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Percy Gaunt Wrote “The Bowery" and Many Other Catchy Songs. “Dying in a country boarding house at Palenville, in the Catskills, among strangers and withOut money.” Such was the telegram Which the offi: cers of the New York Actors’ Fund re- ceived from the wife of Percy Gaunt. Percy Gaunt was the author and com- poser of more than five hundred songs, among them being the most popular songs of the day. He wrote a dozen plays, and at one time was supposed to be well off. Gaunt became musical di- rector for McKee &. Hoyt, and in con- junction with the latter wrote the little comedies which afterward became pop- .ular. Among these were the “Trip to “Milk White Flag,” “Runaway Colt,” Chinatown,” “Temperance Town.” “Bunch of Keys,” “Rag Baby,” “Par- lor Match,” “Contented Woman,” “Mid- night Bell,” “Tex'as Steer,” “Black Sheep,” “Brass Monkey,” “Tin Soldier,” and “A Hole in the Ground.” Some- times Gaunt wrote the music, some- times the words. ' The song “The Bowery,” was one of ' these joint productions. It was pub- lished and the demand for the words alone exceeded 100,000 copies. Gaunt received big royalties from the publish- ers. Then in conjunction with Charley Hoyt Gaunt wrote “Reuben and Cyn- neither of this” and “The Widow,” which startled the town. “Out for a Racket” was one Of the songs that Gaunt wrote, both words and music. Though it had a big sale it never be- came popular. His greatest successes were his minstrel songs. Of these probably the most popular was “Push Dem Clouds Away,” which was whis- tled and sung in every htamlet and town in this country and in England. Here is part of it: If you want to git to heaven on the nickel- ‘ plated road. Just push dem clouds away; Bring along all yer baggage and check it to de LorQ‘Nhen you push dem clouds away; If the train am a-speedin' and you can‘t catch on. When you push dem clouds away; You’re a cOOn dat’s gone. and wuss dan none, ‘ When you push dem clouds away. cuonus. Just push! Don't shove! Just push dem clouds away! Keep a-pnshin’ an’ a-shovin’ an’ a-pushin an’ a-shovin’ Till you push dem clouds away. There is no way knowing just how many copies of this song have been sold, for the publishers never kept track of it. But when it first appeared, four years ago, the public picked it up and kept it goingat a rate that swelled the publishers’ bank account so that an agreement was entered into by which Gaunt agreed to sell all of his com- positions to the one publishing firm. AN ECONOM'C TRIUMPH. Sen Soup as Food for the Fish that Inhabit " Salt \Vater. an In the heart of its own domain. the sea is devoid of vegetable life; to all appearance it is a foodiess waste; yet the herring shoals disappear into the deep Atlantic and return in good con- dition, oily and exuberant. What have they lived on in the meantime? Not on smaller fish caught in the chase, for even if theSe were present _ in sufficient quantities, the herrings travel in a serried shoal a mile square and perhaps thirty’feet deep, crowd- ing one another to closely to admit of a free chase after food. The expla- nation lies in the universal presence of those microscopic creatures that in some parts of the Atlantic are so thickly massed in the water as to dis- color its surface and afford abundant food for the whale. These are now known to pervade every drop of sur- face water in numbers comparable to the motes in the air. For the pur- poses of the herring and countless other fish, the upper waters of the sea are in fact a. nutritive soup, 9. food exactly suited to their needs. These microscopic creatures are the basis of all the life of the ocean. They multi~ ply at an amazing rate, increasing from one to four hundred thousand a year. Their existence is one of the greatest economic triumphs of nature. They dispose of the refuse of the sea, and keep its waters sweet. Dead an- imal and vegetable matter feeds them, and they, without further machinery, are converted into the food—fishes of the world. ’Rastus's Birthday. The oddest birthday celebration of which we have ever heard is thus de- scribed by a gentleman who has late- ly traveled through the South: In the northern port of Georgia I came upon a negro cabin, and as I approached, it became evident that some extraordinary commotion was going on within. In fact, shouts and yells ofterror succeeded one another so rapidly that I hastened to see what could be the trouble. 