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' In reply to a letter of the business
men of the Catholic churches of St.
Paul, Archbishop Ireland last ~night
gave out. a letter in which he gives, his
reasons why he is or posed to the Chi-
cago platform. The letter Of his con-
stituents appealed for light upon the
duties of the hour. In his reply the
archbishop, in part, says: “I stand by
the platform and the present candidate
of the Republican convention.
I am opposed to the platform and can-
didates of the Democratic convention
at Chicago. The days of civil war ex-
. eepted, at no time did so great a peril
threaten the country as that which is
involved in the present campaign. The
question of free and unlimited coinage
of silver is put in the foreground. ~
The question has its importance. This
movement is in its right logical effect
revolution against the United States.
It is the secession of 1861. The declara-
tion in the Chicago platform denounc-
ing arbitrary interference by federal
authorities in' local affairs can have no
other meaning. The words point to
the act of Grover Cleveland sending
United States troops to protect National ,
property and enforce National laws
during the Chicago riots in 1894. In
these words there is the old secession
doctrine that states are independent of
the National Government. There is
notice served upOn the flag of America
that outside the District of Columbia it
is without power of self assertion or self
defense.
"The platform threatens the country
with destruction of social order, with
anarchy. The personification of law
and of social order in America is in our
. court and the promise of safety to our
free institutions is the ,prompt obed-
ience to those courts and now the
cmrts are to be shorn of their power in
flvor of mobs, bent on rioting and des‘
traction of property. The palladium
of America’s liberties is the supreme
court. The plat-form intimates the in-
tention to constitute the court by the
popular election of the judge, by the
shortening of the term Of Office or
othermse, so as to make it insensible
tothestsrn voice of law and_responsive
to the passing ‘ whims of political
parties. Worse, to my mind, than all
this is the spirit'of socialism that per-
meates the whole movement which has
issued from the convention in Chicago.
It is the ‘international’ of Europe now
taking body in America.
_ “The war of class against class is up-
on us, the war of the proletariat against
the property holder. Class hatred and
angry passion never led to aught but
general misery and suffering. The peo-
ple Of America must guard against mis—
leading war cries, avoid giving counten-
ance to socialistic or anarchistic ten-
dencies and know that the first condi-
tion of prosperity is a peaceful com-
monwealth and assured social order.”
The archbishop then makes an argu-
ment against free coinage of silver.
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(WHAT 91hr SAYS.
United States Senator Matthew Stan-
ley Quay is a political manager of the
say-nothing-and-saw-wood sort. When
therefore, he does make a statement
regarding a politicnl canvass which he
is helping direct, that statement is ac-
cepted as something more than blufi‘.
In fact that Senator Quay is not given
to blufl‘ing, as his political friends and
adversaries both know. He issued this
statement over his signature last even-
ng:
The election of McKinley and Ho-
bart is an accomplished and assured
fact. They will receive 270 electoral
votes. Bryan will receive. 110, and
there are six States hwm; 67 ezcctoral
votrs which are doubtful,ebui. the prob'
abilities all point to the fact that these
67 votes will go into the Republican
column and be added to the 270 now as-
sured for McKinley and Hobart.
This is the status 'to-day.
We have the election and will hold it.
Our present efforts in the West is to
this end only. '
The opposition have abandoned the
E ist.
M. S. QUAY.
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OBITUABY.
JOHN PATTERSON.
Mr. J ohn Patterson. a highly. respect-
ed resident of New Canaan died Sun-
day, at “Craiaielea,” his home in that
town in the 76th year of his age. His
funeral took place on Wednesday
afternoon, last, at “Craigielea.” Mr.-
' Patterson was a refined and cultured
gentleman of the old school, who sev-
eral years since selected his- beauti-
ful site in New Canaan, for a summer
residence and becoming so charmtd
with his surroundings he had spent his
recent years entirely in that town. He
was father of Mrs. E. M. Lockwood of
Norwalk.
