THE EVE.- l \(l GAZETI‘E THE LORD’S PRAYER BY BOOTH. How the Actor Entranced a Cote-pie of Dip- lomats in New York City. “I think.” said an old actor, in talk ing about the Booths, “the most thril ling experience I ever passed through was in New York city one time when quite by accident a number of for- eign diplomats from Washington, a few American statesmen, somepromi- nent New Yorkers and one or two 01 us professionals were gathered togeth- er in a smoking room in the Fifth Ave nue Hotel, when somebody asked Booth, who by the merest chance hap pencd to be there, if he would not re peat the L01d‘s Prayer for the assem blage. I was sitting not far from the tragedian when he fixed his eyes upon the man 11 he made' the request. 1 think it was Lord S..ckviile West, at that time British minister to the Unit- ed States, and I shall never forget the peculiarly searching expression that Booth shot out of his dark eyes. They seemed to penetrate the very scul 013 the man at whom they were directed, and then, as if satisfied, resumed the-i! wanted vacuous density. “We were all breathless Willi anxie ty, at least I was, for seldom would he ever recite oil? the stage, but at le'gth he arose, walked to a little ch ared space at one end of the room, rad began a recital that even attex : 1 these years makes me thrill lLlI'O'llgh and through. He said ‘0111 ll‘ather,’ and never before had those ' two words been clothed with the maj- esty and reverence with which his look and tone enveloped them. And then . he carried us into celestial regions, ou1 spirits seeming to leave our bodies and follow his behest; he lowered us into ~ depths too dark for Dante’s genius to conceive or Dore’s pen to portray; the power exerted over us was simply un- natural. His musically resonant tones sounded slowly through the room, and as he swayed his lithe body we uncon- sciously followed his motion. It was ,, something horrible, beautiful, terrible fascinating—I cannot find words in the language to express it. There are none. “I would not go through the scene again for a thousand worlds, and yet if I had the opportunity I would brave any danger to hear it once more. Do you understand? Those few score words as delivered by Edwin Booth were the most powerful argument fox Christianity that I ever heard, and could everyone on the face of the globe have heard them there would no longer be atheism. Booth strode out «of the room when he had finished and a simultaneous sigh of relief arose, while without a word we stole away singly and on tiptoe, and I do not think any one of 11s think of that thril- ling evening withoutsa shudder. He was a great man, a great man."—Kan- sas City Times. TOO UGLY TO DIE. I1 e’s Inimitable Star 1951 Which Illustrates His Humor. Two Bill Nyes or Artemus W'ards 01 Mark Twains are never born, says the Philadelphia Times. The peculiar form of Nye’s humor can be illustrated by this incident. One evening Union League here he objected in an ' apparently serious way to a certain story that had been told. He said that while it was not exactlv .11'1'elig- ous in tone, it was irreverent. “Now," he continued, “I’ll tell you a One of Bill) story which could be read with im-' punity to a mite society. There was a man who had to die. The doctor told him so, and urged him to die with neatness and dispatch. The man told the doctor to go out on the lawn and kick himself. The doctor then advised the wife to ’ go to him and explain the folly of keeping up his desire to live. “Tell him that it’s only his nerves which are supporting him. and that if he will tell you what is preying on his mind he’ll pass away like a bit of pie.” “So the ago-nized mother of the fam- ily went to the father of the same, and said: ‘Hubby, you know I love you. Tell me what it is that worries yon.’ - “‘011. go to bed!’ said the invalid. r"Then the suffering mother appealed to her sorrowing children, but they, too. were unsuccessful. “So as a last resort the priest was sent for. The situation was explained to him and he visited the invalid. ‘My son.’ said he. ‘I am assured by the best medical advice that death is in- cvltable to you. There is a burden on your mind. Disclose it to me be‘ fore I give you absolution.’ “The invalid sighed: ‘Oh. well,’ said he, 'lf you put lt that way, I’ll tell you. The fact of the darned ugly I’m ashamed to be our.’ ” laid Origin of the Word “Dago.” It is the Spaniard .Whose language furnished this slang name for the men of the Mediterranean countries who come to the United States. One of the most familiar names borne by the Spaniard is “Diego.” It serves nearly as well as John in this country as a typical name for a boy or man. English sailors long ago came to know Spaniards as “dagocs,” because “dago” was about as near as they could handily come to “Diego,” which sounds like “De-aye-go” in Spanish. It was not for :1ko seamen to discriminate too closely between Spaniards and Portuguese, or even be.