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as wa. cm m
te Mood la Um
kitaben; ' v ';
Bar alee vM were rolled ap, oad her eheeka
eB ajclow;
erhelr weaooilnd neetly; when I, lodieoreetlj,
Mlcql^nMiibg white Nancy waa kinmfttm
am, who oonhl be aeeter, or bri(hter, or
eweeter.
Orjhehaai aaoagan daHdhMMly hwy
Dr win teok ao atender, ao graeefnl, ao tender,
Aa Nanay, aweet Haney, while kaexHag the
dough? fe
Bow daftly ahe preaaed M, aad aqneeced it,
Ohreaerd ft
Aad twisted aad turned it, bow quick aad
now alow.
lb, an, hat that awrfnaaa, Fra paid for in
Twee my heart ahe waa kaeadlag aa well as
thedoogh.
it last, whaa ahe tamed for her pen to the
She saw me and bhuhed, and said shyly,
“Fbade, go, >
Or mj bread Fd be apoillag, la spite of aay
toiling,
If yon staa here and watch while Fat
kneading the dough."
begged for pernhaion to atay. She’d net
listen;
The aweet little tyrant said, “ No, air I no,
no r*
when I had vanished oa being thus
heart staid with Nancy white kneading
the dough.—
ha dreaming, sweet Nancy, aad sea yow in
fancy,
Tear heart, tore, has softened aad pitied aay
Aad we, dear, are rich in a dainty waa kitchen
Where Nancy, my Nancy, standi w —-^-g
• the dough.
^ -Votes d. Fraser, /r., la Ac Cbwtery.
Joe’s Treat.
■ow oamta CLitrs amuaaD TO
tarn amd mm am on
NTS,
f
It waa Ghrlatmaa Ere and crowds of
busy bnyera and ploaearo-aaekera
thronged Avenue A. Among thorn
might have boom aeon a boy of per
haps ten yean and a girl tome three
yaam his junior, who were evidently
bent upon a very important errand, if
one could judge by the number of timer
they paused and oooaulted, the look of
earn seta sea deepening in their frees.
Good facer they were, too, if alitlteaoiled.
The boy's frank and honest, with a merry
twinkle in each dark eye, whilst the
girl's blue oner wore an inAooaat, wist
ful expression. She would have bean
quite pretty if it had not been for the
sickly color of bar akin (want of proper
nourishment), and the matted looks,
which only needed eoap and water to
lender them eoft end foldoa. A strew
bonnet, a portion of the brim aliasing,
on account of ha being several aiaea too
large, gave the child constant employ
ment trying to keep it on. Its counter
part in the shape of a hat coveted the
curly heed of her companion, whose
pente eould hate eaeily held *——
boy.
Preeently they pcuccd befcte a barge
within wfaidh aha eat stood lengthwise,
e hole in its tide being eoaocalad by a
certain of eail doth, the other ride wall
and part of front were ocmpoccd of
pieces of tarpaulin, propped up by old
broom handles and one bant iron staple.
At the rev stood a high brick wall
Adorning the packing ease's aides wan
* pert of a drone poster, a Sunday
•ehool card and a colored lithograph.
By the time Sis had finished her in
spections the fire, which consisted of
charred coal and odds and ends of wood.
I I couldn’t, Joe/ exclaimed the
little girl.
‘•teg, you p?4 top—iff gesy enough.
Tilly aid at Jim’s party, and ahe ain’t
half ka pretty aa yott be," replied Jog
vncooragingly. t j 7,
"Bid ahe?’* answered Bit. "Then,
perhaps—I'll try if you promise not to
laugh.”
“Ailright, go ahead, date take a
sip of lemonade; it will sort of put the
pluck Inter yer,” and Joe poshed the
eakea, round
oakas with snow-white
small, yellow with egga or black with
frail Aa the children stood gaaing at
the rich display an old gentleman pa—ad,
tamed aad retraced hie steps, and also
took his stand before the cake window.
