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SOI'TH NUIHVAI‘K. JULY :1 .
WORDS 0|" WISDOI.
Re is well paid that is well satisfied.
A young man idle, an old man needy.
The good psymsster is lord of- another
man‘s purse; '3
Ilear onem‘sn before you answer: hear
sore nl beforo.y.u decide.
Only the lazy hope to attain prosperity
without w, rk or self denial.
If you would have a faithful servant,
and one that you like. serve yourself.
“Except. wind stands as never it
stood. it is an ill wind turns none to
good." - .
Vice inicapacitates a man from all pub-
lic duty; it Withers the power of his
understanding, and makes his mind
paralytic. ,-
Study rather to fill your mind than
your coffers. knowing that gold and
silver were originally mingled wiihdirt.
until avarice or ambition parted them.
Nothing \vill supply the want of sun-
shine to pinchesz'rui l, to"m:iko knowl
edge \ahiablc. you must hay-e tho cheer-
fulness of wisdom. ' Goodness smiles to
the l 1st.
It is easy to tell when others are flat-
tcred. but not when we ourselves are:
and every inan and woman will lend tirni
behef to the Soft nothings of the \ery
man they believe to he an :Il‘fttllt tlattcrcr
When other are in the i use.
Many men fail~ in life because. when
youirgulicy form a false jlldglll‘ht touch»
in: their mental capacities. and inclina‘
tions. and are ever after engaged in the
task of proving to themselves and others
that their verdict was a just one.
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.\ Kentucky Snake Eater.
Mr. M. l‘. McQueen. of this city. at
one tune connected With the Kentucky
Slot k Farm. has ipiito a local reputation
as an eater. writes a Lexington rKy.i:
corri'simndcut ofthel‘incinuati Enquirer.
I had a long talk with him. and he says
he has eat-‘ii along the whole line of
dislitWA-Alllt'l‘hflll. English. German.
Fl‘clli'll and Italian. But for a dish that
will make the gods silillt‘k their lips in.
genuine satisfaction. give him fat black
snakes. fried in butterarrd’lard. or better
in nice snake. oil.
also . lixsss snails among his list of dcli- ,
Caries.
“When did you first commence eating
Inak s:" asked the reporter.
. “Iii l-‘i" I va- in California among
the Iiidi um. 'I‘licy atc sunken generally
black and rattle snake . I once tustr d a
pin e ii." the latter. which they had
can it -rl. I found it h d a delicate flavor.
but I liltl not tlie'i lik-- the III":\ of r-utirzg
alltilit".
onlv an idea. there lit-iii: no rca on for
it. “I calii~ home to Frank! u t‘ouuty.
Ktlllli ky. in 1:59. Whirc :.t bone 1
went i-ut iii a clr tiring. near my father‘s
hull-.0. :iiid saw an old Irish hermit. who
had :r sidi (I there many years. kill a black
snake llc started to his cabin with it.
draugln; it behind him. He had it out
the Ill dy in a bel of hot ash-s to skin it.
I asked him hvliat. lac wa‘ gulll‘: to do.
He said he wasg wing: to eat it : that it was
fine fondJoid invited in: to sup with him.
I compiled with his request. .\tt ‘i‘ skiu‘
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on a plank. rut otl' the'head and threw }
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laid. and it? or} really delicious.
more 1 ate the snore I wanted.
had
lie-1h 'll filed ‘it in butter and
The
Since
Weakness for
that time l have a
\\'lien strikes are in 1
seats in he c.ts tli in every few days. l‘e »
'l‘hese he cooks with ma nroni.“ .
This repiigrzzi Ce. l fund was.’
., of the burglar. It It st . o ithc iionsliuitcr.
nin; it li- laid it in stilt and water for a l
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Back to the cast. mturus the sun.
. Though long and gloomy be the night;
All ’Wittxs areztiiruod. wlun day is done.
In ho uewanl flight.
The wave: with rapt rm touch the shore,
To which they soul a long farewell;
The listening fore ts boar once more
The song bird‘s swell.
The tree receives again its crown
tlt‘ golden f. uiteigo. singing leaves:
The field: but late so [are and brown
' Are rir h in sheaves.
The rm ing bee humus its pledge.
By Summer‘s rosy sweats brguilod:
Juno l‘r‘s‘fll lean from out the hedge
“'hero winds blew wild.
O ! waiting hearts. 0! eyes that plead.
Through the long winter of despair.
Shut yo not too, find gracious mood.
In days more fair.
' —Li'ndu .‘ll. Du cull.
With the Satchel.
The M;
Althoisgh Mr. li'liibbs war a \ory en—
ergetic professional man, it could iie\cr
asleep." Bill thbbs is elm ng the
child‘s hands. -lle drops them. ooks at
the shining barrel of his revol ,er and
murmurs: "I‘ll have to wake hi ‘i."
An old man returns with Mr. ‘ll’hibbs,
cxclaiming as, he does so: “And you
Iliiught I wouldn‘t come. Wh r. bless
your soul. sir, I was over anxious. sir.
liven before you stuck your pistol in the
window, sir.“‘ .‘lr. l‘liibbs poiiiti to the
child and the doctor hurries to the
couch.
Through that hot summer
burglar eliafed the hands of a ch
a worried doctor wri‘clicd. All night
long a biirglarwatched a white, delicate
face on a pillow, and when the morning
sun had come. the doctor gone and the
white face lifelike again, a burglar
thought he saw a smile on a \v‘inklcd,
cart-worn face that bent over a’ cradle
i‘a~li‘oned only in memory. :f
Blr.‘ I‘hibbs moved the. next day to an-
other qvaitcr of the town. Several men
who had called on him scowled at. the
night a
ild and
said that Mr. l‘liibbs must give ‘ll’ keep-
ing a foiindling asylum.
The child was very young and could
not tell i s tram.- di tinetly. Aslncar as
Mr. I‘hibbs could make out the niimc was
\Villie Grouids. It did not secniZto mind
its new home niucli. and played and
be said that he sought fame. Fame cam:- _
to him. and the only s irrows in h s life:
were. caused by its arrival. If he had ever i
had his business cards p. inted, which he. ‘
didnot. l‘o‘h on ace. not of' his surpas-
sing modesty and thc eoutid -utial nature
ofihis affairs. they would I|:l\'t,"tlt‘Ci§.l arily ;
read very much like t; i-: i
w . . . .. grouting-j“ .. I"
.‘ y Ilui'glii‘. _ I l
.-\d lliis ii-‘ss Ni: : v t‘ontldenlnl.
