown tramps? The;
-an not lie reached or effectively interfere!
tvith at nil. And now that it has lieen dc
nded that tho Ijeo does harm to fruit am
lowers, wo may soon expect to see this littl
synonym of honest industry denounced and
for the first time in tho history of the world
lisliked by the honest farmers.
And behold! Tho new l??o hnnter has com
dso with this new order of things. The othe
lay I saw two Chinamen up in tho mountain
.villi picks end iron bars and a big tin bucket
rhese were the new beo hunters of this ad
ranting and swift age. They were not seek
ng for bee trees. They did not need, aftc
he old fashion, to sit all day in a field o
juckwheat and get tho course of the ladei
wfa Tlir>v Mmnlv took nick m?l lion .un
juckct and went up in the hills anil walkei
llong tha shelving rocks till they saw thi
;vild 1)W8 coming in or going out, anil thei
:hey tore open tho rocks, filled their bucket
,vith honey and wont home. That Ls al>ou
ill the skill, or toil, or romance that is at
:ached to the modern bee hunter of Califor
lia.
Bee trees are, of course, very abundant,
mve a friend with oak trees in his yard whi
s at certain seasons of the year greatly nn
loyed by swarms of bees trying to tako u]
:hcir aliodc in his oaks. He shoots cotton o
ither burning nnd inflammablo matter info
:ho clinging mass of bees when they sett le 01
lis trees, and either drives them out o
lestroys them.
How different all this from the dcaroli
;imes when the swarming of a new hive wa
v delightful event mid tho discovery of i
;trange swarm of bees in your dooryard i
inil of splendid good fortune.?Joaquin Mil
er in Chicago Times.
lie llevolutloiilzed Theatrical Adver
thing.
One would hardly believe that tho thin
]uiet man with tho blonde mustache one sav
ust week lingering loungingly outside of tli
Standard was Jack Haverly, whose litho
jraph used to glare from every dead wall ii
.ho tinted Suites, anu who used to con
noney and spend it as fast. But it was
[Iaverly revolutionized theatrical ndvertis
ng, mid raised tip au industry that is iwv
uie of the largest in the United States. Hi
vas the tirst to develop lithographing on tin
scale of enterprise, and since that time tin
nillions of dollars put into that kind of nd
fcrtising explains why, out of enormous re
.vipts at the theatres of the country in tin
last ten yeai-s, managers have made nothing
[f llaverly had stuck to minstrels ho woul<
lavo had an enormous fortune.?San Fran
isco Chronicle.
Fatfio Toctli from a Itomnn Tomb.
There was an exhibit at tho semi-annua
meeting of tho Connecticut Valley Denta
society, in Hartford, of a set of teeth takei
from a tomb near the city of llome. It i
iGCiirfod flint. tliAV li.o^ lvw>n flmrn n t Innc
i,500 years. The teeth are held in placo by i
jaiid of gold, artistically worked ill fane;
arvings, the figures being so minuto that i
magnifying gl.-iss is necessary to bring ou
iheir beaut}'. ? Cincinnati Conunorcia
jrazette.
Throe Cities nn<l Their Street*.
Boston has eighty-three miles of streets
sad pays $450,000 a year to keep them clean
Now York has 350 miles of thoroughfare, am
pays $1,200,000 for cleaning them. Fhiladel
phia claims to have 800 miles of streets, am
pet only allows $200,000 a year for cleanin;
tlieui.?Chicago Times.
c- THE ETCHER'S ART.
a
THE TOOLS HE WORKS WITH A
J THE EFFECTS HE PRODUCES.
y ...
7~ An Artist Clvcs the History or an El
Ing? Preparing the Ground?Draw
{j on tho Gelatine Plate?"BltIng
y the Lines.
?S : . . .
v "Lot mo give you in a connected story
j. history of nn ctching from tho time tho i
, per plnte is placed in position for work u
^ it leaves the bauds of tho printer. In
first place, tho copper plate is thorouf
washed with turpentine, or, better, with I
zinc, for tho former is a little too thin. '
I to 4-vv ntiv frnoncn TllD nlfltA {ft <
B heated, commonly by burning under it lie
etching paper, or, if the plate is a largo <
by a spirit lamp. It is heated to sueli a t
perature that water will roll off in globi
When the plato is sufficiently heated a pn
' ration known as 'etching ground' is appl
, This is a composition which comes prepi
in the shape of a round ball, about the siz
a black walnut, and is made of asphalt
t beeswax and oil of lavender. This comj
k tion is carefully tie<l up in silk, and thro
^ this silk the etching ground oozes on to
? plate, where it is Jaid with a roller. After
j ground is applied and has sufficiently coo
it is smoked, in order to give the etchi
0 black surface on whicsh to work. The sn
_ iug is ilone with a twisted wax taper, i
^ dies, or in fact any substance which will ]
T duce the desired effect. "When the plat
. cold the ground is perfectly hard. So m
y for the first part of the process, that of
c paring the plate.
j OUTLINE OP THE DRAWING.