The Momentus Issue.
Harper’s Weekly, (dem.,) tells its
readers that the Presidential struggle
this year “is really’for the maintain-
ance of the Nation’s integrity and honor
against repudiation, communism 'and
anarchy.”
. l846—l896.
Cards are .out for the golden wedding
of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Gilbert, of
Georgetwn, which occurs on Monday
the-26th inst.
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THE silicosis. _
Every Republican should be prepared
to Squelch the man who ventures to talk
to him about “the crirle Of 1873.” The
law of 1873 was no more of a crime than
any other law that was freely discussed
and openly passed in congress. In fact
few laws havethe record that the so-
called “demonetization law” has. The
law itself is as follows:
SECTION 14. The gold coins of the
United States shall be a $1 piece, which
at the standard weight of 25 S grains
shall be the unit of value.
SECTION 15 The silver coins of the
United States shall be a trade dollar,
a half dollar, or 50 cent piece; a quarter
dollar, or 25 cent piece; a dime, or 10
cent piece, and the weight Of the trade
dollar shall be 420 grains troy, the
weight of the half dollar shall be 192.9
grains and one-half of a grain,a quarter
dollar and a dime shall be respectively
one-half and one-fifth of the weight of
said half dollar, and said coin shall be
legal tender for their nominal value
for any amount not exceeding 35 in any
one payment.
SECTION 25. Of-this act authorized
the secretary of the treasury to collect
for the expense of refining bullion and
coining gold pieces or Silver dollars.
This law was before congress for four
years, and the record of ihe measure is
as follows: .
1870—April 25.—Subm1tted to the Sen-
ate by the secretary of the
treasury.
April 2’3.—-—Referrod to Senate
finance committee.
May 2. —Five hundred
printed.
June 5.—Submitted to House.
December 29.—Reported to Sen-
ate, amended and ordered
printed. -
1871—January 6.——Debated in Senate.
January 10.—Passed Senate by
vote of 36 to 14.
January 13.-——Senate bill ordered
printed for the House.
February 25,—Reported to House
with substitute and recommit
ted. . -
March 9.——Original bill re-intro-
duced in Reuse and printed.
1872-~January 9.—Reported to House
and debated.
January 13.—Senate bill ordered
printed in the House.
February 13,—Reported back to
House, amended and printed.
April 9.—Debated in House.
May 27.-——Amended and passed by
the House by vote of 110 to 13.
May 29. -Printed in Senate.
December 16.-—Reported to Sen-
ate, amended and printed.
1873 —January 7.—Reported to Senate,
amended and printed.
January 17.—Passed the Senate.
January 2l.—_-In House; printed
with amendments.
Conference committee appointed.
February 13.—Became a law.
The speeches made upon this act
when it came up for final debate filled
57 pages of the Congressional Record,
and while under consideration the bill
was printed nine times.
The law was advoCated by Senator
Stewart, who is now denouncing it as a
crime, and received a supporting vote
from him.
The standard dollar contains 412.5
grains.
Father Duggan’s Heirs.
The heirs of the late Father Duggan
of Waterbury, who died in September
last year, have brought suit in the
United States circuit court against Rev.
Father William J. Slocum, also of Wa-
terbury, as administrator, to recover
810,083. The suit came up before Judge
W. K. Townsend in New Haven yester-
day, and in accordance with an agree-
ment, was continued.
The heirs are Hugh Duggan of Michi-
gan, William Duggan of Dublin, Ire-
land, and Ann Enright of Canada.
It will be remembered that the late
Father Duggan left an estate of about
$200,000 and in his willap’pointed Bishop
Tierney and Prof. W. C. Robinson ad.-
ministrators. Both refused to act and
Father Slocum was appointed by Judge.
Cleveland in their stead.
