”Innis-use I'haa Sixty Year-Ago.
lustre-sot sass nuns-ole mm
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‘fllhlrard h believe that only fifty-
mmyaprs sgo,a time within the mein~
,mdmlltyoldresidentsof thisoityga
”technician-four days in transit
m New York and Cincinnati.
‘ asset-slate addressed to “Nicholas
. (broil. Kelp. Cincinnati. Ohio,” post-
name “New York. Dec. 18.” sud also
.. ”all “(lineinnntt Ohio. Jan. ll," the
mm the two dates being
, Illeoweeksanda half. The letter mm
A M forwnrded to New York,
“esreof losers. Gideon Lee dc 00., No.
”Murat.” Thenume of thislirm
will have a familiar sound to some
leather merchants still doing business in
“tho-vamp”
‘ haddiliontothe intermt which this
oldletterhasssacuriosityoftbemails.
Bad-ins the account of an eye witr
ne-efthogmtfireotleao. ltiswrit-
... ten upon a full sheet of foolscnp paper,
and was mailed, after the fashion of
M time, without an envelope. the ad-
drfi being written upon the blank
fourth page and the whole sailed with a
‘wsfer. There isnostnmp of course,
htthepcetoflce department has marked
it with a pen, “2P 254:0.” The post-
Iflll. in red ink, are much larger and
[diner than those of the present.
Tholetter is dated New York. Dec.
17. 1835. “It is with the deepest feeling
elm,” the writer says, “that I try
hm you I faint. idea of the horrible
calamity thnt befell our city last night.
It hindeed one of the greatest disasters
M ever visited this country. or prob
ably sny country since the memorable
endsglfliou of Moscow. Almost the
wholahsineeepart of the city is one
hop of ruins.
“About 8:45 o’clock last evening lire
wasdiscovered breaking out in two or
three places in the stores in Penrlstreet.
just below Wall street. on the side near-
uttheerchange. There was almost a
gale blowing from the northwest, which
immediately drove the domes across
Poul street, where they enveloped ten
or twelve stores. and in a few minntm
them was driven through to Water
strut. and thence to the East river.
spring nothing in its course on the
lower side of Wall street. The shipping
in that quarter was almost every mo-
ment catching. and the tide was too low
tofloat than out into the river. some of
them being aground.
“The fire continued to drive on to»
wnrd the Battery. enveloping the ex-
elmnge and making steady progress
down townrd Oi ‘: aim Mid to William
Moweeping everything in its way
to nlevel with the ground. it then ex-
tended through Exchange place to Wil-
liam street, up William to Wall on both
aidu. then through the South Dutch
church, inking the whole block below
through to Brood street. except the
store! fronting on Brood street. You
our now imagine the whole space from
the block fronting on Broad street down
lothelastriver ouehroud sheetof fire
all rapidly moving down to the Bat-
tty. The engines had long since given
up all hope of doing unythingfitwss
mly out of their Innvcnlldtlle hoes
from as fast as it was lillml up.
“l W“ on the spot a few minutes after
tho fire broke out snd staid till about
'lfltltis morning, helping, In much as 1
VII phle. my friends to move their own
‘1 thelremployeee‘hmlm and value-
Nu. It was a bitter cold night, and
thh morning you can perhaps imagine
myfmlings.hut you cannot my looks.
Bhuow 13 o'clock and l have not been
hm the-tavesinco I came fromthe
Mint 1 hesrthatittsraglngalmost
I much as ever and has burned up
thh side of Coentiee slip.
“Dan. Ill-Year letter remained un-
mymterdaymsltbonght itwould
hush-bummer mail it in the
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audoutbs aretwo arm-sad
owls-amused lessreullly
aomeyearaagomsdsherneatonthslower [“1
branch of a pear tree nest a North End
residues. That bird so annoyed .a little
at: of young croquet players on the so
near the use by flying down at them
and snapping hm bill in tbslr eyes almost. by
as to break up their games. To punish
her for her lmpudcnce a pole was thrust
up repeatedly by thestde of the nest.