The etcher is now ready for worl
0 earnest. lie takes a drawing, which,
0 course, may be original or a copy, and et
its fae-simile on the plato before him. If
wishes tn tnkn snecial nains with, his subj
,f which is usually the case,' ho does not c
0 the drawing directly on the plate, but ti
|3 an intermediate step. Over his drawing
Ls fastens a jwrfectly hard transparent gela
composition, and with his etching p
T ctchcs the drawing on this, exactly on
[_ principle of the transparent slate of our i
0 scry days. Tho gelatine plate is remo1
and presents a rough and scratched surf:
It is lightly scrajxxl, but so lightly that
d indrcited lines arc not disturbed or cffai
These lines arc filled with red chalk.
0 gelatine plato is then reversed and placed
tho etching ground of tho copper plate.
0 burnisher is applied, which transfers
r chalfc to the etcher's form or upon the pi
e Thus the etcher has a perfect outline of
, drawing on the plato on which ho is to w<
j. In this way he is guided in his task, and
work is expedited.
^Thc otclicr now begins to uso the tool
his trade, each of which is known as an 'e
ing j>oint.' With these instruments the i
ject is again etched, this time on tho etcli
ground Where tho cteher wishes to obi
y the darkest effects fewer lines are etched i
aro made further ajxirt to enable then
, stand a longer 'bite' by the acid. Of coi
t!io acid lutes into the copjier plate only wl
the etching point has scratched through
0 etcher's ground to the original copper pli
.. If the plate on which the artist is at work
? small one, it is placed i:i a pan and tho aci
l_ than pounxl on. If, however, it is a la
j one, there is put around the edge of the p
y what is known as a 'frame of wall wax.
j. one corner of which is placed a spout for c
0 venieuee in pouring ofT the acid.
t "biting in" the links.
t "The first application of the acid is we
It bites clean and delicately. It loaves
s sky lines, the distanco lines, and, in gene
e tho lighter part of the picture. After tl
j lines are bitten the acid is poured off, and
(j ground washed with water. Then the pi
y which the artist does not wish to have Ion
1 acted ui>on l>y the acid are covered wit!
j. 'stopping-out' varnish. Tho next applical
\ of the acid is stronger, in order to obtain
e heavier effects. So the artist continues si
ping-out one place after another until
plato is sufficiently bitten, and until ho
reached tho foreground. When the. en
e plate has been sufliciently bitten, or, in ot
r words, when the picture has boon etched i
s tho copper plato by means of tho acid,
wax wall is removed and the plate thoroug
i. cleaned with benzine. Now ho can go to
. printer and see what ho has. If some of
r lines provo too heavy, a little lustrum
j known as the burnisher will reduco them. '
j lines can even l>e run out entirely. If"
j lines are not strong enongh, a new rebit
j ground can be put on wherorer desired i
p tho changes made.
j "When the last touches have been ci
s pleted the plate is sent to the publishers. '
publishers send it to an clectrotyper to h
_ a steel face put on. This is dono to proi
.. the plato, which Mould othcrwiso soon
worn out on tho press. Tho oi>eration
j electmtyping the plato is so delicately d
j that when steeled the picture which it pr
. could not Ijo distinguished from tho pict
printed before the operation by the origi
r copper jnuiv. mo iincst iuius uiu iuui
0 lilies which are hardly visible to the na
u eye, and which originally have tho appeara
r of a hair."?Is'ew York Commercial Ad1
tiscr.
An Incident of Tweed'* Escape.
s The account of the extravagant price r
1 for human hair to Mr. Pibblee recalls to
1 mintl of that gentleman an incident
* Tweed's escapo from Ludlow Street jail. .
Dibblce had had a wig of KujK'rior qua
and beauty made to cover tho temjior
- baldness of his son, whose head had just li
shave?L The son failed to go for the wip
l, the hour agreed upon, and the father kept
v place of business o]>en later than usual w
0 ing for tho bald delinquent. Suddenly
h excited man rushed into the store, exclaimi
ii "Mr. Dibbleo, have you a wig that '
:i about fit me?"'
"Certainly; what color do you want!"
i- "Oh, anything! Show mo one, quick."
c Mr. Dibbleo took tho wig waiting for
o son and handed it to the impatient custon
e He hastily tried it oil, inquired the price, j
0 a reckless amount, seized the wig and w
- away in great liastc.
That night tho wily Tweed disnppeai
3 The next day Now York was all agog w
. amazement at his bold flight. When it1
1 discovered that ho had lied in disguise,
- Dibblce thoughtf ully put two and two tog(
cr. lie soon after met one of the persons v
had been accused of assisting in the flip
and, to verify his suspicions, said to him:
I "So j*ou succeeded in getting the old n
1 off?"