1As I drew rein before the door, half a-dozen ragged pickanin-nies ran out. All but one of them were screaming and crying at the tops of their voices, while the odd one, as merry as the others were sad, began tumbling cart- wheels and standing on his head. At this moment a man, evidently the head of the household, appeared in the door- way, and in answer to my inquiries gave me the following explanation of the mystery: “Yer see, sah, dis is ’Rastus’s birf- day,” indicating the one whose joy- ful antics I have just mentioned. “Now, I’se powerful hard up jes’ at presen’, 'an’ didn’t hab no money ter celebrate in do usual way. An’ it jes’ bruk me all bp for see de res’ habin’ jes’ as much fun on ’Rastus’s birf- day as ’Rasttus was habin’ hisself. So, times beiu’ so hard,_de only way I could see was ter gib der res’ all a lickin’, an’ dat kinder raises ’Rastus up ober de oddersl” , A quarter flung to ’Rustus proved a charm that raised him still higher, and dried the tears of the Others in In instant. RM ’ ‘ ‘~.;..,.—....'u.. 0 [THE SENATOR’S BLUNDER. Haw He Unintentionally Secured a Clerk- ship for a Constituent. Back in the 70’s, when. Zach Chanda ler was at the head of the Interior De- partment, a young man from one of the Western States came to Washington to try clerical life in one of the depart- ments. He spent several days taking in the sights of the capital, then went up .to the Senate one afternoon and sent in his card to Senator Blank. The Sen- ator responded promptly, had the vis- itor shown into the marble rOom, and for some time they sat on a sofa together talking of home news and the home crops. Then the young man broke the ice by informing the Senator just what kind of a place he wanted—didn’t care much what department it was in. “Come up to my house about So’clock to-night,” said the Senator, “and we’ll talk the matter over.” Promptly at the appointed time he pulled the door bell and was ushered into the library, where he found the Senator puffing a cigar. _ “Ah 1‘ good evening, Mr.-—-—; I was just thinking of you,” ' said Senator Blank. “I have written a strong letter to Secretary Chandler requesting himtao give you a position in the Interior De partment”—picking up an unsealed let- ter and handing it to the young office seeker, “and I would suggest that you. call at his office and present it about 10 o’clock tomorrow morning. I have also mailed the Secretary a little personal note, letting him know that when I want anything in his office I want it bad.” ' . The.young Westerner was bowed out of the room with smiles and a hearty handshake. At his hotel he sat down to think over his good luck; then he thought of the Senator’s letter, and pulled it out of his pocket and read: “Dear Chandler: Some time to-mor row morning a. young citizen of my great and glorious State will call on you with a strong indorsement from me for a clerkship. I have no earthly in- terest in him, so I turn him over to your tender mercy. Let him down easy. Yours, BLANK.” The young man dropped the letter, and a big sigh struggled up from under his watch pocket. "I wonder what he said in the little note be mailed to the Secretary?” thought the young candi- date. Then he realized that the Senator had given him the wrong letter, and he at once determined to call at the Inte- rior Department the next morning and see what the next chapter would bring forth. About 10 o’clock the next forenoon the colored messenger Showed a young man into Secretary Chandler’s oifice. “Senator Blank told me last night. he had written you, and advised me to call on you this morning,” said the young gentleman. “Ah, yes.” smiled the Secretary, good naturedly, picking up from his desk an open letter and glancing over it. “The Senator speaks of you in the highest terms, and is very urgent in his request for your appointment. Wait a. mo- ment,” and touching a. bell, he sent his messenger for the chief clerk. After a moment’s conversation with the chief clerk the Secretary said? “You are fortunate. There is a twelve-hundred-dollar clerkship made vacant by resignation this morning, and I have ordered your appointment to the place.” ' A month later Senator Blank was walking through the Patent Office, and in the cor‘f‘idor met the new clerk in his office coat. The Senator was surprised and a trifle disconcerted, but he shook hands with his young friend and said he was glad to see him there. “Well, I’m glad to be here,” re- sponded the clerk. “And, Senator," putting his hand inside his vest and looking squarely in the other’s eye, “right in my inside pocket I keep that little personal note you thought you mailed to Secretary Chandler tell- ing him when you wanted a thing you Wanted it bad.” _ Explanations were unnecessary. The Senator went out of public life and died long ago, but the clerk manages to squeeze along through the hard times on his $1,800 a yea.r.