Hanks u S, i iaiiv. . _
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Mr. Izlllllih‘ was indeed of a retiringl
dispositii ii Moreovr r. he stood so high 3
in his profession tliat,rlr~spite its frequent g
interruptions. he was beyond the t‘everl
5 and heat of lll"l‘t:i‘ll:ll‘_\' competition. t‘ri "
in certain ninht .\lr. l‘liihhs was ploddinu‘
r his way through AlienWtrr‘et l‘l reply to,
i a pro'essio :il cull. .\ dark. dismal street
lit Was. on which a biirn‘n.r sun had‘
'bcsmed down all day long; a laker‘s'
l uV‘t‘ll that had Il.‘l‘ll roasting i ich and poor 1
f and was now (0 ding otl. while the.»
feliimcs of t c far away ch rcli b -l‘s :ang i
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themselves to rest; a black cavern of a;
street. fit. you would think. only'fori
murder ind rapinc. Mr. I lii-bbs was in 3
it rind his cy-.-s «very sharp. blm k eyes 7
set iii dark eavcsof sockets, w ill l:l\IIl‘s :
likifibiislies above them. wandered up and ‘
down the great st reho'iisrs.
well built man. with :i very lull: Itust‘zllid
an orer lip that was always but": bitten;
by his white teitli as though it had done -‘
wrongr ‘
1 “it this lll‘jlll he carried a s rt- licl in iris
.liand. \‘i h i could tell his thougatsas his
eyes ran up and down the Ill‘li‘k fronts
\Verc t iicy of all the precious things stored :
within. of. the fabr t‘s dainty and rare. or
of the it"erl. weary hands that hid rn-idc.
tho tii a rd v l‘lI d never t weir them again:
i .\lr. l‘liibhs stop] ell a‘. ilre door of one.
I lie smoothed the iron bolts ucat'y and
.Slltillllllgly as th rr'gli the bolts had no
'onc to blame but tli Illsz‘lft‘s for not
9 knowing him sooner. He ran his ll:l'ul '
‘iipund down the iron sliuttc' also in a
reproar lif rl manner. llou still and calm
the great street is. like a callied a! when
llieiiigari is hushed. Quickly the satchel
is opened and a bar ofst‘ el is in the hand
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llarkl \\ h t “as that." ".\ slep.‘ .\'o.
only the sol-hint.r of the wind. The IIJI‘:
Cuts into the iron deeper and deeper.
Again the sound lower and fainter. bit
at ll the suite. The l arof shel s in tlie‘
: man‘s left hand and a 3.; (‘tl‘lllll 4‘ reiolnr
- in his right. when the s on i (‘Ulllt s aeain.
this time from Ill\ vcty feet.- The in mu 9
snak.~ inc-at. csl'ecial‘y black snakes. lidmws he: veil of clord and the “libel
mu a'raid oftlic meat of rattlesnakcs. I light shines down on a little childish,
OfItII give a half dollar for a good si cl ,
black en .ke. \\ hicli I cook in) self. livery 3
year I niinagc to get some nincc I have
been in I.t‘\lll:lt‘ll l haxe n t b. e"
fortunate crouch to indulge my taste as ‘
oft.ii as! would like. Good. nite. fat
black ‘lll‘tb‘ts are scarce in old .‘l'ltli’d
coun'irs like this. and I have to get them
from ether places. An old man who ‘
I‘ivrsiu one of the mountain counties.
and is a trapper and hunter. and abo.
appreciates the Ill‘llt acy. oltcu sends me
bla k snakcoil. o liich'I use to fry dongle , ‘
‘ 3 that tlcba/ly'og siin lad alm -st. stilled l
mus-in “
At this iuncture the speaker opeied a
litre he.~ dbag, which he is in the habit
of carry iii).- all the time. an I from it took
ailoiiglinut. fried in snake oil.
in; it in two. he are half with great
gusto. prutl'crlug the other half to your l
rep uter.
"Not any. thanks.“ replied the re
poztcr to his prcxsiug invitation to
“try it.“ :
“It is splendid. .\ snake cats nothing
but oh: t is nice and clean. and it stands
to reason that it is good.
eat l'lth like a hog.“ .
.\lc liiocn is a robust. hrawuy nianof
lover s‘x feet llklltfiglll. and a man of iii«
telligctaee.
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The Olive Eaters.
The extent to which the olive is used
vai’cs greatly in different countries. In
northern countries it is used clii~~fly as a
relish ea‘cn by itself. or as a sauce, sea-
soningor studios.‘ for meats. fowls or
gable, It is on the tagiles of the rich
what the French tall a hora d‘rauvn."~
that is. a side dish or table superrliiity.
But it is far otlierwi~o with the poor in
the suurli of Eurrpc, to whom it is an
important article of diet. In ancienttiinei .
the poor made an entire meal of bread
and olives. It If still the same in some
parts of Europe. where a percent, thinks 5
iinsclf prepared for a journe
iece of bread under his arm an
ul of olives in his pocket. In Southern
Italy in meal is made without olives.
The olive; merchants pass regularly at
sup icr time through the poorer quarters
oft ucity. It is the Spanish habit to
eat olives at the end of a meal. but not
too many. Three or hit are usually
thought enough. or ifthey are very good
one may eat a dmcn. An Italian author
recommends the pet-serving of Spanish
olives-—thatis. of these grown on Italian
soil-s hut prefers those called Saint
Francis. which is common at Aseoli.
where it attains the size of a walnut. It
is, however. generally agreed among
gout-mitt that the smaller olives are best
for ts '. The manner or treatment has.
newbrthe as perhaps. something to do
with the coarse quality of the Spanish
olite when found in the peninsula.
Olives are preserved in Italy. as else-
wh-re, in weak lye or bias. They are
also brui stufled in the sBordeaux
manner or tied. In’emtern countries.
whence the olive came, the fruit forms
still an important srticleof diet—San
Munro (Jr ronie’e.
The Rational Desire.
To wear a uniform is the ambition of
every male citizen of the United States;
He feels.“ “bitten ,whon he draws
with a
cubism ' . . ’ alone, and con-V
tinnes to fflgtd he lies down to die. a _ . .
saints: thofwar tho’ ambition to wear, a" M be seen Bill Phibus t )tter in bruised
'tluifozm has become ' rticularly notice- ~sud bloody ard pale. and many a time
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F softl y :7 “ ‘ ‘No’? use,
able. I am not. sure t that it has led
some "‘dividuals t6 timer. « a. pen,
:itontia iot—Jtlank‘ pens" obs.“
Ilreuk- ‘
It does not.
a hand '
face then: :it lhc lelClv‘Hl‘ u\ feel.
.‘lr. l‘liihbs. from the nature of his?
profession. “as accustom 'II to surprises. '
Ilc b. tit his glance and saw that tlic face}
below llilll was not of Allen street. It;
Was a tender lac -—- only to he kissed by
a mother‘s lips. Uu the little finger of .
the left hand gleamc‘l a tiny gold sill:
The collar at the throat was of lace, :ill'l ‘
the other garments of rich lc .tiire. .‘Ir. :
l’liibhs read the story in a second. llc;
kin w some iiiauiiua sho
piling in Grand:
street lLid lost her '
child. and he knew!
the lifcbea in the little tlllt‘i He felt.»
the pulse. It had olino t ceased to beat.
g \Vhat woiili he do“ l ct it die.‘ It would I
only hc'gn - III! e little llllfOl‘illll:llt‘S\\aI~l
'lowcl 1‘}: by the streets. or perciinncel
east on the bosom of the river. If he.