I nXCSi uuvnu rniuuiu uuv ij(i?u umiu m i
s had not been for your wig."?New Y
t World.
i
? Machine for Sciirliif? tlio Timid.
a The bad littlo boy of Rome, N. Y., lias
j. vented a machine for scaring timid pers
j that he says '"knocks the window tick-ti
silly." When night has conio and eve
. thing is shrouded in gloom ho quietly ins<
the hook of a common shoo buttoner und<
i clapboard of a neighbor's house, ties a Ktri
, coixl to the handle of tho buttoner, and tl
1 drawing the .string tight, rub* it with a pi
i- of rosin. Tho horrible rumbling nnd sliak
1 and groaning that follow scare tho inmi
g of tho house and delight the bad boj
Chicago Timo3
THE STATUE Of. LIBERTYCompnrlsons
Which Will Convey t? the
Header Some Idea of It* Slzo. q
. Tlio facc of Liberty, which has a sublime
expression,, lias been placed upright on a
fraino hear tho building so that visitors inay
t . boo it. It is eleven feet four inches high?, T
? " that is, from the chin to the tiara which sho
,|n* | will wear about her brow. A man standing
In" on another lean's shoulders would hardly bo
able to look' over tho top of her head. The
face Ls made of six piwes of bronze, ri veted
' the together with nails, which show plainly to
cop- one twenty feet away, but which at a greater si
mtil distanco are invisible. Cl
4-UA T oHft r-nofforod ilVwMlf 111 PrtH. 01
jhly fusion 011 the floor of tho workshop and look P1
tx?n- like joints of stovepipe. Her middle finger Is 111
This ! six feet six inches long; and so largo that a fat P'
;hen man might easily crawl into it and thero T,
avy conecrtf himself. Her feet would make a ni
one, Chicago girl chuckle. They aro ten feet n<
em- across. The two feet stand in a large fenced
lies, inclosure near the fort and cover consider-: h;
spa- nblo ground. At least twenty people might
lied, step on the goddess' corns at once. in
ired Tho torch wMch Liberty will hold in air ia T!
o of colossal iu size. Fort y people might stand in
um, | It at once. Tho rim al>out its upper edge is a n(
>osl- substantial iron railing four feet high. Not c?
ugh far from the torch stands tho golden flame P'
tho which fonjver is to burn in it. This artistic
tho piece of work, which looks like a sinuous flame
le<l, turned into bronzo by somo enchantment, is tb
f a nearly six feet high and about four feet in
10k- diameter. P1
:an- Tho statue will bo taller than tho lofty a'
pro- pedestal. It will be two and a half times as a'
o is! high as the queen of Brobdingnng. The peo- w
ucli j pie among whom Gulliver was so cute a mnni- ni
rim- I lri.i ami on rrron*-. n ruriositv were sixtv feet ^0
high. Svrift multiplied the size of ordinary < '
men and objects by ton. Liberty is about l.">0 in
: in feet high, and to her the colossal queen of }*<
of Brobdinguag, who alo with a knife ns long as of
;hca a scytho and drank out of a cup ns largo as a m
ho hogshead, would l>e cs a dwarf two feet four
ect; inches high would be to a man six feet high. h*
opy If Gulliver's Kttto.nurso, Gluadacliteh, who ?]
ikea was 0 years old and 40 foct high, ami small pi
he for her ago, had been proportionally as large g'
tino as the Statue of Liberty she Would have been hi
oint 100 feet high, and small for her age. The mis- 8e
the chievous dwarf, tho (smallest in the kingdom, bj
mr- who was only .'JO foot high, would be to tho hi
red. Statue of Lil>crty ns a dwarf 1 foot inches ar
ace. high would be to us. ar
the To be of the same comparative size as tho 111
xxL stahio the rat in Broltdingnag, which was as ^
The big as a mastiff, wo aid have to bo as big as a is
on cow; tho mastiff, equal in bulk to four el?- ?'
A ph&nts, would have to lw as big es ten ele- ar
tho pbnnts; Jumbo would bo no larger to the m
ate. statue than a pug dcg. To retain liis reputathe
tion of being the largest elephant in tho world
>rk. he would have to be 300 feet high, l'ho colos- gi
his sal elephant at Coney Island is no liigget be- li
sido the statue than a horse is beside a mail. "o
s of The Washington monument is no bigger to of
toh- the statue of lilierty than a shaft 18 feet high W
>ul>- in a country buryin g ground would bo to an pi
ier'? ordinary iierson. Wo appear to the statue ns lo
tain a man a little less than inches high would lo
and nppear to us.?New York Journal. a
a to al
irso Getting Aheml of the Tramp*. et
iere uGreat time wo have with tramps," said en
the | th? freight brake man, cutting a chip o(T the ev
it.. I comor of black plug. ''They are pretty sleek, ro
is a those chaps arc what like to ride and not pay mi
(1 jS tho company. We don't care much for the nt
i-go company or its earnings, but it is a matter of ru
late professional pride with us not to l>e beat by a w
' in deadhead. One of the sleekest games I ever
on- knew of was played on U3 one morning last a
week. A pair of tramj? were boating their ot
way west, and I'll bet it would take you a wi
yak. month of Sundays 1;o guess where they were its
the ridin'. In the train, was a flat car loaded with ui
ral, iron water pipe, anil into these pipes the old nc
ilufTers had crawled. It was a right snug te
the b?rth. They liad plenty of ventilation, the in
irts l?i]>c3 Irein' ojkju at both ends and laid length- nc
ger wise of the car, and the tho sun couldn't bako Of
a a 'em in the day nor tho dews of night fall on in
-ion 'em. dc
tho "Wo couldn't git at 'em, uutlicr, and that to
iop. was the worst of it. If we crawled in after m
tho 'em tho only thing we could do was to crawl hi
has out agin, 'eauso nc man could pull another ist
tire 0110 out of a water pipe. Wo tried to poke W
her 'em out with fence rails, but they were too ai
into short. Tho trampts they cussed us an' called dc
tbo os all the names they could lay their dirty fr
j)jy tongues to, an' that made us mad an' we ar
the swore we'd have 'eai out o' there i! we had to re
tho dump that car of water pipe olF into some ni
ient river. Just then our conductor struck an Hi
rhe 'Wait till we get up to Ualesburg,' th
"the 8fl3*s be, 'an' then we'll ilx 'cm.' And we did. m
*4- /1-1?iWA? A. n inrrSiin flvn/1 11T> I?1
jug .tl.l/ uunsuuili tuu>;a <1 il?iu.u luvu - .