— tween the Spanish and the Italians. All of these nationalities looked much alike. and the general sound of the language they spoke was similar. So they were all “dagoes,” for seafaring purposes, and from the coast the nick- name followed the immigrants from Mediterranean countries to whatever part of the United States they made their way. ’ n h... .... .1 su- a. .. .1. .1; . ”g -.',.,. at the l business is I’m sol lNEBRlETY AMONG ANl MALS. Birds and linen Insects Show I. Love for kingdom. Bipeds and quadrupeds alike are fond of alcoholic drinks, and, al- though some display aversion when first tasting liquor, they soon acquire a. craving for it. Chickens and ducks, after having once tasted brandy, become absolute slaves to the drink. They refuse to eat, grow thin and exhibit symptoms of dejection when unable to obtain their favorite tipple. Monkeys and apes are passionately fond of spirituous liquors. Of these, Bufi'on’s wine-bibbling chimpanzee was a shining example, and Brehm. the German zoologist, owned several :nandrills that drank Wine regularly and did not disdain brandy. Herbivorous animals frequently be- come intoxicated, . innocently enough, :hrough eating decaying fruit. In or- :chards oxen and cows, after eating )verripe apples, have been seen todis- play all the symptoms of drunkenness. I‘hey stagger, their eyes lose expres- sion, and they grow sleepy. | It seems that animals are susceptible to alcoholism in proportion to the de- ,velopment of their intelligence. Ele- phants are fond of wine and rum, and ratsegnaw the staves of wine casks :0 get at the contents. Cats, however. rarely exhibit a fondness for intoxi- zants. Among birds the parrot takes first place as an habitual toper. Insects have many opportunities to become in- toxicated. and it is the most active that most frequently avail themselves 1f the chance. There is an aromatic, .nitoxicating fluid in linden blossoms for which bees show an especial fond- mess. Instances have been observed where swarms of bees regaled themselves with the poisonous linden nectar until they exhibited all the signs of intoxi- cation. Hundreds fell helplessly to Ithe roadside, to be trampled under foot—New York Herald. ' AN UNRECOGNIZED HERO. 9. Soldier Who Died Clutching the Cher- ished Evidence of His Bravery. In the two days’ real fighting before Santiago men of the different regi< ments became mixed, and for a time were lost to their commands. This condition gave rise to the report that a certain few men had shown the ‘white feather ” One of the officers of General Law- :on’s division observed a colored troop- ;er of the Tenth cavalry among his men. who explained that he had lost ;his command, and asked that he be allowed to remain where he was. | He stayed and did fine service that :lay, and none of his white comrades were able to outdo him in notable tdeeds of bravery. He tnvice risked his life assisting the wounded to places of safety, but each time es- caped uninjured. That night he asked the officer he ihad met earlier in the day to give him is note to his own commander, explain- llng his absence, and certifying to his good conduct during the fighting that iiay. This was willingly given him. and with the precious paper clasped tightly in his hand under cover of fiarkness, he started in search of his 391111 command. The next morning at dawh Lieutem ant L-——. starting on a search for wounded men in his division, hap- pened to stumble over a prostrate body. He immediately recognized the brave cavalryman of the day be- fore. who was fast losing conscious- iness. After struggling strength to speak. a moment for the prostrate man held up his precious little slip of pa- per and said, “Give it to Captain A—-. of L troop. if you can find him, and tell him Williams wa’n’ no cow- 1rd." \Vith a 1001: of satisfaction in his eyes his hand dropped to his side, and he was dead. 1 That hero rests now in a shallow trench, with ten or twelve other un- known privates. —-New York Herald. THEIR MAIL COMES TOO OFTEN. Country Folks \Vho Obiect to Modern Illa“ Improvements. “The new revision of the star routes is doing a great deal of good in the South.” remarked Chief Clerk Day, of the .1'allway mall Service. “and en abling lots of country folks to get their letters and papers daily where they formerly received them only once or twice a week. Strange to say, how- ever, the change is not always hailed .with joy. "Over in, Gilmer County, Georgia, a star route agent juggled things around so as to get a six-day mail into a weekly town, and was chuckling over the idea that he had been a benefactor 2to the' whole district when the post- [master hunted him up with a face as long as a backwoods sermon. “I wish you would fix it to change that thar said the mail back agin like it was,’ old fellow. earnestly. ‘Whatl’ ex— claimed the agent, in amazement. 'Why, What on earth is the matter?’ ‘Well, it‘s like this,’ said the postmas- ter. ‘Our folks has been used to comln’ fer their letters every Sat'ir. day an’ was well suited. Now this here new Scheme has been started, and it breaks ’em all up. They feel kinder uneasy like onless they come in every day, and they just can’t do no work. The crops is gettin’ plumb neg- lected. We all want you to switch her back agiu as quick as you kin.’ “The agent went away deeply dis- :11sted, and sent in a special report in which he intimated that an annual mail would about meet the needs of the county. At last reports, though, it was standing at the six-day sched- Intoxicants. It is a curious fact that there are topers innumerable in the animal. ule.”-New Orleans Times-De1nocrat._ l RATHER PECULlAR. You Have Noticed This Fact Many a Time and Probably Haw- Sonia-2* About it. \ W To publish in this paper an endorsa- tion like that; which follows without the endmse’ s permission \11 11].} be lfraud and to publu sh it. ‘Allll ul. his knou ledge would be impossible. l; Ibll ' could be done repeatedly if this publi- cation were p1 inted in Kalmla/OU, Mich. , for the chances are a thong 1nd to one that few people in Norwalk, (35., ever see a Kalamazoo paper. Now, look 1-'h10ugh the columns of this p 1per at the statements which appear in the nth e1 tiscments ab )uL medical p1 ep.'1.1 a- )tions. Notice this peculia1ity.ljve1'y ] one of them was originally obtained— it'obt.1ined at all—in some distant par t of the Union, here. there and every- where, except your own corner of the state. Read this and mark the dif- ferent. impl ession it makes: Mr. (1001 o'eN Warren oyster plant- er and dealer, of No. 2 Chestnut sticct, South Nor-walk. says: " I have been subjected to inclement weather, and it is quite possible that exposure while superintending different. branches of my business induced kidney troubles. At all events, when consignments are being shipped to Europe, and this is the busiest part. of the season, I feel my back troubling me most. I knew I had kidney complaint. fora long time, and chancing' to see Dean’s Kidney Pills advertised as a kidney remedy and not a cure all, I had confidence enough in them to get a box at. a drug store and try them. The first. box convinced me that. they were just. what I needed, so I took another, and I did not. require any more “101' that for my back be- came well. I prescribed them for my son, who has had a weak back from boyhood. They cured him.” You can obtain incontrovertible p100ff10m Glendening.1he druggist, thin Dean's Kidney Pills do just. as represented. Call and see him. Dean’s Pills for sale. by all deal~ ers. Price 50 cents. Mailed by Foster- Milburn (70., Buil’alo, N. Y.,sole agents for the U. S. Remember the name Doans and take no substitute. u A Rare Relic for the Professor. A certain professor in the Chicago University is an enthusiastic anti- quarian. He loves to communicate his tastes in this direction to others. and always encourages the members of his history class to collect curios of historic interest. During the spring quarter one of the seniors in the class stood in im- minent danger of “dunking.” Heroic measures were necessary in order to pass, but he was equal to the oc- casion. One day. after class, he approached the pr'ofesso1 with a curious fab1ic made of woven rings in his hawnd “P1ofesso1'.” he said. “I have here a valuable relic of the Indian wars. It is a piece of chain armor worn by General Dearborn in the memorable siege of Fort Dearborn. It was used by the general to protect himself against the arrows of his Indian foes. My grandfather dug it 11p years ago on the sit-e of the old fort. I wish you would accept it as a present and place it in the museum.” The professor was overcome with delight, and placed the curio in the college museum, and saw that the donor got a good mark in his final ex- amination. Later the professor learned that the “chain armor” was in reality nothing more than that useful domestic uten- sil. an iron dishrag.—-Chicago Chron- icle. How to Make aSavage Your Friend. Mr. Rougemont, the modern Robin- son Crusoc, who has lived so long among the aborigines that he learned to understand them thoroughly, pleads against the ignorant habit which white men have of shooting at black men as soon as they see them. All that is necessary to do, if you wish to make a black ’man your friend is to clap the hands smartly on the back of one’s trousers, at the same time putting out one’s tongue. This is a universal sign, in the sign lan- guage which all the blacks understand that the stranger wishes to sit with them and to hob nob with the-m gener- ally. If to these signs the stranger will only add a few steps of a livelv jig, accompanying himself, if possible, upon a whistle, the severest savage will be instantly placated and will abandon‘his hostile attitude. ‘nm New Speakfn; flocks. In Switzerland they making phonographic clocks and watches, which, it appears. leave any- thing heretofore accomplished far in the shade. By merely pressing the button on the new timepiece it an- nounces the hour distinctly. T'm alarms call to the sleeper: “It's P- o’clock; get up.” There are some which even add the words: “New. don’ t go to sleep again. ” The form can the warning more or less emphatic. This application of the phonographic principle is due to a French watchma- ker settled at Geneva. He introduces in'to clocks and watches little slabs ot‘ vulcanized rubber, on which the de sired wo1ds are 3:29.23. 