; were to give it to a policeman he might l
as well say he “as .‘lr. l hibbs at once.
Let it die? . Ila-l ll:‘ not seen others,
)l‘t‘ttll‘l‘ and fairer smother and starvel
jiu thr- tcnemr-nts? Them is a sound of
'footsteps along the my. Slow. steady
footsteps. and .‘Ir. I‘hihbs kuoWs lhcyr
flushing tr a man in a blue uniform.
l\\‘oiil ‘ lic cs ape liiinsclf :iiid trust the
' policeman to find the child} The foot
Esteps are nearer. A memory comes over
‘ll man‘s mind; an iiidistinrt. strange
iiueniory and a face wrinkled and c re~
‘worn comes w ith it. .\ fac-- it is look
dug very calm. and .‘Ir. I‘hibbs secsa
to: kill}: cradle what isthritf The face
.bends down and kiss-cs the ore iii the
icratllc. llow like and how unlike a
. burglar. Like. a wwird2sharlow a man is
. speeding noisel‘ ssly down Allen street.
At his breast is the far-crof a rh‘ld. Ile—
)‘Oll‘l the great warehouses this the man :~
ibeyond the sliiilliing men and noisy
ltvoliicu on a liglitid street: beyond the
5 dark forms sleeping in the thoroughfare
g down where the houses are thickest. but
never b‘yond that wrinkled, can-won
f ce.‘nor the. rocking cradle “fashioned
oniy in memory. i
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Perhaps you read this one day in your
daily paper:
Policeman Johnson of the Tenth Precinct
last night discovered a mmolots kit of bore.—
. Iar‘s tools on Allen street. It! st of them weio
‘ in a sat ~liel, bu: a jimmy was found . u the
l inveriient. and the windows of the “h Jeanie
more of Edwards & 00.. dealers in silk. were
. par-tr forced. The policeman .met. a ii an
l carrying a similar sntdiet several hours he»
. (ore. and Police Sn; 0 *Entsndent Brown. al—
though he will n -t admit. as much. is confl-
dent. from the descri tien elven that the
notorious cra ~ksinan ill Phibbs was sur—
pris-d in the perpetuation-of a robbery.
The pol ce were looking for the man
with the satchel. .
=3 «is it * $ *
This single room with the cot in one
corner and the tatteiel gamin asleep in
the other is Mr. Plubbs‘s home.
>“Bllt'k a'rcady.” cries the boy. snd~
dcnly waking: "why I thought—“
“Xerer think," says Mr. Phibbs, “go
to. a doctor." .
“Oh, I see, Pop," 5:51 the boy. again,
f‘abdu rtion, eh? All right, Pop. I‘m off.“
as Mr. Phibbs places a senseless child on
the bed. Many strange things .11 d the
ragged boy seen in that room. Ilo had
seen bales of silkpilul on the fionrjnd
Bil} Phibbs shading over" it cursing
about an old min with ahooked nose.
He had seen rough men divide piles of
greenback: there, and more than once
Md :1 nursed the burglar-is wounds.
the rays yetgrusin laminate. and syn
Porn the, doctor‘s,
lie was a “ was sitting: by Mr. l'liihbs‘s side in a coach
: lurking.r iu the su‘r.
: gh .s‘s
' playing at :i burglars l\ll\‘ -.
“There were his tin subliem on ilhu tlo ir ;
; a trout rod.
1 has talked and dreamed of iiltle bcslics
‘trou‘iug ever since the promise ours
‘iualc; lllls bought his nd and l'iics‘
geirtli-iiiau with tli h- oked rush. “I‘op‘s
goofing."
7 they
fiririied the knob of the tlut‘l‘.:.\\\'tlllg it
rornpd as merrily with the alumni as
though it had known him all ibis lifc.
‘llhi next day Mr. I’hibbs put this noti c'
in the new spaipcrs: ;
“Personal VA eh'ld wcaringi a plain
gold ring found: parrots or guardians
‘ who claim the same may have it by ideii~
tifying it through Ill‘ 3: roluuius‘.‘
On the following; morning .\lr.l l’hihbv
read that. he would riccive a liberal rc-
uard by restoring the child «to No. _———
\\'est ~— street. He went bank to his
home.
“(‘ome. “'illic,
lie said to the child.
fair child playing with the gamin. and .
BUDGETlHiFUN;
:uuuonous sxa‘rcnrcs FROM
vautous soythES. ,
Absent-Mludcd-.\ New ['80 for NI-
agnrn—Hls Preference—John-
ny‘s 'l‘llncly suggestion
—Duttou‘s Dinner
, A man gave a next-door neighbor‘s
.dog some ni.ro~glycerir;c pills. An hour
later the dog c rme snarling at the man's
ll heels. and the latter. in an absent-minded
manner, planted {vigorous hi I: bcthen
the animal's ribs. The dog instantly
went away in divers pieces. and the doc-
tor says the man will live if blood-poi-
soning doesn‘t follow the amputation of
his right foot. The owner of the dog
has concluded not to prosecute.—Dml'c‘s
.h'rr J41 zine.
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.\ Now Use [or Klaxons.
Husband—“Let us go to Niagara Falls
next we ‘k. I should like very much for
you and I to spend a week there.
think I should envoy it very much.“
he so considrate toward me. \\ liy do
lliisbaud-v ~2‘Siu.th took h s wife there
last week and Ill: said Sl‘c was speechless
with aWe. and I jiot thought perhaps »—
Uiichl let go my hair.
a ,okc: Ouch. Let go. I my.
you that new bonnet.‘ —..\';I’I!nys
I‘ll get
II is Preference.
Arkansaw backwoods s h mist -;iclier
\to lioyr»——~‘l)id you want; to come to
when] r“
I:oy-~~"Wan‘t liiirtin‘ tor conic.“
'l‘cicth—“liut you thought it better
“I anigaiug to take you to yourinanim-i.“ l “ll-.3“ an (‘llll“-|lloll.:}‘hf ' .
and very tenderly he. patted the curly; B“Y-::“Nl“ 1 llllllk or null u\‘ ll ler
head as he sp kc. The child‘s eyes i hu’r‘t "ll-‘- ‘ . ..
brightened. me was anxious l‘l go. and ; loltl‘lwl‘f‘d hen why did you come!
al'tlr khslriz: the gorilla many ‘tiincs hot BUS—~“ll all. dad he fulfil I had tcr
and Mn. l li bbs set out. He had grown ’ plow lllcr new grll‘dll. Virth‘ er _ bull
accusio ued to Mr. l‘li hhs and1 wa. not I “I’ll-1““ er .‘J‘l tei‘sz‘l..m._ It didur malt-r
4.”...in to M... the. crarksmaii “- ar’inzl or hhrue which. so I come ter school.
for: ‘hlaek whiskers
house.
within a block of the residence when
.‘li‘. I‘liibbs paused. A gentleman was
as they :lcft
coming down. the stoop and .\l ‘. l liibbs .
knew him.
of I'oliee. - 1
“Ali. my hearty.“ eiaiulatcd Mr.