Ever and aiwo his kindly face wm lit up
by a smile as pome remark of the chil
dren's leashed hk
-:M
decided, for the boy, with a nod and the
words, "Too jam wait here, Bis,’’ made
hie way into the atom, It waa crowded,
ao he had to wait his tarn, while the girl
pressed her cage* little Aaee tightly
against the window pens, tiptoeing on
her email, here toss in exeitemeni
There was quite a pretty fioeh on the
child’s dattaatt ehaaha when the hey re
appeared with a email porcel in hie hand,
and ahe exclaimed eagerly:
"Did you get Jtr
‘Ton bet,” was the
a long-drawn-out "Oh P
gbd as they mads their Aay along the
venue, the old gaiitimiaa dees behind
■ a while they turned into a
inlln—nrl Wm
iQUOwea dj
• street and bent their steps toward a
vacant lot, half abut in by a brick wall
and Httcred over with old pecking-eaaf|»
bata of tarpaulin and refuse.
"Is it a nice place Where-you Hue?"
questioned the ^sl, as her compsakn
piloted her over barrel hoops end eld
erookery. A aaucy look twinkled in the
boy’s ryes aa he answered:
"Well, 8ia, it ain’t exactly what you’d
?daD a brownatey front; if* r
on the Oeo
"What’s thaif afite
eves openod to their
"That’s a kinder style aa is xaada up
of eld thbagi as waa ehneked atway ae ae
good to nobody." Than ha added:
"Bare 'we are; jam Hold on a minute
tOl I light the ehandattsr, <* yon xaight
lit. It was built upon the ground,
under a convenient air-hole, ao the
■moke wm not ao bed m it aright have
been. Then Six produced a bundle that
ahe had hugged carefully under her arm
during the long walk. Unrolling the
old apron that wm wrapped around it,
aha disclosed to view a small battered
coffee-pot. about aa ounce of coffee and
a tiny package of brown sugar, observ
ing, with a little womanly gesture;
"I knowed very well that a boy
wouldn’t never think of that; ao Ibegged
Mm Dike to give me the coffee pot
Isn’t it nice, Joe ? and ahe waa a going
to throw it away and I got the coffee of
a woman, aa I minds her baby some
times instead of the penny, aad a real
nice grocery man let me scrape out a
augsrhsrrsL"^—~ -
Here, all ont of breath at such a long
speech for her, Sis msde the coffee and
■at it triumphantly upon the fire to boil,
Joe exclaiming:
"Wall, I’m blessed ! we’re a doing it
right up to the handle.”
While aia hovered round the fire, for
fear of an unruly coal upsetting the
cherished coffee-pot, Joe drew from
some hidden resource a lemon and two
lumps of auger. After atking the
lemon he dropped it along with. the
auger into a tomato can fall of water,
and having stirred the beverage with hia
pen-knife gravely licked the blade to aea
if it waa all right. Than, aa be turned
the batter-tab. into a tables covering it
with a piece of sacking marked in large
black letters, "This Bide Up,” he m
marked: 1—
"There isn’t another feller as I’d in
vite to this air Ghristmas Eve shindy
bnt you, Bis. Thsre’s lots on ’em as ’ud
be glad to come; it isn’t every day as
they gits auch a treat.”
"Oh, Joe, ifajem-kgraly.” answered .
Bis, with aa admiring glance at the spread
that nearly resulted in the collapse of
the coffee-pot, which took a notion just
then to execute a dip.
_ And Joe himself began to feel rather
proud of his treat when everything was
act forth. There was an apple opt into
(our quarters and arranged upon a
broken bit of a blue china plate, whilst
an orange sliced into as many pieces as
possible graced half of a wooden batter
platter. The chief features, however,
were a very email plum oaks and a ditto
mince pie. The cake, placed upon the
upturned bottom of a red collar-box, oc
cupied the middle of the table, a tiny
American flag alack in it* centre. TM
lemonade, flanked by two oyster shells,
was fcr want of apnea consigned to the
floor, while the enodle flickered itself
into little gullies down the sides of ther
ginger beer bottle that did doty as a
candlestick, perhaps in its anxiety for
the fesat to begin.
tomato can towsrd her.
Rising and shaking out her little worn
drees, Bis placed her anna akimbo. She
remembered seeing a woman doing it
once, who waa talking to a big crowd.
