THE SENTINEL. E
801"?“ NURWALK. OCTOBER ll
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No one loves the man whom he fears.
leth is the best physician for men‘s ,
toils. f
hlildnees of address and manner is by
no means an unimportant seasoning to
friendship.
If you are terrible to many, then be'
ware of many. '
Not by years. but by dispOSitionLis ;
wisdom acquired.
Wish to be what you are, and con-
sider nothing preferable.
The art of exalting lowlincse and
giving greatness to little things is one of
the noblest functions of genius.
Ll: us help the fallen still, though .
they never pay us. and let us lend, with~
out expecting the usury of gratitude.
Dir of the )l‘lglllill tendencies of the
h l... m mind. fundamental and universal.
i~ the love of other people‘s private at.
f.ill"-. '
The man to whom virtue. is but the
orn..ment of character. something over
and above. not eswntial to it, is not yet
I “ran. 7
Promise not twice to any man the ser-
Vice you may be able. to render him; and
be not ltltllllu‘lulla‘ if you \\ ish to be ca.
teemed for your kindness'
’l'nc bltlerest tears shed over gnu cs are
for words left uusaid aml deeds left no.
done. “She never knew llu\\' 'I loved
her.“ “Ill.- never knew what he was to
me.“ “I ale ays meant to make more of
our friendship.“ Such Words are the
soued arrows which cruel death shoots
'k ward at us from the door of the sep-
ulvhre.
An Odd Royal Favor.
A good and authentic story is told of a
German ltiogenese. Whe‘u King Fredeh
ick William IV. of Prussia visited the
Rhine Provinces in 134:; he sto )ped at
\Vesel, in which strongly fortified town.
as the military commander "of the post
informed him. the oldest man In the mon-
arehy was then living. The King went to
see the oldest of his subjects and found
him a hale and still hearty vet-ran of
10“. comfortably seated in an old arm~
chair, enjoying his inseparable com ian~
, . ion «a shot pipe. 0n the appreae l of
the King he rose and aluun-ed a few
ate ‘3, but the King made him sit down,
and convened unite freely with him. the
ipe. IIUWI‘VUTI not leaving the old man‘s
ips a minute. Uu parting the King
asked him if ltc had any wish that he
Could' gratify. “No. Your Majesty.“
.was the reply, “I .thank you; I have
every thing I need in this world.“
“Have you indeed? Just think anio-
mcnt «we mortals generally have some
wi-i'u or other.“ “Well. sire. on second
thought I might ask a favor. .\Iy phys
Birian insixts upon my taking a walk
every day on the ramparts. livery time
I p .ss in front of the powder magazine
the sentry bails me from a tll‘ltlllt‘l":f‘T'\‘-
iug out: "l‘ake the pipe out of your
mouth,‘ and as I can advance but slowly,
my pipe goes out every time. Now if
Your Majesty will be gracious enough to
give the order that the sentry shall let
_ me smoke mypipe in peace the whole of
the way.l shall esteem it the greatest
boon of my remaining days." The order
was given. amt-the old man enjoyed
the privilege for upward of two years,
dying with his pipegin his mouth.—
_Am¢‘r icon Register. ,
the Tom! and. Its l‘rey.
The ac. uraey of aim in the young load,
in Si: lilar totlxe accuracy with whish the
you 3 quail or chirken picks up a grain,
Says a writer in .Vaftn‘r. A young
clm ken. having only its head out of the
shell. picked up a fly that lighted near
it. And. said Mr. (‘althrop. . when you
consider the nice ctr-operation of nervous
and muscular movements necessary to
this feat, you will perceive that the
chicken must have been practising tly
catching in the person of its ancestry for
thousands or millions of years. llut I
once had curious proof that. the toad is
capable of improvement by practice.
l'nder a beehive I observed for several
successive summers a toad watching for
overloaded bees who failed to reach the
threshold of the hive. No sooner did
they fall on the ground than he snapped
them up. But one dav I saw he had lost,
by some accident, his right eye, and
when he struck at one bee.__he lost his
aim, and picked up dirt from one side of
the bee." IIc wiped his mouth with his
7 fore-paw, and tried again and again. The
but generally managed to climb to the
top of some little prominence on the
ground. and fly away before the toad
é‘aucceeded. The poor fellow was half
starved, and grew thin ;‘ but l observed
before the summer was ended he had
learned to aim as correctly with one eye
as he used to with two, and had again
recovered his plumpness.
The Pepper Tree.
Some time before reaching SentimBsn -.
bare we began to see the pepper tree—of
which we had seen isolated specimens be-
fore—in great numbers, and presently
strike of hedges composed of this grace~
ful tree met our eyes. The pepper tree 4
is large and tall, with branches drooping
after the manner of the weeping wil ow. ;
onl notto the same extent. The foliage
is thick, the leaves being long and slen-
der, growin close t ther and havinga
very graccfu and feat cry effect._ In the
spring they are covered with clusters of
tiny. light yellow, creamy blossoms which
look as soft and downy as the back of a
newly hatched chicken and of about the
same color. taken as a mess. These dis-
: appear and long clusters of small berries
gradually ripen and blush to a vivid
scarlet in the warm sun, making a won~
derfnlly pretty bit of color, contrasting
with the light green leaves in. the land-
scn . In leaf. in bud, in blossom, in
f t, it isnlways a beautiful and gracc—
ful thing to look upon. As the seasons
change it simply changes its dress, the
ncwonc seeming lovelier than the old; it
is never bare and desolate like most other ‘
> , trees. The peppe
r tree is very common
in Southern t‘slifornia. but its perennial
beauty preserves it from the fate of many .
another common thing. -— Cleveland
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Greet Growth of Carp.