and "'it'1 ft pump and liosc to throw water, mi' we w<
got hold o' that ingino and turned Jjcr nozzle on an
3m. them tramps. Nerer had such fun in niy life, tv
The It made mo think of the time when we used to ar
avo drown woodchucki out o' their holes when I pe
was a boy. I wouldn't have missed that pic- I'i
1,0 nie for a month's salary."?Chicago Herald
0f "Train Talk."
hits T'IC ^port CroH* Country ltldlnc. -l0
urc Theodore Roosevelt, in The Century, donaj
fends the sport of cross country riding from al_'
^j. tic charge that it is artilieial ami un-Amm- V1:
can. HJf courso it is artificial." says Mr. an
Jlco Roosevelt; "so is every other form of sjxirt in Pa
,er_ civilized countries, from tobogganing or ico 10
j-achting to a gmiio of baseball. Anything ar
inoro artilieial than shooting quail on the wing
over a trained set :er could not be imagined.
laid Hunting largo ga:ne in the west with the rifle ^
the undoubtedly calls for the presence of a greater
of numl)or of manly and Lardy qualities in those
Mr. who take part in it than is tho case with ca
lity riding to draghotinds; but, unless the quarry
5- > - * - ??o i foi
U liUU gri??IJ UUiU , II; IIUCT IIVII llV.il llvutij (U
0011 much personal daring. To object to hunting *u
; at because they hunt, in England is ubcnt as setihis
sible jus to object to lacrosse becauso the Inait
dians play it." Mr. ltoosevelt also adds: 'To a11
an say the sport is un-Ainericnn seems particung:
iarly absurd to sir.cli of us as happen to bo in Pa
" ill part of southern blood, and whose forefather 'lft
in Virginia, Georgia, or the Carolinas, have j
for six generations followed the fox with P"
horse and bound.'?Exchange,
his w<
Proto?t A gn lr.it tlio Japanese Craze. !
, . Her von Falke, the custodian of the Vienna j |0J
industrial museum, protests against the;
. Japanese craze which is flooding the western ! ^
ith na^oas w'*'1 productions ?>f .fnpaneso art, j (
and which he ass.Tts is Japanizing even En- [j0
... ropean art. In spite of the unsurpassable. ^
.j* technical finish of Japanese art. its essence is i i
, u that of caricature. Figures am . drawings of j (
-ht Japanese men a ad women, even of trees and j ,
' * j fillips, are not intended to be representations I ,
' of real types, but; are more or less consciously j (
1 n distorted. It is a mistake to regard Japanese j j0
. work as a model for European imitation.? soj
ork New Orleans Times-Democrat. jjej
A View ol A Llfe-I.on-j Rtmlcnt. I JJ(
For myself I no more call the Crusades j his
T ..11 41.. ......?P ?
in- luxi.y ujiui * win uid ci wi it ??anuu iu1
ons foil}-, or the French revolution foil}-, or any Cr
ack other bursting of tho lava which lies in lig
>ry- i nature or in the hearts of mankind It is tho til
;rts j way in which m.ture is pleased to shape tho wi
;r a ' crust of tho earth ami to shapo human j 1
ring ' society. Onr business with these things is to mi
len, i understand them, not to quarrel with them.? gc
ieee I Froude in Good Words. Y<
ing
itea A Philadelphi i judge has given notice that ,
T.~- mere technical c.efenses in tlie law will not be ^
! recognized. _
*
" 1 i : :
WEDDING PROCESSION.
INE OF THE MOST CURIOUS FEATURES
OF FRENCH LIFE.
aVins the Matrimonial rinngo In th?
IMont Ostentation* J-nsiilon?coming 01
the Bride and Groom?A DUrcgard of
Good Manners.
To those who are not accustomed to such
ghts in their own country, perhaps tho most
irious feature of French life is the wedding
ocession in the open air. When tho French
lunge into matrimony, they show no shy?ss
over it; on the contrary, they take the
ungo in the most ostentatious fashion.
Iiey wish all the world to stand by and adiro
their heroism, and, lest the world should
>t take any trouble in the matter, they sally
>rth from tho church or mairio dressed in
(rmeneal garb; , and spend the best part of
Vi- days pro! lenading in public and attractg
all the attention they can to themselves,
his custom is general, aipong the masses of
le peoplo. Among the higher classes it is
jedless to say that there is no wedding pro ssion
outside of the church, unless it be tho
ocession of carriages.