I'lllltl)‘, .“so that‘s your ;_:utllt‘."i and be-
lie was the Superintendent
fore. tli - child was aware of ihel fact he‘ i ..
l the alphabet.
and rol in: duo n town.
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.\llcri street is no longer broilin; and
The \ hrisluias days
Lave conic? t'hristzuas Eur willh
legend , its ringing bells. its siorie. of
and go lust l’hristii‘i-is l’v -, ;
bright and che-ryl tdtl‘lslllla“ live. like ,
:i bcnedivtion on the land‘ =
' .‘lr. l'liibbs sits b lore his unite; the
;.:uiiiiii plays on the. Your .oi la loll child is
>Iii\\ ly bl!
s Ill 1) thi-‘d iys are d: iv in; from och H‘s
iiizuil tlic rurinor‘y of an early home.
and his lalilt- by th ~ iieariiistruic .\lr.
h'liil-bs w..s viry Illiltll c. ang -« . [he 0
“its a solemn. N‘illt'll look Ultllll‘l free.
lle iii-i er and ed except when Iii} held the
chi d on his. kl‘(‘t‘. \iiy st: ly the
admin sh ok his he.-d and to d the o d
pointing to his head.
.\lr. I‘hihl sweat out tll'lt Light. There
: li :il been rumors of an o er :icti'ie l'oli ‘c
FSupeiiniciidr iii and Mr. l’liib‘ .s‘l\\.:sl » k»
in: for :iiotlier boarding li u . llo .
frilttill idlt‘ :ltii_l Hilllt‘il buck titllll‘ loilg- ;
inns. "I‘hc hullouy was very liaik a: d .
the st iirs rrcakcd Never bet §rc had a
hallway lm.-rr.so dark in tlic iuili l of Sir.
l‘liibbs. and the stairs creuk- il as though
were saying: ”I‘Illl)l|\.i l‘hil Ils‘,
l'liir lh. l‘\c got you no“. l‘hibjl-s.” l'e
up n and stood still. There bo'forc him
sat :hc Fri;
child on his knee. The biigl r hch
tliii last wopls of the clii'd “And oli,
. p-rpa.‘ pipi;_ he‘s so on nl tllltl‘Stl kind.
\oi w li love him.“
The guiniu Was in
his c -rucr. .\lr. l‘hihhs‘s revplier was
pointed at the l‘olicc Supc‘i.‘teiidcnt‘s
li‘art. '
“l‘ori‘t move," he sold “on I‘ll bore
you through."
father‘s knee. lie li id no or: set ii the
over lip as now being gnusliid by the
\\ ltitt‘ teeth. 1) lr the grayeyr s g ram 1 kc
a'p iiitliu r‘s before. He had never seen
\lr. l‘liihbs so cool. >0 dcadfy and so
b'i'oilless as he stood there. binding the
life of his fil‘l‘lt‘l‘ In “.3 hand. . y
“Kid,“ Still the inirgl l", “‘paek that
b: an t get down into the s'treet.“ The
baydid so. ‘V‘Alltl u or, said My I lilhb;~
as his clear. gray cyc ran along tltc bur~
rel. “I am going. too. Yiu have your
(‘hristmas ’il‘t‘St‘Ill in your ainis. ‘ Unly
for a se. oral the eye wav red as it fell on
the face of the child. “i'oodi l-yc. \Vil-
li~I“ said the man‘s voice. 'llie door
swung shirt and locked. and dim l‘olicc
Sui criutnulent llrown and iis jeliild were
in the sin ct they saw only the driving:
snow tlnkes Wiap sing it i thc. city in a
while mantle. and covering all its sins
and its sorrows and its crimes hem ath its
folds‘.~ New York Hertz-Liv.
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Elephants Seared by Little Things.
“It is a well known fact that elephants
are afraid of small (it-gems. ,said llead r
lx'coperllyrnc at the "7.nult)gi..t\l Garden.
“and I have seen one of them a‘mist
scared into a lit at the sight of a house.
These warm days we I are been giving
them a bath at- 4! o‘clock. and to amuse
th- in and the spectators we have thrown
half a dozen inflated bladders into the
pond when they went into ‘swim. At
first they almo t seared them to (leath.
Then lCmpr-ss struck at one with her
trunk. and when it bounded into the air
both triiiiipe ed and scrambled out of the
pond. Empress. who h is the curiosity of
her sev and a mind of her own. gently
fished one of the bladders out of the
water and then kicked at it with her
hind fc t. No serious resul‘s following.
she Continued her investhations. which
ended by her puttin': her front foot on
the bladder. It cxphdcd with a loud
rep wt. and the two ele ihants scainpered
home.“—R'u'lmlelpltiu Thain. . ‘
. Don‘t Blind the names.
Has it: ever occurred to those who p r-
chasc coaches for their babies. and who
make it. a point to scl ct the brightest
coldrs theycan find forilie screen that'is in—
terpned between the eyes of the child and
the sun. that they are liable to do irrepar-
able injury to the vision of the little ones?
An infant generally lies 0.1 its back. its
eyes, of course, upturned toward the
bright covering above it, its gaze being
the more intense the brighter the cover
ing and the mo ‘0 direct the rays of the
sun upon it. Nothing but: injury can
result from such thoughtless exposure.
An experienced nursesays there cannot
be a doubt: as to the injurious effects of
those bright so‘csllcd shields upon the
tender eyes of children. ' Parents who
are wise willselrct the darker and denser
shades. eventhottghrthsymajr not he as
handy moor sh {WY in th: Reyes as some
of those which are more‘fash‘ionable. l
‘ the
.\.r. lhibbs and the child were:
:ill its .w
u-riuteiidi nt of l ”th c with the
The child clung t i its 2
thirikiri‘ I‘d try it c: few falls.“
as yoii‘vegot .“
Boy ~“.\in‘t dead in love with it.“
Teacher “llcrc. take this book. now.
and let inc teach _\'l-ll your letters.“
Boy ~~“.\in‘t got no letters. Sis is ther
only on - on tl.er place that git~ any
letters.“
'I‘. :rcli 'r ANI mean that you iiiiist learn
Buy it U:ltt‘ll\l>l110l\l‘\'l
them ruiirksf“
Tear-her >“Yes‘.” .
lloy itakln; up his hati --“\\'all. er,
gouhhy. I‘d iu‘lnr rassle w.tli Ihvr
b‘lll lnills‘llc.“ -.III‘ rim-r I‘l‘tllt'l". .