John Boiler, livingneflbof Lancaster,
Pam. huapondfnl of German carp,
fromwhichhcpartiallydrew the water
last week. thus catching a number of
, aummwdghing as much as six
. mods. One fish. of which Hr. Bcilcr
the
epwtnnfi'y to note the in--
mgr-arms“ seminars-in
two months—‘-
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being my idea of his full value.
MY OWN SHALL coma.
Serene I hold my bends and wait.
Nor cantor wind, norttdc, nor can;
I raveno more ‘gninst time nor fats,
For-lo! myown shall cometo me.
I stay my haste, I make delays,
For what avails this eager pace!
I stand amidthe eternal ways.
And what is mine shall know my face.
~ Asleep-awake, by night or day.
The friends I seek are seeking me;
' Nor wind can drive my bark astray,
Nor change the tide of destiny.
What matter if I Stand alone!
I wait with joy the coming years:
My heart shall reap where it. has sown
And gather up its fruits and tears.
'. The waters know their own and draw
The brook that springs on yonder height;
80 flows the good with eiiaal law
Unto the soul of pure delight.
The flower nodding in the wind
Is renal y plighted to the bee:
And. maiden, why that look unkindl
For lo! thy lover socketh thee.
The stars come nightly to the sky.
The tidal wave unto the sea:
Nor time. nor spew. nor deep, nor high. .
Can keep my own away from me.
——Juliu Burroughs.
A SMART DRUMMER.
WHY I"! SALARY \VAS DOUBLED.
Going over to Stonington the other
evening I met Frank Ilolbrook on the
boat. Ilollnrook. although a voung'iuan.
in an old merchant. lie \vas‘at the head
of the (‘hieago branch of the house of A.
T. Stewart A‘ to for a tiniennd I got
talking to him about that enterprising
class the drummers. He told me this
story about one of them: -
"I used to tlatter myself." llolbrook
began. “ that Icould site up the appli~
cants for clerkships for what they \vere
worth. so as not to other a $3.00" man a
81.000 sltltll‘j', or a “.000 dollar man a
$3,000 salary. llut I remember getting
badly deceived once. A young fellow
came into the Chicago store and asked
for §*position. He was a red checked
little fellow. sported a nice mustache.
with wax ends and wore well~tittiug
clothes. I looked him over and said to
myself: ‘ Here‘s a young chap who can
probably earn enough to pay his land.
udy and have a few dollars a week over
for cigars and cologne.‘ \Ve were short
of helpjust then and I made up my mind
that I would otler him $7710 a year—illiat
. After a
little ireliminary talk I said to him:
i: ‘ Veil, sir. what salary would you
expect—«what do you think you Would be
worth to us I‘ . i
" I want 81,500." he tromptly replied,
“I think I’d be worth t at to you; lean
ecllg'oods, Mr. llolbrook.
There was something in his manner
that I liked. an carnestncss and direct»
less, but I laughed to ruy~c1f at the idea
of paying that youth $1.500. Sill: I
determined to give him a trial if I could
get .him at about my own figure. So after
a little more conversation I asked him if
he Would be willing to come at $70 a
month. “It will take you sortie weeks.“
ladded, “thoroughly to acquaint your-
self with our stock and our wars of do-
ing business, If you are wortli more to
us that fact will not be long in appear-
lng. and if it does appear you can rest
assured that your salilry‘ll promptly be
raised.“ ' '
“It‘s a go,“ replied l’ortrr—J call him
Porter. although that wasn‘t his name-—
“‘Vhenhwas leaving St. Louis I as.
sured the boys as I bade them good bv
that I wasn‘t coming back. So I intend
ostay in (‘hieagm I think I can sell
oods, .‘lr. Ilolbrook. and hope to bring
ion to the saute opinion. I‘ll begin at
To a month.“ i L
As Ihave said, there was Something
about theyoun;r man that was preposs-
casing in spite of his looking a little too
much like a dude. So I engaged him at
$70 a month. convinced that I had about
ot his measure, Well, sir. ltc Started
n the next ll‘t_\' liken steam engine. He
went through our stock as if he were a
detective whose reputation depended
upon his not missing anything. In an
amazing short time. he was master of all
the preliminaries and then he went about.
selling goods with the same assiduitv.
He would wnich for a rust ,uner as vigi-
lantly as a cat watches for a mouse, and
once a man got into his hands he was
ne—he had to buy to get rid of
orter. _ A couple of months nt‘tir
he entered the store we reeeived from
New York a consignment of a new and
very handsome line of goods. No sooner
were the samples displayed among the
clerks than two or three of thunk-ante
to me and said they thought they would
like togo out on the road f r a week—
they were sure they could secure a good
many orders for these goods. “‘All
right.“lsaid. and off they went. A
week later one of them returned. lie
was one of our oldest selesmen and had
been mak‘ng a tri through Southern
Illinois. “What uccesst" l inquired.
go replied with rather a crest—fal'en in )k
at as yet he hadn‘t. disposed of any of
. the goods. but that his cdstomeis were
‘plcased with the samples he slim-ed
them. and were likely to send in their
orders later. . .7
I think Porter heard this conver a~
tion. At all events he came to me that
f afternoon and remarked that he wished
. I would spare him for a few days. “I‘ve
at some customers down in Southern
llinois, Mr. Holbrook, and I think I
could sell them some of those new
oods." . ' '
“All right, Porter,“ said I, and of! he
‘ went.