Those who wish to Gee one of these corteges
s noces will have no difficulty in doing so if
ley are in Paris at this season, which, above
1 othei-s, is the 0110 in which mankind is
one to marry. They have only to spend an
ternoon at St. Clouil, Clamart, Meuclon or
iy of tho suburban niral retreats, and thoy
ill bo suro to see at lenst one noeo, and they
ay see half a dozen. A sudden clatter of
ngues tells mo that ono is coming. A pro ssion
of twenty, thirty or fifty people,walkg
two and two, is j)assing near, headed by a
>ung woman dressed in white,with a wreath
' orange flowers on her head, and a young
an in a "claw-hammer" coat, with a great
:al of shirt showing, a white necktie, a tall
it, and with his hands encased in white
oves. A bouquet in tho buttonhole comctes
tho invariable costume of thebride oom.
Those who follow are relatives and
tlmato friends. Among them may often be
en an old couple?tho man in a hat of the
,'gone chimney-pot pattern, and tho woman
a great white cap, an elaborato wol'k of
t in the way of starching and ironing. They
e tho parents of the bride or bridegroom,
id sometimes there are two such couples. If
ere is ono serious face in the whole party it
that of the Driuo. sno ieeis inai ine eyes
the world are quizzically fixed upon her,
id that overylxxly is saying "O la belle
ariee!" or something less pleasant
RADIANT WITH SATISFACTION.
As a rule, however, her face, like tho bride oom's,
is radiant with satisfaction, and her
irill laughter pierces the air when her ears
itch the latest joke from the low comedian
the party?and it is sure to include one.
'hen wit is wanting, buffoonery supplies its
ace. While the noce is promenading?folding
tho bride and bridegroom as sheep folw
their leader, a feast is being prepared at
neighboring restaurant, which displays
ong its front the words, "Salons pour noces
festins." At about 0 o'clock tho procession
iters tho restaurant, and the rest of tho
ening is spent in feasting, dancing and uparious
merriment This programme, withit
the marriage ceremony, is repeated the
'Xt day at some other place. But it is tho.
;le there for tho bride not to promenade in
I lite, but in black silk.
These wedding processions are not without
certain quaint pieturesqueness, and in some
it-of-the-way districts they are associated
itli much that fs pastoral and beautiful in
i simplicity; but there is nothing to bo said
favor of the custom as it is practiced in the
lighborboou or 1'aris onu omer largo cenrs.
To a really modest girl the ordoul of Ix*g
thus paraded before tho public gaze can>t
be otherwise than painful, for it is quite
>poscd to delicacy. Moreover, every person
vited to a uoce of tho kind I have been
scribing considers that ho is in duty bound
air his wit. When tho well-bred Frenchan
airs his wit he can with difficulty restrain
s Kubolaisan spirit, which is so character;ie
of the Gaul, even in the presence of ladies,
'hen tho ill-bred Fi-enchman tries to be
nusing, it is generally at tho expense of
scency. That respect for women which so
equently nips tho coarse joke in tho bud
uong Anglo-Saxons who have any claim to
spectability, is hardly pcrccptible in Flinchon
who have never felt the restraining inicucc
of iH)litc society. It may very well bo
at the women are as much to blame as the
en for this stata of things; nevertheless, 110
enchman, I think, would deny that a young
omau who has just become a wife, if she has
rt.luctv inn) I wit tor Vm rtoaf flnrincr tho
o (lays of feasting and promenading which
c so often the beginning of matrimonial cxrience
in this country-.?Paris Cor. Boston
anseript.
Four Pound? of Lend on Ills Foot.
A surgeon of this city, who makes n busiss
of straightening crooked spines end
.ndy legs, and oiling nisty joints in tho old
id young, received the other day day two
sitors from the country. They were father
id son. The boy, sonio 14 yeais old, limped
infullj', dragging his right leg like a stick
ross the room, and when lie sat down
ranging it like a prop in front of him.
"White swelling?' queried the surgeon.
"Yaas," said tho father. "Dick wa?
rowed down stairs by his nurse when he
is a baby, and ho hasn't got over it yet.
iems to bo getting worse every day. What
n you do for him, doctor!"
The surgeon picked up the boy's useless
ot, anil lot it drop with an exclamation of
rprise.
" \\ nac maKes ic so iicuvy r
"Jleavy!" echoed tho father.' "Why that
n't hcavj-. Only four pounds of lead."
"Four pounds of lend!" An expression of
in and pity settled 011 the surgeon's faco as
looked from father'fo son and back agniu
the father. The latter hastened to exrin:
"Why, doctor," ho began, "the boy's been
aring that 011 his foot over .since he conld
t nl>out, and it hasn't ever done hini one bit
good. That leg ain't a quarter of an inch
iger.fhan it was a year?two years ngo. J
ul Dick's getting weaker all the time,
d " j
I should say so?weaker?yes. Wonder
isn't dead. What put that into your
ad;"
'The lead?" - ;*
"Yes, the load." ^ 1.'
WViv thAv nil trnur if.***
:'Thev< It? What do you mean?"