In the will, after providing for his
funeral, he gave the residue of his estate
for the establishment of a library in
connection with St. Patrick’s church
parish, Waterbury, and a protectory
for boys, to be . built in the diocese of
Hartford.
The heirs state that the provisions of
the'will are indefinite and insufficient
and sue for $10,000.
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How to Make Bananas Harmless.
The banana yields more food to the
acre than any other plant, and yet it
disagrees with no end of northern
stomachs. This is because :we eat it
the wrong way. But the wife .of a
missionary to the tropics tells the glad
tidings from hes-then. shores of how.
to eat a banana. When you have strip-
ped off the willing rind, just scrape
off the stringy and hairy coat that
lies beneath the rind, and you may
eat your banana. without testing it all
the rest of the day, .
T1; to: Tat. .
“They say eggs should always come
packed in layers.”
“Yes; and onions in tiers.”—Brook-
lyn Life.
One of the most excellent epitaphs is
that which Jerrold suggested for his
friend Knight, who was one of the best
fellows' in the world. It ran' simply,
I “Good Knight.”
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AGTION COMMENGED
Deputy Sheriff Lyon, has placed an’
attachment of $1,000 on property on~
East avenue belonging to William
‘H, Earle on complaint of Charles Com-
stock of New Canaan, in a civrl action
'for $600 damages
The complainant alleges in the writ:
1. That at Norwalk in said County
on the first day of September, 1895,
while the plaintifi‘ with his horse and
wagon, in which wagon he wasihen i-it-
ting was standing and facing northward
on the left hand side of the public street
in said Norwalk, known as Franklin
avenue. . . ,
2. The defendant was driving south-
ward with his horses and carriage along
said street, and did wilfully and mal-
iciously drive against the wagon of the
plaintiff and did then and there strike
the plaintiff with a certain wagon whip
which he held in his hands on the face,
head, neck and body of'the plaintiff
3. The defendent in consequence of
said striking did inflict a severe and
dangerous wound immediately under
the right eye of the plaintiff.
The writ is made returnable before
the Superiour Court the first Tuesday
in November.
It will- be remembered that at the
time the transaction caused considera-
ble excitement and that the details were
published in the local press.
As nothing had since been heard of
the affair, although at the time Com-
stock threatened having Etl'l arrested,
it was thought that the matter had been
amicably settled.
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SORT 0F JURYMAN NEVADA snows.
Not a Variety to be Desired“ by Other
. States.
An odd character in the palmy days
of Nevada. was John J ett, of Smokey
Alley. He had the reputation of being
the most stubborn jurymau in the
State. He would hang for days, and
then suddenly change his mind and
vote with the others. For a. long time
the attorneys at Austin could not un-
derstand him, says the San Francisco
Post. ,
As soon as a jury would retire John
would sound the different members to
see how they stood, and when the ballot
was taken he would be found with the
minority, and sometimes alone. After
more argument and more debating John
would produce a. deck of cards and start
a poker game. Occasionally they would
stop playing long enough to take a
ballot, but John would still be found in
the minority. Then they would resume
their play again, until John had all the
money in the jury room, and then he
would vote with the majority. But no
one could, ever get a. verdict out of John
until he had all the money he wanted.
Sunlight is Death to Bacteria.
Fresh experiments on the power of
sunshine to kill disease germs were
described at a recent meeting of the
Biological Society of Washington. In
such experiments a plate of gelatine
is sown with bacteria... and then por-
tions of the plate are covered, while
the remainder is exposed to direct
sunshine. In the exposed places the
organisms are killed, while they flour-
ish in the shaded parts. This fact is
used to explain the beneficial effects
of sunlight allowed to flood a sick
room. ,
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Benevolent i’fihividuai—“Yes, sir, I
hold that when a man makes a little
extra money, his first duty is‘ to make
dress.” Ordinary Individual—“You
are a social philosopher, I presume?”