Well, sir, he was back inside of a week.
and in that time he sold—l won’t vcu‘
ture to say from memory how runny -
cases of goods. But I remember he did
surprisingly well. And what. made his
success the more remarkable, he got his
‘ orders in the very towns which my old
salesman that I‘ve mentioned worked to
no purpose. Along came Porter’s tele-
grams, ‘send two cases here.‘ ‘send four
cases there.’ ‘send six cases yonder,’ etc.
: On his return I, invited him to come into
. my
rivate office, and congratulated him
on t e work he’d done. He seemed grat-
ified at my commendation, but about all
be said was: “I thought I could sell some
for you, Mr. Holbrook.“ Then I
make to him about the largest order he
had secured. His eyes lit up, and he re
marked:
“It was a tough job getting that or-
der. I thought at first I was going to
lose it." =
“How not"
“Well, I went into the man‘s store and
Alkedrto him most. of the afternoon, but
I couldn‘t fetch him. . He said he liked
the goods, he didn‘t kick at the price,
, but he’wonldn‘t decide. I went back to
at hotel disappointed, but after supper
I elt better, and determined!“ It ’
to his hemp and make him a mingled:
so alone weiudn‘t Target “nogjy’on also.»
' “Yes. I ace." ' ~ - . ’
“Well. in the evening I called around
to his house about 8 o‘clock. I didn't
know him nor any of his folks,and nat~
urally felt a little embarrassed."
“Naturally.”
“Yes. but I told him that I disliked
hanging around a hotel and took the
liberty of calling on him. He answered
the door bell himself and seemed glad
to see me. He had four pretty daugh~
ters and he introduced me to them and
pretty soon me and the girls were sing-
ing some popular songs. as nice as you
please."
“I didn‘t know you sang. Porter.”
“0, I sing a little. Mr. llolbrook. I
t'nd it helps in selling goods. “'ell,
' after the song I sat down at the piano
and played the girls a new waltz or two
that we. were real good friends.
“And so you are a piano player?"
“\Vcll, I manage to do a few tunes—I
find it helps in our businem, Mr. llol<
brook. The girls‘ father sat by and
seemed to be greatly entertained with
the music, and when I got up from the
piano he thanked me heartily. ‘Don‘t
speak of it.’ said I. Thcn the girls and
I got talking about one thing and anoth~
er and pretty soon I noticed a banjo
standing in the corner decked out with
bright ribbons. I asked the girls which
one of them played it and they said they
got it for ornament, and that none of them
could play on it. So.greatly to their de«
light. lgot down the banjo and gave
them a lesson on it.“
“Then the banjo is another of your
accomplishments. Porter!“
“1 can pick the strings a little, .\lr.
llolbrook~—I find it helps in selling
goods. Well, I stayed until ll o‘clock,
- and when I took my leave the father and
all his gills came to theiloor with rncand
politely invited me to call’agnin when I
’ came to town. I didn‘t see their moth-
er.
think it proper to ask. Nevt day l'wcnt
into the man‘s store bright and early.
He tried to beg off with taking one case
of the goods, but I wou‘dn‘t hear of it.
Take six or nothing. said I; one case will
hel l to sell another;l Finally he gave in
am I ran to the telegraph otlice and sent
you his order. "
“ Porter.“ [remarked with as grave a
face as I could command as he finished
his narrative. “here is one caution that I
must give you: Be careful when youare
oil on the road to refrain from intruding
upon another salesman‘s territory. To do
so makes trouble in the store.“
“ I‘ll try and do so, but I suppose you
want me to sell all the goods I can, Mr. ,
llolbrook I"
.. 0. yes. Let‘s see, Porter, what salary
are you drawing?"
“ Seventy dollars a month, Mr. llol-
blank."
" And you have been with us how
, long i“
“ 'l‘cn months on Thursday."
“And you wanted how 111th when.
you came I“
that they hadn‘t heard, and then Ifelt i _ . -
- much, emf—Philadelphia Arias.
I presume she was dead, but I didn‘t :
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BUDGETOF FUN.
BUMOBOUS SKETCHES FROM
' VARIOUS SOURCES.
No Great Loss —- sun the Style—-
A Long Jump—An Afternoon '
Call -— The Clasp She
Wanted. Etc.
Regular Customer (disposed to be
facetious)——“I guess you will have to
trust me for the paper until to—morrow."
Clerk—“0, that‘s all right, sir.“
Customar—“But suppose I was to be
‘ killed between now and tomorrow?”
Clerk—““‘ell, the loss would not be
A Long Jump.
lie-“That was a wonderful jump of
young Spriggins‘s just now—cleared five
feet and eight inches."
She—-“.\’othing to what young Wig-
gins did last week."
Ila—“What did he do?"
She—“D0! he did pa out of fifteen
hundred dollars —— jumped an augr‘ully
high bail—J don‘t remember the height.
exactly—and landed without any ditti»
' culty in-—er Toronto —-whcrcver that is.”
1 “Well. I told you I thoughtl would 1
be worth $L300 to you."
.. \‘erv good, $1,500 it is. your salary
at that figure dating from the day you be- =
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z...tIl
“ Thank you very much. Mr. Ilolbrook
‘1 think I can sell some goods for you.“
——.\‘ew York Tr i1» '1 ne.
Indians Caught in a Trap.
This thing of sending outabody of
troops to tight Indians is all bush, says
' llroekw ay hinney in the St. Louis (:‘Iu’ro
Deni erul. They can see a company of
soldiers miles away. then scatter and
hide and shoot when they can‘t be seen.
Young Captain Evans, of Fort I‘hil
Kearney. knew how to tight the red
skins. I remember when Fort Scott, was
besieged. That was when the Fort was the
outward frontier post, 1??) miles south
west of Kearney. Captain Evans volutr
teered to go to the relief on condition
that he should be allowed absolute
lnauagement of the expedition. Report
had it that Fort Scott was then sur-
rounded by at least 2,000 Indians. The
laptain rigged out a dozen six mule gov-
ernment wagons, with canvas (such ar-
ranged with ropes overhead so that the
curtains could be rolled up in an instant.