“\Yhut. all
Johnny‘s Timely Suggestion.
Tric'e‘s a boy up on Bag: street who
: Will iiev r work all old claim or buy a
, suited
mine. His father. o h r is a well»
kii-mn busi. c s :endcman, has been e un-
tciiiplating an outing' to rant! Ne. \‘arir-
t‘rviirit}. next month. and hul premised
t i lake ihi-lad along. to lr-irn how {it use
Natiiialh enough .loliriay
int i the iiiriiii; room and :iiigl'd for
llltdgllitll‘)’ “speckle-l bcaiiti s daily.
« eeusioually hookiir;r the baby. mil. t r
:t‘lul the room I-‘ll and iatastrophe. the
rather has been ctideavz-riii; to ,so rc-‘
mo lel his plans as to permit hint to
make the trip :it Hill“ and gi\e the baby
a c: alive for its life.
\‘r-ste day the fumilv re-eivel a call
from a fat i‘e'ative uh - residce in \ ork
iStnte. and who w“ otrlnis way Insult:
from a trip tip the lakes 7- 'l we l-tel man
with a lfaiiiel l azubert eiioriiiiry of hodv.
‘ “l'nclc lid.“ sziitl Johnny. at the first
f:i\or:iblc lull in the conv. rsatioa. “l ri—
‘ clc I-Td. did you stop at th.- S'iiiltI"
“Vex .loliuiiy. l “as there three days.“
“Did you go :i-tishingf"
“XL-s; (‘hurley .\lct‘.rrthy and I Were
out trilllllllg cviry day."
"Did you catch any tish’"
“lots of than. llad ’em for drunk
fast.
morning."
‘ .lolinny gazed upon the \'I\I expanse
of vest front for ii rizouieot :ITiI then
“b ought down the house." by exclaim-
iiig:
._ “Pal a. let its go somewhere else. Where
the fish haiii‘t all been Ctlllgllt.n—-1k3r“ll
("1?!) '1? us.
but I Oil‘s Din nee.
( crtiiinly .lim Diittori was a dude. llc
. was a dude clerk in a Teyas store. He
is‘a frequent visitor at the palatial mari—
' sion of Judge I’etcrby. llutiou is :i
fspei-ial pet of Mrs. l‘eterhy. and is ~us-
spcctcd of h .ving designs on the. affcc
iioiis of .\Iiss Mollie I‘etcrby. the belle of
’ :\ustiti. who is also wealthy.
dine at 3 o‘clock at the l’c:c:by mansion.
but he Ili‘:i‘tl during the morning that a
' prominent sheeprnan would lie at the
. ~torc about that time to purchase a big
1 bill of goods. so .liiu had‘t.» forgo the
l pleasure of dining with the I‘cterb'yl,
.\ little after three .lim sail to the
colored porter. Sam Jolmsing:
“Sam. I want you to go to Mrs. Judge
I‘rterby. give her my compliments, and
tell her that I regret my inability to be
present at dinner.“
“Yes. salt.“ '
“.\i.d. Sam. take my dinnr bucket
with you. and on your way back bring
me my dinner from the restaurant on the
Corner. and bcrpiick about it.“
In due time Sara retirncd with the
din ‘er bucket. '
“Did you tell Mrs. Peterby that I
could not come I“
uYes.“
“What'did she say 3"
“She jcss lulled.“ ..
Sam opened the dinner bucket. and
spread the contents on the table in the
other. when this conversation u curred:
"\Yliy. what is rh‘s '3" said Button. in
aiiiaztcment. “I told you to bring me my
ordinary dinner. ant here ybu brought
me a dinner lit for a king."
“I jcss tuck what Mrs. Peterby guv
me.“ ,
"athatL Mrs. Peter-by put up this din-
ner.“ ‘
“Yes. ssh. I tole her what you said.”
“What did I say!"
“You tole me ter tell Mrs. Peter-by (let
you cmldn’t come ‘ter dinner, and for
her to put your dinner in do bucket.”
“Oh, my God!“ said Dutton. sinking
back into his cha‘r. It was some time
before he recovered. Then he solilo~
quized:
“How can I re-establish myself in her
graces? I know how I ll manage
Here. Sam."
“Yes. ssh.”
. “Take this two dollar bill. go to the
florist’s, buy a handsome bouquet: and
take- it to Mrs. Peterby, With my com—
pliinents.“
“Yes. sub." -
“Do you understand me?"
“Yes, ssh." '
In a short: time sun returned with a
broad grin on his face.
.“Did you give those flowers to Na.
fl’lfierby't" . r ~ - * ‘
it.
I .
“'ifu—“It is very unusual- for you to ‘
you want to take me to Niagara l’alls.“ .
(‘an‘t you take .
Teal licr ., “How do you like it as far -
‘lilltlt':“
' tioti of t‘iein arc ilri -d and sent tot’hiriu.
. Aft-r cooking them the (‘liinesi- sprad
I tilled my \‘cst fiili of them (A cry '
.\ few days ago Jim was Invited to!
“Yesssh. She took do flowers."
“\h’hat. did she sayl"
“She said she was eber so much
oblcggcd. and she waut'd ter gib me a'
game on me: deni flomrs cost two dol—
lars.“
As Sam pa~sed over the ha I: fence
Dutron got a fair shot at him but missed ‘
him. An intelligent colored porter «an
get a job by applying on the premises.—
Ta'as Sifv' fogs-
.__._. ——-—.— ..____
. Shrimps.
uWheredo shrimps come from?“ in~
quired a San Francisco Call reporter of
an oyster-saloon keeper.
“shrimps come from? Why. the bay
is full of them. There are eight or ten
fisheries along the Quentin and several
down south It. was estimated by the
Fish t‘ommissioners. a couple or so ycirs
ago. that as much as twenty tons of
shrimps were daily taken from the bay.
The. business is now entirely controlled
by t hinesedthey are the only r-ncs who I
can make it pay. They bring them
around daily- to the rcst.;urants. The
greater quantity. however. they dry and
i send to China. where they are esteemed
an epicurean dish. I believe'a ‘Ctlns’ld‘
crahlr- quantity of the supply is also fed
to hogs. which wax fat upon then. The
(‘alifornia shrimp. I suppose you know.
is the largest am most edible of its kind.
:Tli.- shrimps we used to have in New
York were it t near so large. and they did
not have the flavor of the California
shrimp. When Itirstenmc here. ci;ht-
l ei-u years ago, people did not know the
, superiority of shrim; s, and th me were
few of them to be gotten. The Italians
first took to the business of tis ring them.
~They used to sell them at iw- hits a
; pound. They were found to be so plen-
i tif ii that the price went gradually
down. sinking to 15 cents. then to 31
cents. This was too cheap to pay for
the fishing. and the Italians gave the
5 business entirely up to the t‘lziticse. “'1:
now buy them at the regular price of 5
cents. They are bring received with
continuallyincreasing favor. and have
spread from it rests irant dish to private
tables. They are generally server a! all
oystersalrmns as a prelude to regular
‘ dishes."