“No, I am a dry goods dealer.”—-—Ncw
York Weekly.
his wife a present of a handsome ‘1
AN INTERNATIONAL ROMANCE.
Begun in the Old Country and Ended
Happily in America.
.Many years ago in the market vil~
lage of Birkenau, in Hesse-Darmstadt.
Nathan Gutman was a schoolmaster.
He was a stern taskmastcr, but a
kindly, sympatheitc man, for whom
his pupils formed a sicere and lasting
affection.
Eliza Goldman, then a dainty miss
of sixteen and the favorite daughter
of a prosperous burglar, thought much
of the handsome young school master.
much more than her parents thought
proper. Her liking soon developed
into love, and, as the young school-
master was not proof against her
charms, they became engaged.
Her parents’ opposition separated
them. Gutman, despondent and
broken-hearted, came to the New
World to forget his [unfortunate at-
tachment and to win fame and for--
tune for himself. Time healed his
wound, and he married Miss Helena
Wolf, and by frugality and hard work
saved money and established himself
.as a Tammany liquor dealer in New
York city. For fifteen years be de
voted himself t obusiness, and accu-
mulated a fortune. Two years age
his wife died.
The dainty Eliza Goldman, in thr
meantime, at her parents’ command
married 3. Samuel Fass, and with hei
husband came to America and made
Brooklyn their home. After ten years
of married life Fass died, and his
widow remained at No. 71 Amberg
street. ’
One of Goldman’s friends, who knew
the story of his early disappointment
in love, told him four months ago that
the one-time Miss Goldman, now the
widow of Fuss, lived in Brooklyn, and
Gutman began to act as if he were
young again. He bought a gay neck.
tie, a fancy vest and lovely crash
clothes. Then, after visiting the bar-
ber, he went to Brooklyn with elec
tricity in his step and an old time
longing in his heart.
Eliza Fuss received him in her best
widow's gown, and her blushes were
as noticeable as in the Olden days. A
little bit of color and bright ribbons
here and there had brightened up he)
attire when he called again, and after
:1 third visit Gutman told his friends
he was :1 happy man, and the en
gagemcnr was announced.
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THE VALUE OF CONFIDENCE.
Some of the Secrets of Success in Business
Exposed.
The law governing success in any
business is as accurate in its work-
ing as that of the attraction of gravi—
tation. It seems an application of the
same law. It is the mental condition
acting as a real magnet, which at-
tracts whatever brings to you suc-
cess or failure. Make up your mind
that you will have a front seat in life,
and you attract to you the powers
that carry you to the front sent. If
in mind you take. the back seat, you.
only get the back seat. The confi-
dent, determined mood of mind,
steadily kept up, brings to you other
confident people. Confidence in the
business world means both cash and
credit. There is not half money
enough in this country for doing its
daily business. What is lacking in
coin and bank notes is made up by
men’s names written on bits of paper
promising to pay certain sums in n
rertnin time. '
Down Go Blcyble‘s.
There were 372 bicycle factories in
the United States six months ago, and
the number is now reduced to 241, says
the New York Herald. That means
that 131 have failed. These failures
leave $2,500,000 in debts to be ad-
justed and a large stock of wheels to
be sold. Prices are very low and are
likely to have a lower level next spring
than they |had last.
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THE FATHER OF THE DIME NOVEL-
Erastus F. Beadle Published Books That
Were Cheap and Exciting, but Moral.
A man died almost unnoticed the other
day in New York who ,was, in» his prime,
3. revolutionist in the literary field. I re-
fer to the publisher,.Erastus F. Beadle,
the father Of the cheap novel. Those of
us whose memory reaches back to the
times before the civil war will recall the
fact that the 25 and 50 cent novel was the
rule in those days, and the cost of paper
and print’er’s ink. which went up.with
everything else, soon accustomed the
novel reader to the idea of paying even a
dollar or more for his treat.