——Washington Star. Mr. Rathbun and His Insemnious Ram. A Mount Morris correspondent of the Rochester Post-Express writes that Lon- Rathbun and wife were awakened the other night by a noise in the house. The next instant the footboard Of their bed was struck with a thud and split clear off. It was their ugly ram, which had broken loose and entered the house. A minute more and the washstand re» ceived an impact from the ram’s horn ' which broke the pitcher and cracked the bowl. By this time Mr. Rathbun had got one leg into his trousers. Be- fore he could complete his toilet the ram got his horns mixed up in them and tore them badly. Then Rathbun struck a match. Then‘ the ram struck him,‘ the match went out and so did Rathbun. The ram ,butted him out of the cham- ber, which is on the first floor. Secur- ing a. fence board, Rathbun pounded the brute intoysubmission and tied him up until morning; " - . Ineligible. “Have you ever. loved another, George?” “No, Maud, no. I swear by all———” “Never mind that. If you say it, I believe it, but I cannot be yours. A man who has lived as long as you have without ever loving must beinately a woman hater; and I shall never marry a woman hater. Good evening, Mr. Jones. Maria (calling the maid), you may send Mr. Wilkins up. 'I am disen- gaged.”—Harper’s Bazar. Still Thinks So. “You used to say you thought heaven sent me to you,” she said tear-fully after a little family. jar. "I see no reason to change my mind ’ about that; now,” he returned. “Really t” cdly. . . . “Certainly,” he replied, “as a punish- she exclaimed delight- - ment.’-’.—Chi’t~agoPost‘.” noon Pontoon noon; Chairman Jones Talks Aboutthe Pres- ent Situation. A MANIFESTO FROM BUTLER. It May Soon Be Issued to the Public. Candidate Levering Thinks the Pro- hibitionists Win Poll 'rumy Thou- sand llIore Votes Than In 1392. NEW YORK, Sept. 30.——'Sénator James ' K. Jones, chairman of theDemocratlc na-' tional committee, after a' talk with Mr. Bryan, announced that Bryan would go to St. Louis on Oct. 4, would speak in Mem- phis and Nashville on Oct. 5 and would be in Indiana on Oct. 6 and 7. From Indiana he will go to Burlington, 13., where he will speak on Oct. 8. “Beyond that speaking dates have not yet been arranged," Senator Jones added. “Mr. Bryan will probably go from Iowa to South Dakota and then go through Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota. He proposes to continue his vigorous campaign to the end. ” “Is the report true that you have with- drawn your speakers and abandoned the fight in Ohio?” was asked. “It is not,” was the reply. “The elec- tion returns will show what kind of a fight we are making in Ohio. ” “What do you think of the claims of the Republican managers that they will carry Maryland, Kentucky and West Virginia ” asked the reporter. “They have just as much reason for in- cluding Texas and Mississippi,” Senator Jones replied. - Still Short of Funds. “How about the report that your com- mittee is short of funds?” was asked. “That is true,” replied the senator. “We have been short of funds all along. It is too true,” he added sadly. Senator Jones’ room at the Fifth Avenue hotel' was filled with callers. Some of them were Senator Blackburn, Congressman McMillin, William P. St. John, AmOs J. Cummings and a few Tammany Hall lead- ers. When Mark A. Henna was informed of Bryan’s intention to continue his stump- ing tour till the end of the campaign, he said: “Good. We desire nothing better. I was afraid he would stop speaking.” Mr. Bryan Very Hearse. Mr. Bryan looked well when seen by a reporter, but was very hoarse, so hoarse, indeed, that his words could hardly be dis- tinguished. He said that he could say nothing about the political situation. When questioned about the report that his managers had abandoned the hope of car- rying any of the eastern states, he an- swered: “Do you suppose I would be talk- ing in these states if that was so? I ex- pect to see Senator Jones and other mem- bers of the national committee and have a talk with them about the campaign.” He would say nothing concerning the nomination of Wilbur F. Porter of Water- town for governor and Frederick C. Schraub of Lewis county for lieptenant governor. 4‘ Chairman Butler's Manifesto. WASHINGTON, Sept. 30. -—It is understood that Chairman Butler and Secretary Ed- gerton have prepared an address to the American people on behalf of the Populist national committee, Setting forth‘the posi- tion of the Populist party in the present campaign. The address is intended to be in effect a reply to Mr. Watson’s letter, al~ though it will not be addressed to Mr. Watson nor take especial note of his‘com- munication. So far as can be learned the document will state officially the attitude of the Populist party in regard to Mr. Bryan, will detail the reasons for and the circum- stances attending his nomination and ap‘ peul to the members of the party in all parts of the country to allow nothing to stand in the way of their giving the presi- dential candidate their loyal and undivided support. 