This so angered the mother bird that
whenever that person appeared. coming
down thump on the lawn. she would lly
sthimnnd seem determinedto peck his
eyes out. Soon she learned to fly athim
assoonnshesppearedou the steps. before
he got. down to the lawn—and also to
punish him in an unlocked for way; a kind
of artillery practice in which the aim was
gmcrally at the victim’s head—and it
rarely missed. The robin is no such bird.
But thoooe at the North End, evidently
the proprietorof a nestof young birds near
by.ls the lmplacabls foe of a particular cut.
This feline his pet black cat. whose mis-
tress keeps him as much as possible in the
upper tenement where she lives, letting
him take sun and air up there in the open
window
There, as soon aatbc robin sees him, she
flies right at him—not waiting for the cat
toutack her or her young, but bouncing
right into his face. till she fairly forces
him to beat a retreat. Sometimes she
finds himon the lawn. Then there is a
set combat. The bird dies right at the
cat's eye: The cat. snarling and soap-
pdng. jumps back and then jumps for the
bird. The bird nimhly retro-Weeni-
tng a backward movement on the lawn.
as swift and drateruus an only a bird can
execute—valid then flies at the cut. peeking
at his eyes. The cat’s mistress. fearing
for her pet. one day interfered. and grab
biua him in hernrmswas about to take
hlmolf the field. when to her sstouish-
ment the robin flew at the out where she
held it in her arms, and then flew in the
woman's face, forcing her to drop the cat
and run to save her own eyes.
Next. day the cat wasseeu to go to a low
swung hammock under some trees. and
rething up and getting hold of it he was
enjoying a nlce little swing all by himself.
when his bird foe capisd hint and flew
down st him, driving him lanomlnionsly
off. A day later he was seen on the fence.
where the robin again got at him. but he
held his ground (or rather fence) bravely
that time. and the robin stood in front of
him. "I! ever a bird uttered profane
abuse."aaid a spectator. "that robin was
the bird. Such another abusive scolding
no eat surely ever bud." But the cat could
stand that better than the bird’s beak
aimed at his eyes. This scene occurred on
thebsck yard fencedshouseonWounur
street—Hartford Times.
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n. his. of Mndmps.
How largeiss drop of rain? Probably
most people have a notion that raindrops
are nearly all of one size. although it is a
matter of common observation that in
what is called it misty rain. or udrlzzle.
the lndividunl drops are very smnll. The
question of the size of raindrops is not so
unimportant as might be supposed. sud
Mr. E. J. Lowe has collected many facts
baring upon it. and presented them to
the Royal Meteorological society.
He employed in his experiments sheets
ofalate. madeln hookfonnaosstohe
readily closed. and ruled in inch squares.
Thelmprasslcus of the drops were caught
on the slots-nil nfterwnrd carefully copied
on paper.
He discovered that the sire of raindrops
varleafrorn a speck-carnal] netobe almost
invisible up toadlameterof two inches.
Every reader has pvohshly noticed that
the raindrops preceding a thunderstorm
frequently assume gigantic pvoprwtions,
he may not have suspected that
they mid ever attain so great arise as
Hr. Lowe hssdlscovenad that they do.
Otherinterenlng facts about rs
which havaheeu broughtout by Mr. Lowe’s
“water. and thatmmeollhelargestdrops
amhollow.-Youth'a Companion.
Counterfeit Bull.