Then be loaded his men into the wagons.
rolled down the curtains and started
\\ ith a rider on each mule. These were
the only men in sight of the. train, and
the captain gave the orders for no one
under cover to show himself until he
sounded the bugle as a signal for the
curtains to be rolled it . when the sol-
dicrs were to tire upon t eencmy. “'hen
the train got in sight of Fort Scott the
the Indians came
whoop flourishing their bows ,and toma-
hawks. They were going to capture the
,train. Captain Evans let them come un-
til thcy got within sure killing distance
then his bugle sounded, and the next in-
stant a volley of lead was poured into
the rellskins. They never waited fora
second shot, but turned and fied as fast
as their ponies would carrv them, and
that was the end of their siege of Fort
Scott.
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Nuns “'Iio Never See a .Man.
The Via \Ierulana Convent, in Rome,
will remain in the possession of the nuns
until the death of the last of them, when
the property will go to the Eity. The
sixteen remaining Franciscan nuns. who
are called the Septilte \‘ive, are still in
the old monastery. where they once res
ceived a visit from the Princess of Wales.
‘ These nuns, some of them ladies of
f noble families, observe a very strict rule.
EOnce entering the convent they never
. leave it alive. They never see men, not
even the riest who says mess in the
chapel. he altar is screened off and
they can just see the elevation of the
Host. Through a small a rturc they
receive holy communion. ron gratings
and a linen veil guard the small opening
through which they make confessions.
They never undress for repose. but spend
half the night in prayer, and keep, ex.
cc t in extreme cases of illness, aperpet-
rial abstinence from meat. They make
; almost everything they use, even to shoes
land medicines. If a parent of one of
these nuns dies the announcement is not
made to the nun herself, but in general
terms it. is said that one of them has lost
by death a father or a mother, as the case
may be.—-Bost¢m Herald.
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The Seutry'e Choice.
General Skobelefl’, according to the
story, was working one evening in his
tent near the Danube, or near a pond.
when a Turkish bomb dropped at. the
threshold of his tent. The General had
just time to see the sentry outside stoop
down and throw, the shell into the water.
Skobelcfi approached the soldier, and
said: “Do you know you have saved
my life!" “I have done my best,
General," was the reply. “Very well.
Which would you rather have, the St.
George‘s Crou~ or one hundred rublal"
The sentinel hesitated a moment, and
then said: “What is the value of the St.
George‘s Cross. my General?” “What
valuei‘it may be worth five rubles,
it's like that, give me ninetydivc rubles
‘ the Cross
and of St: (Snow’s-M
leu‘e Jenn-L
on them with a war
do you mean! The cross itself in of no
r- i
but it‘s an honor to possess lb";z
“7 ell, my General.“au'd the soldier,.“if
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—Hmpcr‘s Weekly.
Still the Style.
An enterprising Yankee. who owned a
large chair manufaetory, had occasion
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one day to show a friend from over the
water through his establishment.
tity of chairs that he saw in their various
stages of completion. exclaimed:
" ‘Uw can you hover hexpect to sell so
many t‘llllll‘fif"
“Wall.“ said the Yankee, “I guess
settiu’ down ain‘t gone out. of fashion
yet.“——l)rtrott Free Press.
An Ahernon (‘nlL
“Do you write storlws. Mrs. Ilobsonr—
love stories:“ inquired Bobby. as he
rested his elbows on the lady‘sknec and
glued peacefully into her fat e.
“Do I write love stories?“ repeated
Mrs. llobson. in surprise. “Why. no,
Bobby, what put that idea into your busy
little brains“ and sin-turned to Bobby‘s
mother with an amused smile.
“l‘a did.“ “'tln the dear little fellow‘s
explanation. "I heard him tell ma that
you could beat any wounn in town ro—
mancing.“—.\‘cw I‘m-Ir .Sun.
Disappointed.
“I understand you are to have a big ag~
ricnltural fair up your way I“
(K (No
swercd, ‘I‘vc just been over to Engin-
ms‘s.
“A third man appeared pretty soon,
looking like a total wreck. Somebody
had step on the fingers of his left
hand. hey were all broken and dang-
ling like so many sausages.
“ ‘Ah,’ said I, 'what‘e happened to
you?
'" ‘th much in particular.
been over to Msginnis‘s.‘
“I went inside, Your Honor, and pres.
ently I perceived a face peering through
the window of the Morgue from the out-
side. It was the worst bunged-up face I
ever saw. The forehead was skinned
and gory. the eyes were mere lines on
mounds of discolored flesh and the lips
were like two slices of cantaloupe. All
his front teeth were knocked out and
blood was dripping down his shirt front.
“ ‘\Vell,‘ I said, going to the door.
‘what do you want. my friend?I
“ *l‘m looking for the Receiving Hos-
pital.‘
‘~ ‘lleen over to Maginnis‘s?‘ I in-
quired.
“ ‘Maginnis‘s be dashed,‘ said be; I'm
I’ve just
. )Iaginnis himself.‘
“Yes,"atlirmed Mr. Johnston. “1 rec-
ognize the prisoners in the dock as the
four men. I presume the gentlemen met.
later and resumed the discussion.” ‘
Decision reserved.——San Francisco E:-
mariner.
Peace and Pills.
A chaplainbf an Illinois regiment
. . " sto I I‘ll to rest and wet some refreshments
The hnglishman, amazed at the qnnn~ . l b
one ay down in Alabama at a farm house.