But through all the “Beadle Dime
Novel” held its own. It was a. little
salmon covered duodecimo, rarely illus-
trated inside, but often with a startling
picture underneath the title. In an in-
formal chat with a. visitor about ten
years ago, Mr. Beadle told most enter-
tainingly the story of his venture in pub-
lishing. The idea of the dime, novel oc-
curred to him, he said, in 1859, and he be-
gan to act upon it in 1860.
“The state of the book market then,”
he went on, “was peculiar. Everyone was
publishing books with thick paper and
wide margins—trying to see how little
they could give their readers for a dollar
or a. dollar and a. half. Publishers ex-
changed books and took back such as
were not sold. Well, I took the other
tack, and thought I would see how uch
I could give for 10 cents—cash sale , no
credit. Everyone said the project would
fail, but it didn’t.
“We first published dime song books,
cook books, etiquette books, etc., which
we bound in a salmon colored COVer. No
‘yellow covered dimes’ were ever sent out
by me; the color was salmon. The yellow
covered ones were imitations, and were a
bad lot. \Vell, after a while I started
the dime novel. Mrs. Ann S. Stephens
was the author of the first one—‘Madeska’
—a. prize story, published forty years ago
in the Ladies’ Companion. I paid her
8250 for the right. to reprint the story.
We sold 10,000 copies right; off, and then
20,000.”
Mr. Beodle had an editor in his employ
named Victor, who used to pass upon
manuscripts, order special work and the
ly or monthly would dO it. He was as
interested as his chief in recalling their
joint undertaking.
“The authors who wrote. for us,” said
he, “were not-able persons in their way.
\Ve had, for instance, one book by a man
who was once a. member of the Ohio
legislature. another by an ex—governor
of the same State. He never wrote us a
bad line. EdWard S. Ellis~you know
him?—wrote us our most popular novel.
He was a. Methodist, and he went to his
ministento know whether he could write
a. dime novel. He was a school teacher in
Trenton and was not 21 when he wrote
his first ‘dime’ for which he get $85. That
was ‘Seth-Joucs.’ ”
“Yes, Iremenrber,” broke in Mr. Beadle,
unable to restrain his enthusiasm, “we
plastered the country with ‘Who is Seth
Jones?’ and when the excitement ran
high we answered the question with that
picture you see on that cover—‘I’m Seth
Jones.’ Vi .- sold 60,000 copies of that story
'right off.”
“These novels," Mr. Victor continued,
“introduced eiLIlt'l‘ historical or local
characters. They followed right after
‘Cooper‘s Tales,’ which suggested them.
Mrs. A. M. Dennison wrote historic fic-
tion; Judge Jared Hall, of Ohio, wrote
‘The Slave Sculptor,’ a story of Mexico
in Montezuma’s time—good names. Then
there was Clara. Augusta; she was a.
Maine lady, and a clever .writer. Ellis
wrote exclusively for us, and we have
paid him as high as $250 fora. novel of
40,000 words.
“\Vhy, we paid better, in proportion to
the quantity of matter we accepted, than
the Atlantic Monthly. . Our stories were
very popular, and our yellow covered
rivals—bad books—began to spring up.
What did we do then? Oh, we had to
kill a few more Indians than we used to,
but we held our own against them.”—
Kate Field’s XVashington.
Truth Not Always the Best.
“I always used to be told,” said Foot-
tnit, “that frankness and truthfulness
endear-e a. man to his friends. but the
whole t ing is a. delusion. It is lying
that makes a. fellow popular.
“Now, take my experiences of to-day.
My wife made some wheat cakes for me
with her own little hands. They were
the worst slabs Of putty I ever tried to
eat. When she asked my. opinion of
them, being a. truthful man, I told her
that I had never put anything so un-
palatable in my mouth, and that a. ten
year-Old girl could have done better.
Then she began to cry.