"Ladies and gentlemen,” said Sis, "I
am so very much glad that I was invited
to this beaater : fnl treat, with such a
love-ly plum cake, I hopes Joe will have
one next Christmas Eve.”
"Hear 1 hear I” called out Jos; there
by causing Sis, in her oonfumou, to add
hurriedly:
"Many happy returns of the day,
amer
lumy I” shouted Joe, "it’s better
nor Tilly’s ten times,’"kt which Bis re
sented. herself, blushing with pleasure
and feeling, perhaps, the least speck
puffed up at her success. Poor little
waif, it was something new for her to re
ceive praise.
The speeches having been given to
their entire satisfaction, Joe fait hia duty
‘aa boat somewhat relaxed and, leaning
back against the aids of the packing
case, he remarked, carelessly:
"What do yon think of my pictures,
Bis?”
“They’re jess love-ly, Joe; where did
you get ’em V replied Bis, trying to sip
the lemonade from her oyster shall, just
aa she had seen ladies of her acquaint
ance take their saucers full of tea.
"Oh, I picked ’em up 'round about.
Waa you ever at a circus, Bis Y’
"No;” and seeing that ahe had rather
fallen in Joe’s estimation at this confes
sion she hastily added,, "bnt I was to
Moody's and Bonkey’a onct.*' This not
producing aaantly the effect ahe ex-
peatefl. ahe continued with:
"Do you BeHeva-Jl^-Snnty Claws,
Joe?” -
"What? The feller what nomas down
ekimney and sieh rubbish t Do you
thick aa I’ve got anything soft about
r Then, catching USTlook of dis
appointment on the girl's face, he hastily
added: "Maybe there’a something in’t
fbrgirie."
"Oh, I wish there was,” exclaimed.Bis,
tucking up her little bare toes beneath
her skirt, for, although it was rather a
mild night for that time of year, still,
now the fire waa dying ont and the feast
Whether it should be a pie or a sake
had bean the important qu<»tio*, and
they hnd at lagt split the difference by
investing five of Iks ten cents in a eake
and the other flve in a pie. fas.
It had been • large sum for Joe tt>
■pend in luxuries, not many ten* finding,
their way to hia pocket; in fact, it wm
hia last cent, but he waa perfectly satis
fied with the result and I do not believe
there were two happier children in New
York that night than they, when the
coffee had bean drunk to the last drop
and proooanoed "elegant” (an old oyster
■an serving for a cup), and the great
event of the evening the eake waa to be
cut.
"Here, Sis, you cut M, women always
does,” and Joe shoved the penknife to
ward hia companion and she, perfectly
thakfnA Santa
Gbrns wh# haArfot forgotten them.
Thus, together tfeig pass out from the
vacant kit, fallal bright anticipations of
the morrow. * >
* ^ * • • * a ♦ *
gone since the
A year hadwome mm
night of Joe’s treat and the very
store where Joe pnyffateed hia Christ
mas Eva eake waa agiia fall of rfhotos
dainties in that line, and the same old
gentleman was there; but this time, in
stead of gaaing In at the window, be
waa making his way inside, holding by
the hand* pretty little girl, with aweet
bine eym and aflkv fait ha^ hugging a
lovely doll posasming a mrawtnd <s' far
tippet, while accompanying them was a
bright, intelligent-looking boy. Both
children were neatly, even handsomely
ciad. All at once (he little girl ex
claimed excitedly:
"Oh I Uncle, there’s tie very aame
eake man *a last year. Bse, Joe, there
he is I I wonder if ha wfll know yott?”
"Of course he won’t Sis, I’ve changed
my tailor ataes then,*’ and the boy's
laughing eyes twinkled with fan, while
the old gentleman chuckled until he waa
red in the face, and the two children had
to pat him.aa - the back to keep him
from choking. .-
"It must be a plum eake and big,” was
the little girl’s order, end ahe had her
way. Yean after, when she grew np
and had a nice home of her own, ahe
used to tell her children about Joa’a
treat and how through’ it two of New
York’s little waits found such a happy
home. —FnOBXKca Ramu PxxnAB.
Krery Bay Lesson* In Farm Life.