"The cripples?people with white swelling? !
n't they carry lead weights in their thick- '
led shoes to stretch the leg back to its right .
igth?"
iho surgeon was too angry to make reply. 1
3 turned his attention to the boy, examined
i deformity, cut the lead from tho shriveled
Dt, and, sending for a shoemaker, ordered [
ispin to take tho cripple's measure for tho !
htest of cork soles. Dick sat in tho office [
1 tho shoo was roady, and then hobbled out
tb a light heart and a lighter foot.
"That man ought to bo mado to carry a
ill-stone for ten years," muttered tho suron,
as ho turned to hid next patient.?New
2rk Tribune.
CorapanJes that insure against loss by i
nd storms are fast being organized in the !
St. ? . ..... .V. T- <.
: ?
CALLING THE ANGELS IN.
Wo moan to do it Somo day, some day,
We mean to slackon this fevered rash
That is wearing our very souls away; T
And grant to our loaded hearts a bush
That is only enough to let tbem hear.
The footsteps of angels drawing near.
V
Wo mean to do It. Oh, never doubt,
When tho burden of daytime broil is o'er,
We'll sit and inusc whilo tho stars come out,
As the patriarchs sat at the open door
Of their tents, with a heavenward-gazing
eye,
To watch for tho angels passing by. m.
We'vo seen them afar at higli noontide, Fi
When fiercely tho world's hot flashing beat; cc
Yet never have bidden them turn aside, oc
A ml fnrrv nivliilfl in ronversa sweet. fo
Nor prayed them to hallow the cheer we
spread, tc
To drink of^mr wine and break our bread. 01
Wo promise our hearts that when the stress ^('
Of the life-work reaches the longed-for Cf
close, ai
When the weight that we groan with, hinders ,,i
less, w
We'll loosen our thoughts to such repose
As banishes care's disturbing din, ^
And then?we'll call tho angels in.
The day that we dreamed of comcs at length, w
When, tired of every mocking quest, "
And broken in spirit and shorn of strength,
Wo drop, indeed, at the door of rest, P1
And wait and watch as tho day wanes on? ^
But the angels wo meant to call are gone! **
?United Presbyterian. n<
p<
IN A MEXICAN SCHOOL HOUSE
ft
Ragged Urchin* Shouting Their Lessons a
In Singing i;norus?xno emau juoy.
While the mules were resting and the tc
drivers enjoying their usual siesta, we wnn- n<
dered out to view the village, whoso low- ^
roofed and no-roofed casas are nestled at the J8
foot of dark bills. Its quaint church?as
usual, tho prominent feature of the place? **
rejoices under a fresh coat of sky-blue plaster "j
without and much gilding within, spread P
over the mold and cracks of centuries, which p
gives it the appearance of a wrinkled octoge-.,
narian fashionably bewiggecL The weedy in- : "j
closure behind that serves as a campo santo, P'
or graveyard, has rows of grinning skulls
ranged all along its adobe walls. I picked up
one of these with the intention of adding it to te
my somewhat varied collection of "recuerdas tt
do Mexico," but it crumbled to dust at a se
touch and filled tho air with fine powder, ti
Then we strayed into the school house, where m
a bevy of ragged urchins were shouting their ai
lessons in sing-song chorus. In Mexican to
schools children never study silently, but all se
tasks aro committed to memory by loud repi- p<
tition, making, as may be imagined, tho ec
vicinity of these temples of Minerva by no tl
means desirable places of abode. Here the cl
noise was deafening, and the poor, pale, a
shabby-looking old woman who presided ai
seemed hnlf distracted, as no doubt she was. ni
The dog-eared books which theso children were p<
using had been selected by some local n<
priests years and years before. The girls fe
were also taught needlework to the extent ai
of embroidering altar cloths for tho village ol
conntitnpr mill v?tm?ntsfor the Virrin. while I b<
J - ? " >
upon the blackboard were some lessons in | gi
spelling and arithmetic, which wero given by ! ai
tho preceptress "out of her own head," as she I bi
explained to us. cc
It was immensely hot, with the tropic sun
boating upon tho roof without a tree to inter- as
cept its rays, and streaming into tho uncur- fr
tained windows, everybody was sleepy, the ai
teachers cross and the pupils irredeemably dj
stupid. A fat centipede was slowly dragging "U
his loathsome, greenish-yellow body and hun- ol
dred legs, surcharged with poison, along tho qi
floor in a corner, and I counted more than a u]
dozen scorpions darting about the walls; but ci
nobody minds such trifles as these in Mexico. I
I observed that tho "innate cusscdness"' of the rc
small boy seems to be about the same the in
wide world over, for a little Mexican urchin, qi
who had evidently been made to stand up in ci
the corner for some misdemeanor, was de- si
lighting himself beyond measure by tortur- tl
ing a small lizard, which he had Listened to
the wall by the tail, sticking pins into it and
otherwise proving tho doctrine of total dopravity,
at least so far as small boys are con- y,
corned.
We left the little Babel reluctantly, know- ja
ing full well by the vicious clutch of tho sc
I Ain flnw nnmt fho StOllt Stiplt K.