9 FigUSicE‘E’t HOSTETTERS if you keep the blood p u r e, the . u e 1' v e s steady and the. towelsheallh fully regular with Hustet- '. er’s Stomach ‘ Bitters. It. . , wt 1 l m a k e your muscle-1 strong. your head cl 1' a. 1'. your :1 c e p 1e>~1lul. Tr 1' it and sec. l LEBRATED STOMACH‘ Iva-e115 B ' this good start have begun ' be changed to suit the buyer and make. _ Splln’s Ill Luck Duo to on Opal. Opals are coming into fashion again, but the old superstition as to the ill- luck attending them is not dead in Spain. Spanish people believe that all the. trials that have come to the reigning house are through the influence of a raised opal ring. '1he ring belonged to that famous beauty the Comtesse de Castiglione. One'of the admirers of this beauty was Alfonso XII. of Spain. She thought he was going to marry her. but he did not, and she resolved on revenge. She sent him this magnificent ring. The King showed it to his wife, Queen Mercedes, who was charmed with its beauty, and begged to keep it. Alfonso gave it to her readily, and she slipped it on her finger. From that moment she pined away, and in a few months died. The ring fell from her dead hand, and the King gave it to his grand- mother, Queen Christina, who died a few months later. Next the ring was given to Alfonso's sister, the lnfanta Maria del Pilar, who wore it but a. few days before she died of a mysterious illness. After this series of fatalities, the King determined to keep the ring him- self, and‘he slipped it on his finger. From that moment his health com- menced to fail. and in twenty-four hours he was dead. Physicians could never quite account for it, and the matter was hushed up. 0 Queen Christina, who is not in any wise superstitious, took possession of the ring after her husband’s death, but the other members of the family beg- ged her to destroy it. This she re- fused to do; but to prevent it from do- ing other damage she hung it about the neck of the patron saint, where it is to-day. The Spaniards, however, are not sat- isfied yet. They credit this war with the United States to the ring. Shamrock Photograph Frame. To make this frame a. piece of straw- board or strong cardboard is necessary which is cut into the shape of a sham- rock. Cut oval shaped apertures in each section of the leaf and then cover each one with velvet, green being the most appropriate. The covering is done by gluing the velvet on the wrong side, snipplng pieces here and there out of the edges so that they may not make thick folds. Across the hole slit the velvet length ways and across. Turn these edges in. straining them well over the board as you do so, and glue them into place. At the back of this glass is glued, and then the photograph or ' picture is placed behind it; glue brown paper over the back. This kind of frame is easily made and when hung against tli‘é wall is very effective. ' The Art of Furnishing. The housekeeper returning home with her activities directed temporarily towards house-cleaning interests will be wise to let some of the wisdom and knowledge she must have gathered through the much preaching on these matters of late years bear fruit. Her new intelligence applied to autumn renovating will be of great benefit to her family's health and comfort. It is true of modern furnishings that they aid or Mai-d sanitary conditions accordingly as they are wisely or reck— lessly made use of. Rugs, hard-wood floors, steam, gas, and electric heating and lighting add to the ease with which no house may be kept clean, but after conditions are often complicated by some other modern in- ventions. Much bric-a-brac, hangings, bed draperies, tufted furniture, and other details of the still autoo elabo- rate Scheme of furnishing materially retard the keeping-clean process. As renewals are needed in the reopening of the closed bomekevery purchase and alteration should be considered in tho sanitary as well as the artistic light. It will be found that the two are al- most always entirely consonant. Haudsnnlo Fabrics. Very handsome fabrics for stylish autumn tailor gowns are those of soft, beautiful , enetian cloth—its smooth, light surface is like velvet—manufac- tured in shades of Russian green, 9. red . and dark blue, pale silver-blue, hues that are rich but also deep in tone; damson, a superb reddish plum shade, golden brown, tan. gray, and black. The” elegant materials will be mad-:1 of one fabric with handsome silk gimps and tailor buttons by way of trimming. or combined with silk, velvet, fine 17110013 in facy effects, or, richest of all, lustrous corded silks of a matching shade, with added garnitures of velvet on the waist portion. Among the most generally becoming colors of the sea- son before us will be the damson dye: and a. varied‘clau‘ of similar plum tints. like dahlia, petunia. etc. A caterpillar in A month will devour six thousand “not “I own weight in load g, ‘ r Q- .1.- l fl THE YEAR 898 + RIGHT BY SUBSCRIBING FOR THE WEEKLY GAZETTE AND N. 1. 1111111 1111—11111. BOTH PAPERS Sent to any Address FOR One "'- Dollar! Address. All Orders to “ Gazette.”
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