_ The family consisted of an elderly man,
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evidently the husband and father, the
wife. and two daughters, both widows.
their husbands having been killed in the'
Confederate army. The old lady was an
invalid. yet inclined to be talkative. and
; engaged the chapllain in conversation.
Shesaid: “( :nlain, do you really
I think the war is em ed. and there will be
no more ti~hting and blomlsbed t"
"Yes, madam, I think the war is now
, about over.“ returned her hearer; “there
may be a little skirmishing yet, but the
heavy fighting is over.“
“Bliss the Lord 1“ said the old lady
frrvently. "llow glad I am.
L'ord. llut, t‘haplain. do you think the
North and South will ever Come together
again in 1msce and unity. and love one
another as they used. and do business
together?"
“No doubt of that. It may be some
time; but. ultimately. the feeling occa~
sinned by the war will die out, and buai~
. uess relations. as of old. be resumed."
”Yes; or rather live did intend having
one. but we‘ve been .lisa ipointcd."
“Disappointed: In \\ LII way 1“
|‘Why, you see. we got the rue course
all laid out. and the baseball tield up
nice and handy. and everything was
getting on splendidly. when we found
that we had no room for gous-you—plcase
pedestrian races.
”You don‘t say soi"
“Yes: and that isn‘t the worst of it.
There‘sa lot of old fossils who want to
exhibit cattle, legetubles and all that
sort 0‘ stutI. ~~Bavtoel I'mrueript.
The (‘llsp she Wanted.
“Egbert, sweet love, dost think of me
when thou art not by my sidef“ asked a
"Bless the Lord: lluslaud, do you
hear that? Girls, do you hear it? Oh.
my heart is glad'. I feared such would
nev- r be the vase again. Bless the Lord!
llut. chaplain. you know there has been
a great war. lots of blood
spilled and lll‘fct‘littg stirred up. (‘an
we ever live as luster-ably as formerlyl
Do you real y think so, Chaplain! Can
i such a thing be:“
“Yes, madam; I do believe so.
relations cxist again between the sections.
There will be ymncc and harmony from
: Maine to Texas and from the Gulf to the
, lakes.“
Khieago avenue girl of her best fellow in .
ten-cent drama tones. as she. gave her
new switch a jerk to keep it from falling
on his neck. "\Vhy dost thou doubt
Incl" he M'sptllltlt‘ll tenderly and reproach-
fully, as he grasped his last fifty cents
with the same firmness as that with
which he held the Waist of the maiden.
. “And you long to be with me?“
“I wish I could clasp you always in
my arms."
“(‘lasp me, dear lovct"
“Ay. my soul‘s own."
“Then your wish shall be gratified. my
darling. I MIN the
bracelet to-day. You can elasp—“
But Egbert was no longer there.-
Mimmqolis Jam-mt}. '
Chaired the. “iron: Man.
A citizen who had just laid down $900
f a 2: ten of earrin re horses was driving . . .
or i A ' rade, were brought from China (aspects ly o
out “'oodward .avcnne the other day
when he met a farmer coming with a load
of apples. Desiring to chatl' the stranger
a bit, hedrew up and inquired:
“Say, how ~ll you trade teams?" The
farmer halted. got down from his vehicle.
looked the team over, and slowly rc-
plied:
“\\'sll, by gos 2“
““‘hat‘s the matter?"
“If you hadn‘t stopped me. I wouldn‘t
have known the team.“
“Did you ever see these horses be-
5“
“Did It Why I I raised ‘em?
'em both to a horsedrsder in town three
weeks ago.
heavcs, and the other is a cribber and
has two spavins. I’ll trade you for $75,
and that's allowing $25 apiece more on
your horses than Igot."
The owner of the. “speakers“ hasn’t
seen a peaceful hour since that meeti o.
-—1)« (mi: Free Press.
The FatalUGI-ape Arbor.
The sun had set and it was evening,
when they stood beneath the grape arbor.
It is a somewhat remarkable fact that
evenings and sunsets and grape arbor
meetings should occur with such unvary‘
ing simultaneousness.
. “ Algernon,“ she whispered, and a
iece of chewing gum turned the whisper
into asibilant sizzle, “you are here on
ahcdule time."
“You bet,“hc murmured in reply.
“ But hark, I heard a footstep.”
She barked as requested, and suddenly
grasping his wrist, she said in a terrified
whis r: “ It is father. Fly 1 Fly !"
“ rtrude, I' have a bunion and I
know, alas ! too well, that. were I to at~
tempt to fly I wOuld make a fizzle of it.
I must stand my ground."
The old man strode into the grape
arbor. straight to where Algernon stood.
“He," he said, “so it’s you, young
man, is it 3 Well. how are you i Glad to
see you. How‘s your folks l"
“ They‘re well," Algernon.
“That’s good. Well, I‘ll leave you;
but if you and Gertie take my advice
you’ll go right. up into the parlor. . You‘re
likely to catch your death of cold out
here.”
The young man fell to the ground
motionless. He wrotcfunny sketches for
the newspapers—Hertha: Meier.
A Night at Mozinnls‘n.
Deputy Coroner Johnston was sworn
and eposed: 7
“Last- night, about 11 o‘clock. Your
Honor. I was standingin the door of the
Morgue when a man came through Dun.
bar alley. He was bereheeded. his nose
was bleeding, and he was all covered
with sawdust. ’ .