OVHWiHiU...., ...... ? UJ
she carried, and by iui ominous snap in lier j w
beady eyes, that slio only awaited our de- ^
parture to urge certain loitering steps up the n<
thorny steeps of learning'by vigorous switch
suasion. Poor littlo ragamuffins!- Tho nerv- J ?p
ous irritability of that ancient maiden vented cj,
upon their half naked and poorly fed bodies
must be hard, indeed, to .boar. And the ^
small amount of useless knowledge winch ai
may be beaten Into them will not abate, by j ^
one jot or tittle, tho utter hopelessness of their I
lives, nor even result in so much as improving ! c'(
thgir apparel, as tho first taste of "tho tree of ju
good and evil" is said to Iiavo dono by our j,,
earliest ancestors.?Fannie B. Ward in UJ
Boston Globe.
? al
A Shrewd Stroke of Economy. St
Ever since District Attorney Ilillborn met fc
with that accident when ho asked a China- di
man what a 10-cent cigar was, he has felt like fc
giving up smoking. And another exjx'rience le
lias just happened to him which makes liim j fr
afraid to buy a cigar in case some joke will j fc
come out of it lie engaged a new boy for ai
his ofiicc?a young, zealous, economical, ar
bright boy, whose wliolo soul was devoted to of
his master's service. Among tbo boy's in
duties was to go out for cigars for tho judge, us
Tho other day tho boy wa3 given half a w
dollar. se
"Go out,"' said the judge, "to 's and
buy mc four cigars?lour for a half. Ho
I Knows v, iiat i get.
The boy started off and came back pres-j h
ently, his face aglow with pride and tri-: ri'
uinph. lie hail six cigars. He handed them ' th
to the judge." j JJ
"U'lmt are these?" \ to
"I didn't go to 's, sir. I know a placo of
where they give you six for a half.* j sn
And that boy, if he roads this story, may i 0f
perhaps discover why the anticipated raiso ! cj,
I of salary ditl not follow his stroke of econ-i to
omy.?San Francisco Chronicle. ( jf,
! fn
filly Flippancy and Solid Sonne. j ju
It is not long since a Frenchman wrote two ! in
silly little books about the English, treating j fo
them in that lively style which is sure of pojm- j oii
laritv. Nearly ut the same time another' Ai
rrenehman, mom careful ir:ti lucre serious, 1 ki
published a volume oil th'J same subject, bo
which, though it contained a few uuintcii-' Ai
tional errors, was 0:1 the whole likely to be in- j tu
structive and useful to his countrymen. The I th
Cippant little books ha:l a:i enormous sale; j to
tbo instructive book luul but a moderate cir-; wi
culation. The rule holds good for a para-! IL
graph or a sentence as well as for a volume. I
An unjust brief paragraph, with a ^.ting in it, j ,
has a far better chance of l*:ing remembered, ..
than a duller but more accurate statement of 1 c
the truth.?P. G. Hamuierton in The Atlantic. 0
on
I'attl's Presents to Ilor Gupsth
It is said that Patti at her wedding break-! .
fast, in accordance with an old French enstorn,
presented each of the guests in attendance
with a piece of her garter.?Inter- ]
Ocean. ... . # ^ I y?
'-.V&iC- . f- . V iiir-'j?..- W .. *r
VICTIMS OF ALCOHOL , J
HE METHODS USED IN A PRIVATE
HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN.
--T?: - >
is It to a nigh-Toned Inebriate Asylum.
Tlio Plan of Treatfnept Adopted?Dan- 'i
cor When There i* n lteactlon?Peoollarltles
of Patients.
"The patients here are all women," said th?
anaper of a quiet, unobtrusive private be?-. JS
tal in the neighborhood of Centra^ park.
rom the outsitle of the building nothing.
>ul(l be seen to indicate the character of the.
rcupai its, and it could easily have been taken ?
>r the hrtnie of ,1 business man of means; . ;
"What axe .the special features of the insti-j
itioiW continued, the manager. "There iSt
lly one disease treated hero, and that is
unkenness. Dnmkenness a disease? Un-. V
mbtedly, the same as any other disordered.
mdition of the body. Alcohol is a poison, J
id people who take it habitually suffer from
ironic poisoning, just as the man does whok
orks in a white Iced factory for any length,
! time. Tlio jiatientn arc all wealthy here,
id confidentially, this place is notihug more, inn
a high-toned inebriate asylums , It* :--r<
ould never do to call it bo, as it would ruin A
le business entirely. - j
"It is a peculiar thing about many of oar
iticnts, that is, those who come willingly,
lat if there were anything said about this ~
?ing a retreat for drunkards they would;
;ver come here. They are sensitive on this. . n
Dint, although they know what is the dif-; ' '$
?ulty with them. The h06pital is always
ill, and, in fact, patients have to be turned. yt]
ivay every day ami I understand that places.
rnilar to this have been started further down.
>wn, to take care of the increase in tho bus!- . '
jss. I can't say that dnmkenness among;
ealthy women is on the increase, but there- *.?<
no doubt that the number of people seeking,
eatnientis larger than it was a year ago.
ome of tho eases are bad, and tho women. J
ho have formed tho habit of taking moraine
to quiet the nervous condition induced)
f alcohol arc tho worst. Some arts Jbrought. ^
>* ? in flm nnrnrrcma rtf fjoHHlim, '^i
omens, after tho treatment of tho family
lysician has ceased to be of benefit. ^ '::gl
THE TLAN OP THEATMEIfT. , j
"Aro the patients cured? That is hard to
1L Tho object of the treatment is to break
to habit. Patiento bavo been sent home
emingly strong .and all right, who after o
uie como back worse than ever. But littlo
edicine is given in the plan of treatment,
id no substitute for the nlcohoL Medicine. i
take away the appetite for alcohol is ncror.
nse, for by giving something for this par-- . *
kc another habit will usually be formed " J.