“After that I went dowu town to my
store. A woman came in to get some
dress goods. She picked out a material
entirely unsuited to her years. Having
been taught that truthfulness commends
itself to a. customer in the long run, I
said to her: ‘You’re much too old for that
sort of a. dress. It is not suited to a
woman over fifty.’ I thought she would
be obliged to me for my tactful interest
in her appearance, but instead of that
she flounced out of the store in a. rage,
and I think she’ll never come back.
“I don’t believe frankness is the best
policy at all, and I’m going to make the
acquaintance of some first class liar and
get him to give me a. few lessons.”
Accounted For. .
The child contemplated the storm.
"Why?” he asked, “is the snow
white?” ..
The mother sighed, and yet it Was not
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right to keep that budding mind in ig- .
norance.
“Because. my son,” she solemnly re-
plied, “we have not as .yet been annexed
to Chicago.”——Detroit Tribune.
Not the Girl to Endure a Slight;
“\Ve need no ring to plight our troth,”
he suggested, as he kissed her impetu-
ously. .
“Yes, we do,” retorted the maiden.
“None of your slight Of hand tricks with
me.”—Detroit Tribue.
“Squeaky shoes,” said ‘Mr. Gratebar,
“I don’t like, but I rather admire a?
squeaky rocking chair, if it is old and
comfortable. I shouldn’t like to have a
new chair squeak, but with an old chair
it is different; that has earned a right to
squeak. Of course Ishouldn’t like to
have it squeak too much, for that would
imply thatit was insecure, and without
security there can be no comfort; but I
like to have it squeal gently, with one
arm or one leg- just a. little loose. It
doesn’t squeak at all unless you rock
back just so far, and then it squeaks
with precisely the same:- sound always, a
rhythmic squeak that has rest and com-
fort in every note."
‘LIFE AMONG THE SHAKERS.
The Strange Parable of the Kenthcky Set-
tlement. Are Fast Growing Fewer.
They pray, work and live. They have
banished allpassions. They know no. ’
the parental sentiment. ’ Father and
mother are names strange to their lipi.
Each man. is a. brother:. each woman (I-
sister. , . g ' ,_
Their town of Pleasant Hill, K329 ll
without a tavern. They speak with eyes;
and nay. Strangers are barred from their
commuv “y; visitors are seldom wel-
come. i. . i‘etl, these Shakers are queer
and unihtcuigible people—“a, small com—
pany striving to live the celestial life;
the pure, virgin, celibate life of Christ.
and who fully indorse the communistic
principle of thetPentecostal Church.
They live in communities called fam-
ilies. The Central is the largest, and “is
the pioneer family of the settlement.
About midway in the one street of the
town stands a large, heavily built stone
building. This is the home of the Contra-l
family. It was built in 1824 and has two
entrances, one for the men and one for
the women. Some improvements have
since been added,and it now includes,
besides the sleeping and meeting rooms.
a cookery, bakery and dining hall. All
of the apartments are roomy and s‘crupu‘
lously clean. The men’s apartments are
on the opposite side of the hall from thy;
women’s. The two sexes eat apart, at '
tables on opposite sides of the dining ball.
This division is carried out through the
entire village.
The meeting room is on the second
floor. A few benches are scattered about.
At worship there is usually one persomiiu
the congregation who leads in the sing-
ing and speaking. At intervals they are
visited by an elder. Because of a few ill-
mannered people who have dared to enter
the sanctuary and ridicule the worship-
ers strangers are excluded from the
Shaker Church. The old time Shaker
dance is seldom used. Some members
who still cling to the idea take part in
the shuffle, but many of them are grow-
ing too Old and feeble for the exertion.
All of the buildings are constructed on
the same style, but are smaller than the
Central House. They have their winding
stairs, large rooms, wide corridors and
like, just as the editor of a literary week- I verandus.