“ ‘Hcllot’ I said, ‘you‘re in prett bad
luck. What’s the matter with you ’
" ‘Oh, nothin',‘ he. said, ‘I’ve just been
over to Msginnie’s.’ ,7
“About three minutes .later another
man came into the alley limping baggy
One of his eyes were swollen dread: .
and his neck was bloody. ' f
" ‘Wcll,’ I asked, ‘what policeman
clubbed ml‘ j '
. of the .‘outh and North willonly live to- l
The old lady was overjoyed. She
arose and paced the floor.
"Do you hear that? Oh, bless the
Loidf If it only does happen. what a
glorious thing it will be! I the people
gethcr and trade with etch other again,
just as though nothing had happened. I
can get some more ‘cathnrtic pills 3‘
, Chaplain. some more of ‘.layne‘s pills!‘ I
lovel est diamond *
haven‘t had any for two years. Bless the
Lord for peace and ‘Juyne‘a pills?“—
Cltiarqo Ledger.
._.. . » , H
A Gorgeous (‘hlnese Pageant.
The (‘hinese residents of San Fran—
cisco have had a remarkable. parade in
honor of a great idol known as “Tan
twong.“ recently brought from (blue.
The parade was of Uriental magnificence,
but was confined to streets and alleys in
Chinatown. The cestumes, banners and
Uriental wcaymns. all incident of the \a-
for this occasion, There were 1,000
Chmamen in line and numerous Chinese
women on richly caparisoned horses.
The entire column presented a blaze of
color. The women wore long silk gowns,
and at their sides walked attendants
holding high over their heads banners of
'V gold. l
The men in the procession carried an-
: tique war implements, long gilt maccs,
. elaborately
laround whose points were coll
Sold ?
carved swords or e ware.
gilt
A
tall banners that sprang
lizards. snakes and flaming dragons.
number of
, twenty feet in the air preceded another
That nigh one In.“ the i heavily armed battalion. attired in the
.brightest yellow and carrying weapons
no two of which were alike.
Immediately precediu the mighty
joss, Tan Wong. was s d of musi~
eians sounding huge gongs and kettle-
drums. while a body of cannoneers kept:
up a constant fusllade of firecrackers.
Twelve worshipers clad in light yellow
carried Tan \l’ong, who sat. in a huge
chair. About him and behind at at~
tendant priests in long blnck satin robes
that swept the ground. They were ac~
companied by bearers whose censers were
hung from the ends of long red poles.
Following Tun Wong was a dra on 170 .
feet long and described as e most
gorgeous ever seen in America. It was
supported by sixty worshippers. This
monster opened its mouth, writhed its
body, and by appliances known only to
the Chinese, kc 1: up a general outward
up ince of sing
on as though desiring to devour the
s ectntors viewing its contortions.
2 01 was placed in a joss-houee to be
worshiped.
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The Indian Green Corn Dance.
The great religious services of the year
is known as the “buckle season,” or
green com dance. Not an Indian out:
a grain of corn until after the celebra-
tion.
tem of urification, eating of bitter
herbs and) taking medicines. This some:
times makes them very sick, but is always
rigidly adhered to. On a certain ap-
inted day all the tribe gather together
in one place, and a sacrifice of thanks—
giving is offered to the Great Father in l
the burning of a fish, the heart of a deer
and an ear of corn. Then the dance be-
gins. Therc are separate dances for the
men and the women.and another dance is
participated in by all. In this last dance
the inner circle is for the women, the next
for the men and the enter one for strau
These lines are strictly watched, an any
unwary stranger who in his curiosity
overstepe his line is immediately be-
sieged until he pays 81 or an eaglvclent.
The dance is kept up during entire
day, and at nig t, tired an bapp , all
return to their hem-Km City
Times.
A-nllereaee in Value.
lotber—“Hclpthclpl Our-little Josey
has swallowed a cent!
Father—“What a fuss! You-make as
mchnoiaefiaa 1!th swallowed a!”
policeman, young feller,’ he an- ‘
Bless the .
has been ,
Very
soon the biltermus of the war will pass
away, and fr2cndly. social and business,
of life, '
The men prepare for this by asys- '
A NOTED PRISON.
' EXTERIOR am) INTERIOR or
'rnm NEW YORK muss.
————-——
. Aroma-Through the Sombrc Bulld-
lng —- The Female and Boye‘
Departments —- Hurdcrcre’
Row—Tweed‘e Old Cell.
2 A New York correspondent of the
: Cincinnati Enquirer describes a Visit
gto the city‘s noted prison. the Tombs.
. He says: Built: of massive gray masonry,
I the huge columns, almost clumsy in
; architectural strength, present to the eye
- nothing of beauty or symmetry, but
‘rather of bondage and captivity. The
t building, is at random guess, ninety feet
; in height. It incloscsasquare of ground.
‘covcring four streets, on either side of
i which looms up a solid wall of masonry,
7 heavy in square blocks of cold gray
intone. In architectural design it is of
the pure F.g_.pt.ian. The cntablaturc.
severely plain. is relieved at its main en.
trance on Centre street by ten or twelve
Corinthian columns. At the apex of
l eschis rampant a serpent of smallish size.
, twisted in contorted shape. Outwardly
, the grime and dirt of many years have
collected on the columns, which. with
the natural dump of the stone, give its
exterior is repugnant look. (in all sides
of this celebrated prison crime and vice
hold high carnival. “’hatever the
original intent of the location. its close
contiguity to the criminal class makes it
most appropriate.