[ually as bad. Whatever tends to strengthen.
lo lxxly Ls used, and no patient is safe to (lislargo
until the inflammation of tho stomacb: ,
msed by alcohol has been removed. Fiwb: ~ v.v;3jj
r, baths, cxercise, light food and agreeable;
leutal occupation do the Work if a cure fa
jssiblo. Thero is a class of patients who do ' ".'ji
it want to stop drinking. They spe^/*
w weeks with us, get patched np somewfoafe
id go back to their excesses with the vigor ,
! youthful indulgence. All the patients aro *-*
uieOtcd by treatment, unless there fa too.
eat an organic derangement of the kidneys -' 51
id liver. I know of somo absolute cures
it they aro but a comparatively small per- . ;
ntago of those t reated.
"IDe irOUOltt IS lliai mica luujr icavu UUU|
i soon as there is a reaction, howovor slight, om
the cessation of tonics, they feel dopresecd
id take a littlo stimulant to drivo away the
illness and counteract th? low . vitality. . /*
"hen this is done once, it is only a question <
! time when stimulants aro taken in largo. f
lantitios for every littlo ailment. Thia seta
i an inflammation which is the cause of tho . aving
for alcohol, and the habit is formed . "
have had patients under my charge whoss
ilatives would willingly pay any amount of, .
oney to have tho habit broken. It is not /s
icstion of money at all. Millions could not
ire a person who did not have a stronger do- 3
re to stop drinking than to drink. This id
le real secret of a radical curc. ..
.. .. PECULIARITIES OF PATIESTS. . .
"The patients cannot, as a role, be trusted. j
bey will lie about their condition, make
lemsclvcs apjiear to bo well and strong, only g
sat the restraint they are under may be recced,
so that they may have a chance to get v ^
mething to drink. Even when they ,aro
ought hero, physical wrccks, trembling,.' . ith
shattered nerves, wild eyes and wanderg
minds, they will declare that thoy havo
>t drank in months, and claim that they are v ^
jing persecuted by their family or fdendst
here are many sail cases whero tho habit of jj
inking has been forme<l innocently and per- 7
' - - i?!? 1 i.:._ fn?<.
IpS Ullticr 1110 UUVICO UJL a jjuj diluui, iuvu ^
lere will usually bo an honest effort to break
.vay from tho grip that is tighter than a
md of iron, and tho mental torture induccd
y the effort to keep straight and the lack of
mfiileneo in the ability to do so is something
irriblo at times and can only bo appreciated
f thoso who havo soon eases frequently or
udergone the agony themselves. ,
' There is one striking peculiarity about tho
coholic patient Thc.v will agree with every
atcmeut made concerning tho injurious efcts
of alcohol, and will acknowledge that
'unkonness is the worst habit that could bo
irmcd. They v. ill deliver temperance.
cturcs to each other by the hour, and weep. - *<j
ecly as they recount their misery and sufrings.
Givo the most earnest protestor
nong them a chance to get a bottle of whisky
id they will seize it eagerly. Tho thought. :j.
whisky starts tho machinery of desire go-,
g so strongly that nothing can resist it, and
ually until a patient's stomach is healed, she
ill drink whisky if she can get it until iiinsibility
is produced."?New York Tribune;
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Steering l>y a-i Alarm Clock.
A yachting party in the sloop William
enry m? t with a "s.ight nn'shap down the
rcr a few days ago. Tho leading spirits of ..Jj
n <i;iv'c u<>pi> IVib Williamson and
ike Summers. Thomas li. Boumo catered
r the party uiul hail placed 011 board a keg
beer, livo dozen deviled crabs, as many
ndwiclies and other refreshments. As none
the crowd was ar. expert sailor, it was do- ;
led to borrow or hire a compass and chart
steer by. Failing to pi-ocnre the compass,
?d O'Mahoney kindly loaned them a tinnmed
alarm clock, which he said would do.
st as well. Everything went along nicoly
itil they started back. Soon after heading
r Baltimore the clock somehow didn't point
t the right way and the ya'-ht struck an
une Arundel cat boat and bad her mast ^
locked out. The keg of beer rolled overnrd
and the party were left in a sad plight.
ftcr drifting about for an hour they bailed a
g and worn towed up. They have concluded
at a:i alarm clock is not exactly the thiuj*
steer a boat by, and on tbo next cruise they
11 havo a sailing master. ? Baltimore
. raid.
A Sufllciont Cau?o for Anxiety.
' Mamma, you read tho other day that a
r.>v nf imtin!? sawdust!"
"'Yes, dear. IIo swallowed it with his food.
wflust was thrown into his cago to keep it
an."
Mamma is there any likelihood of my doll
i-.ig? Khc's KOiie and eaten herself chuck
>1 of sawdust.J'iiiladelphia Call *
Harriet Boccher Stov/o has turned her 75V&
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