The postofiice is in the yard of a. build-
ing built in 1839 for the tavern. At the
opposite end of the town is the broom
factory. It is an old fashioned brick
building, which, with its surroundings,
presents a primitively picturesque ap-
pearance. Here, as everywhere, order is
thd sign. The men work on hour after
hour, saying but little, cutting, binding
and sewing their brooms.
There are less than 100 inhabitants, but
these carry on the work co-operatively
and successfully. The town bell is the
power which regulates all life and rest in
the community. At 4 o’clock in the morn-
ing dui'ing the week, and ‘at 5 o’clock on
Sundays, the great bell awakens every
sleeper. The women look after the house,
doing the sewing, mending, laundry and
dairy Work, the men go out upon the
farms to earn the dollars which support
the society. At 19 o’clock the bell calls
them to their noonday meal; at eventide
it commands them to leave their labors.
At 8 o’clock but few are stirring, and
scarcely a. light is to be seen.
A pretty'story illustrates the veracity
of these Shakers. One of the brothers, on
returning from a. business trip, reported
having sold a. horse for a certain amount.
His companion re‘monstfated, saying the
horse was not worth the amount by 850.
At once the trader returned the $50 tohis
customer, begging his pardon and asking
him to accept the money. ‘
One is led to wonder why the societies
are disappearing. This steady decline is
not because the good, old people are de-
serting the ranks, but because the young-
er members, daughters of widows or
adopted orphans, on reaching the age of.
discernment, become discontented with
the quiet. life of the village. There is no
marrying or giving in marriage, for they
are strict followers of Christ. Living
thus, the young people dream of love,
courtship, romance, the round of pleas-
ure and glory that the world offers, until,
in their solitude and reveries they can no
longer endure the Shakers’ somber exist.
ence and fly to the world again.
THE BENEFITS OF SCIENCE.
The Small Boy Utilizes the Telephone to
His Advantage.
The small boy had broken the parlor
window. Of course it wasn’t really the
small boy who was the offender; it was
his ball that actually committed the
crime, the small boy having
tried to see how many times he could
hit the wall of the house without strik-
ing the window. And the ball perversely
hit the window, smashing right through
the pane and sending splinters Of glass
in every direction. That: was the con-
dition of things when the small boy’s
mother happened to enter the parlor a
few moments later. But of the small
boy and the offending ball nothing
was to be seen. Before long the small
boy entered the house. He came into his
mother’s presence with a brisk and cheer-
ful step, smiling pleasantly as though a.
disagreeable load had been lifted from
his mind.
“Oh, Tommy,” .cried the small boy’s
mother; “to think Of your smashing the
parlor window like that. How Often
have I told you not to play ball near the
house. It was very, very naughty of you,
Tommy. And just think what papa.
will say.” 1
“Oh, it’s all right about papa,” rc-i
plied the small boy. “I went straight
and told him all about it,” virtuously.
"W’cll, y. u were a good boy to do that,
as y way. Yes, that was very right and
brave in you. Did you go all the way
dowu to the office, Tommy, dear? And
what did papa do?”
“Well, he didn’t do much,” answered
the small boy, “because, you know, he
couldn’t. I didn’t go down to the office
to tell him I broke the window. I just
went to the drug store and telephoned
him." ’
Realism in Reading.
At-a reading by George W. Cable at i
Pittsburg the other day occurred the line:
“Let me see, when I was here before did! ‘
tell you the story of Solongadou?”
This was given in Mr. Cable’s peculiar
conversational style. Promptly came
the answer, in a woman’s voice, from the
middle of the hall: ~ “I,
“Yes, sir.” {W
The audience. broke into pen]: ‘0!
laughter and when the merriment-‘ihb- '
sided Mr.» Cable said, apologetically:
"But I want to tell that’ story again,”
which he proceeded toldo. _
Mr. Schaepcrkoctter of Missouri. ,
Mr. Schaeperkoettcr trails his name
over the fair fields of Gasconade county.
—Kansas City Star. . .. ,
merely '
NJ
Norwalk Chronicler