A fair in every villais may strike the
lidbn,
fast disappearing, the cold air began to
make itself felt
”1 don’t s’pose Banty Claws has much
time to bother about sioh a shabby little
girl as me, but I’d. like a really, really
doll,” and the child's eyea shone with
such a happy light at the bare thought
that some oue outeide the pecking'esse
came very near betraying himself.
"And,” continued the girl, ‘Td want
him to bring you sioh a lot of things—:
a love-ly big. eake.” Then, thinking
that perhaps ahe was reflecting upon the
smallness^ of Ahe one they had just
eaten, the quickly added: "But it
couldn’t be beautifuller nor your'n.”
“Why, Bis, I say, what’s the matter?
you've got sieh red cheeks end ”
"Have I?” and Bis’s little brown hand
went up to bar face at Joe’s words, as
■hs continued with— 1 ‘perhaps it’s the
*,‘Cracky! what’s that r and Joegoaed
open-eyed at a folded piece of paper
that had fallen from the sky, as H ap
peared to him, right into his lap. "If
iftaayaf them boys,” ha ajairalatod,
jumping up, ‘Til put a head on ’em.”
"Oh ! Joe, look here, there’s writing
on It, maybe, oh 1 may be it’s from Banty
daws,” exlahnad Bis,
AHhoogh Joe muttered "flddksticks,”
hiaeymwfre round with astonishment
whsuhAMd on the paper: "For Mas
ter joe end Mbs Bn,” and on opening it
wall aware of the Importance of the oo-1 found a flfty-oent piece and more writ-
• * _ «* * _ arsas. • JS A I^AAsnsnm
easton, knit her hitle brow and measured
off the cake exactly with her finger be
fore placing the knife to it
"Holdon. Bis. till Iaakaa srsarili”
help to the
[This as da was
] ‘TF*
•bOHktar
alwaysdonewhau they
little girl’s
Joe refilled the oyster sheila with
adat and having placed the tattered na
ns of his hat Irmly upon the babkof
hk head, ha strwek an oMtfcV that
drew from Ste’a lips a long drawn oh I
and begdh with:
"Ladlas and gentlemen”—
"Why, Joe, there ain’t none—there's
only me and you,” interrupted Bis.
"It don’t make no odds, they always
•ay it if there ain’t no rich ’round,” aad
Joe with, 'Vtonl bother, K continued
will:
"We’ve mat together as this air treat;
In aa aside), you must
fas usual
»•. thoa.ki, l. mrtiMMd msi tt* ’ m r—*?r*r r T m '.—
Ml jJwUt, 8U: VVU U uythto*mrjthb*ta
horseflesh that ever lived in tha county,
you eon make up your mind that the
ooenteymoais athsg stek er he has got
lag, or rather printed letters, which
read:
"BanteOlaua is very sonv that.hehod
nothing left to give lea and Hia faaniyht
but if they will be at packing-osse house
to-mortrow morning at tan, soma one will
be there. to take them to a friend of
SaatajOhmn where perhapa there will a
really dbfl and a beautiful eake.”
"Well, ronblmaod,” waa all Joe could
utter, while Bte, dapping bar bauds with
delight, cried out:
"Oh, Joa, I knowed than waa a Banty
Claws. Isn’t he good? Jem think, he
calk
fanny,
"Well,” answered Joe, "there’s the
money and there’s the latter, aad it
look queer.”
"You’ll bo here, Joe, won't your
questioned Bis, a little anxiously.
"Yes, Igaamao(ten*! know ef any
other oppointqsent to bfadar,” replied
fast with a gyin, who wm rapidly ra-
mafcner. and, after a
reader as an absurd idba, bat according
to my views it k an excellent one. Let
me explain. In all small villages there
ore one or more stores where the entire
nigbborhood go to buy supplies. On
rainy days and during the winter these
stores ore more or less crowded with
farmers and their sons, who discuss their
farms, crops, eta
We have snob a community here. At
one of our atoree waa hung one day a big
potato, labeled with the name of the
variety, also the name of the man who
grew it. Now, every cue who walked
into thatiatore was attracted by this fine
ecimeaf eadot-woe net many days be
fore other farmers brought in sample
potatoes, corn and the like. In each
case it was the best the farm afforded.