I visited the famous prison one day
this week. At the entmncc I met with
rather gruff cordiality. The pass I "‘0—
scnted gave me entry into a narrow all
iwhich dcbouched at the center street
, side sufficiently under ground to afford
otficc room for several otlicers working
at desks, all of whom Wore n bluish
uniform, with some gold gilt to give it a
rish effect. At the end of the narrow
all was an iron swinging gate. behind
which stood a spectre-led otlieer who at
the time was surrounded by a squalid
group of males and females, whom I took
to be the friends of the unfortunates
within. In the course of ten minutes I
was turned over to a dejected “runner."
as they called him. and with him was to
do the prison. Ile first led me to what
he informed me was the "Female De
partment,“ and turned me over to the
nspeCIOr. who proved to be a good-faced
woman. suggestive of matronly instincts.
The inmates of this department num-
bered forty»three. and a dozen or
more of them. wholly inditl’ercut to
l the intrusion of astranger. kept at their
: sewing or reading.
rather an inanimate lot. not at all repul-
sive in outline, but still of a ("lais one
would scareelv put on the visiting list.
3 To the questidn as to the nature of the
: transgressions of the female hostages,
the answer came that their dcrclirtions
were as manifold as the female tempera-
ment. mostly shop lifting and confidence
n-hemes, until it ascended to blackmail-
ing and infanticide. and in are cases
l murderess. The women bore a eon~
ftented look. During the day they are
’ allowed the freedom of the corridor. but
i at ni ht they are locked up in narrow.
. well~ ighted cells. They take their meals
1 on famille. in arather sunny. clean room
' allotted for the purpose.
having four galleries for cellular 5 race.
Once more in the hands of my simm-
l bling guide. he led me up three pairs of
. iron steps to the boys‘ department. It re-
, quired no label to designate this alloted
. space. There was pandemonium going
on. About thirty boys. the eldest of
.wbom. 1 should say. not over fourteen.
were locked up in cells in pairs. In the
oneeell from whence the noise notably
~ some three were confined. and a dispute
3 was on touching the moi: of a game of
¢ gold sledge,“ in which they were en.
. “aged.
The. sci-called officer with me made no
gsflort to reconcile their differences, but
' rather enjoyed it.snd we passed them on
to arbitrate their disputes as best they
3 might.
‘ bright‘faced Set. not with hardened out-
;lines of face. but pcstiferious beggars
Each wanted a chew of tobacco and a
. nickel thrown in. “\Vhat are these boys
in for 1‘" I asked. “Oh, for everything."
said my sphynv, “and." he added.
3 “some of them are a hard lot, and some
of them are a smart one.“
Descending the steps again, I was led
to the Court-yard of the prison. This
gave me the better chance to judge of
the interior. The buildings are four in
number. The Tombs proper is of two an-
gles of square~etit stone, built to stay, '
years and years ago. The other two are
of a yellowish brick, recently put up to
boys‘ prison,and the other for offices and
, the like connected with the Police Court.
‘ The inner yard is paved with granite
,blocks, square in cut. with the look of
! age about them. Not a vestigc of grass.
or flower. or shade met the eye. Simply
the blue sky of heaven overhead, to see
i which one must overlook the high prison
‘ walls, with apertures cut in them across,
instead of lengthwise.
i‘ In one of the angles of the yard is the
nllotcd space where New York murders
crs are executed. My guide took me to
,3 stone about the center of the lateral,
notably larger than all the rest. “Right
* about here." he said “is where the con-
demned man stands to meet his death."
A life goes out from hence having for
the last lingering look only the forbid~
ding high masonry of the walls which
vtlank the inclosure, n veritable lace of
desolation and slough of des n .
Retracing the steps we d taken I
entered the old building. “New," said
the guide, “you are in the nine
Tombs. Over there.” he added, “is
:, murderers’ row." Ei ht cells numbered
,in sequence. with be d figures in white
*paint, made up the row allotted to the
,tollowers ot‘ Cain. They were, for the
nest pert, dreary and dark. about four
feet in width and eight in length, the
light cntcrin from a slit overhead. In
the third cel the celebrated Boa Tweed
masponfined. Here he fared as the less
1 its . ed prisoner-s, save that he fur-
ush his own cell, a privilege granted
my inmate. In lace and drapery, with
rugs and pl use, the cell of Tweed
could not have is made inviting.
The balance of the cells in the Tombs
roperare the same as in the eight milled
‘; y‘Murdcrcrs’ Row." There are four «ab
Ieries, with about twenty cells on cit er
tide. These, more invitin than the
others, were made so by the diwork
of the inmates. Here are confined all the
miles save the boys. They are imprisoned
:n pairs. Two hours each day the pris-
eucrs in detachments are allowed the
freedom of their respective galleries for
yxerciee. The remaining hours they are
.ocked up. No work of any find is ex-
ieteti of them. Booksend ‘nes are
furnished by thc authoritim news-
paper: are forbidden. The murderers
t
.icntcuoedtodeethlarc all confined here '
sntiltblcywalkoutintho beck yard to
be one and. Here they hang men by
rakingtbamby‘ heavy leavers from the
mbhrinlfiudyofimountlngtbeeeaflold,
Items-unlit Police Court Va..-
Thosel saw were ~
' _ They are eon- ._
‘ fined in a new addition to the building.
The boys seemed to be rather a "
aretotheTombe. Itisthereeortof ea!
refuge for those whose (“$11.70 only
been “mi ‘l heard e comm: -
pref} am y When scyntenced those
t. o
111:: recruit Blackwell‘s Island. Sing 3
and the nitcntiarics at Auburn an
Clinton. he day I called there were
1,453 inmates. of these twenty—fivcwero
murderers awaiting trial or mnvrctcd.
One wasswcman. whose name mp6
me, n forlorn creature. whose lcase .of
life had been extended by Executive
interference.
I
Singular; Action of Wolves.