‘fllo they live on
the scribe!"
“Nonsense? No. the shrimp is an epl~
‘ciirean i i his mod-st :o uatie way. “is
principil die! is marine irism‘rs. alzh nigh
lie is not averse to it yia'c of raw fish
' when he :etsnn oplmrtuult'y. Iloweicr.
he is more the hunted I‘IJII the hunter.
Many larger fish esteem him a rare deli~
racy. and they make his life a burden to
hill). When he is not foraging for f btttl
: the shrimp hiirics himself in the sand.aud
all there is \i‘ible of h III uri his two
ion: eyes protruding."
"How are they caught“
"Well. yi-ii ought to go do“ :i and see
the islicrics. l-‘isliiiii: shrimp is reduced
to a science. and is very in eresiiiiz. The
t‘liiiiamcn stake out nets lwt“rt‘;l two
pests in the water. The ne's'are funnel
shaped, and as the tide comes in the
shrimps drift in in regular i liaziuels.
\\ hen the tide goes out the fishermen r:.‘~
verse the funnel and ratch a new lot.
The shrimps when aliie are white in
\l)l|l[lll'\I'-|Il. They we then throw ll into
.i vat of boiling salt water. and :i~ they
are cookc.l_t‘hcy assume that rich auburn
II 1c." ‘
“Is that all the culinary preparat'on
they receive before they a'c prit rig-on the
cadavers inquired
1
“Yes. that‘s all.
its ii‘rra ly cooked and we dish theui up
as they are. .\s I said. the greater por-
This
'I It: y are brought to 3
lrocess in itself is interesting.
them out in the siin where they rcmain
lllllll perfectly dry and tli - meat is shriv-
.gi‘ain. an] the dry s‘ieli is broken and ‘
1 beaten off.
These are blown off and the
. elrrl up. They then no at them with a.
i‘ail. as though they wcr-- thrashing- 3
kernels collected and pukt‘xl in ltukcsi
for shipment to L‘hiiii."
The Washington Fatally. l
l
.\t thc dedication of th‘ “'asl ington
National Monument invitations Were sent
‘ to nearly :00 members- of the \Vashing-
ton family by direct ilesr- nt or by collat-
eral marriages.
were thirty ladies who claimed kindred
w ith ihc family.
Thirteen gentlemen bear 5
3 lug,r the nain: of \\'::shingtou sat togctlirw l
ion the floor of the House of llepi‘cscntu— i
: tires on the occasion of the rir dicatory :
services. and besides. in the gallery. there i
\\’;ishiugtwn. ofc iirse. l
i had nodircet descendants. but he had two :
| half brothers and one half sist~-r. as Well I
{as two full brothers and one full sister.
i all of whom hail Families. His sister Betty
' marricl and left a large “a-iii'y.
, hr. tlir-rs. liliniles a d Sam-rel. hotlirmar~
ion large and most productive farms.
.L‘harles-‘own. the county seat of Jeffer~
soa County. \t'. \‘a.. was named after
' (‘hzirles \Vashington.
ncarl v 9.00“ acres of Illnt . Samuel was
married five timis. though he died at the
age of fortysix. The desecnilaiits of
Samuel are very numerous. Those of
( liar les. however. are comparatively few~
'l‘lie \\'asi.i:igton families at: mod nu-
merous in \ irgiiiia. Tonnes cc. and Ken-
tucky. but a considezable number of them
also reside in' Ohio. Minnesota. Pent»
sylvania. California. and Georgia. where
they have usually settled on the most
productive farm lands. .ks another char
actei'istic it may be stated that they
are uiianibitioiis for public position.
but whenever they have tilled positions
of trust they have discharged their
duties with fidelity. The ability of
Judge Buzhrod Washington. a member
of the Supreme (‘ourt.,and his able re
ports. will suggest themselves to the
minds of every one. George (‘. “'ash-
ingtan. who represented a Maryland dis
trio! in Congress. was a man of fair abil—
ity. It was his son. Louis A. “fishing
ton. who was captured by John llro ‘n.
taken to Harper‘s Ir‘erry. and shut up
with him when he was besieged by the
l'nited States Marine~and taken. A few
other Washiiig’ons have studied- law,
and some medicire but a greater num-
ber of them take to mathematics. :urvey-
ing, and farming When they have en—
gaged in Merchandising it has usually
beeniu conne. tion with the management
of their estates. Both the full brothers
of “'ashington were decersed before the
General. The General died of
large amounts of excellent land in Vir-
ginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania. and devised
these lands to his nephews. who were in
consequence put in possession of consid-
erable estates that made them indie-pends
eat, influential, and prosperous citizens
in tbelncighborh‘oo‘ds where they lived.
They nearly all married young and left:
families. 'I he W'ashingtons have always
been fond of he gun, and the most noted
horsemen of e sections in which they
lived. Their personal appearance, as a
class, hasan characterized by tall, large
boned frames and strong, well out fea-
tures. In their habits they are social and
haspitable to a degree of extravagance.
They have been free, livers. and oc-
usionally some have indulged too freely
in spirits, but cases of inebristcs among
l
His brother Sane ;
nl owned an adjoining plantation of?
His two,
i
med :1 i l scitl' d ii the valley of Virginia i
I
l
them are exceptions. —3on: Parley hon.
.“GUNBOATGREENP
quarter, but I tolo h’er yer c‘u't (‘Olue dat - A SOUTHERN PA PI‘IR‘S TAD": 0F
A CONFEDERATE. 80h!" ER.
Tauntcd by Comrades: for Showing
the White Feather. He Mounts
the Breastworks and Shoots
Seventy-Two Federals.
In Company E. of the Thirty-first
l.oul sinus. taere was a mm named Green.
The boys went into service in the spring
of ‘62. and for some time had very little
to do. Green soon made‘himself one of
the most popu or men in camp. . lie was
something of a humoist and his talents
as a-story teller made him always enter-
mining.
\Vhen the Thirty-first snifled gunpow-
der for the first time. Green turned up
tossing. He had a tit and was unable to
handle a gun. In the seco id engage~
mm! the poor fellow had is spasm pod
was again kept away from the front2 ‘l he
soldiers began to have their suspicious
and when their unfortunate comrade fell
a vir tim to rheuma‘iszu on the eve of am
other tight. they spoke out in pretty
plain toms.
Green was ‘0 devil-ed by the boys that
he was driven nearly crazy. .llls" about
that time there was a co}! f ‘r volunteers
to go up llic Ya on Ilivcr on :i gunbzmt
cvpcd'itioii. To the s Lrpris- of all. the
chronic invalid voiunw-red. The cv-
p d tiori lasted ab vzt s nee-kl and no
tiqiitiri: occurr (1. Green. however.
swelled with pride of the tlrmeh‘. of his
so dIi-rly c induct. arr-l bagged ‘
that his companions- xiii-k 9.