In this way farmers in the neighborhood
became interested in tins sgiijultural
show; it incited them to improve their
seed and bay or exchange new varieties
with each other.
I can cut ten shocks more of drilled
corn in one day by the following plan than
I can in the old way, via,: carrying it all
in the arms. After making the "book,"
entail the corn within reaching dis
tance and aet it around the buck. After
thk has been done cat the rest of the
corn that belongs to the shock and
tfu-ow it on In pita, then take these
piles by the tops and set them aronud
the small shock that had been started
beforar
None but the laboring man who has
suffered actual pain while husking corn
can appreciate what a cure for cracked
and chapped hands means. Do not wash
yonr hands do ring cold weather oftener
than can be helped. Grease them in
the morning with clean sheep’a tallow;
melt it and rub it in thoroughly; the
more grease you can rub in the better.
At noon give them another greasing .and
at night wash the hands. My word for
it, by thk plan a man can hnak corn
with pleasure.
Save ft Up.
FLOATING nUAfkl.
ACCIDENTALLY HEABD.
WORDH OF winnow FROM PAKAblflfl
HAAtn
Brather UarSaer lolls as Wswoihlse Ah—I
the Right soS Wrss* of Thtoes.
(Frsei Tbs Doirott Frse Tisiji?
"Dttami
aeb’fei things del dose' look
'xaotly right to me,” said Brother Gard
ner, sa he rubbed his held heed With
one hand and opened the meeting with
the other.
“It doan’ look ’saetiy right to see one
wuth ten millyon dollars an* anodsr
wuth only ten cents (applause by Bern-
waji Bhin), hut yit if I was de ten millyon
dollar man I wouldn’t kcerwhedcr it
looked right or not.” [Sadden end to
the applause.}
"It,doan’ look ’sactlyright fur one
man to own a great foundry, while an-
oder man am obleeged to work fur him
far $2 a day ["Hear t hear!” from Judge
Cadaver), ftflif I wis def2 *~doy'maw
I wouldn’t trow myself out of a job to
spite de owner or to please a demago-
fha UraaS OehoaM Whleh lata ha laas
ratog aa tha Magtatar.
A eftftftn# **
duced into the Mitrienfa ffald jk
shape of a floating theatre eotepeugy
■aya the New York Tknm. A oertlfl-
gate waa filed in the County Clerk’s Of-
floe tocorpetatbig the company, of whleh
the Trusters afe Mr. Will ism B. Stone,
Mr. 8. Oonaat Foster, ef the firm of
Otk A Oe, ; Mr. Bom a Stone. Mr.
Robert M. Fryer, end Mr. Sydney Neer-
gaard. The oompaay’s flepttel k plaoad
FHIA gTRniNO CALX.
It
at OOC milliondoltorm, to be divided into
100,000 shares. The first beet, designed
by Mr. fl, M. Fryer, k to be built on
the eatemvan principle, and the struc
ture will be supported on two steel cyl
inders of 20 feet each. Tha dimensions
will be 276 feet in length by 66 feet in
width. The motive power will be a com
pound engine of 2,600-horse power,
while the draught will be 7} feet. State-
of 100 will be
jm xaw xmcic.
.‘Thank yea, thank ysa.
is not ivery gjntlemin that wad help a
poor wWdj- May yee live foosvwr and f
a day.” ....... - ■' .
Philanthropist—"Ob, that would bee
little too long. I would Hot went to live
forever and e day.”
Beggar—"Thm may yee Ihtt tfll the
fiertindipef
pedistal k oompleted.’
rooms for a company
jrovided, while the seating capacity of
gogue.” [The Judge subsides. ]
’ "It doan' look ’asctly right to sec one
man hold offls all de time, while anoder
man hat to shove a jack-plane fur a
libiu’ (great rastle in Pickle Smith’s
comer), but hs who shoves de jsok-planc
has do respect of de community sa 1
keeps outer jail.” [Rustle dies away.]