'It is not yet absolutely decided whether the document will be made public. Prob- ably this will not be determined until Messrs. Butler and Edgerton have had an opportunity to confer with Mr. Bryan. This will be afforded when Mr. Bryan passes through Washington on his way to West Virginia. The two Populist mana- gers will join him here and travel with him part of the day. Senator Butler declined either to con- firm or deny the report that the issuance of the address was in contemplation or to discuss the subject in any way. Candidate Levering Talks. PITTSBURG, Sept. 30 —-Joshua Levering, Prohibition candidate for president, ar- rived in Pittsburg and opened the cam- paign for the Prohibitionists of Pennsyl- vanla at a meeting in Carnegie hall, Alle- gheny. Mr. Levering was accompanied by Hale Johnson of Illinois, his running mute on the Prohibition ticket. Speaking of the outlook, Candidate Levering said McKin- ley’s chances for election seemed the best.’ Notwithstanding the free silver defection, Mr. Levering thought the Prohibitionists mold poll 30,000 more votes than in 1892. .. Levering will soon start on a tour through the southern states. He said that there Wes much encouragement for the Prohibition cause in the south. and all that It needed was a little attention to make it pronounced. - A Claim For Kansas. TOPEKA, Sept. 30. —The allied free all- ver forces have made public the result of a poll of the state. J. Mack Love, chair-«- mau'of the Democratic state committee, 'says: “Bryan will carry Kansas by 50,000 majority. ‘ We have officially heard from enough counties in the state to warrant me in placing the majority at that figure, and it would not surprise me if it wont even above that.” ' Fusion In North Carolina. RALEIGH, Sept. 30.—The state commit- tee of the Bryan Democrats has appealed to the Populists to fuse with them on candidates for representatives in the con- gressional districts, and it is thought that the invitation will be accepted. In that event the Republican-Populist fusion on representatives will be declared ofl. General Buckner Goes Home. LOUISVILLE, Sept. 30.—General Simon Bolivar Buckner has returned from the east. He goes to his home in Hart county ‘ to await assignments from the National Democratic (. ecutive committee. General Buckner’s next appointments will prob- ably be in Alabama and Missouri. More. Gold From Australia. . SYDNEY, N. ‘S. W., Sept. 30 .—The Brit lsh steamship Mon0wai, Captain Carey, sailing for-San Francisco, took $2,875.00.” in gold. . woman after all, and every woman is a queen if she be a erfect woman. he crown of "wo- manhood is mother- hood. There is no higher- 'thing than this. There is no better thing that any woman can do tlflagl tohbe adnlilother o ri t an a childrgn. , Thatp P1}; the best and hi hest thin that any (1 1 can oin thistrl ." It‘cannot be achiev- ‘ ed by a woman who I isn’t healthy, who suffers from any of the weaknesses or disorders peculiar to r her sex: A ,false a... , - - .1. idea of modesty which prevents the acquisition of know- ledge, and the. carelessness which pro- vents an application of knowledge are the ‘most prolific causes of this kind of sickness. _ Thirty years ago, knowledge of the prevalence of such disorders in- duced Dr. R. V. Pierce, than as now, chief consulting physician of the Invalid’s Hotel and Surgica Institute, at Bufiglo, N. Y., to devote a great amount of time and study to the preparation of a remedy that would invigorate and strengthen the Womanly organism .7 that would cure perfectly and positively all forms of fe- male weakness —that would take the danger away from childbirth, and greatl l lessen the pains of labor. This remedyizf called Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription) That it accomplished the object for which it was intended is dproven by its remark; able and continue success for 30 years. ‘Women will gain much knowled’ e by reading Dr. Pierce’s great thousan page “Common Sense Medical Adviser.” A free copy will be sent on receipt of 2I one- cent stamps to cover Cost of mailing only. Address, World’s Dispensary Medical.1 Association, Budalo, N. Y. CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK, 346 WALL ST.. NOR WALK .9 CORPORATED SEPT. l. ‘876. CAPI PAL. - - ~ - . ' - - $100.0th GEORGE M. HOLMES. President. E. L. BOYEB. Vice-President. WILLIAM A. CURTIS. Cashier - DIRECTORS : GEORGE ill. Homms, P. L. CUNNINGHAM, E. L. 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