“‘Giiribwat the -n." By my. re» :t V
‘to dawn on him that lie w is the butt of
the regiment, and then he brains: sulky
and d as r cable.
Ilut the time came when the gallant
Louisianians had something more import-
ant t i think of than "(lllltbuat Green."
Triey were driven into the “bull pen" at
Vicksburg by Grant‘s swa‘ming regions.
and in cry soldier had to do his duty like T
The corp. to which (ire-n
a little man.
belonged was statiom db -hind a crescent-
shaped brea~twork Seven mi es in length.
The land in {root for some distuiec was
level. andrtlcn sl npcd—down n ravine and
up a st -ep bill. 'I he timber had all been
cut down. s.) there was a clean sweep,
One afternoon the Fr dcrals charged
the breast w--rks. They
slinrpsliooters on the hill to p’ck off the
t‘o::fedcratcs When they showed their
heads. The F0 leruls charg d in fo :r
columns. fo ir deep. The (‘onfcdir tcs
rcnnincd in the pits four deep, and held
their tire until the Federals were Within ‘
sivty yards 'I‘l.cuthet’ront rank t-pc ed
tire aiil fell back. and the second. and so
on until every grin had been emptied
with terrible i-\c ut'oii. “ ‘Fizially. the
tn‘ulll’lll: pirty tell luck behind the
timber Ilt‘ll had b- cu cut down, to await
the t‘i)‘t:ln_;: of night. In this position
they \Tt‘:'t' ll‘dlt‘t‘lc-I cXCept from the top
of the breast works, and thet‘orifedcmtes
Would not Iakc that c.\pos d pasition on
as -oitut of the sliarpsiirmtcrs.
At this junctute an event of the most
iiiieapcel-‘d and paralyzing nature os-
ctirred. Down in th- pits a irowd of
rough ,f- lions were toziiic'itiug "Gun—
boat t‘rccii.‘ Lire man told him that he
was lookingY rather pale, and advised
him t.» :r- to the hospdal.
"Srver rn'rid about my looks.“s:iid
lirreu. "l have ii pzcscntiment that I am ‘
going to be killed."
“By a nervous shocki“ suggested a
corporal. a .d th -n the c Was a :augli.
'l‘lic objer t of all this ridicule grittid
his tc ‘th, and his eyes flashed the
"I ll swear. boy s," said one of the
coiiipaixy. "that if a bullet is found in
‘tluiilmat Grecn‘ after his death it will
be one that he swalhnvcd."
Hun-g beyond endurance by t‘ esc
taunts tin-en sci'cd his in :skct an I run
at full spied until he reached the top of
tli.~ breast -\ ork's. llcrc to had the Fed-
erals behind the f.llr;u timber in full
view and cosy range. For a moment
both armies lr oke I on in breathless won—
der. On that seven mile litre of breast-
works Green was the only man to be
seen. Then the shar, shooters can»
ni-iici-il fling :t him. \Vitii a whit“
:a e. liltltln: iyes. and nerves strct 'hed '
to iheir it most tension he took aim and
tired. Time an I agatn lie reloadel and
pii .ed trigger. etch tirii ~ liltt'ng his
man. 2y this time the ‘h‘fl'pshu itcrs
w; re firing a tin-usand shots per minu‘e =
the (‘onfcdcmt s l
at him. Some of
hegnd Inn to come down. In! an 0th
:3 \l ;
"Let the blanked fool alone. they
can‘t hit him.“
The men in the pits tlll‘t w up a lot of
cartridges. and fire -n o itinued to fire at
regular intervals. Ilullets flew past him
tli‘cléas hail.but not a hair of hi . head was
harmed. l irially the brigade that he
wu slaughtering in his uier ilcss fashion
could stand it no longer. They broke
and ran up the hill. losing several more
on the way up under the tire of the soli—
tary s -ldier on the breastworks.
‘ Gunlv at Green“ was the hero of ti e
hour-fl, Officers and privates surged
around him. shaking him by the hand
an l"a‘l)plau-.l‘itg_r h s bravery. Just before
darlrthe Federals retired, and a party of
l o isianians Went out to look as the re-
sult .of Green‘s bloody. markmanship. It
\\ as'fonnd by actual count that his mus~
's.s
, kct’rbad killed seventystwo Federals.
Green insisted that he had killed ninety.
but'it is th night that some of them were
only; wooded. and their friends had
ilrrgjzcd libero elf. About the seventy-
twtii deadfmeii there (0 ild be no doubt.
Thsyéwi r:- there. and as their bodies lay
in ’Iace where wn; not a *singlc corpse
3:9 Green commenced firing. it was
plrfn enough that he had brought them
.del ;n.
special report concerning Green was
to the commanding General that
‘ynt. The result would doubtless have
gpromotion but for the fact that on
tli‘ , allowing morning “tiuuboat Green“
w§g§ bwherc to be found. Later it was
as incd that he had deserted and
joil§1 Grant‘s army. Nothing further
w a." ver heard from him.—Atlauta Com
str‘ fun.
95.
giver-k forBleh Young In.
“e truth is. the modern development
of 9' ‘ oor sports of all kinds is proving
thifl’alv'atqh of the very large class of
. fishy young men. One of the physi-
cis‘vstut Bloomingdale Insane nsvlum
toll? e the other day that the percent-
'.llls patients who had lost their
stmplyfimause they had never had
.upation was startling. One of
the: mtientsithere. a member of one of
Lie-i: York‘s old families, that reckons its
cit . ropertylby the acre, sat: idle in his
club window until he finally concluded
thathe was dead. 80 they buried him
Vin Bloomingdale, where he met. a number
of his old set. Everybody that knows
d «s
f pill.- on Thirth-Fourth street and e rm:
’ avenue. I had a
A. T. Stewart's “New.
A New York letter to the .San Fran-
cisco Arymmu! has the following: Some
ago, . walking past tint. marine
glimpse of Mrs. A. 'I‘.
blows", the first for years. Poor old
lladvl One look at her is as d as s
sermon on the follies of th s .fe. Nor
can re . ions in gilded trappings and
satiii cifihlgris. was standing at the curb
l-snd. just-as I passed the great white
i
hall doors were, thrown Open with a
flourish and out she came. Again t. a
long vista of marble columns and shining
floors. she began to creep slowly down
the stairs, leaning heavily 0‘} the arm of
her major-dome. That majordomo, by
the way. is awonderful o'd creature. He
looks like a crertion of Tro‘lope’s. and
always drum in decent black. whip.
black velvet skull-cap on his long sil-
very hair. and his goldtpped wand of
Office in his hand. He led Mn. Stewart.
w'th fatherly care down the long flight,
of steps. then at the bottom delivered
. her irrto the hands of two gigantic foot~
i nun. who supported lo r to the ca‘ri-igc.
while a m- d follovVed. lie-r blooming face
peeping out from under a ‘mass of shawls
plac id the r '
and aincushions. That the widow of
.the merchn .t m lliortalrc is as fond as
l rvwr of Hi: imps and vanities is shown
' in her l-lu .iin; cl cck ». iii tltc inane of
' Wild black rurls. h-u b n: into her ~ yes
' and p .uring in a je'ty t‘u‘l'flllt‘ down her
‘ back; In her gown n lr'ri' k silk. stiff as
pa tel-until. and Covered with laces and
l]: t and r- d satin boau dragging its
‘ heavy length out lcl:‘.:.d her. It looks.