"It doan* look sactly right to see fo'ty
lawyers rush to defend a criminal who
has stolen money in hk pockets, while de
offender who am moneyless am left todig
hk way frew a ton-foot well wid an ole
knife-blade (grins on ■ doaen faces); but
if I was a lawyer I sbbuM aim my
money any odder way except by tawin’
wood. De public doan’ look far any
pertickler display of conscience on do
part of lawyers, an’ darfore suffer no
disappintmenta.” [Grins no longer ob
servable.]
"It doan’ look ’sactly right far one
man to have a big brick house an' an
oder man a rough bo’d shanty, bat long
1)001 tax-time de man in de shanty kin
sit on de fence an chuckle over de lack
dat he haint rich.
"It doan’ look ’aaetly right to see one
man go pusbin’ an’ swellin’ an’ crowdin’
everybody else off de sidewalk to let de
public know dat he am a king-bee, bnt
snob men have to carry de anxiety of
bein’ in dab* to de tailor an’ of dodgin'
de grocer an* of subscribin’ $26 to build
s church widout a hope of bein’ stoic to
pay ten cents on de dollar.
"In lack, my friends, dar am heaps
an’ heaps o' things dat doan’ look 'sactly
right to ns at fast glance, but when ye
come toj&gger it up an’ divide an' sub
tract we’ve all got a heap to be thankful
fur an’ to encourage us to get up airly in
de mawnin’. A man kin brace hk legs
an’ lay back like a mole, an’ kick away
at de hull world an’ hate eberybody an’
be hated in return,. or he kin pick up
sartin crumbs o’ consolasimn, crowd
inter a seat in de back eand of de wagin,
an’ take a heap o’ comfort, knowin* dat
aomehody k wuas off dan himself. Let
us accumulate to bianem.”
the theatre Itself, tachtding parquet end
two balconies, Will be for 1,600 people.
The parquet k to be on the front of the
vessel, taking np little mors then cue-
third ik length, sod the stage will be in
the xttddle. The engine-rooin, state
rooms end dioing-rpoms and kitchen will
occupy tbs after part The boat k to be
Miilt by contract in N. Y. city and will
cost 6260,000. It is le rejoice in
The anger of Mi. John Joseph Ryan
of N. Y. city has been aroused by what
be considers the inability of thk Re
public to protect its eitixans abroad.
He waa naturalised in the Court of
Common Pleea of New York city on Octo
ber 18, 1880. The contempt which he
now entertains for bis citisenship has in-
duced him to return hk certificate to
the court, and ask that hk name be
stricken from tha roll. Hia latter says :
—Seeing how American eLtkens are
strong np unmercifully on the gallows
in England, and how Meson. White
bead, Curtin, Wilson and Gallagher,
American citizens, have been, on the
evidence of e lying informer, sentenced
to life imprisonment in England without
American interference, J wish to have
my name erased from the Amerima
citizenship roll of your court end Amer
ica at large.
Mr. Ryan deposited, ibis letter and
hk naturali vattoe papers with Clark
Rogers, in the offoe of the court, said
that the documents woe Id explfan tbem-
aad harried eat of the Oourt-Honsb.
He signs himself ss a citizen of the Irish
Republic. _
Wranr a countryman entem a small
village and doesn’t drive up to the tavern
steps at e breakneck speed end shout
whoa 1 in s manner to indicate that hk
bone can out-ran, oat-jump and out-trot
Dying ef Thirst
"Did you ever suffer extreme hunger
or thirst ?” was asked of a Kentucky
colonel who bad been relating some
solid stories about himself.
"Well,” he replied, "I never suffered
what might be called extreme hunger,
but no man knows how to endure the
agonies of thirst better than I do.
"I remember the time well,” he con
tinued, retrospectively. "I wm on
fishing excursion and became lost in the
woods. For three days note a drop
passed my lips. My lengthened absence
finally caused alarm and a party w
sent out in'search of me. They found
me lying in an unconscioue condition
on the banks of a little trout stream,
and it was hours before any hopes of
saving me were entertained.”
"Was the trout stream dry?” asked
one of the interested listeners.
"Dry ? Certainly not How could
catch fish if the stream wm dry ?"
"Weil, I don’t see how you eould suf
fer from thirst with e stream of water
dose at hand.”