With reference to wolf children acor—
res ndent of Chambers" kernel .writce
as ollows: ' “While lately on a visit 10
Melbourne. the writer went with his wife
and two little children tinged two and
four) to see the Royal Park, where the
wild animals are kept. There, among
others, they came upon a cage with four
large wolves, lying sleeping on the
ground. They took no notice of the
writer or his wife or the elder child; but
the moment the younger toddled ugtbeg
sprang simultaneously to their feet. an
made for the corner of the cage nearest
her. Not content with this, two of the
largest stood on their hind feet and
pressed themselves flatly against the
cage, pushing their great fore paws
through the bars toward the chit . as
though to get at her. and wagging their
tails and barking frantically the whole
time, their eyes ris‘etel on her. As she
walked away, they rushed across the
cage to the other corner and repeated
their antics. “hen the child uttered a
word or two it seemed to affect the
wolves singularly. anl they redoubled
their etIorts to get near her. The writer
went again with the same party and In—
fant, and with the same result. Nowathe
aspect of these wolves. in spite of their
barking and excitement. was decidedly
not ferocious. but more resembling a
great collie when at play; and the writer
felt convinced no harm would haVe hap‘
pencd to the child had the wolves suc-
ceeded in getting to her. l’msibly in
some wolves the maternal instinct may be
very strong."
W
Carriers of Contagion.
Flies. aside from being pests. are
actual conveyors of contagion. The tly
can communicate virus from an open
sore; and can carry this from one person
or place to another. This may not be
credited, but it has been proved by di-
rect experiment to be not only possible
but an actual fact. The eommon house.
fly. by alighting on s diseased spot.
either in an animal or a man. and thence
passing to a healthy subfm-t. has been
known to impart the infection to the
latter. “'hether the poisonmis matter be
an animal virus or a germ of client. a
bacillus. does not matter; and in this
connection it is well to speak of other
common methods of diseasein-fcction.
A postage stamp may in various ways
convey contagion. “he of the simplest
[and most plausible is that in which a
lpostagc stamp. partially stun-lied to n
letter to pay return postage, is sent by a
iperson infel ted with some disease to
{another person. The disease is trans-
. {erred in the first pin e to the edhesh'e
1 stamp through the saliva. and in being
attached to the icltcr by the receive:
7 the poison may be trafhltllllt‘tl to him in
.5 turn through the saliva. ,
Another case may be the infection of
a stamp with disease germs. The stamp.
é having been esposel in a room when? a
‘ diseased person lies. may become slightly
rmoistencd, and thus retain the germ.
iThat this is true can be proved very
f simply by a microscopical examination.
i1: is even possible that an active and
tangible poison. as arsenic. may acci‘
i dentally or intentionally be attached.—
Loudoa Retiree.
Amerir‘sn Tools Abroad.
Our American contemporaries have
every cause to be surprised at the asron»
.ishing fact that thousands of tons of
Escrap-iron are every year taken to the
l‘nitcrl.$tates and there converted into
‘ the simplest of American mannfnctures.
‘the sad or laundry iron. and then ex-
? ported back to Europe at no small profit.
; There is no one corner of Europe where
3 American small east hardware is not on
sale. The tool makers and the machinists
(of Europe—4nd) as Krupp. of Germany;
& \Vhitworth & Armstrong. of London.
and llotchkiss, of Frame. with their
vast resounescare unable to produce a
'. monkey or a screw wrench equal to the
,American wrenches. and consequently
they have to import these tools from the
; States. It is stated that there are no less
Ethan 80,000 dozen of them exported to
Europe alone every year. It is interest-
. ing to note that Charles Moncky. the in.
i ventor of this screw-bar wrench. received
accommodate the one the female and '
only $2,000 for his patent. and is now
living at \Villiamsburg. Brooklyn. in a
small cottage bought from the proceeds
of this sale. In the matter of the com-
‘mon pocket boxwood rules. also, the
American manufacturers so far excel all
others that. if not all European nations.
certainly all nations outside of Europe
are supplied from America. The manu-
facturers there print on the rule whatever
system of measurement is followed by the
country for which the goods are inten-
ded. American angers and anger~bits
are used the world over. no other nation
being able to compete. The Americans.
with such facts before them. may well be
proud of their manufactures—London
Iron.
A Ghostly Performance.
A Buddhist rieet, about thirty-five,
stone blind {an no wonder), was led on
by two showman. and the trio crouched
in a row. A variety of objects grouped
about them of varying size and weight.
One borrowed my hat. a soft wide-awake,
attached to it by a hook I noosed string.
and held it in readiness. The blind
ricet sat for a time impressive, old men
gingldrums. Then at a signal he
gave a o '1, forced with two thumbs
his right eye out of the socket, while the
attendants hung my hat upon the ball!
To show that it was neat: rted, ex-
cept by the string. he held th hands
aloft, then allowing the eye to sink into
its place relapscd‘ again into listless leth-
argy” The trick was repeated again and
again with other objects, the period of
suspension being shortened accordinv to
increase of weight, until at last there
hung from his eye, which locked like an
uncanny onion, a bell of sculptured
bronze. W'ith a groan of honor we
turned and fled, seeking oblivion of’thc
nightmare in the theatre devoted to
fm—Hmy‘s Magazine.
The Unruly lumber.
The same Book of books that cells the
tongue by such a highly appropriate
name also says, most aptly: “Behold. how
greats. matter a little fire kindleth." A
car-close statement by repetition, and the
unconscious or malignant coloring of the
persons who_pnss it along, becomes so
enormous in no power to hurt that truly
one should act a. guard upon the lips. re.
membcnng' thcharm that idle words may
torepcat
do. Itlenotalwaysn
shot rupeetingnnothcr, and doing so
outdoors-rm a good pom—God
an
Norwalk Chronicler