' however. as if she ct ii «l not have rioiv h
l more time left “lit'tcilt to enjoy them.
She was so feeble the anti-er day that her
’ footmeu Ira-I :i'tim t t u lift her into hi I'
e-rriagc: then the rea‘sl came tripping
t i the door "Ld in gun putting her into
shape—poncho I up her -.~I sliions and a!"
‘ ranged her shawls, pulled the gloves up
over her tinv. trembling hands. to itchcd
h-r bout ct into plac . pulled down her
veil. patted the how under her chin and
settled her into the carri gr- as one might.
5 sct:lc an extra expense. e «loll.
' ’
Reminders of Benedict Arnold.
; The old Benedict Arnold well in this
‘town has lci-n cloel s-rys a N urwich
it‘oim.» l(tIl‘r to the .\'cw York Sun. It
is at the rear of III? lion, eneirc‘cd lzy
tall eiergrcciss :it the tin-- Iliplcy place
'ori th- road to Norwich Town. For
many yesrs :i Curl-iv curb has stood
about it. but i: b-turii- so rotten that if.
was neces-ary to tase it down. TIP
curb having been removed. a big; round
storie'was placi-d over the Well. nhich
' was not filled in.
The old .\rn \ld farm ho .30. which was
n t :ar from the well. w.:s torn down a
quarter of a (w tiiry 120., and re; laced
with a'hatidsoriie tiiodr-r.r dwelling. In
the woods ia-k of Le house still is
pointed out :i towering link into who»:
crotch the youthful lio-n-det used to
climb.
At Norwich Tune. n-It a -;u:irtcr of
a mile away. the will”. brick box,
.with tnossed roof u .i bleached walls.
.still is stziudirg in which Benedict
‘ learn» (I fro u good u -l ‘llr Latlimfi‘liow
. to mix pill‘ andéput up 'u!iuns_ It 3 on
ground owned by He iry MeXclly. Its
worn front d-or sil is :l:nost in fine
with the dusty TIMI?!" '~lr.‘t‘t, and the c
is no fen e in front ot'it. The ct uat y
roa-lsi-Ee wal‘s have b en hii lt up to it.
‘and then deflected s- that it is in n
walled recess. It i one story high.
with two or three old fashioned dusty
windows. which look . mcohat seve e'y
at the brand new things about tli - rid
drug shop. The ‘L-u lit/i2 is prc ervr-d
as a l‘ell'. It has bun padloekezl for
; many years. and i: ineds p iritiog.
‘ Anotlcr reminder of Benedict Arnuht
' tlic'old Spittlc limi~c.un Blftt khallstrect.
New Iondori. recently was demol shml
.by 'its purchaser. llrysn F. Malina. to
make room for a sly-wy “‘«xldCTI house.
lIn its dining mom. on. September t1.
5 list. Arnold to'oig dinner, and was al-
most (hooked to death by a fishbonc.
' It was on that visit that Arnold captured
; l-‘ort Griswold. in ”rot :i. and nizis~acrcd
; the garrison and made a bonfire of Sew
London to tes’ify to his New London
’county neighbors how much he still
thought of them.
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l Booth‘s Pistol an! Dagger.
! Isrw the other day two of the most
I
curious and interes Eng relics of the
grcu'te t tragrsly in American history.
They are the postoi oi h which John
\Vilkcs Booth shot I‘resiiir-nt Illrzcoln
and the dagger he lo I in his hand
when h.- leu sul from the box to the
I stage of the t eatre, l‘l)‘lll;2 “Sic scmpcr
iyrannist" These r-‘i«s are res.- red
in a bun an of one of the great depart—
ments of th:- liovcrnni n:. and with them
is the bulht that. struck Mr. liui‘oln
down. The p'sfol is the tuimt interest-
ing of the Lt. It is one of th' kind
kuownos the Derringer. [trade in I'IIIIS‘
dolphin. which was 1': y famous all
through the South and .‘utllltn‘t‘a’t thirty
yiars ago. The one in question is of
beautiful workmanship. Its barrel is
on'y two inches in bri_rii. and the bui-
let weighs about a quartir of an ounce.
Tin-entire length of tie weapsn is but
: four inches. Its mountinw is of silver.
and the lock is one of the burst and most
perfect pieces of workmanship I have
ever seen, even in these wrap us. which
were very expensive and elaborate. The
bullet is much battezel. and Was cvi~
dently driven into the muzzle (for the
pistol is a mu71le-loadcr: by the use of
a mallet and iron loading rod (‘onsid«
eriizg the heavy charge of powder under
the bullet. before it was fired. the latter
must. have been only 1.an an inch from
the. muzzle. and could in. ily have b en
touched with one‘s little finger inserted
into the barrel. The marks of the riding
in the barrel are clearly visible on the
bullet, which was very much flattened
from striking the skill Altogether a
more interesting and g' artly curio I have
~. never seen. While handling the pistol. I
‘- lookcd at the end of the breach. I found
lthere a receptacle for percussion caps,
which had evidently been overlooked,
and upon openingjt I found a solitary
loop. which Booth hat evidently put
there himself. into ding, if by anychnnce
the one on the tube of the pistol erplodcd
without firing it, to have another ready
to his hand.-— Wadi-.1930" Hem“.
Twain on the Father of Waters 7
Although Mark Twain piloted steamer:
on the Mississippi for years, he has just
seen the it per river for the. first time,
and his out usiasn was strong enough to
. last all the way to C Bongo, where be de-
clared to a reporter:
Neither in this country nor in any
other have Iseen such interesting scenery
as that along the Up Mississippi. .
Onefindl all thatthe Iadsonafl
bluffs and wooded hi d a
great deal in addition. Between St. Paul
and the mouth of the Illinois River there
the people can name three has-ml but are 0"" 400 islands, it“! Wt in 9W"!
more or Ian unpleasant imbecileigwho P0352913 slave. A '1'” :5th M
are_regularly invited to dinner, and“_ to '3 “he ‘ wow “[50“ hair. . She my
social ‘ fling; of all kinds. where be good and lune. but one doesn‘t fall in
their 1 ioey is jeered at: to the intense l0": '1“ he? '9'! “at ’
delight of the young people and without w i.
monstmnce on thepart; of the elderly. .mW-‘n 14‘2" Hon- t" m
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