"Water dose at band ?” repeated the
Kentucky Colonel. "And what baa
water got to do with a man’s being
thirsty Y'—Philadelphia Evening Call
We have the sympathy of
eminent theatrical people,” said one of
the Trustees. “I may my that they are
enthusiastic on the subject Our ob-.
ect is simply tins: There are 2,000,000
people ontside of New York end Brook-
yn, distributed in towns of from 10,000
to 20,000 inhabitants, who have no op-
Mitunities of witnessing a good per-
m HU FOOT TM rt
They were returning
theatre end had nearly
home when the young men observed:
"Isn’t the weather cold end taw.”
She must have misunderstood him.
"Bew,”.she said ratbar
"Yea, I like them raw, but”
tinned, looking sweetly 'In hk ayes,
mT
"don’t you thfak (hey arw hlear Midi
Whet eould he do?
nummvizo on
‘‘Yee,” said the gtaeery man, "Jo
has stopped drinking, k working every
day and k taking good sere ef hie
family. He certainly desrrves a gleet
daal^f credit” *
* At thk juncture Jones seme lata the
■tote and asked the grocery man if he
woald trust him to e seek of floor far a
few days.
"No,” was the reply, ‘ times are too
hard. I eaa’t give any credit” „
to stamp cat polygamy?”
is. Jones—"Beoaom OongMas
farm an oe without coming to the great
cities. Thk is always inconvenient on
account of the late return at night
Moreover, greet actors will not. go to
■mall towns. Do you think Booth would
play in Newark ? He would positively
decline to do sol We shall visit such
towns m Newport, Albany, Newark,
Paterson, Stonington, and Fall Biver,
anchor alongside the ilock, and. give
them a first-rate perifiknanoe, snob aa
could never be bevd jfa the miserably
appointed theatres gjaph-togns. We
shall have e regular stock company, who
will live on the boat all the year round.
The appointments of the theatre will be
■imply sumptuous. All that art and
modern theatrical improvements can
suggest will be found on board the
Gladiator. We shall rival Walkek’e and
the Filth avenue in point of oompbto-
ness, while onr company will be e sec
ond Madison Square troupe and con
ducted upon exactly the same principles
as those which govern that theatre. We
can move from ptaoa to place daring the
summer months, bnt we shall keep the
company in action 866 days in the year.
The cost running it will not be nearly
«o much ei* that of managing e theatre
on land. There wfll be no land taxes,
and we can therefore afford to build
a very
will be one of the beet in the world.
This will be only our first structure, and
shall not ventt-re npon the ocean
with it. Later on we shall have boats
to take in the Delaware and Chesapeake
Bays. We shall elact our officers in
December, and next spring we hope to
be able to launch (he Gladiator.
First PoUtteian—"What
fine boat, and a theatre which k that they should ever
m WOULD DO I*.
Mr. Jones—"I wonder why
world Congress don’t do
once
Mrs.
eompoeafl of men, and man don’t
anything. I could kill polygamy
one blow.”
Mr. Jonas—"Oh, indeed I sad
would do it?”
Mrs. Jones—-"I would go to
f-ha City and start a millinery
there.”
fa tee
kov
Bell
Materfeeifliaa—"Merey I John,
do you mean bv»«-«e*ielngwith ‘Hat fate-,
rid revolver ah day iung, m.d you * theo
logical student, too Y’
John—"I am trying to kern to sL-ol
straight, ms.”
Materfamfliae—"But you are to bo a
clergyman. You will have no nead of
such a horrid aoeomplkbmont aa that,”
John—"Oh, yea, I will, too. Oomdn
Fred says -that when I graduate he k
going to get me a call for a nongragatten
fa hk town, and you know he ttvm fa
Texsa.”
TUB ABVAWTAOR.
First Politician- ‘T hear that the
■alary of the Govmor of MfaUpR fa
only fl.OOO e year.”
Second Poiitidaa - "Only *1,000?
Well,
flax”
anyone to
A Greater* of iMpslse.