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ru . Bmmurthwmalsoofthe
Iamsmsteflsl.thresdsdm books. They
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“W M “”0! I “IN"! who exiled at Geneva are responsiblefurthls
super-t absurdity. During Queen
’s reign it was the regular Eng-
famlly Bible. The ‘W'lnecar Bible."
on (1 Holy “’rit which a
Clarendon press In m7. is sewn
odd title because the words "The
of the vineyard.” in the title of
s smhmade tonad "The parableof
the vinegar." Matthew's Bible. printed
to London in 1551, was nicknamed the
“Bug Bible." because Psalms sci. 5. was
trauslatedaoaatoreaih‘fiothstthou
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hy nights." The original idea of the word
“terror" In still to be seen in ourwords
“bugbear
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that the negation was omitted in certain
of the commandments. making them read
“thou shalt" instead of "thou shalt not."
Archbishop Laud ordered this edition sup
nod forced the printer to pays
due of m. The “Placemnkers Bible" is
anothcrsac'red oddity for which book collec-
tors pay a high price. It obtained its name
from an error in Matthew v, 9, where the
words “Blessed are the pacemakers" read
as “Bis-ed are the placemakcre." The
“Trade Bible” hasths
inlah. “ls theta no balm
dared pa "Is there no trcsclc in Gilead!”
The Douay version (Roman Catholic) ren-
ders the same passege. "Is there no resin
in Gilead?"
In tho "Prlntcrs Bible," David. where
heshould say "The princes have persecuted
me without cam." is mule to say “The
rlnters have persecuted me." etc-8t.
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The Housquctaire. and hi. Urbain Page.
wasoneof his assistants. Fuses. who was
’_ trauma.
allne Greek scholar. enthusiastically ole
scribed to him the Iliad and the Odymey.
Damn opened his eyes very wide.
"If ally you could read them in the
Greek teat." said Fages.
“Why not?" said Dumas.
“Why. dear master! llccauss you do
not know alpha from omega."
"Will you translate it to me!" asked
Dumas. and Fugue accordinglyset to work
on the first book of the llind. reading a
llnoof the Greek and then giving a literal
translation. Dumas entered lntothoepirit
of it. Quick to gnap grand and beautiful
Hess,” Pages read he wmo a “till.-
tion and signal it.
“Whatl ll. Dumas!" cried Fag-rs. "am
you signing your name to the Iliad!"
"Certainly. to my versim of it. It will
appear as a feuilleton in The llouaquo-
talre.”
“l was filled with dismay." sold ll.
rages afterward, ”but before such an-
dacity and naivete what could one my!
How convince a writer used to every tri-
nm that he was too boldl"
’1' next day an installment of the Iliad,
as rendered in half an hour or so by a mnn
who could not rend the Greek nlphnlml.
appeared at the bottom of the page of The
Mousquetsire with the note. “Continued
to our next." It rained such astonn of
criticism that Dumas was pcntinded to
discontinue it after the thin] installment.
though it may be doubted if heever under
stood what wuthotrouhle.~Youth’s Com-
paulou.
Makes an everyday convenient»: of an
old-time luxury.
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no Lacks foresight.
West One Hundred and Thirty-fifth
street. in the apartment which he occu-
pied on the first floor. among antique tap-
sstry, arms and anuor. carpets of the
client. silver and goldplnto and seem
studs. the colonel which are admirably
elated. the old janitor. after a breakfast
worthy of a bishop. drunk Mocha with hie
sun, and smoked a pretty. blood colored
agar. The father had the grand alvof a
Runau senator; the son. calm and dreamed
in the latest fashion. might hare pound for
the heron! a romance.
“1 wasnot at all surprised by your do
cldon to become a dramatist." said the old
man, “for you are a chip of the old block;
youeould draw gvccnhaekaoutof a bare
reek. But let us talk of your brother.
about the welfareof whom I am gravely
“These littlsgvoen frogs are something dist—ll.”
ears nanrnoea.‘ hrntluo loo-ram a specie .
I—Intlsfh M m '. st " 'll “ashlnxlnl street. tit-eh Norwallx. sols
hthgtls >
L. H. Decker,
29 Washington St. So. liarwalk.
drool-no will positively sense of
mm mm‘EEl-m“:
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.uldr-N upon applle tiou. l-‘or furthrr lu-
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