"GALLiMTBT AWAKENS MARLY fa the
breasts of some Boston l>oys,” says the
Journal of that city.: "Alefy fa the
city has a okas fa the Sunday rohool of
one of the leading churches, the
berahip of which consists of boys who
are each about eight years of age. Like
moat youngsters they me of too exuber
ant spirits to keep altogether m quiet ■•
the demands of the aohool require, Md
are prone to become roatleaa and noiay
at times. A few Sundays ago-one of
them wm particularly uneasy, when Am
teacher, thinking fa ffh*—* him lull)
quiet, said; ‘Now, George, I Affa’t
kuom what I shall do with you if you
are ao noky. I am afraid I shall have
to punkh you for it, and think the beat
way to do ao would be to make you att
fa my lap.’ ‘Ah,’ said the young scape
grace with an arch look, ‘if you should
do that, Mxe. ——-, I think you would
find thewhokckmgettfa*Bokor.’”
Biuunmh k an opening of/the
f
heart.
We find k fa vary tew peopk; end tent
whkk we generally aee la nothing bet e
subtle dimfamlatton to attract the
A friend of Mr. Chriatianey, who wee
acquainted with hk divorced wife, aaid
to a reporter the day after the sudden
death of Mrs, Chriatianey:
"I newer knew e woman in whom the
scale of emotion was ao long. It ranged
from the loftiest exaltation to the deep
est depression. She waa a creature
swayed by impulse. One day ahe would
be buoyant with hope and the next day
wretched. It waa fa fine of these ex
tremes that abe married Mr. Chriatianey
and in the other that ahe told him on
her wedding night that ahe did not love
him, and earned her fata However,
ahe soon returned to her state of exalted
happineea. The Senator told me, even
after his divorce proceedings were begun,
that fa her happy moods ahe wm one of
the kindest and sweeteat woman fa the
world. Ion may not believe it, <* you
may think be k a fondly fooikh old
man, bnt Senator Chriatianey loved that
woman with hk whole heart and loves
her now.”
A Kenner.
A Mr. Welch, of Oaaoo, Me., ton to
Oxford, twelve miles away, in two hours
recently with hia overcoat and cowhide
boots on. After running aMued- the
eqaate teere a few times to abow teem
"how kfaky he waa,” be ran back, not
walking a atap or reating daring hk
twenty-four faik run. He k a very
yingwiav Re has ran from Gnaoo
to Lewkton, twenty-one miles, and bafck
several times. He takes a long steady
lope, which he eon keep np for boors.
One time, when returning from licwk-
toe, he was overtaken by a man hi
■bigh, who asked him to ride. “I'm fa
» hurry—can’t atop to ride." grotrled
Welch. Stnog by thk insult to kia bono
the man whipped np and for ten nuke
tried fa vein to pern thk woudorfel ran-
Mr; than tee her* gave out, but Welch
tnptek. ^ /
that there are very few
Second PoUtieum—"But
the immune# advantage of
Flat Polflfafan—"In what way?"
Second Politician—"A
not be emoted.”
uhfromocmcrarlr
A Russian gentleman by the
Mobbereeehekihiviteh
Maine when a brake!
“Weqectognock; change
iroaeoggta end Beceareppecamat."
"Whataky did he mjritab?” asked
the Russian gentlemen in
glieh of hk traveling eceepa
"He was announcing the I
tiona,” wee the reply.
Thb foreigner smiled e superior mfle
as he leaned beck fa hk Beat, aad re
marked : . ..; . .,
"We Bnaakna eve very meohviteh
amuaedeky at the heathenkhacoff nefaee
yon peopleneff have fa thk
akoff* ~
there k A
the
rot mniAJnrARLR.
"1 aee by the papers that
slock fa the poetodtoe fa
Oregon, which wm brought
plains in 1863, and
ever since. ”
"Nothing nmarkabk about that.’'
"Nothing remarkable?"
"No. I croaaed the
1862.” s' '
"Well, what of thaff
taken eerom the plains In that yaw a*)
has been running ever since.”
"Exactly. That dock wee probabfy
with oar party. We were attacked by
Indians, aad I don’t ’
running ever since. I'
myself every time I think of it,’
. -*4
In the mlddte of ow ef
knit hk
Eli Etll
that mm to hi
that’s it, &
A
HM